AGENDA
LAKE FOREST CITY COUNCIL
Regular Meeting of the City Council
Tuesday, November 18, 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 Monday before the scheduled City Council meeting. Such requests must be received via email at [email protected]
November 18, 2025 LAKE FOREST CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Page 1 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]
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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 Chaplain Ken Krikac, Orange County Fire Authority.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of our Country to be led by Daisy Troop #4457.
PRESENTATIONS (Item Nos. 1 – 3)
1. RECOGNITION OF LAKE FOREST BUSINESSES NAMED IN THE
ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER'S "BEST OF OC" AWARD PROGRAM
November 18, 2025 LAKE FOREST CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Page 2 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Recognize the Lake Forest award winners of the "Best of OC" 2025.
2. COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM PROGRAM
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Present Certificates of Completion to the graduates of the Community Emergency Response Team Program and Certificates of Participation to the volunteers in the disaster simulation exercise.
3. VETERANS PARK BRICK PROGRAM
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file.
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. 4 – 7)
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.
4. 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.
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5. MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELD ON NOVEMBER 4, 2025
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve as submitted.
6. CERTIFICATION OF WARRANT REGISTER
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the warrant register in the amount of $7,110,600.33.
7. ACCEPTANCE OF LENNAR HOMES IMPROVEMENTS AND RELEASE
OF BONDS FOR TRACT 18188
RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1. Accept as complete the tract improvements and monumentation constructed by Lennar Homes of California, Inc., A California Corporation, for Tract 18188. 2. Authorize the City Clerk to release the Subdivision Faithful Performance and Subdivision Labor and Materials Bonds, both in the amount of $612,450 for the tract civil improvements, the Subdivision Faithful Performance and Subdivision Labor and Materials Bonds both in the amount of $1,301,339.93 for the front yard landscaping and irrigation improvements, and the Subdivision Improvement Monumentation Bond in the amount of $22,000. 3. Authorize the City Clerk to release the Subdivision Improvement Warranty. Bond in the amount of $61,245 for the tract civil improvements and the Subdivision Improvement Warranty Bond in the amount of $130,134 for the front yard landscaping and irrigation improvements one year after acceptance of the public improvements for Tract 18188 with the concurrence of the Director of Public Works/City Engineer.
PUBLIC HEARING(S) (Item No. 8)
Public Hearings are scheduled for a time certain of 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible. City Council, when considering the matter scheduled for hearing, will take the following actions: 1. Open the Public Hearing. 2. Receive staff report. 3. Accept public testimony. 4. City Council comments and questions. 5. Close the Public Hearing and take appropriate action.
8. ADOPTION OF THE 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODE
WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS
November 18, 2025 LAKE FOREST CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Page 4 RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1. Conduct public hearing and second reading of Ordinance No. ___ entitled: 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
CODE (CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 24), TOGETHER WITH CERTAIN ADDITIONS, AMENDMENTS, AND DELETIONS. 2. Find that adoption of Ordinance No. ____ is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. 3. Adopt Ordinance No. ____.
DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS (Item No. 9)
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.
9. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH CITY OF IRVINE FOR LAKE
FOREST TRANSPORTATION MITIGATION PROGRAM AND NORTH
IRVINE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM PROJECTS
RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1. Approve the Cooperative Agreement with the City of Irvine finalizing the Lake Forest Transportation Mitigation Program and North Irvine Transportation Mitigation Program fair-share contributions and closing out the shared intersection improvement projects.
2. Authorize the Mayor to sign, and the City Clerk to attest, the Cooperative Agreement with the City of Irvine, substantially in the form attached.
3. Adopt a Resolution entitled: “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING 2025-2027 OPERATING BUDGET; AMENDING REVENUE ESTIMATES FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2025-26”
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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
In compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this Meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, you should contact the Office of the City Clerk at (949) 461-3400.
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 November 13, 2025.
Thy Merritt
City Clerk
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