Westminster — 2026-04-22

City Council

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1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)\nName of case: In Re National Prescription Opiate Litigation; USDC, Northern District of\nOhio, MDL No. 2804.
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2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION\nSignificant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government code Section 54956.9(d)(2)\nNumber of potential cases: 2\nFor the first of these two cases, the facts and circumstances that might result in litigation\nare not yet known to a potential plaintiff or plaintiffs, and therefore such facts and\ncircumstances need not be disclosed.\nFor the other case, the facts and circumstances authorizing this closed session are known\nto the potential plaintiffs, 6351 Westminster Blvd., LLC. Specifically, on October 15, 2025,\n6351 Westminster Blvd., LLC submitted a preliminary application and development\napplication for the property located at 6351 Westminster Blvd. On or about October 20,\n2025, an attorney for the applicant verbally threatened the City Attorney with litigation\nagainst the City regarding his client's pending application.
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3. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS\nCity Designated Representatives: Jodie Griner, Director of Human Resources; Christine\nCordon, City Manager; and Adolfo Ozaeta Assistant City Manager\nEmployee Organizations: Westminster Police Officers’ Association (WPOA); Westminster\nMunicipal Employees' Association (WMEA); Management, Administrative, and Confidential\nEmployees; Executive Employees
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3.1 Minutes of the City Council and the Successor Agency to the Westminster\nRedevelopment Agency.\nRECOMMENDATION: Approve the minutes as presented for the date listed below:\nA. April 8, 2026 (Regular Meeting).\nWARRANT REGISTER
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3.2 City Council and Successor Agency Warrant Register dated April 2, 2026 through\nApril 15, 2026.\nRECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.\nREPORTS
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3.3 Treasurer’s Report for March 2026.\nRECOMMENDATION: Receive and file the report.\nADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
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3.4 Acceptance of Final Parcel Map No. 2023-163 for 13581 Newland Street.\nRECOMMENDATION: Accept Final Parcel Map No. 2023-163 and authorize the City Clerk\nto sign and seal the map.
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3.5 Acceptance of Grant Award from the Sun Family Foundation for the Westminster\nSenior Café Lunch Space in Fiscal Year 2025-26.\nRECOMMENDATION:\nA. Accept the Grant Award from Sun Family Foundation for the Senior Café Lunch\nSpace in the amount of $85,000; and\nB. Authorize the City Manager or her designee to execute the Grant Agreement.
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3.6 Special Event Permit Application from the Coalition of the Republic of Vietnam\nVeterans Association of Southern California to hold a Vietnamese Armed Forces Day\nCeremony on Saturday, June 20, 2026 at Sid Goldstein Freedom Park, 14180 All\nAmerican Way.\nRECOMMENDATION: Approve the Special Event Permit Application, subject to the stated\nconditions.\nPROCLAMATIONS
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3.7 Approval of Proclamations.\nRECOMMENDATION: Consider and approve the following proclamations:\nA. Black April – April 30, 2026\nB. Public Service Recognition Week – May 3-9, 2026\nC. National Public Works Week – May 17-23, 2026\nD. Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month – May 2026\nE. Mental Health Awareness Month – May 2026\nF. Older Americans Month – May 2026\nG. Drowning Prevention and Awareness Season – May-August 2026.\n[END OF CONSENT CALENDAR]
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4.1 Continued from the April 8, 2026 Meeting: Public Hearing - Case No. 2026-0010 - A\nCitywide Zoning and General Plan Update Consisting of a General Plan Text\nAmendment, General Plan Land Use Map Amendment, Zoning Text Amendment,\nZoning Map Amendment, Pursuant to an Addendum to the General Plan Final\nEnvironmental Impact Report.\n Staff Report\n Comments or Presentation from Applicant (If Applicable)\n Comments from Appellant (If Applicable)\n Mayor and City Council Questions for Staff\n Public Comments\n Mayor and Council Member Discussion\n Council Action\nAttachment No. 1 – Draft City Council Resolution with Exhibits A-I\nAttachment No. 2 – Draft City Council Ordinance with Exhibits A-K\nAttachment No. 3 – April 8, 2026 City Council Staff Report\nAttachment No. 4 – March 25, 2026 City Council Staff Report and Attachments\nAttachment No. 5 – CEQA Addendum Memo\nAttachment No. 6 – Public Comment Letter\nRECOMMENDATION: The Planning Commission recommends that the Mayor and City\nCouncil:\nA. Consider and adopt a Resolution entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND\nCITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING\nAN AMENDMENT TO THE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE WESTMINSTER\nGENERAL PLAN, INCLUDING AN UPDATE TO THE LAND USE MAP FOR THE\nCITY OF WESTMINSTER, CALIFORINA PURSUANT TO AN ADDENDUM TO\nTHE CITY OF WESTMINSTER GENERAL PLAN FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL\nIMPACT REPORT”; and\nB. Consider and introduce for first reading an Ordinance entitled, “AN ORDINANCE\nOF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER,\nCALIFORNIA, APPROVING A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT (CASE NO. 2026-\n0010) AMENDING CHAPTER 17 OF THE WESTMINSTER MUNICIPAL CODE BY\nREPEALING AND READOPTING CHAPTER 17.260 RELATING TO MIXED USES\nAND ADDING RELATED DEFINITIONS, REVISING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF\nTITLE 17 TO ELIMINATE REFERENCES TO OUTDATED OVERLAY\nREFERENCES, AMENDING THE HOUSING OVERLAY ZONE TO BE\nCONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW, MAKING CHANGES TO BRING THE MAKE\nTHE ZONING CODE CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN, AND REVISING\nTHE REGULATIONS RELATING TO DRIVE THROUGH FACILITIES AND\nAMENDING THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER, CALIFORINA,\nPURSUANT TO AN ADDENDUM TO THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER GENERAL\nPLAN\nFINAL\nENVIRONMENTAL\nIMPACT\nREPORT\n(WESTMINSTER\nMUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 17.260, SECTIONS 17.10.005, 17.200.010,\n17.240.030, 17.250.010, 17.250.015, 17.250, 020, 17.250.035, 17.300.010,\n17.400,050, 17.520.010 AND 17.700.010),” read by title only and waive further\nreading.
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5.1 Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the Appointment of Sandra Medina, a CalPERS\nRetiree, as Interim City Clerk to Comply with California Government Code Section\n21221(h).\nRECOMMENDATION:\nA. Adopt a Resolution entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY\nCOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING\nSANDRA MEDINA AS INTERIM CITY CLERK; and\nB. Authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with CalPERS Retired\nAnnuitant Sandra Medina to appoint her as the Interim City Clerk.
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5.2 Purchase of Microsoft Office 365 Government Secure Cloud Productivity Suite.\nRECOMMENDATION: Approve a Purchase Order with Zones, LLC for Microsoft Office 365\nGovernment Secure Cloud Productivity Suite including licenses, software assurance, and\nmonthly subscriptions for a service period of three years beginning FY 2025-26, in an\namount not to exceed $591,679.05.
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5.3 Approval of the Master Services Agreement with KRONOS SaaSHR, Inc., a UKG\nCompany (UKG), for a Human Resources Information System (HRIS) Centralized\nSoftware Platform.\nRECOMMENDATION:\nA. Approve the master services agreement with KRONOS SaaSHR, Inc., a UKG\nCompany (UKG), for a Human Resources Information System (HRIS) centralized\nsoftware platform for managing employee data, payroll, recruitment, onboarding,\nattendance, performance, and training services in the amount of $581,930, for a\nterm ending December 31, 2031, and with two optional one-year renewals; and\nB. Authorize a five percent contingency of the initial agreement cost for additional\nimplementation costs; and\nC. Authorize the City Manager or her designee to execute the agreement in a form\napproved by the City Attorney; and\nD.\nGrant the City Manager the authority to, in the future, exercise the agreement\nrenewal option(s).
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5.4 2026 Tet Parade Overview and 2027 Tet Parade Date Consideration.\nRECOMMENDATION:\nA. Receive and file the 2026 Tet Parade overview; and\nB. Consider the recommendations for the date of the 2027 Tet Parade and set a date\nor provide further direction.
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5.5 Update on the “Venue Operator(s) for the Westminster Rose Center Theater and\nBanquet Facility - a Multicultural Center” Request for Proposal (RFP) Process and\nConsideration of an Extension of the Term of the Agreement for Use of the Rose\nCenter.\nRECOMMENDATION:\nA. Receive and file update on the “Venue Operator(s) for the Westminster Rose Center\nTheater and Banquet Facility – a Multicultural Center” Request for Proposal (RFP)\nprocess; and\nB. Consideration of exercising the City Council’s option to extend the term of the\nagreement with Friends of the Abbey Centre, Inc. dba Friends of the Rose Center\nTheater for up to an additional three months.
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6.1 Consideration of an Ordinance to Authorize City Council Study Sessions to be\nTelevised, and a Resolution Establishing a Policy Regarding the Disruption of\nTelephone or Internet Service During City Council Meetings to Ensure Compliance\nwith SB 707.\nRECOMMENDATION:\nA. Consider and introduce for first reading an Ordinance entitled, “AN ORDINANCE OF\nTHE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER,\nCALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 2.04.75 (STUDY SESSIONS) OF THE\nWESTMINSTER MUNICIPAL CODE,” read by title only and waive further reading;\nand\nB. Consider and adopt a Resolution entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND\nCITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING\nA POLICY REGARDING THE DISRUPTION OF TELEPHONE OR INTERNET\nSERVICE DURING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS” to comply with SB 707.
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6.2 First Reading of an Ordinance Adding Chapter 9.78 to the Westminster Municipal\nCode to Restrict the Sale and Distribution of Nitrous Oxide.\nRECOMMENDATION: Consider and introduce for first reading an Ordinance entitled, “AN\nORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER,\nCALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 9.78\n(PROHIBITION ON THE SALE OR\nDISTRIBUTION OF NITROUS OXIDE) TO TITLE 9 (PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND\nWELFARE) OF THE WESTMINSTER MUNICIPAL CODE RESTRICTING THE SALE AND\nDISTRIBUTION OF NITROUS OXIDE,” read by title only and waive further reading.
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9.1 Discussion of a Proposed Vacant Commercial Property Ordinance.\nRECOMMENDATION: Consider the conceptual framework of a Vacant\nCommercial Property Ordinance and direct staff accordingly.
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9.2 Participation by Westminster City Council Members to Speak at City’s 2026\nBlack April Ceremony.\nRECOMMENDATION: Consider participation of all City Council members to\nspeak at the 2026 Black April Ceremony and provide direction regarding who is\nallowed to speak in the program.