Laguna Niguel — 2024-05-07

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

3. Investment Report as of March 31, 2024\nRecommendation\nApprove as written or amended.

4. Adoption of Resolution No. 2024-1472, Reaffirming and Extending the\nExisting Proclamation of Local Emergency in Connection with the Recent\nEarth Movement Under La Paz Road\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2024-1472,\nreaffirming and extending the proclamation of local emergency in connection with\nthe recent earth movement under La Paz Road.

5. Update on the City’s Legislative Advocacy Efforts\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council receive and file this update on the City’s\nLegislative Advocacy Efforts.

6. Approval of Amendment No. 1 to Professional Services Agreement for On-\nCall Professional Services with EcoNomics, Inc. to Provide Solid Waste\nManagement Consulting\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement for On-\nCall Professional Services with EcoNomics, Inc. to provide solid waste\nmanagement consulting services for a total not-to-exceed amount of\n$121,852 to assist with implementing Senate Bill 1383;\n2. Authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 and future\namendments to the Professional Services Agreement for On-Call\nProfessional Services with EcoNomics, Inc., subject to the City Attorney\nmaking non-substantive changes.

7. Adoption of the Final Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual\nAction Plan for Fiscal Year 2024-2025\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Adopt the Final CDBG Annual Action Plan for Fiscal Year 2024-2025; and,\n2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreements and future\namendments of identified grant recipients, subject to the City Attorney\nmaking non-substantive changes.

8. Acceptance of a Quitclaim Deed from the County of Orange for an Access\nEasement for Long View Park Maintenance Purposes Over a Portion of Old\nRanch Road\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council approve Resolution 2024-1473, as follows:\n1. Accept the Quitclaim Deed from the County of Orange for the Access\nEasement for Long View Park Maintenance Purposes over a portion of Old\nRanch Road;\n2. Approve the recordation of the Quitclaim Deed;\n3. Direct the City Clerk to cause a certified copy of the Resolution and\nQuitclaim Deed to be recorded in the Official Records of the Orange County\nClerk-Recorder; and\n4. Authorize the City Manager to execute any other documents necessary for\nthe acceptance of the Quitclaim Deed and the recordation of the Resolution.\nPUBLIC HEARINGS

1. Review of the City’s Legislative Advocacy Platform\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council review the current Legislative Platform and\ndetermine if any changes are necessary.\nOTHER BUSINESS/COUNCIL REPORTS\n1. Council Reports

2. City Manager/Department Reports

1. A Public Hearing to Consider Zoning Code Amendment ZCA 24-01\nIntroducing an Ordinance Amending Various Sections of the Laguan Niguel\nMunicipal Code to Address Several State Housing and Land Use Mandates;\nand Determining the Action to be Exempt from the California Environmental\nQuality Act Under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3)\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council open the public hearing, take public\ntestimony, close the public testimony, and then take the following actions:\n1. Find that adoption of Zoning Code Amendment ZCA 24-01 is exempt from\nthe California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) because it is an\nadministrative activity that will not result in a direct or reasonably\nforeseeable indirect physical change to the environment and thus is not a\n“project” under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 (see State CEQA\nGuidelines, Section 15060(c)(2) and (3)). Alternatively, even if adoption of\nZCA 24-01 did qualify as a project under CEQA, find that it is exempt from\nCEQA pursuant to 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. Waive full reading, make any amendments to, and introduce Ordinance No.\n2024-228 by title:\nORDINANCE NO. 2024-228\nAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA NIGUEL,\nCALIFORNIA, ADOPTING ZONING CODE AMENDMENT ZCA 24-01\nAMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE LAGUNA NIGUEL\nMUNICIPAL CODE TO ADDRESS SEVERAL STATE HOUSING LAND\nUSE MANDATES; AND DETERMINING THE ACTION TO BE EXEMPT\nFROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT UNDER\nSTATE CEQA GUIDELINES SECTIONS 15060(C)(2), 15060(C)(3), AND\n15061(B)(3)\n3. Direct that the proposed ordinance, with any changes, be placed on the\nagenda for the May 21, 2024, City Council Meeting and adopt the ordinance\nat that meeting.

2. A Public Hearing to Consider Zoning Code Amendment ZCA 24-02\nIntroducing an Ordinance amending Sections 9-1-71, 9-1-74, and 9-1-77 to\nAdopt Criteria Allowing for the Placement of Seasonal Temporary Non-\nCommercial Signs in Designated Public Rights- of Way and Mandating Non-\nCommercial Content Neutrality Clause and Finding the Action to be Exempt\nfrom the California Environmental Quality Act Under State CEQA Guidelines\nSection 15061(b)(3)\nRecommendation\nOpen the public hearing, take public testimony, close the public hearing, and then\ntake the following actions:\n1. Find that adoption of Zoning Code Amendment ZCA 24-02 is exempt from\nCEQA because it is not a “project” and has no potential to result in a direct\nor reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change to the environment.\n(14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15378(a).) Further, ZCA 24-02 is exempt from CEQA\nas there is no possibility that ZCA 24-02 or its implementation would have\na significant negative effect on the environment because ZCA 24-02 merely\nextends the permissible locations for the placement of certain temporary\nsigns. (14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15061(b)(3).) There is no possibility that ZCA\n24-02 or its implementation would have a significant negative effect on the\nenvironment.\n2. Waive the full reading, make any amendments to, and introduce Ordinance\nNo. 2024-229 by title:\nORDINANCE NO. 2024-229\nAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA NIGUEL, CALIFORNIA,\nADOPTING ZONING CODE AMENDMENT 24-02 AMENDING THE\nLAGUNA NIGUEL SIGN ORDINANCE OF THE LAGUNA NIGUEL\nMUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT CRITERIA FOR PLACEMENT OF\nSEASONAL TEMPORARY NON-COMMERCIAL SIGNS IN PUBLIC\nRIGHTS-OF-WAY AND NON-COMMERCIAL NEUTRALITY CLAUSE\nAND DETERMINING THE ACTION TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE\nCALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT\n3. Direct that the proposed ordinance, with any changes, be placed on the\nagenda for the May 21, 2024, City Council Meeting and adopt the ordinance\nat that meeting.\nDISCUSSION ITEM