Torrance — 2024-04-23

10A. Special Counsel — Conduct Second Hearing on Proposed Amendments to City\nCharter Concerning City Manager, City Attorney, City Clerk and City Treasurer\nPositions. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the Special Counsel that City Council:\n1) Conduct the second Public Hearing on potential amendments to the City Charter regarding\nthe positions of City Manager, City Attorney, City Clerk, and City Treasurer; and\n2) Direct the Special Counsel to draft City Charter amendment language that modernizes\nthe City Manager and City Attorney Charter language to (1) comply with the law; (2)\nuse gender-neutral language; and (3) eliminate any unnecessary terms; and\n3) Determine what voting requirements, if any, should be included in the City Charter for\nthe termination of the City Manager and City Attorney and direct the Special counsel\nto draft language to effectuate this determination; and\n4) Determine what termination procedure, if any, should be included in the City Charter\nfor the City Manager and City Attorney positions and direct the Special Counsel to draft\nlanguage to effectuate this determination; and\n5) Set the date of the third Public Hearing.\nCity Clerk, City Manager, and City Attorney — Conduct Second Public Hearing\non Potential City Charter Amendments. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the City Clerk, City Manager, and City Attorney that City Council:\n1) Conduct the second Public Hearing on potential amendments to the City Charter; and\n2) Discuss and determine action on potential amendments to the City Charter; and\n3) Set the date of the third Public Hearing.

14A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL — ANTICIPATED LITIGATION\n(Significant Exposure to Litigation Pursuant to California Government Code §54956.9(d)(2)):\nTwo cases.

14B. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR\n(California Government Code §54957.6):\nAgency Negotiator: Aram Chaparyan\nEmployee Organization/Association:\nCertain Full-Time Salaried and Hourly Employees\nCertain Part-Time Hourly Employees\nCrossing Guards\nElected Officials\nEngineers and Torrance Fiscal Employees Association\nExecutive & Management Employees\nPolice & Fire Trainees\nSafety Management Employees\n9.Torrance City Employees Association\n10.Fire Safety Management\n11.Torrance Fire Fighters Association\n12.Torrance Library Employees Association\n13. Torrance Municipal Employees/AFSCME Local 1117 AFL-CIO\n14. Torrance Police Commanders Association (TPCA)\n15 Torrance Police Officers Association\n16 Torrance Professional Parks & Recreation Employees Organization\n17Torrance Professional & Supervisory Association\n18 Torrance Recurrent Recreational Employees Organization\n19City Treasurer\n20City Clerk\n21City Attorney\n22City Manager

14C. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL — EXISTING LITIGATION\n(California Government Code §54956.9(d)(1)):\n1) Eric Hickman v. City of Torrance\nLASC Case No. 19STCV37386\n2) Torrance Airport Association Chapter of California Pilots Association v. City of Torrance\nLASC 24STCP00729 and USDC 2:24-cv-02692-JFW-MRW

6A. Resolution No. 2024-16 honoring Mike Griffiths

6C. PROCLAMATION declaring April 21-27, 2024 as National Volunteer Week in the\nCity of Torrance.

6D. Recognition of 2024 Hometown Heroes Banner Recipients.

8A. City Clerk — Approve City Council Minutes. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the City Clerk that City Council approve the City Council minutes of\nMarch 12, 2024 and March 26, 2024.

8B. Finance and Transit — Approve Annual Membership Renewal with California\nTransit Indemnity Pool (CalTIP) for Program Year 2024-25. Expenditure:\nNot-to-Exceed $543,193 (Non-General Fund).\nRecommendation of the Finance Director and Transit Director that City Council approve\nthe annual membership renewal with California Transit Indemnity Pool (CalTIP) for an\namount not-to-exceed $543,193 for a one-year period beginning May 1, 2024, and ending\nMay 1, 2025.

8C. City Treasurer — Accept and File Investment Report for the Month of February\n2024. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the City Treasurer that City Council accept and file the Investment\nReport for the month of February 2024.

8D. City Manager — Approve Request for Subsidy of Rental Fees for Use of Toyota\nMeeting Hall by California State Legislature on Behalf of Assemblymember\nAl Muratsuchi. Expenditure: $680 (General Fund).\nRecommendation of the City Manager that City Council approve a request for subsidy of\nrental fees in the amount of $680 for use of the Toyota Meeting Hall by the California State\nLegislature on behalf of Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi for a Homeless Townhall to be\nheld on May 11, 2024.

8E. City Manager — Approve Request to Set Closed Hearing Date to Consider\nEmployee Suspension Appeal. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the City Manager that City Council approve request to set a date of\nTuesday, May 21, 2024 to conduct a closed hearing to consider an appeal of the Civil\nService Commission’s decision sustaining the suspension of a Police Officer (10).

8F. Transit — Approve Torrance Transit Fiscal Year 2023-25 Short Range Transit\nPlan and Authorize Submission to Los Angeles County Metropolitan Authority.\nExpenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the Transit Director that City Council:\n1) Approve the Torrance Transit Fiscal Year 2023-25 Short Range Transit Plan; and\n2) Authorize submission of the Torrance Transit Fiscal Year 2023-25 Short Range Transit\nPlan to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.\n9. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

9A. Finance — Discuss and Provide Direction on Proceeding with Forensic Review\nof Financial Processes. General Fund Expenditure: $68,090 (Pending City\nCouncil Approval).\nRecommendation of the Finance Director that City Council discuss and provide direction on\nproceeding with a forensic review of the City’s financial processes from fiscal year 2014-15\nthrough fiscal year 2022-23 in the amount of $68,090, pending City Council approval.

9B. City Manager — Adopt RESOLUTION Approving and Establishing Citywide\nGovernance by District Elected Policy. Expenditure: None.\nIn response to an oral request by Mayor George K. Chen with City Council concurrence, it\nis the recommendation of the City Manager that City Council adopt a RESOLUTION\napproving and establishing Citywide Governance by District Elected Policy.

9C. City Manager — Discuss and Provide Direction on Declaring City Council Dark\nNights. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the City Manager that City Council discuss and provide direction on\ndeclaring City Council Dark Nights for July to December 2024.

9D. City Manager — Select and Appoint Chairs and Members to City Council\nCommittees. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the City Manager that City Council select and appoint chairs and\nmembers to City Council standing and special standing committees in accordance with the\nCity Council Rules of Order.

9E. Community Services — Review Applications and Appoint Members to Advisory\nCommittee for World War Il Camp Wall Monument Project at Columbia Park.\nExpenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the Community Services Director that City Council review applications\nand appoint three (3) members to fill the five-member advisory committee for the World\nWar Il Camp Wail Monument Project at Columbia Park.

9F. Community Services — Discuss and Provide Direction on Establishing Off-Leash\nDog Park at Columbia Park. General Fund Expenditure: Approximately $88,829\n(Pending City Council Approval).\nRecommendation of the Community Services Director that City Council discuss and\nprovide direction on establishing an off-leash dog park at Columbia Park in the amount of\napproximately $88,829, pending City Council approval.

9G. City Manager — Adopt RESOLUTION Setting Forth Hours, Wages, and Working\nConditions for Executive and Management Employees. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the City Manager that City Council:\n1) Adopt a RESOLUTION setting forth the hours, wages, and working conditions for\nExecutive and Management employees; and\n2) Repeal Resolution No. 2023-12 in its entirety.

9H. Finance — Approve City Clerk’s Fiscal Year 2023-24 Operating Budget Program\nModification. Expenditure: $122,794 Annually (General Fund).\nRecommendation of the Finance Director that City Council approve the program\nmodification in the City Clerk’s fiscal year 2023-24 General Fund operating budget in the\namount of $122,794 per year.

9I. General Services — Receive Update on City Hall Exterior Lighting Project and\nProvide Direction on Installing Permanent Multi-Color Lighting System at City\nHall. General Fund Expenditure: $21,414 (Pending City Council Approval).\nRecommendation of the General Services Director that City Council receive an update on\nthe City Hall exterior lighting project and provide direction on installing a permanent,\nmulti-color lighting system at City Hall to allow the City to celebrate various holidays and\nacknowledgements throughout the year in the amount of $21,414, pending City Council\napproval.

9J. City Manager and Community Services — Provide Direction Regarding Purchase\nof Additional Tickets for Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball Game and Authorize\nResale of Tickets to Torrance Community Members. General Fund Expenditure:\nNot-to-Exceed $18,000 (Pending City Council Approval).\nRecommendation of the City Manager and Community Services Director that City Council:\n1) Provide direction regarding the purchase of up to 500 additional tickets for the\nLos Angeles Dodgers baseball game on July 21, 2024 for an amount not-to exceed\n$18,000, pending City Council approval; and\n2) Authorize the resale of 500 Los Angeles Dodgers baseball game tickets to Torrance\ncommunity members at $15.00 per ticket.

9K. Community Development — Discuss and Consider Proposed Amendments to\nDowntown Torrance Signage Standards, Adopt RESOLUTION Amending\nDowntown Torrance Signage Standards, and Determine that the Project is\nExempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to\nCEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(3) and 15061(b)(3). Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the Community Development Director that City Council:\n1) Discuss and consider the proposed amendments to the Downtown Torrance Signage\nStandards; and\n2) Adopt a RESOLUTION amending the Downtown Torrance Signage Standards; and\n3) Determine that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act\n(CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(3) and 15061(b)(3).

9L. City Manager and Human Resources — Accept and File City of Torrance 2023\nYear in Review — Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the City Manager that City Council accept and file the City of Torrance\n2023 Year in Review annual report.

9M. Mayor — Appoint Members to Outside Regional Boards and Agencies.\nExpenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the Mayor that City Council:\n1) Concur with the appointments as voting delegate and/or member and alternate to\nNational League of Cities; League of California Cities; the Sanitation Districts of LA\nCounty; the Southern California Association of Governments; South Bay Cities\nCouncil of Governments; Independent Cities Association; US Conference of Mayors,\nWest Vector Control District of LA County and Torrance Sister City Association; and\n2) Direct the City Clerk to update and post Form 806 on the City website.\n10. HEARINGS