Laguna Niguel — 2023-11-07

1. Warrants of November 7, 2023\nRecommendation\nApprove as written or amended.

10. Award of Maintenance Services Agreements for Citywide Street Banner\nInstallation and Maintenance Services to Creative Commercial Services\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Award the Maintenance Services Agreement for Citywide Street Banner\nInstallation and Maintenance Services to Creative Commercial Services in\nthe not-to-exceed amount of $75,000 per year for Fiscal Years 2023-24\nthrough 2025-26, subject to extension administratively for two additional\none-year periods;\n2. Approve a not-to-exceed 20% contingency per year of the contract in the\namount of $15,000 for unforeseen conditions or extra work and authorize\nthe Public Works Director/City Engineer to approve additional work with\nCreative Commercial Services for a total not-to-exceed amount of $90,000\nper year, if needed; and,\n3. Authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement and future\namendments to the Maintenance Services Agreement with Creative\nCommercial Services, subject to the City Attorney making non-substantive\nchanges.\nCity Council Regular Meeting Agenda Page 4 of 7 November 7, 2023

11. Approval of Multi-Year Professional Services Agreements and Amendments\nfor On-Call Professional Services in Support of Community Development\nDepartment Functions\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Approve Multi-Year Professional Services Agreements and Amendments\nfor On-Call Professional Services with the following firms (listed\nalphabetically):\n• Becky Caha\n• Civic Solutions, Inc.\n• RSG, Inc.\n• Sage Environmental Group\n• Stephanie Tomaino dba City Advisors\n2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Multi-Year Professional Services\nAgreements and Amendments to the agreements, subject to the City\nAttorney making non-substantive changes.\nPUBLIC HEARINGS

2. Payroll Summary Register\nRecommendation\nApprove as written or amended.

3. Investment Report as of September 30, 2023\nRecommendation\nApprove as written or amended.

4. Annual Investment Report for Fiscal Year 2022-2023\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council receive and file the City’s Annual\nInvestment Report for Fiscal Year 2022-2023.

5. Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting on October 17, 2023, Minutes of\nthe Special City Council Meeting on October 24, 2023 and Minutes of the\nSpecial City Council Meeting on October 25, 2023\nRecommendation\nApprove as written or amended.\nCity Council Regular Meeting Agenda Page 2 of 7 November 7, 2023

6. Adoption of Resolution 2023-1451, Reaffirming and Extending the Existing\nProclamation of Local Emergency in Connection with the Recent Earth\nMovement Under La Paz Road, and Delegate to the City Manager the\nAuthority to Award and Execute a Contract for Emergency Construction\nServices\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-1451, reaffirming and extending the\nproclamation of local emergency in connection with the recent earth\nmovement under La Paz Road and delegate to the City Manager the\nauthority to award and execute a contract for emergency construction\nservices; and,\n2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement for Construction\nServices Long-Term Phase II Project, Cash Contract 23-17 up to a not-to-\nexceed amount of $1,500,000 with a contractor that will be determined\nthrough the formal bid process.

7. Award of Construction Contract to Gentry General Engineering, Inc. and\nCT&T Concrete Paving Inc. for the Citywide Concrete Infrastructure and\nRepairs Project, Cash Contract No. 23-13\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Award the Construction Contract for the Citywide Concrete Infrastructure\nand Repairs Project, Cash Contract No. 23-13, to Gentry General\nEngineering, Inc., and CT&T Concrete Paving, Inc. in the not-to-exceed\namount of $199,000; and\n2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Construction Contract for the\nCitywide Concrete Infrastructure and Repairs Project, Cash Contract No.\n23-13 with Gentry General Engineering, Inc., and CT&T Concrete Paving,\nInc., subject to the City Attorney making non-substantive changes.

8. Award of Construction Contract to Alfaro Communications Construction Inc.\nfor the Traffic Signal Equipment Upgrades Project, Cash Contract No. 23-07\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council\n1. Award the Construction Contract for the Traffic Signal Equipment Upgrades\nProject, Cash Contract No. 23-07 to Alfaro Communications Construction,\nInc. in the amount of $234,097;\nCity Council Regular Meeting Agenda Page 3 of 7 November 7, 2023\n2. Authorize the Public Works Director/City Engineer to process change\norders in an amount not to exceed 10% of the contract for $23,410, for a\ntotal not-to-exceed amount of $257,507, if needed;\n3. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Construction Contract for the\nTraffic Signal Equipment Upgrades Project, Cash Contract No. 23-07 with\nAlfaro Communications Construction, Inc., subject to the City Attorney\nmaking non-substantive changes; and,\n4. Authorize the Public Works Director/City Engineer to execute the Notice of\nCompletion at the conclusion of construction.

9. Approval of Plans and Specifications for La Paz Road Long-Term Phase II\nProject, Cash Contract No. 23-17, and Authorization to Advertise the Project\nfor Bids\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Approve the plans and specifications for the La Paz Road Long-Term Phase\nII Project, Cash Contract No. 23-17; and,\n2. Authorize staff to advertise the project for bids.

1. Third Public Hearing to Consider Composition of Districts for By-District\nElections\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council conduct the third public hearing, receive\nand consider input from the public, and provide further direction to City staff.

2. A Public Hearing to Consider Zoning Code Amendment ZCA 23-02\nIntroducing an Ordinance Amending Laguna Niguel Municipal Code Section\n9-1-95 to Establish Multifamily and Mixed-Use Residential Objective\nDevelopment and Design Standards for Projects that Qualify for Streamlined\nMinisterial Review Under State Law; and Determining the Action to be\nExempt from the California Environmental Quality Act Under State CEQA\nGuidelines Section 15061(b)(3)\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council open the public hearing, take public\ntestimony, close the public hearing, and then take the following actions:\n1. Find that adoption of the proposed ordinance is exempt from the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) because it is an administrative activity\nthat will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical\nCity Council Regular Meeting Agenda Page 5 of 7 November 7, 2023\nchange to the environment and thus is not a “project” under State CEQA\nGuidelines Section 15378 (see State CEQA Guidelines, § 15060(c)(2) and\n(3)). Alternatively, even if adoption of the ordinance did qualify as a project\nunder CEQA, find that it is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section\n15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines, which provides that a project is\nexempt from CEQA where it can be seen with certainty that there is no\npossibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the\nenvironment.\n2. Waive full reading, make any amendments to, and introduce Ordinance No.\n2023-225 by title:\nORDINANCE NO. 2023-225\nAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA NIGUEL, CALIFORNIA,\nADOPTING ZONING CODE AMENDMENT ZCA 23-02 AMENDING LAGUNA\nNIGUEL MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 9-1-95 TO ESTABLISH\nMULTIFAMILY AND MIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL OBJECTIVE\nDEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS FOR PROJECTS THAT\nQUALIFY FOR STREAMLINED MINISTERIAL REVIEW UNDER STATE\nLAW, AND DETERMINING THE ACTION TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE\nCALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT UNDER STATE\nCEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15061(B)(3)\n3. Direct that the proposed ordinance, with any changes, be placed on the\nagenda for the December 5, 2023, City Council Meeting and adopt the\nordinance at that meeting.\nCITY COUNCIL\n1. Selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem\na. Comments by Appointed Mayor\nb. Comments by Appointed Mayor Pro Tem\nOTHER BUSINESS/COUNCIL REPORTS\n1. Council Reports\n2. City Manager/Department Reports