MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE FOREST
The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lake Forest held Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at the Lake Forest City Council Chambers, 100 Civic Center Drive, Lake Forest, California, was called to order at 5:30 p.m. with Mayor Voigts absent.
ROLL CALL: Council Members:
Mayor Pro Tem:
Mayor:
City Manager:
City Attorney:
Acting City Clerk:
CLOSED SESSION
Doug Cirbo
Mark Tettemer
Benjamin Yu
Robert Pequeno
Scott Voigts ( absent)
Debra Rose
Matthew E. Richardson
Thy Merritt
1. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957(B)(1)
TITLE: CITY MANAGER
ACTION: Closed session was conducted.
2. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6
AGENCY DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE: MAYOR
UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEE(S): CITY MANAGER
ACTION: Closed session was conducted.
INVOCATION: The Invocation was provided by Vanessa Howard, South County Outreach.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of our Country was led by Scout Troop # 4321.
CLOSED SESSION REPORT: City Attorney Richardson had no action to report.
REPORT FROM STUDENT LIAISON: Maya Lowrey, Student Liaison from El Toro High School was not present.
PRESENTATIONS: ( Item Nos. 3 — 5)
MOTION: It was moved by Council Member Tettemer, seconded by Council Member Cirbo, to approve Presentation Item Nos. 3 — 5. The motion was carried by a vote of 4-0 with Mayor Voigts absent.
3. RECOGNITION OF SCOUT LEADERS OF SADDLEBACK DISTRICT
SCOUTING AMERICA
City Manager Rose introduced this item and invited Acting City Clerk Merritt to provide a presentation. Cedric Campbell provided public comment and expressed gratitudefor the Scout leaders.
ACTION: Certificates of Recognition were presentedto Scout Leaders of Saddleback District Scouting America.
4. RECOGNITION OF SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY EXCHANGE CLUB YOUTH
OF THE YEAR
City Manager Rose introduced this item and invited Acting City Clerk Merritt to provide a presentation. No public comment was offered.
ACTION: A Certificate of Recognition was presentedto Lauren Bauman.
5. PROCLAMATION SUPPORTING DROWNING PREVENTION AND
AWARENESS SEASON
City Manager Rose introduced this item and invited Division Chief Summers to provide a presentation. No public comment was offered.
ACTION: A Proclamation designating May through August 2025 as Drowning Prevention and Awareness Season was approved.
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
There were no public comments.
CONSENT CALENDAR: ( Item Nos. 6 —' 14)
Council Member Yu removed Item No. 14 for discussion.
MOTION: It was moved by Council Member Tettemer, seconded by Council Member Yu, to approve Consent Calendar Item Nos. 6 — 13. The motion was carried by a vote of 4-0 with Mayor Voigts absent.
6. MOTION TO WAIVE READING OF RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES ACTION: Said Ordinances and Resolutions which appeared on the public May 6. 2025 LAKE FOREST CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES Page 2 of 7 agenda were determined to have been read by title and further reading was waived.
7. MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELD ON APRIL 15, 2025
ACTION: The minutes were approved as submitted.
8. CERTIFICATION OF WARRANT REGISTER
ACTION: The warrant register in the amount of $ 6,292,401.42 was approved.
9. CERTIFICATION OF WARRANT REGISTER
ACTION: The warrant register in the amount of $ 5,666,109.60 was approved.
10. QUARTERLY TREASURER'S REPORT - QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2025 ACTION: The report was received and filed.
11. SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH ANNEALTA GROUP AND THIRD AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH ARDURRA GROUP, INC. FOR
MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING/ STAFF AUGMENTATION SERVICES
ACTION: 1. The Second Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Annealta Group for Municipal Engineering/ Staff Augmentation Services was approved. 2. The Third Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Ardurra Group, Inc. for Municipal Engineering/ Staff Augmentation Services was approved. 3. The Mayor was authorized to execute, and the City Clerk to attest, the Second Amendment to the Agreement with Annealta Group, substantially in the form attached. 4. The Mayor was authorized to execute, and the City Clerk to attest, the Third Amendment to the Agreement with Ardurra Group, Inc., substantially in the form attached.
12. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF
ORANGE'S AND PARTICIPANTS FOR USE OF COUNTYWIDE MASS
NOTIFICATION SYSTEM
ACTION: The proposed Memorandum of Understanding with the County of Orange to continue use of the Countywide Mass Notification System, AlertOC, was approved and the City Manager was authorized to execute the agreement.
13. FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH CROWN FACILITY
SOLUTIONS FOR SPECIAL EVENT JANITORIAL SERVICES AT THE
COMMUNITY CENTER, PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, AND THE
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CLUBHOUSE
ACTION: 1. The First Amendment to the Agreement to Crown Facility Solutions with a compensation amount of $ 316,000 for special event janitorial maintenance services at the Community Center, Performing Arts Center, and The Clubhouse was approved. 2. The Mayor was authorized to sign, and the City Clerk attest, the First Amendment to the Agreement with Crown Facility Solutions, substantially in the form attached,
ITEMS PULLED.FOR DISCUSSION: ( Item No. 14)
14. APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON FOR THE SCHEDULE LS - 1, OPTION E LIGHT EMITTING DIODE FIXTURE
REPLACEMENT PROGRAM
Council Member Yu commented on whether there were better options available to the City. He made a motion to table the item to the first meeting in June. There was no second to the motion. Discussion ensued and Council questions were asked and answered by staff and Southern California Edison ( SCE) Representative Kelley Lee and SCE Senior Project Manager John King. Council Member Cirbo made a motion to approve the item as recommended by staff.
Council Member Tettemer seconded the motion.
MOTION: It was moved by Council Member Cirbo, seconded by Council Member Tettemer, to: 1. Approve the Agreement entitled Schedule LS - 1 Option E, Energy Efficiency - Light Emitting Diode (" LED") Fixture Replacement Rate Agreement Form 14-965 with Southern California Edison. 2. Authorize the City Manager to sign the proposed agreement with Southern California Edison. The motion was carried by a vote of 4-0 with Mayor Voigts absent.
PUBLIC HEARING(S): ( item Nos. 15 — 16)
15. CONSIDERATION OF THE FIVE-YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND ANNUAL
ACTION PLAN FOR THE CITY'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT
Mayor Pro Tem Pequeno opened the public hearing. City Manager Rose introduced this item and invited Economic Development/Housing Manager Grijalva to provide a presentation. Rosalinda Bermudez provided public comment and updated the Council on Families Forward. Council questions were asked and answered. Mayor Pro Tem Pequeno made a motion to decrease CDBG funds to the Boys and Girls Club program to $ 5,000 and disperse $ 7,000 to specific programs in the proposed public services list. Council Member Tettemer made a friendly amendment to the motion to decrease funds to $ 7,000 and evenly disperse $ 5,000 amongst the rest of the programs in the list. Mayor May 6, 2025 LAKE FOREST CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES Page 4 of 7 Pro Tem Pequeno seconded the motion. Mayor Pro Tem Pequeno closed the public hearing.
MOTION: It was moved by Council Member Tettemer, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Pequeno, to: 1. Conduct a public hearing and approve the Fiscal Year 2025-2030 Consolidated Plan and Fiscal Year 2025-26 Action Plan, and Fiscal Year 2025-2030, and Orange County Regional Assessment of Fair Housing. 2.
Authorize staff to submit the approved plans to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development with decreased CDBG funds for the Boys and Girls Club program to $ 7,000 and evenly disperse $ 5,000 amongst the rest of the programs in the proposed public services list. The motion was carried by a vote of 4-0 with Mayor Voigts absent.
16. NOISE ORDINANCE UPDATE
Mayor Pro Tem Pequeno opened the public hearing. City Manager Rose introduced this item and invited Senior Planner Santos to provide a presentation.
No public comment was offered. Council questions were asked and answered by staff and Rincon Consultant Bill Vosti. Mayor Pro Tem Pequeno closed the public hearing.
MOTION: It was moved by Council Member Tettemer, seconded by Council Member Yu, to: 1. Adopt a Resolution entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE
NOISE SECTION AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS SECTION OF THE
GENERAL PLAN 2040 PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENT AND FINDING SAID
ACTION TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ACT. ( Attachment 2); 2. Conduct a first reading of an Ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 11.16 OF THE LAKE FOREST
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO NOISE CONTROL AND FINDING SAID
ACTION TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ACT. ( Attachment 3); 3. Adopt a Resolution entitled: A RESOLUTION
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE FOREST AMENDING THE
CITY'S LOCAL THRESHOLDS OF SIGNIFICANCE GUIDE FOR
IMPLEMENTING THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT ( CEQA)
TO ESTABLISH REVISED NOISE THRESHOLDS AND FINDING SAID
ACTION TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ACT. ( Attachment 4). The motion was carried by a vote of 4-0 with Mayor Voigts absent.
DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS: ( Item Nos. 17 — 18)
17. CONSIDERATION OF PROCLAMATIONS DECLARING THE MONTH OF MAY
AS ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH AND JEWISH May 6, 2025 LAKE FOREST CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES Page 5 of 7
HERITAGE MONTH
City Manager Rose introduced this item and invited Council Member Yu to comment. Tal Fox, Jennifer Ziv, and Dalia Bromberg provided public comment and expressed support for the proclamations. Council questions were asked and answered.
MOTION: It was moved by Council Member Yu, seconded by Council Member Tettemer, to place the proclamations declaring the month of May as Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Jewish American Heritage Month on the next City Council meeting agenda and to modify the Recognitions policy to reflect placing the items on the agenda each year thereafter. The motion was carried by a vote of 4-0 with Mayor Voigts absent.
18. LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY MATTERS
City Manager Rose introduced this item and requested the City Council consider the resolution for this item at a time to be determined. She then invited Assistant to the City Manager Ruelas to provide a presentation. No public comment was offered. Council questions were asked and answered. Mayor Tettemer made a motion to table the item to a time certain so as to receive more information.
Council Member Cirbo seconded the motion.
MOTION: It was moved by Council Member Tettemer, seconded by Council Member Cirbo, to table this item to a City Council meeting in June. The motion was carried by a vote of 4-0 with Mayor Voigts absent.
CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: City Manager Rose had nothing further to report.
CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS:
Council Member Cirbo:
Council Member Tettemer:
May 6. 2025
Council Member Cirbo reminded everyone that it was
Teacher Appreciation Day and acknowledged
teachers as unsung heroes.
Council Member Tettemer reported on his attendance
at the Wildfire Town Hall hosted by Assemblymember
Dixon and Senator Choi, a Lake Forest Elementary
School ribbon cutting, the Rancho Days Fiesta, the
Medal of Valor luncheon, the Meadows Senior
Apartments Grand Opening, the Business Expo
hosted by the Chamber of Commerce, an event with
Senator Choi hosted by the Kiwanis Club, and the Pet
Expo.
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Council Member Yu:
Mayor Pro Tem Pequeno:
Council Member Yu informed everyone that the city
was listed in the Top 10 Safest Cities in California. He thanked staff for all their hard work.
Mayor Pequeno reported on his attendance at a Lake
Forest Elementary School ribbon cutting, the Pet
Expo, the Business Expo hosted by the Chamber of
Commerce, and the Southwest Lake Forest Pop -Up
event.
ADJOURNMENT: The Regular Meeting of the City Council was adjourned at 8:03 p.m.
Respectfully submitted:
THY MERRITT
ACTING CITY CLERK
May 6, 2025
APPROVED:
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ROBERT QUEN0
MAYOR O TEM
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