CITY OF LAGUNA HILLS
CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING AGENCY
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, March 8, 2022 – 7:00 PM
(Closed Session at 6:00 PM when scheduled)
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 March 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 March 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, March 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 Kathleen Bratun of The Connection Church PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Pro Tempore Heft
ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
1. PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS
1.1 Laguna Hills High School Student Liaison
Recommendation: That the City Council receive an oral report from Laguna Hills High School 2022 Spring Student Liaison Austin Kays.
1.2 Crime Survivors, Inc.
Recommendation: That the City Council receive a presentation from Patricia Wenskunas, Founder/CEO of Crime Survivors, Inc.
1.3 Presentation by Mercy House on Homeless Outreach
Recommendation: That the City Council receive an update from Timothy Huynh on Mercy House’s homeless outreach efforts in the City of Laguna Hills.
2. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS
2.1 Schedule of Future Events
Recommendation: That the Assistant City Clerk announce the upcoming City events for the month of March 2022.
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS
This is the time to address the City Council 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.
City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, March 8, 2022 Regular Meeting Agenda
3 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 February 22, 2022, Regular Meeting Recommendation: That the City Council approve the Minutes for the February 22, 2022, Regular Meeting.
4.3 Ratification of March 8, 2022, Warrant Register
Recommendation: That the City Council ratify the accompanying Warrant Register for the period from February 11, 2022, to February 24, 2022, in the amount of $310,919.63.
4.4 Progress Payment No. 2 for Laguna Hills Civic Center Suite 160 Tenant & Site Improvements
Recommendation: That the City Council approve Progress Payment No. 2, in the net amount of $98,344.00, to SD Design Construction Corporation, for Laguna Hills Civic Center Suite 160 Tenant & Site Improvements.
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
5. PLANNING AGENCY
There are no separate Planning Agency Business Items for this meeting.
6. CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGS
7. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
7.1. City Manager
City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, March 8, 2022 Regular Meeting Agenda
4 8. MATTERS AGENDIZED AND PRESENTED BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS Mayor Pro Tempore Heft
8.1 Discussion of Funding, or Equivalent Services, in Support of the Laguna Hills Chamber of Commerce
Recommendation: Mayor Pro Tempore Heft recommends that the City Council direct Staff to begin work as expeditiously as possible with the Chamber of Commerce to develop funding agreement deal points in support of the Laguna Hills Chamber of Commerce.
JOINT PLANNING AGENCY/CITY COUNCIL MEETING
ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING AGENCY MEMBERS
JOINT PLANNING AGENCY/CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGS
Village at Laguna Hills Continued Joint Meeting
Recommendation: That the City Council and Planning Agency take the following actions:
1) Resume the Joint City Council and Planning Agency Meeting; 2) That the Planning Agency and City Council:
a) Independently consider the City of Laguna Hills General Plan Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) (State Clearinghouse No. 20080811100) as previously addended for the Five Lagunas Project along with the Fifth Addendum to the PEIR;
b) Adopt a Resolution entitled: “A Joint Resolution of the Planning Agency and the City Council of the City of Laguna Hills, California, adopting the Fifth Addendum to the 2009 General Plan Program Environmental Impact Report as previously addended for the Five Lagunas Project and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the Village at Laguna Hills Project pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act”;
3) Adopt a Resolution entitled: “A Joint Resolution of the Planning Agency and City Council of the City of Laguna Hills, California, approving Site Development Permit, Master Sign Program, Conditional Use Permit, City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, March 8, 2022 Regular Meeting Agenda
5 Vesting Tentative Tract Map, Development Agreement, Precise Plan 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, and making certain findings in connection therewith”;
4) That the City Council introduce for first reading, read by title only, and waive further reading of an Ordinance entitled: “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Laguna Hills, California, approving and adopting a Development Agreement between the City of Laguna Hills and MGP Fund X Laguna Hills, LLC for the Village at Laguna Hills Project.” 5) That the City Council dissolve the advisory ad hoc committee established on September 28, 2021, for the single-purpose of directing further development agreement negotiations for the Village at Laguna Hills Project.
JOINT PLANNING AGENCY/CITY COUNCIL MEETING ADJOURNMENT
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) February 24, 2022 and March 3, 2022 Meetings.
2. Orange County Fire Authority
(Council Member Sedgwick)
3. California Mayors Coalition
(Mayor Wheeler) March 4, 2022 Meeting.
4. Orange County Public Libraries Advisory Board
(Mayor Wheeler) February 24, 2022 Meeting.
5. Association of California Cities - OC Legislative & Regulatory Committee (Mayor Wheeler) February 24, 2022 Meeting.
10. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS
City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, March 8, 2022 Regular Meeting Agenda
6 ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular Meeting of the City Council/Planning Agency will be March 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 March 4, 2022, at 5:00 p.m.
March 3, 2022
City Clerk Date
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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.