Laguna Hills Watch Dog
HEADLINES/ ITEMS OF POSSIBLE INTEREST for the
Tuesday, October 9, 2012, Laguna Hills City Council Meeting - 7 PM at City Hall
** Consider Attending a Council Meeting to express your opinion on items of interest to you or just to observe.
** SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS - ** On Sat. Oct. 6, 2012, we are experiencing a repeat of the malfunction of the City web site that will not allow residents to access the Agenda Report for the City Council Meeting for Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012. This malfunction that would not allow access to the Agenda Report for Residents also happened prior to the last Council Meeting on Sept. 25, 2012.
The Laguna Hills City Council Candidates we endorse in the 2012 November Election are:
Raghu Mathur, Ph.D www.mathurforlagunahills.com University Administrator and Educator
Andrew Blount, www.blountforlagunahills.com Small Business owner
** We encourage you to check the candidate's web sites for endorsements from current and previous long term Laguna Hills City Council members who have clear records of voting against transparency and accountability and we hope you will make a decision to Vote in Favor of Maximum Transparency and Accountability in our city.
Other Candidates are:
AJ Djowharzadeh, http://www.ilovelh.com/ Small Business Owner.
Dore Gilbert, MD, http://www.doregilbert2012.com/index.html Dermatologist and Army Reservist
Bill Hunt, http://billhunt.org/ Private Investigator, former OC Sheriff's Deputy and Professional Illustrator - web site: www.illustrationbyhunt.com
1. PRESENTATIONS and PROCLAMATIONS - El Toro Water District re. Recycled Water Expansion Project.
2. CONSENT CALENDAR Items of interest - Item - 4.4 - AMENDMENT NO. 1 FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE AND DESIGN OF THE WIDENING OF PASEO DE VALENCIA
3. CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING AGENCY PUBLIC HEARINGS - Item 5.4 - A REQUEST, ON BEHALF OF SADDLEBACK MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER, FOR A JOINT USE PARKING PERMIT TO ESTABLISH OFF-SITE STAFF PARKING FOR USE BY MEMORIAL CARE CANCER TREATMENT CENTER, WHICH PLANS TO OCCUPY THE EXISTING BUILDING AT 24302 PASEO DE VALENCIA, AND FOR A MINOR SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FOR A 3,160 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING ADDITION AND MINOR SITE IMPROVEMENTS.
** We won't be hearing more about the from the Fritz Duda Company's proposal to REDEVELOP the OAKBROOK VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNITS. UNTIL SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 - AT 7 PM in the City Council Chamber ALL INTERESTED PERSONS WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM AT THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
4. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS - Item 7.2.1 - REPORT ON THE LABOR NEGOTIATIONS PROCESS RE. CITY EMPLOYEES
Item 7.3.1 - CLARIFICATION OF MUNICIPAL CODE FOR TERMS OF OFFICE FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION AND TRAFFIC COMMISSION MEMBERS
Item 7.4.1 - EVALUATION OF TRAFFIC SAFETY NEEDS FOR EQUESTRIAN TRAIL CROSSINGS
5. CLOSED SESSION - Item 10.1 - ANOTHER SESSION FOR EVALUATION OF THE CITY MANAGER'S ANNUAL PUBLIC PERFORMANCE
Item 10.2 - CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR FOR CITY EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION - City Designated Representative: Bruce Channing, City Manager, and Don White, Assistant City Manager. Employee Organization: Laguna Hills City Employees Association - City Employee Organization
The 3/5 Marines adopted by the City of Laguna Hills - Team Dark Horse is Collecting Donations now to pay for gift cards for a Baby Shower for 23 Marine Expectant Mothers whose husbands are currently deployed on ships to the Middle East. We also have a brief update on the deployed Marines from their Chaplin.
** Win-Win-Wednesday Schedule - Check the WWWednesday web site at www.winwinwednesdays.com/ to find the current hosts and download flyers. Help our schools, our eating establishments and help yourselves to a great meals!!
October 10 - On the Border (Aliso Viejo) - all day
October 17, - Flamingo's Mexican Grill and Bar (Laguna Hills) click on Flamingo's Mexican - all day
October 24 - Chipotle (Laguna Niguel) - ** (Only 4 pm to 7 pm)
October 31 - Mountain Mike's Pizza (Laguna Hills) - all day
November 7 - Five Guys Burgers (Mission Viejo) - all day
November 14 - Wine Works For Everyone (Mission Viejo) - all day
November 21 - Polly's Pies (Laguna Woods) - all day (+ Pies for Marine Families in cooperation with Teen Darkhorse at LHHS.
November 28 - El Pollo Loco (LH) - all day
December 5 - Ruby's (LH) - all day
December 12 - BJ's Brewhouse (LH) - all day
December 19, Cafe Rio (LF) - all day
December 26 - Golden Baked Ham (LH) - all day everyday!
BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO WIN-WIN-WEDNESDAY FOR THEIR SUCCESS - THEY ARE BOOKED THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR!!! - Way To Go Win-Win- Meg and all the others who worked to make this project such a success! Huge Thank Yous also go out to all the participating eating establishments and to all the W-W-Wed. Supporters who all Win-Win by helping our schools and our businesses through enjoying delicious meals on Wednesdays.
6 comments:
Why would the city web site functions in other areas but all weekend won't allow us to see the City Council agenda for next Tuesday or the most recent agendas for the Traffic Commission and the Parks and Recreation Commission? Is there some reason why that information would not available to the public on weekends?
If you print this be sure to make it clear that there is a 1st Amendment Right to say what you want and draw what you want. Most of us probably don't care what you or that anonymous comment think is appropriate for a council member, we all have rights to private lives.
If you look at Bill Hunt's candidate web site now, he has removed the web address for his illustrations, so apparently he no longer wants them connected to him running for city council either.
This is the link for the OC Register Newspaper Orange County Register Voter's Guide. http://www.ocregister.com/news/candidates-351403-different-voter.html You will find information from all of the Laguna Hills city council candidates except Bill Hunt who chose not to participate.
This is the link for Bill Hunt in the OC Register Newspaper Orange County Voter's Guide: http://www.ocregister.com/news/candidates-351403-different-voter.html?appSession=954102660744287#article-data He chose not respond to a request to participate in the voter guide. and answer the following questions:
Where does the candidate stand?
What are the skills, qualities or accomplishments that make you the best person for this job?
Is everything being done to attract businesses to the city? If not, what would you do differently?
What is your position on a plan by the developer of Oakbrook Village to convert the center into a mixed-use site, adding high-end apartment buildings with close to 500 units?
Hunt's artwork reminds me of stuff my son did back in his dark days. It’s clever and effective, just a little scary.
The Orange County Register Newspaper's endorsement for Andrew Blount and Raghu Mathur nailed it. Their first line is : "That (the decisions of Songstad and Lautenschleger not to run again) presents Laguna Hills voters an opportunity to add two new members to the Council who can help move it beyond its internecine squabbles and deal squarely with transparency, executive compensation and other issues facing the city of some 30,000 residents. "
About Dore Gilbert, they said, "Mr. Gilbert decided to run for council only after Mr. Lautenschleger and Mr. Songstad, whom he counts as longtime friends, informed him they weren't running. We imagine some voters might wonder whether Mr. Gilbert would chart his own course on the council or follow a path set by his friends, the outgoing councilmen."
And about Bill Hunt they said, "Mr. Hunt is a former O.C. sheriff's lieutenant, in which capacity he served as San Clemente's de facto police chief. He also ran for sheriff in 2010, losing to Sandra Hutchens. There were news reports last summer that he was being considered for chief of Fullerton's troubled police department, a position that may better suit his skill set than serving on the Laguna Hills City Council.
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