CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH
CITY COUNCIL
Regular Meeting Agenda

6:00 p.m.
Council Chambers
1315 Valley Drive
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254

CITY COUNCIL
Justin Massey, Mayor
Dean Francois, Mayor Pro Tem 
Rob Saemann, Councilmember 
Mike Detoy, Councilmember 
Ray Jackson, Councilmember

Karen Nowicki, City Treasurer


APPOINTED OFFICIALS
Suja Lowenthal, City Manager 
Patrick Donegan, City Attorney 

EXECUTIVE TEAM
Viki Copeland, Administrative Services Director
Myra Maravilla, City Clerk
 Carrie Tai, Community Development Director
Lisa Nichols, Community Resources Director
Angela Crespi, Deputy City Manager 
Vanessa Godinez, Human Resources Manager
Paul LeBaron, Police Chief 
Joe SanClemente, Public Works Director
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990 

To comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Assistive Listening Devices (ALD) are available for check out at the meeting. If you require special assistance to participate in this meeting, you must call or submit your request in writing to the Office of the City Clerk at (310) 318-0204 or at [email protected] at least 48 hours before the meeting. 

 

PARTICIPATION AND VIEWING OPTIONS  

Hermosa Beach City Council meetings are open to the public and are being held in person in the City Hall Council Chambers located at 1315 Valley Drive, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. Public comment is only guaranteed to be taken in person at City Hall during the meeting or prior to the meeting by submitting an eComment for an item on the agenda. As a courtesy only, the public may view and participate on action items listed on the agenda via the following: 

 

  • Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89968207828? pwd=bXZmWS83dmxHWDZLbWRTK2RVaUxaUT092 
  • Phone: Toll Free: (833) 548 0276; Meeting ID: 899 6820 7828, then #; Passcode: 472825 
  • eComment: Submit an eComment by 3:00 p.m. on the meeting date.  
  • Supplemental Email: Supplemental emails are available for agenda items only and must be sent to [email protected]. Supplemental emails should indicate the agenda item and meeting date in the subject line and must be received by 3:00 p.m. on the meeting date. Emails received after the deadline but before the meeting ends will be posted to the agenda the next business day. 

 

Please be advised that while the City will endeavor to ensure these remote participation methods are available, the City does not guarantee that they will be technically feasible or work all the time. Further, the City reserves the right to terminate these remote participation methods (subject to Brown Act restrictions) at any time and for whatever reason. Please attend in person or by submitting an eComment to ensure your public participation.  

 

Similarly, as a courtesy, the City will also plan to broadcast the meeting via the following listed mediums. However, these are done as a courtesy only and not guaranteed to be technically feasible. Thus, in order to guarantee live time viewing and/or public participation, members of the public shall attend in Council Chambers. 

 

  • Cable TV: Spectrum Channel 8 and Frontier Channel 31 in Hermosa Beach 
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CityofHermosaBeach90254 
  • Live Stream: www.hermosabeach.gov/agenda 

 

If you experience technical difficulties while viewing a meeting on any of our digital platforms, please try another viewing option. View City Council staff reports and attachments at www.hermosabeach.gov/agenda.  


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This is the time for the City Council to discuss any changes to the order of agenda items.

  • Recommended Action:

    To approve the order of the agenda.

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This is the time for members of the public to address the City Council on any items within the Council's jurisdiction and on items where public comment will not be taken (City Manager Reports, City Councilmember Comments, Consent Calendar items not pulled for separate consideration, and Future Agenda Items).

The public is invited to attend and provide public comment. Public comments are limited to two minutes per speaker and shall only be taken from those present in City Council Chambers. No remote public comment will be taken during this time unless required by the Brown Act. A total of thirty minutes will be allocated to this initial public participation item. This time allotment may be modified due to time constraints at the discretion of the Mayor or City Council. Another period is also reserved for general comment later in the meeting for those who could not be heard at this time.

No action will be taken on matters raised during public comment, except that the Council may take action to schedule issues raised during public comment for a future agenda. Speakers with comments regarding City management or departmental operations are encouraged to submit those comments directly to the City Manager. Members of the audience will have a future opportunity to speak on items pulled from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion, Public Hearings, and Municipal Matters when those items are heard.

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The following matters will be acted upon collectively with a single motion and vote to approve with the majority consent of the City Council. Councilmembers may orally register a negative vote on any Consent Calendar item without pulling the item for separate consideration before the vote on the Consent Calendar. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember removes an item from the Consent Calendar, either under Approval of the Agenda or under this item before the vote on the Consent Calendar. Items removed for separate discussion will be provided a separate public comment period.

  • Recommended Action:

    To approve the consent calendar.

(City Clerk Myra Maravilla)


Recommended Action: 
Staff recommends City Council waive reading in full of all ordinances on the agenda and declare that said titles which appear on the public agenda shall be determined to have been read by title and further reading waived.

(City Clerk Myra Maravilla)

  • Recommended Action:

    Staff recommends City Council approve the minutes for the Tuesday, June 11, 2024 Special Meeting (Interviews and Appointments for Planning Commission) and Tuesday, June 11, 2024 Special Meeting (Budget Adoption).

(Administrative Services Director Viki Copeland)

  • Recommended Action:

    Staff recommends City Council ratify the following check registers.

(Human Resources Manager Vanessa Godinez)

  • Recommended Action:

    Staff recommends City Council receive and file the action minutes of the Civil Service Board meeting of March 20, 2024.

(Human Resources Manager Vanessa Godinez)

  • Recommended Action:

    Staff recommends City Council:

    1. Approve the establishment of a class specification for Special Events and Filming Coordinator (Attachment 1);
    2. Approve the establishment of a class specification for Lead Special Events and Filming Coordinator (Attachment 2);
    3. Approve the establishment of the five-step salary range for Special Events and Filming Coordinator as $4,936 to $6,000 per month as approved in the FY 2024–2025 budget;
    4. Approve the establishment of the five-step salary range for Lead Special Events and Filming Coordinator as $5,913 to $7,187 per month as approved in the FY 2024–2025 budget; and
    5. Approve the establishment of Special Events and Filming Coordinator and Lead Special Events and Filming Coordinator in the General and Supervisory Teamsters Union Local 911 Employee Bargaining Group.

(Community Development Director Carrie Tai)

  • Recommended Action:

    Staff recommends City Council receive and file the action minutes of the Planning Commission regular meeting of June 18, 2024.

(Community Development Director Carrie Tai)

  • Recommended Action:

    Staff recommends City Council receive and file the July 16, 2024 Planning Commission tentative future agenda.

(Community Resources Director Lisa Nichols)

  • Recommended Action:

    Staff recommends City Council receive and file the action minutes of the Parks, Recreation and Community Resources Advisory Commission meeting of May 7, 2024.

(Emergency Management Coordinator Maurice Wright)

  • Recommended Action:

    Staff recommends City Council receive and file the May 2024 Fire and Ambulance monthly report.

(City Clerk Myra Maravilla)

  • Recommended Action:

    Staff recommends City Council:

    1. Direct staff to continue advertising two upcoming Civil Service Board vacancies with terms ending July 15, 2028 and one additional vacancy with a term ending July 15, 2027 until July 31, 2024; and
    2. Schedule the presentation of applicants and applicant interviews on or before the regular meeting of August 13, 2024 with the option to make an appointment on the same date.

CEQA: Determine that the amendment is consistent with the Plan Hermosa Environmental Impact Report in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
(Community Development Director Carrie Tai)

  • Recommended Action:

    Staff recommends City Council:

    1. Introduce by title only and waive first reading of an Ordinance of the City of Hermosa Beach, California, approving Zone Text Amendment 24-02, amending Hermosa Beach Municipal Code (HBMC) related to standards for mixed-use developments, review processes, minimum density for Housing Element sites, and reducing multi-family residential parking requirements, and determine that the amendment is consistent with the PLAN Hermosa Environmental Impact Report in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Attachment 1); and
    2. Direct the City Clerk publish a summary ordinance.

(Public Works Director Joe SanClemente)

  • Recommended Action:

    Staff recommends City Council:

    1. Conduct a public hearing in connection with the levy of assessments for Hermosa Beach Landscaping and Street Lighting District 2024–25; and
    2. Adopt a Resolution (Attachment 1) confirming the diagram and assessment found in the Engineer’s Report for Hermosa Beach Landscaping and Street Lighting District 2024–2025 and levying an assessment for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2025.

(Public Works Director Joe SanClemente)

  • Recommended Action:

    Staff recommends City Council:

    1. Conduct a public hearing to receive public comment related to the collection of sewer service charges on the property tax roll for Fiscal Year 2024–2025;
    2. Determine the presence of a majority protest; if there is no majority protest, make an official finding that a majority protest by property owners within the City of Hermosa Beach does not exist; and
    3. Adopt a resolution (Attachment 1), including an Engineer’s Report (Attachment 2), approving the new rates and authorizing the placement of sewer service charges on the annual County of Los Angeles Tax Roll.

A special assessment affecting only those properties with refuse bills delinquent as of March 31, 2024
(Environmental Programs Manager Douglas Krauss)

  • Recommended Action:

    Staff recommends City Council:

    1.Receive testimony from affected property owners regarding delinquent refuse bills; and

    2.Adopt the attached resolution authorizing and requesting the County Assessor to place delinquent refuse charges for Athens Services as a special assessment for collection through the County tax collection process.

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CEQA: The Project is exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15301 (Existing Facilities). The proposed work is a major alteration of existing public structures or facilities involving negligible or no expansion of existing use. No exceptions to the CEQA exemption apply.
(Public Works Director Joe SanClemente)

  • Recommended Action:

    Staff recommends City Council:

    1. Award a construction contract for CIP 689 Clark Building Renovations to Solex Construction, Inc. in the amount of $2,588,191.88 (Attachment 4);
    2. Authorize the Director of Public Works to establish a 15 percent project contingency in the amount of $388,228.78;
    3. Adopt the attached resolution entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach Approving the Construction of CIP 689 Clark Building Renovations Pursuant to Government Code Section 830.6 and Establishing a Project Payment Account” (Attachment 3);
    4. Authorize the Mayor to execute the construction contract and the City Clerk to attest, subject to approval by the City Attorney;
    5. Authorize the Director of Public Works to file a Notice of Completion with the Los Angeles County following final completion of the project; and
    6. Authorize the issuance of a purchase order to MityLite under a qualified cooperative agreement through the State of California Multiple Award Schedules (CMAS) contract for up to $80,000 for Clark Building banquet furniture (Attachment 7).

CEQA: The Project is exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Facilities).
(Public Works Director Joe SanClemente)

  • Recommended Action:

    Staff recommends City Council:

    1. Award a construction contract for CIP 502 Greenbelt Pedestrian Trail, CIP 604 Citywide Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Improvements, and CIP 194 Annual Striping Improvements to SDC Engineering, Inc. in the amount of $843,216.29 (Attachment 1);
    2. Authorize the Director of Public Works to establish an approximately 20 percent contract contingency amount of $170,000 and to approve contract change orders up to the amount of the approved contract contingency;
    3. Adopt the attached resolution entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach Approving the Construction of CIP 502 Greenbelt Pedestrian Trail, CIP 604 City Wide Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Improvements, and CIP 194 Annual Striping Improvements Pursuant to Government Code Section 830.6 and Establishing a Project Payment Account” (Attachment 2);
    4. Authorize the Mayor to execute the construction contract and the City Clerk to attest, subject to approval by the City Attorney; and
    5. Authorize the Director of Public Works to file a Notice of Completion following final completion of the project.

(Environmental Programs Manager Doug Krauss)

  • Recommended Action:

    Staff recommends City Council:

    1. Award a Professional Services Agreement with John L. Hunter and Associates Inc. to administer the City's Municipal Stormwater Management Program in connection with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and Safe Clean Water Program at a not-to-exceed amount of $600,000 and a five-year term ending July 11, 2029 (Attachment 1); and
    2. Authorize the City Manager to execute and the City Clerk to attest to the proposed agreement, subject to approval by the City Attorney.

CEQA: Determine the Annual Sewer Improvements–Phase 2 project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Facilities). The proposed work is a minor alteration of existing public structures or facilities involving negligible or no expansion of existing use
(Public Works Director Joe SanClemente)

  • Recommended Action:

    Staff recommends City Council:

    1. Appropriate additional funds from the City Sewer Fund to CIP 421 Annual Sewer Improvements–Phase 2 in the amount of $776,731.20;
    2. Award a construction contract for CIP 421 Annual Sewer Improvements–Phase 2 to GRBCON, Inc. in the amount of $2,944,821 (Attachment 1);
    3. Authorize the Director of Public Works to establish a 20 percent project contingency amount of $588,964.20 and to approve contract change orders up to the amount of the approved contract contingency;
    4. Adopt the attached resolution entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach Approving the Construction of CIP 421 Annual Sewer Improvements Pursuant to Government Code Section 830.6 and Establishing a Project Payment Account” (Attachment 2);
    5. Authorize the Mayor to execute the construction contract and the City Clerk to attest, subject to approval by the City Attorney; and
    6. Authorize the Director of Public Works to file a Notice of Completion following final completion of the project.

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This is the time for Councilmembers to schedule future agenda items and to ask questions about the status of previously approved future agenda items. No discussion, debate, or public comment will be taken. Councilmembers should consider the city's work plan when considering new items. The tentative future agenda items document is provided for information only. 

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This time is set aside for the public to address the Council on any item of interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council that could not be heard under Item 9 during the first public participation item because there were too many prior public speakers and the thirty-minute maximum time limit was exhausted. 

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