Agenda 2025-06-09
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
CYPRESS CITY COUNCIL
June 9, 2025
5:00 P.M. - Closed Session
6:00 P.M. - General Session
www.cypressca.org 5275 Orange Avenue
Cypress, California
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meeting appears at the end of the agenda.
CALL TO ORDER
5:00 P.M.
Executive Board Room
ROLL CALL
Cypress City Council, also acting as the Ex-Officio Governing Board of Directors of the
Cypress Recreation and Park District
Mayor David Burke
Mayor Pro Tem Leo Medrano
Council Member Kyle Chang
Council Member Scott Minikus
Council Member Bonnie Peat
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ON CLOSED SESSION / WORKSHOP ITEMS (Limited to 30
minutes - three minutes per speaker. The City Council may adjust the time allotted per
speaker.)
The public may address the City Council on Closed Session/Workshop items prior to any
action taken. Although Council Members may provide brief responses, the City Council may
not engage in a discussion with members of the public during the meeting. Please complete a
Speaker's Card to address the City Council in-person. Members of the public are encouraged
to communicate with the City Council via email at adm@cypressca.org or by calling
714-229-6699.
CLOSED SESSION
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957
Title: City Manager
RECONVENE
RECONVENE
6:00 P.M.
Council Chambers
ROLL CALL
Cypress City Council, also acting as the Ex-Officio Governing Board of Directors of the
Cypress Recreation and Park District
Mayor David Burke
Mayor Pro Tem Leo Medrano
Council Member Kyle Chang
Council Member Scott Minikus
Council Member Bonnie Peat
INVOCATION Neighborhood Church
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION / WORKSHOP
City Manager/City Attorney
PRESENTATIONS
Orange County Sanitation District Update
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ON AGENDA ITEMS (Three minutes per speaker. The City
Council may adjust the time allotted per speaker.)
The public may address the City Council on agenda items prior to any action taken. Although
Council Members may provide brief responses, the City Council may not engage in a
discussion with members of the public during the meeting. Please complete a Speaker's Card
to address the City Council in-person. Please follow the instructions at the end of the agenda
and wait for the Mayor/City Clerk to call on you to address the City Council virtually. Speakers
providing in-person comments will be called first. Members of the public are encouraged to
communicate with the City Council via email at adm@cypressca.org or by calling
714-229-6699.
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.
1.Approve Minutes - Meeting of May 12, May 19, May 20 and May 21, 2025
Prepared by: Alisha Farnell, City Clerk
Recommendation: Approve as submitted.
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2.Introduce and/or Adopt All Ordinances and Resolutions Presented for
Consideration by Title Only and to Waive Further Reading
3.Receive an Update on the Strategic Plan Six-Month Objectives
Prepared by: Peter Grant, City Manager
Recommendation: Receive an update on the Strategic Plan six-month objectives.
4.Approve an Agreement with Forest Lawn Memorial-Park for a Sewer Connection
Project
Prepared by: Nick Mangkalakiri, Director of Public Works
Recommendation: Approve an Agreement with Forest Lawn Memorial-Park Association
for sewer connection application and maintenance of sewer connections.
5.Approve a Renewal Agreement for Online Permitting and Plan Check Software
Prepared by: Nick Mangkalakiri, Director of Public Works
Recommendation: Approve a three-year agreement with Carahsoft Technology
Corporation for $159,640 to renew OpenGov Online Permitting and Plan Check
Software.
6.Receive and File the FY 2025-26 Master Fee Schedule
Prepared by: Matt Burton, Director of Finance and Administrative Services
Recommendation: Receive and file the updated FY 2025-26 Master Fee Schedule
which incorporates annual cost-of-living adjustments for City and Park District user fees.
7.Approve an Updated Repayment Agreement and Promissory Note Between the
City and Recreation and Park District for the Construction of Lexington Park
Prepared by: Matt Burton, Director of Finance and Administrative Services
Recommendation: Approve the updated Repayment Agreement and Promissory Note
between the City and Recreation and Park District for the Construction of Lexington
Park.
8.Adopt the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Appropriations Limit
Prepared by: Matt Burton, Director of Finance and Administrative Services
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution establishing the City's Fiscal Year 2025-26
appropriations limit.
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9.Adopt the Cypress Recreation and Park District's Fiscal Year 2025-26
Appropriations Limit
Prepared by: Matt Burton, Director of Finance and Administrative Services
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution establishing the Cypress Recreation and Park
District's Fiscal Year 2025-26 appropriations limit.
10.Adopt Annual Statement of Investment Policy
Prepared by: Matt Burton, Director of Finance and Administrative Services
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving the Annual Statement of Investment
Policy.
NEW BUSINESS
11.Receive a Report on the Status of Vacant Positions and Recruitment and
Retention Efforts
Prepared by: Matt Burton, Director of Finance and Administrative Services
Recommendation: Receive the Annual Report on Employee Vacancies and
Recruitment and Retention Efforts.
ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR
ITEMS FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
12.Discuss and Potentially Provide Direction Regarding the Composition of the
Traffic Commission
Agendized by: David Burke, Mayor
Recommendation: Discuss and potentially provide direction regarding the composition
of the Traffic Commission.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (Three minutes per speaker. The City Council may adjust the time
allotted per speaker.)
The public may address the City Council on any item within the subject matter jurisdiction of the
City Council. Although Council Members may provide brief responses, the City Council may not
discuss nor take action on items that are not on the agenda. Please complete a Speaker's Card
to address the City Council in-person. Members of the public are encouraged to communicate
with the City Council via email at adm@cypressca.org or by calling 714-229-6699.
COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS FROM CITY-AFFILIATED BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
AND REMARKS
COUNCIL MEMBER ITEMS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION
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CITY MANAGER REMARKS
ADJOURNMENT - IN MEMORY OF BALDWIN PARK POLICE OFFICER SAMUEL RIVEROS
The next meeting will be an adjourned Regular Meeting, to be held on Monday, June 23, 2025,
beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the Executive Board Room.
Council Members and the public should promptly exit the Council Chambers and proceed
through the Civic Center to the parking lot.
I hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California, that the
foregoing Agenda was posted on the City Hall bulletin board and City website not less than 72
hours prior to the meeting. Dated this 5th day of June, 2025.
________________________________
Alisha Farnell, City Clerk
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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Members of the public can participate in the City Council meeting in the following ways:
1. Attend In-Person. First-come, first-served seating is available. All attendees must be free of
any symptoms associated with contagious illnesses.
2. Attend Virtually via Webinar. Follow this link:
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recommended.
The public may address the City Council virtually during Oral Communications on Agenda Items
and Public Hearings. Virtual participants must click the 'hand raise' button prior to the end of the
first in-person speaker to indicate they wish to address the City Council. Upon clicking the 'hand
raise' button, please unmute your microphone and wait for the Mayor/City Clerk to call on you.
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3. Submit Public Comments Prior to the Meeting. The public may submit comments via email
to cityclerk@cypressca.org. Comments submitted by 3:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting will be
added to the meeting record.
4. Watch the Meeting. The City Council meeting can be viewed on Spectrum Cable Channel
36 or on the City's website at www.cypressca.org/watchlive.
5. Listen to the Meeting. Listen-only teleconferencing is available by calling (213) 929-4212 and
entering Access Code 996-190-525. No registration or audio pin is necessary.
INVOCATION POLICY
The City Council does not endorse the content of the invocation and does not endorse the
invocational speaker’s particular faith, belief and/or religious denomination. The City Council has
an established neutral policy for selecting and scheduling invocational speakers. The City
Council’s policy on invocations is available from the City Clerk.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
In compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to
participate in this meeting, you should contact the City Clerk at (714) 229-6685 at least 72 hours
prior to the meeting to enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to assure accessibility
to this meeting.
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