AGENDA
GOAL SETTING WORKSHOP
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE AGOURA HILLS CITY COUNCIL
Civic Center – Council Chambers
30001 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills, California 91301
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
4:00 p.m.
Please silence all cell phones and other electronic devices during the meeting.
ATTEND OR WATCH THE MEETING
For in-person attendance, Council Chamber doors will open to the public at 3:30 p.m. To watch the live stream or archive of this meeting on YouTube, enter “Agoura Hills City Council” and click on the date of the meeting. To watch the live stream or archive of this meeting on the City’s website, go to agourahillscity.org and click on the “Watch Meetings Online” button.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (PUBLIC COMMENT)
Option A: To provide public comments 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 written correspondence on any item listed on the Agenda. To ensure the City Council has the opportunity to review and/or consider information prior to the meeting, please identify the Agenda item number or topic in the email subject line and submit written public comments to: [email protected] on or before 2:00 p.m. on the meeting date. Public comments are not read into the record by the City Clerk. Please note: any public comments received after the deadline may not be considered as part of the City Council’s deliberations nor entered into the official record. However, members of the public may participate by attending the meeting to submit or make their comments in-person.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL Mayor Penny Sylvester
Mayor Pro Tem Jeremy Wolf
Councilmember Kate Anderson
Councilmember Chris Anstead
Councilmember Deborah Klein Lopez
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
City Council Special Meeting Agenda
Goal Setting Workshop
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
DISCUSSION / ACTION
(Pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act, the City Council may not discuss or act on any matter not specifically identified on this Agenda. Public comments are limited to the Discussion/ Action item below. Please refer to “Public Participation” above for full details on how to submit written public comments or speak under this category.)
1. Discussion of City Council Short and Long-Term Goals STAFF REFERENCE: CITY MANAGER HAMBURGER
CITY COUNCIL, STAFF COMMENTS
ADJOURN to 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 12, 2025, to the Regular Meeting of the City Council in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center.
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.
The telecast of the Wednesday, March 12, 2025, Special Goal Setting Workshop will be shown on Channel 10 for Time Warner Cable subscribers, Channel 3 for Charter subscribers, and Channel 99 for AT&T UVerse 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.
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
AGOURA HILLS CITY COUNCIL
Civic Center – Council Chambers
30001 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills, California 91301
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
6:00 p.m.
Please silence all cell phones and other electronic devices during the meeting.
ATTEND OR WATCH THE MEETING
For in-person attendance, Council Chamber doors will open to the public at 5:30 p.m. To watch the live stream or archive of this meeting on YouTube, enter “Agoura Hills City Council” and click on the date of the meeting. To watch the live stream or archive of this meeting on the City’s website, go to agourahillscity.org and click on the “Watch Meetings Online” button.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (PUBLIC COMMENT)
Option A: To provide public comments 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 written correspondence on any item listed on the Agenda. To ensure the City Council has the opportunity to review and/or consider information prior to the meeting, please identify the Agenda item number or topic in the email subject line and submit written public comments to: [email protected] on or before 4:00 p.m. on the meeting date. Public comments are not read into the record by the City Clerk.
Please note: any public comments received after the deadline may not be considered as part of the City Council’s deliberations nor entered into the official record. However, members of the public may participate by attending the meeting to submit or make their comments in-person.
CALL TO ORDER
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Boy Scout Troop 127
ROLL CALL Mayor Penny Sylvester
Mayor Pro Tem Jeremy Wolf
Councilmember Kate Anderson
Councilmember Chris Anstead
Councilmember Deborah Klein Lopez
City Council Regular Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
PRESENTATIONS
Business of the Month – Presentation to Healthy Pet
INTERGOVERNMENTAL, SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMITTEE, & DEPARTMENTAL
REPORTS
Wildfire Disaster Assistance Update – SBA Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience Clean Power Alliance (CPA) 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 speak or submit written public comments 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 speak or submit written public comments under this category.)
1. Approve Minutes of the City Council Regular Meeting of February 26, 2025 STAFF REFERENCE: CITY CLERK RODRIGUES
2. Approve Demand Warrant Register No. 928
STAFF REFERENCE: DIRECTOR OF FINANCE IBAÑEZ
3. Approve Treasurer’s Report for November 2024
STAFF REFERENCE: DIRECTOR OF FINANCE IBAÑEZ
4. Approve Treasurer’s Report for December 2024
STAFF REFERENCE: DIRECTOR OF FINANCE IBAÑEZ
5. Approve Authorization to Seek Bids for Fiscal Year 2025-26 Annual Concrete Repair Project; NIB 25-03
STAFF REFERENCE: SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER YAMBAO
City Council Regular Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
CONSENT CALENDAR, continued –
6. Approve First Amendment to Agreement (Contract 13521-2024), with the City of Thousand Oaks, for Transit (Dial-A-Ride) Services
STAFF REFERENCES: DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES BRINK
MANAGEMENT ANALYST POZOS
7. Approve Addendum to Lease Agreement for Contractor Services Issued Under the State of California Participating Addendum No. 7-24-70-46-06 Copiers and Management Print Services, Colorado NASPO ValuePoint Master Agreement 187846 with Ricoh USA, Inc.
STAFF REFERENCES: ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST TREICHLER
DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CELAYA
8. Approve Agreement for Design Professional Consultant Services, with m6 Consulting, Inc., for the Morrison Park Rehabilitation Project STAFF REFERENCES: DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES BRINK
MANAGEMENT ANALYST POZOS
CITY COUNCIL, STAFF COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular City Council Meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m., on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 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 City staff in assuring that reasonable arrangements can be made to provide accessibility to the meeting.
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.
The telecast of the Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 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 UVerse subscribers, at a later date, and run daily until the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting.
The broadcast schedule is as follows: M-10a m; T-3pm; W-10am; Th-7pm; F-10am; S-3pm; and Su-7pm.
MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING
AGOURA HILLS CITY COUNCIL
Civic Center – Council Chambers
30001 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills, California 91301
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
6:00 p.m.
The City Council meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Mayor Sylvester.
Mayor Sylvester announced the Land Acknowledgement.
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Girl Scout Troop 2256.
Present were: Mayor Penny Sylvester, Councilmember Kate Anderson, Councilmember Chris Anstead, and Councilmember Deborah
Klein Lopez.
Absent was: Mayor Pro Tem Jeremy Wolf.
Also Present were: City Manager Nathan Hamburger, City Attorney Candice K.
Lee, Assistant City Manager Ramiro Adeva, Deputy City
Manager Louis Celaya, WM Consultant Kimberly Nilsson,
Executive Assistant Michele Hubbs, Community Development Director Denice Thomas, Principal Planner Robby Nesovic, Senior Civil Engineer Charmaine Yambao, Kimley-Horn &
Associates Traffic Engineering Consultant Sri Chakravarthy, Southern California Edison CED Manager of Street Light
Projects John King, Director of Finance Diego Ibañez, Director of Community Services Amy Brink, and City Clerk Kimberly M.
Rodrigues.
REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION
No Closed Session was held.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
ACTION: Councilmember Anstead moved to approve the Agenda.
Councilmember Klein Lopez seconded. The motion carried 4-0, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Sylvester, Councilmember Anderson,
Councilmember Anstead, and Councilmember Klein
Lopez.
NOES: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem Wolf.
City Council Regular Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
PRESENTATIONS
Mayor Sylvester presented a Certificate of Recognition, honoring Tavern 101 Grill & Tap House as Business of the Month, to owner Marco Gonzalez.
Mayor Sylvester presented a Proclamation, Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Senior Concerns, to Senior Concerns President Andrea Gallagher, Board Chair Kara Buss, and Director of Development Julie Harvey.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL, SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMITTEE, & DEPARTMENTAL
REPORTS
Mayor Sylvester provided a Palisades Fire Debris Update.
A Las Virgenes/Malibu Council of Governments Update was not provided.
Councilmember Anderson provided a Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Advisory Committee Update.
Councilmember Klein Lopez reported on the Wildlife Crossing Community Engagement Group (Zoom) meeting.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
The following person(s) spoke:
Richard Lawson, Agoura
CONSENT CALENDAR
There were no public comments.
Councilmember Anderson announced the following disclosure regarding Item No. 4: “I am employed and receive a salary from the County of Los Angeles, but the Department of Public Health contract on the Agenda does not directly involve the County department for which I work, and, therefore, I have a non-interest exemption and may participate in the decision.”
ACTION: Councilmember Anstead moved to approve Consent Calendar Item Nos. 1-7, as presented. Councilmember Anderson seconded. The motion carried 4-0, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Sylvester, Councilmember Anderson,
Councilmember Anstead, and Councilmember Klein
Lopez.
NOES: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem Wolf.
City Council Regular Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
1. Approve Minutes of the City Council Regular Meeting of February 12, 2025
2. Approve Demand Warrant Register No. 927
3. Approve Award of Contract for Fiscal Year 2024-25 Pavement Rehabilitation Project; NIB 24-05
4. Approve Public Health Services Contract with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
5. Approve: 1) Agreement for Payment of Costs, with Brian Gelt in Connection with the Preparation of Environmental Documentation; and, 2) Agreement for Consultant Services, with Envicom Corporation, for the Preparation of an Addendum to the Palo Comado Ranch Subdivision Environmental Impact Report Related to the Construction of a Single-Family Residence
6. Adopt Resolution No. 25-2095; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF AGOURA HILLS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 ADOPTED ON JUNE 26, 2024
7. Adopt Resolution No. 25-2096; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF AGOURA HILLS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE
COMPENSATION PLAN BY ESTABLISHING THE CLASSIFICATION OF
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, APPROVING THE JOB
CLASSIFICATION, SETTING THE SALARY RANGE
DISCUSSION / ACTION
8. Discussion Regarding the Approval of the Agreement with Southern California Edison to Participate in the LS-1 Option-E Program
Following presentation of the staff report, and a question-and-answer period of staff, Mayor Sylvester opened the floor for public comments.
There were no public comments.
Following deliberations, Mayor Sylvester called for a motion and second to approve the staff recommendation to approve the Agreement with Southern California Edison to participate in the LS-1 Option-E Program using the 2700K fixtures and authorize the Mayor to execute the agreement on behalf of the City Council.
ACTION: Councilmember Anderson moved to approve the staff recommendation. Councilmember Klein Lopez seconded. The motion carried 4-0, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Sylvester, Councilmember Anderson,
Councilmember Anstead, and Councilmember Klein
Lopez.
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NOES: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem Wolf.
9. Discussion Regarding Waste Management Solid Waste Rate Escalation and to Consider a Request for an Additional Solid Waste Rate Adjustment for 2025 Following presentation of the staff report, and a question-and-answer period of staff, Justin Honsinger, representing Waste Management, provided a presentation.
Following the presentation, and a question-and-answer period of Mr. Honsinger, Mayor Sylvester opened the floor for public comments.
There were no public comments.
MOTION: Councilmember Anderson moved “that the Council not approve the SWRA increase and direct staff to bring back an item for discussion that would present the Council with the full spectrum of options for consideration, including an SWRA increase, as part of a larger picture conversation before any discussions on the change to the current agreement with Waste Management would take place.” Following further discussion, Councilmember Anderson withdrew her motion.
MOTION: Councilmember Klein Lopez moved “to request the solid waste rate escalation of 3% for 2025, and to continue the outreach for organics recycling, senior outreach, etc.”
City Attorney Lee suggested: “whatever conditions that were imposed for the 2024 SWRA rate increase, that those same conditions would apply to 2025, because it might be something beyond just the outreach.”
ACTION: Councilmember Klein Lopez made the (amended) motion “for the 3% solid waste escalation increase and a renewal of the conditions that were a part of the increase from the 2024 year as well.” Councilmember Anstead seconded. The motion carried 3-1, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Sylvester, Councilmember Anstead, and
Councilmember Klein Lopez.
NOES: Councilmember Anderson.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem Wolf.
CITY COUNCIL, STAFF COMMENTS
There were no comments.
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025
ADJOURNMENT
At 8:10 p.m., Mayor Sylvester announced the First Goal-Setting Workshop would be held at 4:00 p.m., followed by the Regular City Council Meeting at 6:00 p.m., on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center and adjourned the meeting.
Kimberly M. Rodrigues, MPPA, MMC
City Clerk