HomeMy WebLinkAbout00 - - Agenda - 5/3/2011City of Costa Mesa
Council Agenda
TUESDAY, MAY 312011
Gary Monahan
Mayor
Jim Righeimer
Mayor Pro Tem
Eric Bever
Council Member
City Attorney
Thomas Duarte
Development Services Director Public Services Director
Kimberly Brandt Peter Naghavi
Wendy Leece
Council Member
Stephen Mensinger
Council Member
Council Chambers, 77 Fair Drive
6:00 p.m. — Council Meeting
Chief Executive Officer
Thomas R. Hatch
City Clerk
Julie Folcik
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meetings shall conclude at midnight. If there is unfinished business on the Agenda, those items will be
continued to the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting, pursuant to Resolution No. 05-8.
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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Council Member Eric Bever
MOMENT OF SOLEMN Minister Adam Kimber, Costa Mesa Church of Christ
EXPRESSION
[Per Council Policy 000-12, these presentations are made by community volunteers stating their own
views. The Council disclaims any intent to endorse or sponsor the views of any speaker. Interested
presenters, please contact the City Clerk's office.]
ROLL CALL
ANNOUNCEMENTS There's always something happening in Costa Mesa!
The Mayor will announce upcoming events and activities in
the community which are sponsored by or affiliated with the
City.
Please refer to the last page of the agenda for a detailed list of
announced events and activities. These may also be found on
the City's website.
PRESENTATIONS The RANCH After -School Program
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CONSENT CALENDAR: All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be
routine and will be acted upon in one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these
items unless members of the City Council, staff, or the public request specific items to be
discussed and/or removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion. Items removed from the
Consent Calendar will be discussed and voted upon immediately following City Council action
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item number to be addressed.
CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM NOS. 1 THROUGH 4.
Written Communications
1. Reading Folder.
Recommendation: Receive and process
Minutes
2. Regular meetings of April 5, 2011 and April 19, 2011.
Recommendation: Approve
Warrants
3. Warrant Resolution 2366, funding Payroll No. 11-08 for $2,210,788.71, and
Payroll No. 11-07A for $2,138.48, and City operating expenses for
$1,027,823.68, including payroll deductions.
Recommendation: Approve
4. Warrant Resolution 2367, funding City operating expenses for $373,227.66.
Recommendation: Approve
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PUBLIC HEARINGS - 7:00 p.m. (Resolution No. 05-55)
1. PUBLIC HEARING: Request for Review by Mayor Gary Monahan of the Planning
Commission's determination for Planning Application PA -10-38, for Alison
Nguyen, authorized agent for Kathy Nguyen, for a minor design review to
construct a detached two (2) -story, two (2) -unit residential common interest
development (condominiums) including deviation from the following residential
design guidelines with respect to second to first floor ratio (80 percent
recommended; 98 percent proposed including second floor balcony and areas
"open to below" and second floor side setbacks (10 -foot average recommended;
five feet proposed). Environmental Determination: Exempt.
Recommendation: Adopt resolution to uphold, reverse, or modify Planning
Commission's decision
- Communication from the public
2. PUBLIC HEARING: Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Funding Priorities for Community
Development Block Grant (CDGB) and Home Investment Partnership Program
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Recommendation: Continue public hearing to June 7, 2011
(a) Recommended allocation for the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) Application
(b) Recommended allocation for the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 HOME Investment
Partnership Grant
(c) A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA
MESA, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2011-2012
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND HOME
INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP ACT ENTITLEMENT FUNDS
APPLICATION SUBMISSION TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, authorizing the City Chief
Executive Officer to act as the official representative of the City in order to
submit the Annual Action Plan, and all certificates and assurances
contained therein, and directing and authorizing the City Chief Executive
Officer to act in connection with the submission of the Annual Action Plan,
and to provide such additional information as may be required.
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3. PUBLIC HEARING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF COSTA
MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 9, CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 8
(FIREWORKS SALES) OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE
REGARDING EXTENDING THE DAYS FOR SELLING AND DISCHARING
FIREWORKS WITHIN THE CITY; AND AMENDING CORRESPONDING
COUNCIL POLICY 400-2 RELATIVE TO THE SAME.
Recommendation: Introduce ordinance for first reading, to be read by title
only and to waive further reading; and approve amendment to Council
Policy 400-2.
- Communication from the Public
OLD BUSINESS
1. From the meeting of April 19, 2011, Appointments to various Council -appointed
committees
(a) Access, Building, Fire and Housing Board of Appeals
Recommendation: Appoint member(s)
(b) Redevelopment and Residential Rehabilitation (3R) Committee
Recommendation: Appoint member(s)
2. Reports from City Council working groups
(a) Economic Development and Development
(b) Sports and Recreation
(c) Policies, Procedures, and General Plan/Circulation
(d) Budget and Capital Improvements
(e) Motel Issues
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NEW BUSINESS
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1. Potential revisions to the Sian Code
Recommendation: Provide direction
- Supplemental Memo
- Communication from the public
2. Planning Commission priorities for technological efficiencies for consideration in
preparation of the upcoming budget
Recommendation: Provide direction
3. General Plan Screening Request GPS -11-01 for commercial property at the
former site of the Lincoln Mercury dealership located at 2626 Harbor Boulevard,
Costa Mesa, to amend designation from General Commercial to Medium Density
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Recommendation: Accept for processing
4. Authorization for staff time to research Sex Offender Ordinance.
Recommendation: Provide direction
COUNCIL MEMBERS' REPORTS, COMMENTS, AND SUGGESTIONS
1. Council Member Wendy Leece
2. Council Member Stephen Mensinger
3. Mayor Gary Monahan
4. Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer
5. Council Member Eric Bever
REPORTS
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City Attorney:
Chief Executive Officer:
CLOSED SESSION:
1. Conference with Thomas R. Hatch, Chief Executive Officer, and Labor
Negotiator, Agency Negotiator regarding Employee Organizations: Costa Mesa
City Employee Association (CMCEA), Costa Mesa Firefighters Association
(CMFA), Costa Mesa Police Officers Association (CMPOA) and Costa Mesa
Police Management Association (CMPMA) pursuant to Government Code
Section 54957.6
2. Conference with legal counsel, regarding existing litigation: Newport Mesa
Patients' Association and Tri -County Patients' Association v. City of Costa Mesa;
Newport Mesa Patients' Association v. Colleen O'Donoghue, Real Party in
Interest City of Costa Mesa: Orange County Superior Court Case No. 30-2010
00370142 [consolidated cases] pursuant to subdivision (a) of Government Code
Section 54956.9.
3. Conference with legal counsel, regarding existing litigation: Orange County
Directors' Association, et al. v. City of Costa Mesa: Orange County Superior
Court Case No. 30-2010 00364374, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Government
Code Section 54956.9.
4. Conference with legal counsel, regarding existing litigation: James, et al. v. City
of Costa Mesa and City of Lake Forest, United State District Court Case No.
8:10-cv-00402, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal Case No. 10-55769, pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Government Code Section 54956.9.
5. Conference with legal counsel, regarding anticipated litigation, significant
exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Government Code Section
54956.9 — (one case).
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
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ADJOURNMENT — Adjourn to May 10, 2011 at 4:30 p.m. for a Study Session. Next Regular
City Council Meeting: May 17, 2011.
Agenda related writings or documents provided to a majority of the City Council members after
distribution of the City Council Agenda Packet (GC 54957.5).
Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the City Council members regarding any item on this
agenda will be made available for public inspection at the City Clerk's Public Counter, Lobby Level, in
City Hall located at 77 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, during normal business hours. In addition, such writings
and documents may be posted, whenever possible, and as part of the agenda, on the City's website at
www.ci.costa-mesa.ca.us.
UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
MAY 2011
• Saturday, May 14th 9:00 a.m. The OC Health & Fitness Expo will be held at the Westin
South Coast Plaza. This expo is an innovative and interactive series of fitness classes,
mind & body providers and seminars for the entire family. Tickets may be purchased at
the door or in advance. For further information call 800-BBX-9087 or online at
www.bbxinc.com
• Sunday, May 15th at 2:30 p.m. The Costa Mesa Historical Society will host a
presentation by Fred Bockmiller, President of the Board of Mesa Consolidated Water
District speaking on the 50 years of the Water District, where your water comes from
and the issues facing us in the future. Admission is free. For further information call
949-631-5918 or online at www.costamesahistorv.ora
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