CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
May 22, 2024
07:00 P.M.
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Location:
Rancho Santa Margarita City Hall, Council Chambers
22112 El Paseo, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688 Any person wishing to address the City Council on any matter, whether or not it appears on this Agenda, is asked to complete a "Speaker Request Form" available at the side table. The completed form is to be submitted to the City Clerk prior to the calling to order of the meeting or as soon as possible thereafter.
Per Council Policy 4.4, the Public Comments Period on items not on the agenda but within the City Council's subject matter jurisdiction shall not exceed (30) thirty minutes, and shall be divided into two equal segments on the regular meeting agenda, not to exceed 15 minutes each. Members of the public shall have three (3) minutes to speak during this comment period, however, a member of the public addressing the City Council on an issue within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council during the first segment of the Public Comments Period is prohibited from addressing the City Council on the same issue during the second segment of the Public Comments period. Additionally, the City Council is prohibited by law from discussing or taking any action on any matter not on the Agenda.
If you are commenting on a scheduled agenda Item, your comments will be heard during the time that the item is scheduled on the Agenda.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Gamble, Carol A., Mayor
McGirr, Bradley J., Mayor Pro Tempore
Beall, L. Anthony, Council Member
Figueroa, Anne D., Council Member
Holloway, Jerry, Council Member
1. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS
1.1 MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY, MONDAY, MAY 27, 2024 – CITY HALL CLOSED
1.2 FLAG DAY – FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2024, AT 7:30 P.M., LOCATED AT THE CIVIC PLAZA
2. COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS/REPORTS
2.1 COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS
2.2 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT REPORTS
RECOMMENDATION:
Receive an Oral Report on the following City Council Committee Assignment:
1)
FOOTHILL/EASTERN TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR AGENCIES (Council Member Beall) – May 9, 2024 Meeting
3. PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS
3.1 CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION – STUDENT RECOGNITION PROGRAM 1)
MELINDA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – CICILIA HERNANDEZ AND KYLA ROSE SMITH 2)
ROBINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – AVA POIDOMANI AND KENT LOWERY 3)
SANTA MARGARITA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL – NATALIE SHEARER AND ROBERT JOSEPH TROYAN
3.2 PROCLAMATION – NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, MAY 19-25, 2024
4. 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 and a time limit of fifteen minutes for this segment of the Public Comments portion of the Agenda.
5. CONSENT CALENDAR
(All matters on the Consent Calendar are to be approved in one motion unless a Council Member, staff or a member of the public, requests a separate action on a specific item on the Consent Calendar.)
5.1 WAIVE READING IN FULL OF ALL ORDINANCES ON THE AGENDA RECOMMENDATION:
Waive reading in full of all ordinances 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.
5.2 APPROVAL OF CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION AND A PROCLAMATION (Diaz) RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the following:
1)
Certificates of Recognition – Student Recognition Program:
a)
Melinda Heights Elementary School – Cicilia Hernandez and Kyla Rose Smith; and b)
Robinson Elementary School – Ava Poidomani and Kent Lowery; and c)
Santa Margarita Catholic High School – Natalie Shearer and Robert Joseph Troyan; and 2)
Proclamation declaring the week of May 19-25, 2024 as “National Public Works Week”.
Item No. 5.2
5.3 APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Diaz)
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the following:
1)
April 10, 2024 City Council Regular meeting minutes; and 2)
May 8, 2024 City Council Special meeting minutes; and
3)
May 8, 2024 City Council Regular meeting minutes.
Item No. 5.3
5.4 APPROVAL OF WARRANT REGISTERS DATED MAY 6, 2024 AND MAY 13, 2024 (Turner) RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the warrant registers totaling $1,571,372.20.
Item No. 5.4
5.5 INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024 (Turner) RECOMMENDATION:
Receive and file the Investment Report for the month of April 2024.
Item No. 5.5
5.6 AWARD OF A PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2023/24 CITY HALL AND BTRCC STAIN AND SEAL EXTERIOR WOOD TRIMMING PROJECT TO COLOR NEW, CO. IN THE AMOUNT OF $47,500 (Parco) 1)
Approve the plans and specifications for the Fiscal Year 2023/24 City Hall and BTRCC Stain and Seal Exterior Wood Trimming Project; and 2)
Find that the Project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Class 1, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301; and 3)
Award a public works construction contract to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder Color New, Co. of Woodland Hills, California, in the amount of $47,500; and 4)
Authorize the Mayor to execute the proposed public works construction contract.
Item No. 5.6
5.7 APPOINTMENT OF LABOR NEGOTIATOR
CITY MANAGER ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (Simonian)
RECOMMENDATION:
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6, select and appoint Mayor Pro Tem Brad McGirr to serve as the City Council's designated representative for purposes of (a) facilitating the annual performance evaluation of the City Manager and (b) conducting labor negotiations with the City Manager, an unrepresented employee.
Item No. 5.7
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
6. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
7. NEW BUSINESS
8. CONTINUED ITEMS
9. 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 and a time limit of fifteen minutes for this segment of the Public Comments portion of the Agenda.
10. CITY MANAGER REPORT
11. MATTERS PRESENTED BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular Meeting of the City Council will be held Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, located at 22112 El Paseo, Rancho Santa Margarita, California.
CERTIFICATION
I, AMY DIAZ, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Santa Margarita, do hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Agenda was posted at Rancho Santa Margarita City Hall, Fire Station No. 45, and Trabuco Canyon Water District on May 17, 2024, by 6:00 p.m.
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AMY DIAZ, CITY CLERK
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Disabilities Act
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Staff Reports
Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the City Council after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the City Clerk's Office at 22112 El Paseo, Rancho Santa Margarita, California, during normal business hours.