CITY OF COSTA MESA  
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY*  
Agenda  
Tuesday, June 18, 2024  
6:00 PM  
City Council Chambers  
77 Fair Drive  
*Note: All agency memberships are reflected in the title "Council Member"  
4:00 P.M. Closed Session  
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CLOSED SESSION - 4:00 P.M.  
CALL TO ORDER  
ROLL CALL  
PUBLIC COMMENTS Members of the public are welcome to address the City Council  
only on those items on the Closed Session agenda. Each member of the public will be  
given a total of three minutes to speak on all items on the Closed Session agenda.  
CLOSED SESSION ITEMS:  
1.  
CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR  
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.8  
APN: 420-012-16  
Agency Negotiators: Lori Ann Farrell Harrison, City Manager  
Negotiating Parties: State of California  
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment  
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY  
JUNE 18, 2024 – 6:00 P.M.  
JOHN STEPHENS  
Mayor  
JEFFREY HARLAN  
ANDREA MARR  
Mayor Pro Tem - District 6  
Council Member - District 3  
MANUEL CHAVEZ  
LOREN GAMEROS  
Council Member - District 4  
Council Member - District 2  
ARLIS REYNOLDS  
DON HARPER  
Council Member - District 5  
Council Member - District 1  
KIMBERLY HALL BARLOW  
City Attorney  
LORI ANN FARRELL HARRISON  
City Manager  
CALL TO ORDER  
NATIONAL ANTHEM AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  
MOMENT OF SOLEMN EXPRESSION  
[Per Council Policy 000-12, these presentations are made by community volunteers  
stating their own views. The City Council disclaims any intent to endorse or sponsor the  
views of any speaker.]  
ROLL CALL  
CITY ATTORNEY CLOSED SESSION REPORT  
PRESENTATIONS:  
1.  
2.  
Presentation: 2024 NMUSD Students Military Service Recognition  
Proclamation: 2024 Pride Month  
PUBLIC COMMENTS – MATTERS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA  
Comments on Consent Calendar items may also be heard at this time.  
Comments are limited to 3 minutes, or as otherwise directed.  
COUNCIL MEMBER COMMITTEE REPORTS, COMMENTS, AND SUGGESTIONS  
Each council member is limited to 3 minutes. Additional comments will be heard at the  
end of the meeting.  
1.  
2.  
3.  
4.  
5.  
6.  
7.  
Council Member Chavez  
Council Member Gameros  
Council Member Harper  
Council Member Marr  
Council Member Reynolds  
Mayor Pro Tem Harlan  
Mayor Stephens  
REPORT – CITY MANAGER  
REPORT – CITY ATTORNEY  
CONSENT CALENDAR  
All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and will be  
acted upon in one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless  
members of the City Council, staff, or the public request specific items to be discussed  
and/or removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion.  
1.  
2.  
3.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
City Council and Housing Authority approve the reading by title only and waive  
full reading of Ordinances and Resolutions.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
City Council receive and file Claims received by the City Clerk and authorize  
staff to reject any and all Claims: Allstate Insurance Company (Steven Larsen),  
Devon Bradley.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
City Council approve Warrant Resolution No. 2719.  
Attachments:  
4.  
5.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
City Council approved the minutes of the regular meeting of June 4, 2024.  
Attachments:  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council:  
1. Approve the proposed contract with Circuit Transit, Inc. for the Clean Mobility  
Options (CMO) Voucher Pilot Program in an amount not to exceed $500,000  
annually, for a term of three (3) years after commencement of on-demand  
transit services.  
2. Authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to execute the agreement and  
future amendments to the agreement within the budgeted amount.  
Attachments:  
6.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council:  
1. Approve the proposed Agreement with Merrimac Petroleum, Inc., DBA  
Merrimac Energy Group, 1240 Wardlow Road, Long Beach, CA 90807, for  
the purchase and delivery of fuel in an annual amount not to exceed  
$250,000.  
2. Authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to execute the agreement and  
future authorized amendments to the agreement.  
Attachments:  
7.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council:  
1. Make a finding of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)  
categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 and  
adopt plans, specifications, and working details for the Traffic Signal  
Modification at Baker Street and Babb Street, City Project No. 24-02.  
2. Award a Public Works Agreement (PWA) for construction to Crosstown  
Electrical & Data, Inc., 5454 Diaz Street, Irwindale, CA 91706, in the amount  
of $292,787 and authorize an additional ten percent (10%) contingency  
totaling $29,279 as needed for unforeseen costs from Measure “M2”  
Fairshare (416) fund balance.  
3. Authorize a budget adjustment to appropriate $60,537 from Fund 416  
Measure “M2” Fairshare available fund balance to the project.  
4. Authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to execute the PWA, and  
authorize the City Manager to execute future contract amendments within  
Council authorized limits.  
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION:  
The proposed action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act  
(CEQA). The action involves an organizational or administrative activity of  
government that will not result in direct or indirect physical change in the  
environment. In addition, the proposed action is exempt under Section 15301  
relating to the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, and/or minor alteration  
of existing public facilities.  
Attachments:  
8.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council:  
1. Find that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act  
(CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (“Common Sense”) of the CEQA  
Guidelines.  
2. Adopt City Council Resolution 2024-XX to place the “Leroy Anderson House”  
at 208 Magnolia Street on the Local Register of Historic Places.  
3. Approve a Mills Act contract between the City and the property owner to  
facilitate preservation of the subject property as a historic resource.  
Attachments:  
9.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council:  
1. Find that the proposed amendments are in substantial conformance with the  
Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the One Metro West project  
(State Clearing House No. 2019050014), including a mitigation monitoring  
program and statement of overriding considerations, which was certified by  
the City Council on May 4, 2021, and that no further environmental review  
under CEQA is required pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162.  
2. Give second reading to and adopt, by title only, Ordinance No. 2024-05  
approving Development Agreement 20-02, modifying payment of impact fees  
and community benefits funding from one year to five years and clarifying the  
Agreement’s effective date.  
3. Give second reading to and adopt, by title only, Ordinance No. 2024-06  
approving Rezone 20-01.  
4. Give second reading to and adopt, by title only, Ordinance No. 2024-07  
approving Specific Plan 20-01.  
Attachments:  
10.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council:  
1. Find that the adoption of Ordinance No. 2024-02 is exempt from the  
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per CEQA Guidelines Section  
15061(b)(3), General Rule in that the Affordable Housing Ordinance will not  
have a significant impact on the environment.  
2. Give second reading to and adopt Ordinance No. 2024-02 approving the  
Affordable Housing Ordinance and amending Title 13 to establish the  
affordable housing requirements for certain new residential development  
projects.  
Attachments:  
11.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council:  
1. Approve Amendment No. 5 to the Subrecipient Agreement with Mercy  
House Living Centers increasing the compensation by $500,000 for a  
total not-to-exceed amount of $2,050,000 for the administration of the  
City’s Rental Assistance Program for very low-income households.  
2. Authorize a budgetary increase of $500,000 to be funded by recently  
granted FEMA reimbursements.  
3. Authorize the City Manager and the City Attorney to make all contract  
amendments as needed, and execute the contract amendment(s).  
AT THIS TIME COUNCIL WILL ADDRESS ANY ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT  
CALENDAR  
------------------------------END OF CONSENT CALENDAR-------------------------------  
PUBLIC HEARINGS:  
(Pursuant to Resolution No. 05-55, Public Hearings begin at 7:00 p.m.)  
1.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff and the Active Transportation Committee recommend the City Council:  
Introduce for first reading, Ordinance Nos. 2024-xx and 2024-xx, to amend  
Chapters 2 and 3 of Title 4 (Bicycles) and Chapters 1 through 21 of Title 10  
(Motor Vehicle Traffic), respectively, of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code to be in  
compliance with current California laws related to bicycles and current practices  
and procedures.  
Attachments:  
2.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council:  
1. Find that the project is categorically exempt from the California  
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Section 15061(b)(3) (“General Rule”).  
2. Adopt a fee resolution establishing the affordable housing in-lieu fee.  
Attachments:  
OLD BUSINESS: NONE.  
NEW BUSINESS:  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council review and provide feedback on the  
proposed 38-unit new live/work development in the Mesa West Bluffs Urban  
Plan area, and to provide comment on the requested deviations.  
Attachments:  
2.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council make the appointment as follows:  
1. Parks and Community Services Commission - Make one (1) member  
appointment to fill vacancy with term expiration of January 2025.  
Appointment by Council Member Gameros.  
Attachments:  
ADDITIONAL COUNCIL/BOARD MEMBER COMMITTEE REPORTS, COMMENTS, AND  
SUGGESTIONS  
ADJOURNMENT