Laguna Hills Watch Dog - HEADLINES/ ITEMS OF INTEREST for the Tuesday, September 10, 2013 LAGUNA HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING - 7 PM at City Hall


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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Don't Forget the City's 17th Annual Intercoastal and Watershed Cleanup Day - Saturday, September 21, 2013 from 9 am to 12 noon at the Laguna Hills Community Center.  For more information, please call the Public Service department at (949) 707-2650

** YOU CAN 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.

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LAGUNA HILLS' CITY COUNCIL MEETING FEATURES DIRECTORY for Tuesday, August 27, 2013

1.  CLOSED SESSION - None
2. PRESENTATIONS and PROCLAMATIONS:

Item 1.1 - Certificate of Recognition for Arnel Corporation and Management Staff from the Alicia Apartment Communities for Drowning Awareness and Fire Prevention.

Item 1.2 - Letter of Support for the proposed renovation of the Saddleback College Athletic Stadium.

Item 1.3 and 1.4  - Appointment of and Report from Laguna Hills High School Student Liaison Kerstyn Gonzales for the 2013 Fall Semester

3. CONSENT CALENDAR and WARRANT REGISTER: $220,045.78

Items of Interest from the Warrant Register -   Nothing this time, but there is nothing scheduled in the agenda for this City Council Meeting for Don White to report on the Warrant Register issue from the last Council Meeting, re. the issue of: Item 4.2 - $46,117.00 in payments to the Orange County Animal Shelter - One for $10,547.00 for Jan - March, 2013 recorded on page 6 and another payment for $35,570.00 for April - June, 2013 recorded on page 11, AFTER  Asst. City Manager Don White had told us on April 16, 2013 there would be no more payments this year and that the City had a $28,000 credit going into the 4th quarter? 
Council Member Bressette and Mayor Kogerman both asked him for a report on this, (Kogerman asked for that report at this meeting) after White said he had not looked at the details of the billing. That bill was later approved by the Council for payment although we still don't seem to know why it was owed.

Items of interest from the Consent Calendar:

Item 4.3 - 2 year Event Management Agreement with Renegade Racing for the 2014 and 2014 Memorial Day Races.

Item 4.4 - Proposed Amendment to contract with the County of Orange re. a Housing Rehab. extension for 2013-14 and an additional $80,000 allocation for Block Grant Funds for Aliso Meadows.

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

6. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS:

Item 7.1.1 - Employment Classification, Salary Ranges and Benefits for City Management, Confidential and Part-Time Employees - Continued from the last 2 Council Meetings.  Will this be resolved this time and will the City Manager continue to receive increases although his staff report states that he is currently at the 107.30 % mark related to the average salary of all the other city managers in Orange County? We noted this clause is in the Final Resolution - "IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT OR THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT AND THIS RESOLUTION, THE AGREEMENT WILL PREVIAL."To see the Employment Agreement for the City Manager go to: http://www.ci.laguna-hills.ca.us/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=3262 or if that doesn't work for you, go to the city's web site at http://www.ci.laguna-hills.ca.us/ . On the face page, click on and Forms Documents and Maps then click on City Manager and on City Manager Employment Agreement and Corresponding Resolutions

Item 7.2.1 - Presentation of a Mobile Application  to provide news, events and city contact information to residents and businesses.

Item 7.3.1 - Street lighting for Highwood Circle

Item 7.3.2 - Request for City Tree Removal for Resident on Mawson Dr.

7. MATTERS AGENDIZED and PRESENTED by COUNCIL MEMBERS and MAYOR - None
8. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS - To be Announced After the Meeting
9. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORT CARDS - To be tallied After the Meeting


** Information, Comments, Questions, Concerns from LH Watch Dog Readers from the previous blog post - ABOUT: LA Times - Fallout from report on O.C. officials' salaries still rankles - Some publications indicating that the transcripts from the Grand Jury Report - The Use of Government Influence On a Private Educational Institution 7/5/12, City of Laguna Hills, City of Tustin need to be released to the public ,  Compensation for the City Manager,   Animal Care Services in Laguna Hills,  Lack of Access from Nellie Gail Ranch to the shopping center on Moulton and La/Paz


** 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

**The Marine Corps Birthday Ball is coming up for our City's adopted 3/5 Marines.  Do you have gently used ball gowns, prom dresses, or formal wear taking up space? Team Dark Horse will be happy to take them off your hands!!  For the wives of young and enlisted Marines, the cost of an appropriate dress can be prohibitive.  That's where you, and Team Dark Horse come in.  We will be collecting gently used formal wear up through September 21st in a collection box at the Nellie Gail Ranch HOA office. On September 23rd, the Battalion holds a fun "Ball Gown Try-On Party" for the wives. Please help us make this event special while they get ready to celebrate the Marine Corps Birthday!  ** Any questions please contact Karen Robbins at itskr@yahoo.com