San Fernando — 2026-08-17
City Council
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1) CONSIDERATION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE WARRANT REGISTERRecommend that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 26-082 approving the Warrant Register.
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10) DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE THE FIVE-YEAR FACILITIES CAPITALIMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR FISCAL YEARS 2026–2027 THROUGH 2030–2031, AND ADOPT ARESOLUTION AMENDING FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027 BUDGET TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FORPHASE I OF THE FIVE-YEAR FACILITIES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANRecommend that the City Council:a. Approve the Five-Year Facilities Capital Improvement Plan for Fiscal Years 2026–2027through 2030–2031 for repairs and maintenance of City facilities;b. Adopt Resolution No. 8480 amending the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Adopted Budget toappropriate $1.6 million from the General Fund, Water Fund and Sewer Fund Reserves forPhase I of the Five-Year Facilities Capital Improvement Plan; andc. Provide staff direction, as applicable.
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11) RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM ASCIELA GALLO AN APOSTILLE SERVICES, MOBILENOTARY, AND CERTIFIED TRUST DELIVERY AGENTThis item was agendized by Vice Mayor Patty Lopez.City Council to receive and file the presentation from Asciela Gallo an Apostille Services, MobileNotary, and Certified Trust Delivery Agent.
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12) DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING CREATION OF CITY CO-SPONSORSHIP ADHOC COMMITTEEThis item was agendized by Mayor Victoria Garcia.City Council discussion to provide direction to staff regarding the creation of an ad hoccommittee to create a policy and guidelines for the co-sponsoring of events by the City.
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13) DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMSThis item was agendized by Mayor Victoria Garcia.City Council discussion to provide direction to staff regarding a pilot program limiting thenumber of items a Councilmember may place on an agenda and/or ensuring that agenda itemsfall within the City's strategic goals and priorities and within the City's approved budget or thefunding is otherwise clearly disclosed.STAFF COMMUNICATION INCLUDING COMMISSION UPDATESGENERAL CITY COUNCIL/BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AND LIAISON UPDATES
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2) RECEIVE AND FILE STATUS UPDATES FOR CITY PROJECTS AND CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIESRecommend that the City Council receive and file the status report for Fiscal Year 2026-2027City Projects and City Council Priorities, and provide direction, as appropriate.
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3) CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN GABRIELVALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATION AND COST SHARING FORIMPLEMENTING THE COORDINATED INTEGRATED MONITORING PROGRAM ANDWATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE UPPER LOS ANGELES RIVER WATERSHEDMANAGEMENT AREARecommend that the City Council:a. Approve the Memorandum of Agreement with the San Gabriel Valley Council ofGovernments (Contract No. 2574), and 18 Government Agencies for Administration andCost Sharing for implementing the Coordinated Integrated Monitoring Program andWatershed Management Plan for the Upper Los Angeles River Watershed ManagementArea; andb. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the Agreement and all relateddocuments.
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4) CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BAKER TILLYADVISORY GROUP, LLP FOR FISCAL MODEL AND FINANCIAL HEALTH INDICATORSDEVELOPMENT SERVICESRecommend that the City Council:a. Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LLP (ContractNo. 2576) for Fiscal Model and Financial Health Indicators Development Services, in anamount not-to-exceed $25,000;b. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the agreement and makenon-substantive edits.
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5) RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE ON THE SAFE & BEAUTIFUL SAN FERNANDO WORK PLANRecommend that the City Council receive and file a presentation on the 16-week ProgressReport for the Safe & Beautiful San Fernando Work Plan.
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6) RECEIVE AND FILE THE DOWNTOWN MAINTENANCE SCHEDULERecommend that the City Council receive and file the Downtown Maintenance Schedule.ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
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7) DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED REVISIONS TO MEMORANDUM OFUNDERSTANDING WITH EMPRENDE TO PRODUCE A CHRISTMAS PARADE IN COORDINATIONWITH THE CITY’S ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING EVENT AND TO REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR RELATEDPARADE EXPENSESRecommend that the City Council:a. Discuss and consider proposed revisions to Memorandum of Understanding with Emprende(Contract No. 2545) to produce a Christmas Parade in coordination with the City’s AnnualTree Lighting Event and to Reimburse the City for Related Parade Expenses;b. Provide direction, as applicable; andc. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to make non-substantive changes and executethe agreement.
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8) RECEIVE AND FILE THE SAN FERNANDO HISTORIC CONTEXT STATEMENT AND SURVEYREPORTRecommend that the City Council receive and file the San Fernando Historic Context Statementand Survey Report.
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9) RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE CITY’S PENSION AND OTHERPOST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS LIABILITIES AND CONSIDERATION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTIONSETTING THE PROPERTY TAX RATE REQUIRED TO MEET THE CITY’S OBLIGATION TO THECALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027Recommend that the City Council:a. Receive and file a presentation on the City’s Pension and Other Post-Employment BenefitsLiabilities;b. Adopt Resolution No. 8481 establishing the amount necessary to be raised by taxation forthe City’s annual payment to the California Public Employees’ Retirement System;c. Adjust the property tax rate for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 to $0.180471 per $100 of assessedvaluation; andd. Authorize staff to submit the required tax rate input forms to the County of Los Angeles tolevy the tax rate on all taxable property in the City.
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A) PRESENTATION AND UPDATE FROM LOS ANGELES COUNTY VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICTDECORUM AND ORDERThe City Council, elected by the public, must be free to discuss and address issues confronting theCity in an orderly environment. Although GC Section 54954.3(c), prohibits the City Council fromprohibiting public criticism of the policies, procedures, programs or services of the City, or of the actsor omissions of the City Council, members of the public may not engage in behavior that is disruptiveto the orderly conduct of the proceedings, including, but not limited to the following: 1) Preventsother members of the public or the City Council from being heard when it is their turn to speak;2) Prevents members of the audience from hearing or seeing the proceedings; and/or 3) Speakingoff topic or speaking beyond the allotted speaking time limit.Members of the public may not threaten any person with physical harm or act in a manner that mayreasonably be interpreted as an imminent threat of physical harm. Unrecognized remarks from theaudience, clapping, stamping of feet, whistles, yells and similar demonstrations which do not permitthe meeting to proceed in an orderly manner will not be allowed and will be considered out of order.Disruptive behavior, as referenced above, shall be subject to the enforcement procedures set forthunder Section 4.5 (Enforcement of Decorum) of the San Fernando Procedural Manual. The Chief ofPolice shall be ex officio sergeant-at-arms for the City Council but may delegate such duties to anyone or more sworn police officers of the City as needed. The sergeant-at-arms and those delegatedsergeant-at-arms responsibilities shall carry out all orders and instructions given to him by thePresiding Officer for the purpose of maintaining decorum in the City Council Chambers. Per GCSection 54957.95, the Presiding Officer may order the sergeant of-arms to remove any person whopersists with disruptive behavior as referenced under Section 4.4 (Decorum and Order- Public) of theSan Fernando Procedural Manual, following an initial warning and may also order the sergeant-of-arms to immediately remove anyone, without warning, who engages in behavior that constitutes atrue threat of force within the meaning of GC Section 54957.95.PUBLIC STATEMENTSMembers of the public may provide comments in person in the City Council Chambers during thePublic Comments section of the Agenda by submitting a comment card to the City Clerk.Members of the public may submit comments by email to cityclerk@sanfernando.gov no later than12:00 p.m. the day of the meeting to ensure distribution to the City Council and made part of theofficial public record of the meeting.Members of the public may provide a live public comment by calling in between 6:00 p.m. and 6:15p.m. CALL-IN INFORMATION: Telephone Number: (669) 900-6833; Meeting ID: 833 6022 0211;Passcode: 924965CONSENT CALENDARItems on the Consent Calendar are considered routine and may be disposed of by a single motion toadopt staff recommendation. If the City Council wishes to discuss any item, it should first be removedfrom the Consent Calendar.