Torrance — 2026-02-24

10A. Human Resources – Accept and File Annual Report on the City’s Status of Vacant Positions. Expenditure:\nNone.\nRecommendation of the Human Resources Director that City Council accept and file an annual report on\nthe City’s status of vacant positions.

10B. Community Services – Approve Date for 2026 4th of July Event and Provide Direction on Fireworks and/or\nDrone Aerial Show Options. Expenditure:\nNot-to-Exceed: $108,000 (General Fund: Pending City Council Approval).\nRecommendation of the Community Services Director that City Council:\n1. Approve date of Saturday, July 4, 2026 for the 2026 4th of July Event ; and\n2. Provide direction regarding the featured aerial presentation of either a fireworks show,\ndrone show, or combination of both for a total not-to-exceed amount of $108,000, pending\nCity Council approval.

10C. Community Services – Approve Purchase of Tickets and On-field Experience for 2026 Torrance Dodger\nDay and Provide Direction on Game Date Selection and Ticket Resale to Torrance Community Members.\nExpenditure: Approximately $45,510 (General Fund).\nRecommendation of the Community Services Director that City Council:\n1. Approve the purchase of 1000 tickets to a 2026 Los Angeles Dodgers game; and\n2. Approve the purchase of a VIP on-field photo op; and\n3. Provide direction in selecting the game date for the ticket purchase; and\n4. Provide direction to authorize staff to resell the tickets to Torrance community members at\na subsidized cost.

10D. City Manager – Discuss and Provide Direction on Proposed Formulation of a Memorandum of\nUnderstanding with the Chinese National Taipei Olympic Committee to Rent City Facilities in Preparation\nfor the 2028 Olympic Games. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the City Manager that City Council discuss and provide direction on whether to develop\nand enter into a Memorandum of Understanding presented by the Chinese Taipei National Olympic\nCommittee and the City of Torrance to allow the use of identified City facilities at the Interdepartmental/Non-\nProfit rental rate for the duration of approximately July 3, 2028 - July 31, 2028 for the 2028 Olympic Games\nin Los Angeles.

13A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION\n(California Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1)):\n1. City of Torrance v. Tobo Construction, Inc., et al.\nLASC Case No. 25TRCV04354

13B. REAL PROPERTY – CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR\n(California Government Code § 54956.8):\n1. Property: 2655 Pacific Coast Highway, Torrance, CA 90505 (APN: 7377-005-906)\nAgency Negotiator: Aram Chaparyan\nNegotiating Parties: City of Torrance and Schwartz Investment Company\nUnder Negotiation: Price and terms and conditions of lease\n2. 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 and terms and conditions of lease\n3. Property: 3006 182nd Street, Torrance, CA 90504 (APN: 4095-020-903)\nAgency Negotiator: Aram Chaparyan\nNegotiating Parties: City of Torrance and Champion Ventures, LLC\nUnder Negotiation: Price and 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

8A.\nCity Clerk – Approve City Council Minutes. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the City Clerk that City Council approve the City Council minutes of\nJanuary 27, 2026.

8B.\nCivil Service Commission and Human Resources – Approve Revised Class Specification for Fleet Services\nManager. Expenditure: None\nRecommendation of the Civil Service Commission and Human Resources Director that City Council\napprove the revised class specification for Fleet Services Manager.

8C.\nCivil Service Commission and Human Resources – Approve Revised Class Specification and Examination\nto Fill Public Works Director Position.\nExpenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the Civil Service Commission and Human Resources Director that\nCity Council:\n1. Approve a revised class specification for Public Works Director; and\n2. Approve an examination to fill the Public Works Director position on an open basis.

8D.\nCivil Service Commission and Human Resources – Approve Revised Class Specification for Central\nServices Coordinator. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the Civil Service Commission and Human Resources Director that City Council\napprove the revised class specification for Central Services Coordinator.

8E.\nGeneral Services and Community Services – Authorize Purchase Order of Two (2) Avant M860 Front\nLoader Tractors as a Cooperative Purchase with Sourcewell. Expenditure: $434,626.54 (Non-General\nFund).\nRecommendation of the General Services Director and Community Services Director that City Council\nauthorize a purchase order with California Turf Equipment & Supply Inc. of Tulare, CA, in the amount of\n$413,930.04, plus a 5% contingency in the amount of $20,696.50, for a total\nnot-to-exceed amount of $434,626.54, for two (2) Avant M860 Front Loader Tractors as a cooperative\npurchase with Sourcewell.

8F.\nGeneral Services and Community Services – Authorize Purchase Order of One (1) FrontRow Concert\nStage as a Cooperative Purchase with Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC). Expenditure: Not-to-\nExceed $271,243.35 (Non-General Fund).\nRecommendation of the General Services Director and Community Services Director that City Council\nauthorize a purchase order with Century Industries, LLC of Sellersburg, IN, in the amount of $258,327, plus\na 5% contingency in the amount of $12,916.35, for one (1) Frontrow Concert Stage as a cooperative\npurchase with Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC), for a total\nnot-to-exceed amount of $271,243.35.

8G. General Services – Approve Modification to Local Government Partnership Program Contract for Electric\nVehicle Charging Stations. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the General Services Director that City Council approve a modification to the Local\nGovernment Partnership Program Contract (ML18069B), with South Coast Air Quality Management District\nof Diamond Bar, CA (C2019-016), for electric vehicle charging stations and to extend the term for an\nadditional 6-month period beginning January 1, 2029, and ending\nJune 30, 2029.

8H.\nCommunity Development – Accept and Appropriate HOME-American Rescue Plan Act (HOME-ARP) Grant\nAward from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), Adopt\nRESOLUTION Authorizing Grant Acceptance, and Authorize the Mayor and City Manager to Sign\nDocuments. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the Community Development Director that City Council:\n1. Accept and appropriate California Department of Housing and Community Development\n(HCD) HOME American Rescue Plan Act (HOME-ARP) grant award, in the amount of\n$1,720,938, to a newly created grant project; and\n2. Adopt a RESOLUTION authorizing the acceptance of the HCD HOME-ARP grant and the\nexecution of a standard agreement and related documents; and\n3. Authorize the Mayor to execute any non-substantial modification to the HCD HOME-ARP\nStandard Agreement subject to approval by the City Attorney; and\n4. Authorize the City Manager as the City's signatory for all other grant-related documents\nand to act on the City's behalf with respect to the grant and all decisions in connection with\nthe grant.

8I.\nHistoric Preservation Commission and Community Development – Accept and File 2025 Historic\nPreservation Commission Annual Report. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the Historic Preservation Commission and the Community Development Director that\nCity Council accept and file the 2025 Historic Preservation Commission Annual Report.

8J.\nHistoric Preservation Commission and Community Development – Approve a Mills Act Contract for Historic\nLandmark #6 (HPC25-00006) for a Duplex Residence Located within the Torrance Tract Overlay and Small\nLot, Low-Medium Overlay in the Two-Family Residential (R-2) Zone at 1753 Andreo Avenue and 1963\n218th Street and Determine an Exemption from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Expenditure:\nNone.\nRecommendation of the Historic Preservation Commission and Community Development Director that City\nCouncil:\n1.Approve a Mills Act contract for a Historic Landmark designated residence located within the Torrance\nTract Overlay and Small Lot, Low-Medium Overlay in the R-2 Zone at 1753 Andreo Avenue and 1963 218th\nStreet; and\n2.Determine a Categorical Exemption for the project in accordance with Guidelines for Implementation of\nthe California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Article 19, Section 15331 (Historic Resource\nRehabilitation/Restoration).

8K.\nCity Manager – Adopt RESOLUTIONS Setting Forth Hours, Wages, and Working Conditions for Certain\nPart-Time Hourly Employees, Executive and Management Employees, Elected Officials and Certain Full-\ntime Employees. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the City Manager that City Council:\n1.Adopt a RESOLUTION setting forth the hours, wages, and working conditions for\nCertain Part-Time Hourly Employees; and\n2.Repeal Resolution No. 2025-03 in its entirety; and\n3.Adopt a RESOLUTION setting forth the hours, wages, and working conditions for Executive and\nManagement Employees; and\n4.Repeal Resolution No. 2025-41 in its entirety; and\n5.Adopt a RESOLUTION setting forth the hours, wages, and working conditions for\nElected Officials; and\n6.Repeal Resolution No. 2025-16 in its entirety; and\n7.Adopt a RESOLUTION amending Resolution No. 2024-69 setting forth the hours, wages, and working\nconditions for Certain Full-Time and Salaried Employees.

9A.\nCommunity Development -– Conduct Public Hearing and Consider Adoption of RESOLUTIONS approving\nConditional Use Permit (CUP24-00028) and Development Permit (DVP24-00004) to allow the demolition of\nthe existing medical office building and the construction of a new mixed-use development consisting of 106\nresidential units and 12, 226 square feet of medical office floor area, on property located within the\nHawthrone Boulevard Corridor Specific Plan-Del Amo Business District Two (H-DA2) Zone at 3475\nTorrance Boulevard (APN 7524-014-110) and determine a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\nExemption Pursuant to Section 21080.66 of the California Public Resources Code (AB 130). Expenditure:\nNone.\nRecommendation of the Community Development Director that City Council:\n1. Conduct a public hearing, and\n2. Adopt\nRESOLUTIONS\napproving\nConditional\nUse\nPermit (CUP24-00028)\nand Development Permit (DVP24-00004), and making factual findings exempting the\nProject from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section\n21080.66 of the California Public Resources Code (PRC) Assembly Bill 130 (AB 130).

9B.\nFinance – Conduct a Public Hearing and Adopt RESOLUTIONS and an ORDINANCE Relating to the Levy\nof a Special Tax Within Community Facilities District\nNo. 2026-01. Expenditure: None.\nRecommendation of the Finance Director that City Council:\n1. Conduct a public hearing; and\n2. Adopt a RESOLUTION of Formation to Establish Community Facilities District (CFD)\nNo. 2026-01 (Public Services) and Future Annexation Area, Authorizing the Levy of a\nSpecial Tax and Establishing an Appropriations Limit; and\n3. Adopt a RESOLUTION calling for a Special Landowner Election Relating to the Levy of a\nSpecial Tax and Establishing an Appropriations Limit; and\n4. Adopt a RESOLUTION Declaring the Results of a Special Landowner Election Relating to\nthe Levy of a Special Tax and Establishing an Appropriations Limit; and