CITY OF LAGUNA HILLS
CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING AGENCY
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, January 10, 2023 – 7:00 PM
(Closed Session at 6:00 PM when scheduled)
Janine Heft, Mayor
Don Caskey, Council Member Erica Pezold, Council Member Joshua Sweeney, Council Member Dave Wheeler, 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 January 10, 2023. 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 January 10, 2023. 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, January 10, 2023 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: Bishop Don Sedgwick of Laguna Hills Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Council Member Caskey
ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZATION
Election of Mayor Pro Tempore
Recommendation: That the City Council nominate and elect a Mayor Pro Tempore to serve until December 12, 2023.
RECESS AND RECONVENE
1. PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS
1.1 Laguna Hills High School Student Liaison Report
Recommendation: That the City Council receive an oral report from Laguna Hills High School 2022 Fall Student Liaison Kia Arfania.
2. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS
2.1 Schedule of Future Events
Recommendation: That the City Clerk announce the upcoming meetings and events.
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, January 10, 2023 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 December 13, 2022, Regular Meeting Recommendation: That the City Council approve the City Council Minutes for the December 13, 2022, Regular Meeting.
4.3 Ratification of January 10, 2023, Warrant Register
Recommendation: That the City Council ratify the accompanying Warrant Register for the period from December 2, 2022, to December 29, 2022, in the amount of $1,252,028.28.
4.4 Treasurer's Investment Report for October 2022
Recommendation: That the City Council receive and file the Treasurer's Investment Report for the month of October 2022.
4.5 Retirement Plan Consulting Services Agreement with Shuster Advisory Group, LLC, for Defined Contribution Plan Consulting and Investment Fiduciary Services
Recommendation: That the City Council:
1) Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a Retirement Plan Services Agreement with Shuster Advisory Group, LLC for defined contribution plan consulting and investment fiduciary services (Attachment 1); 2) Approve the consolidation of the 457(b), 401(a), Retirement Health Savings (RHS) and Part-Time, Temporary and Seasonal (PTS) record keeping services to a single provider, MissionSquare;
City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, January 10, 2023 Regular Meeting Agenda
4 3) Adopt a Resolution entitled: "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Laguna Hills, California Authorizing the Transition of the City's Defined Contribution Plan for Eligible Employees from Public Agency Retirement to the ICMA Retirement Corporation Governmental Profit-Sharing Plan & Trust." 4) Authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary service provider agreements related to the administration of the defined contribution plans; and 5) Appoint the City Manager as the contract administrator for the City's 457(b), 401(a), Retirement Health Savings (RHS) and Part-Time, Temporary and Seasonal (PTS) defined contribution plans.
4.6 Amendment to Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Operating Budget for Security Patrol Services
Recommendation: That the City Council adopt a Resolution entitled: "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Laguna Hills, California, Amending the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Budget by Increasing the Public Safety Department Operating Budget for Private Security Patrol."
4.7 Budget Amendment for Sidewalk Repairs, CIP No. 106
Recommendation: That the City Council: 1) Adopt a Resolution entitled: "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Laguna Hills, California, Amending the Fiscal Years 2021-2022 & 2022-2023 Biennial Budget to Allocate Funds to Sidewalk Repairs, Capital Improvement Project (CIP) No. 106;” and 2) Find that environmental review is not required under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, Section 15301 as a Class 1 Categorical Exemption - "Existing Facilities"
4.8 Newport Bay Watershed TMDL Programs Funding Agreement Recommendation: That the City Council: 1) Approve the “Cooperative Agreement to Fund Total Maximum Daily Load Programs and Related Activities in the Newport Bay Watershed;” 2) Find that environmental review is not required under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, Sections 15060(c)(3), 15378(a) and (b)(2),(4), and 15252; and 3) Authorize the Mayor to execute the Cooperative Agreement.
City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, January 10, 2023 Regular Meeting Agenda
5 4.9 Countywide Signal Synchronization Baseline Project Cooperative Agreement
Recommendation: That the City Council: 1) Approve the “Countywide Signal Synchronization Baseline Project Cooperative Agreement” with minor edits as may be required by the City Attorney; 2) Find that environmental review is not required under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, Section 15301(c), and; 3) Authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement.
4.10 Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Development Impact Fees Annual Report Recommendation: That the City Council approve the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Development Impact Fees Annual Report pursuant to California Government Code Section 66006.
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
5. PLANNING AGENCY
6. CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGS
7. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
7.1. City Manager
7.2. City Clerk
7.2.1 City Council Representatives to Other Committees/Agencies Recommendation: That the City Council take the following actions:
1) Review the City of Laguna Hills City Council Representatives to Other Committees/Agencies List, provide directions to staff regarding any necessary changes for appointments to the list, and by motion, approve the City Council Representatives to Other Committees/Agencies List, as revised by the City Council; and
2) Adopt a Resolution entitled: “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Laguna Hills, California designating and appointing its Representative to the Orange County Fire Authority’s Board of Directors; “ and 3) Approve and direct the City Clerk to prepare and post an updated FPPC Disclosure Form 806 to reflect all paid city representative appointments to outside agency boards, committees, and/or commissions in accordance with state law.
City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, January 10, 2023 Regular Meeting Agenda
6 7.3. Chief of Police Services
7.3.1 Laguna Hills Polices Services Public Safety Quarterly Report Recommendation: That the City Council receive and file the Laguna Hills Police Services Public Safety Quarterly Report for the Third Quarter 2022.
8. MATTERS AGENDIZED AND PRESENTED BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
8.1. Council Member Wheeler
8.1.1 RHNA Building Ordinance
Recommendation: Council Member Wheeler recommends that the City Council direct staff and legal to prepare a city ordinance with the guidelines presented in the RHNA Building Ordinance presentation and that a preliminary draft be presented at the next Council meeting in January.
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. San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency Board of Directors (Mayor Heft)
November 17, 2022 Annual Workshop.
2. OC Mosquito and Vector Control District Board of Trustees (Council Member Pezold)
December 15, 2022 Meeting.
10. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular Meeting of the City Council/Planning Agency will be January 24, 2023, 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, January 10, 2023 Regular Meeting Agenda
7 CERTIFICATION
I, JENNIFER LEE, 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 January 6, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
January 6, 2023
Jennifer Lee, City Clerk 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.