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MINUTES
JANUARY 21, 2025
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
BUSINESS SESSION:
Mayor Bourne called the Regular meeting of January 21, 2025, of the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano to order at 5:20 p.m. Council Member Taylor led the Pledge of Allegiance and Mayor Pro Tem Campbell gave the invocation.
ROLL CALL:
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Troy A. Bourne, Mayor Pro Tem John Campbell and Council Members Sergio Farias, Howard Hart, and John Taylor.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: None.
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: – MAYOR PRO TEM BOURNE
INTRODUCED: Anna Dickinson, Cultural Heritage Commission.
B2. SERGIO FARIAS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS SERVICE AND CONTRIBUTIONS
AS SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO MAYOR
B3. BELLA COVEYOU RECOGNIZED FOR GOLD AWARD PROJECT, GIRL SCOUTS OF ORANGE COUNTY TROOP 3315
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:
• Public Comments: Deborah Smith, City resident (provided photos); Ian Smith, City resident; Abby Paulson, representing Office of 5th District Supervisor Katrina Foley; Steve Behmerwohld, City resident; Miranda Bermejo, City resident; and, Kent Klingersmith, City resident.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
D1. RESOLUTION 25-01-21-01 ADOPTED ENTITLED, “A RESOLUTION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, DENYING THE APPEAL AND UPHOLDING THE PLANNING COMMISSION’S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 24-11-13-02 APPROVING ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL (AC) 23-009, GRADING PLAN MODIFICATION (GPM) 24-022, AND TREE REMOVAL PERMIT (TRP) 24-026 FOR THE SAN JUAN PLAZA MIXED USE PROJECT LOCATED AT 32211 - 32281 CAMINO CAPISTRANO (APN:
668-091-03) AND FINDING THAT THE PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY
EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) 2 1/21/2025
PER SECTION 15332 (APPLICANT: WINEBRIGHT CAPISTRANO, LLC)” (410.60)
• Public Correspondence: Due to the high volume of correspondence received, correspondence is kept in the City Clerk’s office and available as enclosures to the Agenda Report on the City’s website.
Laurel Reimer, Contract Planner, provided a PowerPoint presentation and responded to questions. Joel Rojas, Development Services Director, provided a presentation and responded to questions.
• Public Testimony: Steve Edwards and Dana Sayles, representing the Applicant; Victoria Yunclt, representing the Appellant; Pete, City resident; Kathleen (no place of residence provided); Jeff Winders, City resident (provided handout); Chip DeSon, City resident; Sol Klingersmith, City resident; Miriam Zuniga, City resident; Lucia Lopez, City resident; Jorge Urquiza, City resident; Heather Chapman, City resident; Penny HerrickDressler, City resident; Elizabeth Hansburg, City resident; Don, City resident; Jean Walker, City resident; James Miller, City resident (did not speak, but instead registered their position for the record); and David Koffs, City resident (did not speak, but instead registered their position for the record).
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Farias, seconded by Council Member Taylor, and carried unanimously to adopt Resolution 25-01-21-01 entitled “A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, DENYING THE APPEAL AND UPHOLDING THE PLANNING COMMISSION’S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 24-11-13-02 APPROVING ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL (AC) 23-009, GRADING PLAN MODIFICATION (GPM) 24-022, AND TREE REMOVAL PERMIT (TRP) 24-026 FOR THE SAN JUAN PLAZA MIXED USE PROJECT LOCATED AT 32211 - 32281 CAMINO CAPISTRANO (APN: 668-091-03) AND FINDING THAT THE
PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) PER SECTION 15332
(APPLICANT: WINEBRIGHT CAPISTRANO, LLC);” and adding to the Conditions of Approval that within six months of receiving the Certificate of Occupancy, the developer shall add twenty additional parking stalls to the project for a total of four hundred twenty parking stalls.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Farias, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Campbell, and unanimously to approve consent calendar items E1 through E13, as recommended by staff, with Council Member Farias abstaining from consent calendar items E2 and E3, and Council Member Taylor recusing from consent calendar items E9 and E10.
E1. MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE BY TITLE ONLY, APPROVED.
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E2. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES – SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) OF DECEMBER 17, 2024, APPROVED
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Taylor, Hart, Campbell, and Mayor Bourne NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBER: Farias
E3. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES – SPECIAL MEETING OF DECEMBER 17, 2024,
APPROVED
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Taylor, Hart, Campbell, and Mayor Bourne NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBER: Farias
E4. CHECK REGISTERS FOR THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 18, 2024, THROUGH NOVEMBER 14, 2024, RECEIVED AND FILED (300.30)
E5. CASH AND INVESTMENTS REPORT FOR THE MONTH ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2024, RECEIVED AND FILED (350.30)
E6. NEW DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION STATUS REPORT, RECEIVED AND FILED (440.10)
E7. ALL POSITIONS DECLARED VACANT ON CITY COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES AS OF MARCH 31, 2025; AND THE CITY CLERK DIRECTED
TO PREPARE AND POST APPROPRIATE NOTICES TO SOLICIT
APPLICATIONS (110.20)
E8. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE REVISED TO CANCEL THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS OF JULY 1, 2025, NOVEMBER 18, 2025, DECEMBER 16, 2025, AND JANUARY 6, 2026 (610.15)
E9. ORDINANCE 1123 ADOPTED ENTITLED, “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO AMENDING TITLE 4, CHAPTER 4 OF THE SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO MUNICIPAL CODE
PERTAINING TO PARKING METERS” IMPLEMENTING PAID PARKING ON PASEO ADELANTO AND THE LOS RIOS PARKING LOT; AND ACTIONS
FOUND ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ACT (CEQA) PURSUANT TO CEQA GUIDELINES SECTIONS 15061(B)(3) (570.10)
Council Member Taylor recused himself due to proximity to his residence. 4 1/21/2025
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Farias, Hart, Campbell, and Mayor Bourne NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
RECUSED: COUNCIL MEMBER: Taylor
E10. CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
AGREEMENT WITH DIXON RESOURCES UNLIMITED FOR A DOWNTOWN PARKING MANAGEMENT STUDY AT A COST OF $99,870 PLUS A 10% CONTINGENCY, FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $110,000 (600.30/940.10)
Council Member Taylor recused himself due to proximity to his residence and his son rents from him and works for the property owner of the parking facilities involved in the Parking Study.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Farias, Hart, Campbell, and Mayor Bourne NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
RECUSED: COUNCIL MEMBER: Taylor
E11. CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE
MAINTENANCE SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ROSING PAVING, LLC FOR
ASPHALT, CRACK SEAL AND SEAL COAT MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES FOR A ONE-YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING FEBRUARY 1, 2025, AND ENDING JANUARY 31, 2026 (600.30)
E12. APPROPRIATION OF $211,156 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO REPAIR
THE STORM DRAINPIPE NEAR THE DEL OBISPO STREET BRIDGE WEST OF TRABUCO CREEK, APPROVED; APPROPRIATION OF $165,890 FROM
THE GENERAL FUND FOR REQUIRED REPAIRS OF THE PLACIDA
DETENTION AND SILTATION BASIN, APPROVED; AND ACTIONS FOUND
EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
PURSUANT TO STATE CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15302, CLASS 2, REPLACEMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION (330.20)
E13. ALL BIDS RECEIVED ON NOVEMBER 7, 2024, FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE COUNTRY HILLS STORM DRAIN PROJECT (CIP 24503), REJECTED; STAFF DIRECTED TO RELEASE THE CONTRACTOR’S BID BOND
RECEIVED FOR THE PROJECT; AND STAFF DIRECTED TO REEVALUATE
THE PROJECT DESIGN TO DETERMINE WHETHER SOME ELEMENTS OF
THE PROJECT CAN BE MODIFIED OR ELIMINATED TO REDUCE COSTS (600.10)
ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS: None.
SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY: (Refer to Successor Agency Minutes) 5 1/21/2025
COUNCIL ACTION ITEMS: None.
CITY COUNCIL REPORTS:
• Council Member Farias, expressed his pleasure and honor to serve as Mayor.
CITY MANAGER REPORT: Benjamin Siegel, City Manager, announced the opening of the new City Hall facility; and the City receiving a Community Development Block Grant for the Alipaz Street Paving Project.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business Mayor Bourne adjourned the meeting at 8:32 p.m. to Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 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: February 4, 2025
ATTEST:
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TROY A. BOURNE, MAYOR