City of Lawndale

City Council Regular Meeting

Monday, September 15, 2025, 6:30 PM

Harold E. Hofmann Community Center

14700 Burin Ave, 2nd Floor Meeting Room, Lawndale,CA 90260

LAWNDALE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING REPAIRS AND IS CLOSED.
PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN MEETING LOCATION.

Any person who wishes to address the City Council regarding any item listed on this agenda or any other matter that is within its subject matter jurisdiction is invited, but not required, to fill out a Public Meeting Speaker Card and submit it to the City Clerk prior to the oral communications portion of the meeting. The purpose of the card is to ensure that the speaker’s name is correctly recorded in the meeting minutes and, where appropriate, to provide contact information for staff follow-up.

How to observe the Meeting:

Due to the relocation of the City Council meeting, members of the public can attend in person to observe the meeting live. The recording of the meeting will be available within 72 hours on YouTube “Lawndale CityTV”, the City Website, and the Lawndale Community Cable Television on Spectrum and Frontier Channel 3.

 

Copies of this Agenda may be obtained prior to the meeting inside the Lawndale City Hall foyer or on the City Website. Interested parties may contact the City Clerk Department at (310) 973-3213 for clarification regarding individual agenda items.

 

This Agenda is subject to revision up to 72 hours before the meeting.

A. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

B. CEREMONIALS (Flag Salute and Inspiration)

C. PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT

1. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Update

2. Los Angeles County Fire Department Update

D. PRESENTATIONS

3. Presentation of the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Financing Program by Home Run Financing

— Presentation of the PACE Financing Program by Gabe Hulbert, Government Affairs Associate; Rachel Hobbs, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs; and Nancy Ortiz, Compliance Manager, of Home Run Financing.

E. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA (Public Comments)

F. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL

G. CONSENT CALENDAR

Items 4 through 7 will be considered and acted upon under one motion unless a City Councilmember removes individual items for further City Council consideration or explanation.

4. Motion to read by title only and waive further reading of all ordinances listed on the Agenda

— Recommendation: that the City Council read by title only and waive further reading of all ordinances listed on the agenda.

5. Accounts Payable Register

— Recommendation: Staff recommends that City Council adopts Resolution No. CC-2509-041 authorizing the payment of certain claims and demands in the amount of $1,250,281.85.

6. Minutes of the Lawndale City Council Regular Meeting - August 18, 2025

— Recommendation: that the City Council approve the minutes.

CONSENT CALENDAR

LAWNDALE PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY

7. Minutes of the Lawndale Public Financing Authority, September 16, 2024

— Recommendation: that the Board of the Lawndale Public Financing Authority approve the minutes.

H. PUBLIC HEARING

8. Case 25-13 – A General Plan Amendment to Expand the City of Lawndale’s Sphere of Influence Planning Area So as to Include a Portion of El Camino Village/Alondra Park Planning Areas of Los Angeles County

— Recommendation: that the City Council approve withdrawing from this agenda the public hearing for Case 25-13, a General Plan Amendment to expand the City of Lawndale’s Sphere of Influence Planning Area to include portions of the El Camino Village and Alondra Park Planning Areas of Los Angeles County.

I. ADMINISTRATION

LAWNDALE PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY

9. Annual Accounting of Lawndale Public Financing Authority Financial Activities

— Recommendation: that the Board of the Lawndale Public Financing Authority receive and file the annual accounting of financial activities.

J. ADMINISTRATION

CITY COUNCIL

10. Amendments to the Salary and Benefits Resolution for Central Management Employees and City-wide Salary and Pay Schedule for FY 2025-2026

— Recommendation: that the City Council approve 1.) Resolution No. CC-2509-043, amending the Schedule of Salary and Benefits Resolution for Central Management Employees; 2.) Resolution No. CC-2509-044, amending the Citywide Salary and Pay Schedule for Fiscal Year 2025-2026; and 3.) The budget amendment to the various payroll accounts for a total of $86,067.

11. Measure M Funding Agreement for the Redondo Beach Blvd Active Transportation Project

— Recommendation: that the City Council approve the new funding agreement, #C1104, naming the City of Redondo Beach as the lead agency for the Redondo Beach Boulevard Active Transportation Project.

12. Metro Final Environmental Impact Report Public Comment Outreach

— Recommendation: that the City Council 1.) Consider sending out the mailer to property owners/tenants at the southwest quadrant of the City and authorize Community Development staff to initiate this task and approve a budget amendment of $3,000 from the City's General Fund to cover costs associated with sending out the mailer as outlined in this staff report; or 2.) Provide further direction to staff.

13. Traffic Management Plan Budget

— Recommendation: that the City Council approve the budget amendment for $80,000 to Account #207-310-700.296 (Prop C. - Traffic Management Plan).

14. Approve a Contract Services Agreement for the Youth Development Center and Skatepark Design Phase II BN 2507-07

— Recommendation: that the City Council approve a Contract Services Agreement with BOA Architecture, Inc., for the Lawndale Youth Development Center and Skatepark Design Phase II project (BN# 2507-07) with an expenditure amount not-to-exceed $475,000 (Attachment E).

15. Adoption of Policy 106-25 to Guide and Regulate Mayor and Councilmember Use of Discretionary Funds

— Recommendation: that the City Council adopt City Council Policy 106-25, Mayor and Councilmember Use of Discretionary Funds, and adopt Resolution No. CC-2509-046 establishing a Use of Discretionary Funds Policy.

K. CITY MANAGER REPORT

L. ITEMS FROM CITY COUNCILMEMBERS

16. Good Neighbor Program

Requested by Councilmember Suarez.

— Recommendation: that the City Council select one of the following options: A.) Approve annual funding of $2,500 to use for cleanup efforts by the Lawndale Beautification Committee and volunteers to assist elderly, disabled and other in need residents with cleaning up properties with property maintenance issues; B.) Approve a different amount of funding for the Lawndale Beautification Committee to use towards cleaning up properties belonging to the elderly, disabled, and other in need residents; or C.) Give direction to Staff on another option for staff to consider regarding cleanup programs for the Lawndale Beautification  Committee to pursue.

17. Report of Attendance at Meetings

M. CLOSED SESSION

18. Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation

— The City Council will conduct a closed session, pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(1), to discuss existing litigation: Name of Case: City of Lawndale v. LA Investment, LLC (LA Superior Court Case No. 20TRCV00065).

19. Public Employee Performance Evaluation - City Attorney

— The City Council will hold a closed session, pursuant to Government Code section 54957(b), to conduct an employee evaluation concerning the City Attorney.

N. ADJOURNMENT

The next regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, January 19, 2026, in the Lawndale City Hall Council Chamber, 14717 Burin Avenue, Lawndale, California.

It is the intention of the City of Lawndale to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in all respects. If, as an attendee or a participant at this meeting, you need special assistance beyond what is normally provided, we will attempt to accommodate you in every reasonable manner. Please contact the City Clerk Department (310) 973-3213 prior to the meeting to inform us of your particular needs and to determine if accommodation is feasible. Please advise us at that time if you will need accommodation to attend or participate in meetings on a regular basis.

I hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the agenda for the regular meeting of the City Council to be held on Monday, September 15, 2025, was posted no less than 72 hours prior to the meeting.

            /s/ Yvette Palomo                 
Yvette Palomo, Assistant City Clerk

Date Posted: September 11, 2025