City of Costa Mesa  
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL AND SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE  
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND HOUSING AUTHORITY  
Agenda  
Tuesday, November 15, 2022  
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.  
2.  
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATION OF LITIGATION - FOUR  
CASES  
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9 (d)(2), Potential Litigation.  
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION  
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9 (d)(1)  
Name of Case: Carrin A. Leaman vs. City of Costa Mesa  
Orange County Superior Courts Case No. 30-2021-01196302-CU-OR-CJC  
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND SUCCESSOR AGENCY  
TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND HOUSING AUTHORITY  
NOVEMBER 15, 2022 – 6:00 P.M.  
JOHN STEPHENS  
Mayor  
MANUEL CHAVEZ  
ANDREA MARR  
Council Member - District 4  
Mayor Pro Tem - District 3  
JEFFREY HARLAN  
LOREN GAMEROS  
Council Member - District 6  
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.  
Attachments:  
2.  
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4.  
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Attachments:  
PUBLIC COMMENTS – MATTERS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA  
Comments are limited to 3 minutes, or as otherwise directed.  
Comments on Consent Calendar items may also be heard at this time.  
COUNCIL MEMBER COMMITTEE REPORTS, COMMENTS, AND SUGGESTIONS  
Each council member is limited to 4 minutes. Additional comments will be heard at the  
end of the meeting.  
1.  
2.  
3.  
4.  
5.  
6.  
7.  
Council Member Harlan  
Council Member Harper  
Council Member Reynolds  
Council Member Chavez  
Council Member Gameros  
Mayor Pro Tem Marr  
Mayor Stephens  
REPORT – CITY MANAGER  
REPORT – CITY ATTORNEY  
CONSENT CALENDAR (Items 1-13)  
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.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
City Council, Agency Board, and Housing Authority approve the reading by title  
only and waive full reading of Ordinances and Resolutions.  
2.  
3.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
City Council receive and file Claims received by the City Clerk: Alexander  
Gonzalez.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
City Council approve Warrant Resolution No. 2690.  
Attachments:  
4.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
City Council approve the Minutes of the Regular meeting of November 1, 2022.  
Attachments:  
5.  
6.  
7.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council cancel the regular meeting of Tuesday,  
January 3, 2023.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council approve Mr. Bill Turpit as the Mayor’s  
appointment to the Orange County Vector Control District (OCVCD).  
RECOMMENDATION:  
City Council consideration to adopt Resolution 2022-XX in support of the  
Iranian-American community and condemning violence against women.  
Attachments:  
8.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council:  
1. Approve proposed Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services  
Agreement (PSA) with KOA Corporation increasing the maximum  
compensation by $30,230, for a total not-to-exceed amount of $141,017.  
2. Authorize the City Manager and the City Clerk to execute the amendment  
and any future amendments to the agreement.  
Attachments:  
9.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council:  
1. Adopt plans, specifications, and working details for the Police Department  
Underground Storage Tank Closure Project, City Project No. 22-02.  
2. Award a Public Works Agreement (PWA) to American Integrated Services,  
Inc., 1502 E. Opp Street, Wilmington, CA 90744 in the amount of $156,680.  
3. Authorize an additional ten percent (10%) contingency in the amount of  
$15,668 as needed for any unforeseen costs related to this project.  
4. Approve a budget adjustment authorizing the use of unappropriated fund  
balance in the Capital Improvement Fund (401) in the amount of $48,616  
and appropriate said funds to the Police Department Underground Storage  
Tank Closure Project (Project 200066).  
5. Authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to execute the PWA and future  
amendments to the agreement within Council authorized limits.  
Attachments:  
10.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council:  
1. Approve the proposed Maintenance Services Agreement (MSA) with  
Siemens Industry, Inc., for a term of eight months , effective November 15,  
2022 - June 30, 2023, in the amount of $154,472.71 for the eight month term  
to provide HVAC maintenance and repair services for the City Hall and the  
Police Department facility based on pricing from Sourcewell Contract  
#070121-SIE.  
2. Approve the three year MSA with Siemens Industry from July 1, 2023 to June  
30, 2026, with annual compensation amount for year one, $224,734.43, year  
two, $249,167.58 and third year, $248,228.67.  
3. Approve a 10% contingency annually for additional repairs and other  
unforeseen costs.  
4. Authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to execute the MSA and to extend  
the agreement each year with an effective term of July 1st through June  
30th, for up to a maximum of three (3) additional one-year terms.  
Attachments:  
11.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to  
execute the Sub-Recipient Agreement (Attachment 1) with the City of Santa Ana  
for the FY 2021 Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Grant Program.  
Attachments:  
12.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council approve the Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue  
Strategic Plan 2022 - 2027.  
Attachments:  
13.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council authorize the City Manager and Fire Chief to  
respond to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court concerning the findings  
and recommendations made by the Orange County Grand Jury Report.  
2021-2022.  
Attachments:  
AT THIS TIME COUNCIL WILL ADDRESS ANY ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT  
CALENDAR  
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PUBLIC HEARINGS:  
(Pursuant to Resolution No. 05-55, Public Hearings begin at 7:00 p.m.)  
1.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council:  
1. Receive and file the Development Impact Fees Annual Report (Attachment  
1) for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2022.  
2. Adopt the attached resolution (Attachment 2) continuing the citywide traffic  
impact fee for new development that incorporates recommendations from the  
Traffic Impact Fee Ad Hoc Committee and staff, which include:  
Ø Continue a traffic impact fee of $235 per Average Daily Trip (ADT) for  
Capital Improvement Projects and Active Transportation projects  
Ø Approve allocation of up to ten (10) percent of traffic impact fees  
towards traffic signal synchronization projects  
Attachments:  
2.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council uphold the Planning Commission’s decision  
and:  
1. Find that the project is categorically exempt from the provisions of the  
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per CEQA Guidelines Section  
15301 (Class 1), Existing Facilities.  
2. Approve Planning Application 21-07 and Zoning Application 19-50 (ZA-17-16  
A1), subject to conditions of approval.  
Attachments:  
3.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council:  
1. Find that potentially significant effects on the environment have been  
adequately analyzed in the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration  
previously adopted on February 1, 2022 for the 2021-2029 (Sixth Cycle)  
Housing Element pursuant to State law, and find that none of the conditions  
described in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 exist; therefore, no further  
action is required to comply with CEQA.  
2. Approve Resolution No. 2022-XX to Overrule the Orange County Airport  
Land Use Commission’s March 17, 2022 Determination that Costa Mesa’s  
2021-2029 (Sixth Cycle) Housing Element is inconsistent with the John  
Wayne Airport Environs Land Use Plan.  
3. Approve Resolution No. 2022-XX to approve the City of Costa Mesa 2021-  
2029 (Sixth Cycle) Housing Element (General Plan Amendment 21-01), as  
revised.  
4. Direct the City Manager or designee to submit the adopted Housing Element  
to the State for certification, and authorize the City Manager or designee to  
make minor revisions to the adopted Housing Element as necessary to  
obtain State certification.  
Attachments:  
OLD BUSINESS: NONE.  
NEW BUSINESS:  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council:  
1. Approve proposed Amendment No. 3 (Attachment 1) to the Subrecipient  
Agreement (SRA) with Mercy House Living Centers increasing the  
compensation by $500,000 and authorize the appropriation of American  
Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for program administration for the City’s  
ARPA Rental Assistance Program for lower-income households.  
2. Authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to execute all agreements and  
any amendments to the agreements.  
Attachments:  
2.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council:  
1. Approve the appropriation and allocation of $975,000 in American Rescue  
Plan Act (ARPA) funds, or any other viable source of funds, to Families  
Forward for the development of The Bungalows Project, an affordable  
housing project to serve an estimated 36 individuals, contingent upon the  
successful completion of a financial feasibility analysis by the City’s  
third-party underwriting consultant, Keyser Marston Associates.  
2. Authorize the City Manager or their designee to execute the Funding  
Agreement and all associated documents, as needed, to bring the project to  
fruition.  
3.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council:  
1. Approve an appropriation and allocation of $850,000 in Low/Moderate  
Income Housing Asset Funds to CM Mercy House CHDO LLC for  
development of the Motel 6 Project Homekey Housing Project.  
2. Authorize the City Manager or their designee to execute the Funding  
Agreement and all associated documents, as needed, to bring the project to  
fruition and create an estimated 88 units of permanent affordable housing.  
4.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council:  
1. Approve and Adopt the 2022 - 2025 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)  
between the City of Costa Mesa and the Costa Mesa City Employees  
Association (CMCEA);  
2. Approve and Adopt Resolution Numbers 2022-XX, 2022-XX, 2022-XX, 2022  
-XX, 2022-XX, and 2022-XX revising the pay ranges for CMCEA and the  
Confidential Unit (Attachments I - VII);  
3. Approve the Fiscal Impact Analyses (Attachment VIII); and  
4. Authorize the City Manager and members of the City’s Negotiation Team to  
execute the MOU documents and appropriate into the respective  
departmental budgets.  
Attachments:  
5.  
RECOMMENDATION:  
Staff recommends the City Council:  
1. Approve and Adopt the Side Letter of Agreement between the City of Costa  
Mesa and CMPA (Attachment I);  
2. Approve and Adopt Resolution Number 2022-XX revising the pay ranges for  
CMPA (Attachment II);  
3. Approve the Fiscal Impact Analyses (Attachment III);  
4. Authorize the City Manager and members of the City’s Negotiation Team to  
execute the Side Letter of Agreement documents, and amend the Fiscal  
Year 2022-23 Adopted Budget for the Police Department accordingly.  
Attachments:  
ADDITIONAL COUNCIL/BOARD MEMBER COMMITTEE REPORTS, COMMENTS, AND  
SUGGESTIONS  
ADJOURNMENT