CITY OF LAGUNA HILLS
CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING AGENCY
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, February 8, 2022 – 7:00 PM
Dave Wheeler, Mayor
Janine Heft, Mayor Pro Tempore Don Caskey, Council Member Erica Pezold, Council Member Don Sedgwick, Council Member Location: City Council Chamber, 24035 El Toro Road, Laguna Hills, CA 92653 Any person wishing to address the City Council/Planning Agency on any matter, whether or not it appears on this Agenda, is asked to complete a pink “Request to Speak” form available on the table at the back of the Chamber. The completed form is to be submitted to the City Clerk prior to an individual being heard by the City Council/Planning Agency. Completion of the form is voluntary. All persons may attend the meeting regardless of whether this form is completed.
Members of the public wishing to address the City Council can do so during the Public Comments portion of the Agenda with a time limitation of three minutes per person, an overall time limit of ten minutes for any one subject, and a total time limit of thirty minutes for Public Comments. If you are commenting on an Agenda item, your comments will be heard at the time that item is scheduled on the Agenda. If you are addressing the City Council on an item not listed on the Agenda, the City Council is prohibited by law from discussing or taking any action on that item
Submission of Electronic Public Comments: While you may attend this meeting in person, those wishing to make electronic public comments may submit their comments by email to the City Clerk at [email protected], by 5:00 p.m. on February 8, 2022. In the subject line of the email, please state your name and the item number you are commenting on.
Any public comment received that does not specify a particular agenda item number will be announced during the general public comment portion of the agenda. If you wish to submit a public comment on more than one agenda item, please send a separate email for each item you are commenting on. All comments received by 5:00 p.m. on the date of the meeting will be provided to the City Council in advance to allow time for the Council Members to read them.
Announcement of Electronic Public Comments: During the applicable agenda item, the City Clerk will announce the name of the sender and subject matter of all email comments received by 5:00 p.m. on February 8, 2022. Email comments will NOT be read by the City Clerk during the meeting. Electronic public comments may only be submitted via email and comments via text and social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) will not be accepted. The email comments, including your name, will become part of the record of the City Council meeting and will be public information.
City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, February 8, 2022 Regular Meeting Agenda
2 GENERAL BUSINESS - CONVENING AT 7:00 PM
CALL TO ORDER
Resolution No. 96-04-09-1 established rules of decorum for public meetings held by the City of Laguna Hills. Resolution No. 96-04-09-1 is available on the table at the back of the City Council Chamber.
INVOCATION: Pastor Ric Rodeheaver of Christ Community Church PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Council Member Caskey
ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING AGENCY MEMBERS
1. PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS
1.1. Laguna Hills High School Student Liaison
1.1.1 Certificates of Recognition for Laguna Hills High School Student Liaisons Rena Cohen and Grant Dettmann for the 2021 Fall Semester
Recommendation: That Mayor Wheeler present Certificates of Recognition to Rena Cohen and Grant Dettmann recognizing their service as the Laguna Hills High School Student Liaisons for the 2021 fall semester.
1.1.2 Appointment of Laguna Hills High School Student Liaisons Austin Kays and Kaitlyn Heinecke for the 2022 Spring Semester
Recommendation: That Mayor Wheeler present Certificates of Appointment to Laguna Hills High School Student Liaisons Austin Kays and Kaitlyn Heinecke.
1.1.3 Laguna Hills High School Student Liaison
Recommendation: That the City Council receive an oral report from Laguna Hills High School Student 2022 Spring Liaison Austin Kays.
2. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS
2.1 Schedule of Future Events
Recommendation: That the Assistant City Clerk announce the upcoming City events for the months of February and March 2022.
City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, February 8, 2022 Regular Meeting Agenda
3 3. PUBLIC COMMENTS
This is the time to address the City Council/Planning Agency on any matter not listed on this Agenda that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council. Public Comments are limited to three minutes per person, an overall time limit of ten minutes for any one subject, and a total time limit of thirty minutes.
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed under “CONSENT CALENDAR” are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion approving the recommendation listed on the Agenda. There will be no separate discussion unless Members of the City Council or Staff request specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar.
4.1 Waive Reading in Full of all Ordinances and Resolutions on the Agenda Recommendation: That the City Council waive reading in full of all ordinances and resolutions on the agenda and declare that said titles which appear on the public agenda shall be determined to have been read by title and further reading waived.
4.2 Approval of Minutes for January 25, 2022, Regular Meeting Recommendation: That the City Council approve the Minutes for the January 25, 2022, Regular Meeting.
4.3 Ratification of February 8, 2022, Warrant Register
Recommendation: That the City Council ratify the accompanying Warrant Register for the period from January 14, 2022, to January 27, 2022, in the amount of $1,103,271.69.
4.4 Amendment No. 1 to Office Lease for Suite 203 with Premier Group International for 24031 El Toro Road, Suite 203, Laguna Hills, California Recommendation: That the City Council approve Amendment No. 1 to Office Lease with Premier Group International, a California corporation, for 24031 El Toro Road, Suite 203, Laguna Hills, California, and authorize the Interim City Manager to execute the Amendment.
4.5 Civic Center Second Quarter Financial Report for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Recommendation: That the City Council receive and file the report.
City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, February 8, 2022 Regular Meeting Agenda
4 4.6 Residential Parking Permit Program on Streets in the Lomas Laguna Residential Neighborhood South of Alicia Parkway
Recommendation: That the City Council: 1) Find and determine that the proposed permit parking controls are not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, Cal. Code of Regs, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly; and 2) Adopt a Resolution entitled, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Laguna Hills, California, establishing a residential parking permit area on streets in the Lomas Laguna residential neighborhood south of Alicia Parkway".
4.7 Meeting Cancellation and Continuance of Hearing/Meeting Regarding the Proposed Village at Laguna Hills Project and Proposed Development Agreement (Case No. USE-0010-2019), a Request by MGP Fund X Laguna Hills, LLC to Modify the Previously Approved Five Lagunas Project to Continue to Redevelop the Former Laguna Hills Mall Site Located at 24155 Laguna Hills Mall, Including Adoption of the Fifth Addendum to the City of Laguna Hills General Plan Program Environmental Impact Report as Previously Addended (State Clearinghouse No. 20080811100) and Approval of Site Development Permit, Master Sign Program, Conditional Use Permits, Parking Use Permit, Vesting Tentative Tract Map, Precise Plan and Development Agreement
Recommendation: That the City Council/Planning Agency: 1) Cancel and continue the continued hearing/meeting regarding the proposed The Village at Laguna Hills Project, previously scheduled for February 8, 2022, to a Joint Meeting of the City Council/Planning Agency at the Regular Meeting of the City Council scheduled for March 8, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. (or as soon thereafter as possible), in the City Council Chamber, or at such earlier time and date as may be determined appropriate by the Interim City Manager; and 2) Direct the City Clerk to provide notice of the continued hearing/meeting as required by law.
4.8 Assembly Bill 1595 Letter of Support for Site Development of a Veterans Cemetery at Gypsum Canyon in Orange County.
Recommendation: That the City Council approve a letter of support for Assembly Bill 1595 for site development of a veterans cemetery at Gypsum Canyon in Orange County.
City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, February 8, 2022 Regular Meeting Agenda
5 4.9 Support for the County of Orange and Orange County Law Enforcement Agencies in Their Effort to Eliminate the Threat of Fentanyl in Orange County Communities.
Recommendation: That the City Council adopt a Resolution entitled: “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Laguna Hills, California, supporting the County of Orange and Orange County Law Enforcement Agencies in their effort to eliminate the threat of Fentanyl in Orange County communities."
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
5. PLANNING AGENCY
There are no separate Planning Agency Business Items for this meeting.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
CONVENE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
ROLL CALL OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
ELECTION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION OFFICERS
Election of Public Improvement Corporation Officers
Recommendation: That the Board of Directors adopt a Resolution entitled: “A Resolution of the Laguna Hills Public Improvement Corporation, Laguna Hills, California, Electing Officers for 2022.” APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 9, 2021, ANNUAL MEETING Approval of the Public Improvement Corporation Minutes for the February 9, 2021, Annual Meeting
Recommendation: That the Board of Directors approve the minutes of the February 9, 2021, Annual Meeting.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION ADJOURNMENT
RECONVENE CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING AGENCY MEETING
6. CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGS
7. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
7.1. City Manager
City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, February 8, 2022 Regular Meeting Agenda
6 8. MATTERS AGENDIZED AND PRESENTED BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
8.1. Council Member Pezold
8.1.1 Discussion of Funding, or Equivalent Services, in Support of the Laguna Hills Chamber of Commerce
Recommendation: Council Member Pezold recommends that the City Council discuss options to support the Laguna Hills Chamber of Commerce.
9. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMITTEE REPORTS
9.1. Committee Assignment Reports
Recommendation: That the City Council receive oral reports on the following City Council Committee Assignments:
1. South OC Watershed Management Area Executive Committee (Council Member Caskey) January 27, 2022 Meeting.
2. Orange County and State Mayors Meeting
(Mayor Wheeler) February 3-4, 2022.
10. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular Meeting of the City Council/Planning Agency will be February 22, 2022, at 7:00 p.m., in the City Council Chamber, located at 24035 El Toro Road, Laguna Hills, California.
CERTIFICATION
I, Melissa Au-Yeung, City Clerk of the City of Laguna Hills, do hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Agenda was posted at Laguna Hills City Hall, Laguna Hills Community Center, and the Courtyard at La Paz Center by February 4, 2022, at 5:00 p.m.
February 3, 2022
City Clerk Date
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City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, February 8, 2022 Regular Meeting Agenda
7 Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the City Council after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office at 24035 El Toro Road, Laguna Hills, California, during normal business hours.
City Council Members receive no additional compensation or stipend as a result of simultaneously convening meetings of the Laguna Hills Planning Agency.