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2026-10-27 - City Council Meeting

Summary

Built from the posted agenda (an adjourned regular meeting); no minutes or video recorded yet. Outcomes are not stated.

  • Council business: approve the initial conceptual design for the Transit-Oriented Development project at the Crescent Property and direct staff to start the next planning and environmental review phase (Crescent Site Transit-Oriented Development).
  • Council business: review six completed Level 1 reviews and give direction on procuring a federal COVID funding review and a Swyft Cities (Whoosh) Great Park transportation project review (City Council Audit and Review Follow-Up).
  • Consent: second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 26-18 regulating kratom (Kratom Ordinance).
  • Consent: construction contracts of $14,359,077.26 for Canopy 2 Site Improvements (Canopy 2 Site Improvements) and $1,078,500 for Northern Sector Crushing Operations, both Great Park projects also before the 2026-10-27 - Orange County Great Park Board Meeting.
  • Consent: farming lease with Gem-Pack Berries, LLC; the 2026 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan; summary vacation of excess right-of-way along El Camino Real.
  • Presentations: employee service recognition, a state legislative update, and an overview of the 7th cycle Regional Housing Needs Assessment.

Agenda

Starts 5:00 PM; presentations estimated 5:15 PM.

Presentations

  • 1.1 Employee recognition for 20, 25 and 35 years of service
  • 1.2 Townsend Public Affairs state legislative update
  • 1.3 7th Cycle Regional Housing Needs Assessment overview

City Manager's report; announcements and council reports (Liu, Martinez Franco, Mai, Agran); public comments on non-agendized items.

Consent calendar

  • 2.1 Minutes of the October 13, 2026 regular meeting
  • 2.2 Warrant and wire transfer resolution
  • 2.3 Award of construction contract, Canopy 2 Site Improvements, CIP 372508 ($14,359,077.26, Nationwide Contracting Services, Inc.)
  • 2.4 Award of construction contract, Northern Sector Crushing Operations, CIP 700001 ($1,078,500, Griffith Company)
  • 2.5 Farming lease with Gem-Pack Berries, LLC
  • 2.6 Resolution approving the Irvine 2026 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
  • 2.7 Resolution vacating a portion of El Camino Real (Planning Area 4, Lower Peters Canyon)
  • 2.8 Second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 26-18 (kratom)
  • 2.9 Community Partnership Fund grant nomination of $1,000 to PTA California Congress of Parents Teachers & Students Inc

Council business

  • 3.1 Crescent Site conceptual design and next steps
  • 3.2 City Council audit and review follow-up

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