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MINUTES
February 20, 2024
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
BUSINESS SESSION:
Mayor Farias called the Regular meeting of February 20, 2024, of the City Council of
the City of San Juan Capistrano to order at 5:10 p.m. Mayor Pro Tem Bourne led the
Pledge of Allegiance and Council Member Taylor gave the invocation.
ROLL CALL:
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Sergio Farias, Mayor Pro Tem Troy Bourne,
and Council Members John Taylor, and John Campbell.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Howard Hart.
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 BOURNE
INTRODUCED: Anna Dickinson, Cultural Heritage Commission.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:
Robert Bruch, City resident; and Tom Hribar, City resident.
PUBLIC HEARINGS: None.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Taylor, seconded by Council Member
Campbell, and carried 4-0 with Council Member Hart absent to approve consent
calendar items E1 through E6.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Taylor, Campbell, Bourne, and Mayor Farias
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER: Hart
E1. MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE BY TITLE ONLY, APPROVED.
E2. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES – REGULAR MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) OF
FEBRUARY 6, 2023, APPROVED
E3. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES – REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 6, 2023,
APPROVED
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E4. CHECK REGISTERS FOR THE PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 22, 2023,
THROUGH JANUARY 11, 2024, RECEIVED AND FILED (300.30)
E5. CASH AND INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE MONTH ENDED
NOVEMBER 30, 2023, RECEIVED AND FILED (330.50)
E6. NEW DEVELOPMENT STATUS REPORT, RECEIVED AND FILED (440.10)
ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
F1a. INITIATION OF GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT (GPA) 24-001 AND CODE
AMENDMENT (CA) 24-003 TO ALLOW FOR SCHOOL USES ON FOUR
PARCELS LOCATED AT 31726, 31734, 31736, AND 31654 RANCHO VIEJO
ROAD (APNS 666-261-04, 666-261-04, 666-261-12 AND A PORTION OF 666-
261-14 (APPLICANT: ST. MARGARET’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL) – ITEM
MOVED TO THE MARCH 19, 2024, MEETING
Public Correspondence: Tom Hribar, City resident.
F2a. RESOLUTION NO. 24-02-20-01 ADOPTED ENTITLED “A RESOLUTION OF
INTENTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO TO ABANDON AND SELL A PORTION OF CITY-OWNED PARK
LAND LOCATED AT 28432 CALLE ARROYO PURSUANT TO THE MUNICIPAL
PARK ABANDONMENT LAW OF 1939 (GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS
38501 ET SEQ.);” AND RECOMMENDED ACTION FOUND EXEMPT FROM
THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) PER SECTION
15061(b)(3) (670.70)
Public Correspondence: Kathy Holmes, City resident.
Matisse Reischl, Assistant City Manager, provided a PowerPoint presentation
and responded to questions.
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Campbell, seconded by Council
Member Taylor, and carried 4-0 with Council Member Hart absent to adopt
RESOLUTION NO. 24-02-20-01 entitled “A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO TO
ABANDON AND SELL A PORTION OF CITY-OWNED PARK LAND LOCATED
AT 28432 CALLE ARROYO PURSUANT TO THE MUNICIPAL PARK
ABANDONMENT LAW OF 1939 (GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 38501 ET
SEQ.);” and find the recommended action exempt from the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per Section 15061(b)(3).
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Taylor, Campbell, Bourne, and Mayor Farias
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER: Hart
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SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (Refer to Successor Agency Minutes)
COUNCIL ACTION ITEMS: None.
CITY COUNCIL REPORTS: None.
CITY MANAGER REPORT: None.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business Mayor Farias adjourned the meeting at
5:29 p.m. to Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 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 12, 2024
ATTEST:
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SERGIO FARIAS, MAYOR