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MINUTES
AUGUST 18, 2026
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
BUSINESS SESSION:
Mayor Campbell called the Regular meeting of August 18, 2026, of the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano to order at 5:19 p.m. Council Member Hart led the Pledge of Allegiance and Council Member Bourne gave the invocation.
ROLL CALL:
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor John Campbell, Mayor Pro Tem John Taylor and Council Members Troy A. Bourne, Sergio Farias and Howard Hart.
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 TAYLOR
INTRODUCED: Evan Burgher, Cultural Heritage Commission; Jeff Moore and Ted Rosenfeldt, Planning Commission; and Larry Kramer, former Mayor and City Council Member.
B2. SOCAL BLUES SOCCER CLUB RECOGNIZED FOR TOURNAMENT
CHAMPIONSHIPS
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:
Public Comments: Erin Beyer, City resident; Jorge Solis Ruiz, City resident; and Ted Rosenfeldt, City resident (provided handout).
PUBLIC HEARINGS: None.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Farias, seconded Council Member Hart, and carried unanimously to approve consent calendar items E1 through E7, as recommended by staff, with Mayor Pro Tem Taylor recused from item E6.
E1. MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE BY TITLE ONLY, APPROVED
E2. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES – REGULAR MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) OF AUGUST 4, 2026, APPROVED
E3. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES – REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 4, 2026,
APPROVED
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E4. CHECK REGISTERS FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 12, 2026, THROUGH JUNE 25, 2026, RECEIVED AND FILED (300.30)
E5. CASH AND INVESTMENTS REPORT FOR THE MONTH ENDED MAY 31, 2026, RECEIVED AND FILED (350.30)
E6. NEW DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION STATUS REPORT, RECEIVED AND FILED (440.10)
Mayor Pro Tem Taylor recused himself due to proximity to his residence.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Hart, Farias, Bourne and Mayor Campbell NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
RECUSED: COUNCIL MEMBER: Taylor
E7. CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTED A STATEMENT OF WORK WITH CLARITI CLOUD USA, INC. PURSUANT TO THE SERVICE
AGREEMENT APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 20, 2025, FOR SERVICES TO INTEGRATE THE CITY’S EXISTING SYMBIUM AUTOMATED
RESIDENTIAL SOLAR PERMITTING PLATFORM WITH THE CLARITI PERMIT AND LICENSING SYSTEM, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $25,000; CITY
MANAGER AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE A STATEMENT OF WORK WITH
SYMBIUM CORP. FOR SERVICES TO INTEGRATE SYMBIUM WITH THE
CLARITI PERMIT AND LICENSING SYSTEM, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $60,000; CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZED TO APPROVE THE
LASERFICHE QUOTATION AND EXECUTE ANY RELATED DOCUMENTS
NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE INTEGRATION BETWEEN LASERFICHE
AND THE CLARITI PERMIT AND LICENSING SYSTEM, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $9,533; AND CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZED TO APPROVE A CONTINGENCY OF $8,500 FOR UNANTICIPATED INTEGRATION AND CONFIGURATION WORK, AND TO EXECUTE RELATED DOCUMENTS.
(600.30)
ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
F1a. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT REGULATIONS AND BUSINESS LICENSE
REGULATIONS; AND, FIND THAT THE PROPOSED ACTION IS
CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ACT (CEQA) PURSUANT TO CEQA SECTIONS 15060(C)(3) AND 15061(B)(3) (COMMON SENSE EXEMPTION) (390.60)
Ken Al-Imam, Chief Financial Officer, provided a PowerPoint presentation and responded to questions. Benjamin Siegel, City Manager, responded to questions.
Christy Jakl, City Clerk, read the title of the ordinance. 3 8/18/2026
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Farias, seconded by Mayor Campbell, and carried unanimously introduce and conduct the first reading of an Ordinance entitled, “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA AMENDING CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE 3 AND CHAPTER 24 OF TITLE 5 OF THE SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATED TO BUSINESS LICENSES AND MASSAGE
ESTABLISHMENTS, AND DETERMINING THE ORDINANCE TO BE
STATUTORILY EXEMPT UNDER CEQA”
F2a. RESOLUTION 26-08-18-01 ADOPTING A 2026 EAST END HORSE STABLE
PROJECT 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 A PROPOSED MODIFICATION TO THE 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 PREMIER EQUISPORTS EVENTS, LLC (850.10)
Matisse Reischl, Assistant City Manager, provided a PowerPoint presentation and responded to questions. Chris Wilson, Premier Equisports, responded to questions.
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Hart, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Taylor, and carried unanimously to adopted RESOLUTION 26-08-18-01 entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA (1) ADOPTING A 2026 EAST END HORSE
STABLE PROJECT STORMWATER INFILTRATION SYSTEM AND
MONITORING PROGRAM ADDENDUM TO THE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED
INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION (SCH NO.
2019099080) 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 (2) APPROVING THE PROPOSED 2026 EAST END HORSE STABLE PROJECT 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 BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO AND PREMIER EQUISPORTS EVENTS, LCC.”
F3a. RESOLUTION 26-08-18-02 ADOPTED APPOINTING JOHN CAMPBELL AS MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR DISTRICT 3, AND APPOINTING JOHN TAYLOR AS MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR DISTRICT 4; AND, 4 8/18/2026
CANCELLING THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR DISTRICTS 3 AND 4, SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 3, 2026; AND CITY CLERK DIRECTED
TO SWEAR THE INCUMBENTS INTO OFFICE AND PRESENT A
CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT IN LIEU OF ELECTION AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF DECEMBER 15, 2026, TO JOHN CAMPBELL AND JOHN TAYLOR, WITH TERM OFFICIALLY BEGINNING DECEMBER 15, 2026 (630.20)
Christy Jakl, City Clerk, provided an agenda report and responded to questions.
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Hart, seconded by Council Member Farias, and carried unanimously to adopt RESOLUTION 26-08-18-02 entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE
OFFICE OF MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WAS TO BE ELECTED ON NOVEMBER 3, 2026, FOR DISTRICT 3 AND DISTRICT 4; AND CANCELING THE ELECTION FOR DISTRICTS 3 AND 4”; and the City Clerk directed to swear the incumbents into office and present a Certificate of Appointment in lieu of Election at the City Council meeting of December 15, 2026, to John Campbell and John Taylor, with term officially beginning December 15, 2026.
F3b. JOHN TAYLOR APPOINTED AS VOTING DELEGATE WITH JOHN
CAMPBELL APPOINTED AS THE ALTERNATE VOTING DELEGATE TO
REPRESENT THE CITY AT THE 2026 LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE; DIRECTION PROVIDED ON HOW TO VOTE ON THE LEAGUE’S POLICY RESOLUTION AND VOTING DELEGATE
AUTHORIZED TO VOTE ON ANY LEAGUE RESOLUTION ADDED AT THE TIME OF THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING; CITY CLERK DIRECT TO COMMUNICATE THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE LEAGUE (140.20)
Christy Jakl, City Clerk, provided an agenda report and responded to questions.
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Hart, seconded by Council Member Farias, and carried unanimously to appoint John Taylor as voting delegate with John Campbell appointed as the alternate voting delegate to represent the City at the 2026 League of California Cities Annual Conference; direction provided on how to vote on the League’s policy resolution and voting delegate authorized to vote on any League resolution added at the time of the annual business meeting; City Clerk direct to communicate the appointments to the League.
F4a. CITY MANAGER EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO AND MATISSE REISCHL, APPROVED (700.10) Jeffrey Ballinger, City Attorney, provided an agenda report and responded to questions.
Council Action: Moved by Mayor Campbell, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Taylor, and carried unanimously to approve a City Manager Employment Agreement, between the City of San Juan Capistrano and Matisse Reischl 5 8/18/2026
SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY: (Please refer to Successor Agency Minutes) COUNCIL ACTION ITEMS: None.
CITY COUNCIL REPORTS:
Mayor Pro Tem Taylor expressed gratitude to continue serving the community and another term on the City Council.
Mayor Campbell expressed gratitude for the community’s continued confidence in him to serve on the City Council.
CITY MANAGER REPORT: Benjamin Siegel, City Manager, congratulated Mayor Campbell and Mayor Pro Tem Taylor on their appointment to serve on the City Council; and congratulated Matisse Reischl, on her appointment as City Manager.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business Mayor Campbell adjourned the meeting at 6:56 p.m. to Tuesday, September 1, 2026, 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: September 1, 2026
ATTEST:
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JOHN CAMPBELL, MAYOR