Torrance — 2025-01-28

10A. City Manager – Appointment of Director of Finance. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the City Manager that City Council appoint Mr. Ian Dailey to the position of Director of\nFinance.

10B. Community Development – Discuss and Consider Amending the Torrance Municipal Code, Determine\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Exemption, and Adopt an ORDINANCE and URGENCY\nORDINANCE Adding "Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MEHKOs)" to Division 4 of the\nMunicipal Code. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the Community Development Director that City Council:\n1. Discuss and consider amending the Torrance Municipal Code by establishing a Microenterprise\nHome Kitchen Operation (”MEHKO”) Ordinance; and\n2. Determine the project is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Sections\n15378 and 15061(b)(3) of the California Code of Regulations; and\n3. Adopt an ORDINANCE amending the Torrance Municipal Code to add Chapter 20 entitled\n"Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations” to Division 4 of the Torrance Municipal Code; and\n4. Adopt an URGENCY ORDINANCE amending the Torrance Municipal Code to add Chapter 20\nentitled "Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations” to Division 4 of the Torrance Municipal Code;\nand\n5. Approve Ordinance Summaries for publication.

13A. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR\n(California Government Code § 54957.6):\nAgency Negotiator: Aram Chaparyan\nEmployee Organization/Association:\n1. Certain Full-Time Salaried and Hourly Employees\n2. Certain Part-Time Hourly Employees\n3. Crossing Guards\n4. Elected Officials\n5. Engineers and Torrance Fiscal Employees Association\n6. Executive & Management Employees\n7. Police & Fire Trainees\n8. Safety 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

6A. PROCLAMATION declaring February 2025 as Black History Month in the City of Torrance.

8A. City Clerk - Approval of City Council Minutes. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the City Clerk that City Council approve the meeting minutes for December 17, 2024.

8B. Community Development – Adopt a RESOLUTION Ordering the Vacation of Existing City Sewer\nEasements Located within the Parcel Limits of 22501 Hawthorne Boulevard. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the Community Development Director that City Council adopt a RESOLUTION ordering\nthe vacation of existing City sewer easements located within the parcel limits of 22501 Hawthorne Boulevard.

8C. City Treasurer – Accept and File Investment Report for the Month of November 2024. Expenditure:\nNone.\nRecommendation of the City Treasurer that City Council accept and file the Investment Report for the month\nof November 2024.

8D. Public Works – Adopt Categorical Exemption Under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\nSection 15301(c) – Existing Facilities (Class 1), Approve Specifications, and Award Public Works\nAgreement for Sidewalk Improvements for Disabled Accessibility, I-135. Expenditure: $929,470\n(Non-General Funds).\nRecommendation of the Public Works Director that City Council:\n1. Adopt a finding that the project is categorically exempt under the California Environmental Quality\nAct (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(c) – Existing Facilities (Class 1) and\nthat there are no features that distinguish this project from others in exempt class, and therefore,\nthere are no unusual circumstances; and\n2. Approve specifications for the Sidewalk Improvements for Disabled Accessibility, I-135 (B2024-14);\nand\n3. Award a public works agreement to Kalban, Inc. of Santa Clarita, CA (B2024-14) in the amount of\n$808,235 and authorize a 15% contingency in the amount of $121,235 for construction of the\nSidewalk Improvements for Disabled Accessibility, I-135 for a two-year period beginning January 28,\n2025 and ending January 27, 2027.

8E. Fire and General Services – Appropriate Funds and Authorize Purchase Order for One Tillered Aerial\nFire Truck as a Cooperative Purchase with Sourcewell. Expenditure: $2,052,438.69 (Non-General\nFund).\nRecommendation of the Fire Chief and General Services Director that City Council:\n1. Appropriate $2,052,438.69 from the Fleet Vehicle Replacement Fund’s fund balance to the Fleet\nVehicle Replacement Fund’s fiscal year 2024-25 operating budget; and\n2. Authorize a purchase order with South Coast Fire Equipment Inc. of Ontario, CA, in the amount of\n$2,052,438.69 for one (1) Pierce Enforcer 107’ Tractor Drawn Aerial Ladder Truck (Fire Truck) as a\ncooperative purchase with Sourcewell.

8F. Finance – Accept and File Projected Capital Improvement Project Procurements for the Six-Month\nPeriod Beginning January 1, 2025 and Ending June 30, 2025. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the Finance Director that City Council accept and file the projected Capital Improvement\nProject procurements for the six-month period beginning January 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2025.

9A. Community Development - Conduct Public Hearing on Development of the Annual Action Plan\nCovering FY 2025-26. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the Community Development Director that City Council conduct a public hearing and\ntake public testimony on the development of the Annual Action Plan covering the period beginning July 1,\n2025 and ending June 30, 2026.

9B. Planning Commission and Community Development – Conduct Public Hearing to Consider Appeal of\nPlanning Commission Approval of a Precise Plan of Development (PRE23-00011) to Allow First and\nSecond Story Additions to an Existing One-Story Single-Family Residence, on Property Located\nwithin the Hillside Overlay in the R-1 Zone at 2622 Dalemead Street (APN 7536-026-006), Adopt\nRESOLUTION and Determine a Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act\n(CEQA). Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the Planning Commission and Community Development Director that City Council:\n1. Conduct a public hearing; and\n2. Deny the appeal; and\n3. Adopt a RESOLUTION approving a Precise Plan of Development as provided for in Division 9,\nChapter 1, Article 41 of the Torrance Municipal Code to allow first and second story additions to an\nexisting one-story single-family residence, on property located within the Hillside Overlay in the R-1\nZone at 2622 Dalemead Street (APN 7536-026-006); and\n4. Determine a Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); Article\n19, Section 15301 (Existing Facilities).

9C. Planning Commission and Community Development – Conduct Public Hearing, Determine California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (CEQA) Exemption, and Adopt an ORDINANCE Amending the Torrance\nMunicipal Code Related to Solar Energy Systems and Expedited Permitting Process for Electric\nVehicle Equipment (EVSE). Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the Planning Commission and Community Development Director that City Council:\n1. Conduct a public hearing for consideration of proposed amendments to the Torrance Municipal Code\npertaining to solar energy systems and expedited permitting process for Electric Vehicle Supply\nEquipment (EVSE) Citywide and consider any testimony during the hearing; and\n2. Determine the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to\nCEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(3) and 15061(b)(3); and\n3. Adopt an ORDINANCE amending the Torrance Municipal Code Section 92.2 entitled “Uses Generally”\nof Chapter 2, Article 2, Division 9 by adding Section 12 entitled “Solar Energy Systems” and adding\nSection 13 entitled “Expedited Permitting Process for Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment”; and\n4. Approve an Ordinance Summary for publication.