City Hall  
1315 Valley Drive  
Hermosa Beach, CA  
90254  
City of Hermosa Beach  
Regular Meeting Agenda - Final  
City Council  
Mayor  
Jeff Duclos  
Mayor Pro Tem  
Stacey Armato  
Councilmembers  
Mary Campbell  
Hany S. Fangary  
Justin Massey  
Tuesday, November 13, 2018  
6:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
Closed Session - 6:00 P.M.  
Regular Meeting - 7:00 P.M.  
6:00 P.M. - CLOSED SESSION  
(LOCATION: Meetings convene in the Council Chambers and move to the Second Floor Conference  
Room after Public Comment)  
CALL TO ORDER IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS  
ROLL CALL  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION IN SECOND FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM  
1.  
18-0676  
MINUTES: Approval of minutes of Closed Session held on October 23, 2018.  
2.  
18-0677  
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR  
Government Code Section 54957.6  
City Negotiator:  
City Manager  
Employee  
Organizations:  
Hermosa Beach Police Officers’ Association  
Hermosa Beach Firefighters’ Association  
Teamsters Union, Local 911  
Professional and Administrative Employee Group  
Hermosa Beach Management Association  
Hermosa Beach Professional Engineers Bargaining Group  
Unrepresented Employees  
3.  
18-0678  
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL: Threatened Litigation  
Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2) and (e)(4)  
The City Council finds, based on advice from legal counsel, that discussion in  
open session will prejudice the position of the City in the litigation.  
Number of Potential Cases: 1  
4.  
18-0686  
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL: Pending Litigation  
Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)  
The City Council finds, based on advice from legal counsel, that discussion in  
open session will prejudice the position of the City in the litigation.  
Name of Case: Mark Roth v. City of Hermosa Beach  
Los Angeles County Superior Court, Case No. YC072628  
ADJOURNMENT OF CLOSED SESSION  
7:00 P.M. - REGULAR AGENDA  
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CALL TO ORDER  
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  
ROLL CALL  
CLOSED SESSION REPORT  
ANNOUNCEMENTS  
PROCLAMATIONS / PRESENTATIONS  
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS AND REPORTS - CITY MANAGER  
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:  
1. ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:  
a)  
18-0687  
LETTER FROM ANTHONY HIGGINS DATED NOVEMBER 4, 2018  
REGARDING FIESTA BUS ROUTE - COMPARISON OF  
27TH STREET AND HERONDO IMPACT  
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file the written communication from  
Anthony Higgins.  
Recommendation:  
2. CONSENT CALENDAR:  
a)  
REPORT  
18-0689  
CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES  
(City Clerk Elaine Doerfling)  
City Clerk recommends that the City Council approve the following minutes:  
1. Adjourned Regular meeting of January 12, 2016  
2. Adjourned Regular meeting of January 26, 2016  
3. Adjourned Regular meeting of February 9, 2016  
4. Adjourned Regular meeting of March 8, 2016  
5. Adjourned Regular meeting of July 11, 2016  
6. Adjourned Regular meeting of September 19, 2016  
7. Adjourned Regular meeting of October 18, 2016  
8. Adjourned Regular meeting of November 9, 2017  
9. Adjourned Regular meeting of December 21, 2017  
10. Adjourned Regular meeting of June 6, 2018  
11. Adjourned Regular meeting of June 16, 2018  
12. Adjourned Regular meeting of June 19, 2018  
13. Regular meeting of October 23, 2018  
Recommendation:  
b)  
REPORT  
18-0680  
CHECK REGISTERS  
(Finance Director Viki Copeland)  
Staff recommends that the City Council ratify the following check registers.  
Recommendation:  
c)  
d)  
REPORT  
18-0660  
ACTION MINUTES OF THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS  
ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 6, 2018  
(Emergency Services Coordinator Brandy Villanueva)  
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file the action minutes of the  
Emergency Preparedness Advisory Commission meeting of September 6, 2018.  
Recommendation:  
REPORT  
18-0699  
ACTION MINUTES OF THE PARKS, RECREATION AND  
COMMUNITY RESOURCES ADVISORY COMMISSION  
MEETING OF OCTOBER 2, 2018  
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file the action minutes of the Parks,  
Recreation and Community Resources Advisory Commission meeting of October 2,  
2018.  
Recommendation:  
e)  
REPORT  
18-0669  
2017 STATE HOMELAND SECURITY  
PROGRAM SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT  
(Acting Police Chief Milton McKinnon)  
Staff recommends that the City Council:  
Recommendation:  
1. Accept $83,911 in grant funds from the County of Los Angeles for the 2017 State  
Homeland Security Program;  
2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Subrecipient Agreement and the City Clerk  
to attest;  
3. Approve estimated revenue of $83,911 in the Grant Fund;  
4. Appropriate $83,911 in grant funds to the Police Department budget for fiscal year  
2018-2019 for the purchase of interoperable radio equipment; and,  
5. Authorize the purchase of portable radio equipment, not to exceed $83,911, through  
RCC contracted vendors.  
f)  
REPORT  
18-0681  
APPROVE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL  
SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH AMEC FOSTER WHEELER  
ENVIRONMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE, INC., TO PREPARE  
AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) AND  
TO PROVIDE PLANNING SERVICES FOR THE  
STRAND AND PIER HOTEL PROJECT  
(Community Development Director Ken Robertson)  
Staff recommends that the City Council approve a third modification, in the amount of  
$75,684, to the Professional Services Agreement with Amec Foster Wheeler Environment  
& Infrastructure, Inc., to prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and provide  
planning services for the proposed Strand and Pier Hotel Project. The modification would  
result in an increase to the current contract amount from $330,035 to $405,719, plus the  
10 percent contingency, and would extend the term of the contract from December 31,  
2018 to December 31, 2019.  
Recommendation:  
g)  
REPORT  
18-0679  
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A PERMIT APPLICATION FEE  
FOR LIMITED LIVE ENTERTAINMENT  
(Community Development Director Ken Robertson)  
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached resolution establishing a  
permit application fee for Limited Live Entertainment (LLE).  
Recommendation:  
3. CONSENT ORDINANCES  
a)  
REPORT  
18-0675  
ORDINANCE NO. 18-1388 - “AN ORDINANCE  
OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA,  
REGARDING DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS FOR  
LIMITED LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND AMENDING  
THE HERMOSA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE”  
(City Clerk Elaine Doerfling)  
The City Clerk recommends that the City Council waive full reading and adopt by title  
Ordinance No. 18-1388.  
Recommendation:  
4. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR SEPARATE  
DISCUSSION  
5. PUBLIC HEARINGS  
a)  
REPORT  
18-0684  
CONSIDER AMENDMENT OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE ADDING  
CHAPTER 5.78 TO THE HERMOSA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE  
(TOBACCO RETAILERS) REQUIRING LICENSURE OF TOBACCO  
RETAILERS AND LIMITING SALE OF ELECTRONIC SMOKING  
DEVICES AND FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO REDUCE  
THE ILLEGAL SALE OF TOBACCO TO YOUTH AND AMENDING  
SECTION 1.10.040 TO MAKE VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER 5.78  
SUBJECT TO ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY PROCEDURES  
(Continued from meeting of August 25, 2015)  
(Community Development Director Ken Robertson)  
Staff recommends the introduction of an ordinance requiring licensure of tobacco retailers  
and limiting ale of electronic smoking devices and flavored tobacco products and making  
violations subject to administrative penalty procedures.  
Recommendation:  
6. MUNICIPAL MATTERS  
a)  
REPORT  
18-0700  
TEMPORARY HIRE RESOLUTION  
(Acting Chief of Police Milton McKinnon)  
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution #18-xxxx authorizing the  
temporary rehire of Georgia Moe as Community Services Division Manager for a period of  
two (2) days, November 14, 2018, and November 15, 2018.  
Recommendation:  
b)  
REPORT  
18-0690  
DOWNTOWN SAFETY AND LATE NIGHT  
ESTABLISHMENT MEASURES UPDATE  
(Acting Chief of Police Milton McKinnon)  
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file the Downtown Safety and Late  
Night Establishment Measures update report.  
Recommendation:  
c)  
REPORT  
18-0685  
UPDATE FROM THE COMMUNITY THEATER SUBCOMMITTEE  
AND RECOMMENDATION TO EXECUTE A FACILITY  
NEEDS ASSESSMENT  
(Community Resources Manager Kelly Orta)  
Staff recommends that the City Council:  
Recommendation:  
1. Approve the Community Theater Subcommittee's recommendation to give authority to  
the City Manager to execute a facility needs assessment of the Community Theater  
facility, including analysis and conceptual cost estimates of two scenarios:  
a. A major renovation of the Community Theater to transform it into a regional performing  
arts center; and  
b. A conservative renovation to upgrade the Community Theater, taking into consideration  
its current users and maintaining the community focus of the facility.  
2. Appropriate $30,000 from the Capital Improvement Fund for a newly created  
Community Theater Capital Improvement Project (CIP).  
d)  
REPORT  
18-0683  
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (CIP) 14-173  
8TH STREET IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT UPDATE  
(Public Works Director Glen W.C. Kau)  
Staff recommends that the City Council:  
Recommendation:  
1. Receive and file the project status update, which includes information for bringing the  
Plans, Specs and Estimates to 100% completion; and  
2. Approve the recommendation to conduct a final project walk-through/field review  
meeting with 8th Street residents, for those affected properties that are interested, on  
November 28, 2018 in advance of solicitation for construction bids.  
e)  
REPORT  
18-0688  
POLICY ON VOTING PROCEDURE FOR  
BOARD/COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS  
(Continued from meeting of October 13, 2018)  
- Report has been Revised -  
(City Clerk Elaine Doerfling)  
City Clerk recommends that the City Council approve one of the following policies:  
1. Paper voting procedure (developed in 2012 by Council subcommittee and staff);  
2. Voice vote procedure (specify formal motion, consensus); or  
Recommendation:  
3. Paper weighted voting procedure with numbered ranking system.  
7. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS AND MEETING ATTENDANCE REPORTS - CITY  
COUNCIL  
a)  
REPORT  
18-0701  
ROLE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ADVISORY COMMISSION  
(City Manager Suja Lowenthal)  
Staff recommends that the City Council:  
Recommendation:  
1. Schedule a joint study session with the Emergency Preparedness Advisory  
Commission in December of 2018 or January of 2019, and  
2. Direct staff to bring forward a formal recommendation at a subsequent City Council  
meeting on the future roles, responsibilities and direction of the Emergency  
Preparedness Advisory Commission.  
b)  
REPORT  
18-0691  
SELECTION OF DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE TO SERVE ON THE  
LAX COMMUNITY NOISE ROUNDTABLE  
(Assistant to the City Manager Nico De Anda-Scaia)  
Staff recommends that the City Council:  
Recommendation:  
1. Designate a Council delegate and an alternate to serve on the LAX Community Noise  
Roundtable; and  
2. Authorize the Mayor to sign a letter addressed to Administrators of the LAX  
Community Noise Roundtable and LAWA Noise Management Division, requesting formal  
City membership and announcing the appointments of the City Council's delegate(s).  
c)  
REPORT  
18-0682  
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF SPONSORSHIP DONATION TO  
THE BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT’S 20TH ANNUAL  
HOLIDAY GIFT BAG PROJECT  
(City Manager Suja Lowenthal)  
Staff recommends that the City Council approve a donation of $453.00 to the Beach  
Cities Health District's Holiday Gift Bag Project for 2018.  
Recommendation:  
8. OTHER MATTERS - CITY COUNCIL  
a)  
18-0692  
TENTATIVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS  
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file the tentative future agenda items.  
Recommendation:  
ADJOURNMENT  
FUTURE MEETINGS AND CITY HOLIDAYS  
CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS:  
November 27, 2018 - Tuesday - 6:00 PM - Closed Session,  
7:00 PM - City Council Meeting  
November 29, 2018 - Thursday - Adjourned Regular Meeting:  
6:00 PM - Appointment of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore  
December 5, 2018 - Wednesday - Adjourned Regular Meeting:  
6:00 PM - Closed Session, 7:00 PM - Study Session  
December 11, 2018 - Tuesday - 6:00 PM - Closed Session,  
7:00 PM - City Council Meeting  
December 25, 2018 - Tuesday - No Regular Meeting  
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS:  
November 20, 2018 - Tuesday - 7:00 PM - Planning Commission Meeting  
November 28, 2018 - Wednesday - 7:00 PM - Public Works Commission Meeting  
December 4, 2018 - Tuesday - 7:00 PM - Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission Meeting  
December 10, 2018 - Tuesday - 7:00 PM - Planning Commission Meeting  
CITY OFFICES CLOSED FRIDAY-SUNDAY AND ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS:  
November 22, 2018 - Thursday - Thanksgiving Day  
December 25, 2018 - Tuesday - Christmas Day  
January 1, 2019 - Tuesday - New Year's Day