AGENDA
ALISO VIEJO CITY COUNCIL
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2025
7:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
12 JOURNEY
ALISO VIEJO, CA
Mayor Tiffany Ackley
Mayor Pro Tem Max Duncan
Councilmember Richard Hurt
Councilmember Mike Munzing
Councilmember Tim Zandbergen
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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 JANET MARTINEZ
CITY MANAGER CITY ATTORNEY CITY CLERK
1 PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES AND OTHER
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT WHILE CITY COUNCIL IS IN SESSION
CALL TO ORDER: Convene Regular Meeting
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
1. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS:
1.1 PROCLAMATION - FRONTLINE WORKER APPRECIATION MONTH
1.2 PRESENTATION FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA CITIES - ORANGE COUNTY
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.
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 ready by title, and further reading is waived.
4.2 APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Recommended Action: Approve the minutes as submitted for the February 26, 2025 and April 16, 2025, Special and Regular Meetings.
Draft Minutes - February 26, 2025 Special Meeting
Draft Minutes - April 16, 2025 Regular Meeting
2 4.3 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
Recommended Action: Ratify accounts payable checks and electronic funds transfers issued between March 28, 2025, and April 10, 2025, in the amount of $1,275,234.55.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Accounts Payable Report
4.4 TREASURER’S STATEMENT – MARCH 2025
Recommended Action:
Receive and file the March 2025 Treasurer’s Statement.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 – March 2025 Treasure’s Statement
4.5 FIRST AMENDMENT TO AQUATIC CENTER MANAGEMENT SERVICES
AGREEMENT WITH PREMIER AQUATIC SERVICES
Recommended Action: Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute the First Amendment to the Management Services Agreement with Premier Aquatic Services, extending the Aquatic Center management services for an additional two years.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Agreement Amendment
4.6 FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH
MICHAEL JUE FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN SERVICES
Recommended Action: Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a First Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Michael Jue for graphic design services for an additional two-year term.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Agreement Amendment
4.7 FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH
ADVANTAGE MAILING LLC FOR PRINTING AND MAILING SERVICES OF THE
COMMUNITY CONNECTION RECREATION GUIDE & CITY NEWS
Recommended Action: Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a First Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Advantage Mailing Inc. for printing and mailing services of the Community Connection Recreation Guide & City News.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Agreement Amendment
4.8 38 COLONIAL WAY – DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT Recommended Action:
1. Find that the proposed actions are not a “project” subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”); and
2. Approve a restrictive covenant for 38 Colonial Way related to affordable housing and authorize the City Manager to take all necessary steps to execute and record said covenant.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Declaration of Affordability Covenant
3 4.9 SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AGREEMENT WITH
THE COUNTY OF ORANGE
Recommended Action: Authorize the City Manager to execute the Second Amendment to the Solid Waste Disposal Agreement with the County of Orange.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Agreement Amendment
4.10 URBAN RUNOFF TREATMENT FACILITY
Recommended Action:
1. Authorize the City Manager to execute a Quitclaim Deed for the Urban Runoff Treatment Facility for Storm Drain J01P28 located on County of Orange Parcel 162; and
2. Authorize the City Manager to execute an Easement Deed for accessing the Urban Runoff Treatment Facility for Storm Drain J01P28 located on County of Orange Parcels 161 and 162.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Quitclaim Deed
Attachment 2 - Easement Deed
5. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
5.1 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ESTABLISH A PILATES, YOGA, AND FITNESS STUDIO AT 26711 ALISO CREEK ROAD, SUITE 200 (USE-2025-00005) Recommended Action: Adopt a Resolution approving a Conditional Use Permit to establish a Pilates, yoga, and fitness studio at 26711 Aliso Creek Road, Suite 200 (USE-2025-00005).
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Proposed Plans
Attachment 3 - Project Description
Attachment 4 - Presentation
5.2 LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY AREA FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES MAP
ORDINANCE
Recommended Action: Conduct a public hearing and introduce for first reading an Ordinance entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALISO VIEJO
DESIGNATING MODERATE, HIGH, AND VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY
ZONES IN THE LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY AREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 51179.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Draft Ordinance
Attachment 2 - Local Responsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zones Map Attachment 3 - Presentation
4 5.3 ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2025 -2026 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR
EXPENDITURES OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FUNDS AND THE 2025 -2029 ORANGE COUNTY REGIONAL ASSESSMENT OF
FAIR HOUSING
Recommended Action:
1. Declare the City Council finds the FY 2025- 2026 Annual Action Plan is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) as the activity is not a project, as defined in Section 15378(b)(5) of the state CEQA Guidelines;
2. Approve and adopt the FY 2025- 2026 Annual Action Plan (“Action Plan”) for the use of Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) funds, including the 2025- 2029 Orange County Regional Assessment of Fair Housing (Attachment 1);
3. Authorize the City Manager to submit the Action Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), which executes the HUD contract, and authorizes the City Manager to submit all related documents with the implementation of the Action Plan.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - FY 25-26 CDBG Annual Action Plan
Attachment 2 - Presentation
6. DISCUSSION:
6.1 CONCEPT PLAN REVIEW FOR A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY AT 27081 ALISO
CREEK ROAD
Recommended Action: Review and provide initial feedback on concept plans for a development proposal involving the demolition of three existing office buildings to accommodate the construction of a 137- unit, residential community at 27081 Aliso Creek Road (“Project”).
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Concept Plans
Attachment 2 - Project Description
Attachment 3 - Presentation
6.2 BIKE LANE DISCUSSION
Recommended Action:
1. Receive Staff presentation; and
2. Provide direction to Staff regarding bike lane improvement implementation timeline.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Presentation
7. CITY MANAGER' S REPORT:
8. ANNOUNCEMENTS / COUNCIL COMMENTS / COMMITTEE UPDATES:
9. ADJOURNMENT:
The next regularly scheduled City Council meeting is May 21, 2025.
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