CITY OF LAGUNA HILLS
CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING AGENCY
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 – 7:00 PM
(Closed Session at 6:00 PM when scheduled)
Dave Wheeler, Mayor
Joshua Sweeney, Mayor Pro Tempore Don Caskey, Council Member Janine Heft, Council Member Erica Pezold, 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.
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City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, April 9, 2024 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: Elder Dave Wicker of Christ Community Church PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Council Member Pezold
ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
1. PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS
1.1 Laguna Hills High School Student Liaison Report
Recommendation: That the City Council receive a report from Laguna Hills High School 2024 Spring Student Liaison Ava Kornegay.
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.
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.
City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, April 9, 2024 Regular Meeting Agenda
3 4.2 Approval of Minutes for March 26, 2024, Regular Meeting Recommendation: That the City Council approve the City Council Minutes for the March 26, 2024, Regular Meeting.
4.3 Ratification of April 9, 2024, Warrant Register
Recommendation: That the City Council ratify the accompanying Warrant Register for the period from March 15, 2024, to March 28, 2024, in the amount of $348,457.25.
4.4 Second Reading & Adoption of Proposed Ordinances for Zoning Text Amendment and Zoning Map Amendment No. RZNE-0011-2024 to Modify Development Standards Related to High Density Residential Land Uses in the Mixed Use (MXU) Zoning District, Establish a New Housing (H) Overlay Zone and Related Development Standards, and to Modify the City’s Official Zoning Map to Designate Specific Sites Within the H Overlay Zone and Zoning Text Amendment No. RZNE-0012-2024 to Establish Citywide Objective Design Standards for Multi-Family and Mixed-Use Residential Development
Recommendation: That the City Council: 1) Adopt an Ordinance entitled: “AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA HILLS, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENT NO. RZNE-0011-2024, (1) A TEXT AMENDMENT TO TITLE 9 (ZONING AND SUBDIVISIONS) OF THE LAGUNA
HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE TO IMPLEMENT THE GENERAL PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT BY AMENDING CHAPTER 9-30 (MXU MIXED USE DISTRICT) TO MODIFY
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS RELATED TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USES AND CHAPTER 9-11 (OVERLAY DISTRICTS) TO ESTABLISH A NEW HOUSING (H) OVERLAY ZONE AND RELATED PROVISIONS AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS; AND (2) AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY’S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO DESIGNATE SPECIFIC SITES WITHIN THE HOUSING OVERLAY ZONE"; 2) Adopt an Ordinance entitled: “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA HILLS, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT NO. RZNE-0012-2024, AN AMENDMENT TO TITLE 9 (ZONING AND SUBDIVISIONS) OF THE LAGUNA HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD CHAPTER 9-41 (OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS) ESTABLISHING CITYWIDE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR MULTIPLE-FAMILY AND MIXEDUSE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND TO ADOPT THE LAGUNA HILLS OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS MANUAL”; and 3) Authorize the Mayor/Mayor Pro Tempore to execute the Ordinances.
City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, April 9, 2024 Regular Meeting Agenda
4 4.5 Initiation of the 2024 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 14, 2024."
4.6 Informal Bidding Ordinance Use Quarterly Report
Recommendation: That the City Council receive and file the report.
4.7 2024 Memorial Day Race Update
Recommendation: That the City Council receive and file the report.
4.8 Annual (And Final) Review of Development Agreement No. 12-11-2137 (Ordinance No. 2012-4) Between the City of Laguna Hills and Laguna Hills Investment Company: Oakbrook Village Shopping Center Mixed-Use Project
Recommendation: That the City Council receive and file a report demonstrating the property owner's good faith compliance with the terms and conditions of the Development Agreement determining that the Laguna Hills Investment Company complied in good faith with the terms and conditions of the Development Agreement for the period of January 2023 to December 28, 2023, the date of expiration of the Development Agreement.
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
5. PLANNING AGENCY
6. CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGS
7. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
7.1. City Manager
8. MATTERS AGENDIZED AND PRESENTED BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
8.1 Laguna Terrace Beautification Team Plein Air Painting Contest Sponsorship Opportunity
Recommendation: Council Member Pezold and Council Member Heft recommend that the City Council discuss opportunities to support the Laguna Terrace Beautification Team's Plein Air Painting Contest.
City of Laguna Hills City Council/Planning Agency Tuesday, April 9, 2024 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 April 23, 2024, 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 April 4, 2024, at 5:00 p.m.
April 4, 2024
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.