CITY OF LAGUNA HILLS
CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING AGENCY
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, April 12, 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 Teleconference: Council Member Pezold Teleconferencing Location, Pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(b):
Business Center at Marriott’s Maui Ocean Club
100 Nohea Kai Drive, Lahaina-Maui, HI 96761
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 April 12, 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 April 12, 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, April 12, 2022 Regular Meeting Agenda
2 CLOSED SESSION - CONVENING AT 6:00 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.
ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION ITEM(S)
The City Council will convene into Closed Session, in the City Council Conference Room or City Council Chamber, City Hall, Laguna Hills Civic Center, to consider the following matter(s):
A. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT AND EMPLOYMENT
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957(b)(1)
Title: City Manager
B. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency Negotiators: Mayor Pro Tempore Heft and Council Member Pezold Unrepresented Employee Position: City Manager, Candidate Under Negotiation: Terms and Conditions of Employment
PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEM(S)
Members of the public may address the City Council only on closed session items listed on the Special Meeting Agenda. 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.
ADJOURN TO CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM OR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION
RECONVENE TO CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
RECESS
City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, April 12, 2022 Regular Meeting Agenda
3 CITY OF LAGUNA HILLS
CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING AGENCY
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, April 12, 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 Teleconference: Council Member Pezold Teleconferencing Location, Pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(b):
Business Center at Marriott’s Maui Ocean Club
100 Nohea Kai Drive, Lahaina-Maui, HI 96761
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 April 12, 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 April 12, 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, April 12, 2022 Regular Meeting Agenda
4 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: Rabbi Tzali Stillerman of Chabad Jewish Center of Aliso Viejo & Laguna Woods
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 Orange County Housing Finance Trust
Recommendation: That the City Council receive an update from Adam Eliason, Manager, Orange County Housing Finance Trust, on the Trust's activities over the past year.
1.3 Proclamation for "Sexual Assault Awareness Month"
Recommendation: That the City Council issue a Proclamation declaring April 2022 as "Sexual Assault Awareness Month."
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 April 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, April 12, 2022 Regular Meeting Agenda
5 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 March 16, 2022 Special Meeting Recommendation: That the City Council approve the Minutes for the March 16, 2022, Special Meeting.
4.3 Approval of Minutes for March 22, 2022 Regular Meeting Recommendation: That the City Council approve the Minutes for the March 22, 2022, Regular Meeting.
4.4 Approval of Minutes for March 26, 2022 Special Meeting Recommendation: That the City Council approve the Minutes for the March 26, 2022, Special Meeting.
4.5 Approval of Minutes for March 28, 2022 Special Meeting Recommendation: That the City Council approve the Minutes for the March 28, 2022, Special Meeting.
4.6 Approval of Minutes for April 6, 2022 Special Meeting Recommendation: That the City Council approve the Minutes for the April 6, 2022, Special Meeting.
4.7 Ratification of April 12, 2022, Warrant Register
Recommendation: That the City Council ratify the accompanying Warrant Register for the period from March 11, 2022, to March 31, 2022, in the amount of $1,197,839.40.
City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, April 12, 2022 Regular Meeting Agenda
6 4.8 Records Retention Management
Recommendation: That the City Council adopt a Resolution entitled: "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Laguna Hills, California, authorizing and directing the City Clerk to dispose of certain City records in accordance with the City's Record Retention Schedule."
4.9 2022 Fourth of July Celebration Pre-Event Report and Fireworks Agreement
Recommendation: That the City Council: 1) Receive and file the 2022 Fourth of July Celebration pre-event report; and 2) Approve the Fireworks Display Agreement between Fireworks and Stage FX America, LLC, and the City of Laguna Hills for 2022 and authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement.
4.10 Submission of an Aerial Waste Waiver to the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board for Pollutant Discharges from the City's Fourth of July Fireworks Display and Adoption of a Categorical Exemption Determining that the Event is Exempt from Environmental Review Pursuant to Title 14, Chapter 3, Section 15304(E) of the California Code of Regulations
Recommendation: That the City Council: 1) Direct Staff to submit an Aerial Waste Waiver to the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board for pollutant discharges from the City’s Fourth of July fireworks display; and 2) Adopt a Categorical Exemption under CEQA pursuant to Guideline Section No. 15304 (Class 4, Minor Alterations to Land).
4.11 Progress Payment No. 1 for El Toro Road Eastbound Farside Paseo De Valencia Bus Stop and Shelter Passenger Amenity Improvements, CIP No. 517
Recommendation: That the City Council approve Progress Payment No. 1, in the net amount of $31,224.18, and Contract Change Order No. 1, to OCLA Construction and Engineering, for El Toro Road Eastbound Paseo de Valencia Bus Stop and Shelter Passenger Amenity Improvements, CIP No. 517.
4.12 Initiation of the 2022 Weed Abatement Program
Recommendation: That the City Council adopt a Resolution entitled: "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Laguna Hills, California, declaring weeds and rubbish on specified private property to be a public nuisance, commencing public proceedings, and setting a public hearing for May 10, 2022." City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, April 12, 2022 Regular Meeting Agenda
7 ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
5. PLANNING AGENCY
5.1. ROLL CALL OF PLANNING AGENCY MEMBERS
5.2. PUBLIC COMMENTS
This is the time to address the Planning Agency on any matter not listed on this Agenda that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Planning Agency.
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.
5.3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
5.3.1 Approval of Minutes for March 22, 2022, Regular Meeting Recommendation: That the Planning Agency approve the Minutes for the March 22, 2022, Regular Meeting.
5.4. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
5.5. PLANNING AGENCY PUBLIC HEARINGS
5.5.1 Site Development Permit No. USE-0072-2021, a Request by MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center to Construct a New Women’s Health Pavilion and Associated Site Improvements at 24401 Calle De La Louisa
Recommendation: That the City Council: 1) Conduct a Public Hearing; 2) Find and determine that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15302 (Class 2, Replacement or Reconstruction); and 3) Adopt a Resolution entitled: “A Resolution of the Planning Agency of the City of Laguna Hills, California, approving Site Development Permit (SDP) No. USE-0072-2021, a request by MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center to construct a new Women’s Health Pavilion and associated site improvements at 24401 Calle De La Louisa, including an exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per CEQA Guidelines Section 15302 (Class 2, Replacement or Reconstruction) of Title 14, Chapter 3 of the California Code of Regulations.
PLANNING AGENCY ADJOURNMENT
City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, April 12, 2022 Regular Meeting Agenda
8 6. CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGS
7. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
7.1. City Manager
7.2. Community Development Director
7.2.1 Proposal for City to Retain Specified Local Business Attraction and Retention Services from the Laguna Hills Chamber of Commerce for Fiscal Year 2022-2023
Recommendation: That the City Council review and approve proposed "deal points" that will then be used to prepare a proposed "Business Attraction and Retention Services Agreement" between the City of Laguna Hills and the Laguna Hills Chamber of Commerce for Fiscal Year 2022- 2023.
8. MATTERS AGENDIZED AND PRESENTED BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
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) March 31, 2022 Meeting.
2. California Mayor's Coalition
(Mayor Wheeler) April 1, 2022 Meeting.
10. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular Meeting of the City Council/Planning Agency will be April 26, 2022, at 7:00 p.m., in the City Council Chamber, located at 24035 El Toro Road, Laguna Hills, California.
City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, April 12, 2022 Regular Meeting Agenda
9 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 April 8, 2022, at 5:00 pm.
April 6, 2022
City Clerk Date
I, Erica Pezold, Council Member of the City of Laguna Hills, do hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Agenda was posted at Business Center at Marriott’s Maui Ocean Club, 100 Nohea Kai Drive, Lahaina-Maui, HI 96761 (map attached), by April 8, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time.
April 6, 2022
Erica Pezold, Council Member Date
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, you should contact the office of the City Clerk at (949) 707-2635. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to assure accessibility to this meeting.
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.
City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, April 12, 2022 Regular Meeting Agenda
10 CITY OF LAGUNA HILLS
CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING AGENCY
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 – 7:00 PM
(Closed Session at 6:00 PM when scheduled)
Teleconferencing Location Map
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(b):
Business Center at Marriott’s Maui Ocean Club
100 Nohea Kai Drive, Lahaina-Maui, HI 96761