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- Date: 05/22/2024 6:00 PM
- Location: City Hall - Council Chambers
30001 Ladyface Court
Agoura Hills, California 91301
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AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE
AGOURA HILLS CITY COUNCIL
Civic Center – Council Chambers
30001 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills, California 91301
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
6:00 p.m.
Agenda CC 05-22-2024
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” (this will include the Improvement Authority meeting) 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 comment 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 email correspondence on any item listed on the Agenda by sending an email to: comments@agourahillscity.org. All public correspondence received by 4:00 p.m. on the meeting date will be provided to the City Council or Improvement Authority prior to the meeting. Public comments are not read into the record. Any written public comments received after 4:00 p.m. on the meeting day will not be considered as part of the City Council or Improvement Authority’s deliberations or entered into the official record. Members also have the option to attend the meeting and submit their written comments or speak in-person.
CALL TO ORDER
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Girl Scout Troop 3616
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
Business of the Month – Presentation to Serious Cycling
INTERGOVERNMENTAL, SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMITTEE, & DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
Pure Water Project Update – Las Virgenes Municipal Water District
Las Virgenes/Malibu Council of Governments Update
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Advisory Committee Update
(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 submit written public comments or speak 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 submit written public comments or speak under this category.)
1. Approve Minutes of the Special City Council Goal Setting Workshop of May 8, 2024
STAFF REFERENCE: CITY CLERK RODRIGUES
Item 01 Minutes 050824 Goal Setting
2. Approve Demand Warrant Register No. 912
STAFF REFERENCE: DIRECTOR OF FINANCE IBAÑEZ
Item 02 052224
3. Approve Award of Contract for Ladyface Greenway Project; NIB 24-02B and Request to Approve Memorandum of Agreement with
Las Virgenes Municipal Water District and Agreements with Southern California Edison Company for Undergrounding of Facilities
STAFF REFERENCE: DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER FORTE
Item 03 052224
4. Approve First Amendment to Agreement for Contractor Services, with Solid Waste Solutions, Inc., for Film Permitting Services
STAFF REFERENCES: ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST TREICHLER
DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CELAYA
Item 04 052224
5. Approve Agreement for Contractor Services, with Executive Facilities Services, Inc., for Custodial Services
STAFF REFERENCES: ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST TREICHLER
DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CELAYA
Item 05 052224
6. Approve Authorization for the Mayor to Sign on to the City and County Official Letter of Support for AB 2236 (Bauer-Kahan)
and SB 1053 (Blakespear); Two Bills that would Eliminate the Existing Exemption of Plastic Film Bags and Require Grocery and
Certain Retail Stores to No Longer Provide Plastic Film Bags to their Customers
STAFF REFERENCE: ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ADEVA
Item 06 052224
7. Adopt Ordinance No. 23-472; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AGOURA HILLS, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE IX (ZONING) OF THE AGOURA HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE:
1) DIVISION 5 (SIGN REGULATIONS) IN CHAPTER 6 (REGULATORY PROVISIONS); 2) SECTION 9676.2 (APPLICATION
PROCEDURES) AND SECTION 9676.7 (VARIANCE OR MODIFICATION RELATING TO USES AMORTIZED PURSUANT
TO THIS CODE) FOR VARIANCES AND MODIFICATIONS IN CHAPTER 6 (REGULATORY PROVISIONS); AND
3) SECTION 9804.2 (PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING) AND SECTION 9804.3 (ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
PUBLIC HEARINGS) IN CHAPTER 8 (ADMINISTRATION) AND MAKING A DETERMINATION OF EXEMPTION UNDER
THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
STAFF REFERENCES: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR THOMAS
PRINCIPAL PLANNER NESOVIC
Item 07 052224
CONTINUATION - PUBLIC HEARING / APPEAL
(This section is reserved for persons wishing to address items listed under Public Hearing / Appeal. As this Public Hearing will be continued, it is recommended all public testimony be withheld until the Regular City Council Meeting of July 10, 2024)
8. Continuation of a De Novo Public Hearing to July 10, 2024, to Consider an Appeal of the Planning Commission’s Denial of
Conditional Use Permit Number CUP-2023-0026, a Request for a Type-47 Alcohol License to Allow the Sale of Distilled Spirits,
Wine, and Beer, and to Revise the Existing Restaurant’s Hours of Operation
STAFF REFERENCES: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR THOMAS
PRINCIPAL PLANNER NESOVIC
Item 08 052224
CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING
(This section is reserved for persons wishing to address items listed under Continued Public Hearing. 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.)
9. Conduct a Continued Public Hearing to Consider the Adoption of Resolution No. 24-2063; ADOPTING THE FINAL INITIAL
STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT (CASE NO. GPA 2024-0006)
AND SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT (CASE NO. SPA 2024-0004) (STATE CLEARINGHOUSE NUMBER 202212041), AND
ADOPTING AN AMENDED AND RESTATED MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM, Resolution No. 24-2064;
APPROVING A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT (CASE NO. GPA 2024-0006), AMENDING CHAPTER 3: INFRASTRUCTURE
AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND AMENDING GENERAL PLAN TYPICAL ROADWAY CLASSIFICATION CROSS-SECTION EXHIBIT
(FIGURE M-2), and Resolution No. 24-2065; APPROVING AN AMENDED AND RESTATED AGOURA VILLAGE SPECIFIC PLAN
(CASE NO. SPA 2024-0004) (Continued from May 8, 2024)
STAFF REFERENCE: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR THOMAS
Item 09 Errata Memo 052224
Item 09 052224_Part1
Item 09 052224_Part2
Item 09 052224_Part3
Item 09 052224_Part4
Item 09 052224_Part5
Item 09 052224_Part6
Item 09 052224_Part7
Item 09 052224_Part8
Item 09 052224_Part9
Item 09 052224_Part10
Item 09 052224_Part11
Item 09 052224_Part12
Item 09 052224_Part13
Item 09 052224_Part14
Item 09 052224_Part15
Item 09 052224_Part16
DISCUSSION
(This section is reserved for persons wishing to address items listed under Discussion. 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.)
10. Discussion to Consider Presentation of Additional Build Alternatives and Progress Updates for the Kanan Corridor Project
and Provide Feedback
STAFF REFERENCE: DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER FORTE
Item 10 052224
CITY COUNCIL, STAFF COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular City Council Meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m., on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center. The Civic Center is located at 30001 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills, California.
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 the City staff in assuring that reasonable arrangements can be made to provide accessibility to the meeting or service.
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, May 22, 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-10am; T-3pm; W-10am; Th-7pm; F-10am; S-3pm; and Su-7pm.
REGULAR MEETING OF THE
AGOURA HILLS CITY COUNCIL
Civic Center – Council Chambers
30001 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills, California 91301
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
6:00 p.m.
Agenda CC 05-22-2024
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” (this will include the Improvement Authority meeting) 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 comment 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 email correspondence on any item listed on the Agenda by sending an email to: comments@agourahillscity.org. All public correspondence received by 4:00 p.m. on the meeting date will be provided to the City Council or Improvement Authority prior to the meeting. Public comments are not read into the record. Any written public comments received after 4:00 p.m. on the meeting day will not be considered as part of the City Council or Improvement Authority’s deliberations or entered into the official record. Members also have the option to attend the meeting and submit their written comments or speak in-person.
CALL TO ORDER
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Girl Scout Troop 3616
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
Business of the Month – Presentation to Serious Cycling
INTERGOVERNMENTAL, SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMITTEE, & DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
Pure Water Project Update – Las Virgenes Municipal Water District
Las Virgenes/Malibu Council of Governments Update
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Advisory Committee Update
(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 submit written public comments or speak 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 submit written public comments or speak under this category.)
1. Approve Minutes of the Special City Council Goal Setting Workshop of May 8, 2024
STAFF REFERENCE: CITY CLERK RODRIGUES
Item 01 Minutes 050824 Goal Setting
2. Approve Demand Warrant Register No. 912
STAFF REFERENCE: DIRECTOR OF FINANCE IBAÑEZ
Item 02 052224
3. Approve Award of Contract for Ladyface Greenway Project; NIB 24-02B and Request to Approve Memorandum of Agreement with
Las Virgenes Municipal Water District and Agreements with Southern California Edison Company for Undergrounding of Facilities
STAFF REFERENCE: DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER FORTE
Item 03 052224
4. Approve First Amendment to Agreement for Contractor Services, with Solid Waste Solutions, Inc., for Film Permitting Services
STAFF REFERENCES: ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST TREICHLER
DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CELAYA
Item 04 052224
5. Approve Agreement for Contractor Services, with Executive Facilities Services, Inc., for Custodial Services
STAFF REFERENCES: ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST TREICHLER
DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CELAYA
Item 05 052224
6. Approve Authorization for the Mayor to Sign on to the City and County Official Letter of Support for AB 2236 (Bauer-Kahan)
and SB 1053 (Blakespear); Two Bills that would Eliminate the Existing Exemption of Plastic Film Bags and Require Grocery and
Certain Retail Stores to No Longer Provide Plastic Film Bags to their Customers
STAFF REFERENCE: ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ADEVA
Item 06 052224
7. Adopt Ordinance No. 23-472; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AGOURA HILLS, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE IX (ZONING) OF THE AGOURA HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE:
1) DIVISION 5 (SIGN REGULATIONS) IN CHAPTER 6 (REGULATORY PROVISIONS); 2) SECTION 9676.2 (APPLICATION
PROCEDURES) AND SECTION 9676.7 (VARIANCE OR MODIFICATION RELATING TO USES AMORTIZED PURSUANT
TO THIS CODE) FOR VARIANCES AND MODIFICATIONS IN CHAPTER 6 (REGULATORY PROVISIONS); AND
3) SECTION 9804.2 (PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING) AND SECTION 9804.3 (ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
PUBLIC HEARINGS) IN CHAPTER 8 (ADMINISTRATION) AND MAKING A DETERMINATION OF EXEMPTION UNDER
THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
STAFF REFERENCES: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR THOMAS
PRINCIPAL PLANNER NESOVIC
Item 07 052224
CONTINUATION - PUBLIC HEARING / APPEAL
(This section is reserved for persons wishing to address items listed under Public Hearing / Appeal. As this Public Hearing will be continued, it is recommended all public testimony be withheld until the Regular City Council Meeting of July 10, 2024)
8. Continuation of a De Novo Public Hearing to July 10, 2024, to Consider an Appeal of the Planning Commission’s Denial of
Conditional Use Permit Number CUP-2023-0026, a Request for a Type-47 Alcohol License to Allow the Sale of Distilled Spirits,
Wine, and Beer, and to Revise the Existing Restaurant’s Hours of Operation
STAFF REFERENCES: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR THOMAS
PRINCIPAL PLANNER NESOVIC
Item 08 052224
CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING
(This section is reserved for persons wishing to address items listed under Continued Public Hearing. 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.)
9. Conduct a Continued Public Hearing to Consider the Adoption of Resolution No. 24-2063; ADOPTING THE FINAL INITIAL
STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT (CASE NO. GPA 2024-0006)
AND SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT (CASE NO. SPA 2024-0004) (STATE CLEARINGHOUSE NUMBER 202212041), AND
ADOPTING AN AMENDED AND RESTATED MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM, Resolution No. 24-2064;
APPROVING A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT (CASE NO. GPA 2024-0006), AMENDING CHAPTER 3: INFRASTRUCTURE
AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND AMENDING GENERAL PLAN TYPICAL ROADWAY CLASSIFICATION CROSS-SECTION EXHIBIT
(FIGURE M-2), and Resolution No. 24-2065; APPROVING AN AMENDED AND RESTATED AGOURA VILLAGE SPECIFIC PLAN
(CASE NO. SPA 2024-0004) (Continued from May 8, 2024)
STAFF REFERENCE: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR THOMAS
Item 09 Errata Memo 052224
Item 09 052224_Part1
Item 09 052224_Part2
Item 09 052224_Part3
Item 09 052224_Part4
Item 09 052224_Part5
Item 09 052224_Part6
Item 09 052224_Part7
Item 09 052224_Part8
Item 09 052224_Part9
Item 09 052224_Part10
Item 09 052224_Part11
Item 09 052224_Part12
Item 09 052224_Part13
Item 09 052224_Part14
Item 09 052224_Part15
Item 09 052224_Part16
DISCUSSION
(This section is reserved for persons wishing to address items listed under Discussion. 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.)
10. Discussion to Consider Presentation of Additional Build Alternatives and Progress Updates for the Kanan Corridor Project
and Provide Feedback
STAFF REFERENCE: DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER FORTE
Item 10 052224
CITY COUNCIL, STAFF COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular City Council Meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m., on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center. The Civic Center is located at 30001 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills, California.
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 the City staff in assuring that reasonable arrangements can be made to provide accessibility to the meeting or service.
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, May 22, 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-10am; T-3pm; W-10am; Th-7pm; F-10am; S-3pm; and Su-7pm.
Agenda:Agenda CC 05-22-2024
Minutes:Item 02 Minutes 052224
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