18-0918_CC_Minutes_Regular Meeting-Closed SessionMINUTES
September 18, 2018
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
Mayor Farias called the September 18, 2018, Regular Closed Session Meeting of the
City Council to order at 4:00 p.m., in the City Council Chamber.
ROLL CALL
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Sergio Farias, Mayor Pro Tem
Brian L. Maryott, and Council Members Kerry K. Ferguson, Derek Reeve, and
Pam Patterson, Esq.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: None.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONSlCORRESPONDENCE/PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED
SESSION ITEMS:
• Public Comments: Tom Hribar, City resident.
CLOSED SESSION (610.85)
A Closed Session was held for the following purposes, as authorized by statute:
a. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a) & (d) (1), the City Council
conferred with legal counsel pertaining to existing litigation in the matter of Orange
County Coastkeeper vs. City of San Juan Capistrano, and Blenheim Facility
Management, LLC. United States District Court Case No. 8:17-cv-00956-JLS-
DFM.
b. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a) & (d) (1), the City Council
conferred with legal counsel pertaining to existing litigation in the matter of City of
Santa Ana vs. County of Orange, City of San Juan Capistrano, et al., Case No.
8:18-cv-001 555-DOC-JDE.
c. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a) & (d) (1), the City Council
conferred with legal counsel pertaining to existing litigation in the matter of
SPM -Fairfield, LLC v. City of San Juan Capistrano. OC Superior Court Case No.
30-2016-00878881-CU-TT-CXC.
d. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (4), the City Council conferred
with Legal Counsel to discuss initiation of litigation (2 cases).
e. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (a), (d)(2), the City Council
conferred with Legal Counsel to discuss anticipated litigation (2 items).
ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION ACTIONS: Jeffrey Ballinger, City Attorney,
announced for Closed Session Item C that the City Council voted 3-1-1, with Council
Member Patterson opposed and Council Member Ferguson abstained, to appeal the trial
court decision for the SPM -Fairfield, LLC v. City of San Juan Capistrano case.
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ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Reeve, Maryott and Mayor Farias
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Patterson
ABSTAINED:COUNCIL MEMBER: Ferguson
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business, Mayor Farias adjourned the meeting to the Regular
Meeting of Tuesday, September 18, 2018, at 5:00 p.m. for a public Business Session, in
the City Council Chamber.
Respectfully submitted,
CHRISTY JAKL,\Afi$ISTANf CITY CLERK
Approved: October 2, 2018
ATTEST:
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0 FARIAS, MAYOR
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