By Brett Callwood
At the City Council meeting on the evening of Tuesday, January 27, Community Development item 14A called for the council to, “Award Contract to Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for Professional Services to Prepare an Amendment to the City’s General Plan Community Resources Element in the Amount of $137,430.” With staff recommending the award, the item passed unanimously.
Item 14B called for, “An Ordinance of the City of Gardena, California, Amending Title 15 (Buildings and Construction) of the Municipal Code by Adding Chapter 15.36 (Electric Vehicle Charging Stations) Pursuant to State Law.” That passed unanimously, after a staff recommendation.
Item 15A (Elected & City Manager’s Office) was, “Calling for the June 2, 2026, General Municipal Election, Requesting Consolidation with the Statewide Primary Election to be Conducted by the Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters and Providing Regulations for Candidates; Adoption of Resolution Nos. 6719, 6720 and 6721.” That passed unanimously.
Item 15B called for “Placement of Transactions and Use Tax (Local Sales Tax) Measure on the June 2, 2026 Ballot.”
Staff recommended that ordinance 6718 be adopted: “Ordering that the City of Gardena Services Measure be Submitted to the Voters at the June 2, 2026, General Municipal Election; Requesting the Assistance of the County of Los Angeles in Connection with that Election and Requesting that the Election be Consolidated with the Statewide Primary Election Being Held on that Date.”
Meanwhile, the recommendation was that ordinance 1886 be introduced: “An ordinance of the People and City Council of the City of Gardena Adding Chapter 3.46 to the Municipal Code to Impose a Transactions and Use Tax to be Administered by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.”
That item passed unanimously.
Public Works item 17A called for, “Award Construction Contract for the Pedestrian Safety Improvement FY 2024-2025 (Phase 2), JN 545, to Miramar General Engineering in the amount of $213,260.80, Approve the Project Specifications, Construction Contingency of $43,000 (20%), and Declare California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Exemption.”
That passed unanimously, as did Transportation item 19A: “Approve Contract for Asset and Maintenance Management Software with MaintStar, Inc. for a Total of $156,500, Authorize Years 2-6 of Additional Maintenance and Support for $375,000 and Authorize a Project Total of $584,650.”
