Vernon — 2024-05-21

1. Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget Workshop II\nRecommendation:\nNo action required by City Council. This is a presentation only.

10. Letter Agreement with Southern California Edison Company\nRecommendation:\nRatify the execution of the Letter Agreement between the City of Vernon and Southern\nCalifornia Edison Company (SCE) to reflect SCE's updated project commencement and\npayment start dates regarding the engineering and procurement work related to\nInterconnection Facilities, Distribution Upgrades, and Network Upgrades.

11. Excuse for Absence\nRecommendation:\nA. Excuse the absences of Committee Member Steven Froberg from the May 17, 2023 and\nMay 15, 2024 Regular Vernon CommUNITY Fund Grant Committee Meetings; and\nB. Excuse the absence of Committee Member Leticia Lopez from the May 15, 2024 Regular\nVernon CommUNITY Fund Grant Committee Meeting.\nNEW BUSINESS

12. City Council Appointments to Outside Agencies\nRecommendation:\nAffirm or modify appointments of representatives and/or alternates to various outside\nagencies.

13. Annual City Council Reorganization Process\nRecommendation:\nDiscuss and provide direction of Annual City Council Reorganization Process\nORAL REPORTS

14. City Administrator Reports on Activities and Other Announcements

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

16. Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)\nTeresa Rodriguez v. City of Vernon\nLos Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV09515\nDouglas Castellanos, Julian Holloman vs. City of Vernon, et al.\nLos Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV05456

17. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)\nSignificant exposure to litigation (1 potential matter)\nFacts and Circumstances: The City has been identified as a potentially responsible party in\nthe BKK Landfill matter.\nCLOSED SESSION REPORT

2. Employee Service Pin Awards\nRecommendation:\nRecognize April 2024 Employee Service Pin Award recipients.\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.

4. Claims Against the City\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the claims submitted by Chao Tian and Abimael C. Garcia.

5. Operating Account Warrant Register\nRecommendation:\nApprove Operating Account Warrant Register No. 130, for the period of March 31 through April\n20, 2024, totaling $14,695,710.34 and consisting of ratification of electronic payments totaling\n$14,322,028.74 and ratification of the issuance of early checks totaling $373,681.60.

6. Fire Department Activity Report\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the March 2024 Fire Department Activity Report.

7. Police Department Activity Report\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the March 2024 Police Department Activity Report.

8. Report on Emergency Purchase Secured by the City Administrator\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file report on Emergency HVAC and Ventilation Repair Services for City Hall\nSecured by the City Administrator.

9. Project Funded by Senate Bill 1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 for\nFiscal Year 2024-25\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that the approval of the proposed resolution does not constitute a "project" pursuant to\nsections 15378(b)(2) and (4) of the Guidelines to the California Environmental Quality Act\n(CEQA), because it constitutes an administrative activity and government funding mechanism\nthat does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially\nsignificant impact on the environment; and even if the adoption of the proposed resolution did\nconstitute a project, it would be exempt from CEQA in accordance with Section 15061(b)(3),\nthe general rule that CEQA only applies to projects that may have a significant effect on the\nenvironment; and\nB. Adopt Resolution No. 2024-07 adopting a project list to be funded by Senate Bill 1: The\nRoad Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25.