Laguna Hills Watch Dog - HEADLINES/ ITEMS OF INTEREST
for the Tuesday, October 22, 2013 LAGUNA HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING - 7 PM at City Hall

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for future City Council Meetings will be listed on this blog site within 4 days prior to a meeting.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:

LAGUNA HILLS DRUG TAKE BACK DAY

Saturday, October 26, is Drug Take Back Day - Laguna Hills Residents can take expired  or unwanted medications to Laguna Hills City Hall at 24035 El Toro Rd. from 10 am to 2 pm. This service is free and anonymous.  For more information - Phone: (949) 707-2600 or Fax: (949) 707-2614. Email: clh@ci.laguna-hills.ca.us  
** Thank you to OC Register Reporter Megan Nicloai for this information in the OUR TOWNS section of the OC Register Newspaper on Oct. 23. 

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.
** The Mayor's walk for Saturday, Oct. 26, will be on the "Nellie Gail Trail" starting at 9 am.  Trail walkers will meet at Baja Fresh, in "The Village at Nellie Gail", that is under construction, at the corner of Moulton Pkwy. and La Paz at 9:00 am for a 1.8 mile round trip. 

** 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 22,  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.

3. CONSENT CALENDAR and WARRANT REGISTER: Warrant Register = $936,746.43
Items of Interest from the Warrant Register - None

Items of interest from the Consent Calendar:
Item 3.4 - APPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP PROGRAM,  LA PAZ ROAD WIDENING AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION PROGRAM TO THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY FOR MEASURE M2 FUNDING

4. CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING AGENCY PUBLIC HEARINGS:

Item 4.5.1 - AT&T Wireless filed an application to modify and expand an existing communications facility at 26680 Alicia Parkway. The proposal includes increasing the number of panel antennas from three to nine and adding an additional 80 square feet onto the existing equipment enclosure.
**Public Hearing

Item 4.5.2 -  Request for a Conditional Use Permit by Terri Dickerhoff on behalf of CorePower Yoga Terri is requesting approval to operate a 3,600 square foot yoga studio on Lake Forest Dr.
**Public Hearing

Item 4.5.3 - Request for a Conditional Use Permit by Aaron Rosen on behalf of Doctor’s Ambulance to establish an ambulance substation in the La Paz Village Shopping Center at 25260 La Paz Rd.
**Public Hearing

5. CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGS:  None

6. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS:

Item 6.1.1 -  2nd Amendment to the Amended OC Fire Authority Joint Powers Authority Agreement related to Equity Issues.

Item 6.2.1 - 2013 Veterans Day Observance
SUMMARY:  At the July 9, 2013, City Council meeting, Mayor Kogerman requested that the City of Laguna Hills spear-head, along with other cities in South Orange County, the coordinating and encouraging of everyone to pause on Veteran’s Day, the eleventh day, at the eleventh hour, and eleventh minute, for a two-minute remembrance to honor all Veterans.

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

Item 7.1.1  From Council Member Carruth - CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF RIDGE ROUTE DRIVE RIGHT-OF-WAY UTILIZATION AS PUBLIC TRAIL ACCESS TO LAGUNA COAST WILDERNESS PARK

** Information, Comments, Questions, Concerns from LH Watch Dog Readers from the previous blog post - ABOUT: Cost of Service for Laguna Hills Residents for the OC Animal Shelter.

8. ** 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.  There were about 200 dresses collected!!!