Laguna Beach — 2026-04-14

1.\nConference with Labor Negotiators\nPursuant to Government Code § 54957.6\n1a.       Agency-designated representative: Dave Kiff, City Manager\nEmployee Organization: Police Employee’s Association\n1b.       Agency-designated representative: Dave Kiff, City Manager\nEmployee Organization: Municipal Employee’s Association\n1c.       Agency-designated representative: Dave Kiff, City Manager\nEmployee Organization: Police and Fire Management Association- Police Unit

10.\nSECOND AMENDMENT TO TEMPORARY STAFFING PROFESSIONALS, INC.,\nAGREEMENT FOR ON CALL TEMPORARY STAFFING SERVICES\nRecommendations:\n1. Authorize the City Manager to execute a Second Amendment to Agreement No.\n25-72 with     Temporary Staffing Professionals, Inc., to increase the contract by\n$150,000 for a revised total not to exceed the amount of $250,000 and extend the\nterm through September 30, 2026; and\n2. Find that the action does not constitute a project under the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act pursuant to Guidelines Section 15378.

11.\nAWARD OF CONTRACT FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION AND APPRAISAL\nSERVICES FOR THE COAST HIGHWAY SIDEWALK GAP CLOSURES TO\nACHIEVE COMPLETE STREETS (CARDINAL TO 7TH) PROJECT\nRecommendations:\n1. Authorize the City Manager to execute a professional services agreement with\nBender Rosenthal, Inc. (BRI) in the amount of $128,679.61, to provide right-of-\nway acquisition and appraisal services for the Coast Highway Sidewalk Gap\nClosures (Cardinal to 7th) Project;\n2. Authorize the City Manager to approve future project-related expenses and change\norders for unforeseen circumstances in an amount not-to-exceed $12,000; and\n3. Find that said actions are not projects pursuant to California Environmental\nQuality Act Guidelines section 15378(b)(4). Further, these actions are statutorily\nexempt from the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to CEQA\nGuidelines sections 15060(c)(2) and 15262.

12.\nSERVICE PROVIDER AGREEMENT WITH COMMUNITY COUNTERPART\nSERVICES FOR VIEW PRESERVATION, VIEW RESTORATION AND HEDGE\nHEIGHT CLAIM PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES\nRecommendations:\n1. Authorize the City Manager to execute an Agreement with Community\nCounterpart Services for a not-to-exceed amount of $150,000 per fiscal year for a\nthree (3) year and two (2) month term; and\n2. Find that the action is not a “project” under the California Environmental Quality\nAct (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines.

13.\nAUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE\nMEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE COUNTY OF ORANGE FOR\nTHE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM\nRecommendations:\n1. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Third Amendment to the Memorandum\nof Understanding with the County of Orange for the Community Development\nBlock Grant Program, extending the term through June 30, 2027, and secure\n$140,326 to offset operational costs at the City’s Alternative Sleeping Location in\nFiscal Year 2027; and\n2. Find that the proposed action is not a “project” under the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) and\n(5).

14.\nINTERVIEWS AND APPOINTMENT TO THE ORANGE COUNTY MOSQUITO &\nVECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT (OCMVCD)\nRecommendations: Appoint Joanne McMahon to serve on the Orange County Mosquito\n& Vector Control District Board, with a term beginning immediately, through January 3,\n2028.

15.\nWORKPLAN TO EVALUATE JOINING THE ORANGE COUNTY POWER\nAUTHORITY (ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE)\nRecommendations: Direct staff and the Environmental Sustainability Committee (ESC) to\nimplement the proposed work plan and return to the City Council with findings,\ncommunity input, and a recommendation regarding potential Orange County Power\nAuthority (OCPA) membership at the October enrollment decision timeline.\nD.\nREGULAR BUSINESS.  This section is for a wide variety of matters generally worthy\nof separate discussion such as the consideration of ordinances for introduction,\nresolutions, extraordinary\npolicy and business\nmatters, staff\nreports and\nrecommendations. The presiding officer will take public comment on each Regular\nBusiness item.  Each speaker shall have up to three minutes for each agendized Regular\nBusiness item, as may be shortened or extended, or a cumulative limit on the time for all\npublic speakers may be imposed, at the discretion of the Presiding Officer. Pursuant to\nCalifornia Government Code section 54953(b)(3), any member of the public wishing to\naddress the legislative body directly pursuant to California Government Code section\n54954.3 may do so at each teleconference location at the time the item is considered.

16.\nFIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 18 AND SECTIONS\n6.16.020 AND 8.04.010 OF THE LAGUNA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE AND\nADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION FOR SPECIAL EVENTS\nRecommendations:\n1. Adopt the Resolution titled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF\nTHE CITY OF LAGUNA\nBEACH, CALIFORNIA,\nESTABLISHING\nLOCATIONS WHERE SPECIAL EVENTS ARE ALLOWED AND RULES AND\nREGULATIONS GOVERNING SPECIAL EVENTS; AND FINDING THE\nACTION, CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA\nENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT PURSUANT TO STATE CEQA\nGUIDELINES SECTION 15304”; and\n2. Waive the full reading and introduce by title only, “AN ORDINANCE OF THE\nCITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH, AMENDING TITLE 18\nAND SECTIONS 6.16.020 AND 8.04.010 OF THE LAGUNA BEACH\nMUNICIPAL CODE; AND FINDING SUCH ACTION EXEMPT FROM THE\nCALIFORNIA\nENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY\nACT UNDER CEQA\nGUIDELINES SECTION 15304”.

17.\nRESOLUTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS RELATED TO SALE OF BONDS FOR\nUNDERGROUND UTILITY ASSESSMENT DISTRICT 2021-3 (FAIRVIEW/LA\nBREA)\nRecommendations:\n1. Adopt the attached Resolution titled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF\nLAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DETERMINING UNPAID ASSESSMENTS\nIN UNDERGROUND UTILITY ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2021-3\n(FAIRVIEW/LA BREA) AND THE MANNER OF PAYMENT THEREOF AND\nLISTING BONDS ISSUED ON THE SECURITY THEREOF”;\n2. Adopt the attached Resolution titled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF\nLAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY\nOF LAGUNA BEACH UNDERGROUND UTILITY ASSESSMENT DISTRICT\nNO. 2021-3 (FAIRVIEW/LA BREA) LIMITED OBLIGATION IMPROVEMENT\nBONDS, AWARDING THE SALE OF SUCH BONDS, APPROVING FISCAL\nAGENT AGREEMENT, OFFICIAL STATEMENT, BOND PURCHASE\nAGREEMENT, AND CONTINUING DISCLOSURE CERTIFICATE AND\nAUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR FINANCE DIRECTOR TO\nNEGOTIATE THE TERMS OF THE PURCHASE OF THE BONDS”;\n3. Approve the purchase of Underground Utility Assessment District 2021-3\n(Fairview/La Brea) public offering municipal serial bonds at a 25-year term with\nan estimated true interest cost of 5.01%;\n4. Authorize the City Manager to award a task order to Accenture in the amount of\n$160,300 for construction management and inspection services, and authorize the\nCity Manager to approve project-related expenses and change orders for additional\nconstruction inspection services that may be required in an amount not-to-exceed\n$20,000;\n5. Appropriate $5,058,750 for construction and other related expenses within\nUnderground Utility Assessment District 2021-3 (Fairview/La Brea), increase\nrevenues by the same amount, and authorize the City Manager to expend all\nappropriated funds;\n6. Authorize the City Manager to enter into necessary utility company agreements\nand make advance payments to the utility companies for their construction\nservices for a total amount of $1,208,831; and\n7. Determine that the action is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act\npursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15301(b), 15302(c) & (d), and 15303(d).

18.\nPROPOSED UNDERGROUND UTILITY ASSESSMENT DISTRICT 2025-3\n(BLUEBIRD CANYON DRIVE)\nRecommendations:\n1. Direct staff to establish a fund for proposed Underground Utility Assessment\nDistrict 2025-3, as shown on the attached Boundary Map;\n2. Appropriate $310,000 from the Wildfire Mitigation and Fire Safety Fund for\nassessment engineering, bid document preparation, and utility designs for the\nproposed assessment district;\n3. Direct staff to request that utility companies proceed with design for the proposed\nassessment district and authorize the City Manager to enter into necessary utility\ncompany agreements and make advance payments to the utility companies for\ntheir designs;\n4. Direct staff to solicit proposals for assessment engineering, bid document\npreparation, and street lighting design for the proposed assessment district; and\n5. Determine that the action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality\nAct pursuant to CEQA guidelines section 15301(b), 15302(c) & (d), and 15303(d).

19.\nREPORT ON AMBULANCE PROGRAM PERFORMANCE, RATE INCREASE AND\nAMBULANCE PURCHASE\nRecommendations:\n1. Receive and file the Ambulance Program report;\n2. Adopt the attached resolution titled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY\nCOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA,\nESTABLISHING THE RATES FOR THE PROVISION OF ADVANCED LIFE\nSUPPORT (ALS) SERVICE AND BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS) GROUND\nAMBULANCE TRANSPORT SERVICE, AND PROVIDING FOR ANNUAL\nADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR FIVE\nYEARS, AND FINDING THE SAME EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA\nENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT”, increasing the City’s ambulance transport\nbase rate fee, mileage fee, and incidental materials fee in line with Consumer Price\nIndex increases;\n3. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute a Cooperative Purchase\nAgreement with Professional Sales and Service, L.C., and related financing\ndocuments for the purchase of one (1) ambulance, in an amount not-to-exceed\n$314,988.71 over a seven-year term (with estimated annual payments of\napproximately $55,000), subject to annual budget appropriations;\n4. Appropriate $55,000 from the available fund balance in the Vehicle Replacement\nFund, for the first year payment in FY 2025-26; and\n5. Determine that the action is not a project under the California Environmental\nQuality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15378(b)(4) and (5),\nand alternatively is categorically exempt under Section 15301 (Existing Facilities),\nand that none of the exceptions in Section 15300.2 apply.

2.\nPublic Employee Performance Evaluation\nPursuant to Government Code Section 54957(b)\n2a.       Title: Dave Kiff, City Manager\n2b.       Title: Megan Garibaldi, City Attorney\nC.\nADJOURN FROM CLOSED SESSION, RETURN TO OPEN SESSION\nREGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING\n**********************************************************\nA.\nROLL CALL – 5:00 PM\nB.\nPLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Mayor Orgill\nC.\nCLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT(S).    A Closed Session report shall be\nprovided, as required pursuant to California Government Code Section 54950 et seq.\nD.\nADDITIONS AND DELETIONS.  As may be deemed necessary by the City Manager,\nagenda items may from time to time be deleted from the agenda; in such event, the City\nManager shall endeavor to provide as much advance notice to the community as\nreasonably possible about the removal of such items. Agenda items may only be added in\naccordance with Government Code Section 54950 et seq.\nE.\nPRESENTATIONS.  The City Council shall from time to time recognize individuals and\norganizations and present awards or Certificates of Appreciation, or receive special\npresentations, as previously scheduled and described below.\n1.\nPRESENTATION LAGUNA BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY\nRecommendations: Receive a presentation from the Laguna Beach Historical Society\nhighlighting the history of Laguna Beach.\nA.

21.\n600 BUENA VISTA WAY: CONSIDERATION OF A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT\nAND LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT TO AMEND THE OPEN SPACE\nAND CONSERVATION ELEMENT TO REMOVE A DESIGNATED SIGNIFICANT\nNATURAL WATERCOURSE FROM THE MAJOR WATERSHEDS AND DRAINAGE\nCOURSES MAP AND FINDING THE ACTION EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA\nENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT UNDER STATE CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION\n15061(B)(3)\nRecommendations:\n1. Adopt the Resolution titled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF\nTHE CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING GENERAL\nPLAN AMENDMENT 25-2345 AND LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM\nAMENDMENT 25-2369, AMENDING THE CITY’S OPEN SPACE AND\nCONSERVATION ELEMENT TO REMOVE A DESIGNATED SIGNIFICANT\nNATURAL WATERCOURSE FROM THE MAJOR WATERSHEDS AND\nDRAINAGE COURSES MAP LOCATED AT AND AROUND 600 BUENA\nVISTA WAY;\nREQUESTING SUCH LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM\nAMENDMENT CERTIFICATION BY THE CALIFORNIA\nCOASTAL\nCOMMISSION; AND FINDING THE ACTION EXEMPT FROM THE\nCALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT PURSUANT TO STATE\nCEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15061(B)(3)”; and\n2. Find that the proposed adoption of the proposed amendment to the General Plan\nand Local Coastal Program is exempt from further review under the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act under section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA\nGuidelines.

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

4.\nMONTHLY TREASURER’S AND INVESTMENT REPORT (FEBRUARY 2026)\nRecommendations:\n1. Receive and file the February 2026 report.

5.\nCLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY\nRecommendations:\n1. Reject Claim #26-04 filed by Eleanor Martel Gardner;\n2. Reject Claim #25-55 filed by Ben Arnold;\n3. Reject Claim #26-11 filed by Martin Lopez Rodriguez;\n4. Reject Claim #26-47 filed by Julia Reyes;\n5. Reject Claim #26-06 filed by Carly Wilner;\n6 Reject Clain #26-07 filed by Susan O’Brien;\n7. Reject Claim #26-12 filed by James Huff; and\n8. Reject Claim #26-05 filed by Cara Castillo.

6.\n2026 SUMMER PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN AND TRANSIT SERVICES\nUPDATE\nRecommendations:\n1. Receive and file an update on the summer 2025 Parking Management Plan and\ntransit service performance;\n2. Acknowledge the current cost per boarding of the Laguna Canyon On Demand\nService, and direct staff to report back with recommendations as to continuing its\nactivities ”as is” or to reduce, restructure, or cancel this route due to its current\ncost per boarding; and\n3. Approve the 2026 Parking Management Plan, which consists of authorizing the\nCity Manager to take the following actions:\na. Execute license or lease agreements, as appropriate, in a form approved by\nthe City Attorney, or continue existing agreements, with Mission Hospital\nLaguna Beach, Laguna College of Art and Design, and property owner of\n16555 Laguna Canyon Road (Irvine), and 303 Legion Street (Lot 21) with\nthe terms reflected in Figure 3.\nb. Offer low-cost peripheral parking at Lot 16 (ACT V) seven days a week\nfrom 8 a.m. to midnight, with free trolley service connecting to the art\nfestivals and downtown, at a cost of $5 on weekdays and $10 on weekends\nand holidays.\nc. Execute a license agreement, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with\nFestival of the Arts allowing (i) the Festival of the Arts to use 65 parking\nspaces in Lot 12 (the Lumberyard Lot) after 6 p.m. on weekdays and\nweekends; (ii) the Festival of the Arts to use 25 parking spaces (spaces 1 –\n25) at the Lot 13 (Laguna Beach Community and Susi Q Center); (iii) the\nFestival of the Arts to rent the entirety of Lot 10 one time between July 1,\n2026 through August 30, 2026 to host a special event.\nd. Execute a memorandum of understanding, in a form approved by the City\nAttorney, with Festival of Arts, Sawdust Festival, and Art-A-Fair for use\nof  Lot 16 (ACT V) and the LCAD Parking Lot whereby the City will\nrecover the costs related to use of the lots, including the shuttle bus\nservices to the festivals’ respective grounds, based on festival attendance\nduring the summer.\ne. Offer a $25 parking pass for unlimited parking at LCAD Parking Lot seven\ndays a week and a $50 parking pass seven days a week for  parking at Lot\n16 (ACT V) from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m., LCAD Parking Lot from 8 a.m. to 12\na.m., and Lot 13 (Laguna Beach Community and Susi Q Center) Monday -\nFriday from 5 p.m. - 2 a.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 8 a.m. - 2\na.m.    and offer a limited pre-sale of each pass to the Festival of Arts,\nSawdust Festival, Art-A-Fair, and Laguna Playhouse prior to making the\npasses available to the general public.\nf. Continue Passport to the Arts parking permit program and authorize the\nCity Manager to approve a City-offered discount rate of $3 for Lot 16\n(ACT V) for the festivals to provide to patrons as part of the program.\ng. Implement summer trolley services to begin on June 26, 2026 and\nconclude on September 7, 2026 for routes identified in Figure 4.\nh. Implement the summer Laguna Beach Local On-Demand Service to begin\non June 26, 2026 and conclude on September 7, 2026 from 9 a.m. to 11:30\np.m. at more than 150 stops in North Laguna, South Laguna, Top of the\nWorld, Bluebird Canyon, Arch Beach Heights, Laguna Canyon Road, and\ndowntown.\ni. Implement a print and digital marketing program to promote summer\ntrolley service, the Laguna Beach Trolley app, low or no-cost peripheral\nparking lots, the Laguna Beach Parking app, and the City’s new one-time\nmobile payment option for parking; provide enhanced wayfinding signage\nalong Laguna Canyon Road and Coast Highway directing visitors to\nperipheral parking lots and other key destinations; and display a digital\nsign outside of ACT V lot to display real-time parking availability.

7.\nFIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3.24 OF THE\nLAGUNA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING THE CITY’S FINANCIAL\nGUIDELINES AND BUDGETING PROCEDURES AND APPROVAL OF BUDGET\nCHANGE PROCESS ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY\nRecommendations:\n1. Introduce and waive first reading for an Ordinance titled, "AN ORDINANCE OF\nTHE CITY COUNCIL OF LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING\nCHAPTER 3.24 OF THE LAGUNA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING\nTHE CITY’S FINANCIAL GUIDELINES AND BUDGETING PROCEDURES,\nDELETING SECTION 3.01.060 DEALING WITH A BOND REQUIREMENT\nFOR THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND FINDING THE ORDINANCE IS NOT\nA PROJECT SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY\nACT”;\n2. Adopt the Resolution titled, “\nA RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF\nTHE CITY OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING\nCITY COUNCIL POLICY NO. 4.1, BUDGET CHANGE REQUEST POLICY,\nTO BE ADDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND PROCEDURES\nMANUAL, AND FINDING SUCH ACTION EXEMPT FROM THE\nCALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT UNDER STATE CEQA\nGUIDELINES SECTION 15378”; and\n3. Find that the recommended action is not a project under the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378.

8.\nSERVICE PROVIDER AGREEMENT FOR DOWNTOWN TREE LIGHTING\nPROGRAM\nRecommendations:\n1. Authorize the City Manager to into a Professional Services Agreement with the\nChamber of Commerce for the Downtown Holiday Tree Lighting Program for\nFiscal Year 2026-27; and\n2. Find this action is not a project subject to California Environmental Quality Act\npursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378.

9.\nFIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE SALE AND USE OF\nGLUE TRAPS IN LAGUNA BEACH\nRecommendations:\n1. Waive full reading and introduce for first reading of an Ordinance titled, “AN\nORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH,\nCALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 6.24.030 OF THE LAGUNA BEACH\nMUNICIPAL CODE AND ADDING SECTION 6.24.070 TO CHAPTER 6.24 OF\nTHE LAGUNA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE SALE AND\nUSE OF GLUE TRAPS AND FINDING THE SAME EXEMPT FROM THE\nCALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT”; and\n2. Find that the recommended action is not a project under the California Environmental\nQuality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 and, in the\nalternative, is exempt from CEQA under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15308.