At the City Council meeting on the evening of Monday, June 8, Public Hearing 1 (PH1) called for, “(1) Adoption of City Council Resolution Authorizing the Execution and Delivery by the City of a Ground Lease, a Lease Agreement, an Indenture, a Purchase Contract, and a Continuing Disclosure Agreement in Connection with the Issuance by the Culver City Public Finance Authority of its Lease Revenue Bonds, Series 2026a and Series 2026b (Federally Taxable); Approving the Issuance of Such Bonds in an Aggregate Principal Amount Not to Exceed $48,000,000; and Authorizing the Execution of Necessary Documents and Certificates and Related Actions; (2) Adoption of City Council Resolution Declaring its Official Intent to Reimburse Project Expenditures with Bond Proceeds and Related Actions; (3) Adoption of Public Finance Authority Resolution Authorizing the Execution and Delivery of a Ground Lease, a Lease Agreement, an Indenture and a Purchase Contract in Connection with the Issuance of Culver City Public Finance Authority Lease Revenue Bonds, Series 2026a and Series 2026b (Federally Taxable); Authorizing the Issuance of Such Bonds in an Aggregate Principal Amount Not to Exceed $48,000,000; Authorizing the Execution of Necessary Documents and Certificates and Related Actions; and Approving a Local Debt Policy Statement.”
Immediately afterwards, PH2 called for, “(1) Adoption of a City Council Resolution Approving and Adopting the Annual Appropriations Limit for Fiscal Year 2026-2027; (2) Adoption of Respective Resolutions Adopting the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Budget for the City of Culver City, the Successor Agency to the Culver City Redevelopment Agency, the Culver City Housing Authority, the Culver City Parking and the Culver City Public Finance Authority; (3) Adoption of a Resolution Approving Salary Schedules for Miscellaneous Employees, Police Safety Employees and Fire Safety Employees Effective June 29 , 2026; and (4) Adoption of a City Council Resolution Authorizing a Decrease to the Contingency Reserve Below Established Target and Rescinding Resolution No. 2025-R052 Establishing a Committed Reserve for the Loan to Community Corp of Santa Monica (CCSM).”
These items, related to the recently announced balanced budget, raised the spectre of their ever-contraversial Jubilo Village affordable housing project. However, they both passed 4-1 with Council Member Albert Vera the one no vote each time.
Action Item 2 (A2) was bumped forward due to the large number of public speakers: “1) Discussion of Potential Drive-Through Ban; (2) FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE REQUIREMENT: If Desired, Adoption of an Interim Urgency Ordinance Establishing a 45-Day Moratorium on the Issuance of Any New Building Permits or Entitlements for New Drive Through Uses; and/or (3) If Desired, Direction to Prepare a Regular Ordinance for Direct Consideration by City Council, or for Consideration by the Planning Commission for Recommendation to City Council; and/or (4) Direction to the City Manager as Deemed Appropriate.”
There was also an oddity for the council. Both Council Members Vera and Dan O’Brien recused themselves due to the proximity of their homes to a proposed Drive-Through restaurant, but the vote required four people so a die was thrown by those two members, with the highest number staying to vote. O’Brien threw a 1, Vera threw a 2, so Vera stuck around to vote.
After a lot of public opposition, the item passed with a unanimous 4-0 vote, though it will also be passed to the Cultural Affairs Commission for a “deep dive” examination.
Item A1 saw, “(1) Appointments to the Civil Service Commission; Cultural Affairs Commission; Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission; Planning Commission; Advisory Committee on Housing and Homelessness; Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee; Disability Advisory Committee; Equity and Human Relations Advisory Committee; Finance Advisory Committee; Landlord-Tenant Mediation Board; Martin Luther King Jr. and Juneteenth Celebration Advisory Committee; Los Angeles County West Vector Control District Board of Trustees; and LAX Area Advisory Committee; and (2) Direction to the City Clerk Regarding any Vacancies not Filled.”
The interviews for these appointments began with a special meeting on June 1.
Hilton Creve was appointed to the Civil Service Commission; Ehsaan Mesghali, Heather Moses (incumbents), and Van Johnson to the Cultural Affairs Commission; Thomas Whitaker was reappointed to the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission; Stephen Jones was reappointed to the Planning Commission; Vanessa Martin and Nicholas Golowko to the Advisory Committee on Housing and Homelessness; Randall Fallows was named the new Senior Resident on the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, Kayhler Tomlinson the Youth/Student Member, Travis Morgan for Business Community Member, Tamar Christensen for Resident Member, and Adam Rich for Employee Member;
Robin Langman, Robyn Tenensapf, and Danna Sigal to the Disability Advisory Committee; Lucine Linnemayr to the Youth Representative seat on the Equity and Human Relations Advisory Committee; Kevin Lachoff and Andrew Reilman for Resident Seats and Olivier Glaser for Business Community Member to the Finance Advisory Committee; Beth Hyatt and Arvin Ranjbari for the Landlord seat, Can Zhou and Chris Nunez for Member at Large, and Kenneth Corsino, and Julieanna Thompson for the Tenant seat on the Landlord-Tenant Mediation Board; Lauri Brown, Tracy Lee and Tracey Walters to the MLK Celebration and Juneteenth Celebration Advisory Committee; Nuriel Moghavem to the Los Angeles County West Vector Control District Board of Trustees; and finally, Beth Hyatt, Luciano Nocera and Chris Nunez are reappointed to the LAX Advisory Committee.
Action Item 3 (A3) called for, “ 1) Adoption of a Resolution Amending Exhibit A to Resolution No. 2025-R077 Making Express Findings That Modifications to State Codes Are Reasonably Necessary Because of Local Climatic, Geological, or Topographical Conditions; and 2) Introduction of an Ordinance Amending Culver City Municipal Code Section 15.02.1160 by Adding a Reference to the California Green Building Code Section 5.106.4.1.2.4.”
That item passed unanimously.
A4 called for, “(1) Adoption of a Resolution Adopting Amended City Council Policy Statement No. 3006 Regarding Public Meeting Teleconference Attendance Options and Guidelines for Members of Legislative Bodies, and City Council Policy Statement No. 3007 Regarding a Brown Act Meeting Technology Disruption Policy, Related to SB 707, and Rescinding Resolution No. 2025-R002; and (2) Discussion and Direction Regarding Reasonable Public Outreach Efforts Pursuant to SB 707, Including Outreach Measures Designed to Encourage Participation by Groups That Do Not Traditionally Participate in Public Meetings.”
That too passed unanimously.