Palmdale — 2024-03-06

11.1 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION\nTitle: City Attorney\n4\nName: William P. Curley, III

11.2 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION\nShanae Smith, Patricia Nevarez and Michael "Mike" Behen vs. City of Palmdale,\net al.\nLos Angeles County Superior Court\nCase No. 22STCV18219\nThis closed session is being held pursuant to the authority of California\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1).

11.3 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION\nLeona Valley Town Council vs. City of Palmdale, et al.\nLos Angeles County Superior Court\nCase No. 22STCP01932\nThis closed session is being held pursuant to the authority of California\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)

11.4 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION\nDonald Ross D'Angelo v. City of Palmdale, et al.\nLos Angeles County Superior Court\nCase No. 21AVCV00441\nThis closed session is being held pursuant to the authority of California\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1).

11.5 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION\nU-Haul v. City of Palmdale\nCase No. 22AVCV00439\nThis closed session is being held pursuant to the authority of California\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9.

11.6 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL—EXISTING LITIGATION\nCV Communities, LLC et al. v. Antelope Valley East Kern Water Agency et al.\nLos Angeles County Superior Court Case Nos. BC661107 and 20STCV10953\nThis closed session is being held pursuant to the authority of California\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1).

4.1 Declaring Women's History Month.

4.2 Declaring Employee Appreciation Day.

4.3 Wellbeing Lab Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology Program Update.\nPUBLIC COMMENT RULES:\n“(California Government Code Section 54954.3).\n(a) Every agenda for regular meetings shall provide an opportunity for members of the\npublic to directly address the legislative body on any item of interest to the public, before\nor during the legislative body’s consideration of the item, that is within the subject matter\n1\njurisdiction of the legislative body, provided that no action shall be taken on any item not\nappearing on the agenda unless the action is otherwise authorized by subdivision (b) of\nSection 54954.2 [section omitted].\n(b) (1) The legislative body of a local agency may adopt reasonable regulations to ensure\nthat the intent of the subdivision (a) is carried out, including, but not limited to, regulations\nlimiting the total amount of time allocated for public testimony on particular issues and for\neach individual speaker.\n(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), when the legislative body of a local agency limits\ntime for public comment, the legislative body of a local agency shall provide at least twice\nthe allotted time to a member of the public who utilizes a translator to ensure that non-\nEnglish speakers receive the same opportunity to directly address the legislative body of\na local agency.”\nIn furtherance of Section 54954.3 of the Brown Act, the public is allotted to speak a total\nof two (2) minutes on the entirety of the Consent Calendar, Appointment(s), New\nBusiness and Closed Session, with two (2) minutes on each Public Hearing, and, if\ndesired, an additional two (2) minutes on items not on the agenda that are within the\nsubject matter jurisdiction of the City Council. As specified in the Brown Act, a speaker\nutilizing a translator will receive twice the amount of time specified.

6.1 Waive full reading of the Resolution(s) and/or Ordinance(s) to be considered and\nvoted on at this meeting. (This allows for reading the title only in lieu of reciting the\nentire text).

6.2 Receive and file the Monthly Investment Activity Report for January 2024.\nSR Investment Report JAN 2024.docx\nRpt. Monthly Investment Reports January 2024.pdf

6.3 Adopt Resolution No. CC 2024-020, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of\nPalmdale adopting the joint resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of\n2\nLos Angeles, acting on behalf of the Los Angeles County General Fund and the\nLos Angeles County Consolidated Fire Protection District, the Board of Directors\nof County Sanitation District No. 20 of Los Angeles County, and the governing\nbodies of the Antelope Valley Cemetery District, the Antelope Valley Mosquito and\nVector Control District, the Antelope Valley Resource Conservation District, the\nCity of Palmdale, and the Palmdale Water District - Zone E, approving and\naccepting the negotiated exchange of property tax revenues resulting from\nAnnexation 20-104 to County Sanitation District No. 20.\nSR Tax Shared Annex. No. 20-104 Reso. No. CC 2024-020.docx\nReso. No. CC 2024-020.docx\nAtch 1 LA County Sanitation District Transmittal Letter.pdf\nAtch 2 LA County Sanitation District Joint Resolution.pdf\nAtch 3 Joint Resolution Tax Sharing Worksheet.pdf\nAtch 4 Annexation Map No. 104.pdf

6.4 Adopt Resolution No. CC 2024-021, a Resolution of the City Council adopting the\nJoint Resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, acting\non behalf of the Los Angeles County General Fund and the Los Angeles County\nConsolidated Fire Protection District, the Board of Directors of County Sanitation\nDistrict No. 14 of Los Angeles County, and the Governing Bodies of the Antelope\nValley Cemetery District, the Antelope Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District,\nthe City of Palmdale, and the Antelope Valley – East Kern Water Agency,\napproving and accepting the negotiated exchange of property tax revenues\nresulting from Annexation 14-451 to County Sanitation District No. 14.\nSR Tax Shared Annex. No. 14-451 Reso. No. CC 2024-021.docx\nReso. No. CC 2024-021.docx\nAtch 1 LA County Sanitation Distict Transmittal Letter.pdf\nAtch 2 LA County Sanitation District Joint Resolution.pdf\nAtch 3 Joint Resolution Tax Sharing Worksheet.pdf\nAtch 4 Annexation Map No. 451.pdf

6.5 Award Landscape Maintenance Services Agreement with Parkwood Landscape\nMaintenance, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $16,120,000 for the remaining\nthree months of fiscal year 2023-2024, and the subsequent four fiscal years for a\ntotal contract term of 51 months.\nSR Agrmt No. A-8602 with Parkwood Landscape Maintenance Inc.docx\nAgrmt No. A-8602 with Parkwood Landscape Maintenance, Inc.pdf\nAtch 1 RFP No. 23-001-3610 Landscape Maintenance Services.pdf

6.6 Award Contract Services Agreement with ROMTEC, Inc. for PN 887, Marie Kerr\nPark Best of the West Concession Stand Project, in the amount of $239,557.\nSR Agrmt No. A-8702 with ROMTEC Inc.docx\nAgrmt No. A-8702 with ROMTEC, Inc.pdf\nAtch 1 Site Photo.pdf\nAtch 2 Building Rendering.pdf\n3

6.7 Approve the Second Amendment to the Legal Services Agreement with Civica\nLaw Group, APC, to increase the agreement amount by $420,000, for a total not\nto exceed amount of $1,020,000 for a contract term through March 6, 2025.\nSR Second Amendment to Agrmt No. A-8272 with Civica Law Group, APC\nAgrmt No. A-8272 with Civica Law Group, APC\nFirst Amendment to Agrmt No. A-8272 with Civica Law Group, APC\nSecond Amendment to Agrmt No. A-8272 with Civica Law Group, APC\nExh A to Agrmt No. A-8272 with Civica Law Group, APC

6.8 Approve Agreement with The Wellbeing Lab dba Louis Alloro, LLC, to provide a\nCertificate in Applied Positive Psychology Program in an amount not to exceed\n$275,000 for a term of one year.\nSR Agrmt No. A-8696 The Wellbeing Lab dba Louis Alloro LLC.docx\nAgrmt No. A-8696 The Wellbeing Lab dba Louis Alloro LLC.pdf

6.9 Approve the minutes from the previous meetings.\nCC/SA/IDA/PAA/PCA/PFA - February 21, 2024\nMinutes 02 21 2024 CC SA IDA PAA PCA PFA.pdf

7.1 Adopt Resolution No. CC 2024-017, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of\nPalmdale; Denying Appeal 24-0002 and upholding Planning Commission\nResolution No. PC-2024-001 to deny General Plan Amendment 23-0001, Zone\nChange 23-0002, and Specific Plan Amendment 22-001.\nMemo Reso. No. CC 2024-017.docx

8.1 Council reports, announcements, and requests for future agenda items.