AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING 
AGOURA HILLS CITY COUNCIL 
Civic Center – Council Chambers 
30001 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills, California 91301
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
6:00 p.m.

   Agenda CC 11-13-2024

Please silence all cell phones and other electronic devices during the meeting.

ATTEND OR WATCH THE MEETING

For in-person attendance, Council Chamber doors will open to the public at 5:30 p.m. 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 A: To provide public comments in-person in the Council Chambers 

Members of the public have an opportunity to attend the meeting in-person in the Council Chambers and speak or submit a written comment on any item listed on the Agenda. If you wish to speak, complete a Speaker’s Card for each item and submit to the City Clerk prior to the public comment portion of the item. Public testimony is limited to three (3) minutes per speaker; a speaker’s time may not be transferred to another speaker. Written public comments submitted at the meeting are not read aloud by the City Clerk. 

Option B:  To submit written public comments prior to the meeting

Members of the public have an opportunity to submit written correspondence on any item listed on the Agenda. To ensure the City Council has the opportunity to review and/or consider information prior to the meeting, please identify the Agenda item number or topic in the email subject line and submit written public comments to: comments@agourahillscity.org on or before 4:00 p.m. on the meeting date. Public comments are not read into the record by the City Clerk. Please note: any public comments received after the deadline may not be considered as part of the City Council’s deliberations nor entered into the official record. However, members of the public may participate by attending the meeting to submit or make their comments in-person. 

CALL TO ORDER   

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE    Girl Scout Troop 66 

ROLL CALL

   Mayor Illece Buckley Weber 
   Mayor Pro Tem Penny Sylvester
   Councilmember Chris Anstead 
   Councilmember Deborah Klein Lopez
   Councilmember Jeremy Wolf 

REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION

APPROVAL OF AGENDA  

PRESENTATIONS

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

   Special Presentation to (Retiring) Mayor Illece Buckley Weber

INTERGOVERNMENTAL, SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMITTEE, & DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS 

   (City Council and Staff)

PUBLIC COMMENTS

(This section is reserved for persons wishing to address items not listed on the Agenda that are under the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council. Please refer to “Public Participation” above for full details on how to speak or submit written public comments under this category.)

CONSENT CALENDAR

(Items on the Consent Calendar may be approved by a single motion and vote. Unless pulled by the City Council, there will be no separate discussion of these items. This section is reserved for persons wishing to address items on the Consent Calendar. Please refer to “Public Participation” above for full details on how to speak or submit written public comments under this category.)

1.  Approve Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of October 23, 2024

      STAFF REFERENCE: CITY CLERK RODRIGUES

      Item 01 Minutes 102324

2.  Approve Demand Warrant Register No. 922

      STAFF REFERENCE: DIRECTOR OF FINANCE IBAÑEZ

      Item 02 111324
  
3.   Approve Treasurer’s Report for August 2024

       STAFF REFERENCE: DIRECTOR OF FINANCE IBAÑEZ    

       Item 03 111324
          
4.    Approve Purchase and Sale Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions (Re Los Angeles County Assessor’s Parcel No. 2051-005-002), with The Kanan Group, LLC, for the Voluntary Acquisition of a 113 Square Foot Permanent Drainage Easement and Right of Entry and Access Agreement 

        STAFF REFERENCE: PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR/CITY ENGINEER FORTE

        Item 04 111324

5.    Approve Annual Compliance Report for the Transportation Impact Fees Fund Covering Fiscal Year 2023-24

        STAFF REFERENCE: PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR/CITY ENGINEER FORTE

         Item 05 111324

CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING / APPEAL

(This section is reserved for persons wishing to address items listed under Continued Public Hearing / Appeal. The Applicant/Appellant will be given 15 minutes to present their position to the City Council and five (5) minutes for rebuttal time. All other public testimony is limited to three (3) minutes. Please refer to “Public Participation” above for full details on how to submit written public comments or speak under this category. After the rebuttal, the Mayor will close the Public Hearing and the City Council will deliberate the matter. Except in rare instances where the City Council may have a question of someone in the audience, this discussion is only among the City Council and City Staff. No further public comments are permitted.)

6.   Conduct a Continued Public Hearing to Consider the Agoura Hills Planning Commission’s Denial of Conditional Use Permit Case No. CUP-01533-2018 and Oak Tree Permit Case No. OAK-01534-2018 for 28340 Balkins Drive (AIN 2055-021-044), a Request to Construct a 4,180 Square-Foot, Two-Story, Single-Family Residence and a 730 Square-Foot Attached Garage (Arvind Aurora, Applicant/Appellant) Continued from October 23, 2024

        STAFF REFERENCES: PRINCIPAL PLANNER NESOVIC
                                                          ASSOCIATE PLANNER GARCIA  

         Item 06 111324

ORDINANCE / ACTION

(This section is reserved for persons wishing to address items listed under Ordinance / Action. Public comments will be limited to closing and pulling the item off calendar. Please refer to “Public Participation” above for full details on how to submit written public comments or speak under this category.)

7.   Waive Full Reading and Introduce Ordinance No. 24-477; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AGOURA HILLS, CALIFORNIA ADDING A NEW PART 10 (REUSABLE FOODWARE REGULATIONS) TO CHAPTER 3 (SOLID WASTE) OF ARTICLE V (SANITATION AND HEALTH) OF THE AGOURA HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE, REQUIRING ALL FOOD FACILITY VENDORS TO USE REUSABLE FOODWARE FOR DINE-IN OPERATIONS AND COMPLIANT COMPOSTABLE FOODWARE FOR TAKE-OUT SERVICES, AND FINDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) PURSUANT TO CEQA GUIDELINES SECTIONS 15307, 15308, AND 15061(B)(3)

         STAFF REFERENCES: DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CELAYA
                                                           MANAGEMENT ANALYST VICTORIA

        Item 07 111324

DISCUSSION / ACTION

(This section is reserved for persons wishing to address items listed under Discussion / Action. Please refer to “Public Participation” above for full details on how to submit written public comments or speak under this category.)

8.   Discussion of the Waterway Naturalization Feasibility Study

       STAFF REFERENCE: PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR/CITY ENGINEER FORTE

        Item 08 111324
        Item 11 102324  Staff Report from October 23, 2024

CITY COUNCIL, STAFF COMMENTS

ADJOURNMENT

The Regular Meeting of the City Council for November 27, 2024, has been canceled. The City Council Reorganization and Regular Meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m., on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center. Prior to the meeting, a light reception will be held in the Community Room at 5:00 p.m.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in a City Council meeting or other services offered by the City of Agoura Hills, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (818) 597-7300. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting or time when services are needed will assist City staff in assuring that reasonable arrangements can be made to provide accessibility to the meeting.

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. 

The telecast of the Wednesday, November 13, 2024, Regular City Council Meeting will be shown on Channel 10 for Time Warner Cable subscribers, Channel 3 for Charter subscribers, and Channel 99 for AT&T U-Verse subscribers, at a later date, and run daily until the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting. The broadcast schedule is as follows: M-10a m; T-3pm; W-10am; Th-7pm; F-10am; S-3pm; and Su-7pm.