CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING AND SPECIAL JOINT MEETING WITH THE CITY OF IRVINE AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE DISSOLVED IRVINE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (3 P.M.)

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CITY COUNCIL

# SPECIAL MEETING

AND SPECIAL JOINT MEETING WITH THE CITY OF IRVINE AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE DISSOLVED IRVINE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

May 14, 2024 City Council Chamber 1 Civic Center Plaza Irvine, CA 92606

## CALL TO ORDER

The special meeting of the Irvine City Council and special joint meeting with the City of Irvine as Successor Agency to the dissolved Irvine Redevelopment Agency was called to order at 3:05 p.m. on May 14, 2024, in the City Council Chamber, Irvine Civic Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Irvine, California; Vice Mayor/Vice Chairman Agran presiding.

## ROLL CALL

Present: 4 Councilmember/Boardmember: Mike Carroll Councilmember/Boardmember: Tammy Kim Councilmember/Boardmember: Kathleen Treseder Vice Mayor/Vice Chairman: Larry Agran

Absent: 1 Mayor/Chairwoman: Farrah N. Khan

Following roll call, Vice Mayor/Vice Chairman Agran noted that Mayor/Chairwoman Khan was out of the country on City business visiting various sister cities.

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## 1\. CLOSED SESSION

City Attorney Melching announced the following Closed Session items:

1.1 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL -- EXISTING LITIGATION (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)): Kingston Kohr LLC v. City of Irvine, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three Case Nos G061805, G061821, and G061858

1.2 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL -- EXISTING LITIGATION (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)): Beador Construction v. City of Irvine, Orange County Superior Court Case No. 30-2021-01213481-CU-BC-WJC

1.3 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION: Initiation of litigation (Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4)): Two cases

1.4 CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Government Code § 54956.8) - Property: APN 580-76-513; Agency Negotiators: Oliver Chi, City Manager; Pete Carmichael, Assistant City Manager; Steve Torelli, Manager, Great Park; Jeffrey Melching, City Attorney; Negotiating Parties: City of Irvine; Dan Almquist, Chief Executive Officer, Almquist Corporation; Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment

1.5 CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Government Code § 54956.8) - Property: APNs 104-11-828 and 104-11-806; Agency Negotiators: Oliver Chi, City Manager; Pete Carmichael, Assistant City Manager; Jeffrey Melching, City Attorney; Negotiating Parties: City of Irvine; Frank Kim, Chief Executive Officer, County of Orange; Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment

1.6 CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Government Code § 54956.8) – Property: 17300 Red Hill, Irvine; Agency Negotiators: Oliver Chi, City Manager; Pete Carmichael, Assistant City Manager; Jeffrey Melching, City Attorney; Negotiating Parties: City of Irvine; Parke Miller, Executive Vice President, Lincoln Property Company; Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment.

There were no requests to speak.

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Prior to convening to Closed Session, Councilmember/Boardmember Carroll inquired about certain members of the public who were in attendance at the meeting.

## RECESS

Vice Mayor Agran recessed the City Council meeting to Closed Session at 3:15 p.m.

## RECONVENE TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING

Vice Mayor Agran reconvened the City Council meeting at 5:20 p.m. City Attorney Melching, on behalf of the City Council, announced that no reportable action was taken in Closed Session.

## PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Councilmember Kim led the Pledge of Allegiance.

## INVOCATION

Pastor Chris Li from Mariners Church provided the invocation.

Following the invocation, Vice Mayor Agran reordered the agenda to consider the City Manager’s Report, Announcements/Committee Reports/Council Reports, and Additions and Deletions prior to public comments on non-agendized items, and amended protocols related to public comments on non-agendized and Consent Calendar items.

## 2\. PRESENTATIONS

## 2.1 E-Bike Update

Shaheen Jahangard, Police Lieutenant, provided an update on community education and enforcement efforts pertaining to electric bicycles.

Debra Miller Osorio spoke in support of licensing requirements for electric bicycle operators and noted dangers posed by those vehicles on trails.

Eric Neshanian, Irvine resident, spoke in support of increased enforcement and safety, and a moratorium on electric bicycle use until safety issues related to batteries were addressed.

City Council discussion included: inquiring about the location of recorded illegal electric bicycle activity that circulated online; noted competing interests and impact on established bicycle lanes; questioned potential tools and resources that policymakers could provide the Irvine

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Police Department (IPD); inquired about the median age range of operators involved in e-bike incidents; questioned prohibitions on e-bike riding in open spaces; and suggested periodic updates on e-bikes.

Farrah N. Khan

Mayor/Chairwoman

Larry Agran

Vice Mayor/Vice Chairman

Mike Carroll

Councilmember/Boardmember

Tammy Kim

Councilmember/Boardmember

Kathleen Treseder, PhD

Councilmember/Boardmember

AGENDA CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING AND SPECIAL JOINT MEETING WITH THE CITY OF IRVINE AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE DISSOLVED IRVINE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

May 14, 2024

3:00 PM

City Council Chamber

1 Civic Center Plaza

Irvine, CA 92606

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CALL TO ORDER – 3 PM

ROLL CALL

CLOSED SESSION

1.1

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL -- EXISTING LITIGATION (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)): Kingston Kohr LLC v. City of Irvine, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three Case Nos G061805, G061821, and G061858

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CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL -- EXISTING LITIGATION (Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)): Beador Construction v. City of Irvine, Orange County Superior Court Case No. 30-2021-01213481-CU-BC-WJC

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CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION: Initiation of litigation (Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4)): Two cases

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CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Government Code § 54956.8) - Property: APN 580-76-513; Agency Negotiators: Oliver Chi, City Manager; Pete Carmichael, Assistant City Manager; Steve Torelli, Manager, Great Park; Jeffrey Melching, City Attorney; Negotiating Parties: City of Irvine; Dan Almquist, Chief Executive Officer, Almquist Corporation; Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment

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CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Government Code § 54956.8) - Property: APNs 104-11-828 and 104-11-806; Agency Negotiators: Oliver Chi, City Manager; Pete Carmichael, Assistant City Manager; Jeffrey Melching, City Attorney; Negotiating Parties: City of Irvine; Frank Kim, Chief Executive Officer, County of Orange; Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment

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CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Government Code § 54956.8) - Property: 17300 Red Hill, Irvine; Agency Negotiators: Oliver Chi, City Manager; Pete Carmichael, Assistant City Manager; Jeffrey Melching, City Attorney; Negotiating Parties: City of Irvine; Parke Miller, Executive Vice President, Lincoln Property Company; Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment.

RECONVENE TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING – 5 PM

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION

PRESENTATIONS

2.1

E-Bike Update