City of Hermosa Beach

City Hall

1315 Valley Drive

Hermosa Beach, CA 90254

Regular Meeting Agenda - Final

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

6:00 PM

THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD TO DISCUSS FIREWORKS

REGULATIONS ONLY. NO OTHER MATTERS WILL BE HEARD.

Teleconference Location:

130 Kai Malina Parkway, Unit 503, Lahaina, HI 96761

City Council

Mayor

Justin Massey

Mayor Pro Tem

Dean Francois

Councilmembers

Rob Saemann

Mike Detoy

Ray Jackson

City Treasurer

Karen Nowicki

City Attorney

Patrick Donegan

Executive Team

Suja Lowenthal, City Manager

Angela Crespi, Deputy City Manager

Viki Copeland, Finance Director

Myra Maravilla, City Clerk

Joe SanClemente, Public Works Director

Carrie Tai, Community Development Director

Vanessa Godinez, Human Resources Manager

Lisa Nichols, Community Resources Manager

Paul LeBaron, Chief of Police

PUBLIC MEETING 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 and at the

teleconference location listed on the agenda (130 Kai Malina Parkway, Unit 503, Lahaina, HI 96761).

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

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 are 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 - Frontier Channel 31 in Hermosa Beach (Spectrum Channel 8 is temporarily not available)

*YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/c/CityofHermosaBeach90254

*LIVE STREAM - www.hermosabeach.gov and visit the Agendas/Minutes/Videos page

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

and visit the Agendas/Minutes/Video page.

Council Chambers WiFi

Network ID: CHB Guest

Password: chbguest

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

cityclerk@hermosabeach.gov at least 48 hours before the meeting.

Submit Supplemental eComments

Submit an eComment via Speak Up Hermosa at hermosabeach.granicusideas.com by 3:00 p.m. on

the meeting date. For items on the agenda, supplemental communications may be submitted via

eComment or emailed to cityclerk@hermosabeach.gov. Supplemental emails should indicate the

agenda item and meeting date in the subject line. Supplemental communications must be received by

3:00 p.m. on the date of the meeting to be posted to the corresponding agenda item before the meeting

begins. Supplemental communications submitted after 3:00 p.m. on the date of the meeting but before

the meeting ends will be posted to the agenda packet the next business day.

6:00 PM - OPEN SESSION

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

3. ROLL CALL

4. CLOSED SESSION REPORT

5. ANNOUNCEMENTS - UPCOMING CITY EVENTS

6. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

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

7. PROCLAMATIONS / PRESENTATIONS

8. CITY MANAGER REPORT

9. PUBLIC COMMENT

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 Report, City

Councilmember Comments, 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 that 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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SUPPLEMENTAL ECOMMENTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

10. CITY COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS

11. CONSENT CALENDAR

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 considered

under Agenda Item XII (12), with public comment permitted at that time.

12. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR SEPARATE

DISCUSSION

Items pulled from the Consent Calendar will be handled separately. Public comment will be taken

before Council deliberation, and action on each item pulled from the Consent Calendar.

13. PUBLIC HEARINGS - TO COMMENCE AT 6:30 P.M.

14. MUNICIPAL MATTERS

REPORT

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ADOPTION OF AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF

HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA ADDING CHAPTER 8.42 TO THE

HERMOSA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE PROHIBITING THE USE OF

FIREWORKS IN THE CITY AND AMENDING SECTION 1.10.040 OF

THE HERMOSA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO MAKE VIOLATIONS

OF CHAPTER 8.42 SUBJECT TO ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS,

CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS SETTING THE FINE

AMOUNTS FOR THE CITY’S LOCAL REGULATIONS ON

FIREWORKS AND DETERMINE THE ABOVE IS EXEMPT FROM THE

CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA)

(City Attorney Patrick Donegan)

Staff recommends City Council:

Recommendation:

1. Consider waiving reading in full of Urgency Ordinance; declare that said title, which

appears on the public agenda, shall be determined to have been read by title; and adopt

Urgency Ordinance (Attachment 1); and

2. Adopt Resolution specifying fines for violations of Urgency Ordinance (Attachment 2)

or alternatively adopt Resolution increasing the fine amount for existing violations of the

City's Fire Code related to fireworks (Attachment 3).

15. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

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.

16. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FROM THE PUBLIC

FUTURE MEETINGS AND CITY HOLIDAYS

CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS:

July 9, 2024 - Tuesday - 5:00 PM - Closed Session,