Vernon — 2026-03-17

1.\nEmployee Service Pin Awards\nRecommendation:\nRecognize February 2026 Employee Service Pin Award recipient.

10.\nAmendment No. 1 to Attorney Services Agreement with Liebert Cassidy Whitmore\nRecommendation:\nApprove and authorize the City Administrator to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Attorney\nServices Agreement with Liebert Cassidy Whitmore (LCW) for outside legal services, in\nsubstantially the same form as submitted, to increase the total not-to-exceed amount by an\nadditional $75,000.

11.\nSide Letters of Agreement with Police Bargaining Groups Regarding In-Lieu Holiday\nTime\nRecommendation:\nA. Adopt Resolution No. 2026-011 approving the In-Lieu Holiday Time Side Letter of\nAgreement by and between the City of Vernon and the Vernon Police Officers' Benefit\nAssociation (VPOBA); and\nB. Adopt Resolution No. 2026-012 approving the In-Lieu Holiday Time Side Letter of\nAgreement by and between the City of Vernon and the Vernon Police Management\nAssociation (VPMA).

12.\nRemoval of Marked Crosswalks Along Pacific Boulevard at 45th, 46th, and 49th Street\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 restriping an existing street by removing the crosswalk markings to\navoid potential adverse impacts to pedestrian and vehicular safety, and involves negligible or\nno expansion of an existing use; and\nB. Authorize pavement striping crew to remove all marked crosswalks along Pacific\nBoulevard at 45th, 46th, and 49th Street.\nNEW BUSINESS

13.\nConsulting Services Agreement with CNS Engineers, Inc. for the Atlantic Boulevard\nBridge Rehabilitation and Widening Project\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that the proposed action is within the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration\nprepared for this project pursuant to the provisions under the California Environmental\nQuality Act (CEQA) in accordance with Section 15063 of the CEQA Guidelines;\nB. Find that the best interests of the City are served by a direct award of a Services\nAgreement to CNS Engineers, Inc., without a competitive selection process pursuant to\nVernon Municipal Code Section 3.32.110 (B)(2); and\nC. Approve and authorize the City Administrator to execute a Services Agreement with CNS\nEngineers, Inc. for the rehabilitation and widening of the Atlantic Boulevard Bridge (Federal\nProject No. DBPL02-5139(010)).\nORAL REPORTS

14.\nCity Administrator Reports on Activities and Other Announcements

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

16.\nCONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS\nGovernment Code Section 54956.8\nProperty: 4528 Bandini Boulevard, Vernon, California\nAgency negotiator: Brian Saeki, City Administrator\nNegotiating parties: Zeem Solutions\nUnder negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment\nCLOSED SESSION REPORT

2.\nCity Council Strategic Priorities\nRecommendation:\nReceive a presentation on potential City Council goals and determine key goals to guide the\nCity’s strategic planning process.\nPUBLIC HEARINGS

3.\nAdoption of the 2025 California Building Standards Code by Reference\nRecommendation:\nA. Conduct a Public Hearing;\nB. Find that the 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;\nand\nC. Adopt Ordinance No. 1310 adopting the 2025 California Building Standards Code by\nreference.

4.\nSidewalk Vending Regulations\nRecommendation:\nA. Conduct a Public Hearing;\nB. Find that the proposed action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act\n(CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15378, as an action for\nwhich there is no possibility that the ordinance will have any significant effect on the\nenvironment;\nC. Introduce, read by title only, and waive further reading of Ordinance No. 1311 amending\nChapter 12.10 (Sidewalk Vending) of Title 12 (Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places) of the\nVernon Municipal Code pertaining to the regulation of sidewalk vending; and\nD. Direct staff to schedule the adoption for the April 7, 2026, City Council meeting.\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.

5.\nMeeting Minutes\nRecommendation:\nApprove the March 3, 2026 Regular City Council and Special City Council Meeting Minutes.

6.\nOperating Account Warrant Register\nRecommendation:\nApprove Operating Account Warrant Register No. 169, for the period of February 1, 2026\nthrough February 14, 2026, totaling $9,191,307.17 and consisting of ratification of electronic\npayments totaling $8,795,879.66 and ratification of the issuance of early checks totaling\n$395,427.51.

7.\nFire Department Activity Report\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the January 2026 Fire Department Activity Report.

8.\nPolice Department Activity Report - January 2026\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the January 2026 Police Department Activity Report.

9.\nProfessional Services Agreement with Actum-E, LLC\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that it is in the best interests of the City to award a contract directly to Actum-E, LLC\nwithout a competitive selection process, pursuant to Vernon Municipal Code Section\n3.32.110(B)(2); and\nB. Approve and authorize the City Administrator to execute a Professional Services\nAgreement with Actum-E, LLC, in substantially the same form as submitted, for government\naffairs related to the Big 4 cities, for a total amount not-to-exceed $45,000, through June 30,\n2026.