TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THRU: Jarad Hildenbrand, City Manager
FROM: Leslie Hardy, Community and Library Services Director
1. SUBJECT
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Lottery selection for permits to sell safe and sane fireworks.
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2. SUMMARY
On December 9, 2025, the Orange City Council adopted Resolution No. 11648, regarding updated rules and regulations for the number of permits, application process and lottery process to sell safe and sane fireworks pursuant to Orange Municipal Code Chapter 8.13. An eligibility pool has been created from a compiled list of qualified applicant organizations as defined in Resolution No. 11648, and a lottery drawing can now be conducted wherein presumptive permittees are chosen via random selection for continuance in the permit process.?
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Conduct a lottery via random selection process, record the results, and provide notification to presumptive permittees regarding next steps in the safe and sane fireworks sale permit process.
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4. FISCAL IMPACT
None.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
??Goal 3: Enhance Public Communication Strategy and Quality of Life?
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
On May 14, 2024, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 11542, submitting to the voters a question on whether to permit the sale, possession, and use of Safe and Sane Fireworks. Assigned the letter designation "AA" by the Orange County Registrar of Voters, Measure AA was approved in November 2024. The Council adopted Resolution No. 11597, finalizing the lottery and permit process pertinent to the sale of Safe and Sane Fireworks within the City. Subsequently, on December 9, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 11648, which rescinded and replaced Resolution 11597 and established updated procedures and changes to the Safe and Sane Fireworks Program (Attachment 1). Changes to the process were primarily related to advancing the annual program schedule, creating a two-year permit process, re...
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