Laguna Beach — 2025-11-18

1.\nConference with Real Property Negotiators\nPursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8\na. Property: 2307 and 2535 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach\nAgency Negotiator: Dave Kiff, City Manager\nNegotiating Parties: George R. Burkhardt Trusts A, B, and C\nUnder Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment

2.\nConference with Legal Counsel­ Anticipated Litigation\nSignificant Exposure to Litigation pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(2) & (e)\n(1)\nOne (1) potential case. There is significant exposure to litigation against the City based on a threat of\nlitigation made outside of a noticed meeting, which is based on the following facts:\na. On or about March 25, 2025, the ACLU of Southern California emailed City Attorney\nMegan Garibaldi, threatening litigation relating to potential City actions regarding the Alternative Sleeping\nLocation (ASL), that the ACLU alleges could result in a breach of the settlement agreement between the\nACLU and the City (Glover et al. v. City of Laguna Beach). A copy of the email is available upon\nrequest from the City Clerk’s Office.

3.\nConference with Legal Counsel—Existing Litigation\nPursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (d)(1)\na. On or about March 25, 2025, the ACLU of Southern California emailed City Attorney\nMegan Garibaldi, threatening litigation relating to potential City actions regarding the Alternative Sleeping\nLocation (ASL), that the ACLU alleges could result in a breach of the settlement agreement between the\nACLU and the City (Glover et al. v. City of Laguna Beach). A copy of the email is available upon\nrequest from the City Clerk’s Office.\n3. Conference with Legal Counsel—Existing Litigation\nPursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (d)(1)\nNumber of Cases: One (1)\na . City of Laguna Beach v. Solano Homeowners Association, Superior Court of California\nCounty of Orange, Case No. 30­2025­01477485­CU­PO­NJC

4.\nConference with Legal Counsel—Anticipated Litigation\nInitiation of Litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4)\nNumber of Cases: One (1)

1. \nPRESENTATION FROM THE LAGUNA BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY\nRecommendations: 1. Receive and file the informational presentation by the Laguna Beach Historical\nSociety regarding historic stories of Laguna Beach.

10. \nPLANNING DIVISION UPDATE AND WORKLOAD SUMMARY THROUGH NOVEMBER 3,\n2025 ​\nRecommendations: Receive and file the Planning Division Update and Workload Summary, which\ncovers the period from August 2024 through November 3, 2025.​

11. \nSERVICE AGREEMENT TO PREPARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MASTER PLAN\nRecommendations:\n1. Authorize the City Manager to execute a service agreement with Third Wave Corporation for a\none­time cost not­to­exceed $127,750 to prepare an Information Technology Master Plan; and\n2. Find that the action is not a “project” under the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to\nCEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) and (b)(5).

12. \nFISCAL YEAR 2025­2026 CARRYOVER APPROPRIATIONS; REQUEST FOR NEW FUNDS\nCREATION; TRANSFER OF BUDGETARY APPROPRIATIONS\nRecommendations:\n1. Carryover appropriations of $13,878,200 to Fiscal Year 2025­26 to provide continuing\nfunding for projects in progress at the end of the last fiscal year;\n2. Carryover revenue estimates of $2,503,966 expected to be received in Fiscal Year 2025­\n26;\n3. Create a new Animal Shelter Donations Special Revenue and authorize the transfer of\n$1,497,850 of accumulated unspent donations from the City’s General Fund (110) to the\nnew fund as of June 30, 2025;\n4. Create a new Air Quality Management District (AQMD) Special Revenue Fund and\nauthorize the transfer of $84,038 of unspent funds from the City’s General Fund (110) to the\nnew fund as of June 30, 2025;\n5. Create a new State Asset Forfeiture Special Revenue Fund and authorize the transfer of\n$50,439.08 of unspent funds from the City’s Federal Asset Forfeiture Fund (135) to the\nnew fund as of June 30, 2025;\n6. Create a new Library Impact Fees General Fund and authorize the transfer of $83,680 of\nunspent funds from the City’s General Fund (110) to the new fund as of June 30, 2025;\n7. Create a new Cultural & Environmental Stewardship Special Revenue Fund; and\n8. Transfer of FY 2024­25 available budgetary funding from General Fund Non­Departmental\nto the City Clerk and Police Departments (see explanation in discussion section).

13. \nFIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. BXXX AMENDING TITLE 14, CHAPTER 14.50\n(BUILDING CODE) OF THE LAGUNA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE AND FIRST READING\nOF ORDINANCE NO. FXXX AMENDING TITLE 15, CHAPTER 15.01 (CALIFORNIA FIRE\nCODE) OF THE LAGUNA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT THE 2025 CALIFORNIA\nBUILDIING, FIRE CODE, AND OTHER RELATED CODES, INCLUDING LOCAL\nAMENDMENTS, ADOPT A RESOLUTIONS SETTING FORTH FINDINGS BASED ON\nLOCAL CONDITIONS FOR CERTAIN LOCAL AMENDMENTS AND FINDING THE\nPROPOSED ACTIONS ARE NOT PROJECTS SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA\nENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (“CEQA”) OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE ARE EXEMPT\nFROM CEQA .\nRecommendations:\nIntroduce two separate ordinances adopting the 2025 California Building Standards Codes and\nFire Code with local amendments to title 14 and 15 of the LBMC:\n1. Waive full reading and introduce for first reading by title only an Ordinance titled, “AN\nORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH ADOPTING THE 2025 EDITIONS\nOF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE AND OTHER RELATED 2025 CODES BY\nAMENDING TITLE 14 (BUILDIGS AND CONSTRUCTION), OF THE LAGUNA\nBEACH MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING CHAPTER 14.50 (BUILDING CODE),\nCHAPTER 14.52 (RESIDENTIAL CODE), CHAPTER 14.54 (MECHANICAL CODE),\nCHAPTER 14.64 (PLUMBING CODE), CHAPTER 14.68 (ELECTRICAL CODE),\nCHAPTER 14.70 (WILDLAND­URBAN INTERFACE CODE), CHAPTER 14.86\n(GREEN BUILDING CODE) AND ADDINGS CHAPTER 14.90 (ENERGY CODE),\nCHAPTER 14.91 (HISTORICAL BUILDING CODE), CHAPTER 14.92 (EXISTING\nBUILDING CODE), AND CHAPTER 14.95 (INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY\nMAINTENANCE CODE), WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS AND FINDING THE\nORDINANCE IS NOT A PROJECT SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA\nENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (“CEQA”) OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE IS EXEMPT\nFROM CEQA;”\n2. Waive full reading and introduce for first reading by title only an Ordinance titled, “AN\nORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH amending title 15, chapter 15.01\n(California fire code) of the laguna beach municipal code to adopt the 2025 2025 FIRE CODE\nWITH local amendments AND FINDING THE ORDINANCE IS NOT A PROJECT\nSUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (“CEQA”) OR\nIN THE ALTERNATIVE IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA;”\n3. Staff recommends that the Council adopt Resolution 25­XX, which sets forth findings related to\nlocal climatic, geological, and topographical conditions within the City of Laguna Beach as\nallowed per AB 306 that allows certain amendments to the 2025 California Building Standards\nand Fire Code as reasonably necessary.

14. \nAWARD OF TASK ORDERS FOR THE PRELIMINARY DESIGNS OF DIVER’S COVE\nBEACH ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS AND FISHERMAN’S COVE BEACH ACCESS\nIMPROVEMENTS\nRecommendations:\n1. Authorize the City Manager to award a task order to BKF Engineers in the amount of\n$129,950, for preliminary design of the Diver’s Cove Beach Access Improvements Project,\nand approve project­related expenses and change orders for additional design­related services\nthat may be required in an amount not­to­exceed $10,000;\n2. Authorize the City Manager to award a task order to BKF Engineers in the amount of\n$129,860, for preliminary design of the Fisherman’s Cove Beach Access Improvements\nProject, and approve project­related expenses and change orders for additional design­related\nservices that may be required in an amount not­to­exceed $10,000; and\n3. Find that the actions consist of government activities, which do not result in a direct or indirect\nphysical change in environment and therefore does not constitute a “Project” within the meaning\nof the California Environmental Quality Act.

15. \nADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE UPDATING THE CITY’S CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION\nREGULATIONS\nRecommendations: 1. Adopt by title only an Ordinance titled, “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY\nCOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION\n1.14.030 (CONTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS) OF TITLE 1 (GENERAL PROVISIONS) OF THE\nLAGUNA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO UPDATE THE CITY’S CAMPAIGN\nCONTRIBUTION REGULATIONS AND DETERMINE THE ORDINANCE IS NOT A\nPROJECT FOR PURPOSES OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT”.

16. \nEXTENSION OF ENFORCEMENT DATE FOR SHORT­TERM LODGING ORDINANCE\nRecommendations:\n1. Approve an extension of the enforcement date for Ordinance No. 1719 from October 1, 2025,\nto January 1, 2026, to allow additional time for continued outreach and compliance by\noperators and online hosting platforms;\n2. Direct staff to return with an update to Ordinance No. 1719 to implement SB 346, which\ncreates further mechanisms for tracking and enforcement of short­term lodging; and\n3. Find that the recommended action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act\npursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378.

17. \nAD HOC COMMITTEE ON LAGUNA BEACH’s CENTENNIAL YEAR\nRecommendations:\n1. It is recommended that the City Council form an ad hoc committee, consisting of Council\nMember Jones and Mayor pro Tem Orgill, to guide and advise planning and implementation of\nany City­directed activities associated with Calendar Year 2027, which would be 100 years\nsince the City was incorporated.

18. \nADOPTION OF AN OFFICIAL CITY FLAG\nI.\nRecommendations:\nSelect one or more alternatives, along the lines of:\n1. Direct staff to return to the City Council with a formal resolution adopting the 2013 Cooper Flag\nas the Official City Flag; or\n2. Ask one or more community input groups – such as the Arts Commission – to review the City\nof Yorba Linda’s process and re­start it in a different manner or ratify the same process to\nreview one or more versions of an Official City Flag; or\n3. Provide other direction as determined by the City Council.

19. \nOCEAN AVENUE AND BEACH STREET IMPROVEMENTS\nRecommendations:\n1. Receive a presentation from staff on the results of the Lower Ocean Avenue One­Way 2025\nTraffic Study results and a verbal report summarizing comments received during the Downtown\nAction Plan Improvements (Ocean Avenue) Town Hall;\n2. Discuss the results of the Lower Ocean Avenue One­Way 2025 Traffic Study and provide\ndirection as to possible improvements to Ocean Avenue and Beach Street; and\n3. Find that the action consists of government activities, which does not result in a direct or indirect\nphysical change in environment and therefore does not constitute a “project” within the meaning\nof the California Environmental Quality Act.

2. \nPROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE 2025 COAST FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL​\nRecommendations:

20. \nPOLICY CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE CITY’s OUTDOOR DINING AND PARKLET\nPROGRAM (EXCLUDING THE PROMENADE ON FOREST)\nRecommendations:\n1. Provide policy direction to staff on the following matters to guide development of a long­term\nframework for outdoor dining in Laguna Beach:\na. Whether to extend, replace, or allow expiration of the existing Temporary Use Permit­\nbased Outdoor Dining and Parklet Program, which is scheduled to expire on January 1,\n2026;\nb. Whether to maintain or lift the current moratorium on new parklet applications pending\nfurther policy development;\nc. Whether to transition toward sidewalk­based outdoor dining consistent with AB 413\nand the results of the City’s preliminary design study; and\nd. Whether to revise the existing fee structure to ensure equity and cost recovery for both\npublic and private property uses.\n2. Direct staff to return at a future meeting with a work plan outlining the steps, resources, and\ntimeline necessary to develop a permanent outdoor dining program, including required Municipal\nCode and Local Coastal Program amendments and environmental review.

21. \nCONSIDERATION OF DESIGN REVIEW EFFICIENCY ORDINANCE AND EFFICIENCY\nORDINANCE\nRecommendations:\n1. Direct City staff to submit the Design Review Efficiency Ordinance to California Coastal\nCommission staff for consideration and feedback and to the City’s Planning Commission for a\npublic hearing;\n2. Direct City staff to process an urgency version of the Design Review Efficiency Ordinance for\nconsideration by the Planning Commission and City Council;\n3. Direct staff to process an urgency and non­urgency version of the Efficiency Ordinance for\nconsideration by the City Council;\n4. Adopt a Resolution that limits the Design Review Board and Planning Commission, as\nappropriate, to a maximum of two public hearings and meetings on a housing development\nproject application; and\n5. Find the actions exempt under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301.\nPUBLIC HEARINGS ­ NON APPEALS. This section is for matters (other than appeals) that are\nstructured as Public Hearings. Public hearings are different from regular business items in that there is a\nspecific time period where a formal hearing is opened by the presiding officer, public comment is\naccepted from any member of the public, and the hearing is closed by the presiding officer. Generally\neach public speaker has one opportunity to speak. The City Council conducts all Public Hearings in\naccordance with the provisions of applicable Laguna Beach procedure and State law. The presiding\nofficer shall have discretion to establish the time allocated for public comment.

22. \nCONSIDERATION OF 2025 MILLS ACT CONTRACTS FOR FOUR (4) HISTORIC\nRESOURCE PROPERTIES AND FINDING THE ACTIONS EXEMPT FROM THE\nCALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT UNDER CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION\n15331\nJ.\nRecommendations:\n1. Adopt the attached Resolutions approving the Mills Act Preservation Agreements for 426 Holly\nStreet, 501 Lombardy Lane, 503 Brooks Street, and 2646 Victoria Drive;\n2. Authorize the City Manager to sign the contract agreements with the owners of the subject\nproperties; and\n3. Find the recommended actions exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant\nto state CEQA Guidelines section 15331 and direct staff to cause the notice of exemption to be\nfiled with the County Clerk and State Clearinghouse.\nK.\nPUBLIC HEARINGS FOR APPEALS. This section is specifically for appeals of determinations of\nA. APPEAL OF DESIGN REVIEW BOARD APPROVAL OF DESIGN REVIEW 24­2113 FOR\nMODIFICATIONS TO A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED LANDSCAPE PLAN FOR AN EXISTING\nSINGLE­FAMILY DWELLING AT 1813 TEMPLE HILLS DRIVE LOCATED IN THE R­1,\nRESIDENTIAL LOW­DENSITY ZONE, AND CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION UNDER THE\nCALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT GUIDELINES SECTION 15304 (CLASS 4)\nRecommendations:\n1. Continue to conduct the Public Hearing that was opened at the October 28, 2025 Council\nmeeting, including receiving an updated staff report and taking public testimony and evidence\nrelating to the consideration of Design Review 24­2113 for modifications to a previously\napproved landscape plan for an existing single­family dwelling and the California Environmental\nQuality Act exemption under Section 15304 of the state CEQA Guidelines;\n2. Adopt a Resolution titled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF\nLAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DENYING THE APPEAL AND SUSTAINING THE\nDESIGN REVIEW BOARD’S APPROVAL OF DESIGN REVIEW 24­2113 FOR\nMODIFICATIONS TO A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED LANDSCAPE PLAN FOR AN\nEXISTING SINGLE­FAMILY DWELLING AT 1813 TEMPLE HILLS DRIVE LOCATED\nIN THE R­1, RESIDENTIAL LOW­DENSITY ZONE, AND CATEGORICAL\nEXEMPTION UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT\nGUIDELINES SECTION 15304 (CLASS 4),” upholding the Design Review Board’s\nconditional approval of Design Review 24­2113; and\n3. Find the project categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to\nCEQA Guidelines Section 15304 (Class 4 – Minor Alterations to Land).\nB. APPEAL OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR’S DESIGNEE’S APPROVAL OF\nDESIGN REVIEW 25­0891 FOR AN ELEVATED DECK ADDITION AT 31421 HOLLY DRIVE\nIN THE R­1, RESIDENTIAL LOW­DENSITY ZONE, AND FINDING THE PROJECT\nCATEGORICALLY EXEMPT UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT\nGUIDELINES SECTION 15301 (CLASS 1)\nRecommendations:\n1. Open the public hearing, take public testimony, and continue the public hearing on the appeal to\nDecember 9, 2025; and\n2. Find the Project categorically exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).\nC. APPEAL OF DESIGN REVIEW BOARD APPROVAL OF DESIGN REVIEW 24­0658 AND\nCOASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT 24­0657 FOR A NEW SINGLE­FAMILY DWELLING,\nATTACHED TWO­CAR GARAGE, ELEVATED DECKS, GRADING, AND LANDSCAPING,\nAND DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING SINGLE­FAMILY DWELLING AT 31526 VALIDO\nROAD IN THE R­1, RESIDENTIAL LOW­DENSITY ZONE, AND FINDING THE PROJECT\nCATEGORICALLY EXEMPT UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT\nGUIDELINES SECTION 15303 (CLASS 3)\nRecommendations:\n1. Open the public hearing, take public testimony, and continue the public hearing on the appeal to\nJanuary 13, 2026; and\n2. Find the Project categorically exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).\nD. APPEAL OF DESIGN REVIEW BOARD’S APPROVAL OF DESIGN REVIEW 24­1151 AND\nCOASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT 24­1152, FOR ADDITIONS AND REMODEL OF AN\nEXISTING SINGLE­FAMILY DWELLING, NEW TWO­CAR GARAGE, ELEVATED DECK\nADDITIONS, GRADING, LANDSCAPING, NEW POOL AND SPA, AND A NEW ATTACHED\nACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, AND VARIANCE 24­1153 FOR ADDITIONS INTO THE\nFRONT YARD, REAR YARD, AND ADDITIONAL BUILDING SETBACKS, AND A NEW\nPOOL IN THE FRONT YARD SETBACK AT 31731 SEACOVE DRIVE IN THE R­1,\nRESIDENTIAL LOW­DENSITY ZONE, AND FINDING THE PROJECT CATEGORICALLY\nEXEMPT UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT GUIDELINES\nSECTION 15301 (CLASS 1)\nRecommendations:\n1. Open the public hearing, take public testimony, and continue the public hearing on the appeal to\nJanuary 27, 2026; and\n2. Find the Project categorically exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).​\nL.

3. \nPROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING LAGUNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM\nRecommendations:

4. \nPROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING LAGUNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM\nRecommendations:

5. \nMINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS

6. \nAPPROVAL OF GENERAL WARRANTS AND PAYROLL DISTRIBUTIONS\nRecommendations: 1. Approve the general warrants and payroll distributions.

7. \nMONTHLY TREASURER’S AND INVESTMENT REPORT (SEPTEMBER 2025)\nRecommendations: 1. Receive and file the September 2025 Monthly Treasurer’s and Investment Report\n(which are the two attachments).

8. \nCLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY\nRecommendations:\n1. Reject Claim #25­13 filed by State Farm c/o Kendra Ozorio;\n2. Reject Claim #25­39 filed by Alex Salaverria; and\n3. Reject Claim #25­47 filed by Nicole Rice.

9. \nAGREEMENT WITH ENVISIO SOLUTIONS INC. FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF A\nSOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT TRACKS CITY PROJECTS AND GOALS WHILE ENHANCING\nPUBLIC TRANSPARENCY\nRecommendations:\n1. Approve the agreement with Envisio Solutions Inc. for a three­year subscription to a\nperformance management software platform for a three­year cost of $126,436, inclusive of\nimplementation and licensing;\n2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement, in a form approved by the City Attorney;\nand\n3. Find this action is not a “project“ under to the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to\nSection 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines.