Vernon — 2024-03-19

1.\nVernon CommUNITY Fund Grant Committee Awards and Direct Service\nGrantee Certificates for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24\nRecommendation:\nA. Receive and file the report; and\nB. Present Certificates to FY 2023-24 Direct Service Grant Recipients.\n📎

10.\nContract with Western Allied Corporation for City Hall HVAC System\nImprovements - Contract No. 20240089\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that the proposed action is categorically exempt from California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (CEQA) review, in accordance with CEQA Guidelines §\n15301, because the project consists of the maintenance and minor alteration of the\nexisting City Hall HVAC controls and system and involves negligible or no\nexpansion of an existing use;\nB. Accept the bid proposal from Western Allied Corporation as the lowest\nresponsive and responsible bidder and reject all other bids;\nC. Approve and authorize the City Administrator to execute a contract with Western\nAllied Corporation, in substantially the same form as submitted, for the City Hall\nHVAC System Improvements Project in an amount not-to-exceed $429,245; and\nD. Authorize a contingency amount of ten percent (10%) or $42,924.50 in the event\nof an unexpected changed condition in the project and grant authority to the City\nAdministrator to issue change orders for an amount up to the contingency amount,\nif necessary.​

11.\nCity Council Appointments to Outside Agencies\nRecommendation:\nAppoint the City’s representative and alternate to the Gateway Cities Council of\nGovernments.\n📎

12.\nAppointment of Deborah A. Harrington as Interim City Clerk\nRecommendation:\nAdopt Resolution No. 2024-03 appointing Deborah A. Harrington to serve as\nInterim City Clerk of the City of Vernon and approving and authorizing the\nexecution of a related at-will employment agreement.\nORAL REPORTS

13.\nCity Administrator Reports on Activities and Other Announcements

14.\nCouncil Reports on Activities (including AB 1234), Announcements, or\nDirectives to Staff\nCLOSED SESSION

15.\nConference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)\nCity of Whittier, et al. v. Los Angeles Superior Court, et al.\nLos Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCP03579\nOrange County Superior Court Case No. 23STVP03579

2.\nEmployee Service Pin Awards\nRecommendation:\nRecognize February 2024 Employee Service Pin Award Recipient.\nPUBLIC HEARINGS\n📎

3.\nWarehouse Development Agreement for 5764 Alcoa Avenue\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that the ordinance is not subject to CEQA as the adoption of the ordinance\nis not a “project” pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15302, because the\nproposed development consists of the replacement and reconstruction of existing\nfacilities where the new structure will be located on the same site as the structures\nbeing replaced and will have substantially the same size, purpose, and capacity as\nthe structures being replaced;\nB. Introduce and conduct first reading of Ordinance No. 1299 approving\nWarehouse Development Agreement No.WH-001 for Assessor Parcel Numbers\nhttps://cityofvernon.primegov.com/Portal/Meeting?meetingTemplateId=1916 2/7\n3/18/24, 3:56 PM Meeting\n6310-005-003, 6310-005-004, 6310-005-009, and 6310-005-010 between the City\nof Vernon and; and GPT Vernon Owner, LP; and\nC. Direct staff to schedule second reading and adoption for the April 2, 2024 City\nCouncil meeting.\nCONSENT CALENDAR\nAll matters listed on the Consent Calendar are to be approved with one motion.\nItems may be removed from the Consent Calendar for individual consideration.\nRemoved items will be considered immediately following the Consent Calendar.\n📎

5.\nPolice Department Activity Report\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the January 2024 Police Department Activity Report\n📎

6.\nAmendments No. 3 and No. 4 to the Services Agreement with Tyler\nTechnologies\nRecommendation:\nA. Approve and authorize the City Administrator to execute Amendment No. 3 to\nthe Services Agreement with Tyler Technologies, Inc., in substantially the same\nform as submitted, for Enterprise Resource Planning Software as a Service\nHosting and Support for a total amount not-to-exceed $1,271,211.34, for a 3-year\nterm; and\nB. Approve and authorize the City Administrator to execute Amendment No. 4 to\nthe Services Agreement with Tyler Technologies, Inc., in substantially the same\nform as submitted, to reflect the addition and removal of various modules from the\ncurrent Agreement, for a total amount not-to-exceed $568,770.22, for the 3-year\nterm.

7.\nFire Department Activity Report\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the January 2024 Fire Department Activity Report.\n📎

8.\nOperating Account Warrant Register\nRecommendation:\nApprove Operating Account Warrant Register No. 126, for the period of February 4\nthrough February 17, 2024, totaling $8,774,682.53 and consisting of ratification of\nelectronic payments totaling $8,123,746.31 and ratification of the issuance of early\nchecks totaling $650,936.22.\n📎

9.\nLicense Agreement with Southern California Edison Company\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that the proposed action is categorically exempt from California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (CEQA) review, in accordance with CEQA Guidelines\nSection 15301, because the proposed action involves the leasing of an existing\npublic utility service facility and involves negligible or no expansion of an existing\nuse; and\nB. Approve and authorize the City Administrator to execute a License Agreement\nwith the Southern California Edison Company (SCE), in substantially the same\nform as submitted, for the use of land at the Laguna Bell Substation for a total\namount not-to-exceed $2,208.21, for a five-year term.\nNEW BUSINESS\n📎