AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE
AGOURA HILLS CITY COUNCIL
Civic Center – Council Chambers
30001 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills, California 91301
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
6:00 p.m.
Please silence all cell phones and other electronic devices during the meeting.
ATTEND OR WATCH THE MEETING
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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (PUBLIC COMMENT)
Option A: To provide public comment in-person in the Council Chambers Members of the public have an opportunity to attend the meeting in-person in the Council Chambers and speak or submit a written comment on any item listed on the Agenda. If you wish to speak, complete a Speaker’s Card for each item and submit to the City Clerk prior to the public comment portion of the item. Public testimony is limited to three (3) minutes per speaker; a speaker’s time may not be transferred to another speaker. Written public comments submitted at the meeting are not read aloud by the City Clerk.
Option B: To submit written public comments prior to the meeting Members of the public have an opportunity to submit email correspondence on any item listed on the Agenda by sending an email to: [email protected]. All public correspondence received by 4:00 p.m. on the meeting date will be provided to the City Council or Improvement Authority prior to the meeting. Public comments are not read into the record. Any written public comments received after 4:00 p.m. on the meeting day will not be considered as part of the City Council or Improvement Authority’s deliberations or entered into the official record. Members also have the option to attend the meeting and submit their written comments or speak in-person.
CALL TO ORDER
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Girl Scout Troop 3616
ROLL CALL Mayor Illece Buckley Weber
Mayor Pro Tem Penny Sylvester
Councilmember Chris Anstead
Councilmember Deborah Klein Lopez
Councilmember Jeremy Wolf
City Council Regular Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
PRESENTATIONS
Business of the Month – Presentation to Serious Cycling
INTERGOVERNMENTAL, SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMITTEE, & DEPARTMENTAL
REPORTS
Pure Water Project Update – Las Virgenes Municipal Water District Las Virgenes/Malibu Council of Governments Update
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Advisory Committee Update (City Council and Staff)
PUBLIC COMMENTS
(This section is reserved for persons wishing to address items not listed on the Agenda that are under the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council. Please refer to “Public Participation” above for full details on how to submit written public comments or speak under this category.)
CONSENT CALENDAR
(Items on the Consent Calendar may be approved by a single motion and vote. Unless pulled by the City Council, there will be no separate discussion of these items. This section is reserved for persons wishing to address items on the Consent Calendar. Please refer to “Public Participation” above for full details on how to submit written public comments or speak under this category.)
1. Approve Minutes of the Special City Council Goal Setting Workshop of May 8, 2024
STAFF REFERENCE: CITY CLERK RODRIGUES
2. Approve Demand Warrant Register No. 912
STAFF REFERENCE: DIRECTOR OF FINANCE IBAÑEZ
3. Approve Award of Contract for Ladyface Greenway Project; NIB 24-02B and Request to Approve Memorandum of Agreement with Las Virgenes Municipal Water District and Agreements with Southern California Edison Company for Undergrounding of Facilities
STAFF REFERENCE: DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER FORTE
4. Approve First Amendment to Agreement for Contractor Services, with Solid Waste Solutions, Inc., for Film Permitting Services
STAFF REFERENCES: ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST TREICHLER
DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CELAYA
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024
CONSENT CALENDAR, continued -
5. Approve Agreement for Contractor Services, with Executive Facilities Services, Inc., for Custodial Services
STAFF REFERENCES: ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST TREICHLER
DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CELAYA
6. Approve Authorization for the Mayor to Sign on to the City and County Official Letter of Support for AB 2236 (Bauer-Kahan) and SB 1053 (Blakespear); Two Bills that would Eliminate the Existing Exemption of Plastic Film Bags and Require Grocery and Certain Retail Stores to No Longer Provide Plastic Film Bags to their Customers STAFF REFERENCE: ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ADEVA
7. Adopt Ordinance No. 23-472; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF AGOURA HILLS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE FOLLOWING
PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE IX (ZONING) OF THE AGOURA HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE: 1) DIVISION 5 (SIGN REGULATIONS) IN CHAPTER 6 (REGULATORY PROVISIONS); 2) SECTION 9676.2 (APPLICATION PROCEDURES) AND SECTION 9676.7 (VARIANCE OR MODIFICATION RELATING TO USES
AMORTIZED PURSUANT TO THIS CODE) FOR VARIANCES AND
MODIFICATIONS IN CHAPTER 6 (REGULATORY PROVISIONS); AND 3) SECTION 9804.2 (PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING) AND SECTION 9804.3 (ZONING ADMINISTRATOR PUBLIC HEARINGS) IN CHAPTER 8 (ADMINISTRATION) AND MAKING A DETERMINATION OF
EXEMPTION UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT STAFF REFERENCES: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR THOMAS
PRINCIPAL PLANNER NESOVIC
CONTINUATION - PUBLIC HEARING / APPEAL
(This section is reserved for persons wishing to address items listed under Public Hearing / Appeal. As this Public Hearing will be continued, it is recommended all public testimony be withheld until the Regular City Council Meeting of July 10, 2024)
8. Continuation of a De Novo Public Hearing to July 10, 2024, to Consider an Appeal of the Planning Commission’s Denial of Conditional Use Permit Number CUP2023-0026, a Request for a Type-47 Alcohol License to Allow the Sale of Distilled Spirits, Wine, and Beer, and to Revise the Existing Restaurant’s Hours of Operation
STAFF REFERENCES: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR THOMAS
PRINCIPAL PLANNER NESOVIC
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024
CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING
(This section is reserved for persons wishing to address items listed under Continued Public Hearing. Public testimony is limited to three (3) minutes. Please refer to “Public Participation” above for full details on how to submit written public comments or speak under this category.)
9. Conduct a Continued Public Hearing to Consider the Adoption of Resolution No. 24-2063; ADOPTING THE FINAL INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT (CASE NO. GPA 2024-0006) AND SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT (CASE NO. SPA 2024-0004) (STATE CLEARINGHOUSE NUMBER 202212041), AND ADOPTING AN
AMENDED AND RESTATED MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM, Resolution No. 24-2064; APPROVING A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT (CASE NO. GPA 2024-0006), AMENDING CHAPTER 3:
INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND AMENDING
GENERAL PLAN TYPICAL ROADWAY CLASSIFICATION CROSS-SECTION EXHIBIT (FIGURE M-2), and Resolution No. 24-2065; APPROVING AN AMENDED AND RESTATED AGOURA VILLAGE SPECIFIC PLAN (CASE NO.
SPA 2024-0004) (Continued from May 8, 2024)
STAFF REFERENCE: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR THOMAS
DISCUSSION
(This section is reserved for persons wishing to address items listed under Discussion. Public testimony is limited to three (3) minutes. Please refer to “Public Participation” above for full details on how to submit written public comments or speak under this category.)
10. Discussion to Consider Presentation of Additional Build Alternatives and Progress Updates for the Kanan Corridor Project and Provide Feedback STAFF REFERENCE: DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER FORTE
CITY COUNCIL, STAFF COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular City Council Meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m., on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center. The Civic Center is located at 30001 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills, California.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in a City Council meeting or other services offered by the City of Agoura Hills, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (818) 597-7300. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting or time when services are needed will assist the City staff in assuring that reasonable arrangements can be made to provide accessibility to the meeting or service.
Copies of staff reports or other written documentation, relating to each item of business described in this Agenda, are posted to the City’s website at agourahillscity.org and are on file in the office of City Clerk Kimberly M. Rodrigues, Agoura Hills City Hall, 30001 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills, California, 91301.
City Council Regular Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
The telecast of the Wednesday, May 22, 2024, Regular City Council Meeting will be shown on Channel 10 for Time Warner Cable subscribers, Channel 3 for Charter subscribers, and Channel 99 for AT&T U-Verse subscribers, at a later date, and run daily until the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting. The broadcast schedule is as follows: M-10am; T-3pm; W-10am; Th-7pm; F-10am; S-3pm; and Su-7pm.