South Gate — 2025-11-25

1. Recognition and Farewell Remarks from Retiring Directory of Parks & Recreation, Steve\nCostley\nThe City Council will recognize Retiring Director of Parks & Recreation, Steve Costley. (CM)

10. Approve Amendment No. 2 to Contract No. 2023-13-AC with BOA Architecture for\nDesign Services for the City Hall Reroof Project\nThe City Council will consider: (PW)\na. Approving Amendment No. 2 to Contract No. 2023-13-AC with Black, O’Dowd and Associates\nDBA BOA Architecture (“Agreement”), to fund the preparation of design and construction\ndocuments for the (i) City Hall Roof Repairs, City Project 732-ARC and (ii) Henry Gonzalez\nMunicipal Auditorium Roof Project, City Project No. 695-PRK, for an amount not to exceed\n$16,500 and;\nb. Authorizing the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 2 in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.

11. Approve Amendment No. 2 to Contract No. 2024-57-CC with Gannett Fleming, Inc. for\nConstruction Management & Inspection Services for the Tweedy Mile Complete Streets\nProject, #614-ST\nThe City Council will consider: (PW)\na. Approving Amendment No. 2 to Contract No. 2024-57-CC with Gannett Fleming, Inc.\n(“Agreement”), to fund five (5) days of additional construction management and inspection\nservices through the completion of construction for the Tweedy Mile Complete Streets Project,\nCity Project No. 614-ST, Federal Project No. ATPL-5257(039), in an amount not to exceed\n$13,635.18; and\nb. Authorizing the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 2 in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.

12. Approve Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. 2023-111-CC with W.G. Zimmerman\nEngineering, Inc. for Traffic Engineering Services\nThe City Council will consider: (PW)\na. Approving Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. 2023-111-CC with G. Zimmerman Engineering,\nInc., to provide traffic engineering and staff augmentation services for an additional one-year\nterm, for an amount not to exceed $170,000; and\nb. Authorizing the Mayor to execute Amendment No.1 to Contract No. 2023-111-CC in a form\nacceptable to the City Attorney.

13. Approve Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. 2025-10-AC with NV5, Inc. for Additional\nDesign Services and Construction Support Services for the SGPD Heating, Ventilation and\nAir Conditioning (HVAC) Replacement,  #667-GEN\nThe City Council will consider: (PW)\na. Approving Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. 2025-10-AC with NV5, Inc. to provide additional\ndesign services and comprehensive construction support services for the SGPD HVAC\nReplacement Project, City Project No. 667-GEN, in an amount not to exceed $40,000; and\nb. Authorizing the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. 2025-10-AC in a form\nacceptable to the City Attorney.

14. Approve Amendment No. 1 to Contract N0. 2022-30-CC with TranSystems for\nConstruction Support Services for the I-710 Freeway/Firestone Boulevard Southbound On-\nRamp Modification Project, Federal Project No. HP21L 5257 (036), City Project No. 354-ST\nThe City Council will consider: (PW)\na. Approving Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. 2022-30-CC with TranSystems to provide\nconstruction support services for the I-710 Freeway/Firestone Boulevard Southbound On-Ramp\nModification Project, Federal Project No. HP21L 5257 (036), City Project No. 354-ST, in an\namount not-to-exceed $110,133; and\nb. Authorizing the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. 2022-30-CC with\nTranSystems in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.

15. Approve Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. 2024-101-CC with Willdan Engineering for\nProfessional Construction Management and Inspection for Sewer Pipeline Rehabilitation,\nCity Project No. 709-SWR\nThe City Council will consider: (PW)\na. Approving Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. 2024-101-CC with Willdan Engineering, to fund\nadditional construction management and inspection services performed on the Sewer Pipeline\nRehabilitation, City Project No. 709-SWR, for a not to exceed amount of $90,000; and\nb. Authorizing the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Contract No. 2024-101-CC in a form\nacceptable to the City Attorney.

16. Approve Agreement with Athena Engineering, Inc. for Construction of the SGPD\nHeating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Replacement Project,  #667-GEN\nThe City Council will consider: (PW)\na. Approving an Agreement with Athena Engineering Inc., for the construction of the SGPD HVAC\nReplacement, City Project No. 667-GEN, in an amount not to exceed $427,642;\nb. Authorizing the City Manager to approve change orders administratively up to a cumulative\namount of $200,000 to avoid delaying construction if change order work is needed;\nc. Authorizing the City Manager to approve pre-payments of construction progress payments for\nthe construction contract to meet compliance with state legislation that requires payments within\n30 days;\nd. Declaring HVAC Project, City Project No. 667-GEN, to be Categorically Exempt under Title 14\nof the California Code of Regulations, Section 15301 Class 1 of the California Environmental\nQuality Act ("CEQA"); and\ne. Authorize the Mayor to execute the Agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.

17. Approve Agreement with Southland Roofing, Inc. for Construction Services for Henry\nC. Gonzalez Municipal Auditorium Roof Improvements, #695-PRK\nThe City Council will consider: (PW)\na. Approving an Agreement with Southland Roofing Inc., for the construction of the Henry C.\nGonzalez Municipal Auditorium Roof Improvements, City Project No. 695-PRK, in an amount not\nto exceed $823,020;\nb. Authorizing the City Manager to approve change orders administratively up to a cumulative\namount of $200,000 to be funded with project contingency funds, to expedite approval of change\norder work to avoid construction schedule delays;\nc. Authorizing the City Manager to approve pre-payments of construction progress payments for\nthe construction contract to meet with state legislation that requires payments within 30 days;\nd. Authorize the Mayor to execute the Agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.\ne. Declaring Henry C. Gonzalez Municipal Auditorium Roof Improvements, City Project No. 695-\nPRK., to be Categorically Exempt under Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, Section\n15301 Class 1 of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"); and\nf. Approving the Notice of Exemption for the construction of the Henry C. Gonzalez Municipal\nAuditorium Roof Improvements, City Project No. 695-PRK. and directing the City Clerk to file it\nwith the Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder’s Office.

18. Approve Agreement with Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc. for Professional Services\nThe City Council will consider: (PW)\na. Approving a Professional Services Agreement with Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc. to\nperform a Public Works Cost Reduction Analysis, in the amount of $36,850;\nb. Authorizing the City Manager to execute the Professional Services Agreement with Raftelis in a\nform approved by the City Attorney; and\nc. Appropriate $35,000 in Gas Tax and $10,000 in Street Sweeping Funds to fund the study and a\ncontingency.

19. Appropriation of Funding for 2026 4th of July Fireworks Show and Carnival Contract\nExtension\nThe City Council will consider: (PARKS)\na. Appropriate $35,000 from the General Fund to City of South Gate account number 100-413-\n61-     6101 (Professional Services) to fund the Annual 4th of July Fireworks Show for July 2026;\nand\nb. Approve a (1) year extension to Fiesta De Carnival Contract extending the contract through\nDecember 31, 2026; and\nc. Authorize the City Manager to sign the extension letter in a form acceptable to the City\nAttorney; and\nd. Authorize the Director of Parks & Recreation to execute any additional documents as may be\nrequired to properly implement and manage the program.

2. Development Tracking Plan\nThe City Council will consider: (PW/CD)

20. Approve Minutes for the Special and Regular Council Meetings of October 14 & 28,\n2025\nThe City Council will consider: (CLERK)\na. Approving the Special and Regular Meeting minutes of October 14, 2025; and\nb. Approving the Special and Regular Meeting minutes of October 28, 2025.

21. City Council Appointments to Outside Boards and Agencies\nThe City Council will consider: (CM)\na. Ratifying the appointment by Council Member Maria del Pilar Avalos of Eric Trujillo to the\nParks & Recreation Commission.

22. Warrant Register for November 25, 2025\nThe City Council will consider: (ADMIN SVCS)\na.  Approving the Warrant Register for November 25, 2025.\nTotal of Checks:                                        $3,247,834.27\nLess: Voids                                                 $(1,696.21)\nLess: Employee Payroll Deductions         $(446,079.47)\nGrand Total:                                              $2,800,058.59\nCancellations: 109244, 109165, 109113, 109822, 109797, 109770, 109821, and 108746

3. Information of How the Utility Users Tax (UUT) Works\nThe City County will consider: (CM)

4. Adopt Ordinance No. 2025-02-CC Reducing Citizen’s Advisory Committee From 20 to 10\nAppointed Members\nThe City Council will consider: (AS)\na. Waiving the reading in full and adopting Ordinance No. 2025-02-CC amending Section\n1.25.020 (Membership) of Chapter 1.25 (Citizen's Advisory Committee), of Title 1 (Administration\nand Personnel), of the South Gate Municipal Code to reduce the number of appointed committee\nmembers to ten (10) entitling each Council Member to appoint two (2) committee members from\namong qualified residents of the city who are eighteen years of age or older. Before taking office,\neach committee member shall be confirmed by a majority vote of the City Council.

5. Adopt Resolution Approving Transit Services Division Title VI Program Update for the\nGATE Fixed Route Services\nThe City Council will consider: (PARKS)\na. Adopting Resolution approving the City of South Gate Transit Services Division Title VI\nProgram Update for the GATE Fixed Route Services, effective September 1, 2025; and\nb. Direct staff to submit and implement Title VI Program Update.

6. Approve and Adopt Resolution of Updated Terms and Conditions of Employment for the\nUnrepresented Executive Management Employee Group\nThe City Council will consider: (HR)\na. Adopting Resolution approving the Executive Updated Terms for the term of July 1, 2025,\nthrough June 30, 2026.

7. Approve Resolution to Update the State Mandated Minimum Wage Increase\nThe City Council will consider: (HR)\na. Adopting a Resolution directing staff to amend the City’s consolidated pay schedule to update\nthe hourly pay rates for certain hourly positions to conform to California’s minimum wage law\neffective January 1, 2026.

8. Amendment No. 4 to Contract No. 3218 with BMO Bank Extending Banking Services\nThe City Council will consider: (AS)\na. Approving Amendment No. 4 to Contract No. 3218, Professional Services Agreement with\nBMO Bank, extending the banking services contract through June 30, 2026, and\nb. Authorizing the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 4 in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.

9. Approve Amendment to Employment Contract between the City of South Gate and City\nManager Robert Houston\nThe City Council will consider: (HR)\na. Approving an update to the employment contract agreement between the City of South Gate\nand City Manager Robert Houston for the term of December 1, 2023, through November 30,\n2027, detailing the terms of his appointment and any changes thereto effective November 30,\n2025.