Vernon — 2025-03-18

City Council

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1. Employee Service Pin Awards\nRecommendation:\nRecognize January and February 2025 Employee Service Pin Award recipients.\nCONSENT CALENDAR\nAll matters listed on the Consent Calendar may 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.
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10. 4419 Pacific Boulevard Plan Check and Inspection Fee Waiver\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that granting a fee waiver for building plan check and inspection for the construction\nof the first private housing in Vernon to be built in 40 years provides a substantial benefit to\nthe public because it will start the implementation of Mixed-Use Zoning along Santa Fe\nAvenue; and\nB. Waive the Building Plan Check and Inspection fees for the construction of an apartment\nbuilding at 4419 Pacific Boulevard.
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11. Amendment No. 3 to Services Agreement with Interwest Consulting Group, Inc.,\nContract No. CS-1442\nRecommendation:\nApprove and authorize the City Administrator to execute Amendment No. 3 to the Services\nAgreement with lnterwest Consulting Group, Inc., in substantially the same form as\nsubmitted, for on-call building plan checks and inspection services provided for a total\namount not-to-exceed $148,429.10 (increasing the total contract cost to $998,429.10).\nNEW BUSINESS
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12. City Hall Plaza Design\nRecommendation:\nReceive presentation and provide feedback on the City Hall Plaza design presented by\nArchiterra Design Group.\nORAL REPORTS
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13. City Administrator Reports on Activities and Other Announcements
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14. Council Reports on Activities (including AB 1234), Announcements, or Directives to\nStaff\nCLOSED SESSION
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15. Public Employment\nGovernment Code Section 54957\nTitle: Finance Director
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16. Conference With Labor Negotiators\nGovernment Code Section 54957.6\nAgency Designated Representative: Brian Saeki, City Administrator\nEmployee Organizations:\nTeamsters Local 911,\nIBEW Local 47,\nVernon Police Management Association, and\nVernon Police Officers’ Benefit Association\nUnrepresented Employees:\nConfidential, Management, and Executive classifications
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17. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation\nInitiation of Litigation\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(4)\nNumber of potential cases: 1\nCLOSED SESSION REPORT
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3. Claim Against the City\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the claim submitted by Jodi Ichiyama.
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4. Operating Account Warrant Register\nRecommendation:\nApprove Operating Account Warrant Register No. 146, for the period of February 2, 2025\nthrough February 15, 2025, totaling $7,918,625.83 and consisting of ratification of electronic\npayments totaling $7,190,696.17 and ratification of the issuance of early checks totaling\n$727,929.66.
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5. Fire Department Activity Report\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the January 2025 Fire Department Activity Report.
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6. Police Department Activity Report - January 2025\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the January 2025 Police Department Activity Report.
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7. Support Agreement Purchase Order with AT&T for VESTA 9-1-1 System Maintenance\nand Additional Funds for AT&T Network Services\nRecommendation:\nA. Approve and authorize issuance of a Purchase Order to AT&T for an amount not-to-\nexceed $44,020.67, for a one-year term extension of the Support Agreement for the VESTA\n9-1-1 system from April 16, 2025 to April 15, 2026 and;\nB. Approve supplemental funds in the amount of $176,000 for Contract No. 20230186 with\nAT&T for anticipated invoice payments for various telecommunications and network services\nthrough the termination of the Contract on January 16, 2026.
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8. Managed Print Services with MRC Smart Technology Solutions and Xerox\nRecommendation:\nA. Approve and authorize the City Administrator to execute a Services Agreement with MRC\nSmart Technology Solutions, in substantially the same form as submitted, for a three-year\nterm in an amount not-to-exceed $206,360 ($68,786.67 per year) for Managed Print Services\n(MPS) with an effective date of April 1, 2025; and\nB. Approve and authorize the City Administrator to execute a related Lease Agreement with\nXerox, in substantially the same form as submitted, for a three-year term in an amount not-\nto- exceed $83,640 ($27,880 per year) for MPS with an effective date of April 1, 2025.
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9. Services Agreement with Keenan & Associates\nRecommendation:\nApprove and authorize the City Administrator to execute a Professional Services Agreement\nwith Keenan & Associates, in substantially the same form as submitted, to provide Health\nBenefits Brokerage and Consulting Services, effective April 1, 2025, through March 31,\n2028, for a total amount not-to-exceed $150,500, for a three-year term.