AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
AGOURA HILLS CITY COUNCIL
Civic Center – Council Chambers
30001 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills, California 91301
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
6:00 p.m.
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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (PUBLIC COMMENT)
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CALL TO ORDER
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Girl Scout Troop 66
ROLL CALL Mayor Penny Sylvester
Mayor Pro Tem Jeremy Wolf
Councilmember Kate Anderson
Councilmember Chris Anstead
Councilmember Deborah Klein Lopez
REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
City Council Regular Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
PRESENTATIONS
INTERGOVERNMENTAL, SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMITTEE, & DEPARTMENTAL
REPORTS
Agoura Hills Library Quarterly Update
Clean Power Alliance (CPA) Update
(City Council and Staff)
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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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 March 26, 2025 STAFF REFERENCE: CITY CLERK RODRIGUES
2. Approve Demand Warrant Register No. 930
STAFF REFERENCE: DIRECTOR OF FINANCE IBAÑEZ
3. Approve Agreements for Contractor Services, with Brennan Fire & Security, Inc., for: 1) the Installation of a New Fire Alarm System, and 2) Monitoring and Inspection Services
STAFF REFERENCES: ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST TREICHLER
DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CELAYA
4. Approve Agreement for Contractor Services, with Envicom Corporation, for Biological and Cultural Resource Compliance Services for the Agoura Hills Recreation and Event Center Trail Project
STAFF REFERENCE: DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CELAYA
5. Adopt Resolution No. 25-2097; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF AGOURA HILLS, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING THE SALE,
PURCHASE AND USE OF RODENTICIDES AND GLUE TRAPS IN THE CITY OF
AGOURA HILLS
STAFF REFERENCE: CITY MANAGER HAMBURGER
PUBLIC HEARING
City Council Regular Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
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6. Conduct a Public Hearing and Adopt Resolution No. 25-2098; A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AGOURA HILLS, CALIFORNIA, ADDING
THE MORRISON PARK REHABILITATION PROJECT TO THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG)
PROJECTS
STAFF REFERENCES: ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST TREICHLER
DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CELAYA
DISCUSSION / ACTION
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7. Discussion Regarding the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Staffing Levels and Proposed Letter to Los Angeles County Supervisor Horvath STAFF REFERENCE: CITY MANAGER HAMBURGER
CITY COUNCIL, STAFF COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular City Council Meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m., on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center. The Civic Center is located at 30001 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills, California.
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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, April 9, 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 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-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, March 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 Cub Scout Pack 227.
Present were: Mayor Penny Sylvester, Mayor Pro Tem Jeremy Wolf, Councilmember Kate Anderson, Councilmember Chris
Anstead, and Councilmember Deborah Klein Lopez.
Also Present were: City Manager Nathan Hamburger, City Attorney Candice K.
Lee, Assistant City Manager Ramiro Adeva, Executive
Assistant Michele Hubbs, Director of Community Development Denice Thomas, Principal Planner Robby Nesovic, Senior Civil Engineer Charmaine Yambao, Director of Finance Diego
Ibañez, Director of Community Services Amy Brink, and City Clerk Kimberly M. Rodrigues.
REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION
City Attorney Lee reported on the two City Council Closed Session items pursuant to Government Code Sections 54956.9 (Paragraph (1) of Subdivision (d)) and 54956.8. The City Council considered the items, no reportable action was taken and direction was given to staff.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
ACTION: Councilmember Anstead moved to approve the Agenda, as presented. Mayor Pro Tem Wolf seconded. The motion carried 5-0, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Sylvester, Mayor Pro Tem Wolf,
Councilmember Anderson, Councilmember Anstead,
and Councilmember Klein Lopez.
NOES: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
City Council Regular Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
PRESENTATIONS
Mayor Sylvester presented a Proclamation, proclaiming April 9, 2025, as Education and Sharing Day, to Rabbi Moshe Bryski.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL, SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMITTEE, & DEPARTMENTAL
REPORTS
Mayor Sylvester provided a Las Virgenes/Malibu Council of Governments Update. In addition, she read letters from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), regarding how to report citizen concerns with the movement of fire debris by the U.S.
Army Corp of Engineers’ (USACE) dump trucks, and from Los Robles Medical Center Chief Executive Director Phil Buttell regarding the upcoming July 1, 2025, closure of the Pediatric Inpatient Unit, emphasizing that the hospital will continue to provide high-quality emergency care for children.
Councilmember Anderson provided a Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Advisory Committee Update.
Councilmember Klein Lopez provided a bi-weekly Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing Community Meeting Update.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
The following person(s) spoke:
Richard Lawson, Agoura
Brooks Dingman, Agoura Hills, representing Morrison Ranch Estates HOA
CONSENT CALENDAR
There were no public comments.
ACTION: Councilmember Klein Lopez moved to approve Consent Calendar Item Nos. 1-6, as presented. Mayor Pro Tem Wolf seconded. The motion carried 5-0, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Sylvester, Mayor Pro Tem Wolf,
Councilmember Anderson, Councilmember Anstead,
and Councilmember Klein Lopez.
NOES: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
1. Approve Minutes of the City Council Special Meeting of December 11, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
2. Approve Minutes of the City Council Goal Setting Workshop of March 12, 2025
3. Approve Minutes of the City Council Regular Meeting of March 12, 2025
4. Approve Demand Warrant Register No. 929
5. Authorize Staff to Forward the 2024 General Plan Annual Progress Report to the California Department of Housing and Community Development and the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
6. Authorize Staff to Forward the 2024 General Plan Housing Element Annual Progress Report to the California Department of Housing and Community Development and the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
DISCUSSION / ACTION
7. Conduct a Prescreen Review of a Proposed Specific Plan Amendment for a Residential Development on the Gateway Church Parcel (AIN 2061-033-013) at 29646 Agoura Road in the Ladyface Mountain Specific Plan (Case No. SPR-2024- 0005)
Staff noted a correction to the case number listed in the staff report as follows:
Case No. SPASPR-2024-0005
Following a presentation of the staff report, the following persons provided a presentation on behalf of the Applicant.
John Reishl, Toll Brothers, Applicant
Pastor Gabriel Barreiro, representing Gateway Church
Following a question-and-answer period with the Applicant, Mayor Sylvester opened the floor for public comment.
The following person(s) spoke:
Ed Corridori, Agoura Hills
Gary Arendts, Agoura
There being no further public comments, Mayor Sylvester invited the Applicant to present his rebuttal.
John Reishl, Toll Brothers, Applicant
No formal action was required. Following discussion, the City Council provided non-binding comments and feedback to the Applicant.
City Council Regular Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
CITY COUNCIL, STAFF COMMENTS
City Manager Hamburger reported that the City is working on a schedule to remove the damaged water tower as soon as possible.
Mayor Pro Tem Wolf reported on the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District event held last Friday that demonstrated their partnership with OceanWell in “testing deep water desalination technology” in the reservoir and thanked everyone for attending the event.
Mayor Sylvester reported she was visiting City school campuses to hear concerns from school staff and parents and, along with City staff, had already visited Willow Elementary, Lindero Canyon Middle School, and Agoura High School, and that Sumac, Mariposa, and Yerba Buena would be scheduled in the next few weeks, and spoke about her first Mayor’s Table, held at the Recreation and Event Center last Wednesday, regarding Emergency Preparedness.
ADJOURNMENT
At 7:59 p.m., Mayor Sylvester announced the next Regular City Council Meeting would be held at 6:00 p.m., on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center and adjourned the meeting.
Kimberly M. Rodrigues, MPPA, MMC
City Clerk
REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
DATE: APRIL 9, 2025
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: NATHAN HAMBURGER, CITY MANAGER
BY: JOHN TREICHLER, ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST
LOUIS CELAYA, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF AGREEMENTS FOR CONTRACTOR SERVICES WITH BRENNAN FIRE & SECURITY, INC. FOR 1) THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM AND 2) FOR MONITORING AND
INSPECTION SERVICES
In 2018, the City began contracting with Brennan Fire & Security, Inc. to provide fire monitoring and annual inspections at the Recreation and Event Center and has continued to serve the City well.
The proposed agreements being brought to City Council for consideration are to add Brennan Fire & Security, Inc. at City Hall so they may provide the same services currently being provided at the Recreation and Event Center.
The current system by Simplex Grinnell is outdated and a recent assessment provided by Johnson Controls during a needed repair informed the City that moving forward it will be hard to find parts and circuit boards for necessary repairs, leaving the facility at a disadvantage as it pertains to safety concerns.
The first contract is for the installation of a new Potter Fire Alarm Equipment System which is $22,000 and will replace the current system. This will have a minimal impact on the aesthetics of the building as they are able to use the existing locations of equipment.
The second is a three-year $18,000 contract ($6,000, per year) and pertains to the monitoring and annual inspections that are required to ensure the facility remains in compliance and meets all necessary safety requirements.
Due to the two new contract amounts, including the current three-year $18,000 contract for the Recreation and Event Center, staff is bringing this request to City Council for consideration as it exceeds the City Manager signing authority.
The proposed agreements have been reviewed by the City Attorney and approved as to form.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no direct fiscal impact for the current Fiscal Year 2024-25, because the $22,000 for installation was accounted for under Account # 012-4180-5682.00. The monitoring contract will continue to fall under Account # 010-4180-5430.00
RECOMMENDATION
Staff respectfully recommends the City Council approve the following:
1. Agreement with Brennan Fire & Security, Inc. for the installation of the New Fire Alarm System.
2. Agreement with Brennan Fire & Security, Inc. for Monitoring and Inspection Services; and
3. Authorize the City Manager to execute the documents on behalf of the city.
Attachments:
Agreement for Contractor Services for Installation of New Fire Alarm System Agreement for Contractor Services for Monitoring and Inspection Services