Pico Rivera — 2025-06-24
City Council
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a.\nPUBLIC EMPLOYEE EVALUATION\nPursuant to Government Code Section 54957(b)(1)\nTitle: City Manager
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b.\nCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION\nPursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4)\nConsideration of initiating litigation in one matter\nPUBLIC HEARING:\nCity Council:
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1.\nPublic Hearing – Amendment to the 5-Year Permanent Local Housing\nAllocation Plan.\n(1600)\na) Open public hearing\nb) Memo from City Manager\nc) Written Communications\nd) Oral Communications\ne) Close public hearing\nf) Recommendation:\n1. Approve a resolution authorizing the proposed amendment to the City of Pico\nRivera’s (City) 5-Year Permanent Local Housing Allocation Plan (PLHA);\nand\n2. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to make all necessary submittals\nto the California Department of Housing and Community Development and\nexecute all related documents required to implement the amended PLHA.\nResolution No. ____ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
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10.\nAmendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 22-2114 with ABM Building Solutions,\nLLC for Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Maintenance Services.\nRecommendation:\n(500)\n1. Approve Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 22-2114 with ABM Building\nSolutions, LLC. to provide heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC)\nmaintenance services for various City-owned facilities for an annual amount\nof $111,700 and to exercise the first of two (2) one-year optional extensions\nfor HVAC maintenance and repair services;\n2. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to process change orders for\nas-needed emergency repairs for a not-to-exceed amount of $20,000; and\n3. Authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 in a form\napproved by the City Attorney.\nAgreement No. 22-2114-1
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11.\nAmendment No. 2 To Agreement No. 24-2348 With Southwest Patrol, Inc. For\nArmed Security Services.\n(500)\nRecommendation:\n1. Approve Amendment No. 2 to Agreement No. 24-2348 with Southwest\nPatrol Inc. for armed security services for an additional amount of $359,000\nfor a total not-to-exceed amount of $718,000 through June 30, 2026, with\nthe option for two (2) one (1)-year extensions; and\n2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Amendment No. 2 in a form\napproved by the City Attorney.\nAgreement No. 24-2348-2
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12.\nAmendment No. 2 to Professional Services Agreement No. 21-2026 for\nProfessional Geographical Information System Consulting Services.\n(500)\nRecommendation:\n1. Approve Amendment No. 2 to Agreement No. 21-2026 with Infinity\nTechnologies Inc. to provide Geographical Information System (GIS)\nconsulting services for an annual amount not-to-exceed $90,000, and a\ncontract total not-to-exceed $450,000; and\n2. Authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 2 in a form\napproved by the City Attorney.\nAgreement No. 21-2026-2
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13.\nAmendment No. 3 to Professional Services Agreement No. 16-1674 with GRM\nInformation Management Services for Storage, Destruction, Shredding,\nImaging and Records Management Services.\n(500)\nRecommendation:\n6-24-2025 Agenda City Council\n1. Approve Amendment No. 3 to Professional Services Agreement No. 161674 with GRM Information Management Services for storage, destruction,\nshredding, imaging and records management services in a total contract\namount not-to-exceed $210,000.\nAgreement No. 16-1674-3
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14.\nAmendment No. 5 to Agreement No. 18-1825 with Mariposa Landscapes, Inc.\nfor Citywide Landscape Services.\n(500)\nRecommendation:\n1. Approve Amendment No. 5 to Agreement No. 18-1825 with Mariposa\nLandscapes, Inc. to modify the scope of work and compensation of citywide\nlandscape services; and\n2. Authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 5 in a form\napproved by the City Attorney.\nAgreement No. 18-1825-5
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15.\nTreasurer’s Monthly Investment Transaction Report as of May 31, 2025. (700)\nRecommendation:\n1. Receive and file the Treasurer’s Monthly Investment Transaction Report as\nof May 31, 2025.
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16.\nProposal to Establish a Legal Assistance Fund for Residents Impacted by\nImmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency Detections.\n(1000)\nRecommendation:\n1. Direct staff to develop a legal assistance fund program to support Pico\nRivera residents detained by the Federal ICE Agency, subject to eligibility\ncriteria;\n2. Authorize the City Manager to coordinate with non-profit legal aid providers,\nadvocacy organizations, and philanthropic partners to implement the\nprogram; and\n3. Approve initial program funding of $25,000 by appropriating from fiscal year\n2024-25 General Fund Unassigned Fund Balance.\nWater Authority:
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17.\nMinutes:\n• Water Authority regular meeting June 10, 2025\nRecommendation: Approve
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18.\nAmendment No. 2 to Agreement No. 23-2256 and a Professional Services\nAgreement with Weck Laboratories, Inc.\n(500)\nRecommendation:\n1. Approve Amendment No. 2 to Professional Services Agreement No. 232256 with Weck Laboratories, Inc. to increase the contract amount by\n$10,000 for water quality testing for the remaining two-year term in the total\namount not-to-exceed $70,000;\n6-24-2025 Agenda City Council\n2. Authorize the Executive Director to execute Amendment No. 2 in a form\napproved by the General Counsel;\n3. Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Weck Laboratories Inc.\nfor water quality sampling and testing for a not-to-exceed amount of\n$150,000 for a five-year term; and\n4. Authorize the Executive Director to approve a Professional Services\nAgreement with Weck Laboratories Inc., in the amount of $150,000.\nAgreement No. 23-2256-2\nAgreement No. ______
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19.\nAdoption of Fiscal Year 2025-26 Operating Budget and Five-Year Capital\nImprovement Program and Approval of the Operating and Capital Budget for\nFiscal Year 2026-27.\n(700)\nRecommendation:\n1. Approve a resolution adopting the fiscal year (FY) 2025-26 Operating\nBudget and Five-Year Capital Improvement Budget;\n2. Approve a resolution adopting the updated General Fund and Proprietary\nFund reserve policies (Exhibits A and B);\n3. Approve the FY 2026-27 Operating and Capital Budget;\n4. Authorize the transfer of $200,000 from the General Fund to the Capital\nImprovement Project (CIP) Fund for the design of four (4) re-roofing projects\nin FY 2024-25; and\n5. Authorize the transfer of $210,000 from the General Fund to the Community\nBenefit Fund in FY 2024-25.\nResolution No. ____ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
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2.\nMinutes:\n• City Council regular meeting June 10, 2025\nRecommendation: Approve
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20.\n3.\nA project may be deemed\nOF SIGNIFICANCE\nto have\na\nsignificant\nadverse\nimpact\non\nwildfire\nif it results\nin any of the\nfollowing.\nThe\nproposed project would, if located in or near state responsibility areas or lands classified as\nvery high fire hazard severity zones, substantially impair an adopted emergency response plan or\nemergency evacuation\nplan.\nproposed project would, if located in or near state responsibility areas or lands classified as\nvery high fire hazard severity zones, due to slope, prevailing winds, and other factors, exacerbate\nThe\nwildfire\nor\nnsks, and thereby expose project occupants to, pollutant\nconcentrations\nfrom\na\nwildfire\nthe uncontrolled spread of a wildfire.\nThe proposed project would, if located in or near state responsibility areas or lands classified as\nvery high fire hazard severity zones, would the project require the installation or mamtenance of\nassociated infrastructure ( such\nother\nas\nroads, fuel breaks, emergency water\nsources, power lines\nutilities)that may exacerbate fire risk or that may result in temporary\nor ongoing\nor\nimpacts to\nthe environment\nThe proposed project would, if located m or near state responsibility\nareas\nvery high fire hazard severity zones, would the project expose people\nor structures\nor\nlands classified as\nto significant\nrisks, including downslope or downstream floodmg or landslides, as a result of runoff, post -fire\nslope instability, or drainage changes\nINITIAL STUDY & MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION
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24.\nCONSTRUCTION COMPANY\nGreen Giant Landscape Inc\nRamco General Engineering\nContractors, Inc.\nDeark E&C, Inc\nLeonida Builders, Inc.\nRG General Engineering Inc\nArmstrong Cal Builders Inc\nKasa Construction\nBedrock Group, Inc.\nElegant Construction Inc\nMetrocell Construction, Inc.\nEnvironmental Construction, Inc.\nGolden Sun Enterprise, Inc.\nNoHo Constructors\nEarthscapes Landscape Inc\nDD Systems Inc\nDoja, Inc\nR2BUILD\nAxiom Group\nh2m construction inc\nLuMar Corporation\nAddison-Miller Inc.\nE2 Contracting\nParsam Construction, Inc.\nC.S. Legacy Construction, Inc.\nBID AMOUNT\n$1,449,887.00\n$1,545,240.10\n$1,624,019.00\n$1,679,209.00\n$1,685,700.50\n$1,698,857.00\n$1,763,898.00\n$1,788,354.00\n$1,797,189.50\n$1,808,904.20\n$1,826,422.00\n$1,839,777.00\n$1,850,060.78\n$1,863,877.1\n$1,876,500.43\n$1,898,825.55\n$1,929,227.17\n$1,968,931.53\n$1,973,000.00\n$2,029,604.75\n$2,088,880.40\n$2,177,934.01\n$2,350,050.00\n$2,604,395.84
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25.\nWARRANTIES\n25.1 Each Party has received independent legal advice from its attorneys with\nrespect to the advisability of entering into and executing this Agreement or been provided\nwith an opportunity to receive independent legal advice and has freely and voluntarily\nwaived and relinquished the right to do so. Each Party who has not obtained\nindependent counsel acknowledges that the failure to have independent legal counsel\nwill not excuse such Party’s failure to perform under this Agreement.\n25.2 In executing this Agreement, each Party has carefully read this Agreement,\nknows the contents thereof, and has relied solely on the statements expressly set forth\nherein and has placed no reliance whatsoever on any statement, representation, or\npromise of any other party, or any other person or entity, not expressly set forth herein,\nnor upon the failure of any other party or any other person or entity to make any\nstatement, representation or disclosure of any matter whatsoever.\n25.3 It is agreed that each Party has the full right and authority to enter into this\nAgreement, and that the person executing this Agreement on behalf of either Party has\nthe full right and authority to fully commit and bind such Party to the provisions of this\nAgreement.
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26.\nCAPTIONS\n26.1 The captions appearing at the commencement of the sections hereof, and in\nany paragraph thereof, are descriptive only and for convenience in reference to this\nAgreement. Should there be any conflict between such heading, and the section or\nparagraph thereof at the head of which it appears, the section or paragraph thereof, as\nthe case may be, and not such heading, shall control and govern in the construction of\nthis Agreement.\n26.2 Masculine or feminine pronouns shall be substituted for the neuter form and\nvice versa, and the plural shall be substituted for the singular form and vice versa, in any\nplace or places herein in which the context requires such substitution(s).\nProfessional Services Agreement\nJOHN L. HUNTER & ASSOCIATES, INC.
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27.\nNON-WAIVER\n27.1 The waiver by City or Consultant of any breach of any term, covenant or\ncondition herein contained shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such term, covenant or\ncondition or of any subsequent breach of the same or any other term, covenant or\ncondition herein contained. In no event shall the making by City of any payment to\nConsultant constitute or be construed as a waiver by City of any breach of covenant, or\nany default which may then exist on the part of Consultant, and the making of any such\npayment by City shall in no way impair or prejudice any right or remedy available to City\nwith regard to such breach or default. No term, covenant or condition of this Agreement\nshall be deemed to have been waived by City or Consultant unless in writing.\n27.2 Each right, power and remedy provided for herein or now or hereafter existing\nat law, in equity, by statute, or otherwise shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to\nevery other right, power, or remedy provided for herein or now or hereafter existing at\nlaw, in equity, by statute, or otherwise. The exercise, the commencement of the exercise,\nor the forbearance of the exercise by any Party of any one or more of such rights, powers\nor remedies shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise by such Party of any of\nall of such other rights, powers or remedies.\n27.3 Consultant shall not be liable for any failure to perform if Consultant presents\nacceptable evidence, in City’s sole judgment, that such failure was due to causes beyond\nthe control and without the fault or negligence of Consultant.
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28.\nCOURT COSTS AND ATTORNEY FEES\nIn the event legal action shall be necessary to enforce any term, covenant or\ncondition herein contained, the Party prevailing in such action, whether reduced to\njudgment or not, shall be entitled to its reasonable court costs, including accountants’ fees\nand expert witness fees, if any, and attorneys’ fees expended in such action. The venue\nfor any litigation shall be Los Angeles County, California.
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29.\nSEVERABILITY\nIf any term or provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any person\nor circumstance shall, to any extent, be invalid or unenforceable, then such term or\nprovision shall be amended to, and solely to, the extent necessary to cure such invalidity\nor unenforceability, and in its amended form shall be enforceable. In such event, the\nremainder of this Agreement, or the application of such term or provision to persons or\ncircumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid or unenforceable, shall not\nbe affected thereby, and each term and provision of this Agreement shall be valid and be\nenforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.\nProfessional Services Agreement\nJOHN L. HUNTER & ASSOCIATES, INC.
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3.\n18th Warrant Register of the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year.\nCheck Numbers: 297791-297901\nSpecial Check Numbers: None\nRecommendation: Approve
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30.\nGOVERNING LAW\nThis Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of\nthe State of California.
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31.\nCOUNTERPARTS\nThis Agreement may be signed in any one or more counterparts all of which taken\ntogether shall be but one and the same Agreement. Any signed copy of this Agreement\nor of any other document or agreement referred to herein, or copy or counterpart thereof,\ndelivered by facsimile or email transmission, shall for all purposes be treated as if it were\ndelivered containing an original manual signature of the Party whose signature appears\nin the facsimile or email and shall be binding upon such Party in the same manner as\nthough an originally signed copy had been delivered.
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32.\nENTIRE AGREEMENT\nAll documents referenced as exhibits in this Agreement are hereby incorporated in\nthis Agreement. In the event of any material discrepancy between the express provisions\nof this Agreement and the provisions of any document incorporated herein by reference,\nthe provisions of this Agreement shall prevail. This instrument contains the entire\nAgreement between City and Consultant with respect to the transactions contemplated\nherein. No other prior oral or written agreements are binding upon the Parties.\nAmendments hereto or deviations herefrom shall be effective and binding only if made in\nwriting and executed by City and Consultant.\n[This section is intentionally left blank]\nProfessional Services Agreement\nJOHN L. HUNTER & ASSOCIATES, INC.\nTO EFFECTUATE THIS AGREEMENT, the Parties have caused their duly authorized\nrepresentatives to execute this Agreement on the dates set forth below.\n“CITY”
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4.\nSecond Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 1198 for the Construction\nof a Digital Billboard Located at 3900 Baybar Road (APN 8125-013-020).\nRecommendation:\n(500)\n1. Adopt Ordinance No. 1198, approving Development Agreement No. 252455, for the construction of a digital billboard on the subject property.\n(700)\nOrdinance No. 1198 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
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5.\nSecond Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 1199 for the Crimson\nCalifornia Pipeline Franchise Renewal.\n(500)\nRecommendation:\n1. Adopt Ordinance No. 1199 granting Crimson California Pipeline, L.P., its\nsuccessors and assigns, a renewed franchise to lay and use pipes and\nappurtenances for transmitting and distributing oil, or products thereof, for\nany and all purposes in, under, along, across or upon the public streets,\nways, alleys and places, as the same now or may hereafter exist, within the\nCity of Pico Rivera.\nOrdinance No. 1199 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
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6.\nAlebrije Dog Park Project (CIP No. 50068) – Award of Construction Contract.\nRecommendation:\n(500)\n1. Approve the plans and specifications for the Alebrije Dog Park Project (CIP\nNo. 50068) (Project);\n2. Award a Construction Contract for a not-to-exceed amount of $1,449,887\nto Green Giant Landscape, Inc., for the Project and authorize the City\nManager to execute the contract in a form approved by the City Attorney;\n3. Authorize the City Manager or his designee, to approve change orders, as\nneeded, in an amount not-to-exceed $217,500 (approximately 15% of the\ntotal contract amount) for construction contingency; and\n4. Approve the Notice of Exemption (NOE) for the subject project and\nauthorize the City Clerk to file the Notice of Exemption (NOE) with the\nCounty Recorder, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality\nAct.\nAgreement No. ________
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7.\nNational Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Stormwater Program\nManagement Services – Award of Professional Services Agreement. (500)\nRecommendation:\n1. Award a Professional Services Agreement to John L. Hunter and\nAssociates, Inc. for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System\nStormwater Program Management Services for an amount not-to-exceed\n$419,880 for a five-year term ($83,976 annually) and authorize the City\nManager to execute the agreement in a form approved by the City Attorney.\nAgreement No. _______
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8.\nCity Profile Newsletter and Parks and Recreation Guide Printing and Mailing\n– Award a Professional Service Agreement.\n(500)\nRecommendation:\n1. Award a Professional Services Agreement to Pacific Graphics, Inc. for the\nprinting and delivery of the City PROFILE Newsletter and Parks and\nRecreation Guide in an amount not-to-exceed $80,000 per year, for a total\nnot-to-exceed $240,000; and\n2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement and any necessary\namendments, in a form approved by the City Attorney.\nAgreement No. ________
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9.\nAmendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement No. 23-2208 Between Steven\nCarmona and the City of Pico Rivera.\n(500)\nRecommendation:\n1. Approve the First Amendment to Employment Agreement No. 23-2208\n(“First Amendment”) between City Manager Steven Carmona and the City\nof Pico Rivera as City Manager for the City.\nAgreement No. 23-2208-1