Brea — 2025-08-19

1.A. Call to Order/Roll Call

1.B. Public Comment

1.C. Clarify Regular Meeting Topics

1.D. Designate Voting Delegate and Alternate for the League of California Cities Annual Conference\nand Expo, October 8-10, 2025, Long Beach Convention Center

1.E. Council Member Reports/Requests

2.A. Call to Order/Roll Call

2.B. Pledge of Allegiance: Boy Scout Troop 707

2.D. Presentation: Business of the Quarter

2.E. Report - Prior Study Session

2.F. Community Announcements

2.G. Matters from the Audience

2.H. Response to Public Inquiries

3.A. Appeal of the Planning Commission Decision to Approve the DJT4 Parcel Delivery Facility\n(Amazon)- Environmental Impact Report No. 2023-01, Vesting Tentative Parcel Map No. 2022-193,\nand Plan Review No. 2022-09\n— Staff recommends that the City Council deny the appeals by David Maxey and CARE CA and\nuphold the Planning Commission's decision by taking the following actions:\n— 1. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-054, denying appeals and certifying EIR No. 2023-01, State\nClearinghouse No. 2023070241, which analyzed the environmental impacts resulting from\nconstruction and operation of the Project, and which was prepared pursuant to CEQA\nGuidelines Sections 15132 (Contents of Final EIR) and 15090 (Certification of the Final EIR);\n— 2. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-055, denying appeals and approving PR No. 2022-09 to allow\nthe demolition of an existing 637,503 square-foot office building, surface parking, and\nassociated landscape area, and the construction of an industrial warehousing development\nconsisting of a 181,500 square-foot parcel delivery facility, including surface parking and\nassociated landscape areas, based on the findings and conclusions in the resolution, and\nsubject to the recommended conditions of approval; and\n— 3. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-056, denying appeals and approving TPM No. 2022-193 to\nreconfigure and merge three existing lots into one lot to accommodate the Project, based on\nthe findings and conclusions in the resolution, and subject to the recommended conditions of\napproval.

4.A. Mercury Senior Apartments Project: Approval of a Density Bonus, Environmental Impact Report\nAddendum, financial requests, and associated agreements\n— 1. Approve an Affordable Housing Agreement, including Notice of Affordability Restrictions,\nwith Brea Mercury LP for the Mercury Senior Apartments Project;\n— 2. Approve a Loan Agreement with Brea Mercury LP, which includes a loan of $2,331,800\nfrom the City’s Housing Trust Fund (270) and up to $659,311 in deferred development impact\nfees for the development of said affordable project;\n— 3. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-057 approving the following: a. Density Bonus (DB) No. 202501, a request to utilize the Density Bonus parking standards and two Density Bonus waivers of\ndevelopment standards to allow for reduction in required minimum common open space and\nbicycle parking, subject to conditions of approval provided as Exhibit A of the said resolution;\nb. Addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the Mercury Lane Project (EIR\nSCH No. 2018121032 Addendum No. 1) pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act\n(CEQA) Guidelines Section 15164;\n— 4 Approve an Affordable Housing and Regulatory Agreement and Declaration of Restrictive\nCovenants (Density Bonus Agreement) with Brea Mercury LP;\n— 5 Find the Affordable Housing Agreement, Loan Agreement, and Density Bonus Agreement\nexempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3);\n— 6. Amend the Fiscal Year 2025-27 Operating Budget to appropriate $2,331,800 in the City’s\nHousing Trust Fund (270) for a loan payment to the development of said affordable housing\nproject;\n— 7. Approve the deferral of development impact fees for said affordable housing project in an\namount not-to-exceed $659,311, as stated in the Loan Agreement; and\n— 8. Authorize the City Manager or designee to: a. Execute the Affordable Housing Agreement,\nincluding Notice of Affordability Restrictions, with Brea Mercury LP; b. Execute the Loan\nAgreement with Brea Mercury LP; c. Execute the Density Bonus Agreement with Brea Mercury\nLP; and d. Administratively make non-monetary revisions to the three above-mentioned\nagreements and related documents as necessary or appropriate.

4.B. Brea Construction Code Tri-Annual Code Update\n— 1. Introduce by title only and waive further reading of Ordinance 1264, "an Ordinance of the\nCity Council of the City of Brea adopting by reference the 2025 Edition of the California\nAdministrative, Building, Residential, Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical, Green Building\nStandards, Energy, Historical Building, and Existing Building Codes, The 2024 Edition of the\nInternational Property Maintenance Code, and the 2024 Edition of the International Swimming\nPool and Spa Code, together with appendices, amendments, deletions and penalties, amending\nTitle 15 of the Brea City Code, and approving a CEQA Exemption Determination", adopting by\nreference and amending, Codes comprising the 2025 Edition of the California Building\nStandards Code, and related “model” codes (collectively “California Code(s)” sometimes\nherein); and\n— 2. Schedule a public hearing for September 16, 2025 to consider adoption of the Ordinance\nNo. 1264. The adoption of the 2025 California Codes will have little or no impact on the\nGeneral Fund.

4.C. 2025 Fire Code and Wildland Urban Interface Ordinance Introduction\n— 1. Introduce by title only and waive further reading of Ordinance No. 1265, "An Ordinance of\nthe City Council of the City of Brea adopting by reference and amending the 2025 California\nWildland – Urban Interface Code and the California Fire Code and portions of the 2024\nInternational Fire Code, as the City of Brea Fire Code, together with certain amendments,\nadditions, deletions and exceptions, amending Title 16 (Fire Safety) of the Brea City Code, and\napproving a CEQA exemption determination," adopting by reference and amending the 2025\nCalifornia Fire Code (CFC) and 2025 California Wildland Urban Interface Code (CWUIC); and\n— 2. Schedule a public hearing for September 16, 2025 to consider adoption of the Ordinance

5.A. July 15, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes\n— 1. Approve.

5.B. Accept a State of California Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program (CTFGP) in the Amount of\n$230,902.82\n— 1. Adopt Resolution No,. 2025-058 accepting a State of California Cannabis Tax Fund Grant\nProgram (CTFGP) Award for the education, prevention, and enforcement of laws related to\ndriving under the influence of alcohol and other drugs, including cannabis, in the amount of\n$230,902.82, for the one-year grant program which begins July 1, 2025 and ends June 30,

6.A. Monthly Report of Investments for the Successor Agency to the Brea Redevelopment Agency\nfor Period Ended July 31, 2025\n— 1. Receive and file.

7.A. City Manager

7.B. City Attorney

7.C. Council Requests

8.A. Council Announcements