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MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 2, 2025
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
BUSINESS SESSION:
Mayor Pro Tem Campbell called the Regular meeting of September 2, 2025, of the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano to order at 5:00 p.m. Council Member Farias led the Pledge of Allegiance and Mayor Pro Tem Campbell gave the invocation.
ROLL CALL:
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Pro Tem John Campbell and Council Members Sergio Farias, Howard Hart, and John Taylor.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Mayor Troy A. Bourne.
CITY CLERK ANNOUNCEMENT: Per Assembly Bill 23, Christy Jakl, City Clerk, announced that each Housing Authority Board Member received a $50.00 stipend for conducting the Housing Authority meeting.
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 TAYLOR
INTRODUCED: Evan Burgher, Cultural Heritage Commissioner; and Ted Rosenfeldt, Planning Commissioner.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:
Public Comments: Edgard Sierra, Youth Advisory Board.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
D1. RESOLUTION 25-09-02-01 ADOPTED CONDITIONALLY APPROVING TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP (TPM) 24-002 AND FINDING THE REQUESTED
ACTION CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM CEQA PURSUANT TO STATE CEQA GUIDELINES, 15315 (420.70)
Izzak Mireles, Senior Planner, provided a PowerPoint presentation and responded to questions. Joel Rojas, Development Services Director, responded to questions.
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Taylor, seconded by Council Member Hart, and carried 4-0 with Mayor Bourne absent to adopted RESOLUTION 25-09- 02-01 entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING OF TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP (TPM) 24-002, TO ALLOW THE SUBDIVISION OF AN EXISTING 15.32- ACRE PARCEL INTO THREE LEGAL PARCELS RESULTING IN AN 11.18- 2 9/2/2025
ACRE PARCEL 1, A 2.28-ACRE PARCEL 2 AND A 1.86-ACRE PARCEL 3, AND
A FINDING THAT SAID ACTION IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM CEQA REVIEW PURSUANT TO STATE CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15315. (APPLICANT: BENJAMIN HORNING, DEDEAUX PROPERTIES, LLC).” ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Farias, Taylor, Hart and Mayor Pro Tem Campbell NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER: Mayor Bourne
CONSENT CALENDAR:
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Farias, seconded by Council Member Taylor, and carried 4-0 with Mayor Bourne absent to approve consent calendar items E1 through E5, as recommended by staff, with Council Member Farias abstaining from Consent calendar items E2 and E3.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Farias, Taylor, Hart and Mayor Pro Tem Campbell NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER: Mayor Bourne
E1. MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE BY TITLE ONLY, APPROVED.
E2. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES – REGULAR MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) OF AUGUST 19, 2025, APPROVED
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Taylor, Hart and Mayor Pro Tem Campbell NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER: Mayor Bourne
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBER: Farias
E3. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES – REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 19, 2025,
APPROVED
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Taylor, Hart and Mayor Pro Tem Campbell NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER: Mayor Bourne
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBER: Farias
E4. CHECK REGISTERS FOR THE PERIOD FROM MAY 30, 2025, THROUGH JUNE 12, 2025, RECEIVED AND FILED (300.30)
E5. CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WSP USA, INC., FOR BIOLOGICAL MONITORING SERVICES OF A 15-ACRE COMPENSATORY MITIGATION SITE WITHIN SAN 3 9/2/2025
JUAN CREEK, WITH A NOT-TO-EXCEED CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $66,900;
TRANSFER AUTHORIZED FOR ALL FUNDS REMAINING IN THE ARIZONA CROSSING REMOVAL PROJECT (CIP 20202), STREAMBANK RESTORATION PROJECT (CIP 20203), AND EASTERN OPEN SPACE TRAIL PROJECT (CIP 17202) TO THE EASTERN OPEN SPACE AND RIDING PARK MITIGATION PROJECTS (CIP 24504); FORMAL BIDDING PROCESS WAIVED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CODE SEC. 3- 4.310(e); AND SAID ACTIONS
FOUND EXEMPT FROM CEQA PURSUANT TO STATE CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15061(B)(3) (COMMON SENSE EXEMPTION) (600.30)
ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
F1a. RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING REMOVAL OF “NO STOPPING/PARKING”
AND PERMITTING PARKING ON PORTIONS OF PASEO ADELANTO
CONTINUED TO EARLY 2026 UPON COMPLETION OF THE PARKING
STUDY (570.30)
Public Correspondence: Stacey Rojo and Matt Spaulding, City business owners.
Jeremy Hohnbaum, Engineering and Environmental Services Director, provided a PowerPoint presentation and responded to questions. Benjamin Siegel, City Manager, responded to questions.
Public Comments: Matt Spaulding, City business owner.
Council Member Farias made a substitute motion, seconded by Council Member Taylor but motion failed 2-2-0 with Mayor Pro Tem Campbell and Council Member Hart opposed and Mayor Bourne absent to approve a resolution removing “No Stopping/Parking” and permitting parking on portions of Paseo Adelanto; and finding action categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Section 15301 (c).
Council Action: Moved by Mayor Pro Tem Campbell, seconded by Council Member Hart, and carried 3-1-0 with Council Member Farias opposed and Mayor Bourne absent to maintain existing parking conditions; return the item for City Council consideration in early 2026 upon completion of the parking study; and staff directed to analyze the potential of moving parking to the west side of Paseo Adelanto.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Taylor, Hart and Mayor Pro Tem Campbell NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Farias
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER: Mayor Bourne
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO HOUSING AUTHORITY: (Refer to Housing Authority Minutes)
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COUNCIL ACTION ITEMS:
H1. SJC250 COMMITTEE AUTHORIZED TO USE CITY STREETLIGHT POLES TO HANG PRIVATELY-FUNDED BANNERS IN 2026 COMMEMORATING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY (620.10)
Public Correspondence: Mechelle Lawrence Adams, Mission San Juan Capistrano; and, Benjamin Medina, San Juan Capistrano Chamber of Commerce.
Mayor Pro Tem Campbell provided a PowerPoint presentation and responded to questions. Jeffrey Ballinger, City Attorney, responded to questions. Public Comments: Evan Burgher, City resident; and Steve Behmerwohld, City resident.
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Taylor, seconded by Council Member Hart, and carried 4-0 with Mayor Bourne absent authorize the SJC 250 Committee to use 54 City streetlight poles in the historic downtown and approximately 150 standard/Mission Bell style City streetlight poles throughout the City to hang privately-funded banners in 2026 commemorating the 250th anniversary; and authorizing the banners to be installed late January 2026 and removed November 2026. The SJC 250 Committee will fully fund the installation and removal of banners and will coordinate with the City's decoration vendor.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Farias, Taylor, Hart and Mayor Pro Tem Campbell NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER: Mayor Bourne
CITY COUNCIL REPORTS: None.
CITY MANAGER REPORT: None.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business Mayor Pro Tem Campbell adjourned the meeting at 6:08 p.m. to Tuesday, September 16, 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
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Approved: September 16, 2025
ATTEST:
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TROY A. BOURNE, MAYOR