23-0307_CC_Minutes_Regular Meeitng1 3/7/2023
MINUTES
March 7, 2023
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
BUSINESS SESSION:
Mayor Hart called the Regular Meeting of March 7, 2023, of the City Council of the City
of San Juan Capistrano to order at 5:11 p.m. Mayor Pro Tem Farias led the Pledge of
Allegiance and Council Member Taylor led the invocation.
ROLL CALL:
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Howard Hart, Mayor Pro Tem Sergio Farias,
and Council Members Troy Bourne, John Taylor, and John Campbell.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: None.
Agenda items are presented in the originally agendized format for the benefit of the
minutes’ reader but were not necessarily heard in that order.
INTRODUCTIONS:
B1. COMMISSIONER INTRODUCTION: MAYOR PRO TEM FARIAS
INTRODUCED THE FOLLOWING: Anna Dickinson, Planning Commission and
Cultural Heritage Commission.
B2. FEBRUARY 1, 2023, THROUGH APRIL 30, 2023, PROCLAIMED AS
FIESTA DE LAS GOLONDRINAS
B3. EDWARD REISING PRESENTED WITH MAYOR’S AWARD FOR COURAGE
AND RESILIENCE
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:
• Joanne Marquez, City resident; and Frank Larkin, City resident.
PUBLIC HEARINGS: None.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Bourne, seconded by Council Member
Campbell, and carried unanimously to approve consent calendar items E1 through E7,
as recommended by staff.
E1. MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE BY TITLE ONLY, APPROVED.
E2. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES – SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) OF
FEBRUARY 21, 2023, APPROVED
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E3. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES – REGUALR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 21, 2023,
APPROVED
E4. CHECK REGISTERS FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 27, 2023, TO
FEBRUARY 9, 2023, RECEIVED AND FILED (300.30)
E5. DONATION FROM SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO ROTARY TO PURCHASE AND
PLANT A 24” BOX CALIFORNIA BAY LAUREL TREE AT FOUR OAKS PARK
TO COMMEMORATE EARTH DAY 2023, ACCEPTED; AND PROPOSED
ACTION FOUND CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) PER SECTION 15061(B)(3)
(150.10)
E6. CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZED TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDER NO. 2 TO
THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH BEAR ELECTRICAL SOLUTIONS
IN THE AMOUNT OF $51,810.19 FOR RELOCATION OF THE TRAFFIC
SIGNAL CONTROLLER CABINET AT DEL OBISPO STREET AND CAMINO
CAPISTRANO, FOR A TOTAL PROJECT CONSTRUCTION AMOUNT OF
$464,360.19; $48,310.19 APPROPRIATED FROM THE CAMINO
CAPISTRANO PAVEMENT REHABILITATION PROJECT (CIP 19102)
MEASURE M FUNDS; AND, PROPOSED ACTION FOUND CATEGORICALLY
EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA)
PER SECTION 15061(B)(3) (600.30)
E7. 2023 CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM,
ADOPTED; CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZED TO RESPOND TO LEGISLATIVE
PROPOSALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS POLICY GUIDELINES; AND
PROPOSED ACTION FOUND EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) PER SECTION 15061(B)(3)
(660.40)
ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
F1. PUBLIC WORKS
a. CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACT FOR THE NEW CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER AT THE COMMUNITY
CENTER PROJECT (CIP 22302) TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER,
NEUROTH CONSTRUCTION INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,747,227,
CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZED TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDERS FOR A
TOTAL CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY NOT TO EXCEED $415,000;
REJECT THE BID PROTEST FROM THE SECOND LOWEST BIDDER, IBUILD
SPECTRUM, INC.; $725,000 APPROPRIATED FROM THE GENERAL FUND
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING/CITY HALL PROJECT RESERVE AND $1,400,000
FROM GENERAL FUND RESERVES; AND PROPOSED ACTION FOUND
CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ACT (CEQA) PURSUANT TO STATE CEQA GUIDELINES, SECTION
15301: EXISTING FACILITIES (600.30)
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Matisse Reischl, Assistant to the City Manager, provided a PowerPoint
presentation and responded to questions. Benjamin Siegel, City Manager, and
Jeff Ballinger, City Attorney, responded to questions.
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Taylor, seconded by Council Member
Campbell, and carried unanimously to authorize the City Manager to execute a
Construction Contract for the new City Council Chamber at the Community
Center Project (CIP 22302) to the lowest responsible bidder, Neuroth
Construction Inc., in the amount of $2,747,227, and authorize the City Manager
to approve change orders for a total construction contingency not to exceed
$415,000; reject the bid protest from the second lowest bidder, iBuild Spectrum,
Inc.; appropriate $725,000 from the General Fund Supportive Housing/City Hall
Project Reserve and $1,400,000 from General Fund Reserves; and find that the
proposed action is categorically exempt from the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301: Existing
Facilities.
F2. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
a. RESOLUTION NO. 23-03-07-01 ADOPTED ENTITLED “A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO,
CALIFORNIA, INITIATING A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT STUDY (GPA 23-
001) INVOLVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CIRCULATION ELEMENT FOR
CONSISTENCY WITH SENATE BILL (SB) 743 AND FINDING SAID ACTION
STATUTORILY EXEMPT FROM CEQA PER STATE CEQA GUIDELINES
SECTION 15262” (440.25)
Joel Rojas, Development Sevices Director, provided a PowerPoint presentation
and responded to questions.
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Bourne, seconded by Council
Member Taylor, and carried unanimously to adopt RESOLUTION NO.
23-03-07-01 entitled “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, INITIATING A GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT STUDY (GPA 23-001) INVOLVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE
CIRCULATION ELEMENT FOR CONSISTENCY WITH SENATE BILL (SB) 743
AND FINDING SAID ACTION STATUTORILY EXEMPT FROM CEQA PER
STATE CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15262.”
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO HOUSING AUTHORITY (Refer to Housing Authority
Minutes)
SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (Refer to Successor Agency Minutes)
COUNCIL ACTION ITEMS: None.
CITY COUNCIL REPORTS: None.
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CITY MANAGER REPORT: Benjamin Siegel, City Manager, announced the upcoming
New City Hall and Supportive Housing Groundbreaking.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business Mayor Hart adjourned the meeting at
6:26 p.m. to Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. for an Executive Session, and
5:00 p.m. for the public Business Session, in the City Council Chamber at the Nydegger
Building – 31421 La Matanza Street.
Respectfully submitted,
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MARIA MORRIS, CITY CLERK
Approved: March 21, 2023
ATTEST:
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HOWARD HART, MAYOR