Montebello — 2026-03-25

1.\nCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)\nSignificant exposure in one case

10.\nAPPROVE SENATE BILL 1 (SB1) FUND APPROPRIATION TO FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 SB1 RUBBERIZED\nASPHALT STREET ENHANCEMENT PROJECT (CP 944)\nRECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:\n1. Amend the Fiscal Year 2025-26 adopted budget to increase appropriations by $640,000 in Account No.\n201-99-7116 (SB1/RMRA – Non-Departmental – Improvements Other Than Building); and\n2. Authorize the use of $640,000 in Senate Bill 1/RMRA funds for the FY 2025-26 SB1 Rubberized Asphalt\nStreet Enhancement Project (CP 944); and\n3. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

11.\nAPPROVE AGREEMENT NO. 4484 WITH VOLTAIRE ENGINEERING, INC. FOR CHET HOLIFIELD\nCOMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECT (CP 945)\nRECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:\n1. Approve Agreement No. 4484 with Voltaire Engineering for the Chet Holifield Community Garden Project\n(CP 945) as the most responsive, responsible bidder in the amount of $292,556; and\n2. Approve a construction contingency in the amount of $27,444; and\n3. Amend the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget by increasing appropriations by $100,000 in Account No. 100-\n70-700-6040.10 (General – Parks and Recreation – Recreation Administration – Contract Services\nOutside Contracts); and\n4. Authorize the City Clerk’s Office to release all other bidders’ bonds; and\n5. Authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement and all change orders in good faith; and\n6. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

12.\nAPPROVE AN INCREASE TO PURCHASE ORDER WITH COMMLINE INC. FOR PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLE\nOUTFITTING SERVICES\nRECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:\n1. Approve an increase to the existing purchase order with Commline Inc. in an amount not-to-exceed\n$60,000 for the outfitting of public safety vehicles; and\n2. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

13.\nADOPT RESOLUTIONS FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD AND CONDUCTED ON\nNOVEMBER 3, 2026\nRECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:\n1. Approve Resolution No. 26-16 calling for the holding of a General Municipal Election to be held on\nTuesday, November 3, 2026, for the election of certain officers as required by the provisions of the laws\nof the State of California relating to General Law Cities; and\n2. Approve Resolution No. 26-17 requesting the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles to\nrender full services to the City relating to a General Municipal Election to be held and conducted on\nTuesday, November 3, 2026; and\n3. Approve Resolution No. 26-18 requesting the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles to\nconsolidate a General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, with other Los\nAngeles County and State of California elections to be held on the date pursuant to § 10403 of the\nElections Code; and\n4. Approve Resolution No. 26-19 adopting regulations for candidates for elective office pertaining to\ncandidate statements submitted to the voters at an election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026;\nand\n5. Approve Resolution No. 26-20 providing for a procedure for determining by lot a tie among candidates at\nthe November 3, 2026, General Municipal Election in accordance with Elections Code Section 15651.

14.\nAPPROVE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF\nEMERGENCY SERVICES (CAL OES) STATE AND LOCAL CYBERSECURITY GRANT PROGRAM\nRECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:\n1. Approve submission of an application for the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal\nOES) State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program; and\n2. Authorize the City Manager to conduct all negotiations and execute and submit documents reasonably-\nnecessary for the completion of the awarded project; and\n3. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

15.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES: MARCH 11, 2026, CITY COUNCIL MEETING\nRECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:\n1. Approve said Minutes as is.

16.\nPAYMENT OF BILLS: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 26–21 APPROVING THE CITY WARRANT REGISTER OF\nDEMANDS DATED MARCH 25, 2026.\nRECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City\n1. Adopt Resolution No. 26-21 approving the Warrant Register dated March 25, 2026.\nPUBLIC COMMENTS - CONTINUED

2.\nCITIZEN OF THE MONTH - PABLO CASTORENA

3.\nPROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY

4.\nPROCLAMATION FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

5.\nPROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT DISABILITIES MONTH

6.\nWAIVE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NOS. 2487, 2488, 2489, AND 2490,\nAMENDING PROVISIONS OF TITLE 17 (ZONING) OF THE CITY OF MONTEBELLO MUNICIPAL CODE,\nRELATED TO MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR\nRESIDENTIAL AND MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS, SITE PLAN REVIEW STANDARDS, AND\nREZONING OF CERTAIN PROPERTIES CONSISTENT WITH THE MONTEBELLO 2040 GENERAL\nPLAN AND THE CITY’S HOUSING ELEMENT; AND APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER\nTO EXECUTE COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF\nTHE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MARTYRS MONUMENT AND THE MONTEBELLO SCOUT HOUSE\nRECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:\n1. Waive second reading of Ordinance No. 2487, amending Chapter 17.22 titled Commercial Zones\nGenerally of the Montebello Municipal Code (“MMC”) to establish new mixed-use development standards\napplicable to the C-1 (Neighborhood Commercial) and C-2 (General Commercial) zoning districts, along\nwith related updates incorporating mixed-use development provisions into Chapter 17.22; and\n2. Waive second reading of Ordinance No. 2488, amending Title 17 – Zoning of the MMC to establish\nChapter 17.21 titled Objective Design Standards, to provide new objective design standards for\nresidential and mixed-use development projects; and\n3. Waive second reading of Ordinance No. 2489, amending Chapter 17.74 titled Site Plan Review of the\nMMC to update thresholds for when a site plan review is required, remove provisions that allow the\ncombination of multiple discretionary entitlement approvals under a single application, and include an\nexception that would allow certain qualifying mixed-use or residential projects to be reviewed\nadministratively; and\n4. Waive second reading of Ordinance No. 2490, approving the rezoning of certain properties to ensure\nconsistency with the land use designations established by the Montebello 2040 General Plan and the\nopportunity sites identified in the City’s 6th Cycle Housing Element (2021-2029); and\n5. Determine and find that the proposed amendments to Title 17 of the MMC and rezoning of certain\nproperties are within the scope of, and consistent with, the 2040 General Plan, for which the City Council\ncertified a Final Environmental Impact Report (“Final EIR”) on April 10, 2024 (State Clearinghouse\nNo.2023050665), in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), and\n6. Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute the Covenant and Agreement for the preservation\nand protection of the Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument in a form approved by the City Attorney;\nand\n7 Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute the Covenant and Agreement for the preservation\nand protection of the Montebello Scout House in a form approved by the City Attorney; and\n8. Take such additional, related, action that may be desirable.

7.\nAPPROVE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH TUVF – MONTEBELLO, LLC FOR ACQUISITION OF\nREAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 602-610 WEST WHITTIER BOULEVARD (LOS ANGELES COUNTY\nASSESSOR’S PARCEL NOS. 6346-027-001, 6346-027-002, 6346-027-006, AND 6346-027-019) (THE\n“PROPERTY”)\nRECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:\n1. Find and determine that acquisition of the Property is in conformance with the City’s General Plan\npursuant to Government Code Section 65402 because it furthers the purpose of the community driven\nvision, direction and policy guidance set in the Montebello General Plan through the preservation of\nbuildings within the community and how they are built, which promote economic development, land use,\ncommunity design, and housing to achieve the community vision; and\n2. Find and determine that the approval of the Purchase and Sale Agreement is exempt from the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to (i) CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) – Common\nSense Exemption in that it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the approval of the\nPurchase and Sale Agreement may have a significant effect on the environment and is not a project\nunder CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(a)(1) and none of the exceptions to the Categorical Exemptions\nunder CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 apply; and\n3. Approve the Purchase and Sale Agreement (“Agreement”) between the City of Montebello and TUVF –\nMontebello, LLC, for the acquisition of 602, 604, 608, and 610 West Whittier Boulevard in the amount of\n$3,150,000 plus Capitalized Costs totaling $63,784 as defined in the October 21, 2025, PUT Agreement;\nand\n4. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement and all related escrow and closing documents\nnecessary to consummate the transaction, in a form approved by the City Attorney; and\n5. Authorize the Finance Director to appropriate and disburse funds necessary to complete the acquisition\nand associated closing costs and costs related to anticipated maintenance and repairs; and,\n6. Amend the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget by increasing appropriations by $3,280,000 in Account No. 600-\n90-900-6088 (Transit, Transportation, Administration, Property Purchase); and,\n7. Take such additional and/or related action that may be desirable.

8.\nPRESENTATION OF COMMUNITY BUDGET FORUMS AND BUDGET SURVEY FEEDBACK, FISCAL YEAR\n2026-27 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT\nRECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:\n1. Receive and file the Fiscal Year 2026-27 Community Budget Forum and Budget Survey feedback; and,\n2. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

9.\nAPPROVE AGREEMENT NO. 4481 WITH AM SIGNAL FOR PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF THE\nOPTICOM GPS SYSTEM\nRECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:\n1. Approve Agreement No. 4481 with AM Signal for the purchase and installation of the Opticom GPS\nsystem; and\n2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement and all applicable exhibits, attachments, and\nrelated documents necessary to implement the project in good faith; and\n3. Approve issuance of the agreement through the Purchasing Cooperative of America in accordance with\nMontebello Municipal Code Chapter 3.20.050(F) – Cooperative Purchases; and\n4. Amend the adopted Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget by increasing appropriations by $287,354 in Account\n215-99-7116 (Proposition C Local – Non-Departmental – Improvements Other Than Building); and\n5. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.