Vernon — 2023-08-01

1. City Administrator Report\nRecommendation:\nReceive presentation on various topics including New Business Welcome, Business\nSpotlight, Vernon’s First Electric Vehicle Charging Station, the Southern California Public\nPower Authority Annual Tour, Vernon’s Gateway Arch, Former Vernon Police Officer Visit,\nEconomic Development Webpage Redesign, Business Networking and Community Events.\nCONSENT CALENDAR\nAll matters listed on the Consent Calendar are to be approved with one motion. Items may be\nremoved from the Consent Calendar for individual consideration. Removed items will be\nconsidered immediately following the Consent Calendar.

10. Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with SDI Presence LLC\nRecommendation:\nApprove and authorize the City Administrator to execute Amendment No. 1 to the\nProfessional Services Agreement with SDI Presence LLC, in substantially the same form as\nsubmitted, for project management services for a total not-to-exceed $224,437.50, for an\nadditional term of one year and four months.\nNEW BUSINESS

11. Mixed Use Industrial Zoning Along Santa Fe Avenue\nRecommendation:\nConduct second reading and adopt Ordinance No. 1293 adding and amending various\nchapters in Title 17 – Zoning of the Vernon Municipal Code to allow Mixed Use Industrial\nZoning along Santa Fe Avenue.\nORAL REPORTS

12. City Administrator Reports on Activities and Other Announcements

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

3. Operating Account Warrant Register\nRecommendation:\nApprove Operating Account Warrant Register No. 113, for the period of June 25 through July\n8, 2023, totaling $3,162,216.17 and consisting of ratification of electronic payments totaling\n$2,343,357.83 and ratification of the issuance of early checks totaling $818,858.34.

4. Redevelopment Agency Obligation Retirement Account Warrant Register\nRecommendation:\nApprove Redevelopment Agency Obligation Retirement Account Warrant Register No. 66,\nfor the period of July 17, 2022 through July 8, 2023 and consisting of ratification of electronic\npayments totaling $5,000.

5. Quarterly Report of Cash and Investments\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the Cash and Investments Report for the quarter ended June 30, 2023.

6. Helping Hands Society of Los Angeles Fee Waiver\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that granting a fee waiver for Helping Hands Society of Los Angeles (Helping Hands)\nis an appropriate use of public funds because Helping Hands is a local 501(c)(3) non-profit\norganization and the funds will support activities that are charitable and provide a substantial\nbenefit to the public;\nB. Waive annual Public Health Permit, Hazmat, Occupancy Permit, and Business License\nfees for Helping Hands for Fiscal Year 2023-24 and subsequent years; and\nC. Waive a one-time permit fee in the amount of $801.33 for the installation of warehouse\nstorage racks at the Helping Hands facility.

7. Change Order No. 1 with Bear Electrical Solutions, Inc., Contract No.CS-1303:\nCitywide Traffic Signal Maintenance and Repair\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that approval of the proposed action is categorically exempt under the California\nEnvironments Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15301,\nExisting Facilities, Class 1, maintenance, because this project only consists of maintenance\nand repair of the City’s traffic signals and involves negligible or no expansion of an existing\nuse; and\nB. Approve and authorize the City Administrator to execute Change Order No. 1 for Contract\nNo. CS-1303 with Bear Electrical Solutions, Inc. for a total amount not-to-exceed $215,000\nfor traffic signal maintenance and emergency repairs.

8. Notice of Completion for Contract No. CS-1456 Citywide Tree Wells\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that the proposed action is exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act\n(CEQA) because it is an administrative procedure and will not result in direct physical\nchanges or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical changes in the environment, and\ntherefore does not constitute a ”project” as defined by CEQA Guidelines Section 15378;\nB. Accept the work of FS Contractors, Inc. as related to City Contract No. CS-1456; and\nC. Authorize the Director of Public Works to execute and submit the Notice of Completion for\nthe project to the Los Angeles County Recorder’s Office.

9. Professional Services Agreement with All City Management Services for Crossing\nGuard Services\nRecommendation:\nApprove and authorize the City Administrator to execute a Professional Services Agreement\nwith All City Management Services, in substantially the same form as submitted, for crossing\nguard services, for a total amount not-to-exceed $165,014, for a three-year term.