>> I'm going to get started here in a
minute.
good evening, it is june 9, 2026.
I would like to call
to order the mission viejo city
council, the community development
financing authority, the successor
agency of the community development
agency, the housing authority and library
board of trustees.
I'll call roll, council member kelley?
>> here.
>> council member ruesch?
>> here.
>> council member vasquez.
I'm sure she'll be here soon.
mayor pro tem goodell?
>> present.
>> and I'm here.
we have a question for our city
attorney, are there any closed -- are
there any items for closed session?
>> yes, we have one item for closed
session, that is conference with legal
counsel, existing litigation,
paragraph 1 of subdivision d of
section 54956.9, janice kronik gath et
al. V. Mission viejo with the
case number listed on the agenda.
>> thank you, alright, we'll go ahead
and -- council member vasquez has
joined us, let the record reflect.
at this point we will adjourn to
closed session.
(meeting adjourned to closed
session).
>> we're going to get started in just
a minute or two, a matter of
seconds actually.
good evening, it is june 9, 2026, and
I would like to call to order the
meeting of the mission viejo city
council, the community development
financing authority, the successor agency
of the community development
agency, the housing authority and the
library board of trustees.
I see we have all of our council
members in attendance.
mr. City attorney, I would ask you if
you have any items to report out of
closed session?
>> thank you, madam mayor, the city
council met on one item this evening
in closed session as listed on the
agenda, that is the conference with
legal counsel, existing litigation,
one case, that's janice kronik gath
v. City of mission viejo, case
30-2024-01376969-cu-mc-cjc.
the council took no reportable action
and that concludes our closed session
report.
>> thank you.
>> would you like me to repeat that.
>> please repeat.
>> thank you.
>> the city council met on one item on
closed session, that is the janice
kronik gath matter versus mission
viejo, while in closed session, all
members of the city council were
present in closed session, however the
city council took no reportable action
while in closed session.
and that concludes the closed session
report.
>> [inaudible].
>> that is the announcement.
>> okay, next up we're going to have
the invocation which is going to be
shared by council member vasquez, and
then the pledge of allegiance, I will
be doing the pledge.
thank you.
>> we gather today as neighbors,
different in background, belief and
experience, yet united by this
community we share.
may we approach this work with open
minds and compassionate hearts, honoring
the dignity of every person in this
room and every person this council
serves.
our differences make us stronger, let
that be our guide today, let us
begin.
thank you.
>> thank you, if you would all join me
in honoring as we come upon the 250th
birthday of our nation, please join me
in honoring our flag.
ready, begin.
>> I pledge allegiance to the flag of
the united states of america and to
the republic for which it stands one
nation under god, indivisible, with
liberty and justice for all.
>> thank you, all.
okay, next up, we are going to have
some presentations.
and I do have a person that wants to
speak on agenda item number 1 which is
the presentation number 1.
do we need to do that prior to the
presentations, madam clerk?
>> [inaudible]
>> okay.
we'll go ahead and take the speaker
now and that is for the item number
p1, it's mr. Michael roche.
>> michael, longtime mission viejo
resident, when I saw that you were
going to be honoring the shirt cannery
tonight, I wanted to -- I had this
shirt ordered for them 12 years ago
when I retired from the postal service.
as you can see, it says [inaudible] I
not did dead which I thought was
appropriate for a retirement
property.
as you can see, it's in pretty good
shape, me, not so much.
I wanted to thank them and thank you
for letting me speak.
>> thank you.
>> [applause].
>> okay, I'm going to go down to the
podium and we'll do our presentations.
okay.
I would like to ask julie marshall to come
to the podium, please.
okay, julie.
this is a big deal.
so, we're doing proclamations this
year and one of the things that's
really special about your business is
that you're one of our oldest
businesses and you have been a part of
the city for 50 years.
was that the actual start of your
business or did you start your
business before you had that physical
location?
>> no, 50 years.
>> 50 years, I wanted to make sure.
this is a family business and one of
the things we're doing is we're doing
-- we're mon -- honoring and doing
something special for the 250th
birthday of america so this is a
proclamation from the city of mission
viejo commemorating the contribution
of the small businesses to the story
during the semi-quincentennial
anniversary of the united states.
july 4, 1976, america was
founded on the enduring convictions
liberty, justice and the pursuit of
happiness, truths that continue to
guide our republic and as our nation
approaches its 250th anniversary in
2026 known as the semi-quincentennial
or america 250, I'm sure you're seeing
all the signs along the roads,
communities are encouraged to reflect
on our history, honor all americans'
contributions and look to the future,
whereas small businesses are vital to
our communities and economy embodying
the american spirit and representing
nearly all american businesses, small
business owners contribute
significantly to the character and
prosperity of mission viejo.
this 250th milestone is an opportunity
to recognize small businesses and
citizens in shaping our nation's
values and future.
we encourage everyone to support local
small businesses in celebrating our
heritage and inspiring future
generations.
the shirt cannery is a family owned
business which opened in the mission
viejo village center in 1976.
celebrating five decades as part of
the fabric of this dynamic community
and fabric -- what a word to use, and
I will say that the business is
popular for its customer banners,
screen printing, embroidery,
rhinestone lettering, logos and
more and the shirt cannery which
embodies friendly customer service is
a local go-to for sports teams,
schools, I've had firsthand experience
with that, coaches, businesses and
other seeking custom designees, color
copy transfers, rhinestone lettering
and logos.
the business provides the on-spot
printing quick turn-around times and a
wide range of services that people
from mission viejo and well beyond
have long embraced.
so, now therefore I wendy bucknum for
the virtue of the city of mission
viejo and on behalf of the city
council do hereby recognize the
contributions of the shirt cannery in
the city of mission viejo, thank you
for all you do for our residents.
[applause].
come on, say a few words.
>> first of all, I want to thank the
city council.
I really appreciate you honoring me.
I don't know how many were here, I was
here ten years ago, time just flies,
so thank you again so much for
honoring me tonight.
I have something for you guys for the
250th, it's just a fun little thing.
>> okay.
>> for men and women, so I'll put them
up here, this is for women and the
men, I couldn't leave here without
giving you something.
>> that's awesome, thank you.
>> thank you.
I just again, I just wanted to thank
you, you know, you can't do anything
without family.
I don't want to cry.
>> it's okay, it's okay.
>> family and friends, I couldn't do
it without them, they've put up with a
lot over the years.
my staff is awesome.
you can't have a business without
having staff.
they're my second family.
they do everything I need them to do
and help me through a lot of ups and
downs, so I really do appreciate you
guys, it's been a long journey.
I have a couple of notes because I
know I'm forgetting, I can't believer
it's been 50 years, I wanted to tell
you when we started, we came out here
in 74 and my husband was in real
estate and we were told this was the
hot spot, mission viejo was the hot
spot in 74, so I started my business
after that, I do have to tell you that
I don't know if you guys remember the
bicycle races for the olympics.
well, that weekend, I was having a
hard time surviving and that weekend
pulled me back up where I could
continue where I am today, so thank
you again, mission viejo, for
sponsoring that, so that was really
awesome.
there's a lot of blood, sweat and
tears as that go into a business.
it's not always about the money, it's
about doing something that you love
and care about it.
I guess that's why I'm still
working today, anyway, I wanted to
also mention that I know we have a
parade coming up here which is a first
for a while.
we used to be in the st. Patrick's
parade, we used to have a mote psych
wl a side car with shamrocks on it, so
it's really nice to have a parade
back, I'm looking forward to being in
it and that will be fun, so that's
like the first parade we ever had in a
while I think.
>> it's been many, many, many years, I
think before we were a city was the
last time we had a parade.
>> well, I was here before it was a
city.
I started when I was 2, you know, okay.
>> fair enough.
>> anyway, so I just wanted to again
-- I'm not going to go on and
on and, I wanted to thank everybody
again and I really appreciate all of
you, you guys do a lot of work that we
don't even know about.
so, I think that being said, I think
my two minute are probably up.
>> we're honoring you, so please.
>> well, thank you.
>> so, stay here because I would like
to ask saga conroy from supervisor don
wagner's office and jenny dawn from
assemblywoman sanchez's office as well
sergei from congresswoman young kim's
office to come forward with their
certificates.
kimberly carr from senator
blakespear's office is unable the
attend, however she did leave a
certificate which does somebody have
it, okay, we have it, so we will get
it to you, okay, so please.
>> thank you, I appreciate it, this is
awesome, wow.
( presenting certificates ).
>> thank you, I really appreciate
that, I really do, thank you so much.
( presenting certificate ).
>> I know half the people in here.
so, thank you so much, thank you,
thank you.
>> okay, stay up here for a picture.
I'm going to go ahead and have our
councilmembers come down so we can do
a picture with you, and anybody that's
on your team that you would like to do
a picture with you, we can do that.
( taking photograph ).
>> we have a video, let watch the
video.
( playing video ).
there we go.
( video complete ).
[applause].
>> okay.
next we're going -- I
want to ask gina who's the ayso
commissioner to come to the podium, I
would like present you with a
proclamation and then I'm going to
have you say a few words.
thank you for coming.
I want to make sure this is for the
right -- yes, okay.
so, this is a very similar
proclamation to -- for a business that
has -- it's a profitable business,
this is for our non-profits we're
recognizing and ayso is one of our
favorite non-profits.
this is commemorating the
contributions of non-profit
organizations to the american story
during this semi-quincentennial
anniversary of our country.
so, it's the same wording but a little
different but I'm going to read it
because you deserve to have this.
on july 4, 1776, the united states of
america was founded on the pursuit of
happiness, truths that continue to
guide our republic.
as our nation approaches its 250th
anniversary in 2026 known as
semi-quincentennial or america 250,
communities are encouraged to reflect
on that history, honor all americans'
contributions and look to the future.
non-profit organizations play a
crucial role in enriching the life in
mission viejo by addressing important
social needs, supporting our most
vulnerable residents and fostering
community engagement and we know
soccer does that.
local non-profits are essential in
building a strong community, fabric
encouraging volunteerism inspiring
civic pride amongst residents,
non-profit organizations also play
a crucial role in empowering small
businesses by ordering t-shirts and
uplifting local communities and
addressing various social needs.
ayso region 84 has proudly served the
mission viejo community also for 50
years providing a positive inclusive
and volunteer-driven youth soccer
program for thousands of children and
families each year, through its
dedication to player development,
sportsmanship and community services,
region 84 has become one of the
largest and most respected ayso
regions in the country.
and was honored as the 2025 ayso
section 11 region of the year.
so, now therefore I wendy bucknum by
the have I virtue of the authority
vested in me and on behalf of the city
council do hereby recognize the
contributions of ayso region 84 in the
city of mission viejo.
thank you so much for all you and the
volunteers do.
[applause].
would you like to say a few words?
>> I do.
>> excellent.
>> let's see here.
okay.
sorry, I have to read this.
as she stated, hello, my name is
gina, on behalf of our regional
commission of ryan who wish he could
have been here but is raffling for
work, we thank you for this
proclamation, it is a genuine honor
fir our region to be recognized
tonight, for over 50 year, ayso and
the city of mission viejo have stood
in partners and service to local
families and we are grateful for that
enduring relationship.
it is our honor to serve this community
and to uphold the values that define ayso
which are everyone plays, balanced
teams, open registration, positive
coaching, good sportsmanship and
player development.
we accept this recognition with pride
on behalf of many volunteers who make
it all possible and we thank the city
for its continued partnership.
we look forward to the next 50 years
of cultivating youth, recreational
soccer in mission viejo.
[applause].
>> wonderful, stay right here.
okay.
I would like to have our
representatives saga from supervisor
don wagner, jenny from
assemblywoman sanchez's office and
sergei from congresswoman young kim's
office to come forward.
do I have kimberly carr's office here?
I wanted to make sure, I saw somebody
else come in, I wanted to make sure.
so, we have senator blakespear's
office was unto attend but they have
provided a certificate for you which
is right now and I just noticed that.
okay.
go ahead, saga.
>>( presenting certificates ).
>> I've been with the region for ten
years, so much time, a highlight of my
actual employment.
>> I'm going to let you go ahead.
>> congratulations on behalf of the
assemblywoman's office, I would like to
congratulate you on the expansion of
your ayso and the growth of the
region, thank you for empowering the
youth with fun and athleticism and
encouraging future generations to play
soccer.
>> wonderful, thank you.
>> this is on behalf of congress
member kim, the congressional
certificate of recognition in honor of
your dedication to helping youth
succeed both on and off the field.
>> thank you so much.
[applause].
>> this is from senator
blakespear's office for you, and I
have yours right here, I'm give this
to you as well.
>> this is amazing, thank you so much.
>> okay, why don't we go ahead and do
a picture here with everybody.
you have your people back there, do
you have more?
>> very last minute.
>> it's okay, glad you're here.
( taking photograph ).
>> thank you so much.
>> it's big time for soccer right now.
here's your certificate.
>> thank you.
>> there you go.
okay.
and then our final recognition but
last but not least is I would like to
have jesse matlock, president of the
mission viejo girls softball, come up
to the podium so I can present this
certificate to you as well.
thank you.
okay.
thank you for coming, I appreciate it.
so, I'll read this proclamation for
you.
it is commemorating the contributions
of non-profit organizations, you are
another one of our non-profits that
make a difference in the community.
for the american story during our
semi-quincentennial anniversary,
on july 4, the united states of
america was founded on the pursuit of
happiness, as our nation approaches
its 250th anniversary in 2026 nope as
the semi-quincentennial or america
250, communities are reflecting on our
history honoring to all american
contributions and look to the future.
non-profit organizations play a
crucial role in ep arching the quality
of life in mission viejo by addressing
important social needs supporting our
most vulnerable residents and
fostering community engagement.
>> on behalf of our board and league
members, thank you so much, thank you
to the city council, the city of
mission viejo for this recognition,
it's amazing, thank you.
I've been the president for about four
years now, I have been involved with
the league for six, 7 years, the
league has been in the city of mission
viejo I think it's going on 35 years,
they had a couple of different names,
it was mission day oro for a little
while, mike back there might know some
of if names, he's been around more
than I have, but we love it, we love
running the league.
I can't take credit for all the league
does, I have an amazing board, an
amazing set of coaching volunteers and
team mom volunteers, there's hundreds
of them, so I have two of my board
members here and then I know the other
15 or so right are running things for
the league because we have some
leagues going on, the board never
sleeps and it's true, it's year-round
-- I don't want to call it a job but
but I spend more time on that than my
actual paying job.
>> didn't you have a big event or do
you have one coming up?
>> we have the parade with you guys.
>> that's wonderful, no, I thought you
had a tournament.
>> we had our end of season tournament
and a parade that we run, not to
promote our league, go check out our
instagram, we have a couple of
instagram posts about it, we get all
350 kids out there, they dress up in
their team theme and they do this
whole parade where we set up this area
where they march through these tunnels
and we have a dj that
announces them, if you haver young
girls that want to play, get nem to
come out and run outside far few hours.
>> it's great.
let's have our other presenters come
on up.
again, supervisor don wagner's
office, our assembly woman kate
sanchez's and congresswoman young kim
and here is state senator blakespear's
certificate of recognition.
please.
>>( presenting certificates ).
>> thank you, alright, let's do a
picture.
[applause].
>> let's do a picture right here.
( taking photograph ).
>> thank you.
[applause].
>> okay, that concludes our
presentations.
>> alright.
thank you, all, these are important
presentations for these groups that
really make a big difference in our
community for our kids and our
families.
okay.
we have some new processes in place,
so this is going to be a little big
longer so bear with me.
persons wishing to address the city
council on business that is not listed
on the agenda must do so at this time.
members of the public who are present
in the chamber and wish to speak
should see the city clerk now or
potentially you have already seen the
city clerk.
for those joining us remotely by zoom
or clinging in, please use the raise
hand function to be added to the
speaker queue.
those wishing to address council on
any item that is listed on the agenda
should request to speak before the
item is called.
once the first speaker is called, no
additional speakers are permitted in
the queue.
each speaker may be allotted three
minutes.
when called and we're going to be very
succinct on the three minutes.
when called, please state your name
and city of residence.
we will start with in-person speakers
and then move to remote speakers.
when ready, madam clerk, please state
the name of the public -- member of
the public comments, the number of
public comments we have tonight and
please call up the first speaker.
>> [inaudible]
>> brian would like you do it, thank
you so much.
>> hello, madam mayor, yes, we have
three public comments this evening,
the first person is faith first
followed by wanda rear don and lastly
brian zahn.
>> good evening, mayor and city
councilmembers, my name is faith and I
live in mission viejo.
I'm here about 22931 via santa maria,
the hoarder.
I spoke on the 26th of may and there
is more trash and more abandoned
machine parts on his lawn.
also there's dog feces from
his backyard that hasn't changed.
I would like to remind the council
that oxford park elementary school is
across the street, the yard is a fire
and safety hazard.
I'm here to inquire about actions from
the city manager and the code
enforcement in this department, what
progress has been made?
thank you.
>> thank you.
why don't we hold comment since we
only have three, let's hold comment,
we have some information for you, so
we'll let everybody speak
first, thank you.
>> the next speaker is wanda rear
don.
>> good evening, ladies and gentlemen,
I'm having a little bit of a problem with
my phone but we'll keep moving forward.
I need to let you know that trish
kelley is really good at putting
people together with other people and
one of the things she did, I think
two saturdays ago, called me and
said you need to come down here,
spirit led is here and I said, I don't
know what they have.
I went over to as she directed me,
over to new heart, is that right, and
I looked out in the back area, I don't
know how many of you know but there
are like tons of basketball courts out
behind and it's unbelievable.
it was full of families, it was full
of just anybody that could come in, it
worked out great.
and these children are all handicapped
in some way, shape or form.
they go from young all the way up to
22 years old and some of the 22
year-olds are now coaches for the
younger onuses.
it's an amazing situation and brian
just told me, he said that's one of
the best things about mission viejo
which I have to agree with.
people were so friendly and I was
there -- I think I was there for two
or three hours and didn't have a
chair to sit in, but it was just a
wonderful place and I just wanted to
let everybody know I have a phone
number in case you would like to be
involved a little bit, it is -- it's
just an unbelievable situation and we
have some people in mission viejo that
work here in the city and they
volunteer, anybody that's
bored, don't worry about it, but thank
you very much.
>> thank you, and our last speaker is
brian zahn.
>> good evening, council.
well, let me start quickly because I
have a lot of things to say.
first thing I would like to say about
ayso, my sister played in ayso way
back in the days.
me and my family moved to mission
viejo in july of 1968 and I have lived
here a long time and I have seen a lot
of wonderful things and ayso is an
amazing group, volunteerism, special,
our city supports it, it says a lot
about our community and I also want to
shout out to ron roof, he's also the
director of the 11 year-old girls in
mission viejo, he is a neighbor,
a volunteer, a referee, relentless,
and last couple of nights, the weekend
over at the new heart fields, they had
their classic, ron got home at 8:00
that night, volunteering, it's an
amazing thing.
mission viejo girls softball and to
jesse, I have worked with jesse for
four years, I retired in january from
our city, part of my responsibility
was taking care of softball fields and
it is a special place, my daughter
played in it, I was proud to take care
of those fields, it's really important
to our city, people come to our city
because of these wonderful non-profit
fields, parents, they volunteer their
it is amazing, and if anybody wants to
to know more about it, I have over 20
years of experience to talk about it.
the other thing I want to talk about
quickly is yesterday I was honored, I
went on a ride along with the orange
county sheriff and I got to city hall
at 8:00 in the morning, left at 4:00
and I want to tell the residents of
mission viejo and anybody that's
listening closely, we have amazing
deputies, they're courteous and
nice, we had a few people that had
some traffic problems, they talked to
them nicely and were fair to them and
they gave them warnings and said thank
you.
it shows we have a wonderful city that
believes in this orange county sheriff
department and I want to to say, captain
larson, you have wrongful people who
work for you, I saw the human side of
it, I want to thank the city because I
have lived here since 196, went to
school here, my kids went to school
here, this is a wonderful community
and I want to thank you, council, for
continuing that spirit and thank you.
[applause].
>> that concludes the public comments.
>> we do not have anybody online,
madam clerk?
>> we do not.
>> thank you.
I appreciate it.
mr. City attorney?
>> thank you, madam mayor, I'll give
you an update on the santa maria
property so in the next several days,
notice will go out which is a
prerequisite to filing a nuisance
abatement action and if that nuisance
is not remediated, it will be quickly
followed by a nuisance abatement
hearing at which point the city will
have the opportunity to deem it a
nuisance and all of this is a
prerequisite should the city ever need
to institute a nuisance abatement
action in court.
that is what is planned, madam mayor,
but I'm happy to answer any questions
from the council.
>> thank you.
so, did everybody hear that okay?
>> [inaudible].
>> he was speaking english, I'll
have him speak -- you mean legal ease,
got it, I understand.
maybe just --
>> clearly, so under the mission viejo
municipal code, there's a procedure
that has to be followed to deem a
property a public nuisance, so that
procedure is in general for any
property that you want to the deal
with as a public nuisance, a note to
abate needs to go out to the property
owner, formal notice, advising that
property owner they have a certain
amount of time, a short window to
bring the property into compliance.
should that property owner not bring
that property into compliance, the
next step would be a formal hearing by
a hearing officer that would then if
the evidence is sufficient deem that
property a public nuisance which would
then allow the city to go in and
physically abate the nuisance which is
clean up the property.
that in a nutshell is how the
abatement action would proceed.
>> thank you.
council, are there any questions?
so, essentially he's filing a very
prescribed legal process that we must
follow by state law, so thank you so
much, mr. City attorney.
>> you're welcome.
>> thank you.
okay, next we have the consent
calendar.
and madam city clerk, are there any
requests to speak on the consent
calendar in the room or online?
>> there are not.
>> thank you.
would anybody like to remove -- I'm
trying to follow the rules, is there
-- would you like to remove anything
from the consent calendar, if not I'll
take a motion.
>> moved.
>> second.
>> go ahead and register your votes.
there we go.
yeah, I don't think it was quite ready
ge.
do we have everybody?
>> waiting for cynthia and trish.
>> it reset, yeah, it reset.
>> okay.
there we go, that is unanimous, thank
you.
next we have our public hearing and
this is regarding the civic center
level 2 electric vehicle charging
stations, cip 22249, so is there
anybody who would like to speak on
this particular item in the room or
online?
>> we do have one public speaker and
that michael rocha?
>> okay.
>> madam mayor?
>> yes.
>> prior to accepting public comment,
we need the open the public hearing.
>> okay, excuse me, please, you can
stay there.
I would like to go ahead and open the
public hearing at this time.
thank you, please go right ahead.
>> I'm michael rocha, long time
mission viejo resident.
I want to say how pleased I am to
see this on the agenda, it's been a
long time coming, it took a while, but
it's a good start.
I wouldn't mind seeing more of them,
we're starting lower but I hope that
you'll see that it's a successful
thing and that will incentivize you to
put more of these in.
if you could put them in at say the
oso rec center, it could increase the
commerce in the area and revitalize some
of the businesses that are struggling
close by.
one other thing, when I first got my
plug-in prius, I used to go over to
laguna niguel, they had a number of
free chargers you could use cerement
apparently they got rid of them a year
and a half ago, I'm not quite sure
why, as you move into getting more of
these, maybe you could look into that
because that could be a real incentive
for people to come here to mission
viejo and use the wonderful city
services we have here, so thank you.
>> thank you.
[applause].
do we have any other public comments?
>> we do not.
>> thank you.
so, at this point I would like to ask
for a staff report.
>> sure, I'll ask our public
services operations manager for the
report, corey.
>> good evening, my name is corey
ganier, this report is for the civic
center level 2 electric vehicle
charging station cip 22249, this is to
conduct a public hearing on proposed
public electric vehicle charging
station user fees, two, adopt
resolution 26-xx establishing new user
fees for public ev charging stations
and award a 50 year subscription
agreement with the chargepoint inc.
for the management and maintenance
warranty of the civic center level 2
electric vehicle charging stations.
this includes funding for cip 22249
construction of electric vehicle
charging stations at the
civic center.
this includes one ada accessible
station.
staff is recommending locating the
spaces at civic center parking center
easterly of the marguerite parkway
side adjacent to the utility
enclosure.
see attached site exhibit a.
staff evaluated the site and show
chose this location based on
availability of
electricity, as well as minimum
impact to the site.
ev charging stations includes vehicle
charge stations and will be
available for public use.
charge time estimates are 30 miles per
one hour of charging.
the proposed subscription agreement,
see exhibit c, with chargepoint
incorporated includes a five year
commercial cloud plan services,
activation service and chargepoint
assured warranty, this is included in
the purchase of the charging stations.
all payment transactions and process
directly through chargepoint
incorporated, chargepoint incorporated
charge as service fee equal to 10% of
the station usage fees to cover
transaction and station management
services.
each mother chargepoint inc. Will
reimburse the city of mission viejo
for the station usage fees minus the
10% usage fee.
staff surveyed local businesses that
provide level 2 ev stations for public
use, based on survey, the average rate
charged by local public agencies go
from 59 cents per kilowatt usage,
staff recommended maintaining it at
21% applicable of the on peak
electricity rate.
the user's charge would be 42
kilowatts per hour, this is to recover
the city's direct utility cost,
transaction management fees and is a
portion of city staff time with managing
the program.
the funding comes from msrc, a grant,
and funds from the air quality
management district, aqmd, these funds
were budgeted in the 21 and 23 capital
improvement bjt u. These funds have
been carried over, both ev
stations and all electric and
hardscape efforts will be fully funded
by the mcrc grant, it was to provide
ev solutions to public agencies
throughout the united states.
sourcewell itself funded government
organization established in 1978 helps
more than 50 thousand participating
government educational non-profit
agencies streamline procurement
through competitive lease, solicited
cracks and renegotiated pricing.
staff recommend allowing adjustments
to the city manager level to amend
usage fees 21% to on peak electricity
rates as they increase and/or decrease.
staff recommends public charging hours
of operation to be available 24/7 per
the msrc grant requirements,
construction is to begin in 2026.
that concludes the report.
>> thank you.
colleagues, do we have any comments or
questions on this item?
council member vasquez?
>> so, my question is related to
personal data.
so, I guess on part of this packet,
page 15 of 44, it talks about the
personal data and it says personal
data includes personal data, personal
information, personally identifiable
information and analogous terms, etc.,
etc., now, can you perhaps for people
who may not understand what that data
includes, maybe just sort of shed a
little more light on that, what type
of personal information will be
collected?
>> which page are you looking at,
apologies, I know you mentioned it.
>> it's on page 15 of 44 of the agenda
item under item number 15.
>> yup.
>> so, paragraph d.
>> the data I believe consists of --
you have to have a chargepoint account
to be able to use chargepoint station,
so that would be vehicle information
and credit card in addition and name
when you sign up, most likely address,
just items you would sign up for to be
the a chargepoint member.
>> so, more or less basic information,
is that correct?
>> correct.
>> alright, thank you.
>> thank you.
council member ruesch?
>> thank you, madam mayor.
first question is how did a level 2
charging station come about versus the
level 3, I mean, was that just what
chargepoint offered us?
>> so, level 2 is the mid tier, so you
have level 1, level 2, level 3.
level 1 is your 120 vote plugging in
that you can plug in at home and do a
regular outlet, it takes a long time
to charge, more than probably 8 hours,
level 2 a little bit higher voltage,
quicker charge rates, level 3 would be
a 480 vote system which requires a lot
of power, power that we don't have
available in the city to provide that,
so level 2 is the best option.
>> okay.
and -- well, that answers that is
question because my other thought is
if we have any data from chargepoint
on usage of level to it, 30 miles an
hour is obviously very slow or else it
will create somebody to park their car
there all day which kind of defeats
the purpose.
>> we do have idle fees associated
with this, so basically if you charge
a vehicle for so long, once the
charging has completed, you have so
long to vacate the spot or else you'll
be charged idle fees.
>> I get that, but I'm thinking if I
have a half charge and say the average
vehicle supposedly has 300 miles,
that's 150 which means it sit there is
for five hours potentially, maybe
that's how it works but that's my
question, it doesn't really solve a
problem, it is there, but ultimately
at least we're showing concern for
electric vehicles that there is the
potential, so thank you.
>> your question, how long is it going
sit there to charge?
>> yeah, if it's 150 miles and we're
get 30 miles an hour and that's five
hours.
>> so, is that true?
>> typically people on average usually
stay to charge 50% of their battery
life, so they don't usually stay to
charge 100%, usually it's one to three
hours just to charge a vehicle enough
to go about their day.
>> okay, maybe they'll spend some time
in the library.
>> thank you, council member goodell?
>> yeah, I'm just curious, I'm not
familiar with the rates, so at 42
censers a kilowatt hour, that's what
the consumers will be charged, is that
correct, and then how does that
compare in the marketplace with other
charging options?
>> so, if you look at the exhibit of
other local agencies, that will show
you a breakdown of what other local
agencies are charging.
so, do you want me to go through what
other agencies are charging.
>> I'm curious, is that the market
rate or is that higher, lower?
>> it falls within the range of other
local agencies.
>>
>> it's typically cheaper than what
you would pay at a tesla charger.
a lot of people use the super chargers
at tesla's and that's over 50 cents
per kilowatt hour so we're below that.
>> so the tesla's are going to be
lining up.
sounds like.
okay, that's all, has was my question,
I just didn't know -- I was unaware of
the sort of comparative rates out
there in the marketplace.
thank you.
>> thank you.
council member kelley?
>> yes, thank you.
good report.
and I did have a couple of questions
over the weekend which thank you, city
manager, for getting back to me.
I just want to clarify, this is not
going to be an expense to the city,
costs are recovered, correct?
>> correct, this is grant funded
reimbursement.
>> okay, thank you, I wanted to make
sure that's very clear.
thank you.
>> and regarding the free charging
that was available, it was mentioned
by the speaker, that was like a pilot
at the very beginning.
when you give away anything for free,
it tends to be abused.
you see the same vehicles that come in
and park there all day and if you have
a high capacity vehicle like some of
these tesla's, you can suck up $40 of
power on a single charge session, so
it doesn't work any longer to give it
away.
it did in the beginning years ago but
now there's enough ev's out there and
it doesn't work to give it away.
>> thank you.
>> good to know, thank you.
>> and then just to confirm, the
calculation to get to the 42 cents per
kilowatt hour, does offset operational
costs and staff costs, correct?
>> yes, there's a slight increase for
the administrative cost for overseeing
the program management.
>> thank you.
colleagues, any other questions?
go ahead and register yore vote.
well, let's --
>> I recommend the action.
>> thank you.
>> it's a public hearing.
>> we need to close the public hearing
and then we'll vote.
>> we'll go ahead and close the public
hearing.
>> I have one clarification for the
record, so exhibit a, there's a second
page of exhibit a in the reso which
states the fee schedule, that is not
the correct fee schedule.
the correct fee schedule is attached
to the resolution itself.
exhibit a to the report is the first
page is the picture diagram, the
photograph, the second page states the
fee schedule, that was the older
version of the fee schedule.
the correct version is attached to the
resolution as the fee schedule.
>> thank you.
so, your motion is, trish?
I'm going to close the public hearing.
council member kelley, what is your
motion?
>> I move the recommended action.
>> so, that is to conduct a public
hearing on the proposed public
electric vehicle charging station user
fee study, adopt resolution 26-xx
establishing new user fees form public
ev charging stationers and award a 5
year subscription agreement with
chargepoint, inc. For the management
and maintenance warranty of civic
center level 2 electric vehicle
charging stations.
is there a second?
>> I'll second.
>> thank you.
go ahead and register your votes.
>> okay.
that is unanimous, thank you very much.
next we have an item calling for the
general municipal election on november
3, 2026 to elect five members to the
city council for districts 1, 2, 3, 4
and 5.
and I would ask the city clerk if
there are any speakers on this item.
>> no, madam mayor, there are not.
>> and online?
>> no.
>> thank you.
okay, we'll go ahead and have a staff
report, please.
>> thank you, madam mayor, city
council.
upon the direction of the city council
at its regular meeting november 11, 2025,
ordinance 25-359 was established
to have the term or office commencing
with the general municipal
election in 2026.
city councilmembers in districts 1, 3
and 5 shall be elected for a term of
four years and city council members in
districts 2 and 4 shall be elected for
a term of two years which shall count
for a full term for the municipal code
section.
city members in all districts should
be elected for a term of four years
and all subsequent elections.
the resolutions presented for the adoption
by the city council will commence the
election process for the city's
general municipal election to be held
on tuesday november 3, 2026 for the
purpose of electing city
councilmembers.
the first resolution calls and gives
notice of the holding of the general
municipal election.
the second resolution requests the
board of supervisors of the county of
orange to consolidate the general
municipal election with the statewide
general election and the third
resolution pertains to regulations for
the candidates statements of
qualifications.
it is optional for each candidate to
submit a candidate statement.
if the candidate chooses to have a
statement included in the sample
ballot, the resolution stipulates the
costs involved paid by the
candidate at the time the nomination
paper is filed.
the registrar of voters have provided
the cost for printing each statement.
district 1 will be $544.63, district 2
will be $551.29, district 3 already
$537.50, district 4 will be $543.31,
and district 5 will be $551.09, the
candidate statement is limited to a
maximum of 200 words.
the period for filing candidate
nomination papers will commence on
monday july 13, 2026 and will continue
through friday august 8, 2026.
if an incumbent who is eligible for
nomination does not file nomination
papers, the filing deadline will be
extended to wednesday august 12, 2026.
this extended deadline only mrs to
districts 1 and 3, districts 2, 4 and
5 have no incumbent to be re-elected.
the orange county registrar of voters
is scheduled to certify the election
results on or before december 3, 2026.
based on that timeline, the
declaration of results and newly
elected councilmembers will be
scheduled for the december 8, 2026
city council meeting and that
concludes my report.
>> thank you.
are there -- we've already asked if
there's any requests to speak.
does anybody have any questions here?
I'll take a motion?
>> so moved.
>> second.
>> thank you.
go ahead and register your votes.
>> that is unanimous, thank you very
much.
okay.
next up we have the item number 17,
fiscal year 2026-27 law enforcement
agreement and additional special
enforcement services that are provided
by the orange county sheriff's
department.
are there any members of public who
would like to speak on this in person
or online?
>> there are not.
>> thank you.
can we have a staff report, please.
yes, I'll ask mr. Paul catsimanes, our
public services emergency manager for
the report.
>> thank you, thank you, mayor and
members the city council.
item 17 is the consideration of the
fiscal year 26-27 law enforcement
services agreement and special
enforcement services.
the recommended action is to the
approve the fiscal year 26-27 law
enforcement services agreement with
the county of orange for an amount not
to exceed 25 million 550 thousand 539
dollars and to approve the amount not
to exceed 35 thousand dollars for
overtime related to special
enforcement services.
by way of background, the city of mission
viejo contracts with the county of
orange for provision of law
enforcement services.
as par of the contract development
process for fiscal year 26-27, the
county submitted a first estimate in
february, 2026 in the amount of 25
million 909 thousand 562 tlars which
is attached as exhibit 1.
this represents an increase of 366
thousand dollar or 1.43% over previous
year's amended contract.
following the first estimate
submittal, the county updated its
figures and provided a second
estimate with revises assumptions in
march, this is attached as exhibits 3
and 4.
during the final contract review
process, the county made additional
adjustments including a downward
revision to benefit calculations and
the inclusion of replacement
motorcycle.
these changes are incorporated into
the final estimate which is
attached as exhibit 5 which is was
submitted in april to the chief of
police services and the city manager
for review and approval.
with their concurrence, the amount
of 25 million 550 thousand 539
dollars is submitted.
it should be noted the mou negotiation
process between orange county
sheriff's department and the association
of orange county sheriff's deputies is
underway.
the final salary and benefit packages
negotiated may require an amendment to
the contract once the process is
concluded.
when comparing per capita law
enforcement costs contract cities,
mission viejo ranks 8 out of 13 in the
middle of the cost range when rap ked
for most to least expensive.
mission viejo's per capita cost was
283 in 225-26 and is projected to
have the same per capita cost in 26-27.
laguna beach had the highest per
capita cost, laguna had the lowest
cost at $211 in fiscal year 25-26.
the fiscal year 26-27 budget includes
sufficient appropriation for law
enforcement services contract as well
as a special enforcement services
provided in the report.
the fiscal year 25-26 general fund
budget includes 35 thousand dollars
for overtime related to special
enforcement services that
addresses specific community concerns,
staff recommends maintaining this
funding level for 26-27 and that
concludes my report and myself and
captain larson are available for any
questions.
>> thank you.
colleagues, any comments or questions
on this report?
it's an excellent report.
we don't always see something that is
at this level.
it usually is much more significant
increases, so, this is good news.
so, thank you.
so, I'll say that.
council member kelley?
>> yes, thank you.
I'm also really impressed that we were
able to hold the cost and yet continue
to maintain the excellent service that
we have and I thought that cost per
capita of mission viejo 283 versus
laguna beach at 1207, wow, we get a
lot for our money here and we truly
have excellent service.
we did note there may be a
change as the mou is being
negotiated currently between the
county and the association of orange
county sheriff's deputies, aocds, do
we have any time estimate on when we
might expect to see any changes if any?
>> yes, as of right now, we do not
have any updates with the county.
I know they went to the county on
several attempts and they're not
bringing anything to the table at this
time, so I believe they have another
month or so for another contract
meeting but contract negotiations as
of today have not even begun with the
county for any raises or special
benefits for the deputies.
>> okay.
again, I really commend you all for
working together and collaborating and
being very resourceful with the
resources that we have.
so, good job and I will move approval,
I will move the recommended action.
>> I will second that and then I do
have a comment.
>> please, go right ahead, mayor pro
tem.
>> I just think it's important that we --
I'm glad you brought up
the issue of the negotiations going
on.
it's amazing that the city isn't a
part of the negotiations over the
rates that deputies get paid, that's a
contract between the county of orange
and the deputies' bargaining unit or
their association, and that gets set
at that level and then we get a bill
for what our share of that is.
so, I think it's important that we
make the public aware that this is the
largest item in our annual budget.
this public safety protection issue
with the orange county sheriff's
department, they do an excellent job,
council member kelley's already
pointed out that they were holding the
line on the per capita cost for all of
us.
we really appreciate that and we
really appreciate the services they
provide here for us, so, -- but we're
not involved in negotiating the rates,
we just get hit with the bill and we
have to figure out a what I to pay --
way to pay it, but with that, we do
get to negotiate with the management
of the sheriff's department on what
services we are taking advantage of as
our city, how many motor officer, how
many motorcycles we have, how many
vehicles we have, how many deputies we
have, how quickly we're filling
vacancies in the staffing and all
those sorts of things are things that
we have a chance to work with the
department on to fit our needs the
best we see fit.
so, I just wanted to make sure
everyone's aware of that, but the
rates, they're set above our pay level
as someone might say, my hao, thank
you.
>> thank you for clarifying that, and
that's one of the reasons we like to
work closely with our
representatives, our supervisors, so
we are thankful we pay attention to
what we have to say and that we do have a
supervisor that does listen to us, so
that is part of the reason that we
keep that relationship pretty close.
so, thank you.
okay, any other comments?
go ahead and register your votes.
okay, and that is unanimous.
thank you.
okay, next up, we have a report from
our city manager?
>> two quick things --
>> or do you have a report?
>> I do, I have two quick things id
like to point out.
first of all, we implemented a dry run
of sb 707, as far as I know,
everything went smoothly, although we
didn't have many takers on I, I want
to give a shout-out to both our it
department and our city clerk's
department because there was a lot of
work and research went on behind the
scenes to get us in compliance with
the law.
and then the second thing I wanted to
mention at our next
meeting, you will see a change along
the bench, our long term city clerk
kimberly schmitt is retiring, this
will be her last meeting up here I
believe, at the next
meeting, you will see a new face,
alison walker, you will see her at our
next council meeting.
>> thank you.
kimberly, is this truly going to be
your last meeting or are you going to
show up and be a support to the next
clerk?
>> she can handle it.
>> okay.
>> alright, well, then I'll reserve my
comments during my -- because you are
very appreciated and you have handled
yourself very, very
well, so we will -- I'm make some
comments during my comments, thank
you.
city attorney?
do you have any reports for us?
>> thank you, madam mayor, I already
in essence gave my report, but happy
to answer any questions if any
questions come up.
>> thank you.
okay, councilmembers, double check
your ab1234 -- your reports for the
ab1234 for activities that you
attended and then share whatever you
would like as you give your comments,
we'll start with council member kelley.
>> thank you.
it has been a busy couple of weeks.
on may 27, I attended the occog 2026
annual conference at sta jets in costa
mesa, very different and interesting
location and the content of the
conference was also very interesting.
also on the 27th, I attended the capo
valley stadium grand opening, the
capistrano valley high school has a
brand new wonderful stadium that had
been many, many years in the planning
so that was a fantastic event.
if you haven't seen the stadium yet, I
encourage you to take a look.
I also attended on may 29, the ocfa
best and bravest awards where we got
to hear stories about various
firefighters and units that just
really warmed your heart because you
hear of the good work that our
firefighters are doing out there,
saving lives and saving property and
really being -- putting
themselves out there to service, so
that was a great opportunity to hear
some of the stories that we don't
always hear about.
I also attended the spirit league
shoot-a-thon event for the -- which
was on may 30th which wanda rear don
spoke about earlier, a great
organization, spirit league,
and this
was a fup basketball wrap up end of
the year tournament for these youth.
I also attended the cappo valley
interact [inaudible] overseen by the
rotary clubs and the senior games,
laguna niguel has been doing senior
game miss the last three years in
their city.
this year they branched out and opened
it up to include also laguna hills and
mission viejo, so mission viejo hosted
-- they had an opening ceremony on
june 5th and then mission viejo hosted
the pickleball and tennis tournaments
and the other events were done in
laguna hills and laguna niguel, and
let's see, the -- barbadanes park
neighborhood meeting which was just
yesterday, has was a very good meeting.
our staff met and jerry mill and --
hill and corey and all of our staff
were there and pictures and a map and
explained what was going to be done at
this park renovation.
as you know, we've been renovating a
park every year and it's the turn for
barbadanes park this time, and the
plans look really fantastic.
the neighborhood turned out and I
think everyone's really excited and
we'll be seeing this beginning to
happen later on this summer or at the
end of summer, fall I think
construction will probably begin.
and that concludes my activities but I
do want to say a few things about our
city clerk.
I think that we actually can't believe
that she's really
leaving us, she's been
a fixture here in the city for many
years, she's been an asset to the city
for many years and she has gotten us
through crazy elections and some crazy
meetings and some also just normal
day-to-day everything, she doesn't
miss a thing, she dots every I and
crosses every t and she's been a
delight to work with, we all love her
and will miss her.
>> thank you.
>> okay, next up, we have council
member ruesch.
>> thank you, madam mayor.
briefly, I also attended the occog
annual conference as former aviator,
the aspects they showed were
incredible.
>> I saw you in there.
>> you took off?
>> I was concerned.
>> they're looking for pilots, but no,
the aspects of air taxis moving
forward are things we not only will
see but in the future we'll be using.
what they were demonstrated were
piloted air taxis, in the future we'll
probably see waymo's, self-driving air
taxis, I know it sounds scary but
change is painful but it's also things
that move us forward.
more on that later, but looking
forward to some really interesting
times in the future.
I had the honor of representing mission
viejo at the chinese american official
installation at monterey park on
friday, 400 electeds from all over los
angeles county, state and federal
level, showing the commitment, the
chinese americans have in our
community and their interest in making
our society better and it also falls
in line with my work as I look towards
business development from other areas.
I met with representative of simon,
our mall center which is another part
of the things I'm working on which is
continued business development
support, working with the major
players, the people that are
employers, that are major contributors
to our sales tax to maintain good
relations there.
we had excellent conversations
including the possibility of working
with them to expand our -- what looks
like our next fire station rebuild
which will be station 9 over by the
mall, so watch for that soon.
number 4, so, approximately two months
ago, I had considered -- asked for the
request for recreation membership for
past councilmembers, I'm restating
that because the legal aspects of
granting retroactive offerings to past
councilmembers really just seemed to
be prohibitive and/or almost
insurmountable.
it doesn't change how I feel, I still
believe that those who have served
here on this dais, our wealth and
informs for us are ambassadors and
they should maintain their health and be
part of our recreation facility as
well and share their knowledge with
us, so sadly, no, but maybe we'll
see them in another place.
I will conclude with thanks to kim,
our city clerk, personally, you've
been a wealth of knowledge, you have
guided me over these last four years
and even back as a commissioner and
it's invaluable, your spirit, your
great leadership to me and I'm sure to
all of us and I want to say I thank
you, I know the mayor will have a lot
more to say but for me personally,
thank you very much for the time.
and with that, I conclude.
>> thank you.
council member vasquez?
>> let's see.
alright.
yes, I attended the capo valley high
school grand opening, that was nice to
see that ribbon be cut, my
oldest graduated from there and they
had the graduation at saddleback which
was very nice because you didn't need
tickets, but this stadium is going to
serve as a wonderful home for many,
many future graduating classes and
that's fantastic.
and I went to the ocfa 18th annual best
and bravest awards and that was --
that's always a fun event and it's
always nice when we see our local fire
stations recognized and I believe it
was station 31 if I'm remembering
correctly has was recognized, yeah,
that evening, so that was great.
and I also went to the spirit league
shoot-a-thon and spoke with some of
the organizers there and fortunately
they had a qr code so I did make a
donation.
let's see, I then went on to the la
paz creek golf classic, it looked like
they were giving away a fun club
cover, do um the animal, it was -- was
it a dog, it was an owl, a dog, an
owl, and that was -- yes, has was very
nice.
and I also went to the capo valley
interact club.
if for me, this was a really nice
event to go to.
I went last year when they had it in
-- sorry, I turn it off -- at dayna
point last year, this year -- not only
was it in mission viejo, but one of
the graduating seniors I have known
that's heavily involved with this
sbragt club, I have known her and her
family since she was five years homed
so -- old so it was wonderful to see
how she's grown over years and now
graduating and having led this group
essentially starting it over from
scratch into what it is today is just
so impressive so I was really happy to
be a part of that.
and let see, last night I went to the
barbadanes neighborhood meeting and
that looses like it's going to be a
wonderful renovation.
I think that will be really exciting
for that part of the neighborhood
which is already very heavily used so
I think that having these additional
play areas and additional walking
pads, I think that will be a really
wonderful addition or additions I
guess but, yeah, I'm excited to see
how it looks when it's done and to
kimberly, I do want to say thank you.
you have been very, very helpful to me
over these last four years and I
really do appreciate that and I hope
that you go out and do something fun
or a lot of fun things, so thank you.
>> thank you.
mayor pro tem goodell?
>> thank you.
well, I haven't attended a lot of
things the last two week, I was out of
town the last two weeks with my wife,
we were celebrating our wedding
anniversary, 42nd wedding anniversary
in has buy which-- hawaii which was
wonderful, she finally got
my ab1234 form right where there's
nothing on it because I wasn't here to
go to anything.
renatta does a great job too, she
helps kim with everything and she does an
amazing job keeping all our stuff
squared away in term of all the
reports and events and have to track,
so I want to thank renatta for that
as well as kim for all her hard works
over the last ten years that I have
been here, you have done an amazing
job, so thank you.
and I want to mention that we have had
-- we're hoping for some great success
at the county supervisors at their
next board meeting.
our community services commissioner,
saga conroy told me about the fact
that her daytime boss, supervisor
wagner, and all these supervisors have
funds that they are able to designate
for various projects in the community,
particularly around the la28 olympics
and so we were able to put
together a package and go to
supervisor wagner and he has approved
a 100 thousand dollar grant to our
city to assist us with our efforts on
the 28 olympic, bringing the olympic
teams here to train, use this ases a
training base and that is not approved
yet, it's approved by wagner but it's
got to go to the board and hopefully it
will be approved at their next board
meeting so we are very, very happy and
thankful, saga, for your efforts, I'm
thankful to mr. Mark nix who put
together a wonderful package and wrote
a terrific letter, ghost wrote it for
me, and also to supervisor wagner
himself, we had a one on one meeting,
we talked about all the things we've
been doing, he's very supportive of
what we're doing so I don't see any
reason why it shouldn't be approved
but we'll see.
we'll see what happens at the next
board meeting so I'm super excited about
that to bring in another source
of revenue for our efforts and just
again, kim, thank you so much.
I really appreciate you.
>> thank you.
I echo, I went to almost everything
that's been mentioned, the occog annual
conference was excellent, I had the
honor to introduce one of the panels,
they presented a lot of innovative
things coming our way and I think
you're going to see some of these
innovative transportation ideas that
are going to probably -- we'll see
them here in mission viejo as part of
the olympics, leading up to the
olympics, so congratulations capo
high school on getting your stadium
and finally having the grand opening.
it was nice how the board -- the
school board and it was gila jones who
asked trish to come up and speak, our
council member trish kelley and gave
quite a bit of kudos to the efforts
that she and judy undertook so, bother
of them were standing there with her
to make that happen because that's
exactly what it took was the funding
that needed to be directed to the
stadium that was promised through the
mello-roos tax process and they
righted that ship, that money wasn't
going there and that person sitting
right over there is a lot to do
with why that stadium was built and
that's a legacy for you, just another
one of the things that you have done,
so I just want to say kudos to you and
that was nice to see you honored in
that way.
south mission viejo little league, I
went to the closing ceremonies because
I missed their opening ceremonies and
that was great and I caught the north
league mission viejo little league
because there was competing things
going on.
you were at the ocfa event, I was
covering the little league, the capital
interact banquet was terrific and it
shows how several rotary clubs support
our high school interacts and they are
also at mission viejo high school and
trabuco hills high school, it was
really inspiring to see that and it
gave me some ideas for our rotary to
do some of what this amazing -- the
rotary club, the monarch beach rotary
club and the san juan capistrano rotary
club to support capo valley
unified as well as dayna hills and it
just shows you the unsung heroes in
our clubs that we honor, these
non-profits and the impacts they're
making in our schools and of course
going to barbadanes park last night
was good to see what the plans are and
also it was good to demonstrate to the
neighborhood because thereafter lot of
misinformation going around the
neighborhood saying that park wasn't
going to be done because of budget
cuts and that was incorrect so
it was nice to be there.
>> it was a lie.
>> thank you for saying it that way,
it was a lie.
I wanted to highlight a few things
coming up.
we have concert on the green on
friday, please do not miss that, it's
family style and they are a local --
there's mission viejo's in the band
and they draw a large crowd and it's out
on the village green by the community
certainty, norman p. Murray community
center and that starts at 6:00.
you can get there, you don't have to
get there super early but there's lot
of places to sit, put your lawn chairs
down, there's some tables that you can
also sit at but mainly it's really
casual, so come on down and enjoy the
time.
we have the night market coming up and
that is on saturday night, we have
lots of fun things going on.
and then am I in the right week here, the
night market is next week,
excuse me.
we have flag day on sunday, please do
not miss the activities that go on and
I don't know if anybody's noticed but
there's a lot of flags around our city.
we are getting ready for the 250th
parade -- the 250th birthday of
america parade and our city staff has
done a phenomenal job raising the flag
if you will and putting all kinds of
great decorations down in the red,
white and blue lights that are out
there and I'm seeing a lot of people
decorating in front of their
houses around neighborhoods and it's
exciting to see the community pride in
all of that great work that's being
done.
then I wanted to quickly highlight to
just save the date, remember, the
america 250 parade is going to be on
saturday, we are wringing -- on
saturday the 11th in the morning, we
are wringing with the businesses in
that center across the street to make
sure that we have some way of letting
them know how to adjust things and
have ingress, egress, but there will
be a period of time because that's the
way it works with parades when they're
coming down marguerite and going right
on la paz that there will be some
disruption, so again that is saturday
july 11th and that is also the same
weekend adds the barbecue music fest,
so we will have a week of celebration
here in mission viejo, so just put
that out there and then we also have
on friday the mission viejo chamber of
commerce is having their annual lunch
which I will be giving a mini state of
the city, if anybody's interested, go
check out the mission viejo chamber of
commerce and purchase tickets to go to
that event and with that, I think that
is everything that I have.
I want to talk about kim.
so, kim, I have watched you guide
people through the process of running
for election when it was tent always
straightforward and I watched you do
it with grace and dignity.
I have watched people come up to the
dais when you're in -- I know renatta
is also a tag team there, people come
up to the dais and sometimes don't act
very appropriately to you and you
handle it with grace and I want to
apologize for some of the times when
we probably didn't handle it quite
right ourselves, so, I want you to
know we plan to honor you at the next
meeting and in the way that you should
be a city clerk is a very important
pog in our city and very important
position over the next six months, and
then some, so we are going to miss you
in this election cycle and thank you
for all that you did to make it easier
for all the candidates that came
through and were trying to serve their
city and give them the information
that is so important to know and I
look forward to seeing you potentially
around town and congratulations and
being able to spend more time with
your grandchildren, I am jealous, so
you go enjoy all that and we
appreciate you.
alright, with that, we're going
to go ahead and adjourn the meeting
and we will see you on tuesday june
23rd, thank you.
( meeting adjourned ).