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Costa Mesa City Council recesses to closed session to discuss property deals, labor negotiations, litigation and city manager evaluation
Summary
On May 6, 2025, the Costa Mesa City Council recessed into closed session to consider two real estate negotiations (including the Fairview Developmental Center site), labor negotiations with four employee organizations, potential litigation, and the city manager's performance evaluation. No public outcomes were recorded in the provided transcript.
The Costa Mesa City Council recessed into a closed session Tuesday, May 6, 2025, to consider two real property negotiations (including the Fairview Developmental Center site at 20501 Harbor Boulevard), labor negotiations with four employee organizations, potential litigation, and a public-employee performance evaluation of the city manager.
The agenda items were read aloud by the city clerk before the council recessed to the community room for the closed session. The clerk identified the agency negotiator as Loriane Farrell Harrison, city manager, for the matters listed. The transcript names the State of California as the negotiating party for the Fairview Developmental Center site and Dominic Blon as the negotiating party for 778 Shalimar Drive in Costa Mesa. The clerk also listed labor negotiations with the Costa Mesa Police Association, Costa Mesa Police Management Association, Costa Mesa City Employees Association and the Costa Mesa Confidential Unit.
Council member Marr was recorded as participating remotely. The roll call recorded Council members Perez, Reynolds, Beaulieu, Gamieroz, Mayor Pro Tem Chavez and Mayor Stevens as present; no members of the public offered comment in the chambers or via Zoom during the portion of the meeting contained in the transcript.
The clerk cited the California Government Code provisions that authorize each closed-session topic: real property negotiations under section 54956.8; labor negotiations under section 54957.6(a); anticipated litigation under section 54956.9(d)(2); and public-employee performance evaluation under section 54957(b)(1). The provided transcript contains no record of formal motions, votes or final actions announced on the public record for those items.
The council recessed to closed session with the stated topics and returned to closed-door deliberations; the transcript ends with the council moving to the community room for that closed session. No outcomes, settlements, contract terms, vote tallies or personnel determinations were included in the excerpt provided to this report.
