Vernon — 2023-07-18

1.\nEmployee Service Pin Awards\nRecommendation:\nRecognize June 2023 Employee Service Pin Award recipient.\nPUBLIC HEARINGS

10.\nAmendment No. 4 to the Services Agreement with Southeast Area Animal Control\nAuthority (SEAACA)\nRecommendation:\nApprove and authorize the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 4 with SEAACA, in\nsubstantially the same form as submitted, for animal control services effective July 1, 2023.

11.\nAmendment No. 3 to Services Agreement with S&S Labor Force Inc., dba JRM for\nUnarmed Security Guard Services\nRecommendation:\nApprove and authorize the City Administrator to execute Amendment No. 3 to the 2020\nServices Agreement with S&S Labor Force Inc., dba JRM, in substantially the same form as\nsubmitted, for unarmed security guard services for a not-to-exceed amount of $22,542.39.

12.\nCustomer Support Agreement with Siemens Energy Inc.\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that approval of the proposed action is exempt from California Environmental\nQuality Act (CEQA) review, because it is a government fiscal activity that will not result in\ndirect or indirect physical changes in the environment, and therefore does not constitute a\n“project” as defined by CEQA Guidelines Section 15378; to the extent the Services\nAgreement with Siemens Energy provides for facility and equipment maintenance or\nrepairs, such work is categorically exempt from CEQA review, in accordance with CEQA\nGuidelines Section 15301, because the project consists of the maintenance, repair or minor\nalteration of existing structures, facilities, or equipment, and involves negligible or no\nexpansion of an existing use;\nB. Approve and authorize the City Administrator to execute a Customer Support Agreement\nwith Siemens Energy Inc. (Siemens Energy), in substantially the same form as submitted, in\nan amount not-to-exceed $1,105,373, to upgrade the existing SPAA-T3000 control system\nand provide for ongoing service and maintenance needs;\nC. Authorize a contingency amount of ten percent (10%) or $110,537 for emergent software\npatches, updates, and non-warranted equipment or parts and grant authority to the City\nAdministrator to issue Change Orders for an amount up to the contingency amount, if\nnecessary; and\nD. Approve the issuance of a blanket Purchase Contract in an amount not-to-exceed\n$25,000, for maintenance services and parts with Siemens Energy for Fiscal Year 2023-24.

13.\nChange Order to Purchase Contract FI-0042 with MuniServices, LLC\nRecommendation:\nApprove and authorize a Change Order to Purchase Contract FI-0042 with MuniServices,\nLLC for Sales, Transactions, and Use Tax Audit and Reporting Services for $265,000\nmaking the total contract amount not-to-exceed $298,268.75.

14.\nEncumbering Funds for City Contract No. 20230179, Citywide Striping and Pavement\nMarkings\nRecommendation:\nAuthorize the Director of Finance to encumber $332,005 from Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 to\nFY 2023-24 for City Contract No. 20230179.

15.\nPurchase Contract with Carahsoft Technology Corp.\nRecommendation:\nApprove and authorize issuance of a purchase contract with Carahsoft Technology Corp. for\nvarious Information Technology purchases, for a total amount not-to-exceed $150,000 for\nFiscal Year 2023-24.\nNEW BUSINESS

16.\nHybrid Work Policy\nRecommendation:\nA. Adopt Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual Policy V-08 -Hybrid Work Program;\nand\nB. Authorize the City Administrator to execute and distribute the Policy to all City\nEmployees.\nORAL REPORTS

17.\nCity Administrator Reports on Activities and Other Announcements

18.\nCouncil Reports on Activities (including AB 1234), Announcements, or Directives to\nStaff

2.\nAmendments to the Municipal Code and General Plan to allow Mixed Use\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that the proposed action is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act\n(CEQA) review because it is general policy and procedure-making activity that is unrelated\nto any specific project, which must undergo separate CEQA review, and that will not result\nin direct physical changes or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical changes in the\nenvironment, and therefore does not constitute a “project” as defined by CEQA Guidelines\nSection 15378. In compliance with CEQA Guidelines (California. Code Regulations., Title\n14, Section 15000 et seq.), the City of Vernon prepared the Final Program Environmental\nImpact Report for the Westside Amendments to the General Plan and for the Westside\nAmendments to Title 17 of the Vernon Municipal Code;\nB. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-16 adopting Westside Amendments to the City of Vernon\nGeneral Plan and certifying the Final Program Environmental Impact Report State\nClearinghouse (SCH) No. 2022040458;\nC. Introduce and conduct first reading of Ordinance No. 1292 adding and amending various\nchapters in Title 17 – Zoning of the Vernon Municipal Code to allow Mixed Use Industrial\nZoning along Santa Fe Avenue; and\nD. Direct staff to schedule second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 1292 for the\nAugust 1, 2023 Regular City Council meeting.\nCONSENT CALENDAR\nAll matters listed on the Consent Calendar are to be approved with\none motion. Items may be removed from the Consent Calendar for\nindividual consideration. Removed items will be considered\nimmediately following the Consent Calendar.

4.\nOperating Account Warrant Register\nRecommendation:\nApprove Operating Account Warrant Register No. 112, for the period of June 4 through June\n24, 2023, totaling $10,479,339.99 and consisting of ratification of electronic payments\ntotaling $9,763,301.98 and ratification of the issuance of early checks totaling $716,038.01.

5.\nCity Payroll Warrant Register\nRecommendation:\nApprove City Payroll Warrant Register No. 805, for the period of June 1 through June 30,\n2023, totaling $3,857,440.82 and consisting of ratification of direct deposits, checks and\ntaxes totaling $2,675,422.99 and ratification of checks and electronic fund transfers (EFT)\nfor payroll related disbursements totaling $1,182,017.83 paid through operating bank\naccount.

6.\nFire Department Activity Report\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the May 2023 Fire Department Activity Report.

7.\nPolice Department Activity Report\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the May 2023 Police Department Activity Report.

8.\nPublic Works Department Monthly Reports\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the April 2023, May 2023, and June 2023 Building Reports.

9.\nSouthern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) Task Order No. Vernon-03 for\nServices by Radian Generation, LLC (Radian)\nRecommendation:\nApprove and authorize the General Manager of Public Utilities to execute SCPPA Task\nOrder No. Vernon-03 for services from Radian Generation, LLC, for regulatory compliance\nadministrative services, including the installation, maintenance, support, document\nmigration, content development, and use of Global Audit Ready software for a total amount\nnot-to-exceed $251,700, for a three-year period.