IN-PERSON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: Members of the public are welcome to attend City Council meetings in person. Alternate ways to view meetings live or on -demand include: livestreamed on HBTV Channel 3 (replayed on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. and Thursday at 6:00 p.m.); live and archived meetings for on -demand viewing accessed from https://huntingtonbeach.legistar.com/calendar, https://bit.ly/SurfCityTV, or the City's YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/cityofhb, or from any Roku, Fire TV or Apple device by downloading the Cablecast Screenweave App and searching for the City of Huntington Beach channel.
PRESENTATION MATERIAL : Due to updates to City Council venue, digital presentations or videos will no longer be displayed at City Council meetings as part of public comment. To present images or materials to the City Council, please bring nine paper copies to the City Council meeting. Paper copies will be distributed to City Council Members at the meeting and will be made part of the public record.
Members of the audience and speakers shall not wear or display signs that obstruct the view of other audience members. Signs shall remain with the holder and shall not be placed in adjacent seats or in common areas.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: Individuals wishing to provide a comment on agendized or non -agendized items including Study Session, Closed Session, and Public Hearing, may do so in person in the City Council Chambers by completing a Request to Speak form delivered to the City Clerk. Sign-ups to Request to Speak will begin in person 30 minutes prior to the start of Study Session, Closed Session, or Regular City Council Meeting, whichever comes first. Sign-ups will be accepted until the commencement of the public comment period.
SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION : Members of the public interested in commenting on agenda -related items may submit a written (supplemental) communication to the City Council via email at [email protected] . Supplemental Communications are considered public record .
Communications received by 5:00 PM Monday prior to the City Council meeting will be distributed to the City Council, posted to the City website, and announced at the City Council meeting, though not read. Please note that Supplemental Communications can only be submitted to [email protected]. Communications received Monday after the 5:00 PM deadline will only be included in the administrative record.
MEETING ASSISTANCE NOTICE: In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, services are available to members of our community who require special assistance to participate in public meetings. If you require special assistance, 48-hour prior notification will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements for an assisted listening device (ALD) for the hearing impaired, American Sign Language interpreters, a reader during the meeting and /or large print agendas. Please contact the City Clerk's Office at (714) 536-5227 or (714) 374-5390 for more information.
AGENDA
City Council/Public Financing Authority
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
4:30 PM - Closed Session
6:00 PM - Regular Meeting
Special Meeting of the Housing Authority
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 21, 2025City Council/Public Financing
Authority
4:30 PM - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
Twining, Kennedy, McKeon, Burns, Van Der Mark, Gruel, Williams 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
25-8231. 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.
25-8242. 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.
25-8253. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-LITIGATION (Gov. Code section 54956.9(d)(4).): Two (2).
6:00 PM – COUNCIL CHAMBERS
RECONVENE CITY COUNCIL/PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY MEETING AND CALL TO
ORDER SPECIAL MEETING OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY
AGENDA October 21, 2025City Council/Public Financing
Authority
ROLL CALL
Twining, Kennedy, McKeon, Burns, Van Der Mark, Gruel, Williams
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.
25-6954. Huntington Beach Fire and Police Chaplain Roger Wing
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.
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,
AGENDA October 21, 2025City Council/Public Financing
Authority
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
25-8355. Free Citizen’s Financial Literacy Classes
25-8276. Public Works Projects Update
25-8137. 250th Birthday of the U.S. Navy Presentation
CONSENT CALENDAR (Items 8 - 9)
City Clerk
25-8168. Approve and Adopt Minutes
Approve and adopt the City Council/Public Financing Authority regular meeting minutes of October 7, 2025.
Recommended Action:
Public Works
25-8039. Accept the lowest responsive and responsible bid and authorize execution of a construction contract with KASA Construction, Inc. in the amount of $453,066.00 for the Schroeder Park Improvements, CC-1656, and authorize a 15% contingency
A) Accept the lowest responsive and responsible bid submitted by KASA Construction, Inc. in the amount of $393,970.00; and,
B) Reject bids 1 - 8 and 11 - 13, which were either withdrawn or deemed non -responsive; Recommended Action:
AGENDA October 21, 2025City Council/Public Financing
Authority
and,
C) Authorize the Director of Public Works to approve change orders up to a 15% contingency; and
D) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a construction contract with KASA Construction, Inc. in a form approved by the City Attorney.
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. 25-80110. Conduct a Tax and Equity Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) Public Hearing for the Pelican Harbor Apartments; Adopt Resolution No. 2025-65 Approving the Issuance of the California Municipal Finance Authority’s (CMFA) Continued Issuance of Tax-exempt Bonds in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 for the Pelican Harbor Apartments; and Approve Amendments to Affordable Housing Agreements
A) Conduct the TEFRA public hearing pursuant to federal law.
B) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-65, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Approving the Issuance of the California Municipal Finance Authority Exempt Facility Bonds in an Aggregate Principal Amount Not to Exceed $ 20,000,000 for the Purpose of Refinancing the Acquisition, Construction, Improvement and Equipping of Pelican Harbor (Formerly Referred to as Huntington Beach Senior Housing) and Certain Other Matters Relating Thereto” (Attachment 1).
C) Adopt First Amendment to Affordable Housing Agreement (Attachment 2).
D) Adopt First Amendment to Amended and Restated Agreement Containing Covenants (Attachment 3).
Recommended Action:
AGENDA October 21, 2025City Council/Public Financing
Authority
E) Adopt First Amendment to City HOME Promissory Note (Attachment 4).
F) Adopt First Amendment to City Inclusionary Housing Promissory Note (Attachment 5).
G) Authorize the City Manager and Housing Authority Executive Director, or their designees, to execute the above documents.
ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION
25-83311. Approve for Introduction Ordinance No. 4342 Prohibiting the Sale and Distribution of Nitrous Oxide
Approve for introduction Ordinance No. 4342, “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, adding a New Chapter 9.94 Entitled “Prohibition on Sale or Distribution of Nitrous Oxide” to Title 9 of the the Huntington Beach Municipal Code to Establish Regulations Prohibiting the Unlawful Sale or Distribution of Nitrous Oxide in the City.”
Recommended Action:
COUNCIL MEMBER ITEMS
25-83012. Councilmember Item Submitted by Councilman Butch Twining and Mayor Pat Burns - Invitation to Orange County Registrar of Voters to Present at a Huntington Beach City Council Meeting
Invite the Orange County Registrar of Voters to present at a City Council meeting.
Recommended Action:
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS
ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Huntington Beach City Council/Public Financing Authority is Tuesday, November 4, 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