Laguna Beach — 2026-06-09

1. PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE 60TH DOWNLOAD\nANNIVERSARY OF THE SAWDUST ART FESTIVAL\nRecommendations:\n1. Approve the Proclamation recognizing the 60th\nAnniversary of the Sawdust Art Festival.

10. APPROVE REVOCABLE NON-EXCLUSIVE LICENSE DOWNLOAD\nAGREEMENT WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS\nCOMPANY FOR EXISTING FACILITIES OF DATA\nCOLLECTOR UNITS ON CITY-OWNED\nSTREETLIGHTS\nRecommendations:\n1. Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a\nRevocable Non-Exclusive License Agreement with\nSouthern California Gas Company for the placement of\nData Collector Units (“DCUs”) on City-owned\nstreetlights;\n2. Accept the one-time payment of $10,136 and deposit it\ninto the Street Lighting and Utility Fund (134); and\n3. Find that the proposed action is exempt from the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\npursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301 and\n15061(b)(3), because the agreement authorizes the\ncontinued operation and maintenance of existing utility\ncommunication equipment attached to existing\nstreetlight infrastructure with no expansion of existing\nuse.

11. AWARD OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR ZONE DOWNLOAD\n7 SIDEWALK/ CONCRETE REPAIRS (PROJECT\nC2423)\nRecommendations:\n1. Award and authorize the City Manager to execute a\ncontract with Gentry General Engineering Inc., in the\namount of $213,871.38 for the Zone 7\nSidewalk/Concrete Repairs Project;\n2. Authorize the City Manager to approve project-related\nexpenses and construction change-orders for\nunforeseen circumstances in an amount not to exceed\n$32,000;\n3. Approve the transfer of $71,209 from the CPY21 Zone\n4 Street Concrete Rehabilitation Project to Project\nC2423 Zone 7 Sidewalk/Concrete Repairs Project;\n4. Approve the transfer of $100,000 from Project C2610 –\nAnnual Concrete Repairs to Project C2423 Zone 7\nSidewalk/Concrete Repairs Project; and\n5. Find that the project is categorically exempt from the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act pursuant to\nCEQA Guidelines Section 15301(c).

12. AWARD OF CONTRACT TO DR. WILLIAM DODGE DOWNLOAD\nFOR FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDICAL DIRECTOR\nSERVICES\nRecommendations:\n1. Award and authorize the City Manager to execute a\ntwo (2) year professional services agreement, with up\nto three (3) one-year extensions, with Dr. William\nDodge for Fire Department Medical Director services\nin an amount not to exceed $120,000; and\n2. Determine that the proposed action is not subject to the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”)\npursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5)\nbecause the action involves administrative activities\nthat will not result in direct or indirect physical changes\nto the environment

13. AWARD OF CONTRACT TO DONNA M. CLOE, RN DOWNLOAD\nFOR FIRE DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY MEDICAL\nSERVICES EDUCATOR AND CONTINUOUS QUALITY\nIMPROVEMENT SERVICES\nRecommendations:\n1. Award and authorize the City Manager to execute a\ntwo (2) year professional services agreement, with up\nto three (3) one-year extensions, with Donna M. Cloe,\nRN for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Educator\nand Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) services\nin an amount not to exceed $175,000; and\n2. Determine that the proposed action is not subject to the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”)\npursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5)\nbecause the action involves administrative activities\nthat will not result in direct or indirect physical changes\nto the environment.

14. AMENDMENT TO CITY COUNCIL POLICY MANUAL DOWNLOAD\nRecommendations:\n1. Adopt the attached Resolution titled, “A\nRESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF\nLAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ADDING\nPOLICY 4.1 REGARDING LEAVES OF ABSENCE\nTO, AND AMENDING POLICIES 1.1 AND 1.3\nRELATING TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR,\nTHE CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND PROCEDURES\nMANUAL, RESCINDING ANY PREVIOUS CITY\nCOUNCIL ACTION INCONSISTENT WITH\nPOLICY 4.1, AND FINDING SUCH ACTION IS\nNOT A PROJECT UNDER THE CALIFORNIA\nENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT”; and\n2. Find that the recommended action is not subject to the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”)\npursuant to CEQA Guideline section 15378 as the\nrecommended action does not constitute a “project” for\npurpose of CEQA.

15. APPROVAL OF A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING DOWNLOAD\nAGREEMENT WITH PRESIDIO NETWORK\nSOLUTIONS AND AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE\nNETWORK EQUIPMENT FOR THE EMERGENCY\nOPERATIONS CENTER PROJECT\nRecommendations:\n1. Authorize the City Manager to execute a cooperative\npurchasing agreement with Presidio Network\nSolutions, a Cisco authorized reseller of network\ncommunications equipment and services, utilizing\nNASPO ValuePoint Master Agreement Contract\nNumber AR3227, as amended by State of California\nParticipating Addendum Number 7-20-70-47-01,\nsubject to approval as to form by the City Attorney;\n2. Authorize the City Manager to approve up to two\nadditional one-year renewal terms, subject to the\ncontinued availability of the NASPO ValuePoint\nMaster Agreement and annual budget approval;\n3. Contingent upon approval of Recommendation No. 1,\nauthorize the City Manager to purchase Cisco network\nswitches from Presidio Network Solutions in an\namount not to exceed $123,662 for the Emergency\nOperations Center Technology Upgrade Project; and\n4. Find that the recommended actions are not subject to\nthe California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\npursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378, as they\ninvolve administrative procurement activities that will\nnot result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable physical\nchange in the environment.

16. APPROVAL OF COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER DOWNLOAD\nLICENSE AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHERN\nCALIFORNIA EDISON\nRecommendations:\n1. Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a\nCommunity Resource Center License Agreement\nbetween the City of Laguna Beach and Southern\nCalifornia Edison Company for the use of designated\nCity facilities during Public Safety Power Shutoff\nevents and other public safety-related power outage\nincidents; and\n2. Find that this action does not constitute a “project”\nwithin the meaning of the California Environmental\nQuality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21065; 14\nCCR Section 15378(b)(5)).\nD. REGULAR BUSINESS. This section is for a wide variety of matters generally\nworthy of separate discussion such as the consideration of ordinances for\nintroduction, resolutions, extraordinary policy and business matters, staff reports 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\nRegular Business item, as may be shortened or extended, or a cumulative limit on the\ntime for all public speakers may be imposed, at the discretion of the Presiding Officer.\nPursuant to California Government Code section 54953(b)(3), any member of the\npublic wishing to address the legislative body directly pursuant to California\nGovernment Code section 54954.3 may do so at each teleconference location at the\ntime the item is considered.

17. PRESENTATION BY MISSION HOSPITAL LAGUNA DOWNLOAD\nBEACH\nRecommendations:\n1. Receive and file a presentation from Mission Hospital\nLaguna Beach regarding hospital operations, services,\ncommunity programs, and other matters of interest to\nthe Laguna Beach community; and\n2. Find that receiving and filing the presentation is not\nsubject to the California Environmental Quality Act\n(CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378\nbecause the action does not constitute a project.

18. VILLAGE GREEN PARK PLAYGROUND DESIGN DOWNLOAD\nRecommendations:\n1. Receive a presentation on conceptual design\nalternatives for the Village Green Park Playground\nproject;\n2. Provide direction regarding the preferred design\napproach and level of improvement for the Village\nGreen Park Playground; and\n3. Find the recommended action consistent with\ngovernment activities, which do not result in a direct or\nindirect physical change in the environment and\ntherefore does not constitute a “Project” within the\nmeaning of the California Environmental Quality Act.

19. WILDFIRE MITIGATION AND FIRE SAFETY DOWNLOAD\nREPORT 2025 UPDATE AND RELATED BUDGET\nTRANSFERS\nRecommendations:\n1. Receive & file general presentation on the status of the\nWildfire Mitigation and Fire Safety Report 2025\nUpdate;\n2. Authorize a budget transfer of $190,000 from the Fire\nDepartment Wildfire Mitigation and Fire Safety Ad\nHoc Committee initiatives account (1412401-72071)\nand $30,000 from the Community Development\nDepartment Wildfire Mitigation and Fire Safety Ad\nHoc Committee initiatives account (1414106-72071-\nS2605) to the Public Works Department Traffic Signal\nPriority System Project account (1413100-72071-\nS2601) for implementation of the Opticom System;\n3. Receive & file the Community Wildfire Protection\nPlan, thereby acknowledging the document as a guide\nfor future wildfire mitigation planning, preparedness,\nand resilience efforts within the City; and\n4. Find that the recommended actions are not a project\npursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 and are\ntherefore not subject to CEQA.

2. RECOGNITION OF THE SISTER CITIES DOWNLOAD\nINTERNATIONAL YOUNG ARTISTS AND AUTHORS\nSHOWCASE WINNERS\nRecommendations:\n1. Recognize the Laguna Beach winners of the Sister\nCities International Young Artists and Authors\nShowcase; and\n2. Find that the recommended action is not subject to the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\npursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 because it\ndoes not constitute a project.

3. MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS DOWNLOAD\nRecommendations: Receive and file the minutes of the May\n26, 2026, Joint City Council/Planning Commission/Design\nReview Board Study Session, and minutes of the May 26,\n2026, Regular Meeting for the City Council.

4. APPROVAL OF GENERAL WARRANTS AND DOWNLOAD\nPAYROLL DISTRIBUTION\nRecommendations: 1. Approve the general warrants and\npayroll distributions.

5. MONTHLY TREASURER’S AND INVESTMENT DOWNLOAD\nREPORT (APRIL 2026)\nRecommendations:\n1. Receive and file the April 2026 report.

6. CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY DOWNLOAD\nRecommendations:\n1. Reject Claim #26-13 filed by Emir Bezdrop;\n2. Reject Claim #26-21 filed by The Greeters Corner; and\n3. Reject Claim #26-27 filed by Mehrdad Mohimani.

7. PUBLIC WORKS QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS LIST DOWNLOAD\nFOR CALIFORNIA UNIFORM PUBLIC\nCONSTRUCTION COST ACCOUNTING ACT\nRecommendations:\n1. Receive and file the Qualified Contractors List; and\n2. Find that the proposed actions are exempt under the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\npursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3) and\n15308. Or in the alternative that the proposed action is\nnot a “project” under CEQA pursuant to CEQA\nGuidelines section 15378.

8. AWARD OF CONTRACTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS ON- DOWNLOAD\nCALL CONSULTANT SERVICES\nRecommendations:\n1. Approve the selection of firms for the Public Works\nOn-Call Consultant Team for professional consulting\nservices;\n2. Authorize the City Manager to execute professional\nservices agreements, in a form approved by the City\nAttorney, with selected On-Call Consultant Team firms\nfor a three-year period;\n3. Authorize the City Manager to approve and execute\nproject-specific task orders, on an as-needed basis, for\nindividual projects with fees of $100,000 or less, with\neach task order treated as a separate authorization\nunder the City’s Purchasing Policy and Laguna Beach\nMunicipal Code Chapter 2.30;\n4. Authorize staff to return to the City Council for\napproval of any individual task order exceeding\n$100,000; and\n5. Find that the proposed actions are exempt under the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\npursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3) and\n15308. Or in the alternative that the proposed action is\nnot a “project” under CEQA pursuant to CEQA\nGuidelines section 15378.

9. ANNUAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT INVENTORY DOWNLOAD\nREPORT (AB 481)\nRecommendations:\n1. Receive and file the attached report per the\nrequirements of California Assembly Bill 481;\n2. Authorize the police department to conduct a public\nmeeting in the City Council Chambers on June 17,\n2026 at 8:00 a.m.; and\n3. Determine that the proposed action is not a “project”\nfor purposes of the California Environmental Quality\nAct (“CEQA”).

A. 31565 EAGLE ROCK WAY: PUBLIC HEARING FOR DOWNLOAD\nAPPEAL OF DESIGN REVIEW BOARD APPROVAL OF\nDESIGN REVIEW 2025-0407 FOR A NEW SINGLE-\nFAMILY DWELLING, ATTACHED TWO-CAR\nGARAGE, ELEVATED DECK, GRADING, POOL, SPA,\nLANDSCAPING, HARDSCAPE, NEW VEHICULAR\nACCESS, PUBLIC STREET IMPROVEMENTS, AND\nDEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING STORAGE\nBUILDING, AND COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT\n2025-0408 FOR A DETACHED ACCESSORY\nDWELLING UNIT AT 31565 EAGLE ROCK WAY IN\nTHE VC (VILLAGE COMMUNITY) ZONE, SUBJECT\nTO IMPOSING A MORE RESTRICTIVE CONDITION\nOF APPROVAL, AND CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION\nUNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL\nQUALITY ACT GUIDELINES SECTION 15303 (CLASS\n3)\nRecommendations:\n1. Conduct a Public Hearing, including receiving a staff\nreport and taking public testimony and evidence\nrelating to the consideration of Design Review 2025-\n0407 and Coastal Development Permit 2025-0408 and\nthe California Environmental Quality Act exemption\nunder Section 15303 of the state CEQA Guidelines;\nand\n2. Adopt the Resolution titled, “A RESOLUTION OF\nTHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA\nBEACH, CALIFORNIA, DENYING THE APPEAL\nAND SUSTAINING THE DECISION OF THE\nDESIGN REVIEW BOARD TO CONDITIONALLY\nAPPROVE DESIGN REVIEW 2025-0407 FOR A\nNEW SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING, ATTACHED\nTWO-CAR GARAGE, ELEVATED DECK,\nGRADING, POOL, SPA, LANDSCAPING,\nHARDSCAPE, NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS,\nPUBLIC STREET IMPROVEMENTS, AND\nDEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING STORAGE\nBUILDING, AND COASTAL DEVELOPMENT\nPERMIT 2025-0408 FOR A DETACHED\nACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT AT 31565 EAGLE\nROCK WAY IN THE VC (VILLAGE COMMUNITY\nZONE), SUBJECT TO IMPOSING A MORE\nRESTRICTIVE CONDITION OF APPROVAL, AND\nCATEGORICAL EXEMPTION UNDER THE\nCALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT\nGUIDELINES SECTION 15303 (CLASS 3),”\nupholding the Design Review Board’s conditional\napproval of Design Review 2025-0407 and Coastal\nDevelopment Permit 2025-0408, and finding the\nProject categorically exempt from the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act.\n\n\nB. 399 PEARL STREET: PUBLIC HEARING FOR APPEAL DOWNLOAD\nOF DESIGN REVIEW BOARD APPROVAL OF DESIGN\nREVIEW 2025-1819 AND COASTAL DEVELOPMENT\nPERMIT 2025-1820 FOR AN ADDITION TO AN\nEXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND A NEW\nATTACHED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT\nLOCATED IN THE R-1 (RESIDENTIAL LOW\nDENSITY) ZONE, AND CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION\nUNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL\nQUALITY ACT GUIDELINES SECTION 15301 (CLASS\n1)\nRecommendations:\n1. Open the public hearing, take public testimony, and\ncontinue the public hearing to a special meeting of the\nCity Council on July 28, 2026; and\n2. Find that the action to continue the public hearing is\nexempt from the California Environmental Quality Act\npursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3)\n(Common Sense Exemption).\nG. COUNCIL MEMBER ITEM(S). The City Council shall consider matters submitted\nby members of the City Council in accordance with Resolution No. 24.011, as it may\nbe amended.