Huntington Beach — 2025-08-19

1.\n25-654\nCONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code section\n54957.6.) Agency designated representatives: Travis Hopkins, City\nManager; also in attendance: Marissa Sur, Director of Human\nResources; Mike Vigliotta, City Attorney and Robert Torrez, Interim\nChief Financial Officer. Employee Organization: Marine Safety\nManagement Association (MSMA).

10.\n25-631\nHuntington Beach Fire Department Chaplain Jeff Lopez\nPLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE\nCLOSED SESSION REPORT BY CITY ATTORNEY\nCITY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS (2-Minute Time Limit)\nThe Mayor will facilitate a voluntary opportunity for members of the Huntington Beach City Council\nto individually make brief comments to the public. Please note that the Brown Act does not allow\nfor lengthy comments, discussion, or action on topics that are not on the agenda.\nAWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS

11.\n25-596\nJesse Hayes Presentation\nANNOUNCEMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS (Received After Agenda\nDistribution)

12.\n25-632\nApprove and Adopt Minutes\nRecommended Action:\nApprove and adopt the City Council/Public Financing Authority regular meeting minutes of\nJuly 15, 2025.

13.\n25-619\nReceive and File the City Clerk’s quarterly listing of professional\nservices contracts filed in the City Clerk’s Office between April 1,\n2025 and June 30, 2025\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, 2025 and\nJune 30, 2025.”\nCity Manager

14.\n25-665\nConsider position on legislation pending before the State Legislature\nRecommended Action:\nOppose Senate Bill 707: open meetings: meeting and teleconference requirements and\nissue a letter of opposition.

15.\n25-670\nAdopt Resolution No. 2025-57, clarifying that Resolution No. 2023-41\nis no longer in effect\nRecommended Action:\nApprove and adopt Resolution No. 2025-57, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of\nHuntington Beach Clarifying the Legal Status of Resolution No. 2023-41” to reflect the\nAugust 19, 2025\noutcome of Measure A.\nCity Treasurer

16.\n25-622\nReceive and File the City Treasurer’s Quarterly Investment Report\nfor June 2025\nRecommended Action:\nReceive and File the City Treasurer’s Quarterly Investment Report for June 2025, pursuant\nto Section 18.0 of the Investment Policy of the City of Huntington Beach.\nCommunity and Library Services

17.\n25-553\nApprove and authorize execution of Professional Services Contracts\nfor On-Call Multi-Discipline Architectural Engineering, Landscape\nArchitectural Engineering and Professional Consulting Services\nwith Bureau Veritas North America, Inc., Dahlin Group Inc., David\nVolz Design Landscape Architects, Inc., M. Arthur Gensler &\nAssociates, Inc. (Gensler), Gillis + Panichapan Architects, Inc., HAI\nHirsch & Associates, Inc., IDS Group, Inc., Johnson Favaro, LLP,\nMichael Baker International, Inc., NUVIS, PBK Architects, Inc.,\nRDC-S111, Inc., DBA Studio One Eleven, RJM Design Group, Inc.,\nRRM Design Group, SVA Architects, Inc., and Verde Design, Inc.\neach in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 over a three-year term\nApprove and authorize Amendment No. 2 to extend the contract\nterms for two additional years for On-Call Architectural Engineering\n& Professional Consulting Services for Kitchell/CEM, Inc. and\nWestberg White, Inc.\nRecommended Action:\nA) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a “Professional Services\nContract between the City of Huntington Beach and Bureau Veritas North America, Inc. for\nOn-Call Architectural Engineering, Landscape Architectural Engineering, and Professional\nConsulting Services” in an amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) over a\nthree-year term; and,\nB) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a “Professional Services\nContract between the City of Huntington Beach and Dahlin Group, Inc. for On-Call\nArchitectural Engineering, Landscape Architectural Engineering, and Professional\nConsulting Services” in an amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) over a\nthree-year term; and,\nC) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute “Professional Services\nContract between the City of Huntington Beach and David Volz Design Landscape\nAugust 19, 2025\nArchitects, Inc. for On-Call Architectural Engineering, Landscape Architectural\nEngineering, and Professional Consulting Services” in an amount not to exceed One\nMillion Dollars ($1,000,000) over a three-year term; and,\nD) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a “Professional Services\nContract between the City of Huntington Beach and Arthur M. Gensler, Jr. & Associates,\nInc. (Gensler) for On-Call Architectural Engineering, Landscape Architectural Engineering,\nand Professional Consulting Services” in an amount not to exceed One Million Dollars\n($1,000,000) over a three-year term; and,\nE) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a “Professional Services\nContract between the City of Huntington Beach and Gillis + Panichapan Architects, Inc. for\nOn-Call Architectural Engineering, Landscape Architectural Engineering, and Professional\nConsulting Services” in an amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) over a\nthree-year term; and,\nF) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a “Professional Services\nContract between the City of Huntington Beach and HAI Hirsch & Associates, Inc. for\nOn-Call Architectural Engineering, Landscape Architectural Engineering, and Professional\nConsulting Services” in an amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) over a\nthree-year term; and,\nG) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a “Professional Services\nContract between the City of Huntington Beach and IDS Group, Inc. for On-Call\nArchitectural Engineering, Landscape Architectural Engineering, and Professional\nConsulting Services” in an amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) over a\nthree-year term; and,\nH) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a “Professional Services\nContract between the City of Huntington Beach and Johnson Favaro, LLP for On-Call\nArchitectural Engineering, Landscape Architectural Engineering, and Professional\nConsulting Services” in an amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) over a\nthree-year term; and,\nI) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a “Professional Services\nContract between the City of Huntington Beach and Michael Baker International, Inc. for\nOn-Call Architectural Engineering, Landscape Architectural Engineering, and Professional\nConsulting Services” in an amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) over a\nthree-year term; and,\nJ) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a “Professional Services\nContract between the City of Huntington Beach and NUVIS for On-Call Architectural\nEngineering, Landscape Architectural Engineering, and Professional Consulting Services”\nin an amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) over a three-year term; and,\nAugust 19, 2025\nK) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a “Professional Services\nContract between the City of Huntington Beach and PBK Architects, Inc. for On-Call\nArchitectural Engineering, Landscape Architectural Engineering, and Professional\nConsulting Services” in an amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) over a\nthree-year term; and,\nL) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a “Professional Services\nContract between the City of Huntington Beach and RDC-S111, Inc., DBA Studio One\nEleven for On-Call Architectural Engineering, Landscape Architectural Engineering, and\nProfessional Consulting Services” in an amount not to exceed One Million Dollars\n($1,000,000) over a three-year term; and,\nM) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a “Professional Services\nContract between the City of Huntington Beach and RJM Design Group, Inc. for On-Call\nArchitectural Engineering, Landscape Architectural Engineering, and Professional\nConsulting Services” in an amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) over a\nthree-year term; and,\nN) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a “Professional Services\nContract between the City of Huntington Beach and RRM Design Group for On-Call\nArchitectural Engineering, Landscape Architectural Engineering, and Professional\nConsulting Services” in an amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) over a\nthree-year term; and,\nO) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a “Professional Services\nContract between the City of Huntington Beach and SVA Architects, Inc. for On-Call\nArchitectural Engineering, Landscape Architectural Engineering, and Professional\nConsulting Services” in an amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) over a\nthree-year term; and,\nP) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a “Professional Services\nContract between the City of Huntington Beach and Verde Design, Inc. for On-Call\nArchitectural Engineering, Landscape Architectural Engineering, and Professional\nConsulting Services” in an amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) over a\nthree-year term.\nQ) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute Amendment No. 2\nbetween the City of Huntington Beach and Kitchell/CEM, Inc. for On-Call Architectural\nEngineering & Professional Consulting Services to extend the term for two additional\nyears until July 19, 2027; and,\nR) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute Amendment No. 2\nbetween the City of Huntington Beach and Westberg White, Inc. for On-Call Architectural\nEngineering & Professional Consulting Services to extend the term for two additional\nyears until July 19, 2027.\nCommunity Development

18.\n25-329\nAugust 19, 2025\nApprove and authorize execution of the First Amendment to the\nAffordable Housing Agreement between the City of Huntington\nBeach and Nash-Holland 18750 Delaware Investors, LLC\nRecommended Action:\nA) Approve the First Amendment to Affordable Housing Agreement by and between the\nCity and Nash-Holland 18750 Delaware Investors, LLC; and,\nB) Authorize the City Manager or their designee to execute the First Amendment to\nAffordable Housing Agreement for the Project and any related documents; and,\nC) Authorize the Housing Authority Executive Director or their designee to execute all\nrelated affordable housing compliance documents.

19.\n25-637\nApprove and Authorize Execution of the Third Amendment to the\nAffordable Housing Agreement and the Second Amendment to the\nDeclaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions to Extend\nAffordability Covenants by One Year for the Five Points Senior Villas\nProject\nRecommended Action:\nA)\nApprove the Third Amendment to the Affordable Housing Agreement by and between\nthe Huntington Beach Housing Authority and Five Points Seniors, L.P.;\nB)\nApprove the Second Amendment to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and\nRestrictions by and between the Huntington Beach Housing Authority and Five Points\nSeniors, L.P.; and,\nC) Authorize the Housing Authority Executive Director or their designee to execute the\nThird Amendment to the Affordable Housing Agreement, the Second Amendment to the\nDeclaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions, and all related documents\nnecessary to implement the one-year extension .\nPolice

2.\n25-655\nCONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code section\n54957.6.) Agency designated representatives: Travis Hopkins, City\nManager; also in attendance: Marissa Sur, Director of Human\nResources; Mike Vigliotta, City Attorney and Robert Torrez, Interim\nChief Financial Officer. Employee Organization: Surf City Lifeguard\nEmployees’ Association (SCLEA).

20.\n25-638\nAdopt Resolution No. 2025-55 authorizing the acceptance of FY25/26\nCannabis Tax Fund Grant Program (CTFGP) funding from the\nCalifornia Highway Patrol to support DUI enforcement and officer\ntraining\nRecommended Action:\nApprove and authorize the execution of grant agreement FY25/26 CTFGP Law\nEnforcement-Huntington Beach Police Department and adopt Resolution No. 2025-55, “A\nResolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Authorizing the Chief of\nAugust 19, 2025\nPolice to Accept Grant Funds from the State of California Department of California\nHighway Patrol for DUI Saturation Patrols and Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST)\nTraining.”

21.\n25-635\nAdopt Resolution No. 2025-53 Updating the Uniform Bail Schedule\nfor Parking Violations & Establishing CPI-Based Annual Adjustments\nRecommended Action:\nAdopt Resolution No. 2025-53, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington\nBeach Adopting an Amended Uniform Bail Schedule for Parking Violations”, which\nrescinds Resolution No. 2020-53 and approves an updated Uniform Bail Schedule for\nparking violations, as outlined in Exhibit A. The resolution also establishes a $25\nadministrative fee for late payment of parking citations in accordance with California\nVehicle Code Section 40207(a) and introduces an annual adjustment to parking fines\nbased on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County\nregion. This CPI adjustment will be annually applied automatically to help ensure that fines\nremain equitable and reflect changes in inflation.\nPublic Works

22.\n25-444\nApprove and Accept the Public Improvements, Release the\nSecurities for, and Accept a Guarantee and Warranty Bond for the\nPublic Improvements in Tract 19136 and Release Guarantee and\nWarranty Bond for Gisler Park Improvements\nRecommended Action:\nA) Accept the public improvements constructed and dedicated for public use with Tract\n19136, and instruct the City Clerk to record the Notice of Acceptance of Public\nImprovements (Attachment 2) with the Orange County Recorder; and,\nB) Release the securities for the Public Improvements - Faithful Performance Bond No.\nUS00121915SU22A and Labor and Materials Bond No. US00121915SU22A and\nMonumentation Bond No. US00121913SU22A; and,\nC) Accept Guarantee and Warranty Bond No. US00121915SU22A-M (Attachment 3); the\nsecurity furnished for guarantee and warranty for public improvements, and instruct the City\nClerk to file the bond with the City Treasurer; and,\nD) Release Guarantee and Warranty Bond No. US00121914SU22A-M for Gisler Park\nImprovements; and,\nE) Instruct the City Clerk to notify the developer, Lennar Homes of California, LLC, of this\naction, and the City Treasurer to notify the Surety, XL Specialty Insurance Company, of this\naction.

23.\n25-624\nApprove Sole Source Procurement Request with Hadronex Inc., dba\nAugust 19, 2025\nSmartCover Systems, for Sanitary Sewer System Manhole\nSmartCovers (SmartCovers)\nRecommended Action:\nApprove Sole Source Procurement Request with Hadronex, Inc., dba SmartCover\nSystems, for the servicing of SmartCovers.

24.\n25-628\nAccept the lowest responsive and responsible bid and authorize\nexecution of a construction contract with Southland Roofing, Inc. in\nthe amount of $138,000.00 for the City-Owned Building (dba. Park\nBench Café) Roofing and Siding Improvements, CC-1789; approve\nsupplemental construction costs; and authorize 15% in contingency\nfunds\nRecommended Action:\nA) Accept the lowest responsive and responsible bid submitted by Southland Roofing,\nInc.in the amount of $120,000 .00; and,\nB) Reject bids 1 - 3, as non-responsive due to bid violations; and,\nC) Authorize the Director of Public Works to approve change orders up to\ncontingency in potential construction change orders; and,\n15%\nD) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a construction contract with Southland\nRoofing, Inc. in a form approved by the City Attorney.

25.\n25-630\nApprove and accept the Orange County Transportation Authority\n(OCTA) Grant for Complete Streets Project (Magnolia Corridor); and\napprove appropriation of funds\nRecommended Action:\nA) Approve and accept the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) grant for\n$4,687,000; and,\nB) Approve the appropriation of $4,687,000 in grant award funding to the OCTA\nComplete Streets Projects business unit for the Magnolia Street Corridor Complete\nStreets project, account number 130185003; and,\nC) Authorize the Public Works Director to execute necessary documents and agreements.

26.\n25-671\nContinue Certification of Environmental Impact Report No. 25-003\n(Pacific Airshow Huntington Beach) to the September 2, 2025, City\nCouncil meeting\nRecommended Action:\nA) Continue Certification of Environmental Impact Report No. 25-003 to the September 2,\n2025, City Council meeting.\nADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS

27.\n25-626\nRecommendation to Approve and Adopt Resolution No. 2025-56\nAppointing Jason Schmitt to the Position of City Treasurer for the\nCity of Huntington Beach\nRecommended Action:\nA) Appoint Jason Schmitt to the position of City Treasurer for the City of Huntington\nBeach; and\nB) Approve and adopt Resolution No. 2025-56, “A Resolution of the City Council of the\nCity of Huntington Beach Appointing Jason Schmitt as City Treasurer and Setting the\nSalary Rate and Assigning Certain Benefits for the Appointed City Treasurer.”\nADMINISTER OATH OFFICE TO NEWLY APPOINTED CITY TREASURER\nCOUNCIL MEMBER ITEMS

28.\n25-651\nItem Submitted by Mayor Pro Tem Casey McKeon, Councilman\nAndrew Gruel, and Council Woman Gracey Van Der Mark - Strategic\nActivation Opportunities in Huntington Beach\nRecommended Action:\nDirect the City Manager to implement a plan (as described above), in coordination with\nappropriate City departments and Visit Huntington Beach, to explore opportunities for the\nCity of Huntington Beach to engage in Olympic-related programming, partnerships, and\nactivation efforts leading up to and during the 2028 Summer Olympic Games. The Plan\nAugust 19, 2025\nshould include development of a policy to streamline the process for Olympic related\nactivities such as use of local public or private facilities for training or practice; beach\nevents; cultural activations and public exhibitions; and Olympic media coverage and\ncommunity engagement sites.

29.\n25-652\nItem Submitted by Council Woman Van Der Mark, Councilman\nKennedy, and Councilman Gruel - Sand Replenishment\nRecommended Action:\nDirect the City Manager to provide a presentation on sand replenishment at an upcoming\nStudy Session. The presentation should include how the City can advocate at the local,\nstate, and federal levels for support of continuous permitting and funding cycles while\ncollaborating with local coastal agencies.\nCITY COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS

3.\n25-656\nCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION.\n(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9). Southwest\nAugust 19, 2025\nVoter Registration Education Project, et al. v. City of Huntington\nBeach, et al.; OCSC Case No. 30-2024-01397379.

4.\n25-657\nCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION.\n(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9). Huntington\nBeach for Responsible Growth, et al. v. City of Huntington Beach, et\nal.; Case No.: 30-2024-01439594.

5.\n25-658\nCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION.\n(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9). Flanders\n(Emily) v. City of Huntington Beach; OCSC Case No:\n30-2023-01328127.

6.\n25-659\nCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION.\n(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9). Alianza\nTranslatinx, et al. v. City of Huntington Beach, et al.; OCSC Case No.\n30-2025-01462835.

7.\n25-660\nCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION.\n(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9). Yeung\n(Christian) v. The Bungalow Huntington Beach, LLC, et al.; USDC\nCase No: 8:23-cv-01573 MWC (DFMx).

8.\n25-661\nCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION.\n(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9). Protect HB v.\nCity of Huntington Beach; OCSC Case No.: 30-2025-01470582.

9.\n25-662\nCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-ANTICIPATED LITIGATION\n(Gov. Code section 54956.9(d)(2).): One (1).\n6:00 PM – COUNCIL CHAMBERS