Vernon — 2025-09-16

1.\nFiscal Year 2024-25 Vernon CommUNITY Fund Scholarship Grant Awards\nRecommendation:\nA. Receive and file the report on scholarship grants awarded by the Vernon CommUNITY\nFund (VCF) Grant Committee for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25; and\nB. Recognize FY 2024-25 VCF Scholarship Grant Recipients for their outstanding academic\nperformance, personal achievement, community involvement, and leadership.\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.

10.\nMicrosoft Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) and Purchases from Insight Public\nSector\nRecommendation:\nA. Approve a Microsoft Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) and associated purchases of\nMicrosoft Licenses, in substantially the same form as submitted, from Insight Public Sector\nfor Citywide information technology operations, for an amount not-to-exceed $718,399.23 for\na three-year term; and\nB. Approve additional funds with Insight in the amount of $65,000 for additional purchases\nthat may be necessary from this vendor during the 2025-26 Fiscal Year.

11.\nServices Agreement with Eagle Eye Demolition, Inc. for On-Call Nuisance Abatement\nServices\nRecommendation:\nApprove and authorize the City Administrator to execute a Services Agreement with Eagle\nEye Demolition, Inc., in substantially the same form as submitted, for On-Call Nuisance\nAbatement Services for a total amount not-to-exceed $400,000, for a three (3) year term.

12.\nAmendment No. 2 to Labor and Materials Contract with Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc.\nRecommendation:\nApprove and authorize the City Administrator to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Labor and\nMaterials Contract with Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc., in substantially the same form as submitted,\nto extend the term of the Contract by an additional five-month period, for a total amount notto-exceed $15,000.

13.\n2024 Power Source Disclosure Program Annual Report\nRecommendation:\nRatify the submission to the California Energy Commission (CEC) of the attestation signed\nby Vernon Public Utilities’ General Manager of the veracity of the 2024 Power Source\nDisclosure Program Annual Report.\nNEW BUSINESS

14.\nMemorandum of Understanding Between the Cities of Commerce, Irwindale, Santa Fe\nSprings, Industry, and Vernon\nRecommendation:\nApprove and authorize the Mayor to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the\nCities of Commerce, Irwindale, Santa Fe Springs, and Industry, effective September 1, 2025,\nfor the purpose of uniting efforts to advocate for, advance, and plan shared priorities to seek\nstate and federal funding, and advocate for and advance legislative and administrative\npolicies to address the unique needs and benefits that their industrial and commercial\nactivities offer Los Angeles County and the State of California.

15.\nConfirmation Letter with BP Energy Company\nRecommendation:\nA. Find the action is not in reference to a “project” subject to the California Environmental\nQuality Act (CEQA) under Guidelines Section 15378 because it involves the continuing\nadministrative activity of purchasing power and resource adequacy; and even if it were a\n“project” subject to CEQA, the approval requested is exempt in accordance with CEQA\nGuidelines Section 15061(b)(3), the general rule that CEQA only applies to projects that may\nhave a significant effect on the environment, and any construction that may occur by a\nprivate party in the future in reliance on this approval would be subject to CEQA review by\nanother governmental agency at the time when actual details of any physical proposal would\nbe more than speculative; and\nB. Approve and authorize the City Administrator to execute the Confirmation Letter with BP\nEnergy Company (BP Energy), in substantially the same form as submitted, for the Purchase\nof Portfolio Content Category Product 1 (PCC1) Energy in the amount-not-to exceed\n$74,018,950 for a 10-year term.\nORAL REPORTS

16.\nCity Administrator Reports on Activities and Other Announcements

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

18.\nPublic Employee Performance Evaluation (Annual)\nGovernment Code Section 54957\nTitle: City Attorney\nCLOSED SESSION REPORT

3.\nOperating Account Warrant Register\nRecommendation:\nApprove Operating Account Warrant Register No. 157, for the period of August 3, 2025\nthrough August 16, 2025, totaling $9,366,457.22 and consisting of ratification of electronic\npayments totaling $8,932,275.65 and ratification of the issuance of early checks totaling\n$434,181.57.

4.\nRedevelopment Agency Obligation Retirement Account Warrant Register\nRecommendation:\nApprove Redevelopment Agency Obligation Retirement Account Warrant Register No. 72,\nfor the period of March 2, 2025 through August 16, 2025 and consisting of ratification of\nelectronic payments totaling $2,250.

5.\nFire Department Activity Report\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the July 2025 Fire Department Activity Report.

6.\nPolice Department Activity Report\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the July 2025 Police Department Activity Report.

7.\nZoning Code Amendments\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that the proposed action is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\nbecause the adoption of this ordinance is not a “project” pursuant to CEQA Guidelines\nSection 15378; and\nB. Adopt Ordinance No. 1307 Amending Zoning Code to meet California Department of\nHousing and Community Development (HCD) Requirements.

8.\nCode Enforcement Update\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that the proposed action is not a project within the meaning of Section 15378 of the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) Guidelines because it has no potential for\nresulting in physical change in the environment, either directly or ultimately. In the event that\nthe proposed Ordinance is found to be a project under CEQA, it is subject to the CEQA\nexemption contained in CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with\ncertainty to have no possibility of a significant effect on the environment; and\nB. Adopt Ordinance No. 1308 Amending Certain Sections of Chapter 1.08 (Administrative\nCitations), 8.20 (Nuisances), and 10.16 (Parking Regulations) of the Vernon Municipal Code\nRegarding Public Nuisances, Administrative Citations, and Enforcement of Code Violations.

9.\nReport on Contract Extension with SDI Presence LLC Approved by the City\nAdministrator\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the report on Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement with SDI Presence LLC\nextending the agreement for one year at no additional cost, as approved by the City\nAdministrator pursuant to Vernon Municipal Code Sections 3.32.220(B) and 3.32.110 (B)(3).