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MINUTES
JULY 16, 2024
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
BUSINESS SESSION:
Mayor Farias called the Regular meeting of July 16, 2024, of the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano to order at 5:16 p.m. Mayor Farias led the Pledge of Allegiance and Council Member Campbell gave the invocation.
ROLL CALL:
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Sergio Farias and Council Members Howard Hart, John Taylor, and John Campbell.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem Troy Bourne
Agenda items are presented in the originally agendized format for the benefit of the minutes’ reader but were not necessarily heard in that order.
INTRODUCTIONS:
B1. COMMISSIONER INTRODUCTION: – COUNCIL MEMBER HART
INTRODUCED: Ted Rosenfeldt, Planning Commissioner; and Jerry Muir, Youth Advisory Board.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:
• Meghan Bartsch, representing Office of 5th District Supervisor Katrina Foley; and Gia Wapner, Youth Advisory Board.
PUBLIC HEARINGS: None.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Taylor, seconded by Council Member Hart, and carried 4-0 with Mayor Pro Tem Bourne absent to approve consent calendar items E1 through E9, as recommended by staff.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Hart, Campbell, Taylor, and Mayor Farias NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER: Mayor Pro Tem Bourne
E1. MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE BY TITLE ONLY, APPROVED.
E2. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES – SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) OF JUNE 18, 2024, APPROVED
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E3. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES – REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 18, 2024,
APPROVED
E4. PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY MINUTES – REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 18, 2024, APPROVED
E5. CHECK REGISTERS FOR THE PERIOD FROM MAY 17, 2024, THROUGH MAY 30, 2024, RECEIVED AND FILED (300.30)
E6. CASH AND INVESTMENTS REPORT FOR THE MONTH ENDED
APRIL 30, 2024, RECEIVED AND FILED (350.30)
E7. NEW DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION STATUS REPORT, RECEIVED AND FILED (440.10)
E8. CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. (ESRI) IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $40,900 ANNUALLY, FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM; AND FOUND THAT THIS PROCUREMENT IS EXEMPT FROM THE
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PROCESS A PROVIDED BY SECTION VII F (6-C) OF CITY COUNCIL POLICY NO. 126 (600.30)
E9. FULL FEE WAIVER FOR KATHY HOOPER IN THE AMOUNT OF $186.20 FOR
USE OF THE NYDEGGER BUILDING FOR A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR FORMER COMMISSIONER MATT GAFFNEY ON TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2024, APPROVED; AND FOUND ACTION IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENT QUALITY ACT PURSUANT TO STATE CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15601 (B)(3) (390.30)
ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
F1a. RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN ADDENDUM TO THE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED
INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE
PROPOSED DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND RESTORATION ACTIVITIES
AT THE RANCHO MISSION VIEJO RIDING PARK AT SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT AND
APPROVING THE PROPOSED STORMWATER INFILTRATION SYSTEM AND
MONITORING PROGRAM ANALYZED IN THE ADDENDUM AS
FUNCTIONALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE STORMWATER CAPTURE AND
TREATMENT SYSTEM THAT WAS ANALYZED IN THE PREVIOUSLY
ADOPTED INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND
IDENTIFIED IN THE GROUND LEASE BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO AND ACTION SPORTS MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC DBA THE RIDLAND GROUP - CONTINUED TO AUGUST 6, 2024, MEETING (600.30) F1b. YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD DIRECTED TO PROVIDE INPUT FOR TIME CAPSULE CONTENTS FOR CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION (200.10) 3 7/16/2024
Paul Garcia, Principal Planner, provided a presentation and responded to questions.
Council Action: Moved by Mayor Farias, seconded by Council Member Taylor and carried 4-0 with Mayor Pro Tem Bourne absent to direct the Youth Advisory Board to provide input for time capsule contents for City Council consideration.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Hart, Campbell, Taylor, and Mayor Farias NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER: Mayor Pro Tem Bourne
SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (Refer to Successor Agency Minutes) COUNCIL ACTION ITEMS: None.
CITY COUNCIL REPORTS:
• Council Member Hart read letter of appreciation from Pete Major, 1st Sergeant US Army retired and the Patriot Hill Flag team.
CITY MANAGER REPORT:
• Benjamin Siegel, City Manager, announced City Council agenda item F1a was continued to the August 6, 2024, City Council meeting.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business Mayor Farias adjourned the meeting at 5:33 p.m. to Tuesday, August 6, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. for an Executive Session, and 5:00 p.m. for the public Business Session, in the City Council Chamber at the Community Center – 25925 Camino Del Avion.
Respectfully submitted,
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CHRISTY JAKL, CITY CLERK
Approved: August 6, 2024
ATTEST:
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SERGIO FARIAS, MAYOR