CITY OF COSTA MESA  
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY*  
Agenda  
Tuesday, September 3, 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 LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION  
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9 (d)(1)  
Name of Case: Murtaugh v. City of Costa Mesa  
Orange County Superior Court Case No. 30-2022-01295556-CU-PO-CJC  
2.  
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS  
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54957.6,(a)  
Agency Designated Representative: Lori Ann Farrell Harrison, City Manager  
Name of Employee Organization: Costa Mesa City Employees Association (CMCEA).  
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY  
SEPTEMBER 3, 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: NONE.  
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 Marr  
Council Member Reynolds  
Council Member Chavez  
Council Member Gameros  
Council Member Harper  
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.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
City Council and Housing Authority approve the reading by title only and waive  
further reading of Ordinances and Resolutions.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
City Council receive and file Claims received by the City Clerk: Carlos  
Agramonte Cesar, James Abeltin, Sydni Cain, Monticello Community  
Association, Jeffrey Moore.  
3.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
City Council approve Warrant Resolution No. 2722.  
Attachments:  
4.  
5.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
City Council approve the minutes of the regular meeting of August 6, 2024.  
Attachments:  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council designate City Manager Lori Ann Farrell  
Harrison as Costa Mesa’s voting delegate and both Assistant City Manager  
Cecilia Gallardo-Daly and Deputy City Manager Alma Reyes as the alternates  
for the 2024 League of California Cities Annual Conference.  
6.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council approve Resolution No. 2024-xx revising the  
list of designated positions in the City’s Conflict of Interest Code.  
Attachments:  
7.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council:  
1. Approve a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) for two years with two  
one-year renewals in the amount of $178,304 to ITZEN Architects, Inc., 1800  
N. Bristol St., Santa Ana, CA 92706 for architectural and engineering design  
services.  
2. Authorize a ten percent (10%) contingency in the amount of $17,800 for  
unforeseen costs related to the project.  
3. Authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to execute the PSA and any future  
amendments to the agreement.  
Attachments:  
8.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council:  
1. Approve the language of Amendment No. 1 to the Non-Exclusive Franchise  
Agreements for Discarded Materials Management for Multi-Family and  
Commercial Generators and for providing Temporary Solid Waste Handling  
Services allowing customers increased flexibility to opt out of hauler service  
agreements.  
2. Authorize the Public Works Director to execute Amendment No. 1 to the  
Non-Exclusive Franchise Agreements with each of the seven waste haulers,  
in substantial form as set forth in Attachment No. 2.  
Attachments:  
9.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council approve the draft responses to Findings 1-9  
and Recommendations 1-7 in the Orange County (OC) Grand Jury Report titled  
“Talking Trash: Recyclables and Organic Waste.”  
Attachments:  
10.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council approve and file the response letter to the  
2023-2024 Orange County Grand Jury (OCGJ) Report “Law Enforcement’s  
Response to Mental Health Calls for Service”.  
Attachments:  
AT THIS TIME COUNCIL WILL ADDRESS ANY ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT  
CALENDAR  
------------------------------END OF CONSENT CALENDAR-------------------------------  
PUBLIC HEARINGS: NONE.  
(Pursuant to Resolution No. 05-55, Public Hearings begin at 7:00 p.m.)  
OLD BUSINESS:  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council:  
1. Find, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, that the project is within  
the scope of the June 20, 1994-certified Final Environmental Impact Report  
(EIR) #1045 (State Clearing House No. 94021036) for the Auto Club  
Expansion project. The effects of the project were examined in the 1994  
FEIR, and all feasible mitigation measures and alternatives developed in the  
1994 FEIR are incorporated into this project, and no new mitigation  
measures are required. Therefore, the 1994 FEIR for the Automobile Club  
Expansion project is determined to be adequate to serve as the  
environmental documentation for this project, that no further environmental  
review is required, and that all requirements of CEQA are satisfied.  
2. Give second reading to and adopt, by title only, Ordinance 2024-XX  
approving the First Amendment (DA-20-05) to the Automobile Club of  
Southern California Development Agreement (DA-94-01) to allow for a 20  
-year time extension that would expire October 31, 2044; to amend  
provisions pertaining to the rate and methodology for calculating traffic  
impact fees; and to amend provisions related to the setback of a future  
parking structure.  
Attachments:  
NEW BUSINESS:  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Provide direction regarding an applicant requested General Plan Amendment  
associated with the proposed development of 146 residential units at 3150 Bear  
Street. In addition to the General Plan Amendment, the application would also  
include a related change to the property’s zoning designation to support  
residential development, and a density bonus in conjunction with providing eight  
very-low-income units. All of the units in the development are proposed for  
individual ownership.  
Attachments:  
2.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council introduce for first reading, by title only,  
Ordinance No. 2024-XX increasing the City Council compensation effective after  
the general election, with the new City Council in December 2024.  
Attachments:  
ADDITIONAL COUNCIL/BOARD MEMBER COMMITTEE REPORTS, COMMENTS, AND  
SUGGESTIONS  
ADJOURNMENT