AGENDA
ALISO VIEJO
CITY COUNCIL
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2025
7:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
CITY HALL TELECONFERENCE LOCATION
COUNCIL CHAMBERS WOODFIELD PARK
12 JOURNEY, 26812 WOODFIELD
ALISO VIEJO, CA ALISO VIEJO, CA
Mayor Tiffany Ackley
Mayor Pro Tem Max Duncan
Councilmember Richard Hurt
Councilmember Mike Munzing
Councilmember Tim Zandbergen
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 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 NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMED BY DON JUAN AVILA MIDDLE SCHOOL CHOIR
1.2 BUSINESS OF THE MONTH - MINISO
1.3 PROCLAMATION - DROWNING PREVENTION AND AWARENESS SEASON
1.4 PROCLAMATION - JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE 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.
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 wi ll 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 May 7, 2025 Regular Meeting.
Draft Minutes - May 7, 2025 Regular Meeting
2 4.3 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY AREA FIRE
HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES MAP ORDINANCE
Recommended Action: Consider and adopt 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 - Ordinance
4.4 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
Recommended Action: Ratify accounts payable checks and electronic funds transfers issued between April 11, 2025, and May 8, 2025, in the amount of $1,770,557.81.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Accounts Payable Report
4.5 CONTRACT WITH SAVI CONSTRUCTION, INC. FOR THE FY24 -25 ADA CURB
RAMP PROJECT - CDBG
Recommended Action:
1. Approve Contract Documents, Specifications, and Plans for the FY24- 25 ADA Curb Ramp Project - CDBG;
2. Award a contract in the amount of $248,800.00 to Savi Construction, Inc. as the lowest responsible bidder for the FY24-25 ADA Curb Ramp Project - CDBG;
3. Authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Savi Construction, Inc.;
4. Authorize City staff to make total compensation to Savi Construction Inc. up to $248,800 plus $24,880 (10% of the contract amount) to allow for contingencies, totaling $273,680; and
5. Declare this project categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process Per Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, Chapter 3, Article 19, Section 15301 (Class 1: Existing Facilities).
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Contract
Attachment 2 - Savi Construction Inc. Submitted Bid
4.6 THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH SCA of CA, LLC FOR STREET
SWEEPING SERVICES
Recommended Action:
1. Approve a third amendment to the agreement SCA of CA, LLC (SCA) to perform street sweeping services that renews the agreement for an additional five -year term and increases the total compensation under the agreement by $749,076.67 for a total agreement amount of $1,249,076.67; and
2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the third amendment to the agreement.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Agreement Amendment
5. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None
3 6. DISCUSSION:
6.1 DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS FOR 38 COLONIAL WAY AND 89
PLAYA CIRCLE
Recommended Action:
1. Find that the proposed actions are not a “project” subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”);
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; and
3. Approve a restrictive covenant for 89 Playa Circle 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 Restrictive Covenant for 38 Colonial Way Attachment 2 - Declaration of Restrictive Covenant for 89 Playa Circle
6.2 CITY COUNCIL GOAL AND PRIORITY SETTING REPORT
Recommended Action:
1. Receive and file the City Council Goal and Priority-Setting Workshop Report and Implementation Action Plan from Baker Tilly; and
2. Adopt the following Strategic Goals:
a. Financial Stabilit y. Continue to ensure the City’s financial stability through careful planning and evaluation of revenue and investment opportunities; b. Infrastructure Investment. Maintain, replace, and fund the City’s capital assets through infrastructure investment; and
c. Aliso Viejo Ranc h. Develop a plan to establish the Ranch as a prized community asset.
Staff Report
Attachment 1 - City Council Goal and Priority-Setting Workshop Report Attachment 2 - Implementation Action Plan
Attachment 3 - Presentation
6.3 PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26
Recommended Action:
1. Review the proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26 Annual Budget; and
2. Provide any additional direction to staff regarding the draft FY 2025- 26 Budget.
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 June 4, 2025.
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