CITY OF LAGUNA HILLS
CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING AGENCY
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 – 7:00 PM
(Closed Session at 6:00 PM when scheduled)
Janine Heft, Mayor
Dave Wheeler, Mayor Pro Tempore Don Caskey, Council Member Erica Pezold, Council Member Joshua Sweeney, Council Member Location: City Council Chamber, 24035 El Toro Road, Laguna Hills, CA 92653 In Person Public Comments: 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 and submit the form to the City Clerk. The Request to Speak form assists the Mayor in ensuring that all persons wishing to address the City Council are recognized and ensures accurate identification of meeting participants in the City Council/Planning Agency Minutes. Completion of the form is voluntary.
It is City policy to limit public testimony to up to 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: 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 Tuesday, November 14, 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. All comments received by 5:00 p.m. on the date of the meeting will be provided to the City Council and will be provided for public inspection at the meeting. During the applicable agenda item, the City Clerk will announce the name of the sender and subject matter of all electronic comments received by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 14, 2023. Email comments will NOT be read by the City Clerk during the meeting.
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City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, November 14, 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: Chaplain Jim Davis of the Orange County Sheriff's Department PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Council Member Sweeney
ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
1. PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS
1.1 Valencia Elementary School Student Liaison Report
Recommendation: That the City Council present Certificates of Appointment and receive a report from Valencia Elementary School Student Liaisons Arjun Nanda and Christopher Karsaz.
1.2 Laguna Hills High School Student Liaison Report
Recommendation: That the City Council receive an oral report from Laguna Hills High School 2023 Fall Student Liaison Evan Figueroa.
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, November 14, 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 October 24, 2023, Regular Meeting Recommendation: That the City Council approve the City Council/Planning Agency Minutes for the October 24, 2023, Regular Meeting.
4.3 Ratification of November 14, 2023, Warrant Register Recommendation: That the City Council ratify the accompanying Warrant Register for the period from October 13, 2023, to November 2, 2023, in the amount of $466,752.91.
4.4 Annual Review of Investment & Portfolio Policies and Delegation of Investment Authority to the City Treasurer
Recommendation: That the City Council adopt a Resolution entitled: "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Laguna Hills, California, delegating investment authority to the City Treasurer and approving a policy for the investment of surplus City funds and rescinding Resolution No. 2022-12-13-7."
4.5 Measure M2 Expenditure Report to the Orange County Transportation Authority for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2023
Recommendation: That the City Council: 1) Approve the M2 Expenditure Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, for submittal to the Orange County Transportation Authority; and 2) Adopt a Resolution entitled: "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Laguna Hills, California, concerning the Measure M2 (M2) Expenditure Report for the City of Laguna Hills for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023."
City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, November 14, 2023 Regular Meeting Agenda
4 4.6 OCTA Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Project: Paseo De Valencia - Moulton Parkway Confluence Bypass Corridor
Recommendation: That the City Council adopt a Resolution entitled: "A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA HILLS, CALIFORNIA,
APPROVING THE SUBMITTAL OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE ORANGE
COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY FOR FUNDING UNDER THE
COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING PROGRAMS.”
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
5. PLANNING AGENCY
6. CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGS
7. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
7.1. City Manager
7.2. City Attorney
7.2.1 Consideration of Compensation for City Manager
Recommendation: That the City Council take such action as it so determines, following the completion of the annual performance evaluation of the City Manager.
7.3. Public Works Director/City Engineer
7.3.1 Addition of Quimby Funds to CIP 241, General Park Improvements Recommendation: That the City Council: 1) Authorize the Finance Director to amend the fiscal year 2023/2024 budget by appropriating $2,053,640.48 in Quimby Act Park In-Lieu funds toward Capital Improvement Project No. 241 (General Park Renovations); and 2) Approve the park prioritization list for improvements.
8. MATTERS AGENDIZED AND PRESENTED BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
8.1 Proposed Monument Memorializing Lewis and Nellie Gail Moulton Recommendation: Mayor Heft recommends that the City Council discuss a permanent monument memorializing Lewis and Nellie Gail Moulton.
City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, November 14, 2023 Regular Meeting Agenda
5 9. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMITTEE REPORTS
9.1 Committee Assignment Reports
Recommendation: That the City Council receive reports from City Council Members on the City Council Committee Assignments listed in the staff report.
10. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular Meeting of the City Council/Planning Agency will be November 28, 2023, at 7:00 p.m., in the City Council Chamber, located at 24035 El Toro Road, Laguna Hills, California.
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 November 9, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
November 9, 2023
Jennifer Lee, City Clerk Date
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City Council Members receive no additional compensation or stipend as a result of simultaneously convening meetings of the Laguna Hills Planning Agency.