AGENDA
LAKE FOREST CITY COUNCIL
Regular Meeting of the City Council
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Public Session 6:30 p.m.
City Council Chambers, 100 Civic Center Drive, Lake Forest, California NOTICE: Pursuant to Lake Forest Municipal Code Section 2.04.010, Regular Meetings of the City Council are held the First and Third Tuesday of each month at the hour of 5:30 p.m. for Closed Session matters, if required.
The Public Session of the meeting shall commence at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible. Special Meeting times may be held at a different time and date as listed on the Agenda.
AGENDA DOCUMENT REVIEW: The Agenda and staff reports are available on the Internet at https://www.lakeforestca.gov/en/government/meeting-agendas-and-minutes/meeting-agendas and at the City
Clerk’s Office, 100 Civic Center Drive, Lake Forest, California, on the Friday before the meeting on Tuesday.
AGENDA DESCRIPTION: The Agenda descriptions are intended to give notice to members of the public of a general summary of items of business to be transacted or discussed. The listed Recommended Action represents staff’s recommendation. The City Council may take any action which it deems to be appropriate on the agenda item and is not limited in any way by the recommended action.
AGENDA ON SOCIAL MEDIA: This meeting will be streamed through Facebook Live. Comments will not be taken via Facebook Live. The City provides the Facebook Live stream as an additional service to the public.
However, the City cannot guarantee that its network and/or the site will be uninterrupted. The City is not responsible for any interrupted service.
SPECIAL NOTICE REGARDING PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE MEETING AND PUBLIC COMMENT:
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: In addition to attending in person, members of the public may access the meeting live on our website at https://www.lakeforestca.gov/en/government/meeting-agendas-and-minutes/meeting-agendas .
PUBLIC COMMENT PRIOR TO THE MEETING: Members of the public may submit email comments to [email protected]. Email comments will be uploaded to the agenda packet and made part of the official public record of the meeting and will not be read at the meeting. To ensure staff reviews all comments prior to the City Council meeting, please submit email comments no later than 5:00 p.m. the day of the meeting.
PUBLIC COMMENT: Members of the public may provide comments in-person at the meeting. Public comments will no longer be accepted remotely. Those wishing to provide comments in-person at the meeting will be asked to submit a request to speak to the City Clerk. To ensure prompt distribution to the City Council, members of the public wishing to provide written materials to the City Council should do so prior to the start of the meeting or as close thereto as possible, as time will not be taken during the public comment period to distribute written materials to the City Council.
TRANSLATION SERVICE: Interpreters are available by request to members of the public that prefer to make their public comments in Spanish or Chinese. Requests for a translator need to be received by 8:00 a.m. the November 4, 2025 LAKE FOREST CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Page 1 Monday before the scheduled City Council meeting. Such requests must be received via email at [email protected]
Los intérpretes están disponibles previa solicitud para el público que prefiera hacer sus comentarios públicos en español o chino. Las solicitudes de traductor deben recibirse antes de las 8:00 a. m. del lunes anterior a la reunión programada del Concejo Municipal. Dichas solicitudes deben recibirse por correo electrónico a [email protected]
如果大眾願意用西班牙語或中文發表公開評論
，
我們可應要求提供口譯服務。需要在預定市議會會議之前的周一上
午
8:00
之前收到翻譯請求。此類請求必須透過電子郵件收到
：
[email protected]
Rúguǒ dàzhòng yuànyì yòng xībānyá yǔ huò zhōngwén fābiǎo gōngkāi pínglùn, wǒmen kě yīng yā oqiú tígōng kǒuyì fúwù. Xūyào zài yùdìng shì yìhuì huìyì zhīqián de zhōuyī shàngwǔ 8:00 Zh īqián shōu dào fānyì qǐngqiú. Cǐ lèi qǐngqiú bìxū tòuguò diànzǐ yóujiàn shōu dào: translat [email protected]
CALL TO ORDER:
6:30 p.m.
Council Members:
Doug Cirbo
Mark Tettemer
Benjamin Yu
Mayor Pro Tem:
Robert Pequeño
Mayor:
Scott Voigts
City Manager:
Debra Rose
City Attorney:
Matthew E. Richardson
City Clerk:
Thy Merritt
PUBLIC SESSION:
6:30 p.m.
PUBLIC SESSION: At this time, the City Council will convene to consider public matters. Those wishing to address the City Council may submit a completed “Request to Speak” form to the City Clerk prior to City Council action.
INVOCATION:
The Invocation will be provided by a representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of our Country
to be led by Girl Scout Troop.
REPORT FROM STUDENT LIAISON:
Report from Ethan Barro, Student Liaison
from El Toro High School.
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PRESENTATIONS (Item No. 1)
1. RECOGNITION OF THE 2025 LAKE FOREST CIVIC ACADEMY
GRADUATES
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Recognize the graduates of the 2025 Lake Forest Civic Academy.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Members of the public can submit an e-comment to
[email protected]
. E-comments will
not
be read at the meeting.
Members of the public may also provide comments in-person at the meeting. Those wishing to provide comments in-person at the meeting will be asked to submit a request to speak to the City Clerk.
CONSENT CALENDAR (Item Nos. 2 – 10)
All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted by one vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless Members of the City Council, the public, or staff request specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action.
2. MOTION TO WAIVE READING OF RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Said Ordinances and Resolutions which
appear on the public agenda shall be determined to have been read by title and further reading waived.
3. MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELD ON OCTOBER 21, 2025
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve as submitted.
4. QUARTERLY TREASURER'S REPORT - QUARTER ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file.
5. MEASURE M2 EXPENDITURE REPORT
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RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1. Authorize the Director of Finance to submit the City of Lake Forest Annual Measure M2 Expenditure Report to the Orange County Transportation Authority. 2. Adopt a Resolution entitled: A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA, CONCERNING THE MEASURE M2 EXPENDITURE
REPORT FOR THE CITY OF LAKE FOREST.
6. ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMIT PARKING ON EL CABALLO STREET RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a Resolution entitled: A RESOLUTION
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA,
ESTABLISHING PERMIT PARKING ON EL CABALLO STREET
PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE SECTION 22507 AND THE
LAKE FOREST RESIDENTIAL PARKING MANAGEMENT POLICY
7. FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT FOR STREET MAINTENANCE
SERVICES
RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1. Approve the First Amendment for
Maintenances Service with Charles Abbott Associates. 2. Authorize the Mayor to sign, and the City Clerk to attest the First Amendment with Charles Abbott Associates, substantially in the form attached.
8. VONAGE CLOUD UPGRADE
RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1. Approve the Agreement with Vonage Business, Inc. for the City’s Business Cloud Upgrade Telephone System. 2.
Authorize the Mayor to execute, and the City Clerk to attest, the Agreement with Vonage Business, Inc., substantially in the form attached.
9. FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING LOAN
AGREEMENT WITH NATIONAL COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE FOR THE
ASPAN COURT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve a Resolution entitled: “A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE FOREST, November 4, 2025
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CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE LAKE FOREST HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE CITY OF
LAKE FOREST AND NATIONAL COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE”
10. FOURTH AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT SERVICES
AGREEMENT WITH THERESA DOBBS (DBA HOUSING
REHABILITATION CONSULTING SERVICES) FOR HOUSING
REHABILITATION CONSULTING SERVICES.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1. Approve the Proposed Fourth Amendment to the Professional Consultant Services Agreement with Theresa Dobbs dba Housing Rehabilitation Consulting Services. 2. Authorize the Mayor to execute, and the City Clerk to attest, the Fourth Amendment to the Agreement with Theresa Dobbs dba Housing Rehabilitation Consulting Services, substantially in the form attached.
DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS (Item Nos. 11 – 12)
The following matters are for City Council consideration/discussion/action. Members of the public may have the opportunity to address these items if they wish to do so. Please complete the Request to Speak form and give to the City Clerk.
11. EL TORO PARK PICKLEBALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT UPDATE RECOMMENDED ACTION: Exercise City Council Discretion.
Or
Receive and File.
12. ADOPTION OF THE 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODES
WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS
RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF LAKE FOREST CALIFORNIA, REPEALING
ORDINANCE NO. 360, AMENDING CHAPTERS 8.02, 8.06, 8.08, 8.14,
8.16, 8.20, 8.22, AND 8.24, AND REPEALING CHAPTER 8.04, OF THE
LAKE FOREST MUNICIPAL CODE, AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE
THE 2025 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS
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CODE (CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 24), TOGETHER WITH CERTAIN ADDITIONS, AMENDMENTS, AND DELETIONS. 2. Direct staff to schedule a November 18, 2025, public hearing to adopt the Ordinance identified in Recommended Action 1, including provision of the appropriate public hearing notices.
CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
At this time, the City Manager may comment on agenda and non-agenda items; and report on items of interest to the City Council and community.
CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS
At this time, City Council Members may comment on agenda or non-agenda matters. No discussion may take place on any item not appearing on the posted agenda. Council Members may ask a question for clarification, respond to statements made or questions posed by the public, make a brief announcement, or make a brief report on his or her own activities. In addition, the City Council may refer to staff or other resources for factual information, request staff to report back at a subsequent meeting or direct staff to place a matter of business on a future agenda. No action may be taken on non-agenda matters unless authorized by law (Government Code Section 54954.2).
Council Member Cirbo:
Council Member Tettemer:
Council Member Yu:
Mayor Pro Tem Pequeño:
Mayor Voigts:
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ADJOURNMENT
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Notification 48 hours prior to the Meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to assure accessibility to this meeting. The City Council agenda and agenda back-up materials can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk on the Friday prior to the City Council meeting. Copies of all Agendas, Staff Reports and Supporting Materials can also be found on the City’s website – https://www.lakeforestca.gov/129/Agendas
.
Agenda and agenda packets, if requested, will be made available in an appropriate alternative format to persons with a disability as required by the Americans With Disabilities Act. Copies of the agenda are provided at no cost and agenda back-up materials are available at the per page copy cost.
The City of Lake Forest mailing address is
City Council Chambers, 100 Civic Center Drive, Lake Forest, California
.
Phone: (949) 461-3400. FAX (949) 461-3511
CERTIFICATION: I, Thy Merritt, City Clerk of the City of Lake Forest, California, hereby certify that the foregoing agenda was posted for public review
at City Hall
on October 30, 2025.
Thy Merritt
City Clerk
November 4, 2025
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