City Council Minutes 1 January 11, 2022
MISSION VIEJO MINUTES
City Council, Community Development Financing Authority, Successor Agency of the Community Development Agency,
Housing Authority, and Library Board of Trustees*
January 11, 2022
A Regular Meeting of the City Council, the Community Development Financing Authority, the Successor Agency of the Community Development Agency, the Housing Authority, and the Library Board of Trustees of the City of Mission Viejo, California, was called to order by Mayor Bucknum at 5:03 p.m., on January 11, 2022, at 200 Civic Center, Mission Viejo, California.
A complete copy of the agenda for the meeting containing all items as shown herein was posted by 5:00 p.m. on January 6, 2022, on the outdoor bulletin board at City Hall. A copy was also posted at the Montanoso Recreation and Fitness Center, 25800 Montanoso Drive and Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center, 24932 Veterans Way.
*All Board and Agency memberships are reflected in the title "Council Member." Teleconferenced: Council Member Goodell
Council Member Kelley
Council Member Raths
Mayor Pro Tem Sachs
Mayor Bucknum
Absent: None
Staff
Teleconferenced:
Dennis Wilberg, City Manager
Cheryl Dyas, Director of Administrative Services
Staff Present: William P. Curley III, City Attorney Kimberly Schmitt, City Clerk
Renata Winter, Assistant City Clerk
RECESS AND RECONVENE
At the hour of 5:04 p.m., Mayor Bucknum recessed the meeting to Closed Session. The City Council reconvened at 6:00 p.m. with all five City Council Members present.
INVOCATION: Mayor Bucknum
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Council Member Goodell
PRESENTATIONS
P1. Presentation to Former Mayor Kelley
Mayor Bucknum virtually presented former Mayor Kelley the gavel plaque.
City Council Minutes 2 January 11, 2022
P2. Opening Remarks by Mayor Bucknum
Received opening remarks.
P3. Recognize DryMaster on their Support of Mission Hospital
Presented certificate of commendation.
P4. Proclaim January 2022 to be Sex Trafficking Awareness Month
Presented proclamation.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Stephanie Ming, M.V.: Spoke about her concerns with seven to eight nursing homes, vacation rentals, and sober living homes in her neighborhood and what the city can do with the problem.
Mike Schlesinger, M.V.: Announced that he is formally requesting the Attorney General of the State of California to authorize the filing of a lawsuit against Wendy Bucknum, Ed Sachs, and Greg Raths to remove them from office because they have remained in office beyond the two- term for which they were elected in 2018.
Walt Lawson M.V.: Complained on the timeline of the district mapping process and asked that the maps be made public by January 14 so that members of the community can review them before the January 25 Public Hearing.
Kristen Reyes M.V: Questioned if anyone will be responding to the public comments. She stated that the detox homes within the community are very concerning and that action needs to be taken.
Mayor Bucknum stated that the City is aware of what is going on with the sober living homes and will be holding a Town Hall Meeting and to email the City Clerk as she is keeping a list of interested residents on this subject.
City Attorney Bill Curley stated that staff is happy to meet or call with residents regarding this, and that there are limitations the city can do based on the State laws.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Sachs, seconded by Council Member Goodell, to approve the Consent Calendar as outlined below.
On roll call, said motion carried by the following vote:
AYES: Bucknum, Goodell, Kelley, Raths, and Sachs
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
1. City Council Minutes
City Council Minutes 3 January 11, 2022 Approved the Minutes for the regular City Council Meeting of December 14, 2021.
2. Check Register Dated December 3, 2021 in the Amount of $3,177,341.78 Ratified the accompanying check register.
3. Check Register Dated December 10, 2021 in the Amount of $2,830,319.06 Ratified the accompanying check register.
4. Check Register Dated December 17, 2021 in the Amount of $1,082,019.82 Ratified the accompanying check register.
5. Quarterly Financial Report for the City of Mission Viejo - First Quarter 2021/22 Received and filed.
6. Citywide 2022 Pavement Management Program Update
Approved a Purchase Order with Nichols Consulting Engineers, CHTD. for the 2022 update of the City's Pavement Management Program for a fee not to exceed $60,050.00.
MAYOR’S, COMMISSION, COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ACTIONS
7. City Council Committee and Regional Board/Committee Representative Appointments and Update Posting of FPPC Form 806 Online
Mayor Bucknum appointed Ed Sachs to serve on the Orange County Fire Authority Board of Directors.
Motion made by Mayor Bucknum, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Sachs, to approve the appointment of Ed Sachs to represent Mission Viejo on the Orange County Fire Authority Board of Directors.
AYES: Bucknum, Goodell, Kelley, Raths and Sachs
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Mayor Bucknum appointed Council Member Kelley to serve as representative and Brian Goodell to serve as alternate on the Transportation Corridor Agencies Board of Directors.
Motion made by Mayor Bucknum, seconded by Council Member Goodell, to approve the appointment of Trish Kelley as representative and Brian Goodell as alternate on the Transportation Corridor Agencies Board of Directors.
AYES: Bucknum, Goodell, Kelley, Raths and Sachs
NOES: None
City Council Minutes 4 January 11, 2022 ABSENT: None
Mayor Bucknum appointed Bob Ruesch serve as representative on the Orange County Vector Control Board for a two-year term.
Motion made by Mayor Bucknum, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Sachs, to approve the appointment of Bob Ruesch as representative on the Orange Coun ty Vector Control Board for a two-year term.
AYES: Bucknum, Goodell, Kelley, Raths and Sachs
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Mayor Bucknum appointed members to the existing City of Mission Viejo Committees as follows (direct appointments by the Mayor, no vote required):
(a) Standing CUSD Committee – Wendy Bucknum and Trish Kelley (b) Standing Economic Development Committee – Brian Goodell and Ed Sachs (c) Mission Viejo Olympics Committee – Brian Goodell and Wendy Bucknum (d) Voter Education Ad Hoc Committee – Trish Kelley and Greg Raths (e) Housing Ad Hoc Committee – Trish Kelley and Wendy Bucknum
Mayor Bucknum appointed representatives and alternates to the following regional/boards/committees:
(a) California Joint Power Insurance Authority – Wendy Bucknum and Cheryl Dyas ((b) League of California Cities and Association of California Cities – Wendy Bucknum and Trish Kelley (alternate)
(c) Orange County Council of Governments General Assembly – Wendy Bucknum and Trish Kelley (alternate)
(d) Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) General Assembly – Wendy Bucknum and Trish Kelley (alternate)
(e) Southern Orange County Watershed Management Area Executive Committee – Brian Goodell and Greg Raths (alternate)
(f) Orange County Housing Finance Trust – Ed Sachs
The City Clerk shall update the appointees list as required by law on Form 806 and post that form to the City's website.
CITY MANAGER REPORT
City Manager Wilberg thanked the Council for having the meeting in Zoom format this evening.
He stated that the City has about twenty employees out with COVID and another half a dozen to a dozen that are quarantining. What this means to the public, is that we are struggling to keep our recreation centers open so we are cutting hours, along with the Library as well.
CITY ATTORNEY REPORT
City Council Minutes 5 January 11, 2022 City Attorney Bill Curly we are happy to report we have six maps submitted for consideration for districting. In August we laid out a process and timeline that is consistent with the new law the Fair Map Law. He stated that Map A was prepared by the demographer, on census data only, carefully we made sure they did not know where Council Members lives. They did not do it to find a way to preserve an incumbent or to allocate districts in a certain way. It is pure statistics and science. He stated that if people choose not to believe it there is nothing we can do. He really hopes this myth dies out because it is completely wrong and misleading and not fair to taint the community. We will be bringing forward the maps stated in the timeline. Attorney Curley stressed that nobody was shorted on time or opportunity, and if one felt that way it was due to not pursuing all opportunities available to them. Stated that the Council will be to analyze and review in a public process very transparent. Last ly, he announ ced that the Cit y received a courtesy copy o f a lawsuit late in the day. After a very quick review of it, there are some substantial problems with the allegations and it will play out in the normal course. He stressed that the governance of Mission Viejo is not at risk.
He clarified per Mayor Bucknum, that the demographer map does not have each Council Member in their own district, in fact there is one unallocated district and two Council Members in the same district.
COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS AND ACTIONS
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By consensus, the City Council Members acknowledged their event and activities calendars as presented in the report and agreed to provide any changes to the City Clerk for the public record.
Council Member Goodell
Council Member Goodell announced that he was appoint ed by the Orange County Transportation Authority(OCTA) to represent them on the Orange County Council of Governments (OCCOG). He stated that he missed the first lap kick-off of the Relay 4 life. Lastly, stated he looks forward to returning to the Council Chamber soon.
Council Member Kelley
Council Member Kelley congratulated Mayor Bucknum. Stated that she recently had COVID and is feeling fine now. She noted that on the O so Creek Trail crews are cutting down brush and it’s really looking good and indicated the hardest part was trying to find a test . She thanked the presenters on Human Trafficking and the awareness it brought. Lastly, she also expressed that she looks forward to returning to the Council Chamber.
Council Member Raths
Council Member Raths concurred that the City should be proactive on identifying testing sights especially as this new variant is spreading around our community. He stated that his son -in-law and daughter have COVID and he had no where to go and get tested . Council Member R aths expressed his disappointment that he was not asked to be on any boards and was removed from some other boards.
Mayor Pro Tem Sachs
City Council Minutes 6 January 11, 2022 Mayor Pro Tem Sachs thanked the Mayor on muddling through the first meeting of the new year and thanked staff for putting together the Zoom meeting on such short notice. He sent a shout out to both our Chief of Police and Fire Chief for speed recoveries on their recent accidents. Expressed that he had a wonderful time on his cross -country trip to visit family over the holiday’s and stated that our Country is filled with genuine heroes and people who love this Country and it was great seeing them. Lastly, he stated he looks forward to this new year
Mayor Bucknum
Mayor Bucknum shared that she attended and Orange County Council of Governments event in mid-December along with an event with the Mission Viejo Nada dores at the Oso Creek Golf Course. She attended the first lap for the Relay 4 Life kick off. It was symbolic world -wide lap.
Steve Bell and the Relay 4 Life Team will give a presentation in February . The event will take place April 2 at the Norman P. Community Center and asked that residents put this on their radar.
ADJOURNMENT
At the hour of 7:24 p.m., with no further business to come before the City Council at this session, Mayor Kelley adjourned the meeting to Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at 5:00 p.m.
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Kimberly Schmitt, City Clerk
Approved at the meeting of January 25, 2022