Update - The Saturday 10-12-13 Walk with Laguna Hills Mayor Kogerman will be on the Alicia Loop. The 2.7 mile walk will start at the Community Center in Laguna Hills, head west and across Moulton Pkwy. continue north then turn east on Laguna Hills Drive to Paseo de Valencia, and finish along PDV back to the Community Center. The walk will start at 9 am and should easily finish by 11 am.  


Laguna Hills Watch Dog - HEADLINES/ ITEMS OF INTEREST for the Tuesday, October 8, 2013 LAGUNA HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING - 7 PM at City Hall
 
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:

GET FIT and ENJOY the TRAILS OF LAGUNA HILLS - Mayor Launches Saturday Morning Walks

Continuing her Saturday morning tradition of meeting with residents, Laguna Hills Mayor Barbara Kogerman is launching a “Walk with the Mayor” program meeting every Saturday Morning.  Check the City of Laguna Hills web site at www.ci.laguna-hills.ca.us  and look under "Featured Links" for the Community Bulletin Board for locations and any instructions for each Sat. Morning Walk.   Mayor Kogerman’s Saturday morning walks promote the City’s Get Fit Campaign. Participants will be visiting a different trail each week and getting fit while having a captive audience with the Mayor.  Participants should bring water, wear comfortable shoes and use plenty of sunscreen. Dogs on a leash (with doggie bags) are welcome.  We’ll also pick up trash along the way.  “Fresh air and exercise, pleasant scenery, good conversation, and sprucing up our trails – what better way to spend a Saturday morning?” Kogerman asks.
This Saturday's 10-5-13 Walk will be on the Avila Trail - Parking is available at Wendy's restaurant. The walk will begin at the trailhead located at the corner of Alicia Parkway and the Southbound off-ramp of the 5 freeway. Follow the paved trail until it turns to the left and become the Avila trail. After about 250 feet, you will see a flat open area. This is the former site of the Avila Adobe built in 1842. Follow the Avila trail to Paseo De Valencia and turn right, Follow the Aliso Creek trail (paved asphalt) north and then turns right away from the sidewalk. Turn right on the connector trail and pass over the creek. Turn left on the Avila Trail and return to the trailhead. This 2 mile round trip is mostly flat with some easy grades.

** YOU CAN LISTEN TO YOUR MAYOR, Barbara Kogerman. ON FM RADIO- KSBR (88.50). 
Interviews  with Mayor Kogerman by Dawn Kamber of Saddleback Community College's FM radio station 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 each council meeting. The regular programming is easy-listening jazz.

** WIN-WIN-EVERYDAY  See our "WWW Everyday Partners - Alpha Cleaners, Golden Baked Hams, ToGO's, Subway, Supercuts, Latte Da Bagelry & Grill on our web site at: http://www.winwinwednesdays.com/   Bring the flyers from our web site for these everyday partners and Support the businesses that support LHHS!


LAGUNA HILLS' CITY COUNCIL MEETING FEATURES DIRECTORY for Tuesday, October 8,  2013

1.  CLOSED SESSION - None

2. PRESENTATIONS and PROCLAMATIONS:

Item 1.1 -  Report from Laguna Hills High School Student Liaison Kerstyn Gonzales + Win-Win Everyday Partners.

Item 1.2 Certificate of Recognition to South Coast Symphony

Item 1.3 The new Commanding Officer of the 3/5 Marines, adopted by the City of Laguna Hills, Lt. Col. Robert Rice and Sergeant Major Ruiz will update us on their 2 year vision for the 3/5.

3. CONSENT CALENDAR and WARRANT REGISTER: Warrant Register = $395,560.62
Items of Interest from the Warrant Register - None

Items of interest from the Consent Calendar:

Item 3.4 -  Grant of a non-exclusive Easement to San Diego Gas and Electric Co. along the easterly side of Aliso Hills Dr. north of La Paz Rd.

Item 3.5 - Construction Survey and Landscape Architecture Support Services for the Open Space Project at La Paz and Moulton

Item 3.6 - Authorization to Purchase $29,500 City Vehicle for Community Services Dept. Recreation Programs.

Item 3.7 - Authorization to Purchase a $31,789 City Vehicle for Assist. City Manager Don White.

Item 3.8 - Award of Contract for Printing of City Views and Community Services Activity Guide to PSB Integrated Marketing for total proposed contract amount of $51,765.

4. CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING AGENCY PUBLIC HEARINGS:
Item 5.1 - City of Laguna Hills 2013-2021 Housing Element - Update to the City's Housing Element of the General Plan required by State Law.

5. CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGS:  None

6. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS:

Item 6.2.1 -  Request for City Street Tree Removal from resident at 25252 Mawson Dr.

** From the August 27, 2013 LAGUNA HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING - Still no explanation to the taxpayers from Assistant City Manager Don White for why the City of Laguna Hills paid an additional $46,117.00 on August 27, 2013 for fiscal year 2012-13 to OC Animal Control after Don told us we were not going to pay anymore this fiscal year and had a $28,000 credit going into the 4th quarter? Will we get an explanation this time?

7. MATTERS AGENDIZED and PRESENTED by COUNCIL MEMBERS and MAYOR -
Item 7.1.1  From Mayor Kogerman - Landscape Renovation of Poorly Maintained and/or Poorly Landscaped City-Owned Properties.

** Information, Comments, Questions, Concerns from LH Watch Dog Readers from the previous blog post - None this time.

** 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 gently used dresses collection for the Marine Corps Birthday Ball was a huge success thanks to all of you who advertised for us, who donated your dresses and to Teresa Bonutto who collected the dresses and took them to Camp Pendleton.  At last count there were about 200 dresses!!!

At this City Council Meeting on 10-8-13, the new Commanding Officer of the 3/5 Marines Lt. Col. Robert Rice and Sergeant Major Ruiz will update us on their 2 year vision for the 3/5.