MINUTES
March 1, 2022
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR AND TELEPHONIC MEETING
BUSINESS SESSION:
Mayor Pro Tem Hart called the Regular and Telephonic Meeting of March 1, 2022, of the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano to order at 5:01 p.m. Council Member Farias led the Pledge of Allegiance and Mayor Pro Tem Hart gave the invocation.
ROLL CALL:
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Pro Tem Howard Hart and Council Members Troy Bourne, Sergio. Farias, and John Taylor (attended virtually).
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Mayor Derek Reeve.
Agenda items are presented in the originally agendized format for the benefit of the minutes' reader but were not necessarily heard in that order.
CITY CLERK ANNOUNCEMENT: Per Assembly Bill 23, Maria Morris, City Clerk, announced that each Housing Authority Board Member is receiving a $50.00 stipend for conducting the Housing Authority meeting.
INTRODUCTIONS: None.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
TIME CERTAIN FOR ITEM D1 AFTER 6:00 P.M.
D1. INPUT RECEIVED ON THE 2022 CITY COUNCIL REDISTRICTING PROCESS (630.40)
Public Correspondence: Derek Reeve, San Juan Capistrano Mayor.
Jane Hood, Q2 Data & Research, facilitated drawing district boundary lines.
Mayor Pro Tem Hart opened the public hearing at 6:16 p.m. and invited public testimony. No public testimony was received. Mayor Pro Tem Hart closed the public hearing.
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Bourne, seconded by Council Member Farias, and carried 4-0 with Mayor Reeve absent to retain the map as presented without any subsequent changes.
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ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bourne, Taylor, Farias, and Mayor Pro Tem Hart NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mayor Reeve
CONSENT CALENDAR:
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Bourne, seconded by Council Member Farias, and carried 4-0 with Mayor Reeve absent to approve consent calendar items E1 through E8, as recommended by staff.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bourne, Taylor, Farias, and Mayor Pro Tem Hart NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mayor Reeve
E1. MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE BY TITLE ONLY, APPROVED.
E2. MOTION FINDING THAT CONDUCTING TELEPHONICNIRTUAL MEETINGS
FOR CLOSED SESSION AND REGULAR MEETINGS AS ALLOWED PER
ASSEMBLY BILL 361, PROMOTES SOCIAL DISTACING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, APPROVED
E3. FEBRUARY 8,2022, AUTOVED ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF E4. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - SPECIAL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 15, 2022 (CLOSED SESSION), APPROVED
E5. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 15, 2022,
APPROVED
E6. CHECK REGISTERS FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 28, 2021, TO FEBRUARY 10, 2022, RECEIVED AND FILED (300.30)
E7.. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR QUIET ZONE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE
RANCHO CAPISTRANO CROSSING AWARDED TO ORTIZ ENTERPRISES INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $115,532; AND CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZED TO
EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AND APPROVE CHANGE ORDERS FOR A
TOTAL CONTRACT INCREASE AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $11,500 (600.30) E8. CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE JUANEÑO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS FOR USE OF A PORTION OF THE LACOUAGUE BUILDING AS TRIBAL HEADQUARTERS (600.30)
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ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
F1. CITY MANAGER
a. FOCUSED REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR FUTURE USE OF THE CITY- OWNED NORTHWEST OPEN SPACE PROPERTY (APNS: 121-050-03, 18, 19 AND 21) AUTHORIZED TO BE RELEASED, ALLOWING ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS BY THE DEADLINE (920.10) • Public Correspondence: Rebecca Robles, United Coalition to Protect Panhe; Patricia Martz, PhD, California Cultural Resources Preservation; Claire Schlotterbeck, Hills for Eeryone; Matthew Belardes, Juaneno Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation - Belardes; Sean Acuna, Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation 84B; Terry M. Eelsh, Banning Ranch Conservancy; Dan Silver, MD, Endangered Habitat League; Michael Wellborn, Friends of Harbors, Beaches, and Parks; Gayle Waite, Laguna Canyon Conservancy; Krista Nicholds, Preserve Orange County; Rich Gomez and Gloria Sefton, Saddleback Canyons Conservancy; Michelle Castillo, Friends of Puvungna; Susan Sheakley, Sea and Sage Audubon Society; Leonard Becker, Sacred Sites International; Allyse Gulley, (no place of residence provided); and Anna Christensen, Sierra Club's Los Cerritos Wetlands Task Force.
Matisse Reischl, Senior Management Analyst, provided a PowerPoint presentation and responded to questions.
• Public Comments: Harrison Taylor, City resident; Rebecca Robles, United Coalition to Protect Panhe; Virginia Bickford, (no place of residence provided); Melanie Schlotterbeck, Hills for Eeryone; Anna Christensen, Sierra Club's Los Cerritos Wetlands Task Force; Helen Higgins, (no place of residence provided); Dr. Richard Rodman, Costa Mesa resident; Sean Acuda, Juaneňo Band of Mission Indians; and Steve Behmerwohld, City resident.
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Bourne, seconded by Council Member Farias, and carried 4-0 with Mayor Reeve absent to authorize the release of a focused Request for Proposals for future use of the City-owned Northwest Open Space Property (APNs: 121-050-03, 18, 19 and 21), allowing any individual or organization to submit proposals by the deadline.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bourne, Taylor, Farias, and Mayor Pro Tem Hart NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mayor Reeve
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F2. CITY CLERK
a RESOLUTION NO. 22-03-01-01 ENTITLED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING RESOLUTION 17-02-07-02, BY REDUCING THE MEMBERSHIP
OF THE PARKS, EQUESTRIAN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION FROM 7 MEMBERS TO 5 MEMBERS;" VACANCY DECLARED ON THE
PARKS, EQUESTRIAN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION (110.20) Maria Morris, City Clerk, provided a report and responded to questions.
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Farias, seconded by Council Member Bourne, and carried 4-0 with Mayor Reeve absent to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 22-03-01-01 ENTITLED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING RESOLUTION 17-02-07-02, BY REDUCING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE PARKS,
EQUESTRIAN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION FROM
7 MEMBERS TO 5 MEMBERS;" and declare a vacancy on the Parks, Equestrian and Community Services Commission.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bourne, Taylor, Farias, and Mayor Pro Tem Hart NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mayor Reeve
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO HOUSING AUTHORITY (Refer to Housing Authority Agency Minutes)
SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (Refer to Successor Agency Minutes) CITY COUNCIL REPORTS: None.
CITY MANAGER REPORT: Benjamin Siegel, City Manager, recognized Carl Bulanek, Chief of Police Services, for his years of dedication to the City of San Juan Capistrano and wished him well on his retirement.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business Mayor Pro Tem Hart adjourned the meeting at 6:46 p.m. to Monday, March 7, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. for an Adjourned Regular Meeting, in the City Council Chamber.
Respectfully submitted,
For
MARIA MORRIS CITY CLERK
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Approved: March 15, 2022
ATTEST:
Derek Reaie
DEREK REEVE, MAYOR
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