Laguna Hills Watch Dog - HEADLINES/ ITEMS OF POSSIBLE INTEREST for the Tuesday, May 28, 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.  Citizen Alerts/HEADLINES for future City Council Meetings will be listed on this blog site within 4 days prior to a meeting.


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 deli fare at Solomon’s Bakery and Deli for the months of April and May. The Saturday, 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.


** Tuesday, June 25 will be the last City Budget Session Meeting and the Only Public Hearing to LEARN WHERE YOUR TAXPAYER MONEY GOES.   BE SURE TO REVIEW THE CITY OF LAGUNA HILLS, MAY 7, 2013 BIENNIAL BUDGET SESSION if you're interested in what the City of Laguna Hills plans to do with your money in 2013-2015 - Scroll down to the Special Edition blog that is just below the May 14, 2013 City Council Meeting blog to see the where your Laguna Hills taxpayer money is going.


LAGUNA HILLS' CITY COUNCIL MEETING FEATURES DIRECTORY


1.  CLOSED SESSION - Conferences with Legal Council - Existing - Orange County Superior Court; Department C22,  Case No.: 00587582 and Anticipated Litigation - 1 case
Public Comment on Closed Session Items
Convene to Closed Session   -   Reconvene to Council Chamber   -   General Business Reconvening at 7:00 pm

2. 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!

3. CONSENT CALENDAR
ITEM 4.3 - Progress Payment number 25 for La Paz Road widening at I-5 in the net amount of $1,454.50 to SEMA Construction Inc.
ITEM 4.4 - Facility Operation of the Roller Hockey Rink by CA. Street Hockey - California Street Hockey Association (CSHA) manages the operations of the Community Center Sports Complex roller hockey rink.
ITEM 4.5 - Progress Payment number 1 for Civic Center (City Hall) Suite 100B Improvements in the net amount of $13,822.50 to Innovative Builders and Design. 
Items of special interest from the Consent Calendar - None

4. WARRANT REGISTER = $861,775.45
Items of Interest from the Warrant Register - None

5. CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING AGENCY PUBLIC HEARINGS
ITEM 5.4.1 - Request from Vintage Real Estate, LLC on behalf of Property Owner Moulton La Paz, LLC for a New Master Sign Program for the Shopping Center Renovation at Moulton and La Paz dubbed The Village at Nellie Gail Ranch.

6. CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGS
ITEM 6.1 - Minor General Plan Amendment, to the Laguna Hills General Plan Mobility Element
ITEM 6.2 - PUBLIC HEARING on 2013 WEED, RUBISH and REFUSE ABATEMENT

7. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS -
ITEM 7.2.1 - Designation of Voting Delegate for League of CA. Cities Annual Conference - Recommendation - Mayor Kogerman as the Voting Delegate and Mayor Pro-Tem Blount as the Alternate

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

** Information, Comments, Questions, Concerns from LH Watch Dog Readers from the previous blog post -  None this time.
** PLUS - WIN-WIN-WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE OF RESTAURANTS - **For Weekly Flyers and Schedules go to our web site at: http://www.winwinwednesdays.com/

May 29 - Whole Food's Market - Aliso Creek Rd. Laguna Niguel
June 5 - Pizza Store, Alicia Pkwy. Laguna Hills

**Don't forget to see our "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!


** 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 $68 if funds are received before 6/7/13. A donation in any amount will be gratefully appreciated and all donations are tax deductible.