AGENDA
ALISO VIEJO CITY COUNCIL
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
6:30 PM CLOSED SESSION
7:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
FOLLOWED BY PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION MEETING*
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
12 JOURNEY
ALISO VIEJO, CA
Mayor Mike Munzing
Mayor Pro Tem Tiffany Ackley
Councilmember Ross Chun
Councilmember Max Duncan
Councilmember Richard Hurt
WELCOME to the City of Aliso Viejo City Council meeting. Those persons wishing to address the City Council are requested to complete and submit to the City Clerk a “Request to Address City Council” form available at the entrance to the City Council Chambers. Speakers will be called at the appropriate time as their interested matter is heard. COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. Council proceedings are recorded.
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Regular meetings of the City Council are held on the first and third Wednesday of the month at the City Hall Council Chambers, 12 Journey, Aliso Viejo. Copies of the agenda are available in the lobby at City Hall on the Thursday preceding a regularly scheduled City Council meeting. All communications received by the City regarding an agenda item have been included in the agenda materials. Supplemental documents relating to specific agenda items, including communications received after agenda delivery, are presented at the dais and in the Public Copy agenda binder at the time of the meeting. Supplemental documents are also available for review in the City Clerk's office, 12 Journey, Aliso Viejo. For more information, please contact City Hall at (949) 425- 2505.
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MITZI ORTIZ SCOTT C. SMITH LAUREN TORRES
ACTING CITY MANAGER CITY ATTORNEY DEPUTY CITY CLERK
1 PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES AND OTHER
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT WHILE CITY COUNCIL IS IN SESSION
CALL TO ORDER: Convene Special Meeting
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
CLOSED SESSION:
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency Designated Representatives: City Manager and City Attorney Unrepresented Employees: All Employees
CALL TO ORDER: Convene Regular Meeting
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION:
1. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS:
1.1 PROCLAMATION - HUNGER ACTION MONTH
1.2 PROCLAMATION - NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH
2. ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, REORDERING TO THE AGENDA:
3. COMMUNITY INPUT:
Members of the public wishing to address the City Council are requested to complete and submit to the City Clerk a "Request to Address City Council" form available at the entrance to the City Council Chambers. In compliance with the Brown Act, no discussion or action may be taken on comments received at this time, except the City Council may briefly respond to statements made or questions posed. Comments are limited to three (3) minutes per speaker.
2 4. CONSENT CALENDAR:
All matters listed on the Consent Calendar will be acted upon by one vote unless members of the City Council, or staff request a matter to be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Items removed from the Consent Calendar will be discussed and voted upon immediately following City Council action on the remainder of the Consent Calendar.
4.1 WAIVE THE READING OF ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS Recommended Action: Approve the reading by title only of all ordinances and resolutions wherein the titles appear on the public agenda; said titles shall be determined to have been read by title, and further reading is waived.
4.2 APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Recommended Action: Approve the Minutes as submitted for the August 21, 2024 Special Meeting, the August 21, 2024 Regular Meeting, and the August 26, 2024 Special Meeting
Draft Minutes - August 21, 2024 Special Meeting
Draft Minutes - August 21, 2024 Regular Meeting
Draft Minutes - August 26, 2024 Special Meeting
4.3 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT FOR 4 AND 5 POLARIS WAY
Recommended Action: Conduct a second reading and adopt an Ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALISO VIEJO AMENDING THE ZONING MAP TO ADD “MIXED- USE/RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY” DISTRICT TO THE EXISTING “PROFESSIONAL OFFICE” DISTRICT AT 4 AND 5
POLARIS WAY AND FINDING THE ACTION TO BE EXEMPT FROM CEQA UNDER CEQA GUIDELINES SECTIONS 15060 AND 15061.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Ordinance
4.4 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
Recommended Action: Ratify accounts payable checks and electronic funds transfers issued between August 2, 2024, and August 15, 2024, in the amount of $1,336,836.86.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Accounts Payable Report
5. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
5.1 ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 15.14.080 PERTAINING TO ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct a second reading and adopt an Ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALISO VIEJO AMENDING SECTION
15.14.080 OF THE ALISO VIEJO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING
UNITS AND DETERMINING THE ORDINANCE TO BE EXEMPT FROM CEQA; OR
3 2. Conduct a public hearing and introduce for first reading an amended Ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALISO VIEJO AMENDING SECTION 15.14.080 OF THE ALISO VIEJO MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND DETERMINING THE ORDINANCE TO BE EXEMPT FROM CEQA.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Ordinance
Attachment 2 - Department of Housing and Community Development Letter Attachment 3 - California Legislative Action Committee Letter
6. DISCUSSION:
6.1 LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND SELECTION OF
GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTING DELEGATE
Recommended Action:
1. Designate a voting delegate and up to two alternates for the League of California Cities General Assembly to be held on October 18, 2024 at the Long Beach Convention Center; and
2. Cancel the October 16, 2024 City Council Meeting to allow for staff and City Council attendance at the Annual Conference.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Cal Cities Memo
7. CITY MANAGER' S REPORT:
8. ANNOUNCEMENTS / COUNCIL COMMENTS / COMMITTEE UPDATES:
9. ADJOURNMENT:
The next regularly scheduled City Council meeting is September 18, 2024.
*Aliso Viejo Public Facilities Corporation (PFC) Board of Directors Annual Meeting to be held immediately following City Council Regular Meeting. (Please refer to September 4, 2024 PFC Agenda.)
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