Laguna Hills Watch Dog - HEADLINES/ ITEMS OF INTEREST for the Tuesday, December 10, 2013 LAGUNA HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING - 7 PM at City Hall  ** Last Laguna Hills City Council Meeting for the year 2013

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:

*** PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES
** You should always be able to find all  PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES  on the City web site face page at http://www.ci.laguna-hills.ca.us/ under "Quick Links" - "Public Notices"

PUBLIC HEARING, December 10, 2013  - A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA HILLS ADOPTING THE CA. BUILDING STANDARDS CODE AND THE INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE AS WELL AS THE CA. FIRE CODE - at the City Council Meeting 7 pm at City Hall - 24035 El Toro Rd. Laguna Hills.** All Interested persons will be given the opportunity to comment on these items at the public hearing and written comments may be submitted to the City Council prior to the hearing.

** NEW ABC - TV MINI-SERIES FEATURING THE HOME OF OUR MAYOR PRO-TEM ANDREW BLOUNT IN AN EXTREME COMPETITION FOR THE BEST CHRISTMAS DECORATED HOME IN THE COUNTRY.  THIS MINI-SERIES PREMIERED MONDAY DECEMBER 9, 2013 on ABC - TV  9:00|8:00c and gave the City of Laguna Hills National Recognition thanks to the participation of our own Mayor Pro-Tem Andrew Blount and his wife Michelle.  If you haven't seen their Christmas decorations and lights festival drive by his home for a Holiday Treat.  The Great Christmas Light Fight is a new competition series in which 20 families from across America will decorate their homes to the extreme for Christmas – in ways that would certainly make even Clark Griswold envious – with a total of $250,000 in prizing ($50,000 won each week). The Great Christmas Light Fight airs on MONDAYS, DECEMBER 9 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET/PT), DECEMBER 16 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET/PT) and DECEMBER 23 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET/PT) with back-to-back episodes on those two nights. Michael Moloney & Sabrina Soto (both from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition) will serve as judges for the series. 4 families will compete each week to transform their homes for the holidays. 20 families were chosen through an extensive nationwide search based on their previous elaborate Christmas light displays, incredible choreography and over-the-top designs.

** WIN-WIN-EVERYDAY with LHHS' 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!
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LAGUNA HILLS' CITY COUNCIL MEETING FEATURES DIRECTORY for Tuesday, December 10,  2013

1.  CLOSED SESSION Convening at 6:00 pm:  The Laguna Hills' City Manager's Annual Performance Evaluation Continues plus Initiation of Litigation for 1 potential case

The CITY COUNCIL MEETING Convenes at 7:00 PM with:
** REMARKS OF OUTGOING MAYOR
** ELECTION OF MAYOR for 2014
** RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING MAYOR with RESOLUTION OF COMMENDATION, for BARBARA KOGERMAN, MAYOR - Recognizing Mayor Kogerman's Service to the City
** REMARKS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS REGARDING MAYOR KOGERMAN'S SERVICE TO THE CITY
** ELECTION OF MAYOR PRO TEMPORE
** RECESS AND RECONVENE for the City Council to assume their new positions
** CLOSED SESSION REPORT

2. PRESENTATIONS and PROCLAMATIONS: 
Item 1.1 -  Report from Laguna Hills High School Student Liaison Kerstyn Gonzales + Win-Win Everyday Partners
Item 1.2 - Recognition of Judy Baber, Administrative Assistant on the Occasion of her retirement.

3. CONSENT CALENDAR and WARRANT REGISTER:
Warrant Register = $251,146.10
Items of Interest from the Warrant Register - None

Items of interest from the Consent Calendar:
Item 3.4 - 2014 City Council Meeting Schedule - CALENDAR FOR 2014 CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS Item 3.5 - AFFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS LIST FOR CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES/TRAFFIC COMMISSION AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
Item 3.6 - APPROVAL OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AUTHORIZATION OF PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A FLASHING BEACON SYSTEM AT TWO EQUESTRIAN TRAIL CROSSINGS Item 3.7 - AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT SERVICES CONTRACT FOR ALISO MEADOWS REHAB. PROJECT Item 3.8 - MEASURE M2 EXPENDITURE REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2013
Item 3.9 ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE CITY'S INVESTMENT POLICIES AND DELEGATION OF INVESTMENT AUTHORITY TO THE CITY TREASURER - Assistant City Manager Don WhiteItem 3.10 - PRESENTATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2013
Item 3.11- 2nd READING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS AND REVISE THE DEVELOPMENT CODE COMPLIANCE POLICY. Item 3.12 - AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF ORANGE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR PROSECTUION SERVICES

4. CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING AGENCY PUBLIC HEARINGS: None

5. CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGS: 
Item 5.1  - 2nd READING OF ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2013 CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODE AND THE 2013 EDITION OF THE FIRE CODE AND THE 2012 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL CODE

6. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS:
Item 6.1.1 - THE CITY MANAGER'S 2013 YEAR END REPORT

Item - 6.2.1 - CITY COUNCIL'S  APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVES TO "OTHER AGENCIES"  - Appointments of the Mayor and City Council Members to other Boards, Commissions and Committees of Public Agencies, Special Districts, and Joint Powers Agencies or Authorities - some paid and some non-paid positions.

Item 6.3.1 - NOISE CONSULTANT CONTRACT FOR PEER REVIEW SERVICES  FOR THE APRIL 2013 NOISE STUDY REPORT Re: CONCERN ABOUT SOUND WALLS for THE I-5 WIDENING PROJECT FROM STATE ROUTE 73 TO EL TORO RD.

Item 6.3.2 - APPROVAL OF A PROPOSED LEGAL SERVICES RETAINER AGREEMENT WITH THE LAW FIRM OF COX, CASTLE AND NICHOLSON LLP FOR THE PURPOSE OF INITIATING LITIGATION AGAINST CALTRANS FOR THE OCTA FOR MATTERS RELATED TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CEQA CONCERNINGTHE PROPOSED I-5 WIDENING PROJECT AND APPROVING AN INITIAL BUDGET TRANSFER OF $250,000 FROM CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND FOR LITIGATION EXPENSES.

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

8. CLOSED SESSION CONTINUED

** Information, Comments, Questions, Concerns from LH Watch Dog Readers from the previous blog post - ABOUT: High Cost for City Manager; Building Heights at La Paz and Moulton Shopping Center remodel; Mayor Pro-Tem's Christmas Decorations; Sound Walls, Parking Problems for Residents; Notification to residents of issue that affect them; Question re. Delays with LH Watch Dog reports and answer from LH Watch Dog, More to lose than $200,000 if City loses to CalTrans?, The Blount's Christmas light show.

** 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
*** Thank yous for your Support for the 3/5 Marines and their families Christmas Holiday Party and A REPORT FROM THE HOLIDAY PARTY for the 3/5 Marines and their spouses and children.