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AGENDA FOR THE
REGULAR MEETING OF
THE LAGUNA NIGUEL
CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING OF
May 7 , 202 4 – 6 :0 0 P .M .
WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL .
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City Council Regular Meeting Agenda Page 2 of 7 May 7 , 202 4 CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL – 6 :00 p.m.
CLOSED SESSION
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
RECE SS TO CLOSED SESSION
1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL
Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(2)
Significant exposure to litigation
Number of potential cases: 1
Additional Document
2. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6
City Designated Representative: Justin J. Martin, Assistant City Manager Employee Organization: Orange County Employees Association (OCEA)
3. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6
City Designated Representative: Justin J. Martin, Assistant City Manager Unrepresented Employees: Executive and Management Employees CALL TO ORDER – 7:00 p.m.
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Daisy Girl Scout Troop #3583
PRESENTATIONS
1. Recognizing USPS Retiree – Van Singletary
2. Girl Scout Gold Award
3. Laguna Niguel Cares Proclamation – Family Assistance Ministries
PUBLIC COMMENTS
CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Warrants of May 7 , 2024
Recommendation
Approve as written or amended.
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2. Payroll Summary Register
Recommendation
Approve as written or amended.
3. Investment Report as of March 31 , 202 4
Recommendation
Approve as written or amended.
4. Adoption of Resolution No. 2024- 14 72 , Reaffirming and Extending the Existing Proclamation of Local Emergency in Connection with the Recent Earth Movement Under La Paz Road
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2024-14 72 , reaffirming and extending the proclamation of local emergency in connection with the recent earth movement under La Paz Road.
5. Update on the City ’s Legislative Advocacy Efforts
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file this update on the City ’s Legislative Advocacy Efforts.
6. Approval of Amendment No. 1 to Professional Services Agreement for On- Call Professional Services with EcoNomics , Inc. to Provide Solid Waste Management Consulting
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council :
1. Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement for On-Call Professional Services with EcoNomics , Inc. to provide solid waste management consulting services for a total not- to -exceed amount of $121,852 to assist with implementing Senate Bill 1383;
2. Authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 and future amendments to the Professional Services Agreement for On-Call Professional Services with EcoNomics , Inc., subject to the City Attorney making non-substantive changes.
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7. Adoption of the Final Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Plan for Fiscal Year 2024-2025
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council :
1. Adopt the Final CDBG Annual Action Plan for Fiscal Year 2024-2025; and,
2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreements and future amendments of identified grant recipients, subject to the City Attorney making non-substantive changes.
8. Acceptance of a Quitclaim Deed from the County of Orange for an Access Easement for Long View Park Maintenance Purposes Over a Portion of Old Ranch Road
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council approve Resolution 2024- 1473 , as follows:
1. Accept the Quitclaim Deed from the County of Orange for the Access Easement for Long View Park Maintenance Purposes over a portion of Old Ranch Road;
2. Approve the recordation of the Quitclaim Deed;
3. Direct the City Clerk to cause a certified copy of the Resolution and Quitclaim Deed to be recorded in the Official Records of the Orange County Clerk-Recorder; and
4. Authorize the City Manager to execute any other documents necessary for the acceptance of the Quitclaim Deed and the recordation of the Resolution.
PUBLIC HEARING S
1. A Public Hearing to Consider Zoning Code Amendment ZCA 24-01 Introducing an Ordinance Amending Various Sections of the Laguan Niguel Municipal Code to Address Several State Housing and Land Use Mandates; and Determining the Action to be Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act Under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council open the public hearing, take public testimony, close the public testimony, and then take the following actions:
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1. Find that adoption of Zoning Code Amendment ZCA 24-01 is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA ”) because it is an administrative activity that will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change to the environment and thus is not a “project ” under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 (see State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15060(c)(2) and (3)). Alternatively, even if adoption of ZCA 24-01 did qualify as a project under CEQA, find that it is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3), which provides that a project is exempt from CEQA where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.
2. Waive full reading, make any amendments to, and introduce Ordinance No. 2024-228 by title:
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-228
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA NIGUEL,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING ZONING CODE AMENDMENT ZCA 24-01
AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE LAGUNA NIGUEL
MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADDRESS SEVERAL STATE HOUSING LAND
USE MANDATES; AND DETERMINING THE ACTION TO BE EXEMPT
FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT UNDER
STATE CEQA GUIDELINES SECTIONS 15060(C)(2), 15060(C)(3), AND 15061(B)(3)
3. Direct that the proposed ordinance, with any changes, be placed on the agenda for the May 21, 2024, City Council Meeting and adopt the ordinance at that meeting.
2. A Public Hearing to Consider Zoning Code Amendment ZCA 24-02 Introducing an Ordinance amending Sections 9-1-71, 9-1-74, and 9-1-77 to Adopt Criteria Allowing for the Placement of Seasonal Temporary Non-Commercial Signs in Designated Public Rights- of Way and Mandating Non-Commercial Content Neutrality Clause and Finding the Action to be Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act Under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3)
Recommendation
Open the public hearing, take public testimony, close the public hearing, and then take the following actions:
1. Find that adoption of Zoning Code Amendment ZCA 24-02 is exempt from CEQA because it is not a “project ” and has no potential to result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change to the environment.
City Council Regular Meeting Agenda Page 6 of 7 May 7 , 202 4 (14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15378(a).) Further, ZCA 24-02 is exempt from CEQA as there is no possibility that ZCA 24-02 or its implementation would have a significant negative effect on the environment because ZCA 24-02 merely extends the permissible locations for the placement of certain temporary signs. (14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15061(b)(3).) There is no possibility that ZCA 24-02 or its implementation would have a significant negative effect on the environment.
2. Waive the full reading, make any amendments to, and introduce Ordinance No. 2024-229 by title:
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-229
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA NIGUEL, CALIFORNIA,
ADOPTING ZONING CODE AMENDMENT 24-02 AMENDING THE
LAGUNA NIGUEL SIGN ORDINANCE OF THE LAGUNA NIGUEL
MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT CRITERIA FOR PLACEMENT OF
SEASONAL TEMPORARY NON-COMMERCIAL SIGNS IN PUBLIC
RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND NON-COMMERCIAL NEUTRALITY CLAUSE
AND DETERMINING THE ACTION TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
3. Direct that the proposed ordinance, with any changes, be placed on the agenda for the May 21, 2024, City Council Meeting and adopt the ordinance at that meeting.
DISCUSSION ITEM
1. Review of the City ’s Legislative Advocacy Platform
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council review the current Legislative Platform and determine if any changes are necessary .
O THER BUSINESS/COUNCIL REPORTS
1. Council Reports
2. City Manager /Department Report s
ADJOURNMENT
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LAGUNA NIGUEL CITY COUNCIL
Mayor Kelly Jennings
Mayor Pro Tem Stephanie Oddo
Council Member Ray Gennawey
Council Member Gene Johns
Council Member Stephanie Winstead
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CITY OF LAGUNA NIGUEL )
I, Marissa J. Asistin , City Clerk for the City of Laguna Niguel , hereby certify, under penalty of perjury, that I caused the posting of this agenda at Laguna Niguel City Hall and on the City of Laguna Niguel website , not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting . Dated this 2 nd day of May 202 4 .
POSTED BY:
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Marissa J. Asistin , CMC, City Clerk