Laguna Hills Watch Dog - HEADLINES/ ITEMS OF POSSIBLE INTEREST for the Tuesday, April 23, 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 Your Mind? Meet with your Mayor, Barbara Kogerman, and Share your Questions/Concerns over no-host baked goods, breakfast and delli fare at 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. She will have 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 RATED THEIR FAVORITE MAJOR PLANS FOR THE CITY  ** In a Special Edition blog that will appear just below the April 23 City Council Meeting blog. ****If you're interested in what the City of Laguna Hills plans to do with your money in 2013-2015 this is a must read. Tuesday May 7 will be the 2nd Study Session for incorporating the City Council's Favorite Major Plans into the City's Budget and Tuesday June 25 will be the last meeting and the Only Public Hearing.

 

 

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 - WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW AT LHHS, SPORTS, FUNDRAISING, ARTS, GO-HAWKS!

 

Item 1.2 - Mayor Kogerman will recognize Lisa hernandez, Accountant 1, for 10 years of service to the City of Laguna Hillls.

 

Item 1.3 - The City Council will received an oral presentation from Tom Epperson, and others, Members of the South County Animal Shelter Coalition, re. the status of their efforts to locate a good and cost effective local animal shelter, as an alternative to the Orange County Animal Shelter, for the pet owners of Laguna Hills.

 

2. CONSENT CALENDAR Items of interest - None

 

3. WARRANT REGISTER = $845,610.10

4. CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING AGENCY PUBLIC HEARINGS - None5. CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGS - None

6. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS -

Item 7.2.1 - DICUSSION OF CHANGES and COST A REDUCTION for "CITY VIEWS"

Item 7.3.1 - 2013 WEED ABATEMENT PRIGRAM - It's that time again!

 

7. MATTERS AGENDIZED and PRESENTED by COUNCIL MEMBERS and MAYOR - None

8. CLOSED SESSION -

Item 10.1 - Conference with Real Property Negotiators -

Item 10.2 - Conference with Legal Counsel re. Existing Litigation

** Information, Comments, Questions, Concerns from LH Watch Dog Readers from the previous blog post - ABOUT: Council Member Carruth, Memorial Day with Corporal Barron and the Marines, Good Job for LHHS Student Liaison Amanda Jaffee ** 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

*** Attend and/or run with heroes in the City of Laguna Hills' Memorial Day Event on May 27, 2013 and on the Team Dark Horse web site at http://teamdarkhorse.org/ YOU CAN SPONSOR A MARINE IN THE LAGUNA HILLS 2013 MEMORIAL DAY RACE by clicking on the donate button on the Home Page or by sending a check to the address on the Home Page. The full race Fees are $63 if funds are received before 6/7/13 and $68 if funds are received before 5/7/13. A donation in any amount will be gratefully appreciated and all donations are tax deductible.

** Win-Win-Wednesday Schedule - Please Check the Win-Win-Wednesday web site atwww.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:

 

 

April 24 - Fuddrucker's (LF) - all day
May 1 - Habit Burger - May Day (both LF and AV)
May 8 - Mimi's Cafe (LH)

May 15 - Special "Diez-Y-Cinco" de Mayo Event

**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