At the Oct. 7 Southgate Planning Commission meeting, staff updated commissioners on several neighborhood site and code‑enforcement issues: recorded land‑use restrictions on a nearby industrial parcel, barbed and electrical security fencing reported along Veil Avenue and Firestone Boulevard, and recurring odors residents traced to sewer manholes.

Planning Manager Luis John Signo said staff met with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to discuss contamination at the site near Veil Avenue. "EPA...they don't restrict the use that goes on the property. What they're concerned about is the contamination...so that's what they're really monitoring," Signo said. Assistant Planner Hernandez told the commission the site is identified as a certified operations and maintenance site and that a covenant recorded in 2010 restricts sensitive or residential uses on parts of the property.

Signo said the citys code currently prohibits barbed wire, though installations present before the code change (approximately 2015) may be grandfathered. He noted that some fencing reported by residents appears to sit on Los Angeles Unified School District property; LAUSD is not subject to the citys code and staff has contacted the district to request voluntary removal.

Commissioners asked staff to investigate recently reported electrical security fencing on the corner of Firestone and Rio (Para San Arroyo area) and to forward the photographs residents supplied to code enforcement. Signo said the citys code enforcement team is short‑staffed but that officials will accept complaints and inspect reported locations: "If someone reports it, then we can go out there to" investigate.

On odor complaints, Signo said public works staff believe the smell in some locations is coming from sewer manholes and not from a nearby composting operation (UWS). Public works is repaving Frontage Road and has opened manholes during work; Signo said crews are addressing the issue.

No formal action or binding policy changes were adopted; staff described ongoing coordination with the applicant, public works and federal and state agencies and said it would forward specific reports and photos to code enforcement for inspection.