CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
March 26, 2025
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:
Beall, L. Anthony, Mayor
McGirr, Bradley J., Mayor Pro Tempore
Baert, Keri Lynn, Council Member
Figueroa, Anne D., Council Member
Holloway, Jerry, Council Member
1. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS
1.1 ELECTRONIC WASTE DISPOSAL AND DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENT – SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2025, FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 12:00 P.M., LOCATED AT APPLIED MEDICAL’S R100 BUILDING PARKING LOT
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 AUTHORITY (Mayor Beall) – March 13, 2025 Meeting
3. PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS
3.1 CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION – STUDENT RECOGNITION PROGRAM 1)
RSM INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL – COLLIN BROWN AND ELEANOR DIBBLE 2)
ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY DIVISION – KIERA REYNOLDS, ROSSLYN HAMILTON AND AVERY TURNER 3)
ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, MIDDLE DIVISION – SAMANTHA STEWART AND DUNCAN REYNOLDS
3.2 CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO JOHN FITZPATRICK, SANTA MARGARITA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL COACH
3.3 CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION – COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM CLASS #3 MEMBERS
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 (Diaz)
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the following Certificates of Recognition:
1)
Student Recognition Program:
a)
RSM Intermediate School – Collin Brown and Eleanor Dibble b)
St. John’s Episcopal School, Elementary Division – Kiera Reynolds, Rosslyn Hamilton and Avery Turner c)
St. John’s Episcopal School, Middle Division – Samantha Stewart and Duncan Reynolds 2)
Certificate of Recognition to John Fitzpatrick, Santa Margarita Catholic High School Softball Coach; and 3)
Community Emergency Response Team Class #3 members.
Item No. 5.2
5.3 APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Diaz)
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the March 12, 2025 City Council Regular meeting minutes.
Item No. 5.3
5.4 APPROVAL OF WARRANT REGISTERS DATED MARCH 10, 2025 AND MARCH 17, 2025 (Turner) RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the warrant registers totaling $1,905,032.76.
Item No. 5.4
5.5 INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2025 (Turner) RECOMMENDATION:
Receive and file the Investment Report for the month of February 2025.
Item No. 5.5
5.6 AWARD OF A PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 ANNUAL RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY PROJECT TO HARDY & HARPER, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $619,000.00 (Parco) 1)
Approve the plans and specifications for the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Annual Residential Overlay Project; and 2)
Find that the Project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), as a Class 1 Existing Facilities, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301; and 3)
Award a Public Works Construction Contract to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder Hardy & Harper, Inc. of Lake Forest, California, in the amount of $619,000.00, and reject all other bids; and 4)
Authorize the Mayor to execute the proposed Public Works Construction Contract.
Item No. 5.6
5.7 GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORTING FOR 2024 (Kuta) RECOMMENDATION:
Receive and file the General Plan Annual Progress Reporting for 2024.
Item No. 5.7
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
6. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
7. NEW BUSINESS
7.1 FISCAL YEAR 2024/25 GENERAL FUND BUDGET UPDATE (Turner) 1)
Review, receive and file report information and budget work papers presenting:
a.
Actual budgetary performance through December 31, 2024; and b.
Projected amounts for full Fiscal Year 2024/25 General Fund operations.
Item No. 7.1
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, April 9, 2025, 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 March 21, 2025, 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.