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MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 1, 2026
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
BUSINESS SESSION:
Mayor Campbell called the Regular meeting of September 1, 2026, of the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano to order at 5:18 p.m. Council Member Farias led the Pledge of Allegiance and Mayor Campbell 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.
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 – MAYOR PRO TEM TAYLOR
INTRODUCED: Evan Burgher, Cultural Heritage Commission; and Jeff Moore and Ted Rosenfeldt, Planning Commission.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:
• Public Correspondence: Alex Brown (no place of residence provided).
PUBLIC HEARINGS: None.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Farias, seconded Mayor Pro Tem Taylor, and carried unanimously to approve consent calendar items E1 through E6 and E8, as recommended by staff.
E1. MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE BY TITLE ONLY, APPROVED
E2. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES – SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) OF AUGUST 18, 2026, APPROVED
E3. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES – REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 18, 2026,
APPROVED
E4. CHECK REGISTERS FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 26, 2026, THROUGH JULY 9, 2026, RECEIVED AND FILED (300.30)
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E5. ORDINANCE 1137 ADOPTED 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” (390.60)
E6. RESOLUTION 26-09-01-01 ADOPTED ENTITLED, “RESOLUTION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA
ADOPTING AN AMENDED CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE PURSUANT TO THE POLITICAL REFORM ACT OF 1974” (640.40)
E7. REQUEST FROM THE ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER TO REDUCE THE $1,000 RENTAL FEE FOR THE REATA PARK PARKING LOT TO $115.87 FOR THE 2026 SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY WALK TO END ALZHEIMER'S, APPROVED; AND, ACTION FOUND
CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ACT (CEQA) PER SECTION 15061 (B)(3) (390.30)
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Hart, seconded Council Member Bourne, and carried unanimously to approve a request from the Alzheimer’s Association Orange County Chapter to reduce the $1,000 rental fee for the Reata Park Parking Lot to $115.87 for the 2026 South Orange County Walk To End Alzheimer's; and, action found categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per Section 15061 (b)(3).
E8. CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
AGREEMENT WITH JACOB GREEN AND ASSOCIATES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $64,000 FOR ENGINEERING AND SPECIAL PROJECT
MANAGEMENT SERVICES; AND THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING
REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3-4.310(E), WAIVED (600.30)
ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
F1a. PRESENTATION FROM DIXON RESOURCES UNLIMITED ON THE
DOWNTOWN PARKING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND PUBLIC INPUT,
RECEIVED; STAFF DIRECTED TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN’S NEAR-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS (570.30)
• Public Correspondence: Bill Stewart, City resident.
Julie Dixon, Dixon Resources Unlimited, provided a PowerPoint presentation and responded to questions. Benjamin Siegel, City Manager, and Matisse Reischl, Assistant City Manager, responded to questions.
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Mayor Campbell made a motion, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Taylor, to approve staff recommendation, but motion failed due to approved substitute motion.
Substitute Council Action: Moved by Council Member Bourne, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Taylor, and carried 4-1 with Council Member Farias opposed to receive a presentation from Dixon Resources Unlimited; and staff directed to implement the plans’ near-term recommendations, including: (1) Update Municipal Code language; (2) Hire dedicated parking staff with 3 part-time Parking Enforcement Officers and 1 part-time Parking Manager; (3) Formal RFP for procurement of License Plate Recognition (LPR) technology and Permit Management System (PMS); (4) Reduce on-street time limits to 2 hours in downtown core and add short-term loading zones; and (5) Approve fee schedule amendment to increase employee permit rate from $8 per year to $15 per year.
Defer consideration of expanding paid parking to Ramos Street Lot to second phase of the plan’s implementation.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Hart, Bourne, Taylor and Mayor Campbell NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Farias
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO HOUSING AUTHORITY: (Please refer to Housing Authority Minutes)
COUNCIL ACTION ITEMS:
H1. CITY STAFF DIRECTED TO SUPPORT AND PUBLICIZE THE UPCOMING 9/11 MEMORIAL EVENT AT PATRIOTS HILL (150.20)
Council Member Hart provided an agenda report and responded to questions.
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Farias, seconded by Council Member Bourne, and carried unanimously to direct City staff to support and publicize the upcoming 9/11 Memorial Event at Patriots Hill
CITY COUNCIL REPORTS: None.
CITY MANAGER REPORT: None.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business Mayor Campbell adjourned the meeting at 7:34 p.m. to Tuesday, September 15, 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.
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Respectfully submitted,
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CHRISTY JAKL, CITY CLERK
Approved: September 15, 2026
ATTEST:
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JOHN CAMPBELL, MAYOR