Vernon — 2024-04-16

1. Amendments to Vernon Municipal Code Sections 17.56.060 and 17.57.020 pertaining\nto Automobile Parking and Truck Loading\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that proposed action is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\nreview, because it is general policy and procedure-making activity that is unrelated to any\nspecific project, which must undergo separate CEQA review, and that will not result in direct\nphysical changes or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical changes in the environment,\nand therefore does not constitute a “project” as defined by CEQA Guidelines Section 15378;\nB. Introduce and conduct first reading of Ordinance No. 1300 amending Tables 17.56.060(B)\nand 17.56.060(C) in Section 17.56.060 and Table 17.57.020(B) in Section 17.57.020 of the\nVernon Municipal Code regarding standards and requirements for automobile parking and\ntruck loading for Data Centers; and\nC. Direct staff to schedule second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 1300 at the next\nscheduled City Council meeting.

10. Letter Agreement with Southern California Edison Company\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that the proposed action is categorically exempt from California Environmental\nQuality Act (CEQA) review, because the work being approved by this Letter Agreement\n(Phase 1) consists of engineering and materials procurement that will not result in direct or\nindirect physical changes in the environment, and therefore does not constitute a “project” as\ndefined by CEQA Guidelines Section 15378. Upon completion of Phase 1, a separate Letter\nAgreement will be presented to City Council for the construction portion of this project\n(Phase 2);\nB. Approve and authorize the City Administrator to execute a Letter Agreement with\nSouthern California Edison Company (SCE), in substantially the same form as submitted, for\nSCE to perform required engineering and procurement work related to Interconnection\nFacilities, Distribution Upgrades, and Network Upgrades, in an amount not-to-exceed\n$14,024,895; and\nC. Authorize a contingency amount of five percent (5%) or $701,245 for unforeseen changes\nin fees or other expenses not included in the proposal, and grant authority to the City\nAdministrator to issue change orders for an amount up to the contingency amount, if\nnecessary.

11. Services Agreement with Renne Public Policy Group for Legislative and Regulatory\nAdvocacy\nRecommendation:\nApprove and authorize the City Administrator to execute a Professional Services Agreement\nwith Renne Public Policy Group (RPPG), in substantially the same form as submitted, for\nlegislative and regulatory advocacy services for a total amount not-to-exceed $447,000 for a\nthree-year term.\nORAL REPORTS

12. City Administrator Reports on Activities and Other Announcements

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

14. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)\nSignificant exposure to litigation (1 potential matter)\nCLOSED SESSION REPORT

3. Claims Against the City\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the claim submitted by Kevin Yee.

4. Operating Account Warrant Register\nRecommendation:\nApprove Operating Account Warrant Register No. 128, for the period of March 3 through\nMarch 16, 2024, totaling $9,717,202.88 and consisting of ratification of electronic payments\ntotaling $9,235,499.76 and ratification of the issuance of early checks totaling $481,703.12.

5. Fire Department Activity Report\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the February 2024 Fire Department Activity Report.

6. City of Vernon National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Duly\nAuthorized Representatives\nRecommendation:\nA. Adopt Resolution No. 2024-05 repealing Resolution No. 2014-06 related to the NPDES\nPermit Authorized Representatives; and\nB. Authorize the Director of Public Works, Director of Health and Environmental Control and\nthe General Manager of Vernon Public Utilities as duly authorized representatives, to sign,\ncertify, and electronically submit permit registration documents, notices of termination, and\nany other documents, reports, or information required by the NPDES permit.

7. Arbor Day Proclamation and Application for Tree City USA 2024\nRecommendation:\nA. Proclaim April 26, 2024 as Arbor Day in the City of Vernon;\nB. Authorize the Public Works Department to apply to the Arbor Day Foundation for Tree City\nUSA 2024 certification; and\nC. Authorize the Mayor to sign the 2024 Tree City USA Application for Certification when it\nbecomes available.

8. Contract with Bear Electrical Solutions, Inc. for Citywide Traffic Signal Maintenance\nand Repair FY 2024 Project - Contract No. 20240283\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that the proposed action is categorically exempt from California Environmental\nQuality Act (CEQA) review, in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, because\nthe project consists of the maintenance, repair or minor alteration of existing traffic signals\nand involves negligible or no expansion of an existing use;\nB. Accept the bid from Bear Electrical Solutions, Inc. (Bear Electrical) as the lowest\nresponsive and responsible bidder, and reject all other bids;\nC. Approve and authorize the City Administrator to execute a contract with Bear Electrical in\nsubstantially the same form as submitted, for the Citywide Traffic Signal Maintenance and\nRepair FY 2024 Project, in an amount not-to-exceed $200,000 per year for a total of\n$600,000 over the three-year term of Contract No. 20240283; and\nD. Authorize a contingency of ten percent (10%) or $60,000 in the event of an unexpected\nchanged condition or additional extraordinary maintenance and grant authority to the City\nAdministrator to issue a change order for an amount up to the contingency amount, if\nnecessary.

9. Notice of Completion for Contract No. 20240122 Gifford Avenue, 48th, 49th, & 50th\nStreet\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that the proposed action is categorically exempt from California Environmental\nQuality Act (CEQA) review, in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, because\nthe project consists of the maintenance, repair or minor alteration of existing streets and\ninvolves negligible or no expansion of an existing use;\nB. Accept the work of Hardy & Harper, Inc. as related to City Contract No. 20240122; 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.