MINUTES
MALIBU CITY COUNCIL
ADJOURNED SPECIAL MEETING
MARCH 6, 2025
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
6:30 P.M.
MEETING CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Stewart called the meeting to order at 6:32 p.m.
ROLL CALL
The following persons were recorded in attendance by the Recording Secretary:
PRESENT: Mayor Doug Stewart; Mayor Pro Tem Marianne Riggins; and Councilmembers Haylynn Conrad, Bruce Silverstein and Steve Uhring.
ALSO PRESENT: Trevor Rusin, Interim City Attorney; Alexis Brown, Deputy City Manager; Kelsey Pettijohn, City Clerk; Yolanda Bundy, Environmental Sustainability Director; Maureen Tamuri, Interim Flaming Director; Parker Davis, Media Technician; Tyler Eaton, Principal Planner; Rebecca Evans, Senior Management Analyst; and Patricia Salazar, Development and Operations Manager
ITEM 3 ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. Local Coastal Program Amendment N0. 25-001 and Zoning Text Amendment No. 25-001 An amendment to the Malibu Local Coastal Program and Malibu Municipal Code Title 17 (Zoning) Modifying Standards and Procedures to Facilitate the Rebuilding of Structures Damaged or Destroyed bv the 2025 Palisades Fire, 2024 Franklin Fire, and 2024 Broad Fire Recommended Action: 1) After the City Attomey reads the title of the ordinance, adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 524U, approving Zoning Text Amendment No. 25— 001, an amendment to Title 17 (Zoning) of the Malibu Municipal Code updating regulations to facilitate the rebuilding of structures damaged or destroyed by natural disasters, including but not limited to, the 2025 Palisades Fire, 2024 Franklin Fire, and 2024 Broad Fire to provide relief for those affected, declaring the urgency thereof, and finding the amendments are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act; 2) After the City Attomey reads the title of the ordinance, introduce on first reading Ordinance No. 524 approving Local Coastal Program Amendment No. 25-001, an amendment to the Local Coastal Program and Zoning Text Amendment No. 25-001, an amendment to Title 17 (Zoning) of the Malibu Municipal Code updating regulations to facilitate the rebuilding of structures damaged or destroyed by natural disasters, including but not limited to, the 2025 Palisades Fire, 2024 Franklin Fire, and 2024 Broad Fire to provide relief for those affected, and finding the amendments are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act; and 3) Direct staff to schedule second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 524.
The public hearing for this item was open and closed on March 5, 2025.
MOTION
Malibu City Council
Minutes of March 6, 2025
Councilmamber Conrad, Councilmember Silverstein, and Councilmember Uhring, Mayor Pro Tem Riggins, Mayor Stewart, confirmed they did not hear any additional testimony after the public hearing was closed.
Principal Planner Eaton presented the proposed changes from the March 5, 2025 Adj oumed Regular meeting.
The Council discussed the item and directed questions to staff.
Principal Planner Eaton presented the ordinance with all the proposed changes.
Mayor Pro Tem Riggins moved moved, and Councilmember Conrad seconded a motion to: l) After the City Attorney reads the title ofthe ordinance, adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 524U, as amended with the changes presented by staff, approving Zoning Text Amendment No. 25-001, an amendment to Title 17 (Zoning) of the Malibu Municipal Code updating regulations to facilitate the rebuilding of structures damaged or destroyed by natural disasters, including but not limited to, the 2025 Palisades Fire, 2024 Franklin Fire, and 2024 Broad Fire to provide relief for those affected, declaring the urgency thereof, and finding the amendments are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act; 2) After the City Attorney reads the title of the ordinance, introduce on first reading Ordinance No. 524, as amended with the changes presented by staff, approving Local Coastal Program Amendment No. 25-001, an amendment to the Local Coastal Program and Zoning Text Amendment No. 25-001, an amendment to Title 17 (Zoning) of the Malibu Municipal Code updating regulations to facilitate the rebuilding of structures damaged or destroyed by natural disasters, including but not limited to, the 2025 Palisades Fire, 2024 Franklin Fire, and 2024 Broad Fire to provide relief for those affected, and finding the amendments are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act; and 3) Direct staff to schedule second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 524.
Interim City Attomey Rusin read the titles of Ordinance Nos. 524U and 524 The question was called and the motion carried 4-1, Councilmember Silverstein abstained.
The Council discussed the process for the ordinance adoption.
ADJOURNMENT
At 9:18 p.m. Mayor Stewart adj ourned the meeting.
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Minutes of March 6, 2025
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