Laguna Niguel — 2023-12-05

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

3. Investment Report as of October 31, 2023\nRecommendation\nApprove as written or amended.

5. Approval of Professional Services Agreement for Temporary Professional\nStaffing Services with Robert Half\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Approve the Professional Services Agreement for Temporary Professional\nStaffing Services with Robert Half in the not-to-exceed amount of $150,000;\nand,\n2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Professional Services\nAgreement, subject to the City Attorney making non-substantive changes.

6. Award of Construction Contract to Bonadiman Water, Inc. for the Pacific\nIsland Drive Drainage and Wall Improvements, Cash Contract No. 21-27\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Award the Construction Contract for the Pacific Island Drive Drainage and\nWall Improvements, Cash Contract No. 21-27 to Bonadiman Water, Inc., in\nthe amount of $248,950;\n2. Authorize the Public Works Director/City Engineer to process change\norders in an amount not to exceed 10% of the contract for $24,895, for a\ntotal not-to-exceed amount of $273,845, if needed;\n3. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Construction Contract for the\nPacific Island Drive Drainage and Wall Improvements, Cash Contract No.\n21-27 with Bonadiman Water, Inc., subject to the City Attorney making non-\nsubstantive changes; and,\n4. Authorize the Public Works Director/City Engineer to execute the Notice of\nCompletion at the conclusion of construction.

7. Adoption of Resolution No. 2023-1452 and No. 2023-1453, Approving the\nSubmittal of Two Improvement Projects to the Orange County\nTransportation Authority for Funding Under the Competitive Measure M2\nRegional Capacity and Traffic Signal Synchronization Programs\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-1452, approving the submittal of the Crown\nValley Parkway Westbound Widening Project to the Orange County\nTransportation Authority (OCTA) for funding under the competitive Measure\nM2 Regional Capacity Program (Project O); and,\n2. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-1453, approving the submittal of the Alicia\nParkway Traffic Signal Synchronization Project to OCTA for funding under\nthe competitive Measure M2 Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization\nProgram (Project P).

8. Extending the City’s Deadline to Establish and Online Permitting System for\nPost-Entitlement Phase Permits in Accordance with State Law\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council take the following actions:\n1. Find that adoption of the resolution is not subject to the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the\nactivity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical\nchange in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as\ndefined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of\nRegulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in\nphysical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.\n2. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-1456 extending the City’s deadline to establish\nan online permitting system for post-entitlement phase permits to January\n1, 2026.

9. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2023-225 Adopting Zoning\nCode Amendment ZCA 23-02 Amending Laguna Niguel Municipal Code\nSection 9-1-95 to Establish Multifamily and Mixed-Use Residential Objective\nDevelopment and Design Standards for Projects that Qualify for Streamlined\nMinisterial Review Under State Law\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council conduct a second reading, by title only,\nand adopt Ordinance No. 2023-225:\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 MULTIFAMILY\nAND MIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL OBJECTIVE DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN\nSTANDARDS FOR PROJECTS THAT QUALIFY FOR STREAMLINED\nMINISTERIAL REVIEW UNDER STATE LAW, AND DETERMINING THE\nACTION TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL\nQUALITY ACT UNDER STATE CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15061(B)(3)\nPUBLIC HEARINGS

1. Fourth Public Hearing to Consider Composition of Districts for By-District\nElections\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Conduct the fourth public hearing, receive and consider input from the\npublic, and provide further direction to City staff;\n2. Identify and select the preferred district map for formal adoption with\nOrdinance No. 2023-226;\n3. Assign numerical designations to each of the five newly established\ngeographical districts;\n4. Determine the sequencing for elections under the by-district election\nsystem;\n5. Waive full reading, make any amendments to, and Introduce Ordinance No.\n2023-226 by title:\nORDINANCE NO. 2023-226\nAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA\nNIGUEL, CALIFORNIA, ADDING DIVISION 9 OF TITLE 2 OF THE\nLAGUNA NIGUEL MUNICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHING BY-DISTRICT\nELECTIONS, DEFINING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, AND SCHEDULING\nELECTIONS WITHIN THE DISTRICTS\n6. Direct that the proposed Ordinance, with any non-substantive changes\ndeemed reasonably necessary by the City Clerk, be placed on the agenda\nfor the January 16, 2024, City Council meeting and adopt the Ordinance at\nthat meeting.

2. Public Hearing to Consider Approval of an Exchange of an Access Driveway\nEasement Over a Minor Portion of Crown Valley Park for an Easement Over\nAdjacent Private Property (The Village Shopping Center) for Overflow\nParking for Park Users and Authorizing its Execution and Recordation\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council, open the public hearing, take public\ntestimony, close the public hearing, and then:\n1. Adopt Resolution 2023-1455 to discontinue the use of a minor portion of\nCrown Valley Park that currently serves as a landscape border, in exchange\nfor an easement over adjacent property at the Village shopping center for\noverflow parking for park users in accordance with Government Code\nSection 38440 et seq. and finding that such action is exempt from CEQA\npursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Facilities);\n2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the easement agreement and any\nother documents necessary for the easement exchange and recordation of\nthe Resolution; and\n3. Direct the City Clerk to cause a certified copy of the Resolution and\neasement agreement to be recorded in the Official Records of the Orange\nCounty Clerk-Recorder.

3. Public Hearing to Consider General Plan Amendment GPS 21-01A02,\nUpdating the Adopted 2021-2029 Housing Element in Response to\nComments Received from the California Department of Housing and\nCommunity Development (HCD) on May 22, 2023\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council, open the public hearing, take public\ntestimony, close the public hearing, and then:\n1. Find that adoption of General Plan Amendment GPA 21-01A02 is exempt\nfrom the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to State\nCEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), 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. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-1454 approving General Plan Amendment GPA\n21-01A02 (2021-2029 Updated Housing Element) and determining the\naction to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under\nState CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).