Torrance — 2026-01-27

10A. City Manager and General Services – Provide Direction Regarding the Reallocation of Available\nFunding to Support Prioritized Restroom Renovation Projects at Eight (8) Parks, and Authorize Staff\nto Proceed with Project Development, Bid Solicitation, and Construction of the Renovation Projects.\nExpenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the City Manager and General Services Director that City Council:\n1. Provide direction regarding the reallocation of available funding from the Herma Tillim Senior\nCenter Capital Project (FAC0023) to support prioritized restroom renovation projects at eight (8)\nparks; and\n2. Authorize staff to proceed with project development, bid solicitation, and construction of the\nrecommended restroom renovation projects.

10B. Armed Forces Day Special Standing Committee, City Manager, and Police – Approve Armed Forces\nDay Special Standing Committee’s Recommendation to Move Forward with Planning Armed Forces\nDay Parade and Celebration, Provide Direction on Proposed Planning Updates for the 2026 Armed\nForces Day Parade and Celebration, and Accept and File Armed Forces Day Special Standing\nCommittee Meeting Minutes. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the Armed Forces Day Special Standing Committee, City Manager and Chief of Police\nthat City Council:\n1. Approve the Armed Forces Day Special Standing Committee’s recommendation to move forward\nwith planning the 2026 Armed Forces Day Parade and Celebration; and\n2. Provide direction on whether to pursue a noise abatement exemption to accommodate the flyover\ncomponent of the Armed Forces Day Parade; and\n3. Provide direction on whether to pursue a landing fee waiver from the City Council for aircraft\nparticipating in the Armed Forces Day Parade; and\n4. Accept and file the January 12, 2026 Armed Forces Day Special Standing Committee meeting\nminutes.

10C. City Manager – Accept and File Update on Downtown Torrance Business Improvement District (BID)\nand Discuss and Provide Direction on Staff Recommended Responses to the Downtown Torrance\nAssociation Questionnaire. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the City Manager that City Council:\n1. Accept and file an update on the efforts to establish a Business Improvement District (BID) in\nDowntown Torrance and;\n2. Discuss and provide direction on staff recommended responses to the Downtown Torrance\nAssociation (DTA) Questionnaire.

10D. Cultural Arts Commission and Community Services – Approve the Application and Design\nRendering for the Public Art Mural at Doubletree by Hilton Torrance Mural. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the Cultural Arts Commission and the Community Services Director that City Council\napprove the application and design rendering for the proposed public art mural at Doubletree by Hilton\nTorrance South Bay located at 21333 Hawthorne Boulevard, Torrance, CA.

13A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION\n(California Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1)):\n1. Maria Guadalupe Diaz, et al. v. City of Torrance, et al.\nUSDC Case No. 2:25-cv-03389-JLS-JC\n2. Maria Salazar v. City of Torrance, et al.\nUSDC Case No. 2:24-cv-07692-DMG-JC

13B. REAL PROPERTY – CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR\n(California Government Code § 54956.8):\n1. Property: 3401 Airport Drive, Torrance, CA 90505\nAgency Negotiator: Aram Chaparyan\nNegotiating Parties: City of Torrance and Torrance Airport Hangars, LLC\nUnder Negotiation: Price and terms and conditions of lease\n2. Property: 25924 Rolling Hills Road, Torrance, CA 90505\nAgency Negotiator: Aram Chaparyan\nNegotiating Parties: City of Torrance and South Bay Tennis Center, LLC\nUnder Negotiation:Terms and conditions of lease\n3. Property: 3301 Airport Drive, Torrance, CA 90503 (Torrance Municipal Airport – Zamperini Field)\nAgency Negotiator: Aram Chaparyan\nNegotiating Parties: City of Torrance and UAvionix Corporation\nUnder Negotiation: Price and terms and conditions of lease\n4. Property: Southwest Corner of Santa Fe and Andreo Avenues (APN: 7357-008-900)\nAgency Negotiator: Aram Chaparyan\nNegotiating Parties: City of Torrance and Abigail and Roxanne Young\nUnder Negotiation: Price and terms and conditions of acquisition of property\n5. Property: 1257 Cabrillo Avenue – Plaza del Prado Parking Garage\nAgency Negotiator: Aram Chaparyan\nNegotiating Parties: City of Torrance and EST 2025, LLC (Nicholas Day)\nUnder Negotiation: Price, terms and conditions of license agreement\n6. Property: 3481 Airport Drive, #200, Torrance, CA 90505\nAgency Negotiator: Aram Chaparyan\nNegotiating Parties: City of Torrance and Torrance Flite Park, LLC\nUnder Negotiation: Price, terms and conditions of lease

13C. 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.\nRecognition of CIF Champion West High School Cross Country Team.

8A.\nCity Clerk – Approve City Council Minutes. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the City Clerk that City Council approve the City Council minutes of\nDecember 16, 2025 and December 19, 2025.

8B.\nInformation Technology – Authorize Change Order to Purchase Order for As-Needed Computer\nEquipment. Expenditure: $75,000 (General Fund).\nRecommendation of the Information Technology Director that City Council authorize change order #3 with\nLenovo USA Inc. of Morrisville, NC (PO # 2026-051), in the amount of $75,000, for a new total\nnot-to-exceed amount of $323,000, for computer equipment on an as-requested basis.

8C.\nInformation Technology and Finance – Approve Fourth Amendment to Contract Services Agreement\nfor Employee Payroll Services. Expenditure: Approximately $920,000 (General Fund: Approximately\n$460,000 Annually).\nRecommendation of the Information Technology Director and Finance Director that City Council approve\nthe fourth amendment to the contract services agreement with ADP, LLC of Roseland, NJ (C2018-060), in\nthe amount of $19.61 per employee per month (PEPM) for salaried employees and $20.95 PEPM for hourly\nemployees for a total approximate amount of $920,000, and extend the contract term through\nDecember 31, 2027 with up to five annual options for renewal.

8D.\nCity Manager – Approve and Direct City Manager to Execute the Open and Slow Streets Grant\nFunding Agreement with Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) and\nAppropriate Funds for Downtown Torrance Street Activation – 2026 FIFA World Cup Events.\nExpenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the City Manager that City Council:\n1. Approve and direct City Manager to execute the Open and Slow Streets Grant Funding Agreement\n#9200000000CYC2512 with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Authority (LACMTA) for the\nDowntown Torrance Street Activation – 2026 FIFA World Cup events; and\n2. Upon execution of Agreement #9200000000CYC2512, appropriate $200,000.00 grant award and\n$20,000 local match funds to a newly created Grant Project for the Downtown Torrance Street\nActivation – 2026 FIFA World Cup events.

8E.\nGeneral Services and Police – Award Public Works Agreement for the Torrance Police Department\nUninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) Replacement, Appropriate Funds, and Adopt California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (CEQA) Categorical Exemption Pursuant to Section 15301.\nExpenditure: Not-to-Exceed $567,028 (General Fund and Non-General Fund: $283,514 Annually).\nRecommendation of the General Services Director and Chief of Police that City Council:\n1. Award a public works agreement to Mel Smith Electric, Inc. of Stanton, CA(B2025-26), in the\namount of $515,480 with a 10% contingency of $51,548, for Torrance Police Department UPS\nReplacement project, for a total not-to-exceed amount of $567,028, for a two-year (2) period\nbeginning January 13, 2026 and ending January 12, 2028; and\n2. Appropriate $195,000 from the Development Impact Fee – Police Impact Fee Fund to the Torrance\nPolice Department UPS Replacement project (FAC0016-EQ0001); and\n3. Adopt a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) categorical exemption pursuant to\nSection 15301 (Existing Facilities).

8F.\nPublic Works – Approve Fourth Amendment to Tri-Party Agreement for Usage of Recycled Water at\nthe Torrance Refinery. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the Public Works Director that City Council approve a fourth amendment to the\ntri-party agreement (C2021-027) between the City of Torrance (City), Torrance Refining Company, LLC\n(TORC), and the West Basin Municipal Water District (WBMWD) to extend the continued use of recycled\nwater at the TORC Refinery for an additional five-month period, beginning February 1, 2026, and ending\nJune 30, 2026.

8G. Employee Relations and Public Safety Committee – Approve Transfer of the El Segundo Fire\nDepartment (ESFD) Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Apparatus to the Torrance Fire Department\n(TFD),\nAuthorize\nPurchase\nof\nRequired\nEquipment,\nand\nAccept\nand\nFile\nMinutes.\nExpenditure: $35,000 (General Fund).\nRecommendation of the Employee Relations and Public Safety Committee that City Council:\n1. Approve the transfer of the El Segundo Fire Department (ESFD) Urban Search and Rescue\n(USAR) apparatus to the Torrance Fire Department (TFD) and associated grant funding; and\n2. Authorize the purchase of the USAR equipment assigned to the unit from the City of El Segundo in\nthe amount of $35,000; and\n3. Accept and file the meeting minutes of the December 16, 2025 Employee Relations and Public\nSafety Committee Meeting.

8H.\nCity Manager – Adopt California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Categorical Exemption and\nApprove Master Lease Agreements with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for On-Airport\nNavigational Aid Equipment and Airport Traffic Control Tower at Torrance Municipal Airport\n(Zamperini Field). Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the City Manager that City Council:\n1. Adopt a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) categorical exemption pursuant to Guideline\nSection 15301 (Existing Facilities) and Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption); and\n2. Approve a new master lease agreement between the City of Torrance and the Federal Aviation\nAdministration (FAA) for on-airport navigation aid equipment (FAA Contract No. 690EG4-18-L-\n00083) for an initial term of twenty (20) years, retroactively beginning October 1, 2021 and ending\nSeptember 30, 2041; and\n3. Approve a new master lease agreement between the City of Torrance and the Federal Aviation\nAdministration (FAA) for the Airport Traffic Control Tower (FAA Contract No. 690EG4-25-L-00135)\nlocated at 25311 Aero Way, for an initial term of ten (10) years, retroactively beginning\nOctober 1, 2025 and ending September 30, 2035.

8I.\nCity Manager – Adopt RESOLUTION Determining Certain City-Owned Property is Not Required for\nCity Purposes and that Leasing the Property is in the Public Interest, Adopt Categorical Exemption\nUnder California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15301, Approve Seventh Amendment to\nLease and Ground Lessor Estoppel Certificate for City-Owned Property Located at 3455, 3511 and\n3525 Pacific Coast Highway. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the City Manager that City Council:\n1. Adopt a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Categorical Exemption pursuant to Guideline\nSection 15301 (Existing Facilities); and\n2. Adopt RESOLUTION determining that certain City-owned property located at 3455, 3511 and 3525\nPacific Coast Highway is not required for City purposes and that leasing the property is in the public\ninterest; and\n3. Approve a seventh amendment to lease with KLM Madison, LLC (C-2738); and\n4. Approve a Ground Lessor Estoppel Certificate to KLM Madison, LLC for lease of City-owned\nproperty located at 3455, 3511 and 3525 Pacific Coast Highway.

8J.\nCity Manager – Adopt California Environmental Quality Act Categorical Exemption and Adopt\nRESOLUTIONS Declaring Certain City-Owned Properties as Exempt Surplus Land Under the\nCalifornia Surplus Land Act and Authorize Sale and Purchase Agreement for City-Owned Vacant\nProperty on Del Amo Boulevard. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the City Manager that City Council:\n1. Adopt a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) categorical exemption pursuant to Guidelines\nSection 15060(C)(3) – General Rule; and\n2. Adopt a RESOLUTION declaring that the City-owned vacant properties identified as Assessor’s\nParcel Numbers (APNs) 7352-006-905 and 7352-006-901 qualify as exempt surplus land pursuant\nto the California Surplus Land Act (California Government Code Section 54221 et seq.); and\n3. Adopt a RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the Mayor to execute, and the City Clerk to attest\nto a Purchase and Sale Agreement between the City of Torrance and Jeffrey and Vanessa\nRodriguez for the sale and disposition of City-owned vacant property located in the 2200 block of\nDel Amo Boulevard, identified as APN 7352-006-905.

8K.\nGeneral Services – Approve Amendments to Contract Services Agreement for On-Call Electrician\nMaintenance and Repair Services and Adopt California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\nCategorical Exemption Pursuant to Section 15301. (Existing Facilities). Expenditure: Not-to-Exceed\n$3,500,000 (General Fund: Approximately $1,750,000 Annually).\nRecommendation of the General Services Director that City Council:\n1. Approve a first amendment to contract services agreement with Ace Construction & Maintenance\nInc. of Glendale, CA (C2024-216), in the amount of $750,000, for a new total not-to-exceed amount\nof $1,500,000, for on-call electrician maintenance and repair services, for a three (3) year-period\nbeginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2027; and\n2. Approve a first amendment to contract services agreement with Baker Electric & Renewables, LLC\nof Escondido, CA (C2024-210), in the amount of $1,000, for a new total not-to-exceed amount of\n$1,250,000, for on-call electrician maintenance and repair services, for a three (3) year-period\nbeginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2027; and\n3. Approve a second amendment to contract services agreement with BCE, Inc. of Torrance, CA\n(C2024-184), in the amount of $750,000, for a new total not-to-exceed amount of $1,500,000, for\non-call electrician maintenance and repair services, for a three (3) year-period beginning\nSeptember 1, 2024, and ending August 31, 2027; and\n4. Approve a first amendment to contract services agreement with Oscar’s Electric, Inc. of\nSanta Fe Springs, CA (C2024-185), in the amount of $1,000,000, for a new total not-to-exceed\namount of $1,250,000, for on-call maintenance and repair services, for a three (3) year-period\nbeginning September 1, 2024, and ending August 31, 2027; and\n5. Adopt a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Categorical exemption pursuant to\nSection 15301 (Existing Facilities).

9A.\nPlanning Commission and Community Development – Conduct Public Hearing to Consider Appeal\nof Planning Commission’s Approval of Conditional Use Permit (CUP25-00003) and Development\nPermit (DVP25-00001) to Allow the Construction of a New Residential Development Consisting of\n449 Residential Units, on Property Located within the Hawthorne Boulevard Corridor Specific\nPlan-Del Amo Business District One (H-DA1 Zone) at 3610 Torrance Boulevard (APN 7366-019-101),\nAdopt RESOLUTIONS and Determine a Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental\nQuality Act (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 RESOLUTIONS denying the appeal and upholding the Planning Commission approval of\nCUP25-00003, and DVP25-00001 as provided for in Division 9, Chapter 5, Article 1 and Division 9,\nChapter 2, Article 35 of the Torrance Municipal Code to allow the construction of a new residential\ndevelopment consisting of 449 residential units, on property located within the H-DA1 Zone at 3610\nTorrance Boulevard; and\n4. Determine a Categorical Exemption from CEQA; Article 19, Section 15332 (In-Fill Development).

9B.\nCommunity Development – Conduct Public Hearing on Development of the Annual Action Plan\nCovering Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-27. 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\nJuly 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027.