Norwalk — 2025-05-06

City Council

#1 City Manager Comments
1. Mayor's Prayer Breakfast Recap Video.
#2 City Manager Comments
2. Earth Week in Norwalk.
#3 City Manager Comments
3. Eggstravagant Egg Hunt Recap Video.
#4 City Manager Comments
4. Bi-Weekly Review Video.
#5 City Manager Comments
5. CAPIO Award Recognition Update.
#1 Closed Session Item
I. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE\n§54956.8, Assessor Parcel Numbers 8047-006-924 and 8047-006-925 (The Walk Project); Negotiating on\nbehalf of the City: Jesus Gomez, City Manager; Negotiating Party: Primestor; Under Negotiation: Price\nand Terms of Payment.
#2 Closed Session Item
II. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT\nCODE §54956.9(d)(2) – Significant exposure to litigation in two cases.
#3 Closed Session Item
III. PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE §54957.6; CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR.\nNegotiating on behalf of the City: Jesus M. Gomez, City Manager; regarding negotiations with the Norwalk\nCity Employees Association.
#1 Consent Item
1. WAIVE READING IN FULL OF ALL ORDINANCES ON THE AGENDA\nStaff recommends City Council waive reading in full of all ordinances on the agenda and declare that said\ntitles which appear on the public agenda shall be determined to have been read by title and further\nreading waived.
#10 Consent Item
10. AGREEMENT AMENDMENT NO. 2 FOR ELECTRICAL WORK\nStaff recommends City Council approve Amendment No . 2 with HC Electric, for electrical work in the\namount of $7,605; and authorize the City Manager to execute the amendment and any amendments\nprovided there is funding in the budget and it is within the City Manager’s signing authority, on behalf of\nthe City, in a form approved by the City Attorney.
#11 Consent Item
11. AGREEMENT – SAFE, CLEAN WATER MUNICIPAL PROGRAM\nStaff recommends City Council approve the Transfer agreement with the Los Angeles County Flood\nControl District for Safe, Clean Water Program-Municipal Program funds; and authorize the City Manager\nto execute the Transfer Agreement and any amendments, on behalf of the City, in a form approved by the\nCity Attorney.
#12 Consent Item
12. AGREEMENT WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR PUBLIC\nHEALTH SERVICES (NO. PH-005643)\nStaff recommends that City Council approve an agreement with the Los Angeles County Department of\nPublic Health for public health services; and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement, and\nany amendments necessary to meet the goals of the City in a form approved by the City Attorney.
#13 Consent Item
13. AGREEMENT - ENGINEERING DIVISION STAFF AUGMENTATION\nStaff recommends City Council approve a Professional Services Agreement with Transtech Engineering\nInc., to provide staff augmentation services to the Engineering Division, in a total contract amount not to\nexceed $120,920, with the option to extend the duration of the services through August 31, 2026, for an\nadditional compensation of $156,680, for total of $277,600; and authorize the City Manager to execute the\nagreement and amendments, provided there is funding in the budget, and it is within the City Manager’s\nsigning authority, on behalf of the City, in a form approved by the City Attorney.\nAPPOINTMENTS
#14 Consent Item
14. ADVISORY BODY APPOINTMENTS\nStaff recommends City Council make appointments to fill the vacancies on the various Advisory Bodies for\ntwo-year terms expiring on December 31, 2026.\nRESOLUTION
#15 Consent Item
15. RESOLUTION NO. 25-15 - FIRST AMENDMENT TO GROUND LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE CIVIC\nCENTER PARKING GARAGE\nStaff recommends City Council:\na. find that the proposed Lease Amendment is Categorically Exempt pursuant to the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as this activity will not have a significant\neffect on the environment per Section 15301 Class 1 (Existing Facilities) of the CEQA\nGuidelines;\nb. adopt Resolution No. 25-15, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF\nNORWALK APPROVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE GROUND LEASE\nAGREEMENT – NORWALK CIVIC CENTER PARKING GARAGE BY AND BETWEEN\nTHE CITY OF NORWALK AND THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGLES; and\nc. authorize the City Manager to execute the First Amendment to the Ground Lease\nAgreement and any documents under the terms of the First Amendment and such other\nancillary documents, and any additional amendments provided there is funding in the\nbudget, in a form approved by the City Attorney.\nREPORTS\n16 PROJECT NO. 7449 – AWARD OF CONTRACT - WATERMAIN AND ADVANCED METER\nINFRASTRUCTURE METER REPLACEMENTS AND PROJECT NO. 7937 - LOCAL STREETS\nREHABILITATION PROGRAM ZONE 31 ASPHALT IMPROVEMENTS\nStaff recommends City Council award a contract to Stephen Doreck Equipment Rentals, Inc. for City\nProject No. 7449, Water Main and Advanced Meter Infrastructure Meter Replacement Project and Project\nNo. 7937, Local Streets Rehabilitation Program Zone 31 Asphalt Improvements, in the amount of\n$3,194,303.65; and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract and any amendments within the\n15% contingency, on behalf of the City, in a form approved by the City Attorney.\n17 AGREEMENT FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - SAFETY AND SECURITY REPORTING PLATFORM\nStaff recommends City Council approve a one-year subscription agreement from July 1, 2025 through\nJune 30, 2026 with ELERTS Corporation for a Crowd Sourced Incident Reporting System in the amount of\n$39,995; and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement and any amendments or extensions\nprovided there is funding in the budget, on behalf of the City, in a form approved by the City Attorney.
#16 Consent Item
16. PROJECT NO. 7449 – AWARD OF CONTRACT - WATERMAIN AND ADVANCED METER\nINFRASTRUCTURE METER REPLACEMENTS AND PROJECT NO. 7937 - LOCAL STREETS\nREHABILITATION PROGRAM ZONE 31 ASPHALT IMPROVEMENTS\nStaff recommends City Council award a contract to Stephen Doreck Equipment Rentals, Inc. for City\nProject No. 7449, Water Main and Advanced Meter Infrastructure Meter Replacement Project and Project\nNo. 7937, Local Streets Rehabilitation Program Zone 31 Asphalt Improvements, in the amount of\n$3,194,303.65; and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract and any amendments within the\n15% contingency, on behalf of the City, in a form approved by the City Attorney.
#17 Consent Item
17. AGREEMENT FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - SAFETY AND SECURITY REPORTING PLATFORM\nStaff recommends City Council approve a one-year subscription agreement from July 1, 2025 through\nJune 30, 2026 with ELERTS Corporation for a Crowd Sourced Incident Reporting System in the amount of\n$39,995; and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement and any amendments or extensions\nprovided there is funding in the budget, on behalf of the City, in a form approved by the City Attorney.
#2 Consent Item
2. MEETING MINUTES\nStaff recommends City Council approve the minutes of the meetings of April 15, 2025 and April 22, 2025.\n825-04
#3 Consent Item
3. PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD MARCH 16, 2025 – MARCH 29, 2025\nStaff recommends City Council approve gross payroll in the amount of $1,245,903.46; the payroll check\nnumbers 38337 – 38343 and the voucher numbers 343645 – 344141 in the total net amount of\n$933,117.15 for the payroll period March 16, 2025 – March 29, 2025.
#4 Consent Item
4. COMMERCIAL DEMANDS\nStaff recommends City Council approve the warrant register period April 8, 2025 – April 28, 2025, in the\ntotal amount of $3,122,248.13. 640
#5 Consent Item
5. PLANNING COMMISSION SYNOPSIS - APRIL 23, 2025\nNo action is required unless the City Council elects to review the decision of the Planning Commission on\nthe item where the Commission’s action was final.
#6 Consent Item
6. ORDINANCE NO. 25-1756 – APPROVING STATUTORY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NO. 2025-0001\nFOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORWALK TRANSIT VILLAGE SPECIFIC PLAN AREA LOCATED\nAT 13200 BLOOMFIELD AVENUE\nStaff recommends City Council adopt Ordinance No. 25-1756, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL\nOF THE CITY OF NORWALK, CALIFORNIA APPROVING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NO. 2025-\n0001 BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORWALK, CALIFORNIA AND LEWIS LAND DEVELOPERS,\nLLC. FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORWALK TRANSIT VILLAGE SPECIFIC PLAN AREA\nLOCATED AT 13200 BLOOMFIELD AVENUE.
#7 Consent Item
7. AWARD OF CONTRACT – CUSTOMER SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR RENTAL AND CLEANING OF\nUNIFORMS AND RELATED PRODUCTS\nStaff recommends City Council approve an agreement with UniFirst Corporation for a term ending March\n25, 2030 for rental and cleaning of uniforms and related products; and authorize the City Manager to\nexecute the contract and any amendments or extensions provided there is funding in the budget, on\nbehalf of the City, in a form approved by the City Attorney.
#8 Consent Item
8. AGREEMENT AMENDMENT NO. 2 - PRODUCTION OF THE CITY’S NEWSLETTERS\nStaff recommends City Council approve Amendment No. 2 with Intergraphics for newsletter printing\nservices, not-to-exceed $82,632.00; and authorize the City Manager to execute the amendment, in a form\napproved by the City Attorney.
#9 Consent Item
9. AGREEMENT FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS\nSTATION\nStaff recommends City Council approve a five-year agreement, from June 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030\nwith Clean Energy Fuels for Operation and Maintenance services of the Compressed Natural Gas station\nwith for a total contract value of $900,718.70; and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract and\nany amendments or extensions provided there is funding in the budget, and it is within the City Manager’s\nsigning authority, on behalf of the City, in a form approved by the City Attorney.
#1 Special Presentation Item
I. Proclaiming May as Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
#2 Special Presentation Item
II. Proclaiming May 4 - 10 as Professional Municipal Clerks Week.
#3 Special Presentation Item
III. Proclaiming May 18 - 24 as National Public Works Week.
#4 Special Presentation Item
IV. Proclaiming May as Military Appreciation Month.\nCITY MANAGER COMMENTS