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MINUTES
June 20, 2023
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETING
Mayor Hart called the June 20, 2023, Special Executive Session meeting of the
City Council to order at 4:00 p.m., in the City Council Chamber.
ROLL CALL
COUNCIL MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Mayor Howard Hart, Mayor Pro Tem Sergio
Farias, and Council Members John Taylor, and John Campbell.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Council Member Troy Bourne.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/CORRESPONDENCE/PUBLIC COMMENT ON EXECUTIVE
SESSION ITEMS: None.
EXECUTIVE SESSION (610.85)
An Executive Session was held for the following purposes, as authorized by statute:
a.Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8, the City Council met with
its Real Property Negotiators (Benjamin Siegel, City Manager; and
Jeffrey Ballinger, City Attorney) pertaining to the price and terms of
payment for lease of certain real property described as the Rancho Mission
Viejo Riding Park at San Juan Capistrano generally located at the
southwest corner of Ortega Highway and Avenida La Pata and addressed
as 30753 Avenida La Pata. The property owner is the City of San Juan
Capistrano. Negotiating party: Action Sports Management Group, LLC dba
The Ridland Group.
b.Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (a), (d)(2), the
City Council conferred with Legal Counsel to discuss anticipated litigation –
significant exposure to litigation (1 item).
c. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (d (4), the City Council
conferred with Legal Counsel to discuss initiation of litigation (1 item).
ANNOUNCEMENT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION ACTIONS: None.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business, Mayor Hart adjourned the meeting to Tuesday,
June 20, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. for a Public Business Session, in the City Council Chamber
at the Nydegger Building – 31421 La Matanza Street.
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Respectfully submitted,
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MARIA MORRIS, CITY CLERK
Approved: August 1, 2023
ATTEST:
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HOWARD HART, MAYOR
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
CITY COUNCIL
The City of San Juan Capistrano, California, hereby gives notice that a Special Meeting
(Executive Session) of the City of San Juan Capistrano City Council will be held on
Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at the Nydegger
Building, 31421 La Matanza Street, San Juan Capistrano, California.
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Maria Morris, City Clerk
Date: June 14, 2023
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I hereby certify that a copy of the Notice of a Special Meeting (Executive Session) of the
City of San Juan Capistrano City Council will be held on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at
4:00 p.m., was mailed, emailed and/or sent via fax transmittal, or personally delivered
not less than twenty-four hours before the meeting.
Howard Hart, Mayor
Sergio Farias, Mayor Pro Tem
Troy Bourne, Council Member
John Campbell, Council Member
John Taylor, Council Member
The Register
Capistrano Valley News
Capistrano Dispatch
Los Angeles Times
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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Maria Morris, City Clerk
City of San Juan Capistrano
Date: June 14, 2023