Laguna Hills Watch Dog - HEADLINES/ ITEMS OF POSSIBLE INTEREST for the Tuesday, March 26, 2013 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 - What's On You're Mind?  Meet with your Mayor, Barbara Kogerman, and Share your Questions/Concerns over a no-host coffee, bagel or breakfast at Latte Da Bagelry and Grill on the northeast corner of Alicia Pkwy. and Paseo de Valencia at 25461 Alicia Pkwy. Across PDV from the Laguna Hills Community Center. Meet the Mayor Every Saturday 9 am to 11 am in February and March. Each Saturday, through the end of March, "Meet the Mayor" will continue to be at Latte Da Bagelry and Grill from 9 to 11 am for good conversation and good food. Come on out and Meet the Mayor, it's a great way to Build Community!!
** Laguna Hills “Meet With the Mayor” Saturday Morning sessions will move to the north end of town starting Saturday April 6, 2013  to Solomon’s Bakery and Deli for the months of April and May. The 9 to 11 am. sessions are open to all who have questions or concerns about the city or simply want to stop and chat. “We enjoy a lively, wide-open format with no question or comment off-limits. We never know what will come up,” Kogerman reports. Past mornings have seen topics ranging from gun control to Girl Scouts. (Kogerman was able to put troops of Girl Scouts in touch with various community leaders for project ideas.) She will have on hand information on city services. She will also invite individual Council Members or others to drop by. The move to Solomon’s Bakery is part of Kogerman’s plan to rotate the meeting places every few months to different parts of the city to showcase Laguna Hills’ friendly neighborhood hang-outs. Solomon’s Bakery and Deli is located at 23020 Lake Forest Drive, Ste 170, in Laguna Hills, between Avenida De La Carlota and Del Lago Drive. (949-586-4717)  For over 20 years this traditional and kosher-style bakery has prepared everything fresh and by hand.


** YOU CAN ALSO LISTEN TO YOUR MAYOR, Barbara Kogerman. ON FM RADIO- KSBR (88.50). She is being interviewed the day before and the day after each City Council Meeting by Dawn Kamber of Saddleback Community College's FM radio station. The interviews will be played in 30-second spots, every hour and half-hour from 6 am through 9 am on the day of and two days after the council meetings. Their regular programming throughout this time is easy-listening jazz.


LEARN HOW YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS RATE THEIR FAVORITE MAJOR PLANS FOR THE CITY and fit them into the City Budget at 2 workshops.  April 16, and May 7, 2013 are the tentative dates for the 2  study sessions for the 2013-15 Biennial Budget and Six-year Capital Improvement Plan. The rating of proposed Favorite Major Plans by Council Members is slated for the 1st session that will begin at 6 pm.  The 2nd Session focuses on the Six-Year Capital Improvement Plans and the proposed operating budget and is slated to begin at 5 pm.  Although these are City Council Study Sessions, both Sessions are Open To The Public
**Please Note the number of sessions and the dates and times have changed since they were originally announced and we will do our best to keep you updated if additional changes occur.


The 2nd and Last LAGUNA HILLS GENERAL PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE WORKSHOP will be held on Thursday, May 9, 2013. It will establish the City’s housing goals and policies covering the period between 2014 and 2021. Residents and other stakeholders interested in housing-related matters affecting the city are invited to attend the public workshop hosted by the City of Laguna Hills Community Development Department. For more information, contact Julie Molloy, Senior Planner at 949-707-2671 or emailjmolloy@ci.laguna-hills.ca.us


COUNCIL MEETING FEATURES DIRECTORY

1. PRESENTATIONS and PROCLAMATIONS -

Item 1.1 - LHHS Student Liaison Report from Amanda Jafee - alternate Kerstyn Gonzales
and ** Congratulations to Lomarena and Valencia Elementary Schools in Laguna Hills for their recent awards based on a variety of criteria including academic achievement, diversity and physical  fitness!  Another outstanding commendation for Laguna Hills schools and the Saddleback Valley Unified School District.

Item 1.2 - Oath of Office for Parks and Rec. Commissioner Chris Mackey

Item 1.3 Presentation from Orange County Vector Control

2. CONSENT CALENDAR Items of interest -

Item 4.3 -   Contract with Aliso Meadows Condo. Assoc. re. Community Development Block Grant Funds for FY 2012-2013

Item 4.5 - If this is approved, Start time for Closed Session meetings would commence at 6:00 PM, one hour before the start of the City Council General Business Sessions at 7:00 PM, rather than after City Council Sessions as done in the past.

Item 4.6 - General Plan Annual Report

Items 4.8 - 4.10 - Awards for Contracts for Civic Center improvements

3. WARRANT REGISTER = $935,305.38
Items of Interest from Warrant Register - $10,694.98 to Bank of America for Departmental Operating Expenditures, Feb. 2013.  ** A better explanation for this expense would be helpful here!

4. CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING AGENCY PUBLIC HEARINGS -

Item 5.4.1 - A request to subdivide the Cabot Town Center Property into 4 parcels at 25214-25272 Cabot Rd. in the Freeway Commercial Zone District. ** At the Feb. 26 Council meeting, staff recommended continuing this item to the March 12, 2013 Council Meeting to allow additional time to consult with the applicant. Staff recommended continuing this item again to the March 26 council meeting for the same reason stated previously. This time staff recommends continue again to an uncertain date.

5. CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGS - None
6. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS - None

7. MATTERS AGENDIZED and PRESENTED by COUNCIL MEMBERS and MAYOR -

Item 8.1 - From Council Member Carruth - Request for a Letter from the City regarding the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

Item 8.2 - From Mayor Kogerman - Proposed Revision of the Constitution and Timing of Meetings of the Planning Agency/Commission - Request for a report to be done for information on a Citizen Planning Commission for Laguna Hills.

8. CLOSED SESSION - Conference regarding leasing of Suite 200 at the Civic Center.


** Information, Comments, Questions, Concerns from LH Watch Dog Readers from the previous blog post - ABOUT: Win-Win-Wed and the Mandarin Chinese Language Program, City Views, Corporal Haggerty's Letter, Transparency in Laguna Hills   ** PLUS - WIN-WIN-WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE OF RESTAURANTS


The 3/5 Marines adopted by the City of Laguna Hills
Team Dark Horse says THANK YOU, **BE SURE TO GO TO THE TEAM DARK HORSE web site at http://teamdarkhorse.org/  to SEE HOW YOUR DONATIONS ARE HELPING, Team Dark Horse now has PayPal online, in addition to its mailing address, and see the Laguna Hills 3/5 Adopted Marines Face book page by clicking on this link - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Laguna-Hills-Team-Darkhorse/132765660119128?ref=ts&fref=ts  ** Plus - A  Very Special Pampering Session for Marine spouses.


** Win-Win-Wednesday Schedule - Please Check the Win-Win-Wednesday web site at www.winwinwednesdays.com/ to find current hosts and to download flyers to take to the designated eating establishments that will then donate a portion of the proceeds from your meals to your schools when you participate in Win-Win-Wednesdays.  The current Win-Win-Wednesday hosts are:

March 27 - Chick fil-A (LH) - all day
April 3 - Gold'N Baked Ham and Deli (LH)
April 10 - Mangia Bene Cuchina (LN) - all day
April 17 - Deemer's American Grill (LN) - all day
April 24 - Fuddrucker's (LF) - all day
May 1 - Habit Burger - May Day (both LF and AV)
May 8 - Mimi's Cafe (LH)

**Don't forget to see the "WWW Everyday Partners - Alpha Cleaners, Golden Baked Hams and ToGo's on our web site. Bring the flyers for these everyday partners and Support the businesses that support us