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Minutes May 1, 2002

Minutes May 1, 2002

 

CITY OF LAGUNA WOODS CALIFORNIA

CITY COUNCIL MINUTES

REGULAR MEETING

May 1, 2002

2:00 P.M.

 

 

  1. CALL TO ORDER

 

Mayor McLaughlin called the Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Laguna Woods to order at 2:00 p.m. She reported that Assistant City Manager Reilly was involved in a car accident on Monday, April 29, 2002. It is expected he will be out for several weeks. Council wished him well.

 

  1. FLAG SALUTE

 

Councilmember Bouer led the Flag salute.

 

III.       ROLL CALL

 

COUNCILMEMBERS            PRESENT:       Bouer, Ring, Ross, Hack, McLaughlin

ABSENT:        None

 

STAFF PRESENT:                  City Manager Keane; Deputy City Attorney Wohlenberg, City Clerk Condon

 

  1. PRESENTATIONS

 

None.

 

  1. CITY PROCLAMATIONS

 

Moved by Councilmember Ring, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Hack and carried unanimously to adopt Proclamations 5.1 – 5.2

 

5.1       Proclamation – National Arthritis Awareness Month – May

5.2       Proclamation – Rededication of Leisure World Globe.

 VI.       CONSENT CALENDAR

Moved by Councilmember Ring, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Hack, and carried unanimously to approve Consent Calendar item 6.1.

 

6.1       Denied the claim against the City of Laguna Woods by Robert Koeblitz in the amount of $18.95.

 

  1. PUBLIC HEARINGS

 

None

 

VII.     COUNCIL BUSINESS

 

None

 

  1. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT

 

City Manager Keane requested that Item 9.2 General Plan be considered prior to the Taxi Cab Voucher Contract. Council concurred.

 

 

City Manager Keane discussed the General Plan process and answered questions from Council.

 

Paul Ireland from Hogle-Ireland distributed a report on revising the Goals, Policies, and Implementation Measures of Draft General Plan Land Use Element and discussed the proposed changes. A property owner – the Golden Rain Foundation – is suggesting that approximately 90 acres of their undeveloped and underdeveloped land be designated as Urban Activity Center (mixed use). This type of land use would require additional definition at the Zoning Code stage and will require both specific plans and site plans prior to actual construction or reconstruction.

 

The City Manager advised that staff is concerned that the Urban Activity Center designation is not sufficient to meet the City’s housing element requirements; GRF has tentatively agreed to a designation of residential on 3.3 acres of its property. She also noted that was the proposed General Plan policies were intended to give Council the ability to approve or deny specific projects within an Urban Activity Center partially based on their fiscal impact on the City.

 

Kevin Canning spoke on behalf of the Golden Rain Foundation (GRF) and thanked Council for the additional time to work out the issues. He also thanked staff for meeting with them. He noted that a basic agreement has been reached between GRF and City staff, but that work was still needed to finalize issues raised by both sides.

 

Moved by Mayor Pro Tem Hack, seconded by Councilmember Bouer and carried unanimously to agree – in concept – that a land use designation of Urban Activity Center be incorporated in the General Plan.

 

 

City Manager Keane reported on the recent bidding process for taxicab vouchers. The City received three bids and is recommended award of a contract to the lowest bidder.

 

Moved by Mayor Pro Tem Hack, seconded by Councilmember Ring and carried unanimously to approve the following:

 

  1. Authorized the City Manager to execute an agreement with Fiesta Taxi, Inc. and Administrative Services Co-op, Inc. to provide transportation services under the City’s pilot Taxi Voucher program; and

 

  1. Approved use of Senior Mobility Program funds to buy down the cost of taxi vouchers by 50% off the face value for residents who either:

 

 

 

City Manager Keane reported that revenues of approximately $5.3M are anticipated in the General Fund next fiscal with base budget expenditures of $4.2M. This is a reduction of $500,000 from current year. She provided further explanation of the proposed $4.2M expenditures. City Manager Keane reported approximately $114T was available for new Council programs or a contribution to the unbudgeted fund balance. She advised that she was not proposing to increase staff at this time, but would like to consider additional planning and finance assistance at mid-year. Mayor Pro Tem Hack asked that the consultant planner working in city hall be converted to a city position; there was general consensus to proceed with this modification.

 

  1. CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORT

 

Deputy City Attorney Wohlenberg reported that there was no City Attorney’s report.

 XII.     PUBLIC COMMENTS

Kay Kearney from Doctor’s Ambulance described the new services available to the City and distributed a handout.

 

XIII.    CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

Councilmember Bouer congratulated staff involved in the City Hall project.

 

Councilmember Ross discussed the Exercise Challenge and all the hard work of the volunteers.

 

Councilmember Bouer discussed the Laguna Laurel project that was dedicated last Saturday.

 

Mayor Pro Tem Hack discussed the new City Hall Council Chambers.

 

Mayor McLaughlin reported that Bob Miller, who was in charge of the Globe Relocation, arrived after the reading of the Proclamation and would be provided with the Proclamation.

 

XIV.    CLOSED SESSION

 

There were no items for closed session.

 

XIV.    ADJOURNMENT

 

The meeting was adjourned at 3:05 p.m. to the Regular Meeting of the City Council at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 15, 2002 at Laguna Woods City Hall, 24264 El Toro Road, Laguna Woods, California

 

 

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SUSAN M. CONDON, City Clerk

 

 

Adopted May 15, 2002

 

 

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JAN MC LAUGHLIN, Mayor