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Votes at a glance: Southgate council approves consent items, orders RFP for industrial/transit study; continues virtual platform item
Summary
At the Jan. 28 Southgate City Council meeting the council approved standard consent items, directed staff to issue an RFP and begin environmental review for industrial/transit/corridor planning (4–1), continued the virtual-meeting platform discussion to the next meeting, and approved the warrant register.
Key formal actions taken by the City of Southgate City Council on Jan. 28, 2025. All items below are drawn from the meeting record and roll-call votes.
1) Consent calendar (Agenda items 3, 4 and 5) - Motion: Approve consent calendar items 3, 4 and 5 (items listed on the agenda). - Mover/Second: Not specified in the transcript. - Recusals/Notes: Councilmember Cavill recused herself from items 3 and 4 because she lives within 500 feet of project areas referenced by those items; she did not recuse from item 5. - Outcome: Approved (motion carried; roll call resulted in “motion passes”).
2) Item 6 — Southgate mobile app presentation - Motion: Move item to next council meeting for full presentation and public comment. - Mover/Second: Motion to continue; seconded (not specified who moved/seconded in the public record). - Outcome: Motion passed on roll call; staff asked to schedule the item near the beginning of the next meeting to accommodate attendees.
3) Item 7 — Ordinance amendment / industrial uses / transit-center and corridor study - Motion: Provide direction to staff to release a Request for Proposals (RFP) and to proceed with environmental review (CEQA) for a combined study of industrial-warehousing rules, land-use improvements around two planned Metro transit centers, and commercial-corridor enhancements. - Mover/Second: Motion and second recorded in meeting minutes (names not specified for mover/second in the transcript excerpt). - Roll call vote: Avalos — yes; Rosado — yes; Rios — no; Vice Mayor Baron — yes; Mayor Davila — yes. - Outcome: Motion passed, 4–1. - Notes: Staff estimated planning costs about $350,000–$400,000 plus environmental review $150,000–$330,000 (combined ~ $500,000–$750,000); estimated schedule 8–14 months depending on scope.
4) Item 8 — Virtual public-participation platform options - Motion: Continue item to next council meeting for fuller consideration and public input. - Outcome: Motion to continue carried; one councilmember voted no on the continuance but the motion passed.
5) Warrant register (finance) - Motion: Approve warrant register for 01/28/2025. - Fiscal note: Grand total $3,917,722.80; listed cancellations also noted in the register. - Outcome: Approved (roll-call vote in the minutes was recorded as all present voting yes).
Other procedural notes: multiple public comments were received on non-agenda items (park projects, illegal truck yards, library renovation, immigration rights). The council directed staff to post resources and follow up on enforcement, outreach and grant opportunities where applicable.
