Aug 25, 2026 City Council Regular

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MUCH, EVERYONE. IF YOU CAN, PLEASE GRAB YOUR SEATS JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW WHO ANYONE WHO JUST ARRIVED. WE DID NOT HAVE THE 530 MEETING. INSTEAD, THAT WILL OCCUR AFTER THE

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS TIME, THE INVOCATION WILL BE PROVIDED BY RABBI RABBI MARCUS CHABAD OF CYPRESS. PLEASE JOIN US AT THE PODIUM AND EVERYONE ELSE, PLEASE STAND IF YOU ARE ABLE. ALSO, IF I MAY SAY THIS, IN 17 DAYS IS ROSH HASHANAH. SO I'D LIKE TO WISH YOU WELL AS YOU CELEBRATE A HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WANT TO BEGIN THE PRAYER. WE DO A BIT OF A THANK YOU BEFORE WE PRAY. SO THANK YOU, GOD FOR A BEAUTIFUL DAY. A BIT HOT ALSO FOR A BEAUTIFUL CITY OF CYPRUS WHERE I RAISED MY KIDS, POSSIBLY ONE OF THE NICEST CITIES IN THE WORLD. AND I MEAN THAT THIS IS INCREDIBLE. SO WE ARE BLESSED HERE. MAY HE WHO BLESSED OUR FATHERS ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB, BLESSED ALL THOSE WHO OCCUPY THEMSELVES FAITHFULLY WITH COMMUNAL AFFAIRS. MAY THE HOLY ONE PARDON ALL THEIR SINS AND BLESSING AND SUCCESS TO ALL THEIR ENDEAVORS, TOGETHER WITH ALL THOSE WHO WORK TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE. AND LET US SAY AMEN. WE ARE IN A VERY INTERESTING TIME RIGHT NOW, LIKE YOU MENTIONED RIGHT BEFORE THE JEWISH NEW YEAR. SO I'M GOING TO SOUND THE CHAUFFEUR.

THE CHAUFFEUR IS A RAM'S HORN FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER SEEN IT. IT'S JUST A RAM'S HORN. AND THE JEWISH TRADITION IS THAT ABRAHAM WAS GOING TO SACRIFICE HIS SON. AND GOD SAID, NO, IT'S DON'T DO IT. AND IN THE IN THE BUSHES WAS A RAM. AND HE SAID, OFFER THE RAM INSTEAD. SO ANYTIME WE BLOW THE RAM'S HORN, IT REMINDS GOD OF ABRAHAM'S TRADITION. THAT'S WHY WE USE A RAM'S HORN. AND THE SIMPLE EXPLANATION IS PRAYER USES WORDS MANY TIMES. WORDS ARE GOOD TO TO DESCRIBE A VACATION TO, TO, TO TO PITCH SOMETHING. BUT OUR TRUEST SELF CANNOT BE EXPRESSED IN WORDS. ONLY IN THE SILENT CRY OF THE CHAUFFEUR. SO I WANT TO SOUND THE CHAUFFEUR, AND YOU'LL HEAR IT MIMICS THE. THE CRY OF A CHILD, A TEQUILA BURP. THEN THERE'S THREE DOT, DOT, DOT, AND THEN THERE'S NINE DOT, DOT, DOT, DOT, DOT, DOT, AND IT CLOSES IT OUT WITH A ONE TO KIA. THAT IS WHAT THE CHAUFFEUR NOTES ARE. HERE WE GO. THAT IS HOW THE JEWS BRING IN THE NEW YEAR. BRING IN THE BLESSING, THE SWEET NEW YEAR. THIS IS THE MONTH ON THE JEWISH CALENDAR. WE'RE GOING INTO THE 13TH DAY AND THOSE THE 25TH ON THE SUN CALENDAR, ON THE LUNAR CALENDAR. IT'S A 12TH. YOU'LL SEE IN TWO DAYS THE FULL MOON. AND THIS IS THE MONTH WHERE KING DAVID SAYS GOD IS CLOSE TO THOSE WHO CALL TO HIM. SO AS WE CALL TO GOD TO HELP US AND GOD, WE TRUST EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, WHETHER ON THIS SIDE OR ON THIS SIDE. WE ARE PARTNERS WITH GOD TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE. AND MAY GOD GIVE US GOOD HEALTH AND HAPPINESS. AMEN.

AGAIN, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. IF

[ PRESENTATIONS Presentation from Erika Gary, Senior Director of Outcomes and Partnerships, Boys and Girls Club Recognition of Veterans William Francis Sesito and Mario Alberto Cepedes ]

THANK YOU. I AM NOT ERICA. GARY. THANK YOU. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY THANKING OUR MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THE KIND INVITATION TO HAVE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB SHARE THE EXCITING THINGS THAT WE'RE UP TO, AND A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE HAVING IN OUR COMMUNITY HERE. SO FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT WE COMPLETED A MERGER JANUARY OF 2025, WHERE WE BROUGHT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CYPRESS INTO THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF CENTRAL ORANGE COAST FAMILY. AND OUR ENTIRE PURPOSE OF THAT MERGER WAS TO DRIVE INNOVATION AND GROWTH FOR SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY. I'M PROUD TO SHARE THAT IN THAT YEAR AND A HALF SINCE THE MERGER, WE HAVE BOTH INVESTED IN THE INNOVATION OF OUR PROGRAM EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS THE EXPANSION OF OUR SERVICES. IF WE CAN GO TO THE

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THIS ALLOWS US TO LEVERAGE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE GET TO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH EDUCATORS, BRING IN RESOURCES THROUGH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, AND DELIVER AFTER SCHOOL CARE ON CAMPUS SO THAT IT'S CONVENIENT AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, AFFORDABLE TO FAMILIES, WORKING FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. OUR BIGGEST AREA OF GROWTH SINCE OUR MERGER HAS BEEN SERVICES TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS. WE ENTERED INTO A NEW PARTNERSHIP, AN AGREEMENT WITH THE ANAHEIM UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR OUR TEEN SERVICES ON CAMPUS AT CYPRESS HIGH SCHOOL, KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEN IN THIS FALL, WE'LL BE EXPANDING TO OXFORD ACADEMY. SO AS YOU'LL SEE, THIS YEAR, WE SERVED ALMOST 2500 HIGH SCHOOL AGED STUDENTS, SPECIFICALLY HERE IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR COLLEGE BOUND AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES. OUR COLLEGE BOUND PROGRAM IS ESSENTIALLY A 1 TO 1 CASE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, WHERE WE'RE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AS EARLY AS NINTH GRADE, ALL THE WAY THROUGH 12TH GRADE, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE AN ADULT ROLE MODEL. OUR ACADEMIC ADVISORS TYPICALLY HAVE A FOUR YEAR DEGREE WITH A CAREER PATH HEADED TOWARDS HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR OR COLLEGE COUNSELOR TYPE ROLE. WE WORK WITH THEM. WE MEET WITH THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE HAVE A DATA SHARE AGREEMENT WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT SO THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY WHERE THE GAPS MIGHT BE. WE DO AN A THROUGH G AUDIT TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE ON TRACK TO GRADUATE AND ATTEND IF IT'S IN THEIR PATHWAY. A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY. AS YOU APPROACH THE JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR, WE BECOME A LOT MORE FOCUSED AROUND COLLEGE CAMPUS TOURS, COLLEGE APPLICATIONS, FINANCIAL AID, FINANCIAL AID APPLICATIONS SHOULD THEY QUALIFY, AND SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS. SO I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB THIS LAST YEAR DISTRIBUTED $42,000 IN DIRECT SCHOLARSHIPS, SPECIFICALLY TO 17 GRADUATING SENIORS HERE IN THE CITY OF CYPRESS. THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR OF THIS PROGRAM, AND WE EXPECT EVERY YEAR MOVING FORWARD FOR US TO ADD MORE STUDENTS AND EXPAND THESE SERVICES. I THINK ALL OF US WOULD AGREE THAT IF YOU HAVE A YOUNG PERSON THAT'S APPLYING FOR COLLEGE, IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. IT'S CHALLENGING OF A PROCESS. ALL THESE SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID TIMELINES ARE ON DIFFERENT CALENDARS, AND YOU REALLY DO NEED SOMEONE THAT KNOWS THAT SPACE VERY WELL. OUR STAFF SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON THESE RESOURCES, MAKING SURE THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ON TRACK TO GRADUATE ON TIME AND WITH A PLAN FOR THEIR FUTURE. THE LAST PIECE I'LL SHARE ABOUT COLLEGE BOUND IS THAT WE DON'T STOP AT SENIOR YEAR. ONCE THEY GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL, WE FOLLOW THEM INTO COLLEGE, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE FIRST THREE SEMESTERS OF COLLEGE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A ROLE MODEL, A RESOURCE THAT NO MATTER WHERE THEY'RE ATTENDING COLLEGE, THAT THEY HAVE THAT THAT MENTOR THAT'S HELPING THEM NAVIGATE. THERE'S DATA THAT SHOWS, ESPECIALLY FOR FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS, IF YOU DON'T SHOW UP TO YOUR FIRST DAY OF YOUR THIRD SEMESTER, YOUR LIKELIHOOD OF GRADUATING COLLEGE, COMPLETING COLLEGE IS SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. AND SO WE SPENT A LOT OF ENERGY AND RESOURCES SUPPORTING THEM DURING, DURING THAT FIRST YEAR AND A HALF OF COLLEGE. OUR YES, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO A RESULT OF ANOTHER MERGER THAT WE DID JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. OUR YES PROGRAM IS A IS A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY WHERE WE CONNECT EMPLOYERS IN ORANGE COUNTY TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN HIGH SCHOOL TO HELP THEM EXPLORE THE VARIOUS CAREER PATHS. THE FOCUS OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS TO PROVIDE A PATHWAY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT BE INTERESTED IN A TRADITIONAL COLLEGE EDUCATION. AND SO THERE'S SPECIFIC CAREER PATHS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THROUGH DATA THAT ARE ACTUAL JOBS THAT WILL EXIST IN ORANGE COUNTY, PROVIDE A LIVABLE WAGE AND DO NOT HAVE A TRADITIONAL PATHWAY FOR FOR COLLEGE. THERE MAY BE SOME APPRENTICE OR SOME TRAINING. WE BRING IN A NETWORK OF GUEST SPEAKERS AND EXPERTS. WE DO A LOT OF FIELD WORK, SITE VISITS, AND THE GOAL FOR THIS PROGRAM IS TO CONNECT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO ALL THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A BRIDGE BETWEEN EMPLOYERS WHO ARE DESPERATELY IN NEED OF OF TALENT, AND THESE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THE PATHWAYS THAT ARE THAT ARE IN FRONT OF THEM. SO THIS YEAR ALONE, OUR COLLEGE BOUND AND YES, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVED ALMOST 2500 HIGH SCHOOL AGED STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE LAST THING I'LL SHARE IS THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE CELEBRATED A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY AND A FEW OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR WAS THERE TO CELEBRATE THIS MILESTONE, I WANT TO FIRST EXTEND OUR DEEPEST APPRECIATION FOR THE CITY OF CYPRESS, FOR INVESTING IN THE IN THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ROOF AND THE HVAC SYSTEM. WE SAW THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INVEST IN THIS PROJECT AS WELL. THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB DIRECTLY

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BECAUSE OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SERVING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS, THIS SITE WILL HELP US EXPAND SERVICES AND OUTREACH TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR THEIR INVESTMENT INTO THIS BUILDING AND ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST INTO THIS AS WELL. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AND HOW MUCH HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN THE YEAR AND A HALF SINCE OUR MERGER, AND WE'RE MORE EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. WE'RE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE AND THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY OF CYPRESS. I'LL STOP THERE. ASSUMING THAT I MAYBE HAVE 30S TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR EXPAND ON ANY UPDATES. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU INTO THE WELL SO WE CAN TAKE A PHOTO, PLEASE. I'M SORRY. I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU INTO THE WELL SO WE CAN TAKE A PHOTO, PLEASE. CAN I JUST MAKE THE JUMP OVER HERE? GREAT. THANK YOU.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE'D LIKE TO DO A VETERANS RECOGNITION. WE'LL RECOGNIZE TWO VETERANS. SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL PASS THE MEETING ON TO THE VETERANS SUBCOMMITTEE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'LL BEGIN TONIGHT. WE HAVE THE HONOR OF RECOGNIZING TWO TOGETHER. THERESA ZEBEDEE'S, YOU KNOW, REACHED OUT TO US. SHE WORKS AT CYPRESS COLLEGE VERY CLOSELY WITH THE VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER AND ASKED ABOUT HONORING HER FATHER AND HER HUSBAND, POSSIBLY TOGETHER AT ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS. SO IT'S A REAL HONOR. IT'S A REAL HONOR TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE. SO AS PART OF THE VETERANS RECOGNITION, WHAT WHAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE IS COUNCIL MEMBER STRONG, CARNAHAN, CARNAHAN AND I WORKED TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY CANDIDATES AS WELL AS LOOK AT THE RESUMES THAT COME IN THAT ARE PUSHED INTO OUR SYSTEM. SO IT WAS A REAL HONOR. WE LOOK AT THESE VERY SERIOUSLY AND AND I'M ANXIOUS BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO GIVING OUT OUR CHALLENGE COIN. TONIGHT IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THAT HERE. SO LET ME READ THE FIRST ONE. AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER STRONG CARNAHAN WILL READ THE OTHER. SO WILLIAM FRANCIS SESTITO, A SENIOR HONORABLY SERVED IN THE US NAVY DURING THE VIETNAM ERA FROM AUGUST 27TH, 1963 TO OCTOBER 26TH, 1966, HE SERVED AS AN ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN, TECHNICIAN, THIRD CLASS, MAINTAINING AND REPAIRING CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS ESSENTIAL TO NAVAL OPERATIONS. COMPLETED NEARLY TWO YEARS OF SEA DUTY ABOARD THE USS PLEDGE, MSO 492 AND OCEAN MINESWEEPER, DEMONSTRATING TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, PRECISION AND DEDICATION TO MISSION READINESS.

AWARDED THE VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL AND NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL IN RECOGNITION OF HIS HONORABLE MILITARY SERVICE. HE CONTINUES HIS LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO VETERANS AS FIRST VICE COMMANDER OF AMERICAN LEGION POST 716 IN LOS ALAMITOS, PROVIDING DEDICATED LEADERSHIP AND CONTINUED SERVICE. HE LED EFFORTS TO EXPAND AMERICAN LEGION POST 716 IN SUPPORT OF

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MILITARY OPERATIONS ACROSS FIVE COUNTRIES, INCLUDING IRAQ, TWICE IN AFGHANISTAN, NIGERIA, EGYPT AND KOSOVO. HE HAS EARNED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL AND COMBAT ACTION BADGE, ALONG WITH NUMEROUS COMMENDATION AND CAMPAIGN MEDALS. IN RECOGNITION OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE, HE ROSE TO THE RANK OF SERGEANT FIRST CLASS E-7, SERVING AS A PLATOON SERGEANT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LEADERSHIP, TRAINING, READINESS AND WELFARE OF MORE THAN 40 SOLDIERS. HE HAS SERVED AS A U.S. MARINE CORPS INFANTRY RIFLEMAN AND SCOUT SNIPER, AND LATER AS A U.S. ARMY CAVALRY SCOUT WITH SNIPER QUALIFICATION, CONDUCTING SPECIALIZED RECONNAISSANCE AND PRECISION FIRE MISSIONS. HE WAS SELECTED TO SERVE WITH THE NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER OPERATIONS GROUP, BLUE TEAM COBRA TEAM, TRAINING RECONNAISSANCE UNITS AND PREPARING ROTATIONAL FORCES FOR COMBAT OPERATIONS. HE CONTINUES A LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO SERVICE AS A CYPRESS COLLEGE STUDENT VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER MEMBER. AMERICAN LEGION POST 716 MEMBER AND CREATOR OF A MILITARY TRIBUTE MURAL IN THE CITY OF LOS ALAMITOS ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY OF CYPRESS AND MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND HONORABLE MAYOR MEDRANO, WE ARE HONORED TO RECOGNIZE YOU BOTH FOR YOUR DEEP COMMITMENT AND YOUR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE, AND WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU INTO THE WELL FOR A PHOTOGRAPH AND RECOGNITION.

ONE. TWO. THREE. OKAY.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

GREAT. AT THIS TIME, I'LL PASS IT ON TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHO ARE HERE IN PERSON OR WHO MAY BE PARTICIPATING IN US VIRTUALLY, WE HAVE A BIT OF AN UNUSUAL PROCEEDING TONIGHT. WE'RE ABOUT

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THE INCONVENIENCE OF HAVING TO WALK TO ANOTHER STREET IS BORDERS ON SILLY. CERRITOS AVENUE STILL HAS REDUNDANT BIKE LANES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET. FOR THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF

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TWO ITEMS TONIGHT. THE FIRST IS THE. LET'S SPEAK ON THE LARK PROPERTY. WE LOST 300 ACRES OF PS ONE A ZONES PLUS OUR SCHOOLS. AFTER MANY BALLOT MEASURES, WE FINALLY. THE POWER AND MONEY OF DEVELOPMENT WON THE DAY AND. THEY GAVE US A LITTLE PARK AND THEY GOT THE 400 VOTES. AND SO NOW ALL WE HAVE. WHAT WE GOT OUT OF THAT WAS WAS TOWN CENTER AND A PARK. AND YOU'RE TAKING THE TOWN CENTER IN THIS YEAR, AND YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THE PARK INTO A STORMWATER RUNOFF.

IT'S COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. FURTHER, THE THING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER. BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE INTERLOCKING ROADWAYS BETWEEN THE PARKS, IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I THINK WE SHOULD OUR OUR CITY IS REALLY BAD WITH BIKE LANES. AND SO CONNECTING THE PARKS WITH THRUWAYS GREEN SPACE GREENBELTS IS A GREAT IDEA. I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT. AND THE OTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ON IS.

I'VE ASKED FOR LICENSE PLATE READER CAMERA DATA. I'VE TRIED TO GET IT FROM THE WEBSITE. YOU CAN'T GET IT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FLOCK CAMERAS HERE IN CYPRUS. THERE'S SIX, I THINK, LICENSE PLATE READERS. AS AN AI ENGINEER, I COULD WRITE SOFTWARE THAT WOULD GIVE YOU SHOCKING INFORMATION ABOUT THE PEOPLE. YOU DON'T NEED THEIR PASSPORT. YOU DON'T NEED THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE. YOU CAN TELL FROM THEIR LICENSE PLATE. YOU CAN THE POLICE HAVE THE INFORMATION. THEY CAN LOOK FINE. I COULD WRITE SOFTWARE THAT WOULD INFER CRAZY BEHAVIORS FROM THE PEOPLE FROM WHERE JUST WHERE THEY DRIVE THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE. WE NEED TO RELEASE THE INFORMATION, WHAT CAMERAS WE HAVE, WHERE THEY ARE, WHAT DATA WE'RE COLLECTING, AND WHO YOU'RE SHARING IT WITH. AND THE SAME THING WITH THE DRONES. I UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T WANT TO RELEASE THE LOCATION OF THE CAMERAS BECAUSE YOU THINK IT, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES SOME OF YOUR POLICE POWER. BUT, YOU KNOW, HALF OUR BUDGET GOES TO POLICE. THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THE POLICE IS THAT FOR WELL, EXCEPT FOR THIS LAST YEAR, THEY DID MUCH BETTER FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. YOU KNOW, MY DOG SLEEPS UNDER THE COUCH BECAUSE FIREWORKS GOING OFF. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT I'M MORE AFRAID OF POLICE OVER POLICING THAN I AM OF CRIME IN CYPRUS. AND MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. BUT BUT BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, CATALYTIC CONVERTERS AND FIREWORKS, I, I WOULD RATHER NOT BE OVERPOLICED WITH CAMERAS. I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE DATA. I'D LIKE TO SEE IT POSTED ON THE ON THE WEB. THANKS. THANK YOU. MARILYN REEMS FOLLOWED BY JOHN PEET.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MARILYN REEMS, CYPRUS RESIDENT. SO I HAD TWO THINGS ON THE CARD. ONE OF THEM WAS ADDRESSING AN INTERSECTION CROSSWALK ISSUE THAT I'M AFRAID SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GET KILLED. AND IT'S AT THE CORNER OF CERRITOS AND LEXINGTON ON THAT CROSSWALK THAT GOES DIRECTLY FROM THE PARK TO THE INDUSTRIAL PARK SIDE. IT IS SO DANGEROUS. AND JUST WEDNESDAY NIGHT WAS THE THIRD TIME THAT I TURNED, WAS TURNING LEFT TO HEAD DOWN LEXINGTON. SO I'VE GOT ALL THIS RIGHT HEADLIGHTS COMING THIS DIRECTION. THE THE LIGHT THAT THE THE LIGHT CROSSWALK LIGHT THAT'S UP THERE IS NOT ADEQUATE. IT DOES NOT IT DOES NOT FILL THAT CROSSWALK. AND AS I WAS GETTING READY TO MAKE MY LEFT TURN, THIS CHILD CAME OUT ON HIS BIKE DOWN THAT DRIVEWAY LIKE A FLASH. I MISSED HIM. I MEAN, I, MY HEART WAS IN MY

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NOW, IRONICALLY, I UNDERSTAND WE THERE'S A LIKE A TRAFFIC PERSON IN HERE AND I HAD A CONVERSATION. SO I'LL I'LL CONTINUE THAT WITH HIM. MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT WE CAN GET A, A CROSSWALK LIKE A, YOU KNOW, THIS. WELL, I GUESS WE CAN'T DO A SIGNAL, BUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD SAY YOU CAN'T CROSS UNTIL NOW, MAKING IT SAFE FOR THEM, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT I'M JUST TELLING YOU, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING. AND I COULDN'T LIVE WITH MYSELF IF I, YOU KNOW, HIT SOMEONE IN A CROSSWALK. AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S INEVITABLE. IT'S JUST A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE OTHER STUFF ON THE THE EIR, ALL I WANT TO SAY ON THAT IS THAT I PRAY. THAT THAT THE CITY WILL REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE HUMAN BEINGS LIVING IN DISTRICT FOUR.

DISTRICT FOUR IS WHERE ALL OF THIS. IT LOOKS LIKE 95% OF THIS IS GOING TO OCCUR. AND WE LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT MAP THAT WAS PUT OUT, I THINK IT WAS MY EYES ON CYPRUS.

I'M LOOKING AT WHERE WE LIVE AND WE LITERALLY ARE SURROUNDED BY ALL THE NEW BUILDS. AND I JUST, I JUST HOPE AND PRAY THAT PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER THAT THAT QUALITY OF LIFE IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US, AND THAT YOU TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS YOU MAKE YOUR DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JOHN PETE, FOLLOWED BY BILL WASSENBERG. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOHN PETE. I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF CYPRUS. THIS EVENING I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE DISCUSSION THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING RECENTLY IN SOCIAL MEDIA AND LOCAL PUBLICATIONS ABOUT THE NEED FOR A PLANNING COMMISSION IN CYPRUS AND THE CONTENTION THAT WITHOUT ONE, THE CITY LACKS THE PLANNING AUTHORITY AND OVERSIGHT THAT IT NEEDS TO MAKE DECISIONS ON DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS BIG AND SMALL. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY LIKE TO DISAGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT. IN A FACEBOOK POST FROM OCTOBER 2024, IT WAS REPORTED THAT CYPRUS HAS NOT HAD A PLANNING COMMISSION SINCE 1978. THAT'S 48 YEARS OF PROGRESS AND SUCCESS WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF A PLANNING COMMISSION. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN CYPRUS IN THE PAST 48 YEARS? WE BUILT A WORLD CLASS BUSINESS PARK THAT PROVIDES THE FOUNDATION FOR A STRONG LOCAL ECONOMY, THE FINANCIAL STRENGTH THAT ALLOWS CYPRUS TO BE DEBT FREE AND IS THE ENVY OF OTHER CITIES. IN ORANGE COUNTY, WE CONVERTED AN OIL TANK FARM INTO THE BEAUTIFUL SORRENTO NEIGHBORHOOD AND VETERANS PARK. WE ATTRACTED LARGE RETAILERS LIKE COSTCO AND HOME DEPOT TO CYPRUS. WE BUILT THREE BEAUTIFUL NEW PARKS FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO ENJOY, AND WE BUILT THE AWARD WINNING CYPRUS SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER, WHICH BROUGHT TRADER JOE'S TO CYPRUS. THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE THINGS WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED. ONE MIGHT ASK HOW WE ACCOMPLISHED ALL THIS WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF A PLANNING COMMISSION. I BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE OF THE STRONG LEADERSHIP FROM PAST CITY MANAGERS AND CITY COUNCILS TO CREATE A VISION FOR WHAT THEY WANTED CYPRUS TO BECOME. AN EXCELLENT STAFF THAT HAVE PLANNED FOR AND BROUGHT THAT VISION TO LIFE. FOR THE PAST 48 YEARS, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS SERVED AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION, OR THE FINAL PLANNING AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY, BECAUSE RESIDENTS WANT THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE AND THE DIRECTION THAT THE CITY GOES. NOT AN IMPORTANT AN APPOINTED BOARD OF BUREAUCRATS. TODAY, WE HAVE STRONG LEADERSHIP FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, AND WE HAVE EXCELLENCE IN OUR STAFF TO PLAN FOR AND EXECUTE OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE. WHAT WE NEED IS OUR CITY COUNCIL TO STEP UP AND BE THE LEADERS YOU ARE ELECTED TO BE. YOU ARE THE PLANNING COMMISSION. DON'T LOOK TO HAND OFF THE TOUGH DECISIONS TO A COMMISSION YOU APPOINT. I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO EMBRACE YOUR ROLE AS THE FINAL PLANNING AUTHORITY. TRUST THE EXPERTISE OF YOUR STAFF AND THE COMPETENCE OF YOUR STAFF, AND MAKE THE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE SO THAT CYPRUS CONTINUES TO BE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, PLAY. AND AS MIKE, PASTOR MIKE IS FOND OF SAYING AND PRAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BILL WASSENBERG, FOLLOWED BY DOCTOR FRANCIS MARQUEZ. GOOD EVENING. I'M BILL WASSENBERG, A LONGTIME RESIDENT AND A RISK MANAGER BY PROFESSION. I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADD THE REVIEW AND UPDATE OF THE CITY'S LANDSCAPE AND TREE MAINTENANCE POLICY TO THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY ON ITS ACCOMPLISHMENT OF PLANNING MORE THAN 200 TREES AND 2025. ONE OF NATURE'S BEAUTIES IS A MATURE TREE. IN A CITY

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YES, LARRY SABATELLI HERE. I WAS HERE ON MAY 12TH TO PASS ON A PROBLEM I HAVE WITH A HOME IN MY BLOCK THAT HAS TURNED INTO A, B AND B, AND THE ISSUES I HAVE IS THAT PEOPLE ARE CLIMBING OVER THE FENCE, GETTING INTO MY YARD, CHASING THE BALLS AND STUFF THAT COME OUT OF THE POOL.

I'VE HAD BEER BOTTLES IN MY BACKYARD. I'VE HAD TRASH FROM WENDY'S, I'VE HAD FLIP FLOPS THROWN OVER THE YARD. I'VE TALKED TO THE OWNERS. THEY DISREGARD ME. I'VE GONE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND BACK ON MAY 12TH, I SAY, AND I'VE TRIED TO TALK TO THE OWNERS. THEY HAVE IGNORED ME. THEY'RE NOT THERE THAT OFTEN. THERE IS A CLEANUP CREW THAT COMES IN EVERY TIME SOMEBODY COMES IN AND GOES THE. THE CODE SAYS THAT IT'S 30 DAY MINIMUM RENTAL, AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAS SOMEBODY IN THE CITY COUNCIL. I ASSUME THE CODE DEPARTMENT HAS CALLED THE COMPANY THAT REPRESENTS THEM. I BELIEVE THE NAME OF THE COMPANY IS B AND T HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT, AND THEY ADVERTISE ONLINE 30 DAY RENTAL ONLY. AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD BACK BY THE CITY, THAT'S IT. IT'S OVER. THEY SAY 30 DAYS. I'M THE NEIGHBOR. I SAY I'VE HAD 130 CARS IN THERE. AND IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS THAT CONVERTS TO 250 TO 300 PEOPLE THAT COME INTO MY NEXT DOOR TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE ANSWER. I'M REISSUING THE ISSUE TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN THAT PLAY IN MY BACKYARD. WE WATCH BECAUSE WE'RE RETIRED. I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY COMING INTO MY BACKYARD CHASING A VOLLEYBALL OR BEACH BALL OR ANYTHING, SO I'M REALLY UPSET ABOUT IT. I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE ANSWERS. I'VE USED MY DAUGHTER TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE I'M NOT ELECTRONICALLY GREAT. MY CLAIM TO FAME IS I SHUT THE DMV DOWN FOR TWO HOURS BY PUSHING THE WRONG NUMBERS. SO. THE THE LAST THING I HAD WAS THE THE FACT THAT THEY'RE ADVERTISING 30 DAY. THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. 130 CARS IN THAT DRIVEWAY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M OLD. ONE PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. I GOT 100,000 WORDS HERE. I GOT PICTURES OF ALL THESE CARS. SO I, ON ONE OF THE MEMOS THAT CAME FROM THE CITY SAID, WELL, CARS ARE CARS. BALONEY. THOSE CARS CONVERT INTO PEOPLE. AND I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE COMING IN THE BACK YARD.

AND I GOT BEER BOTTLES IN MY BACKYARD, THONGS. SO I REPEATED MYSELF. THE LAST THING I HAVE IS I SUGGEST YOU LOOK AT THE OZONE VOICE, OZONE, THE MAY 4TH, MAY 8TH YEARS. SISTER CITIES ARE LOOKING AT THESE BEES AND BEES AND THROWING THE BOOKS AT THEM SO YOU CAN. I'VE GOT THE.

THESE ARE THE ONLY COPIES I HAVE. MAY 4TH AND MAY 8TH. CITIES OF BREA, PLACENTIA AND OTHERS THROWING THE BOOKS AT THE B AND B BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT LIVING BY THE RULES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ANN HERTZ. MALLORY. MALLORY.

ACTUALLY, I'M. I'M SAYING IT. MALLORY. NOW TO LARRY, I. I HOPE YOU GET THE HELP YOU NEED.

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MY CONCERN IS THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN WIDELY PUBLICIZED. A COOLING CENTER CAN ONLY HELP PEOPLE IF THEY KNOW IT EXISTS, WHERE IT IS AND WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE DURING EXTREME HEAT.

I ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO PROACTIVELY COMMUNICATE THAT INFORMATION THROUGH EVERY AVAILABLE CHANNEL, PARTICULARLY TO REACH SENIORS AND OTHER VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. I BELIEVE THE COOLING CENTER LAUNCHED AUGUST 6TH. WE JUST WANT TO REMEMBER, REMIND PEOPLE THAT IT'S THERE AND THAT WE CARE ABOUT THEM AND THEIR COMFORT AND SAFETY. THIRD SEPTEMBER 11TH WILL MARK 25 YEARS SINCE THE ATTACKS OF 2001. AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, CYPRUS HAS NO PUBLIC COMMEMORATION PLANNED, AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COUNCIL TO DIRECT STAFF TO ORGANIZE A SIMPLE COMMUNITY REMEMBRANCE AT CITY HALL. IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE ELABORATE, BUT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING. FINALLY, OUR HISTORY MATTERS. I HAVEN'T SEEN ENOUGH BEING DONE TO CELEBRATE OUR 70TH ANNIVERSARY. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM DOING IS I'M FORMING AN ORGANIZING GROUP TO ESTABLISH THE CYPRUS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, A NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO PRESERVING, DOCUMENTING AND CELEBRATING OUR COMMUNITY'S HISTORY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. I REALIZE I'M OUT OF TIME. THANK YOU. AND COMMUNICATION MATTERS. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MATTERS, AND THESE MOMENTS MATTER. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS TOM MOORE.

START MY TIMER, PLEASE. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TOM MOORE. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW, AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF PLANNING, WE ARRIVE AT A VOTE WHERE SO MANY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS STILL ARE UNANSWERED AND ALMOST EVERY UNCERTAINTY SEEMS TO BENEFIT THE DEVELOPER RATHER THAN THE PUBLIC. THE HOUSING IS CERTAIN ROUGHLY 2000 HOMES, BUT THE TOWN CENTER ISN'T. THE DENSITY IS CERTAIN, BUT THE LOCATION OF REQUIRED PARKLAND ISN'T. THE DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPERS ENTITLEMENTS ARE SPELLED OUT, BUT MEANINGFUL AMENITIES FOR THE PUBLIC ARE DIFFICULT TO FIND, AND WE'RE BEING TOLD THERE'S URGENCY TO APPROVE THIS TONIGHT. I THINK THAT DESERVES SCRUTINY. MEASURE S AUTHORIZES ADDITIONAL HOUSING, BUT VOTERS WEREN'T TOLD THEY WERE GIVING UP THE TOWN CENTER PROMISE UNDER MEASURE A, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN CDC 2.0 AND

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WE APPARENTLY STILL HAVE AN ACRE WITHOUT A FIXED LOCATION. AT THE SAME TIME, THE CITY IS CONSIDERING ACCEPTING AN ACRE NEXT TO LEXINGTON PARK INSTEAD OF ROUGHLY $1 MILLION IN PARK FEES OWED BY MELIA BELMONT. IF LARK ALREADY OWNS CYPRUS THAT ACRE, WHY WOULD WE ALLOW IT TO SATISFY A SEPARATE OBLIGATION? WHO BENEFITS FROM STRUCTURING IT THAT WAY? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE THE RESIDENTS OF CYPRUS? TRAFFIC ALSO RAISES THE SAME QUESTION. WE'RE CREATING A NEW THOROUGHFARE SERVING ROUGHLY 2000 HOMES. THIS IS THE MOMENTS WHEN CYPRUS HAS LEVERAGE OVER ITS DESIGN AS A TRAFFIC CIRCLE, BEEN SERIOUSLY STUDIED AS A WAY TO REDUCE CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC IN THE CENTER OF OUR CITY. IF NOT, WHY WASN'T IT HAVE ANY MITIGATION INSTRUMENTS BEEN STUDIED? AND THEN THERE'S THE PROCESS ITSELF. NO PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW.

THE PUBLIC GETS MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO THE VESTING MAP ONLY WEEKS BEFORE THE FINAL VOTE.

STAFF PRESENTS THE PROJECT WITHOUT HIGHLIGHTING THESE UNRESOLVED QUESTIONS. AND NOW THE MESSAGE SEEMS TO BE AFTER EIGHT YEARS, WE NEED TO MOVE FAST. AFTER EIGHT YEARS, WHY AREN'T THESE QUESTIONS ALREADY ANSWERED? TRANSPARENCY MATTERS TO MAYOR MEDRANO HAS RECUSED HIMSELF, WHILE THOUSANDS IN DEVELOPER BACKED INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES REPORTEDLY SUPPORTED COUNCILWOMAN PETE, WHO IS VOTING TONIGHT. THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES AREN'T LEGALLY EQUIVALENT, BUT THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW WHY ONE REQUIRES RECUSAL AND THE OTHER ONE DOES NOT. AND WHAT FINANCIAL SUPPORT CONNECTED TO INTERESTING PARTIES BENEFITED ANYONE CASTING THE VOTE TONIGHT. WHY DOES THE BURDEN FALL ON RESIDENTS AT THE 11TH HOUR TO DISCOVER WHAT WAS IN PRESERVE, WHAT HASN'T BEEN LOCATED, WHAT WASN'T STUDIED, AND WHAT THE CITY MAY BE GIVING AWAY? I'VE LIVED IN CYPRUS FOR 60 YEARS. I DON'T BELIEVE OPPOSING GROWTH IS RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT, BUT NEITHER IS TREATING DEVELOPMENT AS INEVITABLE AND PUBLIC BENEFIT IS OPTIONAL. THE SYSTEM SHOULD WORK THE OTHER WAY AROUND BEFORE GRANTING PERMANENT ENTITLEMENTS. ON ONE OF THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL PIECES OF LAND IN CYPRUS. THE BURDEN SHOULD NOT BE ON RESIDENTS TO EXPLAIN WHY THE CITY DESERVES MORE. THE BURDEN SHOULD BE ON THIS PROCESS TO EXPLAIN WHY CYPRUS SHOULD ACCEPT LESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT I HAVE HELEN LEE. HELEN, THERE'S A QUESTION I HAVE. WOULD YOU WANT TO DO YOUR COMMENTS NOW OR DO YOU WANT TO DO IT ON ITEM NUMBER 15 DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING OR COMMUNITY TESTIMONY? WHAT WOULD YOU QUESTION TO CLARIFY? DID I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY THAT WHEN YOU SPEAK ON A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM ONCE, SUCH AS IN ORAL COMMUNICATION, YOU BASICALLY FORFEIT YOUR COMMUNICATIONS ON THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM WHEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS IS UP. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER. YOU CAN'T KIND OF SPLIT YOUR YOUR THOUGHTS IN THE SEVERAL PIECES. WELL, ALL I'M SAYING IS ITEM NUMBER 15. SO YOU HAVE A CHOICE. YOU CAN GIVE IT NOW DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS OR YOU CAN GIVE IT DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'LL TAKE IT NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR TAKING ADDITIONAL TIME TO CONSIDER THE LARK PLAN PROPOSAL 3.0. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS FACING OUR CITY OF CYPRUS. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND A RESPONSIBILITY TO GET IT RIGHT. I SUPPORT RESPONSIBLE REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY, BUT I ASK THE COUNCIL TO ADDRESS SEVERAL CONCERNS BEFORE MAKING FINAL DECISIONS. FIRST, PUBLIC SPACES SHOULD REMAIN PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY. THE PROPOSED MOODY STREET EXTENSION AND PARK AREA OR AREAS ARE INTENDED FOR PUBLIC USE, PUBLIC ACCESS, FUTURE HOMEOWNERS AND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE, NOT NOT HAVE THE MAINTENANCE OR THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. THE ONGOING COST OF MAINTAINING THE STREET, THE ASPHALT, THE SLURRY PARKS, THE CONCRETE THAT GO WITH IT, AND OTHER SPACES SERVING THE BROADER PUBLIC WHO CAN AFFORD THE DAILY MAINTENANCE. CAN ANY OF THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS? CERTAINLY NOT THOSE IN CONDOS AND TOWNHOMES OR WHATEVER DEVELOPMENT SHOULD COME THAT WAY. HOUSING IS REALLY IS ALREADY EXPENSIVE. WE SHOULD NOT ADD ANOTHER LONG TERM FINANCIAL BURDEN TO FUTURE CYPRUS INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS BY ASKING THEM TO MAINTAIN THIS FULLY PUBLIC USE PROPERTY. SECOND, LET'S CREATE THAT TOWN HALL COMMONS, THAT TOWN COMMONS THAT WE JUST HEARD ABOUT. I SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL ACREAGE OF THE TO INCREASE DINING, ENTERTAINMENT, COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE. I PERSONALLY DON'T FEEL LIKE AN ADDITIONAL ONE ACRE IS ENOUGH. I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER LOOKING TO SEE IF WE CAN EXPAND EVEN ABOVE THAT. THIS DEVELOPMENT GIVES CYPRUS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A PLACE WHERE RESIDENTS CAN GATHER, FAMILIES CAN SPEND TIME TOGETHER, AND RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES CAN THRIVE. WE

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A SAFE, DIRECT PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE CONNECTION SHOULD LINK THE NEW TOWN COMMONS DEVELOPMENT TO LEXINGTON PARK SO THAT ALL THOSE THAT I JUST NAMED DON'T HAVE TO WALK THE LONG WAY AROUND. LET'S BE A TRUE TOWN COMMONS WITH THAT PARK. FOURTH, LET'S TAKE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT OTHER HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, SUCH AS THE BUSINESS PARK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF VALLEY VIEW. NOW THAT WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION WITH YAMAHA CORPORATION VACATING THAT PROPERTY, LET'S PERHAPS CONSIDER WITH RESIDENT MORE RESIDENT INPUT, THE. THE VIABILITY. LET'S. HERE, LET'S EXPAND THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESIDENTS. AND FINALLY, THAT'S THE THE POINT. LET'S CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE PLANNING COMMITTEE. SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A PLANNING COMMISSION, WE NEED TO EXPAND RESIDENT INPUT AND THIS HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, ARE THERE ANY ONLINE COMMENTS? I SHOW NO ONE WITH THEIR HAND RAISED, MR. MAYOR. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.

[ CONSENT CALENDAR All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are to be approved with one motion unless a Council Member requests separate action on a specific item. Council Members voting no or abstaining on a Consent Calendar item may do so without removing the item from the Consent Calendar.]

[15. Continued Public Hearing to Consider Los Alamitos Race Course Specific Plan 3.0 Buildout   Item No. 15 is a continued public hearing from July 14, 2026. Consistent with public-comment procedures, each person may speak once on a public hearing item. Public comment on August 25, 2026, will therefore be limited to individuals who did not speak on this item on July 14, 2026. Prepared by: Alicia Velasco, Director of Community Development Recommendation: 1. Adopt the attached Resolution certifying the Environmental Impact Report, and approving Findings, a Statement of Overriding Considerations, and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program; and 2. Adopt the attached Resolution approving Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 19247; and   3. Introduce for first reading of an Ordinance approving a Development Agreement by title only and waive further reading.]

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WITH THE NEW VERBIAGE UNDERLINE FURTHER. THE ORIGINAL STAFF REPORT WAS ALSO ATTACHED TO THIS SHORTENED VERSION, AND THE PRESENTATION FROM THE JULY 14TH HEARING HAS BEEN ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? I DON'T HAVE THE LIST, SO YOU CAN JUST START IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION. THIS IS JUST A SIMPLE QUESTION BASED ON SOME OF THE REMARKS THAT WE HEARD. BUT CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE TO THE CLARIFICATION ON THE HOA AND ITS RESPONSIBILITY IN TERMS OF WHO WHO PAYS INTO THAT AND WHAT THAT WHAT THAT PAYS FOR? JUST SO WE HAVE SOME CLARITY IN THE ROOM, RIGHT. SO THERE, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT THERE WILL BE A MASTER HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. AND SO THAT WOULD BE EVERY RESIDENTIAL UNIT WOULD NEED TO PAY INTO THAT MASTER HOA. AND THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAIN STREETS AND THE LOTS FIVE SIX PARK WOULD BE THE MASTER HOA. THEN THERE WOULD BE SMALLER HOAS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL SUBDIVISION OR EVEN COMMERCIAL SUBDIVISION, BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE BOTH. AND THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THEIR OWN COMMON SPACE. THE TWO ACRE FLOATING PARK WILL BE DECIDED ON IF IT'S A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PARK, AND THE PAYMENT OF HOW THAT PARK IS MAINTAINED WHEN THAT PARK IS DEVELOPED. SO IS IT CORRECT TO SAY THAT THE HOMEOWNERS IN THIS AREA WOULD BE PAYING FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF STREETS SUCH AS, LET'S SAY, MOODY OR PARKWAYS THOROUGHFARES, THINGS LIKE THAT? YES. THAT EXTENSION? YES. OKAY.

WELL, JUST THE LANDSCAPE, I'M SORRY. JUST THE LANDSCAPE. THE LANDSCAPE, NOT THE NOT THE ROAD.

OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER PETE, THANK YOU. YEAH. FOR CLARITY, I, I'VE HEARD SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THE TOWN CENTER GOING AWAY. OKAY. AND THAT IS NOT HOW I READ THE, THE SUMMARY. SO I JUST IF YOU COULD PROVIDE SOME CLARITY, WHAT I READ IN. 2.0, THE ONLY WORDS THAT I SEE ARE DIFFERENT BETWEEN 2.0 AND 3.0 IS, IS THE ACRES SLIGHTLY, SLIGHTLY LESS AND BASICALLY TO ACCOMMODATE THE ROAD. BUT IT SAYS THE TOWN CENTER DISTRICT. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE SAYS TWO TOWN CENTER, MIXED USE DISTRICTS. SO CAN YOU JUST ARTICULATE IS IT HAS THE TOWN CENTER GONE AWAY? IF YOU LOOK AT THIS? NO, NO. THE TOWN CENTER, THE ABILITY FOR COMMERCIAL USES, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A CLEARER WAY TO DESCRIBE IT. IT'S STILL PERMITTED. IT WAS PERMITTED IN 2.0. IT'S PERMITTED IN 3.0. AND IN FACT THE EIR STUDIED UP TO 440 ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, AS PART OF THE EIR, I SHOULD SAY. SO ALL THE PROJECT DOES THIS EVENING IS SUBDIVIDE THE PROPERTY AND PROVIDE FOR THE BACKBONE INFRASTRUCTURE. SHOULD COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WANT TO BUILD IN THIS AREA? THEY PROPOSE IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND IT'S BROUGHT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. SO RESIDENTIAL IS PERMITTED. COMMERCIAL IS PERMITTED, BUT IT IS NOT REQUIRED. COMMERCIAL SPACE IS NOT REQUIRED. IT WAS NOT REQUIRED IN 2.0. BUT IT'S NOT THAT IT IS DISAPPEARED. IT'S STILL PERMITTED. AND THE EIR STUDIED IT AS WELL. OKAY,

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OKAY. HI. I WAS HERE TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONTINUED HEARING. YES. HI. COULD YOU HOLD? WE'LL BE TAKING THAT PUBLIC COMMENT MOMENTARILY. OKAY. JUST TO SAY SO THE CITY KNOWS HOW TO DO THIS, RIGHT? I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT MACKEY PARK, IT'S EXCELLENT. IT'S WELL DONE. AND HONESTLY, NOBODY WOULD EVEN KNOW THAT IT HAS STORMWATER RETENTION. YOU HAVE NO IDEA UNTIL YOU REALLY THINK THROUGH IT AND YOU SAY, OH, WELL, THAT'S INTERESTING. THE SAME THING IN ARNOLD AND THE SAME THING IN LEXINGTON. SO I TRUST CITY STAFF. I TRUST EVERYBODY THAT DOES THIS. THEY KNOW HOW TO DO IT. I EVEN THINK SORRENTO, WHEN I READ THROUGH THAT AGREEMENT, SORRENTO HAS THE SAME TYPE OF THING. SO WE KNOW HOW TO DO THIS. IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE WALKING IN AND SAYING, WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT. AND I THINK IT'S BEEN CLEAR THAT WE WANT TO HAVE AND MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF PARKS. SO I'M JUST SAYING IS I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND, DON'T LISTEN TO THE RUMORS YOU'RE READING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT IT'S, IT'S, OH, THEY'RE DOING THIS AND LOOK WHAT THEY'RE DOING. BE REALLY CAREFUL. STUDY THE FACTS, READ THE REPORTS. OKAY, I KNOW MAYBE YOU'LL GET INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT THERE WAS ALSO DISCUSSION ABOUT TRAFFIC. THERE'S A TRAFFIC STUDY DONE. THERE'S CLEARLY THINGS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED. AND THERE WERE MITIGATION PLANS AGAIN FOR THAT. AND SO AGAIN, TRUST THE STAFF.

THEY KNOW WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AND THEY KNOW HOW TO DO IT. SO WE MAY NOT LIKE IT. WE MAY NOT LIKE ALL THE NEW HOMES. I GET THAT, BUT TRUST THE STAFF THAT THEY ARE THE EXPERTS AND THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF? MY QUESTION REALLY, SHE ANSWERED WITH REGARDS TO HOW THE DESIGN IS AND THE TOWN CENTER. I SHOULD ADD, MR. MAYOR PRO TEM, THIS IS THE QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD FOR COUNCIL AND STAFF RIGHT NOW. WE'LL TALK. WE'LL DO DELIBERATIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

COUNCIL MEMBER SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS IS A TIME FOR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

COMMENTARY FROM COUNCIL WOULD COME LATER. IT WILL. OKAY THEN. I'LL CONFINE THIS TO QUESTIONS.

I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY THE TOWN CENTER ELEMENT OF THIS. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER PETE ASKED OR SUGGESTED THAT THERE'S NO TOWN CENTER REQUIRED NOW. THERE WAS NOT A TOWN CENTER REQUIRED IN 2.0 I GUESS IS WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER PETE SAID. I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD ASK, WAS THERE EVER ANY POINT WHERE A COMMERCIAL TOWN CENTER WAS REQUIRED IN 2.0 BEFORE 2.0 AT ANY POINT, BECAUSE IT'S CALLED THE CYPRUS TOWN CENTER AND COMMONS? WAS THERE EVER REQUIRED TOWN CENTER NOT REQUIRED, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN PERMITTED. OKAY. AND SO IT'S ALWAYS BEEN POSSIBLE THAT THERE WILL BE A TOWN CENTER, BUT NOT REQUIRED. SO LOOK, BEFORE MY TIME, IN MY OPINION, PERHAPS A BIT OF A MISLEADING TITLE IN THAT CASE. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THERE COULD BE A TOWN CENTER. THERE COULD BE A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS VERSION THAT COMES TO LIFE, AND THERE COULD BE ZERO SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. IS THAT

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(528) 284-7806. PLEASE REENTER YOUR ACCESS CODE FIVE.

TWO. ANY OTHER ORGANIZERS OR PANELISTS ON THE LINE? WHEN YOU ARE READY TO BEGIN THE PRESENTATION, PRESS STAR ONE TO ALLOW ALL ATTENDEES TO HEAR YOU. THIS SYSTEM WILL NOTIFY YOU ONCE YOU BEGIN YOUR BROADCAST.

THE BROADCAST IS NOW STARTING. ALL ATTENDEES ARE IN LISTEN ONLY MODE. TEST. TEST. OKAY, I'M GETTING A MESSAGE THAT OUR CALLERS ON THE LINE CAN HEAR US.

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OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN GOING BACK TO THE EIGHT ACRE PARK AND THE STORMWATER DETENTION ISSUE THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED. I KNOW WE GOT SOME CHANGES TO THE LANGUAGE, WHICH I AM APPRECIATIVE OF. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR BY ASKING STAFF, AND I DON'T KNOW IF OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR OR RECREATION DIRECTOR WHO WANTS TO ANSWER ABUNDANTLY CLEAR, THIS EIGHT ACRE PARK WILL NOT BE LIKE THE NATURE PARK. IS THAT RIGHT? IT WILL BE OPEN. IT WILL BE USABLE. ARE WE CONFIDENT IN THAT? OKAY, I WOULD SAY THAT THE VERBIAGE THAT HAS BEEN ADDED VERY CLEARLY REQUIRES THAT IT IS OPEN AND USABLE, AND THAT IF ANY PORTION IS NOT USABLE, IT MUST BE PLACED. IT MUST BE THEN COMPENSATED FOR IN ANOTHER AREA.

RIGHT. AND THEN THAT WILL COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO FOR A REVIEW AND APPROVAL, AND THROUGH OUR FIVE STEP PARK DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. AND IS THERE ANYTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WE'RE CONSIDERING THAT WOULD PREVENT THAT PARK IN THE FUTURE FROM HAVING PLAYGROUNDS OR A SPORTS COURT OF ANY KIND? NOT AT ALL. OKAY. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR. AND THEN THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT, WHICH I DIDN'T MENTION LAST TIME. AND THAT'S RELATED TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE OVATION COMMUNITY AND ENTERPRISE DRIVE, WHICH IS THE STREET THAT THEY USE TO ENTER AND EXIT THEIR COMMUNITY. SOME RESIDENTS MAY KNOW THE HISTORY. THESE RESIDENTS DO NOT HAVE AN EASY MEANS OF GOING IN AND OUT OF THEIR COMMUNITY, AND THERE'S A HISTORY BEHIND THAT. I WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING THIS NEW SPACE IN THAT AREA, IT SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO PUNCH ENTERPRISE DRIVE THROUGH TO THE NORTH SO THAT IT MAYBE CONNECTS TO CERRITOS, WHICH WOULD GIVE THE RESIDENTS OF OVATION A ANOTHER MEANS OF ENTERING AND EXITING THEIR HOMES. IF WE WANTED TO DO THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DECIDE TODAY, OR CAN THAT BE DONE IN THE FUTURE? THAT CAN DEFINITELY BE DONE IN THE FUTURE, AND THAT IS WHAT STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND, RIGHT? THAT LOOKING AT THE FUTURE EXTENSION OF ENTERPRISE DRIVE SHOULD BE DONE WHEN LOTS TWO, THREE AND FOUR ARE BEING DEVELOPED, RIGHT? SO WE CAN SEE THE RESIDENTIAL

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AND THEN WE WOULD DO A COMPREHENSIVE CIRCULATION PLAN FOR THOSE PARCELS BASED ON THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO GO ON THOSE LOTS. OKAY. AND SO IF WE WERE TO AGREE THAT THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WOULD TIE A FUTURE COUNCIL'S HANDS FROM BEING ABLE TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE. IN OTHER WORDS, THAT WILL BE A POSSIBILITY. AND NOTHING WE AGREE TO TONIGHT WILL PREVENT THAT FROM POTENTIALLY HAPPENING. IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION FROM A FUTURE COUNCIL, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SPEAKS ABOUT THE BACKBONE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR STREETS, BUT IT LEAVES OPEN FOR NEW STREETS IN THE FUTURE BASED ON THAT DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OH, AND THEN I KNOW A COUPLE RESIDENTS WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF LIKE A TRAFFIC CIRCLE. AND IS THAT SOMETHING AS WELL THAT WE COULD IN THE FUTURE, POTENTIALLY IF WE STUDY THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE TRAFFIC, DECIDE THAT A TRAFFIC CIRCLE MAKES SENSE IN THAT IN A CERTAIN AREA, OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER AND DECIDE NOW? YOU MEAN TRAFFIC CIRCLES IN FUTURE INTERSECTIONS OR TRAFFIC CIRCLES FOR INTERSECTIONS IN THE BACKBONE? SORRY. WHAT CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN FUTURE AND BACKBONE? BACKBONE IS THE MOODY EXTENSION, SO WE'RE MOODY AND VESSELS INTERSECT. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THAT INTERSECTION, I GUESS WHAT'S THE ANSWER FOR BOTH? WELL, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO DEFER ONE ANSWER. ACTUALLY, I'LL DEFER BOTH NICK, NICK OR DAN. THEY KNOW. YEAH. SO FOR THE MOODY VESSEL EXTENSION, THAT IS A PROPOSED TRAFFIC SIGNAL. BUT FOR FUTURE INTERSECTIONS, WE CAN CONSIDER TRAFFIC CIRCLES. OKAY. AND SO IN THE FUTURE, KIND OF DEPENDENT ON WHAT DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, IT SOUNDS LIKE MANY OPTIONS WOULD BE ON THE TABLE.

BUT RIGHT NOW THE THERE'S A PLAN SIGNAL AT THE MOODY VESSELS INTERSECTION, AND THAT'S BEING PAID FOR BY IT'S NOT BEING PAID FOR BY THE CITY. CORRECT? CORRECT. THAT'S PAID FOR BY THE DEVELOPER. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO SO, MR. MAYOR PRO TEM, IF I COULD JUST ADD SOMETHING, I THINK THE COUNCIL'S CONCERNED THAT SOMEHOW YOU'RE GIVING UP YOUR OVERSIGHT RIGHTS BY APPROVING THESE DOCUMENTS TONIGHT. ALL OF VESTING TENTATIVE TRACK MAP DOES IS VEST THE DEVELOPER'S RIGHT TO PROPOSE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS BASED ON YOUR REGULATORY AUTHORITY AS IT EXISTS. AT THE MOMENT, THE VESTING TENTATIVE TRACK MAP IS APPROVED. YOU'RE NOT SURRENDERING YOUR ANY OF YOUR DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY. YOU'RE NOT ABROGATING YOUR OBLIGATION TO CONDUCT A FUTURE PUBLIC HEARING AND TO TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY. YOU'RE NOT PRECLUDING, YOU'RE NOT DICTATING. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWING THE DEVELOPER TO DICTATE WHAT WILL BE BUILT, WHEN IT WILL BE BUILT, OR HOW IT WILL BE BUILT.

ALL OF THAT DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY REMAINS WITH YOU, BUT IT WILL REMAIN WITH YOU AS THE CITY'S PLANNING AND ZONING AUTHORITIES EXIST. AT THE TIME, THE TENTATIVE TRACK MAP IS DEVELOPED. WHAT THE CITY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO IS TO CHANGE YOUR ZONING IN A FUTURE DATE THAT WOULD IMPACT THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. BUT ALL OF THE AUTHORITY THAT YOU HAVE NOW TO REVIEW PROJECTS AND APPLICATIONS WILL NOT CHANGE BY APPROVING THIS VESTING TENTATIVE TRACK MAP. SO IF YOU'RE CONCERNED, AS RESIDENTS SEEM TO BE SUGGESTING IN SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, THAT SOMEHOW YOUR OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY IS SURRENDERED, THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE. THANK YOU. THAT WAS ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR NOW. SO. OKAY, ALICIA, WE'VE HAD A FEW COMMENTERS ASK ABOUT THE $1 MILLION IN LIEU OF THE ELECTION, THE LEXINGTON PARK EXTENSION. CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? RIGHT. SO THERE IS ONE ACRE LEFT WHICH WILL BE DEDICATED TO LEXINGTON PARK THAT'S CURRENTLY USED AS THE RACE COURSE MAINTENANCE YARD. AND SO WHEN THE RACE COURSE CLOSES, THAT ACRE WILL BE GIVEN OVER TO THE CITY TO BE USED AS A CITY SEES FIT AT THAT TIME. SO THAT'S ONE ITEM SEPARATELY, WHEN THE MALIA PROJECT WENT THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS, THE EXISTING MALIA PROJECT, THE BELMONT BEHIND COSTCO, THEY RECEIVED A PARK DEFERRAL OF APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION. SO ALL THE

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AND THERE IS ACTUALLY A SCHEDULE, A REPAYMENT SCHEDULE AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. BECAUSE WHEN THAT FEE DEFERRAL OCCURRED, IT WAS UNDER 2.0, WHICH ONLY HAD 1250 UNITS. SO WHEN THE DENSITY INCREASED, WE HAD TO REALLOCATE HOW THAT DEFERRAL WOULD WORK, BECAUSE NOW IT'S 1791 UNITS. SO WE HAVE A REPAYMENT SCHEDULE BASED ON LOTS, A LOT NUMBERS ON HOW MUCH EACH LOT WILL OWE WHEN IT REDEVELOPS. AND IF WE WERE TO REJECT THAT DEAL, IT WOULD MEAN WE WOULD GET THE THE $1 MILLION IN FEES, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN WE WOULD GET A PARK SOMEWHERE ELSE. WE WOULD JUST TOTALLY BE LOSING THAT THAT PART. ONE WAY THE CITY IS STILL ENTITLED OR WILL STILL RECEIVE THAT ONE ACRE ADJACENT TO LEXINGTON PARK. HOWEVER, IF A DEVELOPER REDEVELOPS THAT ONE ACRE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, THERE WILL HAVE TO BE SOME TYPE OF PARK OFF FEE OFFSET FOR THAT BECAUSE THE CITY CANNOT HAVE THE DEVELOPER CANNOT REDEVELOP THE PARK, SORRY, AND PAY THE FULL PARK IMPACT FEE. YOU CAN'T HAVE BOTH, RIGHT? SO YOU EITHER DO THE IMPROVEMENTS OR YOU PAY THE FEE. SO REGARDLESS, THE CITY WILL HAVE THE ACRE. IF IF THE CITY SAYS WE WILL PAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE OUR OWN YARD ON THIS ACRE. SO WE ARE GOING TO IMPROVE IT HOW WE WANT TO AND WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT. ALL RIGHT. THEN WE WOULD GET ALL OUR PARK IMPACT FEES. BUT IF THE CITY SAYS LOT TWO, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THIS ONE ACRE ADJACENT TO LEXINGTON PARK, THEN WE WOULD NEGOTIATE AT THAT TIME AND OFFSET IN PARK FEES. I HOPE THAT DIDN'T GET TOO IN THE WEEDS. IT'S I'M SORRY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED. SO BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT THE CITY IS COMING OUT ON TOP. YES. BASED ON THIS DEAL, DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE FOR HOW MUCH THAT IS? I'M SURE IF YOU ASK EVERY DEVELOPER, THEY SAY THE CITY'S COMING OUT ON TOP. BUT YES, THE POINT I WOULD STRESS IS THAT NO OPTIONS ARE BEING TAKEN OFF THE TABLE. RIGHT? THE CITY WILL RECEIVE THAT ACRE. THE NEGOTIATIONS ON PAYMENTS WILL OCCUR AT THAT TIME. AND IN THE MEANTIME, ANY LOTS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THAT WILL HAVE TO PAY THE FEE. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? OKAY. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. OH, DECLARE THE I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I KNOW THAT THREE OF THE. I SHOULD NOTE, MR. MAYOR PRO TEM AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THAT THREE OF THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT SPOKE DURING ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. ON THIS AGENDA ITEM ARE NEW SPEAKERS TO THE AGENDA ITEM, AND THEIR TESTIMONY WILL BE ADDED AS A PART OF THE RECORD OF THESE PROCEEDINGS. PLEASE COMPLETE A SPEAKER'S CARD TO PARTICIPATE IN PERSON. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THOSE JOINING VIRTUALLY, THE MAYOR OR THE MAYOR, PRO TEM OR CITY CLERK WILL CALL ON YOU TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL. ALL SPEAKERS HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD DISCLOSE COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANYONE RELEVANT TO A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. AT THIS TIME. I'D LIKE TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO CALL DOCTOR FRANCIS MARQUEZ, FOLLOWED BY JODY HARPER. AGAIN, HER TESTIMONY HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECORD FROM PRIOR TESTIMONY AND WILL BE INCLUDED SO SHE DOESN'T GET TO SPEAK A SECOND TIME. SORRY ABOUT THAT. JOY HARPER, FOLLOWED BY COLIN EDWARDS. MY NAME IS ROY HARPER, 28 YEAR CYPRESS RESIDENT. THERE HAVE

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THE CHATTER THAT THE TOWN CENTER AND COMMENTS BETWEEN THE 2018 AND 2024 PLANS IS NOT ACCURATE. THAT RHETORIC IS DESIGNED TO DIVIDE OUR COMMUNITY WHEN OUR LOVELY TOWN DESPERATELY NEEDS TO FIND THE CYPRESS SPIRIT AGAIN, THERE IS A REAL REDUCTION IN THE COMMONS.

THAT'S TRUE. PRETENDING OTHERWISE WOULD NOT BE HONEST, BUT WHAT IS PLANNED IS STILL SIZABLE AND REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS. ADD THE 18 PLUS ACRES IDENTIFIED CITY WIDE IN THE PUBLIC PARK DISTRICT, AND THE COMMONS IS REAL, IT'S MAPPED AND IT'S LARGER THAN THE ASK ON THE TABLE. PLEASE CERTIFY THE EIR TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COLIN EDWARDS. FOLLOWED BY PAULA MORALES. GOOD EVENING, MISTER MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL. COLIN EDWARDS, CYPRESS RESIDENT. THE CITY HAS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THIS PROPERTY ON TERMS THAT WORK BOTH FOR THE CITY AND THE PUBLIC AND A POTENTIAL DEVELOPER. BY WAITING OR OVERPRESCRIBING THE TERMS OF A FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, WE RISK THE RACETRACK PROPERTY EVENTUALLY BEING SOLD OFF IN SEPARATE PARCELS AND LOSING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A COHESIVE MASTER PLAN ALTOGETHER. DESPITE SOME OF THE CHATTER OUT THERE, THE TRANSITION FROM 2.0 TO 3.0 DOESN'T RESULT IN ANY NET LOSS OF PARK SPACE. THE ADDITION TO LEXINGTON PARK, COMBINED WITH THE PASSIVE PARK AND THE FLOATING TWO ACRE PARCEL, WOULD COMPLEMENT OUR EXISTING PARK INVENTORY. PASSIVE PARK, IN PARTICULAR, PRESENTS A ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF OPEN SPACE THAT SERVES RESIDENTS IN A WAY THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE AT LEXINGTON, ARNOLD, OR ANY OTHER PARKS IN OUR CITY.

ESPECIALLY SINCE A LOT OF FOLKS ARE SAYING THAT MOST OF OUR PARKS ARE OVER PROGRAMED. THEY WANT MORE OPEN SPACE IN A QUIETER, PASSIVE SETTING. THIS NEW PARK WOULD CERTAINLY MEET THAT REQUIREMENT. AND I'M THINKING OF SOMETHING LIKE RIVER'S END PARK IN SEAL BEACH, WHERE IT'S A FLOOD RETENTION BASIN IN AN OPEN SPACE AND A TINY PLAYGROUND, A RIDICULOUSLY SMALL PLAYGROUND IN THE SMALL CORNER THERE. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHY WE GOT HERE. BETWEEN 2.0 AND 3.0, THE ARENA NUMBERS GOT UPDATED FROM THE STATE. WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH THE ARENA PROCESS OR NOT, IT IS WHAT IT IS. WE HAD TO PLAN FOR THE UNITS. SO HERE WE ARE. SO WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS AS A CITY WHILE RESPECTING THE WILL OF THE VOTERS AND PROTECTING THE LONG TERM INTERESTS OF OUR CITY. I HOPE THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE PLAN TONIGHT. I LOOK PAST ALL THE NOISE SURROUNDING THE ISSUE.

THIS IS, AGAIN, KIND OF A ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SHAPE THE IMPACT OF THE LARGEST PROPERTY THAT WILL BECOME AVAILABLE IN CYPRUS FOR RESPONSIBLE GROWTH, FOR OUR CITY AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO COME. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. AND ALDER MORALES, FOLLOWED BY THOMAS NICOLO. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, ALL OF THE STAFF. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS PAUL MORALES. I AM A RESIDENT AND I AM A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER. IN FACT, I WAS ON THE COUNCIL. THAT WAS A PART OF THAT NEGOTIATION. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GETS REAL FRUSTRATING IS FOR ME, IS TO WATCH AND LISTEN TO HOW THINGS AREN'T PROPERLY EXPLAINED, OR THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO DO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO GET OUT THERE AND LET THE PUBLIC KNOW IF IF THE PUBLIC SIMPLY HAD TO GO BY THESE ARTICLES, AND THIS IS FROM A LOCAL PAPER, THAT THE DEVELOPMENT WILL SHOEHORN AS MANY RESIDENTS AS THERE IS NOT EVEN THE CASE. IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE SHOVING PEOPLE. I WAS A PART OF THAT WHERE WE NEGOTIATED DOCTOR ALLRED MAKING A WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTION OF THE CURRENT LOCATION OF LEXINGTON PARK. YOU COULD DRIVE THERE RIGHT NOW AND SEE THAT THERE IS THAT ONE ACRE, THAT MAINTENANCE PARK THAT THEY NEEDED FOR THEIR CONTINUED OPERATIONS. SO THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE. THAT'S NOT ANYTHING NEW OR SURPRISING. IT'S NOT A MATTER OF TAKING THAT ACRE, AS SOME HAVE SAID, SOMEPLACE ELSE WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT. THAT IS NOT THE CASE. AND CONTRARY TO WHAT ANOTHER COLLEAGUE WHO GOT UP HERE AND SAID, THAT STAFF USUALLY DROPS THESE REPORTS IN THEIR LAP, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE SOME VERY PROFESSIONAL AND INTELLIGENT PEOPLE ON THE ON OUR STAFF. YOU GUYS KNOW THAT AND SHOULD KNOW THAT. AND IF THERE'S EVER ANY QUESTIONS, ASK THEM. THEY CAN PROVIDE IT. THIS EIR, I BELIEVE, HAS ALREADY BEEN DROPPED IN YOUR LAP. AS THEY SAID, FOR OVER A MONTH. THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME. AND WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING EIRS AT THIS LOCATION FOR YEARS. THIS IS NOTHING NEW. SO WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS THAT I KNOW THAT THE DECISION THAT IS MADE TONIGHT IS IMPORTANT. BUT AS I ALREADY POINTED OUT, ANOTHER IMPORTANT MATTER IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COUNCIL,

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PRETTY MUCH WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY POINTED OUT EARLIER. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT DISCLOSES A PROJECT'S IMPACTS LIKE TRAFFIC, AIR QUALITY, AND NOISE SO THAT THE COUNCIL CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. IT IS NOT THE DOCUMENT THAT FINALIZES PARK DESIGN, PLAZA PLACEMENT OR AMENITIES. THOSE DECISIONS LIVE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE TRACK MAP, WHICH ARE SEPARATE VOTES. REJECTING OR ENDLESSLY DELAYING THE IR DOESN'T GET RESIDENTS A BETTER PLAZA. IT JUST STALLS THE PROCESS THAT EVERYONE, INCLUDING CRITICS OF THIS PLAN, NEEDS MOVING TO GET THEIR CONCERNS ADDRESSED TO THE RIGHT DOCUMENT. EVEN THE DEVELOPER NEEDS THAT INFORMATION SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE TO THE CITY THE BEST PLAN POSSIBLE. PLEASE CERTIFY THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND KEEP THE REAL NEGOTIATION, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. MISS NICOLO, FOLLOWED BY LEANNE SANDERS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS TOM NORVELL AND I'VE BEEN IN CYPRESS IN LOS ALAMITOS, RESIDENT FOR OVER 55 YEARS. I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE PLANS FOR THE RACETRACK PROPERTY FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES. IN 2018, VOTERS WERE PROMISED A TOWN CENTER, A COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE WITH RETAIL, RESTAURANTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND HOUSING. I SUPPORTED MEASURE S BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD THE STATE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS AND BELIEVED WE COULD STILL ACHIEVE THAT VISION. BUT TONIGHT WE'RE CONSIDERING A PLAN THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY DEMOLISH A HISTORIC RESOURCE ELIGIBLE FOR BOTH THE NATIONAL AND CALIFORNIA REGISTERS, AND REPLACE IT WITH 1791 HOUSING UNITS. THE CITY'S OWN EIR OFFERS ANOTHER POSSIBILITY HISTORIC PRESERVATION ALTERNATIVE NUMBER THREE, IT PROVIDES 1400 HOUSING UNITS, THE SAME 440,000FT■!S OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, WHILE PRESERVING THE HISTORIC TRACK SHOOT AND GRANDSTAND AREA AS AN APPROXIMATELY 4700 SEAT OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE VENUE THAT COULD FINALLY GIVE CYPRESS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS A TOWN CENTER DESTINATION, SOMETHING UNIQUE TO OUR CITY. SURROUNDED BY RESTAURANTS, SHOPS AND GATHERING SPACES. AND WHAT IS THE RESIDENTIAL DIFFERENCE? 391 HOUSING UNITS. I RECENTLY ASKED CITY PLANNING HOW THE 391 FEWER UNITS WOULD AFFECT OUR STATE HOUSING OBLIGATIONS. THE CITY'S LATEST FINALIZED NO NET LOSS CALCULATION SHOWS A 388 UNIT HOUSING CAPACITY CUSHION.

PLANNING EXPLAINED THAT A PRECISE CALCULATION FOR ALTERNATIVE THREE CAN'T BE MADE TODAY BECAUSE IT'S A CONCEPTUAL ALTERNATIVE. I UNDERSTAND THAT PLANNING ALSO EXPLAINED THAT PRESERVATION WOULD NOT BE SIMPLE. IT WOULD REQUIRE DENYING THE CURRENT APPLICATIONS, ADDRESSING REPLACEMENT HOUSING CAPACITY, COMPLETING ADDITIONAL PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, AND ULTIMATELY RETURNING A SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT TO CYPRESS VOTERS. I UNDERSTAND THAT TO. BUT DIFFICULT IS NOT THE SAME AS IMPOSSIBLE, AND DEMOLITION IS PERMANENT. I SPOKE WITH FRANK SHARON YESTERDAY, AND I UNDERSTAND THE REALITIES FACING HORSE RACING, AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING RACING CAN OR SHOULD CONTINUE FOREVER. BUT WHEN RACING DOES END, IT'S HISTORY DOESN'T HAVE TO DISAPPEAR WITH IT. THERE IS NO ANNOUNCED CLOSING DATE, AND REDEVELOPMENT COULD OCCUR OVER MANY YEARS. SO I ASK YOU, WHY MAKE THE IRREVERSIBLE DECISION TONIGHT? WE CAN ACCOMMODATE SUBSTANTIAL HOUSING, PRESERVE AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF CYPRESS HISTORY, AND PERHAPS FINALLY CREATE THE COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE.

RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN PROMISED FOR DECADES. THAT REQUIRES TAKING THE MORE DIFFICULT PATH.

PLEASE CONSIDER WHETHER WHAT CYPRESS COULD GAIN IS WORTH THAT EFFORT. BUILD OUR FUTURE AROUND A PIECE OF OUR PAST WORTH KEEPING. THANK YOU. AND FINALLY, LEANNE SANDERS.

HAZARDOUS. GOOD EVENING, I'M LEANNE. I'VE LIVED IN CYPRESS FOR 74, WELL, SINCE 74. AND I RAISED MY CHILDREN, MY GRANDCHILDREN HERE. SO I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. I AM ASKING THIS EVENING THAT YOU CONSIDER EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID THIS EVENING, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GOOD ARGUMENTS, A LOT OF GOOD COMMENTS. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF CERTIFYING THE EIR FOR THE LASALLE RACETRACK, A RACE COURSE SPECIFIC PLAN THE STATE HAS REQUIRED CYPRESS TO PLAN FOR NEARLY 4000 NEW HOMES. AND WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, THERE IS NO GETTING AROUND THAT. ON TOP OF THIS, VOTERS LIKE MYSELF HAVE ALREADY WEIGHED IN

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PLEASE VOTE YES TONIGHT. WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT THE BROWN WATER, AND I DID WANT TO MAKE ONE OTHER COMMENT ABOUT THAT. I DID SEE A POST FOR A YOUNG MOM SAID THAT THE WATER DEPARTMENT TOLD HER SINCE SHE HAS A YOUNG CHILD, DON'T GIVE YOUR CHILD THAT. GO GET BOTTLED WATER. SO I HOPE IN THE FUTURE THAT THAT IS ADDRESSED AND THAT IT IS RESOLVED. AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING, AN ACCIDENT THAT CAUSED SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT THE CITY'S IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE RESIDENTS DESERVE THAT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A NEW SPEAKER CARD. MARCELLA. GOOD EVENING. I AM A LOCAL RESIDENT BUSINESS OWNER FOR THE CITY OF CYPRESS. I'M NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE BUSINESS AND POLITICS THAT GOES ON, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN THIS AREA A LONG TIME AND MY FEAR IS THE CULTURE OF CYPRESS. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR COMMUNITY? THE STRAWBERRY FIELDS ARE GONE. THE SCHOOLS THERE'S GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER NOW. THE RACETRACK. THE RACETRACK IS GOING TO BE WIPED OUT. THERE WILL BE NO NO CULTURE OF THE RACETRACK. YES, I'M NOT THAT OLD, BUT I KNOW TALKING TO THE ELDERLY, THAT RACETRACK WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT TO THIS COMMUNITY. IT HELPED THE COMMUNITY GROW. IT DEVELOPED THE COMMUNITY. I FOLLOW RACETRACKS. I KNOW IN THIS COMMUNITY WE JUST CAN'T. I LIKE TO ASK ALL OF YOU, HAVE ANY OF YOU VISITED THE RACETRACK IN THIS COMMUNITY? SADLY, NO. BUT I KNOW THE KENTUCKY DERBY. I KNOW THE RACETRACKS. WHERE IS WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH ALL OF THIS? MORE HOUSES. THAT'S THE CULTURE OF CYPRESS. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED. WHATEVER CYPRESS WAS, IT'S GOING TO DISAPPEAR. WE DID THAT BUILDING THAT'S THERE. I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY HISTORIC AND IT'S GOING TO BE GONE. THE LAST MEETING YOU HAD A MONTH AGO, THEY TALKED ABOUT. YES. THE LEGACY. YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE IT TO THE LIBRARIES, LEAVE THE INFORMATION THERE. IS THAT REALLY THE LEGACY? YOU'RE GOING TO JUST TAKE IT TO THE LIBRARY? WHY CAN'T WE? I'M SORRY, I CAN'T SAY WE. I KNOW YOU HAVE TO BUILD HOMES, BUT CAN SOME CREATIVITY COME OUT OF ALL OF THIS? MUST YOU KNOCK DOWN THE BUILDING? MUST YOU WIPE DOWN THAT HISTORY? IF. IF YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF CYPRUS. I THINK THERE'S SOMEWHERE IN THERE.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE. AGAIN. SORRY. LET ME REMOVE THAT WORD. IT'S GOT TO BE SOMEHOW MAINTAINED. YOU JUST CAN'T BUILD HOUSES. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. AND I HOPE YOU GOT.

THERE'S A CREATIVE IDEA THAT COMES OUT OUT OF THIS BECAUSE I AM A RESIDENT, I'M A BUSINESS OWNER, AND I LIKE TO CONTINUE LIVING HERE WITHOUT ALL THIS TRAFFIC THAT ALL THOSE HOUSES ARE GOING TO CREATE. WE'VE GOT A BUILDING THERE THAT CAN BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. SEEING AS THERE'S NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS, ARE THERE? IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? YES, MR. MAYOR PRO TEM, WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS WAITING TO SPEAK. THE FIRST ONE IS CHASE. AND CHASE. IF YOU CAN HEAR US, PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR COMMENTS. YOUR THREE MINUTES STARTS NOW. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHASE PRECIADO. I AM A PARALEGAL WITH LIZZO JURY SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF SUPPORTERS ALLIANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFER. SAFER ASKS THE COUNCIL NOT TO CERTIFY THE EIR FOR THE PROJECT AND INSTEAD DIRECT STAFF TO RECIRCULATE A REVISED DRAFT. EIR THE EIR FAILS TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS OR REQUIRE ALL FEASIBLE MITIGATION. FIRST,

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SAFER'S EXPERTS IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL FEASIBLE MEASURES, INCLUDING STRONGER PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE NETWORKS, LOCAL SERVING USES, RESIDENTIAL VMT REDUCTIONS AND A COMMUTE REDUCTION PROGRAM. SECOND, THE E R IDENTIFIES THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ALTERNATIVE AS ENVIRONMENTALLY SUPERIOR BECAUSE IT WOULD AVOID THE PROJECT'S SIGNIFICANT AND UNAVOIDABLE HISTORIC RESOURCES IMPACT. YET THE CITY DOES NOT ADOPT THAT ALTERNATIVE, AND THE EIR PROVIDES NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT ITS INFEASIBILITY. THIRD, THE EIRS NONRESIDENTIAL VMT ANALYSIS IS NOT SUPPORTED BY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. SAFER'S EXPERT FOUND THAT THE PROJECT'S NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT IS CONSISTENT WITH REGIONAL SERVING LIFESTYLE RETAIL. THE EIR ALSO FAILS TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN LOCAL AND REGIONAL SERVING COMMERCIAL USES, RESULTING IN UNDERESTIMATED VMT. FINALLY, SAFER'S EXPERT FOUND THAT FUTURE RESIDENTS AND COMMERCIAL EMPLOYEES WOULD FACE FORMALDEHYDE CANCER RISKS ABOVE SIGNIFICANT THRESHOLDS. THE EIR DOES NOT ANALYZE OR MITIGATE RISK, THEREFORE, SAFER URGES THE COUNCIL TO DENY EIR CERTIFICATION AND DIRECT STAFF TO RECIRCULATE A REVISED DRAFT EIR THAT ADDRESSES THESE IMPACTS. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ONLINE? YES, WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER THAT'S REQUESTED TO SPEAK. THIS IS ZACHARY HARPER. ZACHARY, I UNMUTED YOU, YOUR THREE MINUTES STARTS NOW. YOU HEAR ME? YES WE CAN. HI, MY NAME IS ZACH, AND I GREW UP AND WENT TO SCHOOL HERE IN CYPRESS. I JUST TURNED 21. AND HONESTLY, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE EVER BUYING A HOME IN THIS CITY. WITH PRICES SKYROCKETING AND THE DEMAND NOT REACHING IT, I CAN'T IMAGINE HAVING THE LIFE MY PARENTS HAVE. CYPRESS IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE TO PLAN FOR ALMOST 4000 NEW HOUSING UNITS, AND THAT'S HAPPENING. WHETHER OR NOT THIS PROJECT MOVES FORWARD, I'D RATHER SEE IT HAPPEN HERE AT THE RACE COURSE WITH A REAL PLAN, A PARKS AND PUBLIC INPUT. THEN IT GETS PUSHED ONTO LINCOLN AVENUE, WHERE WE LOSE OUR VOICE. AS COUNCILMAN BURKE RECENTLY SAID, THE NEXT PHASE OF RINA NUMBERS ARE COMING, AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET HARDER FOR US TO DELIVER. THIS ISN'T ABOUT LOVING EVERY DETAIL OF A PLAN. IT'S ABOUT GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE ME AND WORKING FAMILIES AN ACTUAL SHOT AT STAYING IN THE CITY WHERE WE GREW UP IN. THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WITH THEIR OWN AGENDA WHO WOULD KEEP YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE ME FROM EVER HAVING A CHANCE TO BUY A HOME IN OUR CITY. PLEASE DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND FOR OUR FUTURE AND PASS THE EIR. THANK YOU. AND THAT COMPLETES OUR ONLINE SPEAKERS. THANK YOU. SEEING AS THAT'S THE LAST COMMENTER THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP APPLICANT FRANK SHARON AND ATTORNEY JACK REUBENS. IF ONE OR BOTH OF THEM WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM CHANG AND COUNCIL. SO A LOT HAS BEEN SAID TONIGHT SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, AND A LOT OF IT'S BEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF THINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ARE INACCURATE. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO STATE SOME FACTS TONIGHT. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE RACE COURSE HAS NO PLANS OF CLOSING. I WISH WE COULD BE MORE DEFINITIVE, BUT WE JUST CAN'T. WE'RE VIABLE. IT'S DOCTOR EDDIE'S PASSION, AS I SAID LAST TIME, AND WE'RE GOING TO RUN QUARTER HORSES AS LONG AS IT'S FEASIBLE. SO AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT GOES OUT 15 YEARS, RIGHT? BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF WHEN THE TRACK MAY OR MAY NOT CLOSE. AND YOU'RE CONSIDERING THREE ITEMS TONIGHT, THE EIR, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE

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THE TECHNICAL STUDIES, INCLUDING A TRAFFIC STUDY, HAVE BEEN ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS PREPARED BY THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS AT THE DIRECTION OF CITY STAFF, AGAIN NOT BY LOS ALAMITOS RACE COURSE. IT ENSURES PLANNED GROWTH THAT ALIGNS WITH COMMUNITY NEEDS AND SECURES OUTSIDE FUNDING FOR CITY IMPROVEMENTS AND PUBLIC SPACES. THE VESTING TENTATIVE TRACK MAP, IN PART, JUST CREATES LOTS AND PARCELS THAT MIRROR THE ZONING BOUNDARIES APPROVED BY THE CYPRESS VOTERS THROUGH MEASURE A IN 2018 AND 2020. FOR CYPRESS, VOTERS APPROVED MEASURE S, WHICH ADDRESSED THE CITY'S STATE MANDATED REGIONAL HOUSING REQUIREMENTS. MEASURE S WAS SPONSORED BY THE CITY AND PLACED ON THE BALLOT BY THE CITY, NOT BY LOS ALAMITOS RACE COURSE. WE SUPPORT EVERYTHING THE CITY DOES, AND LOS ALAMITOS RACE COURSE OWNERS NEVER REQUESTED ANYTHING ABOVE OR BEYOND WHAT THE VOTERS APPROVED IN MEASURE A IN 2018. THE RACE TRACK AND A FUTURE DEVELOPER OR THE CITY CANNOT CHANGE OR EXPAND ANYTHING WITHIN THE SPECIFIC PLAN WITHOUT A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE OF CYPRESS. WE MADE SURE OF THIS AND MEASURE IN OUR MEASURE, AND YOU GUYS HELD THAT UP IN YOUR MEASURE BY IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT INVESTING TENTATIVE TRACK MAP. TONIGHT, YOU'LL BE SUPPORTING WHAT THE VOTERS HAVE ALREADY APPROVED AND WILL PROVIDE CYPRESS WITH CERTAINTY REGARDING THE FUTURE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY. LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT'S WORKED ON THIS THING FROM STAFF. I WANT TO THANK OUR SUPPORTERS, OUR TEAM, THE CONSULTANTS, CITY STAFF, EVERYBODY. THERE'S A LOT, A LOT OF TIME AND HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS, AND I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU BRIEFLY TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, OVER THE COURSE OF TWO MEETINGS, WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS THAT STILL SEEM TO REFLECT THAT THERE'S SOME FUNDAMENTAL MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. SO FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, AND THIS IS KIND OF CIRCLING BACK TO SOME OF THE EARLIEST STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE IN THE PRIOR HEARING. THE SPECIFIC PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED TWICE BY LARGE MAJORITIES OF CYPRESS RESIDENTS. THE SPECIFIC PLAN IS IN PLACE WITH ALL OF ITS DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND THE USES IT PERMITS, AND A WHOLE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENT PLANS. THAT'S NOT WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE CERTIFICATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT. FIRST, FOR A LONG TIME, CITY STAFF STRONGLY ENCOURAGED MY CLIENT TO PREPARE A COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT BECAUSE THE IDEA WAS, OH, I'M SORRY. FOR THE RECORD, I'M JACK RUBEN'S LAND USE COUNSEL FOR THE APPLICANT. EXCUSE ME FOR NOT STARTING WITH THAT. AND THE REASON THAT STAFF AND SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WANTED THAT TO HAPPEN IS BECAUSE OTHERWISE IF THERE WAS PIECEMEAL DEVELOPMENT, YOU'D GET A SECURE DOCUMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT ONE, YOU'D GET ANOTHER SECRET DOCUMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT TWO AND IT WOULD BE DONE ON A ON A SEGMENTED BASIS.

SO THERE'S REAL VALUE TO THE CITY, TO THE PUBLIC, AND DEVELOPERS TO HAVE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS. AND AS A REMINDER, THERE WAS NO SEQUEL REVIEW FOR THE SPECIFIC PLAN BECAUSE THOSE WERE PUBLICLY SPONSORED INITIATIVES WHICH WERE EXEMPT FROM SEQUA. SO THINGS WERE A LITTLE BACKWARDS HERE. SO THE EIR, WHICH BEGAN PREPARATION, I MIGHT SAY 16 MONTHS AGO, IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG PROCESS, IS REALLY A NET POSITIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND WHILE IT'S NOT THE SIMPLEST READING TO GO THROUGH A DOCUMENT LIKE THAT, IT'S A WELL DONE EIR THAT WAS DONE AT, AS FRANK SAID, AT THE DIRECTION OF STAFF AND PROVIDES AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION FOR THE PROJECT.

THE VESTING, TENTATIVE TRACK MAP, AT ITS MOST FUNDAMENTAL BASIS, SIMPLY SUBDIVIDES THIS PROPERTY INTO LOTS THAT CORRESPOND TO THE TO THE LAND USE DISTRICTS IN THE SPECIFIC PLAN. THAT'S WHAT IT DOES. NOW. AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, STAFF REQUIRED US TO PUT IN FAIRLY

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THANK YOU, I THANK YOU. I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE SUBJECT TO A LIMITATION ON TIME. OH, OKAY.

WELL, THEN I'LL JUST FINISH. THAT DOCUMENT AGAIN. PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR THE CITY, NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOOKING AT HOW DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO OCCUR, BUT REQUIRING A GREAT MANY THINGS THAT THE CITY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REQUIRE WITH PIECEMEAL DEVELOPMENT. SO I URGE YOU TO KEEP ALL THAT IN MIND. AND WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST TONIGHT THAT YOU CERTIFY THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, APPROVE THE VESTING TENTATIVE TRACK MAP AND APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

THANK YOU. OKAY, MR. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW AND IT'S TIME FOR DELIBERATIONS. THANK YOU. SEEING AS THERE'S NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND, COLLEAGUES, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? DO I NEED TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IF WE WANT FURTHER QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE FURTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF, KNOW IF YOU'RE ASKING THE APPLICANT YES. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP WITH A QUESTION FOR MISS VELASCO. YEAH. SO I THINK I THINK IT'S CHALLENGING TO WRAP OUR MINDS AROUND LIKE THE TIMING OF A LOT OF THIS AND YOU KNOW, WHAT'S REQUIRED WHEN AND WHAT, AS THE MR. RUBENS WAS ALLUDING TO, LIKE, WHY, WHY DO THIS NOW IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WHY NOT FLESH OUT SOME OF THE THINGS LATER IN REGARDS TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMING TO FRUITION? SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, CAN YOU ARTICULATE FOR US IN PLAIN TERMS, WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS TO THE CITY OF DOING THIS NOW RATHER THAN AND BY THIS I MEAN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, RATHER THAN DOING IT AS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ACTUALLY COME FORWARD. WHAT'S BETTER ABOUT DOING IT NOW? WELL, THE CITY HAS AN APPLICATION IN FRONT OF IT RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? LOS ALAMITOS RACE COURSE APPLIED FOR THIS PROJECT. AND SO WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROCESS IT AND BRING IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE A DECISION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ON THE PROJECT.

SO THAT IS WHY IT'S OCCURRING. NOW, IF YOU WOULD WANT TO KNOW FROM THE APPLICANT'S PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, YOU YOU WOULD NEED TO ASK THEM, BUT THAT'S WHY IT'S BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL NOW. THEN, AS FAR AS TIMING THOUGH, FOR LIKE ONCE IT GETS STARTED. SO RIGHT NOW THE CITY COUNCIL, LET'S SAY THEY WOULD APPROVE THE TENTATIVE MAP, BUT THAT MAP CANNOT BE FINALIZED AS LONG AS THE RACETRACK IS STILL OPERATING. SO AS LONG AS THE RACETRACK IS STILL OPERATING, IT'S GOING TO LOOK RELATIVELY THE SAME BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FINALIZE THAT MAP AND BUILD THAT INFRASTRUCTURE UNTIL AFTER IT CLOSES, AND THEN THEY DEMOLISH THAT. SO THAT WOULD BE THE TIMING. AND THEN FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT THEN WE HAVE DIFFERENT TIMING REQUIREMENTS FOR WHEN THE PARKS HAVE TO BE BUILT AND LAID OUT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. AND THANK YOU. AND I THINK TO FOLLOW UP. AND I THINK WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS PREVIOUSLY, PERHAPS, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT IF THE CITY IF THE CITY DOES THIS NOW, IT KIND OF HELPS SET UP THE FOUNDATION FOR THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH MAYBE MAKES IT EASIER FOR DEVELOPERS TO KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BUT ALSO FOR THE CITY TO LOCK IN SOME ELEMENTS OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, RATHER THAN IF WE WAITED, THERE'S THINGS WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, OR THERE'S MORE UNCERTAINTY IF WE WAIT. BUT IS THAT A FAIR

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RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S NOT NEGOTIABLE ANYMORE. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S GOOD TO REVIEW THIS PROJECT FROM THIS OVERARCHING PERSPECTIVE. AND THAT'S WHAT THE CITY GETS FROM THAT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND JUST AGAIN FOR CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S DIFFERENT ITEMS AND IT'S COMPLICATED. ONCE AN APPLICANT COMES FORWARD WITH AN EIR APPLICATION AND A VESTING, TENTATIVE TRACK MAP, THE CITY COUNCIL IS COMPELLED TO RESPOND TO IT. IS THAT CORRECT? NOT ONLY IS IT COMPELLED TO RESPOND TO IT, IT HAS TIME DEADLINES WITH WHICH IT MUST RESPOND TO IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR MY OTHER COLLEAGUES TO SHARE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS. I DON'T MIND IF WE MOVE ON TO COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. CAN YOU LET US KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT TIMELINE IS THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING TONIGHT? I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, HOW DID WE COME TO BE 16 MONTHS BEHIND THE DEADLINE? THAT'S PROBABLY A BETTER QUESTION BECAUSE STAFF AND THE APPLICANT WORK TOGETHER, AND THE APPLICANT CONSENTED TO A LONG STUDY BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE GETTING A MASTER PLAN, YOU'RE GETTING A MASTER PLAN FOR A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF YOUR COMMUNITY, PROBABLY THE LARGEST UNDEVELOPED PORTION OF NORTHWEST ORANGE COUNTY. AND THAT PROCESS HAS TAKEN A LONG TIME AND HAS BEEN VERY DETAILED. AND STAFF AND THE APPLICANT ARE WORKING HAVE APPARENTLY BEEN WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER TO EXTEND THE STATUTORY DEADLINES.

BUT. UNLESS THEY CONSENT TO A FURTHER CONTINUANCE OF THIS PROCESS, TONIGHT IS THE DEADLINE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION? OKAY. YOU GUYS ARE READY. JUST RAISE YOUR HAND. I CAN'T SEE WHO'S ON QUEUE. YOU GUYS WANT TO START? OKAY. THANK YOU.

OBVIOUSLY, I'LL GO FIRST. THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS AT PLAY HERE, AND IT'S BEEN INTERESTING LISTENING TO THE THOUGHTS AND THE FEEDBACK OF THE COMMUNITY. I'M A VERY LONG TIME RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS MYSELF. I'M A PARENT IN THE LOCAL SCHOOLS. I'M A

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AS FOR THE TOWN CENTER, THE PLAN DESCRIBES IT AS A MAIN STREETS AND GATHERING PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY, MEANT TO BRING IN A VIBRANT MIX OF RETAIL, ENTERTAINMENT, RESTAURANT, HOTEL AND RESIDENTIAL USES. THAT'S THE VISION THAT VOTERS BOUGHT INTO. BUT AS YOU KNOW BY NOW, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE WE WILL GET THAT MIX OF RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL. WHAT WE HAVE DONE, HOWEVER, IS PRESERVE THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A TOWN CENTER. WITH THESE NEW CHANGES TO THE DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENTS, THE FLOATING PARK SPACE CAN BE DEVELOPED BY FUTURE DEVELOPERS

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BUT THAT IS KIND OF WHAT THE WAY THE PLAN IS SET UP. AND SO WHEN I HEAR THAT THERE IS NO TOWN CENTER, THAT IS AN UNTRUE STATEMENT. IT IS A MIXED USE. WELL, IS IT GUARANTEED? NO, BUT NOTHING IS GUARANTEED IN TEN YEARS FROM NOW. OKAY. HOWEVER, I THINK THE INTENT IS THAT THAT WHEN WE DID THE 2 TO 3, THAT THE INTENT WAS TO HAVE AN AREA THAT COULD BE A MEETING PLACE, A DOWNTOWN AREA, RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS. AND I THINK THAT IS THE INTENT OF WHAT THE PLAN IS.

I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH. I, I KIND OF SUMMARIZED IN MY MIND, I'VE BEEN A SUPPORTER. I SUPPORTED IT IN THE LAST MEETING, BUT I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH 3 OR 4 THINGS. ONE IS

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LISTEN, THANK YOU FOR THE THOUGHTFUL CIVIL COMMENTS TONIGHT. I REALLY MEAN THAT THE TENOR OF THE DISCOURSE TONIGHT WAS WHAT WE WHAT CYPRUS IS. IN MY OPINION, THERE'S DISAGREEMENT. BUT I, I THOUGHT THERE WERE GOOD COMMENTS MADE BY A VARIETY OF PEOPLE, MANY OF WHOM DON'T DON'T AGREE WITH EACH OTHER. AND I APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT AND SHARING YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND A THOUGHTFUL, CIVIL WAY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THANKS TO OUR STAFF. LISTEN, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT YOU NEED TO DECIDE THIS, PASS THIS NOW AT THE LAST MEETING, THINGS LIKE THAT. MY PERSPECTIVE IS OUR JOB AS COUNCIL MEMBERS IS TO DO OUR DUE DUE DILIGENCE. AS COUNCIL MEMBER STRONG CARNAHAN ALLUDED TO, THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST DEVELOPMENTS IN ORANGE COUNTY, SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE FACE OF CYPRUS. I THINK IT'S OUR JOB TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT RESIDENTS WANT ANSWERS TO, AND TO TRY AND ENSURE THAT THINGS LIKE ENTERPRISE DRIVE COULD GO THROUGH TO CERRITOS IN THE FUTURE, OR THE PARK SPACE WILL DEFINITELY BE USABLE. AND I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME POSITIVE CHANGES. WE TOOK OUT A CLAUSE THAT SAID THAT THE THE PARK SPACE WOULD REQUIRE RELIEF FROM OUR PARK STANDARDS. THAT'S NOT IN THERE ANYMORE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO LOWER OUR PARK STANDARDS FOR THE PARK. THAT MEANS SOMETHING TO ME. I APPRECIATE MAYOR PRO TEM CHANG CHANG'S ADVOCACY REGARDING PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AND CONNECTIVITY. I, I AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER STRONG, CARNAHAN SAID. AND I THINK RESIDENTS SAID AT THE TIME THIS BALLOT MEASURE CAME FORWARD, WE'RE CHOOSING BETWEEN TWO PLANS WE DON'T LIKE OR WE'RE CHOOSING BETWEEN TWO BAD PLANS. I GET THE FRUSTRATION WITH THE REQUIREMENT FOR THIS AMOUNT OF HOUSING. I GET THE FRUSTRATION WITH FEELING LIKE LINCOLN AVENUE WAS PITTED AGAINST KATELLA OR PITTED AGAINST THE RACE COURSE. I'M QUITE CONFIDENT THAT HAD WE DONE MULTIPLE ITERATIONS, THERE ARE BETTER PLANS. THERE ARE ALMOST ALWAYS BETTER, BETTER

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THEY COULD HAVE PUT IN. THIS IS A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND A PUBLIC SPACE DISTRICT, AND THERE'S NO RESIDENTIAL IN THERE. AND THAT'S THE TOWN CENTER. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WAS ON THESE BALLOT MEASURES. WE. IT COULD HAVE BEEN GUARANTEED AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST. BUT IF YOU READ THE FINE PRINT, IT WASN'T. AND THAT'S BALLOT MEASURES FOR YOU, UNFORTUNATELY. I WISH WE HAD STRONGER LAWS IN CALIFORNIA AND LOCALLY ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE COULD SAY IN FAVOR OF AND OPPOSED TO BALLOT MEASURES, BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT A LOT OF THEM, I SEE A LOT OF SALES PITCH AND I SEE SOME NOT AS MANY VERIFIABLE FACTS SOMETIMES. SO I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION THAT A LOT OF RESIDENTS HAVE. THIS COUNCIL IS COMING IN AT THIS STAGE OF THE PROCESS, AFTER THE BALLOT MEASURE HAS BEEN VOTED ON, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY SUBSEQUENT MEASURES WOULD BE ANY DIFFERENT. I DO THINK WE ARE GETTING SOME BENEFITS TO THE CITY BY DOING THIS PROCESS NOW, NOT JUST FULFILLING OUR LEGAL REQUIREMENTS TO RESPOND TO THE EIR AND THE VESTING TENTATIVE TRACK MAP, BUT TO LOCK IN SOME GUARANTEES ABOUT FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE, SOME REQUIREMENTS ABOUT WHO PAYS FOR WHAT AND WHAT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW THAT A FUTURE COUNCIL WILL NECESSARILY GET, IF PROJECTS CAME BEFORE THEM ONE BY ONE. SO THAT'S SORT OF MY MY THOUGHT PROCESS AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS. THANK YOU. THERE'S NOT ANY MORE COMMENTS. I'D LIKE TO. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT OR DOES ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? AND I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO. WE MAY BE ABLE TO BRING UP THE THREE THINGS YOU WANT THEM TO DO SO THAT THE COUNCIL CAN SEE THAT. THAT'S THE MOTION WE'RE LOOKING FOR. THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CERTIFY THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT TO APPROVE VESTING TENTATIVE TRACK MAP NUMBER 19247 AND INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE WITH THE NEW CHANGES, I'LL.

SECOND. THAT MOTION PASSES WITH THREE YES VOTES AND ONE NO VOTE BY COUNCIL MEMBER STRONG.

CARNAHAN. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A RECESS AND OKAY. SO. OKAY, SO SO NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER 16, WHICH THE CITY MANAGER HAS

[16. Designate Voting Delegate and Legislative Position for the 2026 League of California Cities Annual Conference Prepared by:  Jason Machado, Assistant to the City Manager Recommendation:   1. Designate a voting delegate and up to two alternates for the 2026 League of California Cities Annual Conference; and 2. Affirm an official City Council legislative position on a Resolution of the General Assembly of the League of California Cities calling for a working group to consider a State constitutional amendment or other form of initiative to ensure final local authority over housing and land use decisions. ]

[ COUNCIL MEMBER ITEMS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION]

[ COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS FROM CITY-AFFILIATED BOARDS AND COMMITTEES AND REMARKS]

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AND I THINK THAT'S A VALUABLE TOOL FOR OUR RESIDENTS. AND THE LAST LASTLY, I HELD TWO OFFICE HOURS IN BETWEEN THIS MEETING AND THE LAST ONE. AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO THOSE TO EXPRESS THEIR PERSPECTIVE AND ASK QUESTIONS. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM CHANG. THANK YOU. I WENT TO PIER ONE ON ONE EVENT AT OAK KNOLL PARK. THEY HAD A DRUM CIRCLE AND THEY PLAYED TOP 40 POP, TOP 40 POP SONGS. THAT'S PRETTY FUN. I ALSO WENT TO A LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES ASIAN AMERICAN CAUCUS EVENT, ANOTHER LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES WOMEN'S CAUCUS EVENTS. I HAD OFFICE HOURS, AND I WANT TO THANK MY SINGLE GUEST FOR COMING TO VISIT ME. I ALSO TOOK THE FAMILY TO SYMPHONY OF THE PARK. I REALLY LIKED IT. IF WE COULD GET MORE OF THOSE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE SAME GROUP, BUT I. YOU KNOW, THAT'D BE GREAT. I ALSO WANT TO KASICH ART EVENT WITH MAYOR MEDRANO.

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I HAD THEIR GRAND OPENING EARLIER THIS SUMMER. AND IT WAS IT WAS A BIG TURNOUT. THEY'RE ACTUALLY BASED OUT OF LOS ANGELES. AND THEN BUT THEY CAME AND THEY FOUND A NEW HOME IN CYPRESS. ALSO JOINED MAYOR MEDRANO AT THE UNITED INDIAN ASSOCIATIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AND THAT WAS HOSTED BY OUR OWN VERY OWN CYPRESS COMMISSIONER, DOCTOR SUKRIT MUKHERJEE. AND ALSO THAT ONE THERE IS INCREDIBLE. THERE IS, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE AT LEAST A FEW HUNDRED, 500, 600 PEOPLE, JUST A PACKED AUDITORIUM. SO I THINK WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE DOCTOR MUKHERJEE ON THE ON OUR COMMISSION. MOSQUITO SPRAYING WILL CONTINUE IN CYPRESS THIS WEEK. ORANGE COUNTY MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL HAS HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THEIR NOTIFICATION SYSTEM. WE ACTUALLY HAD ONE CONCERNED RESIDENT FROM CYPRESS COME AND SPEAK TO THE THE VECTOR CONTROL ABOUT OUR NOTIFICATION METHODS FOR PESTICIDE SPRAYING, AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR BEING INVOLVED IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS. I THINK WE TALKED TO SOMEBODY ELSE AND THEY SAID THAT SOMEBODY ELSE ON THE COUNCIL AND SAID THAT THEY WERE.

THAT WAS THE FIRST COMMENTER THAT WE'VE HAD AT THE MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AS A RESULT OF THEIR COMMENT, THE STAFF OC, OC, MVC STAFF WILL BE PROVIDING A STAFF MEMO PRESENTATION ON OUR NOTIFICATION METHOD. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON NOW THAT THE FILING PERIOD IS COMPLETED. WE KNOW WHO ALL THE CANDIDATES ARE. I KNOW EACH OF THE CANDIDATES AND THEY ARE ALL CAPABLE AND DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS. I THINK CYPRESS IS INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE CROP OF CANDIDATES. TO ALL THE CANDIDATES, TRY NOT TO GET TOO STRESSED. PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL FOR ONE ANOTHER AND GO OUT AND MEET SOME RESIDENTS. ENJOY THE PROCESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR PRO TEM. AS FOR ME, JULY 15TH, I ATTENDED THE CHAMBER MIXER AT JOINT FORCE TASK BASE, AND THEN I ALSO ATTENDED ON THE 22ND, VISITED THE FOOD MICROBIOLOGICAL LABS AND WENT TO BUSHFIRE KITCHEN RIBBON CUTTING. ON JULY 24TH I ATTENDED THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB RIBBON CUTTING AND THEN AFTERWARDS WENT TO DIRECTLY TO CONCERTS ON THE GREEN AS PART OF KIWANIS. I MADE SOME HAMBURGERS FOR FUNDRAISING. JULY 25TH. ATTENDED NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. GREAT JOB ON SETTING THAT UP. EVERYONE INVOLVED. ON JULY 28TH, I ADDRESSED THE NORTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD MEETING, THANKING THEM FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CITIES, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE JOINT PROJECTS THAT WE DO WITH CYPRESS COLLEGE. ON JULY 29TH, I ATTENDED THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT AUTHORITY OPERATIONS TOUR AND LEARNED HOW THEY MONITOR, ESPECIALLY OUR FREEWAYS AND ALL THAT'S INVOLVED WITH MAKING SURE THAT THEY STAY AS EFFICIENT AS THEY ARE. ALSO ON THE 29TH, ATTENDED THE CENTER OF SYSTEMS FACTORY GRAND OPENING ON JULY 30TH, ATTENDED THE ORANGE COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND ELECTED OFFICIALS EVENT AT THE ORANGE COUNTY FAIR AT AUGUST. FIRST ATTENDED KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA BREAKFAST AS PART OF A KIWANIAN AND HELPED MAKE PANCAKES AND SAUSAGE AND WELCOMING THE PARENTS AND KICKING OFF ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR.

ALSO ON THE FIRST, I ATTENDED THE GRAND OPENING OF QATAR'S COLLECTIVE BARBERSHOP ON 8848 WALKER. I WANT TO WELCOME THEM TO THIS NEW BUSINESS. THEY MOVED FROM A NEARBY CITY INTO CYPRESS. I WANT TO WELCOME THEM AND WISH THEM WELL AND SUCCESSFUL SUCCESS ON JULY. I'M SORRY. AUGUST 7TH, I HAD COFFEE WITH THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT FOR CYPRESS SCHOOL DISTRICT ON JULY 7TH. I ALSO WENT TO CONCERTS ON THE GREEN AND AS PART OF KIWANIS, I SERVED HAMBURGERS ON AUGUST 10TH FOR THE CYPRESS HIGH SCHOOL PANCAKE BREAKFAST TO WELCOME THE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS. I WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME THEM AND WISH THEM A GOOD LUCK AS THEY KICKED OFF A NEW ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR AND AS PART OF KIWANIS, HELPED FEED THEM A BREAKFAST ON THE 11TH, I WENT TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EVENT MORNING MEETING ON THE 14TH SYMPHONY ON THE GO AT MAPLE GROVE PARK NORTH, AND I ALSO HEARD A SIMILAR THINGS ABOUT THE REQUEST FOR MORE OF THOSE. IF POSSIBLE, AND THEY HAD. THE PEOPLE ATTENDED HAD A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE THERE.

ON THE 15TH AT. ATTENDED THE CYPRESS HIGH SCHOOL BAND AND PAGEANTRY FUNDRAISER THAT WAS BEING HELD AT RAINBOW CONE ON THE 19TH. ATTENDED THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT AUTHORITY TO DISCUSS THE LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND HAD A BETTER APPRECIATION FOR SOME OF THE PLANNING THAT GOES ON. WE'RE NOT TALKING PLANNING WEEKS OR MONTHS OR YEARS, BUT

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[ CITY MANAGER REMARKS]

YOUR CITY STAFF WILL BE PRESENTING NEGOTIATING INFORMATION ON ALL OF THE EMPLOYEE UNITS, INCLUDING THE UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES, AND WE WILL BE ASKING YOU TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 5495, 6.9, D TWO AND E THREE TO CONSIDER THE CLAIM OF MISTER PAUL FLOYD. THANK YOU, MISTER MAYOR. WE WANT TO RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION. JUST TWO MORE THINGS BEFORE WE DO. ANY COMMENTS FROM. OKAY THEN I HAVE ONE OTHER COMMENT HERE. BEFORE WE DO THAT, I'M GOING TO ADJOURN THE MEETING BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO DO NEXT. NOT YET, NOT YET. NOT UNTIL WE COME BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION. OKAY, THEN. OKAY. AND THEN I'M ASSUMING NOT MANY PEOPLE WILL BE HERE, BUT THERE IS A PLANNING STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION HAPPENING TOMORROW AT 0900. SOTURN YOUR MC ON. HELLO. WE'LL BRING THIS MINI BACK INTO SESSION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT, THE GOVERNMENT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER TWO AGENDA ITEMS. THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM INVOLVED LABOR NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 5495, 7.6. THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED A PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL BRIEFING ON ONGOING LABOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE GENERAL POLICE UNIT, IN PARTICULAR, A BRIEFING ON ONGOING LABOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH RESPECT TO HEALTH BENEFITS FOR OTHER EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATIONS, AND A DELEGATION OF WAGES, HOURS AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT WAS WERE DESIGNATED TO THE CITY MANAGER TO REPORT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT A FUTURE MEETING. LASTLY, THE CITY COUNCIL IN CLOSED SESSION AUTHORIZED THE CITY TO ENGAGE COUNSEL IN DEFENSE OF THE CLAIM BY PAUL FLOYD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THAT ADJOU

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