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CALL AND NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
CLOSED SESSION AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING –VIDEO CONFERENCE 
AGOURA HILLS CITY COUNCIL 
Civic Center – City Manager’s Conference Room 
30001 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills, California  91301
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
 5:30 P.M. 

      Agenda CS 05-12-21 Cancellation Notice

        Zoom Meeting URL :  https://zoom.us/
                           Meeting ID:  830 0015 7329
          Meeting Passcode :  350872

NOTE: The Agoura Hills City Council and City staff will be participating in this meeting via remote video conferencing. In the interest of maintaining appropriate social distancing, members of the public may participate electronically by emailing their public comments or participating live (see section on “Public Participation” below).  

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and in response to Governor Newsom’s ongoing state of emergency declaration, and Agoura Hills Resolution No. 20-1926, Ratifying the Director of Emergency Services’ Proclamation of the Existence of a Local Emergency, adopted by the Agoura Hills City Council on March 17, 2020, to follow state guidelines on social distancing, all City meeting facilities are closed to the public and in-person attendance in the Council Chambers will not be permitted until further notice. 

WATCH THE MEETING:

This meeting is being conducted utilizing video conferencing and electronic means consistent with AB 361, regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting may be viewed live online beginning at 5:00 p.m. To access the live Zoom meeting from a PC, Mac, iPad, or Android device, use the above Zoom link (click on “Join a Meeting”), enter the Meeting ID (click on “Join”), and Meeting Passcode (click on “Join Meeting”). When attendees join the live Zoom meeting, they are automatically muted and only have the options to view and listen to the live meeting. To watch the live stream or archive of this meeting on YouTube, enter “Agoura Hills City Council” and click on the date of the meeting. To watch the live stream or archive of this meeting on the City’s website, go to agourahillscity.org and click on the “Watch Meetings Online” button. 

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (PUBLIC COMMENT)

Option 1:  To submit written public comments by email. 
The public has an opportunity to submit written public comments by email; any comments submitted via text or social media will not be accepted. To ensure the City Council has the opportunity to review and/or consider information prior to the live meeting, please identify the Agenda item number in the email subject line (e.g., Item No. 1) and submit your written public comments by email to comments@agourahillscity.org by 3:00 p.m. on the meeting date). Public comments provided via email will be distributed to the City Council prior to the City Council meeting and posted on the City’s website. Public comments are not read into the record. Please note: any public comments received after 3:00 p.m. on the meeting day will be forwarded, as a courtesy, to the City Council after the meeting and will not be considered as part of their deliberations. The public also has the opportunity to speak and provide public comment live at the meeting using Zoom. 
 
Option 2:  To provide public comment live at the meeting using Zoom (audio only). 
During the meeting, there will be an opportunity for the public to speak. Public testimony is limited to three (3) minutes per speaker; a speaker’s time may not be transferred to another speaker. To provide public comment live at the meeting, access the meeting remotely via Zoom (see link above). To request to speak during public comment, please click the “Raise Hand” button on the Zoom toolbar. Speaker must be present when called to speak; staff will announce the speaker’s name, as listed on Zoom, and unmute the microphone to speak (audio only). Prior to speaking, state first and last name and provide city of residence for the record. The microphone will be muted by staff when three (3) minutes have expired.  

CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

   Mayor Deborah Klein Lopez 
   Mayor Pro Tem Chris Anstead 
   Councilmember Illece Buckley Weber 
   Councilmember Linda L. Northrup 
   Councilmember Denis Weber 

PUBLIC COMMENTS

(As this is a Special Meeting, public comments are limited to items on this Agenda. Please refer to “Public Participation” above for full details on how to submit written public comments or speak under this category.)

CLOSED SESSION

The City Council will meet in Closed Session for the following purpose:

1.      Conference with Legal Counsel – Pending Litigation – Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)
 
          Name of Case: In re National Prescription Opioid Litigation, MDL No. 2804
                                            (Federal District Court N.D., Ohio)

2.     Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation – Government Code Section 54956.9  (Paragraph (1) of Subdivision (d)) 
 
          Case Name and No.: California Commercial Investment Group, Inc. v. City of Agoura Hills, et al.
                                                      Los Angeles County Superior Court, Case No.: 21STCP03485

ADJOURNMENT  

Copies of staff reports or other written documentation, relating to each item of business described in this Agenda, are posted to the City’s website at agourahillscity.org and are on file in the office of City Clerk Kimberly M. Rodrigues, Agoura Hills City Hall, 30001 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills, California, 91301.