Huntington Beach — 2024-08-06

1. 24-539 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-LITIGATION (Gov. Code\nsection 54956.9(d)(4).): One (1).

10. 24-521 Update on State housing lawsuit against City

11. 24-522 Update on City housing lawsuit against State

12. 24-523 Update on U.S. Supreme Court case, City of Grants Pass, including\nCity's Amicus support

13. 24-546 Annual Report on Community Prosecutor Program\nCONSENT CALENDAR (Items 14-28)\nCity Clerk

14. 24-519 Approve and Adopt Minutes\nRecommended Action:\nApprove and adopt the City Council/Public Financing Authority regular meeting minutes of\nJuly 16, 2024.

15. 24-520 Monthly Update of Activities for Citizen Boards, Commissions,\nCommittees (BCCs) and Regional Agencies - July 2024\nRecommended Action:\nReceive and File.

16. 24-530 Receive and file the City Clerk’s quarterly listing of professional\nservices contracts filed in the City Clerk’s Office between April 1,\n2024 and June 30, 2024\nRecommended Action:\nReceive and file the “List of Professional Services Contracts Approved by Department\nHeads and Submitted to the Office of the City Clerk during the period of April 1, 2024 and\nJune 30, 2024.”

17. 24-550 Approve and authorize execution of License Agreements with the\nCounty of Orange to continue the operation and maintenance of\nofficial and secure Ballot Drop Boxes at the Huntington Beach Civic\nCenter, 2000 Main Street, and the Main Street Branch Library, 525\nMain Street, in Huntington Beach\nRecommended Action:\nA) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a “License Agreement”\nwith the County of Orange for continued operation and maintenance of a Ballot Drop Box\nas identified in Exhibits A and B (License Area description and location) at the Huntington\nCivic Center, 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach; and,\nB) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a “License Agreement”\nwith the County of Orange for continued operation and maintenance of a Ballot Drop Box\nas identified in Exhibits A and B (License Area description and location) at the Main\nStreet Branch Library, 525 Main Street, Huntington Beach.\nCity Manager

18. 24-527 Consider positions on legislation pending before the State\nLegislature and a statewide ballot proposition, as recommended by\nthe Intergovernmental Relations Committee (IRC)\nRecommended Action:\nA) Support Senate Concurrent Resolution 165 (Nguyen) to Designate Portion of 405\nFreeway as Surf City Highway.\nB) Adopt Resolution No. 2024-43, “A Resolution of the City of Huntington Beach in\nSupport of Proposition 36, The Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act”,\nwhich will set aside Resolution No. 4344 and Resolution No. 2024-23 for this action .\nCommunity and Library Services

19. 24-528 Approve the Carr Park reconfiguration conceptual plan as\nrecommended by the Community & Library Services Commission\nRecommended Action:\nApprove the conceptual plan for Carr Park reconfiguration and authorize staff to move\nforward with initiating the development of the design and bid package for construction of\nthe updated facility.\nCommunity Development

2. 24-542 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION.\n(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9). Raymond\nCasillas v. City of Huntington Beach; Workers’ Compensation No.\nCOHB-19-0226.

20. 24-502 Approve and authorize execution of Professional Services Contracts\nfor On-Call Plan Review Services with Scott Fazekas & Associates,\nInc., CSG Consultants, Inc., and True North Compliance Services,\nInc.\nRecommended Action:\nA) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a $1,500,000 Professional\nServices Contract between the City of Huntington Beach and Scott Fazekas & Associates\nfor On-Call Building Division Plan Review Services for a three-year term; and,\nB) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a $1,500,000 Professional\nServices Contract between the City of Huntington Beach and CSG Consultants, Inc. for\nOn-Call Building Division Plan Review Services for a three-year term; and,\nC) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a $1,500,000 Professional\nServices Contract between the City Huntington Beach and True North Compliance\nServices, Inc. for On-Call Building Division Plan Review Services for a three-year term .\nFire

21. 24-533 Approve and accept the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Assistance to\nFirefighters Grant; authorize the Fire Chief and Chief Financial\nOfficer to execute documents; and approve appropriation of funds\nRecommended Action:\nA) Approve and accept the FY 2023 Assistance to Firefighters Grant awarded to the City\nof Huntington Beach; and\nB) Authorize the Fire Chief and Chief Financial Officer as the officials to execute and sign\nfor the FY 2023 Assistance to Firefighters Grant award, agreement, amendments, and\nextensions; and,\nC) Approve the appropriation of grant revenues and expenditures in the amount of\n$161,745.16.

22. 24-532 Approve and accept the Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon\nMonoxide Poisoning Prevention Grant Award from the U.S.\nConsumer Product Safety Commission, authorize the Fire Chief and\nChief Financial Officer to execute grant documents, and approve\nappropriation of funds\nRecommended Action:\nA) Approve and accept the Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide\nPoisoning Prevention Grant award of $53,400 from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety\nCommission; and,\nB) Authorize the Fire Chief and Chief Financial Officer to execute the grant agreement;\nand,\nC) Approve the appropriation of grant revenues and expenditures in the amount of\n$53,400.\nPublic Works

23. 24-474 Approve and authorize execution of Professional Services Contract\nwith Moffat & Nichol to provide Professional Engineering and\nEnvironmental Consulting Services for the Gilbert Bridge Project,\nCC-1453; Acceptance of Federal grant funds from Caltrans and\nAppropriation of funds\nRecommended Action:\nA) Approve and Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to Execute a Professional Services\nContract Between the City of Huntington Beach and Moffat & Nichol to Provide\nProfessional Engineering and Environmental Consulting Services in the amount of\n$484,403.19, and;\nB) Accept award of a Federal grant administered by Caltrans in the amount of $424,300\nand approve the appropriation of the funds to grant account 129285101.82800

24. 24-475 Approve and authorize execution of Professional Services Contracts\nfor On-Call Grant Writing and Administration Consulting Services\nwith Advanced Avant-Garde, Inc., CWE, Engineering Solution\nServices, Harris & Associates, Inc., KOA Corporation, and Villa Civil,\nAPC\nRecommended Action:\nA) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute, “Professional Services\nContract Between the City of Huntington Beach and Advanced Avant-Garde Corporation,\nfor On-Call Grant Writing and Administrative Consulting Services,” in an amount not to\nexceed $250,000; and,\nB) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute, “Professional Services\nContract Between the City of Huntington Beach and CWE for On-Call Grant Writing and\nAdministrative Consulting Services,” in an amount not to exceed $250,000; and,\nC) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute, “Professional Services\nContract Between the City of Huntington Beach and Engineering Solutions Services for\nOn-Call Grant Writing and Administrative Consulting Services,” in an amount not to exceed\n$250,000; and,\nD) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute, “Professional Services\nContract Between the City of Huntington Beach and Harris & Associates, Inc. for On-Call\nGrant Writing and Administrative Consulting Services,” in an amount not to exceed\n$250,000; and,\nE) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute, “Professional Services\nContract Between the City of Huntington Beach and KOA Corporation for On-Call Grant\nWriting and Administrative Consulting Services,” in an amount not to exceed $250,000;\nand,\nF) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute, “Professional Services\nContract Between the City of Huntington Beach and Villa Civil, APC, for On-Call Grant\nWriting and Administrative Consulting Services,” in an amount not to exceed $250,000.

25. 24-497 Approve and authorize execution of a five-year License Agreement\nwith Southern California Edison for traffic signals at the intersection\nof Center Avenue and One Park Plaza\nRecommended Action:\nApprove and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a License Agreement between\nthe City of Huntington Beach and Southern California Edison for use of property being\noccupied by City traffic signal facilities .

26. 24-517 Adopt Resolution No. 2024-36 Confirming Cost Report for Weed\nAbatement on Private Parcels within the City for the 2024 Season\nRecommended Action:\nA) Adopt Resolution No. 2024-36 “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of\nHuntington Beach Confirming the Report of the Public Works Director Regarding the Cost\nfor Weed Abatement on Private Property Within the City for the 2024 Season,” and\nB) Direct that all charges listed thereon be certified to the Orange County 2024/25\nProperty Tax Roll.

27. 24-538 Approve and authorize Service Agreements with ECB Solutions, LLC\nand MVA Power, Inc. for the purchase of electrical switchgear and\ntransformer equipment for the Central Library and authorize\nappropriation in the amount of $221,494\nRecommended Action:\nA) Approve the purchase of electrical switchgear and transformer equipment from ECB\nSolutions, LLC and MVA Power, Inc. in the amount of $221,494; and,\nB) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a Service Agreement between the City\nof Huntington Beach and ECB Solutions, LLC for the purchase of 3-phase padmount\ntransformer; and,\nC) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a Service Agreement between the City\nof Huntington Beach and MVA Power, Inc. for the purchase of padmount switchgear; and,\nD) Authorize the appropriation of $221,494 from the Infrastructure Fund (314) to business\nunit 31440040.82200 .

28. 24-535 Adopt Ordinance No. 4320 to authorize execution of an Amendment\nto the Pipeline Franchise Agreement with Cardinal Pipeline, L.P. for\nthe operation and maintenance of a pipeline system for the\ntransportation of oil, gas, and other hydrocarbon substances\nApproved for Introduction July 16, 2024 by a vote of 6-0-1\n(Strickland-Absent)\nRecommended Action:\nA) Adopt Ordinance No. 4320, “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of\nHuntington Beach Amending Ordinance No. 4008 which Granted an Oil Pipeline\nFranchise”; and,\nB) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the “Amendment to\nFranchise Agreement between the City of Huntington Beach and Cardinal Pipeline , L.P.”

29. 24-513 Adopt Resolution No. 2024-37 authorizing an application for funds\nunder the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) for an\nOrange County Enhanced Mobility for Seniors & Disabled Grant\nProgram (EMSD)\nRecommended Action:\nAdopt Resolution No. 2024-37, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington\nBeach Authorizing City Staff to apply to the Orange County Transportation Authority for an\nOrange County Enhanced Mobility for Seniors & Disabled Grant Program to Purchase the\nTripSpark’s Notification software for the Surf City Senior’s on the Go! Senior\nTransportation program.”\nCOUNCIL MEMBER ITEMS

3. 24-540 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code section\n54957.6.) Agency designated representatives: Eric Parra, Interim\nCity Manager; also in attendance: Marissa Sur, Director of Human\nResources; Travis Hopkins, Assistant City Manager; Michael E.\nGates, City Attorney and Sunny Han, Chief Financial Officer.\nEmployee Organization: Huntington Beach Police Officers’\nAssociation (HBPOA).

30. 24-541 Item Submitted by Mayor Van Der Mark - Request to Prepare an\nOrdinance Declaring Huntington Beach to be a “Parents’ Right to\nKnow” City\nRecommended Action:\nDirect the City Manager to work with the City Attorney to prepare an Ordinance for\nintroduction at the September 3, 2024 City Council Meeting declaring that Huntington\nBeach is a "Parents' Right to Know" City, that no educator stands in the way of informing\nparents of their child's gender identity or gender expression, and declaring that the City\nhas an interest in challenging the State on AB 1955 or joining a parent's challenge to the\nState on AB 1955.

31. 24-547 Item Submitted by Council Members Kalmick, Bolton, and Moser -\nFinancial Transparency - Determine Total Cost of Pacific Airshow\nSettlement\nRecommended Action:\nDirect the City Manager to contract an independent third-party expert in financial auditing\nor accounting (not firms that prepare reports for marketing entities) to review the\nsettlement agreement costs and value, City financials, and estimate the Airshow’s net\ndirect economic benefit to the City. This expert should present their findings within 60 days\nat a public City Council meeting, providing detailed assumptions, calculations, and source\nmaterial for resident understanding.

32. 24-549 Item Submitted by Council Member McKeon - Taxpayer\nTransparency - Evaluation of City Tax-Sharing\nRecommended Action:\nDirect the City Manager and Finance Director to report back to Council at the September\n17, 2024 City Council Meeting with a written report and oral presentation with the answer\nto all of the aforementioned questions.

4. 24-543 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code section\n54957.6.) Agency designated representatives: Eric Parra, Interim\nCity Manager; also in attendance: Marissa Sur, Director of Human\nResources; Travis Hopkins, Assistant City Manager; Michael E.\nGates, City Attorney and Sunny Han, Chief Financial Officer.\nEmployee Organization: Huntington Beach Municipal Teamsters\n(HBMT).

5. 24-545 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code section\n54957.6.) Agency designated representatives: Eric Parra, Interim\nCity Manager; also in attendance: Marissa Sur, Director of Human\nResources; Travis Hopkins, Assistant City Manager; Michael E.\nGates, City Attorney and Sunny Han, Chief Financial Officer.\nEmployee Organization: Management Employees' Organization\n(MEO).

6. 24-544 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code section\n54957.6.) Agency designated representatives: Eric Parra, Interim\nCity Manager; also in attendance: Marissa Sur, Director of Human\nResources; Travis Hopkins, Assistant City Manager; Michael E.\nGates, City Attorney and Sunny Han, Chief Financial Officer. Marine\nSafety Management Association (MSMA).\n6:00 PM – COUNCIL CHAMBERS

7. 24-536 Huntington Beach Police Chaplain James Pike\nCLOSED SESSION REPORT BY CITY ATTORNEY\nANNOUNCEMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS (Received After Agenda\nDistribution)

8. 24-529 Streamline Surf City Update\nCITY TREASURER'S REPORT

9. 24-418 Receive and File the City Treasurer’s Quarterly Investment Report\nfor June 2024\nRecommended Action:\nReceive and File the City Treasurer’s Quarterly Investment Report for June 2024,\npursuant to Section 18.0 of the Investment Policy of the City of Huntington Beach.\nCITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT