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AGENDA
City Council/Public Financing Authority
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
4:30 PM - Closed Session
6:00 PM - Regular Meeting
Council Chambers
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
PAT BURNS, Mayor
CASEY MCKEON, Mayor Pro Tem
ANDREW GRUEL, Councilman
DON KENNEDY, Councilman
BUTCH TWINING, Councilman
GRACEY VAN DER MARK, Council Woman
CHAD WILLIAMS, Councilman
STAFF
TRAVIS HOPKINS, City Manager
MIKE VIGLIOTTA, City Attorney
LISA LANE BARNES, City Clerk
JASON SCHMITT, City Treasurer
AGENDA October 7, 2025City Council/Public Financing
Authority
4:30 PM - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
Twining, Kennedy, McKeon, Burns, Van Der Mark, Gruel, Williams Pursuant to Resolution No. 2001-54, Councilmen Kennedy and Williams have requested permission to be absent from this meeting.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS (Received After Agenda Distribution)
PUBLIC COMMENTS (3-Minute Time Limit)
At this time, the City Council will receive comments from members of the public regarding any topic, including items on the Study Session and /or Closed Session agendas. Individuals wishing to provide a comment on item (s) may do so in person by filling out a Request to Speak form delivered to the City Clerk. All speakers are encouraged, but not required to identify themselves by name. Each speaker may have up to 3 minutes unless the volume of speakers warrants reducing the time allowance.
Please note that the Brown Act does not allow discussion or action on topics that are not on the agenda. Members of the public who would like to speak directly with a Councilmember on an item not on the agenda may consider scheduling an appointment by contacting the City Council's Administrative Assistant at (714) 536-5553 or emailing the entire City Council at [email protected].
RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
CLOSED SESSION
25-7911. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION. (Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9). Alianza Translatinx, et al. v. City of Huntington Beach, et al.; OCSC Case No. 30-2025-01462835.
25-7922. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION. (Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9). People of the State of California/Bonta v. City of Huntington Beach, et al.; Case No. 30-2023-01312235-CU-WM-CJC.
25-7993. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code section 54956.8.)
Property: 21091 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
AGENDA October 7, 2025City Council/Public Financing
Authority
(APN 024-281-16).
Agency negotiator: Travis Hopkins, City Manager; Ashley Wysocki, Director of Community and Library Services; Chris Cole, Community and Library Services Manager; William Krill, Real Estate Project Manager.
Negotiating parties: Paul Maddison - Pacific City Hotel, LLC dba Pasea Hotel and Spa (Not Present).
Under negotiation: Price and terms of payment.
6:00 PM – COUNCIL CHAMBERS
RECONVENE CITY COUNCIL/PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY MEETING
ROLL CALL
Twining, Kennedy, McKeon, Burns, Van Der Mark, Gruel, Williams Pursuant to Resolution No. 2001-54, Councilmen Kennedy and Williams have requested permission to be absent from this meeting.
INVOCATION
In permitting a nonsectarian invocation, the City does not intend to proselytize or advance any faith or belief. Neither the City nor the City Council endorses any particular religious belief or form of invocation.
25-7844. Huntington Beach Police Chaplain Bob Ewing
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CLOSED SESSION REPORT BY CITY ATTORNEY
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS (2-Minute Time Limit)
The Mayor will facilitate a voluntary opportunity for members of the Huntington Beach City Council to individually make brief comments to the public. Please note that the Brown Act does not allow for lengthy comments, discussion, or action on topics that are not on the agenda.
AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS
25-7905. Presentation of 2025 Mosquito Awareness Campaign Award by Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District to the City of Huntington Beach
25-7626. Legislative Update provided by Board of Supervisor First District, Janet Nguyen
AGENDA October 7, 2025City Council/Public Financing
Authority
25-7987. Presentation by Unite 4 Freedom Regarding a Legally Valid 2026 Election
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS (Received After Agenda Distribution)
PUBLIC COMMENTS (3-Minute Time Limit)
At this time, the City Council will receive comments from members of the public regarding any topic, including items on the open session agenda. Individuals wishing to provide a comment may do so in person by filling out a Request to Speak form delivered to the City Clerk. All speakers are encouraged, but not required to identify themselves by name. Each speaker may have up to 3 minutes unless the volume of speakers warrants reducing the time allowance.
Please note that the Brown Act does not allow discussion or action on topics that are not on the agenda. Members of the public who would like to speak directly with a Councilmember on an item not on the agenda may consider scheduling an appointment by contacting the City Council's Administrative Assistant at (714) 536-5553 or emailing the entire City Council at [email protected].
While the City Council welcomes public involvement and supports and defends free speech, the City Council rejects comments from anyone that are discriminatory, defamatory or otherwise not protected free speech. Those comments will not inform nor be considered by the City Council and may be cause for the Mayor to interrupt the public speaker. Such public comments will not be consented to or otherwise adopted by the City Council in its discussions and findings for any matter tonight.
COUNCIL COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Councilmembers may make brief announcements on any appointments made to a board, committee, or commission. Councilmembers may not discuss or take any action on these announcements. Announcements are limited to 1 minute.
AB 1234 REPORTING
Per AB 1234 (Government Code Section 53232.3(d)) Councilmembers who attend a meeting, conference, or similar event at the expense of the City must provide a brief report of the meeting, conference, or similar event during the next regular City Council meeting. Reports are limited to 1 minute.
OPENNESS IN NEGOTIATION DISCLOSURES
Councilmembers must publicly disclose any meetings or communications with City employee associations, related to the negotiations of labor agreements. Disclosures are limited to 1 minute and must be made by the next regular City Council Meeting.
CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
AGENDA October 7, 2025City Council/Public Financing
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25-8028. Community Outreach and Engagement
CONSENT CALENDAR (Items 9-15)
City Clerk
25-7309. Approve and Adopt Minutes
Approve and adopt the City Council/Public Financing Authority regular meeting and the Housing Authority, Parking Authority and Successor Agency special meeting minutes of September 2, 2025, the City Council/Public Financing Authority regular meeting minutes of September 16, 2025, and the City Council/Public Financing Authority special meeting minutes of September 23, 2025.
Recommended Action:
Community and Library Services
25-78810. Authorize the appropriation of $98,000 from the Huntington Central Park Sports Complex (HCPSC) Capital Improvement Fund 325 to replace the failed irrigation booster pump at the Huntington Beach Sports Complex
Authorize the appropriation of $98,000 from the Huntington Central Park Sports Complex (HCPSC) Capital Improvement Fund Account 32545001.83700 to replace the irrigation booster pump at the Huntington Beach Sports Complex.
Recommended Action:
25-78211. Adopt Ordinance No. 4335 of the City of Huntington Beach Deleting Chapter 2.106 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code and Dissolving the Huntington Beach Independence Day Board - Approved for Introduction September 16, 2025, by a vote of 7-0 Adopt Ordinance No. 4335, “An Ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach deleting Chapter 2.106 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code and Dissolving the Huntington Beach Independence Day Board.”
Recommended Action:
Community Development
25-78312. Approve Zoning Text Amendment No. 25-003 (Reapplication Process for Group Homes) by adopting Ordinance Nos. 4340 and 4341 - Approved for Introduction September 16, 2025, by a vote of 7-0 A) Find Zoning Text Amendment No. 25-003 and amendment to Municipal Code Chapter
5.110 exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to City Recommended Action:
AGENDA October 7, 2025City Council/Public Financing
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Council Resolution No. 4501, Class 20, which supplements the California Environmental Quality Act because the request is a minor amendment to the municipal code and zoning ordinance that does not change the development standards intensity or density; and, B) Approve Zoning Text Amendment No. 25-003 with findings (Attachment No. 1) and adopt Ordinance No. 4341, “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Amending Chapter 230.28 Group Homes of the Huntington Beach Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance (Zoning Text Amendment No. 25-003)”; (Attachment No. 2); and, C) Approve amendment to Municipal Code Chapter 5.110 and adopt Ordinance No . 4340, “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Amending Chapter 5.110 Group Homes of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code Titled Group Homes” (Attachment No. 3).
Human Resources
25-77013. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-62 Approving and Implementing the Memorandum of Understanding with Marine Safety Management Association
A) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-62, “Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Approving and Implementing the Memorandum of Understanding Between the Marine Safety Management Association (MSMA) and the City for January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2027;” and
B) Authorize the City Manager or designee to take all administrative and budgetary actions necessary for implementation of Resolution No. 2025-62.
Recommended Action:
25-77114. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-63 Approving and Implementing the Memorandum of Understanding with Surf City Lifeguards
Employees’ Association
A) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-63, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Approving and Implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the Surf City Lifeguard Employees’ Association (SCLEA) and the City for July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2028;” and
B) Authorize the City Manager or designee to take all administrative and budgetary actions necessary for implementation of Resolution No. 2025-63.
Recommended Action:
Public Works
25-76315. Amend the Measure M 7-year Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2025/2026 through 2031/2032 to add the Trash Provision
AGENDA October 7, 2025City Council/Public Financing
Authority
Compliance FCS Installation project
Amend the Measure M 7-year Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2025/2026 through 2031/2032 to add the Trash Provision Compliance FCS Installation project.
Recommended Action:
PUBLIC HEARING
For the benefit of the public, prior to a public hearing item, each member of the City Council will disclose any ex parte communications they may have had pertaining to the item. In simple terms, public hearings are quasi -judicial proceedings and the information used by the City Council to make its decisions should be limited to that which is obtained during the public hearing. Ex parte communications, then, means any information obtained outside of a public hearing. In such public hearing proceedings, the City Council must uphold constitutional and statutory due process rights of present and non -present parties by disclosing ex parte communications. Ex parte communications include oral and written information, as well as visual or auditory information obtained during a site visit.
Individuals wishing to provide a comment on an item scheduled for Public Hearing may do so in person by filling out a Request to Speak form delivered to the City Clerk. All speakers are encouraged, but not required to identify themselves by name. Each speaker may have up to 3 minutes unless the volume of speakers warrants reducing the time allowance. 25-72416. Public Hearing to Adopt Resolution No. 2025-52 for Annual Assessment Approval in the Huntington Beach Downtown Business Improvement District for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026
A) Conduct the Public Hearing; and,
B) If written protests from businesses representing 50% or more of the total assessment are not received, adopt Resolution No. 2025-52, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Approving an Annual Assessment within the Huntington Beach Downtown Business Improvement District for Fiscal Year 2025-26.” Recommended Action:
COUNCIL MEMBER ITEMS
25-78917. Item Submitted by Council Woman Gracey Van Der Mark and Councilmen Butch Twining and Don Kennedy - Prohibition on Sale and Distribution of Nitrous Oxide in Huntington Beach
Direct the City Manager and City Attorney to prepare an ordinance for the prohibition of sale and distribution of nitrous oxide in Huntington Beach.
Recommended Action:
25-79518. Item Submitted by Mayor Pat Burns - Adopt Resolution No. 2025-64 in Support of Immediate Action to Ensure a Legally Valid and Transparent 2026 General Election
AGENDA October 7, 2025City Council/Public Financing
Authority
Adopt Resolution No. 2025-64, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach in Support of Immediate Action to Ensure a Legally Valid and Transparent 2026 General Election.”
Recommended Action:
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS
ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Huntington Beach City Council/Public Financing Authority is Tuesday, October 21, 2025, in the Civic Center Council Chambers, 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach, California.
INTERNET ACCESS TO CITY COUNCIL/PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY AGENDA AND
STAFF REPORT MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE PRIOR TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AT http://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov