City Council/Public Financing Authority

AGENDA City Council/Public Financing Authority Tuesday, April 1, 2025 4:00 PM - Closed Session 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting **REVISED AGENDA** MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL STAFF PAT BURNS, Mayor TRAVIS HOPKINS, City Manager Central Library - Lower Level Theater CASEY MCKEON, Mayor Pro Tem MIKE VIGLIOTTA, City Attorney ANDREW GRUEL, Councilman 7111 Talbert Avenue LISA LANE BARNES, City Clerk DON KENNEDY, Councilman Huntington Beach, CA 92648 ALISA BACKSTROM, City Treasurer BUTCH TWINING, Councilman GRACEY VAN DER MARK, Council Woman CHAD WILLIAMS, Councilman IN-PERSON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: Members of the public are welcome to attend City Council meetings in person. Alternate ways to view meetings live or on-demand include: livestreamed on HBTV Channel 3 (replayed on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. and Thursday at 6:00 p.m.); live and archived meetings for on-demand viewing accessed from https://huntingtonbeach.legistar.com/calendar, https://bit.ly/SurfCityTV, or the City's YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/cityofhb, or from any Roku, Fire TV or Apple device by downloading the Cablecast Screenweave App and searching for the City of Huntington Beach channel. PRESENTATION MATERIAL: Due to updates to City Council venue, digital presentations or videos will no longer be displayed at City Council meetings as part of public comment. To present images or materials to the City Council, please bring nine paper copies to the City Council meeting. Paper copies will be distributed to City Council Members at the meeting and will be made part of the public record. Please be advised that the rules concerning decorum, including the prohibition on members of the audience and speakers wearing or displaying signs or materials that obstruct the view of other audience members, remain in effect at the Library location. Signs shall remain with the holder and shall not be placed in the adjacent seats or in common areas. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Individuals wishing to provide a comment on agendized or non -agendized items including Study Session, Closed Session, and Public Hearing, may do so in person in the City Council Chambers by completing a Request to Speak form delivered to the City Clerk. Sign-ups to Request to Speak will begin in person 30 minutes prior to the start of Study Session, Closed Session, or Regular City Council Meeting, whichever comes first. Sign-ups will be accepted until the commencement of the public comment period. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION: Members of the public unable to personally participate in the meeting but interested in communicating with the City Council on agenda -related items are encouraged to submit a written (supplemental) communication to the Council via email at SupplementalComm@Surfcity-hb.org. Supplemental Communications are public record, and if received by 9:00 AM on the day of the meeting, will be distributed to the City Council prior to consideration of agenda-related items, posted to the City website, and announced, but not read, at the meeting. Communications received after the 9:00 AM deadline will be incorporated into the administrative record. Members of the public are also welcome to communicate with the City Council (and staff supporting Council) at City.Council@surfcity-hb.org. MEETING ASSISTANCE NOTICE: In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, services are available to members of our community who require special assistance to participate in public meetings. If you require special assistance, 48-hour prior notification will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements for an assisted listening device (ALD) for the hearing impaired, American Sign Language interpreters, a reader during the meeting and /or large print agendas. Please contact the City Clerk's Office at (714) 536-5227 for more information. City Council/Public Financing AGENDA April 1, 2025 Authority 4:00 PM - CENTRAL LIBRARY LOWER LEVEL THEATER CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL Twining, Kennedy, McKeon, Burns, Van Der Mark, Gruel, Williams ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS (Received After Agenda Distribution) PUBLIC COMMENTS (3-Minute Time Limit) At this time, the City Council will receive comments from members of the public regarding any topic, including items on the Study Session and/or Closed Session agendas. Individuals wishing to provide a comment on item(s) may do so in person by filling out a Request to Speak form delivered to the City Clerk. All speakers are encouraged, but not required to identify themselves by name. Each speaker may have up to 3 minutes unless the volume of speakers warrants reducing the time allowance. Please note that the Brown Act does not allow discussion or action on topics that are not on the agenda. Members of the public who would like to speak directly with a Councilmember on an item not on the agenda may consider scheduling an appointment by contacting the City Council's Administrative Assistant at (714) 536-5553 or emailing the entire City Council at city.council@surfcity-hb.org. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION CLOSED SESSION 1. 25-250 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code section 54957.6.) Agency designated representatives: Travis Hopkins, City Manager; also in attendance: Marissa Sur, Director of Human Resources; Mike Vigliotta, City Attorney and Robert Torrez, Interim Chief Financial Officer. Employee Organization: Huntington Beach Municipal Teamsters (HBMT). 2. 25-251 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code section 54957.6.) Agency designated representatives: Travis Hopkins, City Manager; also in attendance: Marissa Sur, Director of Human Resources; Mike Vigliotta, City Attorney and Robert Torrez, Interim Chief Financial Officer. Employee Organization: Management Employees' Organization (MEO). 3. 25-252 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code section 54957.6.) Agency designated representatives: Travis Hopkins, City Page 1 of 7 City Council/Public Financing AGENDA April 1, 2025 Authority Manager; also in attendance: Marissa Sur, Director of Human Resources; Mike Vigliotta, City Attorney and Robert Torrez, Interim Chief Financial Officer. Employee Organization: Marine Safety Management Association (MSMA). 4. 25-253 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code section 54957.6.) Agency designated representatives: Travis Hopkins, City Manager; also in attendance: Marissa Sur, Director of Human Resources; Mike Vigliotta, City Attorney and Robert Torrez, Interim Chief Financial Officer. Employee Organization: Surf City Lifeguard Employees’ Association (SCLEA). 5. 25-258 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-LITIGATION (Gov. Code section 54956.9(d)(4).): Number of matters: One (1). 6. 25-246 THREAT TO PUBLIC SERVICES OR FACILITIES (Gov. Code section 54957(a).) Consultation with Chief of Police, Huntington Beach Police Department. 6:00 PM – CENTRAL LIBRARY LOWER LEVEL THEATER RECONVENE CITY COUNCIL/PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY MEETING ROLL CALL Twining, Kennedy, McKeon, Burns, Van Der Mark, Gruel, Williams INVOCATION In permitting a nonsectarian invocation, the City does not intend to proselytize or advance any faith or belief. Neither the City nor the City Council endorses any particular religious belief or form of invocation. 7. 25-257 Huntington Beach Fire and Police Chaplain Roger Wing PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE CLOSED SESSION REPORT BY CITY ATTORNEY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS (2-Minute Time Limit) The Mayor will facilitate a voluntary opportunity for members of the Huntington Beach City Council to individually make brief comments to the public. Please note that the Brown Act does not allow for lengthy comments, discussion, or action on topics that are not on the agenda. Page 2 of 7 City Council/Public Financing AGENDA April 1, 2025 Authority ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS (Received After Agenda Distribution) PUBLIC COMMENTS (3-Minute Time Limit) At this time, the City Council will receive comments from members of the public regarding any topic, including items on the open session agenda. Individuals wishing to provide a comment may do so in person by filling out a Request to Speak form delivered to the City Clerk. All speakers are encouraged, but not required to identify themselves by name. Each speaker may have up to 3 minutes unless the volume of speakers warrants reducing the time allowance. Please note that the Brown Act does not allow discussion or action on topics that are not on the agenda. Members of the public who would like to speak directly with a Councilmember on an item not on the agenda may consider scheduling an appointment by contacting the City Council's Administrative Assistant at (714) 536-5553 or emailing the entire City Council at city.council@surfcity-hb.org. While the City Council welcomes public involvement and supports and defends free speech, the City Council rejects comments from anyone that are discriminatory, defamatory or otherwise not protected free speech. Those comments will not inform nor be considered by the City Council and may be cause for the Mayor to interrupt the public speaker. Such public comments will not be consented to or otherwise adopted by the City Council in its discussions and findings for any matter tonight. COUNCIL COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS Councilmembers may make brief announcements on any appointments made to a board, committee, or commission. Councilmembers may not discuss or take any action on these announcements. Announcements are limited to 1 minute. AB 1234 REPORTING Per AB 1234 (Government Code Section 53232.3(d)) Councilmembers who attend a meeting, conference, or similar event at the expense of the City must provide a brief report of the meeting, conference, or similar event during the next regular City Council meeting. Reports are limited to 1 minute. OPENNESS IN NEGOTIATION DISCLOSURES Councilmembers must publicly disclose any meetings or communications with City employee associations, related to the negotiations of labor agreements. Disclosures are limited to 1 minute and must be made by the next regular City Council Meeting. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT 8. 25-168 Department Services and Budget Overview CONSENT CALENDAR (Items 9 - 14) Page 3 of 7 City Council/Public Financing AGENDA April 1, 2025 Authority City Clerk 9. 25-173 Approve and Adopt Minutes Recommended Action: Approve and adopt the City Council/Public Financing Authority regular meeting minutes of March 18, 2025. Community Development 10. 25-225 Adopt Resolution No. 2025-19 declaring weeds and rubbish a public nuisance and scheduling a Public Hearing on May 6, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. to hear protests and objections to the abatement Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 2025-19, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Finding and Declaring That Certain Weeds Growing in the City, and Rubbish and Refuse Deposited on Public Ways and Private Property are a Public Nuisance; and Fixing the Time for Hearing Protests and Objections to the Abatement Thereof.” Police 11. 25-161 Approve and Accept the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) Violence Against Women Act, Law Enforcement Specialized Units Grant (LE24026601) and approve a three-year contract with Waymakers for management of the Victim and Witness Assistance Services Program Recommended Action: A) Accept the Law Enforcement Specialized Units grant between the State of California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and the City of Huntington Beach in the amount of $203,142; B) Assign authority to the Chief of Police as the official to execute and sign for the award and to approve appropriations, amendments, and extensions; C) Approve the appropriation and expenditure of $270,856 of which $203,142 is to be fully reimbursed by the grant from Cal OES. The remaining $67,714 will be funded from appropriations in the Police Department’s budget; and, D) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk execute an Agreement between the City of Huntington Beach and Waymakers for Victim and Witness Assistance Services Program in the amount of $116,031 . 12. 25-162 Approve contract for street sweeping enforcement with Universal Page 4 of 7 City Council/Public Financing AGENDA April 1, 2025 Authority Protection Services, LP, DBA Allied Universal Security Services Recommended Action: Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the "Service Agreement Between the City of Huntington Beach and Universal Protection Services, LP OBA Allied Universal Security for Street Sweeping Enforcement Services" in an amount not to exceed $1,392,752.79 over a three-year term . Public Works 13. 25-218 Approve and authorize execution of a Reinstatement and Third Amendment to Site Access Agreement Between the City and Chevron Environmental Management Company to conduct environmental work at APN: 159-031-16. Recommended Action: Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the Reinstatement and Third Amendment to Site Access Agreement between the City of Huntington Beach and Chevron Environmental Management Company (EMC). NEW 25-266 Civic Center Oil Well Abandonment Funding Request Recommended Action: Authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment with Excalibur and appropriate funds not to exceed $900,000 for City Center oil well abandonment or idle process. City Treasurer 14. 25-207 Approve and authorize execution of a contract with Data Ticket, Inc., for the provision of Parking and Administrative Citation processing and Parking Permit Services Recommended Action: (A) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute “Service Agreement Between the City of Huntington Beach and Data Ticket, Inc. For Citation Processing and Parking Permit Solution Services” in an amount not to exceed $1,950,000 for a 3-year term with two additional one-year extensions; and (B) Authorize the City Manager to execute all documents in furtherance of this Agreement. PUBLIC HEARING For the benefit of the public, prior to a public hearing item, each member of the City Council will disclose any ex parte communications they may have had pertaining to the item. In simple terms, public hearings are quasi-judicial proceedings and the information used by the City Council to make its decisions should be limited to that which is obtained during the public hearing. Ex parte communications, then, means any information obtained outside of a public hearing. In such public Page 5 of 7 City Council/Public Financing AGENDA April 1, 2025 Authority hearing proceedings, the City Council must uphold constitutional and statutory due process rights of present and non-present parties by disclosing ex parte communications. Ex parte communications include oral and written information, as well as visual or auditory information obtained during a site visit. Individuals wishing to provide a comment on an item scheduled for Public Hearing may do so in person by filling out a Request to Speak form delivered to the City Clerk. All speakers are encouraged, but not required to identify themselves by name. Each speaker may have up to 3 minutes unless the volume of speakers warrants reducing the time allowance. 15. 25-242 Approve Zoning Text Amendment No. 25-001 (Smoke/Tobacco Shop Regulations) by approving for the introduction of Ordinance Nos. 4331, 4332, 4333, and 4334 continued from the March 18, 2025, City Council Meeting Recommended Action: A) Find Zoning Text Amendment No. 25-001 exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to City Council Resolution No. 4501, Class 20, which supplements the California Environmental Quality Act because the request is a minor amendment to the zoning ordinance that does not change the development standards intensity or density; and, B) Approve Zoning Text Amendment No. 25-001 with findings (Attachment No. 1) and approve for introduction: 1. Ordinance No. 4331, “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Amending Chapter 204 Use Classifications of the Huntington Beach Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance (Zoning Text Amendment No. 25-001)”; (Attachment No. 2) 2. Ordinance No. 4334, “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Amending Chapter 211 C Commercial Districts of the Huntington Beach Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance (Zoning Text Amendment No. 25-001)”; (Attachment No. 3) 3. Ordinance No. 4333, “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Amending Chapter 212 I Industrial Districts of the Huntington Beach Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance (Zoning Text Amendment No. 25-001)”; (Attachment No. 4) 4. Ordinance No. 4332, “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Amending Chapter 230 Site Standards of the Huntington Beach Zoning Code and Subdivision Ordinance (Zoning Text Amendment No. 25-001)”; (Attachment No. 5) COUNCIL MEMBER ITEMS 16. 25-248 Item Submitted by Mayor Pro Tem Casey McKeon and Mayor Pat Burns - Contracts - Milestone Payment Policy Recommended Action: Direct staff to create a milestone payment policy. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS Page 6 of 7 City Council/Public Financing AGENDA April 1, 2025 Authority ADJOURNMENT The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Huntington Beach City Council/Public Financing Authority is Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at the Central Library, 7111 Talbert Ave, Huntington Beach, California 92648. INTERNET ACCESS TO CITY COUNCIL/PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY AGENDA AND STAFF REPORT MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE PRIOR TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AT http://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov Page 7 of 7