[0:50] >> I'm going to get started here in a
[0:54] minute.
[0:57] good evening, it is june 9, 2026.
[1:00] I would like to call
[1:01] to order the mission viejo city
[1:04] council, the community development
[1:07] financing authority, the successor
[1:09] agency of the community development
[1:10] agency, the housing authority and library
[1:12] board of trustees.
[1:13] I'll call roll, council member kelley?
[1:14] >> here.
[1:15] >> council member ruesch?
[1:16] >> here.
[1:17] >> council member vasquez.
[1:19] I'm sure she'll be here soon.
[1:23] mayor pro tem goodell?
[1:24] >> present.
[1:25] >> and I'm here.
[1:26] we have a question for our city
[1:28] attorney, are there any closed -- are
[1:32] there any items for closed session?
[1:33] >> yes, we have one item for closed
[1:36] session, that is conference with legal
[1:39] counsel, existing litigation,
[1:40] paragraph 1 of subdivision d of
[1:44] section 54956.9, janice kronik gath et
[1:48] al. V. Mission viejo with the
[1:51] case number listed on the agenda.
[1:53] >> thank you, alright, we'll go ahead
[1:56] and -- council member vasquez has
[1:59] joined us, let the record reflect.
[2:01] at this point we will adjourn to
[2:05] closed session.
[2:06] (meeting adjourned to closed
[2:07] session).
[4:21] >> we're going to get started in just
[4:24] a minute or two, a matter of
[4:29] seconds actually.
[4:50] good evening, it is june 9, 2026, and
[4:53] I would like to call to order the
[4:55] meeting of the mission viejo city
[4:58] council, the community development
[5:01] financing authority, the successor agency
[5:03] of the community development
[5:04] agency, the housing authority and the
[5:06] library board of trustees.
[5:09] I see we have all of our council
[5:11] members in attendance.
[5:12] mr. City attorney, I would ask you if
[5:14] you have any items to report out of
[5:16] closed session?
[5:17] >> thank you, madam mayor, the city
[5:20] council met on one item this evening
[5:22] in closed session as listed on the
[5:23] agenda, that is the conference with
[5:27] legal counsel, existing litigation,
[5:29] one case, that's janice kronik gath
[5:35] v. City of mission viejo, case
[5:44] 30-2024-01376969-cu-mc-cjc.
[5:46] the council took no reportable action
[5:48] and that concludes our closed session
[5:50] report.
[5:51] >> thank you.
[5:55] >> would you like me to repeat that.
[5:57] >> please repeat.
[6:03] >> thank you.
[6:04] >> the city council met on one item on
[6:05] closed session, that is the janice
[6:06] kronik gath matter versus mission
[6:11] viejo, while in closed session, all
[6:12] members of the city council were
[6:14] present in closed session, however the
[6:16] city council took no reportable action
[6:18] while in closed session.
[6:19] and that concludes the closed session
[6:25] report.
[6:27] >> [inaudible].
[6:28] >> that is the announcement.
[6:29] >> okay, next up we're going to have
[6:33] the invocation which is going to be
[6:36] shared by council member vasquez, and
[6:38] then the pledge of allegiance, I will
[6:41] be doing the pledge.
[6:42] thank you.
[6:43] >> we gather today as neighbors,
[6:56] different in background, belief and
[6:59] experience, yet united by this
[7:00] community we share.
[7:01] may we approach this work with open
[7:04] minds and compassionate hearts, honoring
[7:07] the dignity of every person in this
[7:09] room and every person this council
[7:12] serves.
[7:13] our differences make us stronger, let
[7:15] that be our guide today, let us
[7:18] begin.
[7:19] thank you.
[7:20] >> thank you, if you would all join me
[7:23] in honoring as we come upon the 250th
[7:26] birthday of our nation, please join me
[7:28] in honoring our flag.
[7:29] ready, begin.
[7:32] >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of
[7:33] the united states of america and to
[7:34] the republic for which it stands one
[7:35] nation under god, indivisible, with
[7:36] liberty and justice for all.
[7:42] >> thank you, all.
[7:51] okay, next up, we are going to have
[7:54] some presentations.
[7:55] and I do have a person that wants to
[8:04] speak on agenda item number 1 which is
[8:08] the presentation number 1.
[8:14] do we need to do that prior to the
[8:17] presentations, madam clerk?
[8:20] >> [inaudible]
[8:21] >> okay.
[8:23] we'll go ahead and take the speaker
[8:27] now and that is for the item number
[8:30] p1, it's mr. Michael roche.
[8:40] >> michael, longtime mission viejo
[8:41] resident, when I saw that you were
[8:43] going to be honoring the shirt cannery
[8:46] tonight, I wanted to -- I had this
[8:53] shirt ordered for them 12 years ago
[8:54] when I retired from the postal service.
[8:55] as you can see, it says [inaudible] I
[9:01] not did dead which I thought was
[9:02] appropriate for a retirement
[9:04] property.
[9:05] as you can see, it's in pretty good
[9:07] shape, me, not so much.
[9:08] I wanted to thank them and thank you
[9:10] for letting me speak.
[9:11] >> thank you.
[9:12] >> [applause].
[9:16] >> okay, I'm going to go down to the
[9:19] podium and we'll do our presentations.
[9:35] okay.
[9:36] I would like to ask julie marshall to come
[9:39] to the podium, please.
[9:46] okay, julie.
[9:48] this is a big deal.
[9:53] so, we're doing proclamations this
[9:55] year and one of the things that's
[9:57] really special about your business is
[9:58] that you're one of our oldest
[10:01] businesses and you have been a part of
[10:03] the city for 50 years.
[10:07] was that the actual start of your
[10:09] business or did you start your
[10:10] business before you had that physical
[10:13] location?
[10:14] >> no, 50 years.
[10:15] >> 50 years, I wanted to make sure.
[10:17] this is a family business and one of
[10:19] the things we're doing is we're doing
[10:21] -- we're mon -- honoring and doing
[10:26] something special for the 250th
[10:28] birthday of america so this is a
[10:29] proclamation from the city of mission
[10:33] viejo commemorating the contribution
[10:35] of the small businesses to the story
[10:37] during the semi-quincentennial
[10:41] anniversary of the united states.
[10:44] july 4, 1976, america was
[10:45] founded on the enduring convictions
[10:47] liberty, justice and the pursuit of
[10:50] happiness, truths that continue to
[10:52] guide our republic and as our nation
[10:54] approaches its 250th anniversary in
[10:57] 2026 known as the semi-quincentennial
[11:00] or america 250, I'm sure you're seeing
[11:02] all the signs along the roads,
[11:04] communities are encouraged to reflect
[11:06] on our history, honor all americans'
[11:09] contributions and look to the future,
[11:12] whereas small businesses are vital to
[11:14] our communities and economy embodying
[11:18] the american spirit and representing
[11:20] nearly all american businesses, small
[11:22] business owners contribute
[11:25] significantly to the character and
[11:27] prosperity of mission viejo.
[11:30] this 250th milestone is an opportunity
[11:32] to recognize small businesses and
[11:33] citizens in shaping our nation's
[11:35] values and future.
[11:36] we encourage everyone to support local
[11:39] small businesses in celebrating our
[11:42] heritage and inspiring future
[11:45] generations.
[11:46] the shirt cannery is a family owned
[11:48] business which opened in the mission
[11:52] viejo village center in 1976.
[11:57] celebrating five decades as part of
[11:58] the fabric of this dynamic community
[12:02] and fabric -- what a word to use, and
[12:06] I will say that the business is
[12:09] popular for its customer banners,
[12:13] screen printing, embroidery,
[12:16] rhinestone lettering, logos and
[12:17] more and the shirt cannery which
[12:19] embodies friendly customer service is
[12:21] a local go-to for sports teams,
[12:24] schools, I've had firsthand experience
[12:28] with that, coaches, businesses and
[12:31] other seeking custom designees, color
[12:34] copy transfers, rhinestone lettering
[12:36] and logos.
[12:37] the business provides the on-spot
[12:41] printing quick turn-around times and a
[12:43] wide range of services that people
[12:45] from mission viejo and well beyond
[12:47] have long embraced.
[12:49] so, now therefore I wendy bucknum for
[12:54] the virtue of the city of mission
[12:57] viejo and on behalf of the city
[12:59] council do hereby recognize the
[13:01] contributions of the shirt cannery in
[13:04] the city of mission viejo, thank you
[13:07] for all you do for our residents.
[13:12] [applause].
[13:13] come on, say a few words.
[13:14] >> first of all, I want to thank the
[13:17] city council.
[13:18] I really appreciate you honoring me.
[13:21] I don't know how many were here, I was
[13:23] here ten years ago, time just flies,
[13:26] so thank you again so much for
[13:29] honoring me tonight.
[13:31] I have something for you guys for the
[13:33] 250th, it's just a fun little thing.
[13:34] >> okay.
[13:41] >> for men and women, so I'll put them
[13:45] up here, this is for women and the
[13:48] men, I couldn't leave here without
[13:50] giving you something.
[13:52] >> that's awesome, thank you.
[13:53] >> thank you.
[13:56] I just again, I just wanted to thank
[14:00] you, you know, you can't do anything
[14:04] without family.
[14:05] I don't want to cry.
[14:07] >> it's okay, it's okay.
[14:09] >> family and friends, I couldn't do
[14:13] it without them, they've put up with a
[14:15] lot over the years.
[14:18] my staff is awesome.
[14:20] you can't have a business without
[14:24] having staff.
[14:25] they're my second family.
[14:28] they do everything I need them to do
[14:31] and help me through a lot of ups and
[14:36] downs, so I really do appreciate you
[14:39] guys, it's been a long journey.
[14:42] I have a couple of notes because I
[14:48] know I'm forgetting, I can't believer
[14:50] it's been 50 years, I wanted to tell
[14:52] you when we started, we came out here
[14:56] in 74 and my husband was in real
[14:58] estate and we were told this was the
[15:01] hot spot, mission viejo was the hot
[15:03] spot in 74, so I started my business
[15:06] after that, I do have to tell you that
[15:09] I don't know if you guys remember the
[15:12] bicycle races for the olympics.
[15:16] well, that weekend, I was having a
[15:18] hard time surviving and that weekend
[15:20] pulled me back up where I could
[15:23] continue where I am today, so thank
[15:26] you again, mission viejo, for
[15:28] sponsoring that, so that was really
[15:31] awesome.
[15:32] there's a lot of blood, sweat and
[15:34] tears as that go into a business.
[15:38] it's not always about the money, it's
[15:40] about doing something that you love
[15:43] and care about it.
[15:44] I guess that's why I'm still
[15:49] working today, anyway, I wanted to
[15:51] also mention that I know we have a
[15:53] parade coming up here which is a first
[15:56] for a while.
[15:57] we used to be in the st. Patrick's
[16:00] parade, we used to have a mote psych
[16:01] wl a side car with shamrocks on it, so
[16:05] it's really nice to have a parade
[16:07] back, I'm looking forward to being in
[16:09] it and that will be fun, so that's
[16:11] like the first parade we ever had in a
[16:13] while I think.
[16:14] >> it's been many, many, many years, I
[16:16] think before we were a city was the
[16:18] last time we had a parade.
[16:20] >> well, I was here before it was a
[16:25] city.
[16:26] I started when I was 2, you know, okay.
[16:27] >> fair enough.
[16:28] >> anyway, so I just wanted to again
[16:31] -- I'm not going to go on and
[16:34] on and, I wanted to thank everybody
[16:37] again and I really appreciate all of
[16:39] you, you guys do a lot of work that we
[16:41] don't even know about.
[16:42] so, I think that being said, I think
[16:47] my two minute are probably up.
[16:49] >> we're honoring you, so please.
[16:51] >> well, thank you.
[16:52] >> so, stay here because I would like
[16:57] to ask saga conroy from supervisor don
[17:02] wagner's office and jenny dawn from
[17:07] assemblywoman sanchez's office as well
[17:11] sergei from congresswoman young kim's
[17:12] office to come forward with their
[17:15] certificates.
[17:16] kimberly carr from senator
[17:17] blakespear's office is unable the
[17:18] attend, however she did leave a
[17:22] certificate which does somebody have
[17:23] it, okay, we have it, so we will get
[17:25] it to you, okay, so please.
[17:38] >> thank you, I appreciate it, this is
[17:40] awesome, wow.
[17:48] ( presenting certificates ).
[17:54] >> thank you, I really appreciate
[17:56] that, I really do, thank you so much.
[18:01] ( presenting certificate ).
[18:08] >> I know half the people in here.
[18:11] so, thank you so much, thank you,
[18:13] thank you.
[18:15] >> okay, stay up here for a picture.
[18:17] I'm going to go ahead and have our
[18:21] councilmembers come down so we can do
[18:22] a picture with you, and anybody that's
[18:26] on your team that you would like to do
[18:29] a picture with you, we can do that.
[18:36] ( taking photograph ).
[19:33] >> we have a video, let watch the
[19:36] video.
[19:41] ( playing video ).
[19:48] there we go.
[21:02] ( video complete ).
[21:05] [applause].
[21:11] >> okay.
[21:13] next we're going -- I
[21:18] want to ask gina who's the ayso
[21:29] commissioner to come to the podium, I
[21:30] would like present you with a
[21:31] proclamation and then I'm going to
[21:32] have you say a few words.
[21:33] thank you for coming.
[21:34] I want to make sure this is for the
[21:37] right -- yes, okay.
[21:38] so, this is a very similar
[21:41] proclamation to -- for a business that
[21:43] has -- it's a profitable business,
[21:45] this is for our non-profits we're
[21:48] recognizing and ayso is one of our
[21:50] favorite non-profits.
[21:53] this is commemorating the
[21:56] contributions of non-profit
[21:57] organizations to the american story
[21:59] during this semi-quincentennial
[22:02] anniversary of our country.
[22:04] so, it's the same wording but a little
[22:07] different but I'm going to read it
[22:08] because you deserve to have this.
[22:10] on july 4, 1776, the united states of
[22:16] america was founded on the pursuit of
[22:20] happiness, truths that continue to
[22:21] guide our republic.
[22:22] as our nation approaches its 250th
[22:26] anniversary in 2026 known as
[22:29] semi-quincentennial or america 250,
[22:31] communities are encouraged to reflect
[22:32] on that history, honor all americans'
[22:36] contributions and look to the future.
[22:39] non-profit organizations play a
[22:41] crucial role in enriching the life in
[22:44] mission viejo by addressing important
[22:47] social needs, supporting our most
[22:48] vulnerable residents and fostering
[22:50] community engagement and we know
[22:51] soccer does that.
[22:53] local non-profits are essential in
[22:55] building a strong community, fabric
[22:59] encouraging volunteerism inspiring
[23:01] civic pride amongst residents,
[23:03] non-profit organizations also play
[23:05] a crucial role in empowering small
[23:08] businesses by ordering t-shirts and
[23:12] uplifting local communities and
[23:14] addressing various social needs.
[23:17] ayso region 84 has proudly served the
[23:20] mission viejo community also for 50
[23:23] years providing a positive inclusive
[23:26] and volunteer-driven youth soccer
[23:28] program for thousands of children and
[23:31] families each year, through its
[23:33] dedication to player development,
[23:36] sportsmanship and community services,
[23:37] region 84 has become one of the
[23:39] largest and most respected ayso
[23:42] regions in the country.
[23:44] and was honored as the 2025 ayso
[23:49] section 11 region of the year.
[23:52] so, now therefore I wendy bucknum by
[23:54] the have I virtue of the authority
[23:58] vested in me and on behalf of the city
[24:00] council do hereby recognize the
[24:02] contributions of ayso region 84 in the
[24:05] city of mission viejo.
[24:06] thank you so much for all you and the
[24:10] volunteers do.
[24:15] [applause].
[24:16] would you like to say a few words?
[24:17] >> I do.
[24:18] >> excellent.
[24:19] >> let's see here.
[24:20] okay.
[24:21] sorry, I have to read this.
[24:24] as she stated, hello, my name is
[24:32] gina, on behalf of our regional
[24:36] commission of ryan who wish he could
[24:41] have been here but is raffling for
[24:43] work, we thank you for this
[24:44] proclamation, it is a genuine honor
[24:48] fir our region to be recognized
[24:49] tonight, for over 50 year, ayso and
[24:51] the city of mission viejo have stood
[24:53] in partners and service to local
[24:55] families and we are grateful for that
[24:58] enduring relationship.
[24:59] it is our honor to serve this community
[25:02] and to uphold the values that define ayso
[25:05] which are everyone plays, balanced
[25:08] teams, open registration, positive
[25:11] coaching, good sportsmanship and
[25:12] player development.
[25:14] we accept this recognition with pride
[25:16] on behalf of many volunteers who make
[25:19] it all possible and we thank the city
[25:22] for its continued partnership.
[25:24] we look forward to the next 50 years
[25:27] of cultivating youth, recreational
[25:30] soccer in mission viejo.
[25:33] [applause].
[25:34] >> wonderful, stay right here.
[25:36] okay.
[25:37] I would like to have our
[25:40] representatives saga from supervisor
[25:42] don wagner, jenny from
[25:45] assemblywoman sanchez's office and
[25:48] sergei from congresswoman young kim's
[25:49] office to come forward.
[25:51] do I have kimberly carr's office here?
[25:54] I wanted to make sure, I saw somebody
[25:56] else come in, I wanted to make sure.
[25:58] so, we have senator blakespear's
[26:02] office was unto attend but they have
[26:04] provided a certificate for you which
[26:06] is right now and I just noticed that.
[26:09] okay.
[26:10] go ahead, saga.
[26:15] >>( presenting certificates ).
[26:17] >> I've been with the region for ten
[26:21] years, so much time, a highlight of my
[26:25] actual employment.
[26:30] >> I'm going to let you go ahead.
[26:33] >> congratulations on behalf of the
[26:37] assemblywoman's office, I would like to
[26:38] congratulate you on the expansion of
[26:40] your ayso and the growth of the
[26:44] region, thank you for empowering the
[26:46] youth with fun and athleticism and
[26:50] encouraging future generations to play
[26:53] soccer.
[26:54] >> wonderful, thank you.
[26:57] >> this is on behalf of congress
[27:00] member kim, the congressional
[27:02] certificate of recognition in honor of
[27:05] your dedication to helping youth
[27:07] succeed both on and off the field.
[27:09] >> thank you so much.
[27:10] [applause].
[27:11] >> this is from senator
[27:14] blakespear's office for you, and I
[27:16] have yours right here, I'm give this
[27:18] to you as well.
[27:20] >> this is amazing, thank you so much.
[27:23] >> okay, why don't we go ahead and do
[27:25] a picture here with everybody.
[27:30] you have your people back there, do
[27:32] you have more?
[27:33] >> very last minute.
[27:36] >> it's okay, glad you're here.
[27:55] ( taking photograph ).
[27:56] >> thank you so much.
[28:04] >> it's big time for soccer right now.
[28:17] here's your certificate.
[28:19] >> thank you.
[28:20] >> there you go.
[28:22] okay.
[28:23] and then our final recognition but
[28:24] last but not least is I would like to
[28:28] have jesse matlock, president of the
[28:33] mission viejo girls softball, come up
[28:36] to the podium so I can present this
[28:40] certificate to you as well.
[28:41] thank you.
[28:44] okay.
[28:45] thank you for coming, I appreciate it.
[28:46] so, I'll read this proclamation for
[28:49] you.
[28:50] it is commemorating the contributions
[28:51] of non-profit organizations, you are
[28:52] another one of our non-profits that
[28:54] make a difference in the community.
[28:57] for the american story during our
[29:02] semi-quincentennial anniversary,
[29:03] on july 4, the united states of
[29:07] america was founded on the pursuit of
[29:14] happiness, as our nation approaches
[29:15] its 250th anniversary in 2026 nope as
[29:20] the semi-quincentennial or america
[29:23] 250, communities are reflecting on our
[29:26] history honoring to all american
[29:27] contributions and look to the future.
[29:30] non-profit organizations play a
[29:31] crucial role in ep arching the quality
[29:33] of life in mission viejo by addressing
[29:37] important social needs supporting our
[29:39] most vulnerable residents and
[29:41] fostering community engagement.
[29:44] >> on behalf of our board and league
[29:46] members, thank you so much, thank you
[29:47] to the city council, the city of
[29:49] mission viejo for this recognition,
[29:51] it's amazing, thank you.
[29:52] I've been the president for about four
[29:54] years now, I have been involved with
[29:57] the league for six, 7 years, the
[29:59] league has been in the city of mission
[30:01] viejo I think it's going on 35 years,
[30:03] they had a couple of different names,
[30:05] it was mission day oro for a little
[30:08] while, mike back there might know some
[30:11] of if names, he's been around more
[30:13] than I have, but we love it, we love
[30:15] running the league.
[30:17] I can't take credit for all the league
[30:18] does, I have an amazing board, an
[30:21] amazing set of coaching volunteers and
[30:24] team mom volunteers, there's hundreds
[30:26] of them, so I have two of my board
[30:28] members here and then I know the other
[30:30] 15 or so right are running things for
[30:34] the league because we have some
[30:36] leagues going on, the board never
[30:38] sleeps and it's true, it's year-round
[30:42] -- I don't want to call it a job but
[30:44] but I spend more time on that than my
[30:48] actual paying job.
[30:49] >> didn't you have a big event or do
[30:51] you have one coming up?
[30:52] >> we have the parade with you guys.
[30:55] >> that's wonderful, no, I thought you
[30:57] had a tournament.
[30:58] >> we had our end of season tournament
[31:01] and a parade that we run, not to
[31:03] promote our league, go check out our
[31:06] instagram, we have a couple of
[31:08] instagram posts about it, we get all
[31:10] 350 kids out there, they dress up in
[31:15] their team theme and they do this
[31:17] whole parade where we set up this area
[31:19] where they march through these tunnels
[31:21] and we have a dj that
[31:29] announces them, if you haver young
[31:31] girls that want to play, get nem to
[31:33] come out and run outside far few hours.
[31:36] >> it's great.
[31:38] let's have our other presenters come
[31:41] on up.
[31:42] again, supervisor don wagner's
[31:45] office, our assembly woman kate
[31:48] sanchez's and congresswoman young kim
[31:49] and here is state senator blakespear's
[31:53] certificate of recognition.
[31:56] please.
[31:59] >>( presenting certificates ).
[32:38] >> thank you, alright, let's do a
[32:41] picture.
[32:42] [applause].
[32:43] >> let's do a picture right here.
[32:46] ( taking photograph ).
[33:34] >> thank you.
[33:38] [applause].
[33:45] >> okay, that concludes our
[33:51] presentations.
[34:22] >> alright.
[34:28] thank you, all, these are important
[34:30] presentations for these groups that
[34:33] really make a big difference in our
[34:35] community for our kids and our
[34:39] families.
[34:41] okay.
[34:42] we have some new processes in place,
[34:43] so this is going to be a little big
[34:45] longer so bear with me.
[34:47] persons wishing to address the city
[34:50] council on business that is not listed
[34:52] on the agenda must do so at this time.
[34:54] members of the public who are present
[34:57] in the chamber and wish to speak
[35:00] should see the city clerk now or
[35:04] potentially you have already seen the
[35:05] city clerk.
[35:06] for those joining us remotely by zoom
[35:10] or clinging in, please use the raise
[35:13] hand function to be added to the
[35:15] speaker queue.
[35:17] those wishing to address council on
[35:19] any item that is listed on the agenda
[35:23] should request to speak before the
[35:25] item is called.
[35:26] once the first speaker is called, no
[35:29] additional speakers are permitted in
[35:30] the queue.
[35:32] each speaker may be allotted three
[35:35] minutes.
[35:36] when called and we're going to be very
[35:39] succinct on the three minutes.
[35:41] when called, please state your name
[35:42] and city of residence.
[35:45] we will start with in-person speakers
[35:48] and then move to remote speakers.
[35:54] when ready, madam clerk, please state
[35:57] the name of the public -- member of
[36:02] the public comments, the number of
[36:04] public comments we have tonight and
[36:05] please call up the first speaker.
[36:06] >> [inaudible]
[36:11] >> brian would like you do it, thank
[36:13] you so much.
[36:17] >> hello, madam mayor, yes, we have
[36:19] three public comments this evening,
[36:20] the first person is faith first
[36:25] followed by wanda rear don and lastly
[36:29] brian zahn.
[36:33] >> good evening, mayor and city
[36:35] councilmembers, my name is faith and I
[36:37] live in mission viejo.
[36:40] I'm here about 22931 via santa maria,
[36:44] the hoarder.
[36:46] I spoke on the 26th of may and there
[36:49] is more trash and more abandoned
[36:52] machine parts on his lawn.
[36:54] also there's dog feces from
[37:00] his backyard that hasn't changed.
[37:01] I would like to remind the council
[37:04] that oxford park elementary school is
[37:05] across the street, the yard is a fire
[37:09] and safety hazard.
[37:10] I'm here to inquire about actions from
[37:13] the city manager and the code
[37:14] enforcement in this department, what
[37:16] progress has been made?
[37:17] thank you.
[37:19] >> thank you.
[37:24] why don't we hold comment since we
[37:26] only have three, let's hold comment,
[37:28] we have some information for you, so
[37:30] we'll let everybody speak
[37:35] first, thank you.
[37:36] >> the next speaker is wanda rear
[37:44] don.
[37:45] >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen,
[37:47] I'm having a little bit of a problem with
[37:49] my phone but we'll keep moving forward.
[37:52] I need to let you know that trish
[37:55] kelley is really good at putting
[37:57] people together with other people and
[38:00] one of the things she did, I think
[38:03] two saturdays ago, called me and
[38:07] said you need to come down here,
[38:09] spirit led is here and I said, I don't
[38:10] know what they have.
[38:12] I went over to as she directed me,
[38:16] over to new heart, is that right, and
[38:18] I looked out in the back area, I don't
[38:20] know how many of you know but there
[38:22] are like tons of basketball courts out
[38:25] behind and it's unbelievable.
[38:28] it was full of families, it was full
[38:31] of just anybody that could come in, it
[38:35] worked out great.
[38:36] and these children are all handicapped
[38:40] in some way, shape or form.
[38:42] they go from young all the way up to
[38:45] 22 years old and some of the 22
[38:50] year-olds are now coaches for the
[38:51] younger onuses.
[38:54] it's an amazing situation and brian
[38:56] just told me, he said that's one of
[38:58] the best things about mission viejo
[38:59] which I have to agree with.
[39:05] people were so friendly and I was
[39:06] there -- I think I was there for two
[39:08] or three hours and didn't have a
[39:09] chair to sit in, but it was just a
[39:12] wonderful place and I just wanted to
[39:14] let everybody know I have a phone
[39:16] number in case you would like to be
[39:18] involved a little bit, it is -- it's
[39:23] just an unbelievable situation and we
[39:24] have some people in mission viejo that
[39:32] work here in the city and they
[39:40] volunteer, anybody that's
[39:42] bored, don't worry about it, but thank
[39:43] you very much.
[39:50] >> thank you, and our last speaker is
[39:53] brian zahn.
[40:01] >> good evening, council.
[40:03] well, let me start quickly because I
[40:04] have a lot of things to say.
[40:07] first thing I would like to say about
[40:11] ayso, my sister played in ayso way
[40:14] back in the days.
[40:15] me and my family moved to mission
[40:17] viejo in july of 1968 and I have lived
[40:20] here a long time and I have seen a lot
[40:22] of wonderful things and ayso is an
[40:26] amazing group, volunteerism, special,
[40:28] our city supports it, it says a lot
[40:30] about our community and I also want to
[40:32] shout out to ron roof, he's also the
[40:35] director of the 11 year-old girls in
[40:38] mission viejo, he is a neighbor,
[40:40] a volunteer, a referee, relentless,
[40:43] and last couple of nights, the weekend
[40:45] over at the new heart fields, they had
[40:48] their classic, ron got home at 8:00
[40:51] that night, volunteering, it's an
[40:53] amazing thing.
[40:54] mission viejo girls softball and to
[40:56] jesse, I have worked with jesse for
[40:58] four years, I retired in january from
[41:00] our city, part of my responsibility
[41:02] was taking care of softball fields and
[41:07] it is a special place, my daughter
[41:09] played in it, I was proud to take care
[41:11] of those fields, it's really important
[41:13] to our city, people come to our city
[41:16] because of these wonderful non-profit
[41:20] fields, parents, they volunteer their
[41:22] it is amazing, and if anybody wants to
[41:24] to know more about it, I have over 20
[41:26] years of experience to talk about it.
[41:28] the other thing I want to talk about
[41:30] quickly is yesterday I was honored, I
[41:32] went on a ride along with the orange
[41:35] county sheriff and I got to city hall
[41:38] at 8:00 in the morning, left at 4:00
[41:40] and I want to tell the residents of
[41:42] mission viejo and anybody that's
[41:44] listening closely, we have amazing
[41:50] deputies, they're courteous and
[41:52] nice, we had a few people that had
[41:55] some traffic problems, they talked to
[41:56] them nicely and were fair to them and
[41:58] they gave them warnings and said thank
[42:00] you.
[42:01] it shows we have a wonderful city that
[42:04] believes in this orange county sheriff
[42:09] department and I want to to say, captain
[42:12] larson, you have wrongful people who
[42:13] work for you, I saw the human side of
[42:17] it, I want to thank the city because I
[42:20] have lived here since 196, went to
[42:22] school here, my kids went to school
[42:24] here, this is a wonderful community
[42:26] and I want to thank you, council, for
[42:28] continuing that spirit and thank you.
[42:32] [applause].
[42:37] >> that concludes the public comments.
[42:40] >> we do not have anybody online,
[42:42] madam clerk?
[42:43] >> we do not.
[42:44] >> thank you.
[42:46] I appreciate it.
[42:48] mr. City attorney?
[42:51] >> thank you, madam mayor, I'll give
[42:54] you an update on the santa maria
[42:56] property so in the next several days,
[42:58] notice will go out which is a
[43:04] prerequisite to filing a nuisance
[43:08] abatement action and if that nuisance
[43:10] is not remediated, it will be quickly
[43:12] followed by a nuisance abatement
[43:15] hearing at which point the city will
[43:16] have the opportunity to deem it a
[43:18] nuisance and all of this is a
[43:20] prerequisite should the city ever need
[43:22] to institute a nuisance abatement
[43:24] action in court.
[43:25] that is what is planned, madam mayor,
[43:29] but I'm happy to answer any questions
[43:30] from the council.
[43:31] >> thank you.
[43:35] so, did everybody hear that okay?
[43:39] >> [inaudible].
[43:40] >> he was speaking english, I'll
[43:44] have him speak -- you mean legal ease,
[43:46] got it, I understand.
[43:50] maybe just --
[43:51] >> clearly, so under the mission viejo
[43:54] municipal code, there's a procedure
[43:55] that has to be followed to deem a
[43:57] property a public nuisance, so that
[43:59] procedure is in general for any
[44:01] property that you want to the deal
[44:02] with as a public nuisance, a note to
[44:06] abate needs to go out to the property
[44:08] owner, formal notice, advising that
[44:09] property owner they have a certain
[44:11] amount of time, a short window to
[44:13] bring the property into compliance.
[44:15] should that property owner not bring
[44:17] that property into compliance, the
[44:18] next step would be a formal hearing by
[44:22] a hearing officer that would then if
[44:24] the evidence is sufficient deem that
[44:26] property a public nuisance which would
[44:28] then allow the city to go in and
[44:31] physically abate the nuisance which is
[44:32] clean up the property.
[44:33] that in a nutshell is how the
[44:36] abatement action would proceed.
[44:37] >> thank you.
[44:40] council, are there any questions?
[44:43] so, essentially he's filing a very
[44:46] prescribed legal process that we must
[44:48] follow by state law, so thank you so
[44:50] much, mr. City attorney.
[44:52] >> you're welcome.
[44:53] >> thank you.
[44:54] okay, next we have the consent
[44:59] calendar.
[45:00] and madam city clerk, are there any
[45:01] requests to speak on the consent
[45:04] calendar in the room or online?
[45:07] >> there are not.
[45:08] >> thank you.
[45:09] would anybody like to remove -- I'm
[45:11] trying to follow the rules, is there
[45:14] -- would you like to remove anything
[45:16] from the consent calendar, if not I'll
[45:19] take a motion.
[45:20] >> moved.
[45:21] >> second.
[45:22] >> go ahead and register your votes.
[45:41] there we go.
[45:46] yeah, I don't think it was quite ready
[45:48] ge.
[45:49] do we have everybody?
[45:52] >> waiting for cynthia and trish.
[45:55] >> it reset, yeah, it reset.
[45:56] >> okay.
[45:59] there we go, that is unanimous, thank
[46:03] you.
[46:04] next we have our public hearing and
[46:08] this is regarding the civic center
[46:11] level 2 electric vehicle charging
[46:16] stations, cip 22249, so is there
[46:18] anybody who would like to speak on
[46:21] this particular item in the room or
[46:24] online?
[46:25] >> we do have one public speaker and
[46:32] that michael rocha?
[46:33] >> okay.
[46:38] >> madam mayor?
[46:39] >> yes.
[46:40] >> prior to accepting public comment,
[46:41] we need the open the public hearing.
[46:43] >> okay, excuse me, please, you can
[46:45] stay there.
[46:46] I would like to go ahead and open the
[46:48] public hearing at this time.
[46:51] thank you, please go right ahead.
[46:55] >> I'm michael rocha, long time
[46:59] mission viejo resident.
[47:00] I want to say how pleased I am to
[47:01] see this on the agenda, it's been a
[47:04] long time coming, it took a while, but
[47:06] it's a good start.
[47:08] I wouldn't mind seeing more of them,
[47:12] we're starting lower but I hope that
[47:14] you'll see that it's a successful
[47:17] thing and that will incentivize you to
[47:20] put more of these in.
[47:21] if you could put them in at say the
[47:30] oso rec center, it could increase the
[47:32] commerce in the area and revitalize some
[47:34] of the businesses that are struggling
[47:36] close by.
[47:39] one other thing, when I first got my
[47:44] plug-in prius, I used to go over to
[47:49] laguna niguel, they had a number of
[47:52] free chargers you could use cerement
[47:56] apparently they got rid of them a year
[47:57] and a half ago, I'm not quite sure
[48:00] why, as you move into getting more of
[48:03] these, maybe you could look into that
[48:04] because that could be a real incentive
[48:06] for people to come here to mission
[48:09] viejo and use the wonderful city
[48:11] services we have here, so thank you.
[48:13] >> thank you.
[48:18] [applause].
[48:19] do we have any other public comments?
[48:22] >> we do not.
[48:23] >> thank you.
[48:25] so, at this point I would like to ask
[48:27] for a staff report.
[48:31] >> sure, I'll ask our public
[48:33] services operations manager for the
[48:34] report, corey.
[48:37] >> good evening, my name is corey
[48:42] ganier, this report is for the civic
[48:45] center level 2 electric vehicle
[48:47] charging station cip 22249, this is to
[48:49] conduct a public hearing on proposed
[48:52] public electric vehicle charging
[48:54] station user fees, two, adopt
[48:58] resolution 26-xx establishing new user
[49:00] fees for public ev charging stations
[49:03] and award a 50 year subscription
[49:05] agreement with the chargepoint inc.
[49:08] for the management and maintenance
[49:10] warranty of the civic center level 2
[49:13] electric vehicle charging stations.
[49:15] this includes funding for cip 22249
[49:18] construction of electric vehicle
[49:22] charging stations at the
[49:25] civic center.
[49:26] this includes one ada accessible
[49:29] station.
[49:30] staff is recommending locating the
[49:31] spaces at civic center parking center
[49:34] easterly of the marguerite parkway
[49:36] side adjacent to the utility
[49:39] enclosure.
[49:40] see attached site exhibit a.
[49:43] staff evaluated the site and show
[49:45] chose this location based on
[49:47] availability of
[49:48] electricity, as well as minimum
[49:50] impact to the site.
[49:52] ev charging stations includes vehicle
[49:57] charge stations and will be
[49:58] available for public use.
[50:00] charge time estimates are 30 miles per
[50:02] one hour of charging.
[50:03] the proposed subscription agreement,
[50:05] see exhibit c, with chargepoint
[50:08] incorporated includes a five year
[50:11] commercial cloud plan services,
[50:14] activation service and chargepoint
[50:16] assured warranty, this is included in
[50:17] the purchase of the charging stations.
[50:20] all payment transactions and process
[50:22] directly through chargepoint
[50:25] incorporated, chargepoint incorporated
[50:26] charge as service fee equal to 10% of
[50:29] the station usage fees to cover
[50:31] transaction and station management
[50:32] services.
[50:33] each mother chargepoint inc. Will
[50:35] reimburse the city of mission viejo
[50:37] for the station usage fees minus the
[50:41] 10% usage fee.
[50:43] staff surveyed local businesses that
[50:46] provide level 2 ev stations for public
[50:48] use, based on survey, the average rate
[50:51] charged by local public agencies go
[50:55] from 59 cents per kilowatt usage,
[51:00] staff recommended maintaining it at
[51:03] 21% applicable of the on peak
[51:07] electricity rate.
[51:09] the user's charge would be 42
[51:12] kilowatts per hour, this is to recover
[51:15] the city's direct utility cost,
[51:18] transaction management fees and is a
[51:19] portion of city staff time with managing
[51:21] the program.
[51:22] the funding comes from msrc, a grant,
[51:29] and funds from the air quality
[51:33] management district, aqmd, these funds
[51:35] were budgeted in the 21 and 23 capital
[51:38] improvement bjt u. These funds have
[51:40] been carried over, both ev
[51:44] stations and all electric and
[51:46] hardscape efforts will be fully funded
[51:51] by the mcrc grant, it was to provide
[51:56] ev solutions to public agencies
[51:58] throughout the united states.
[52:00] sourcewell itself funded government
[52:02] organization established in 1978 helps
[52:04] more than 50 thousand participating
[52:07] government educational non-profit
[52:09] agencies streamline procurement
[52:12] through competitive lease, solicited
[52:14] cracks and renegotiated pricing.
[52:17] staff recommend allowing adjustments
[52:18] to the city manager level to amend
[52:22] usage fees 21% to on peak electricity
[52:24] rates as they increase and/or decrease.
[52:27] staff recommends public charging hours
[52:28] of operation to be available 24/7 per
[52:33] the msrc grant requirements,
[52:35] construction is to begin in 2026.
[52:42] that concludes the report.
[52:43] >> thank you.
[52:45] colleagues, do we have any comments or
[52:47] questions on this item?
[52:51] council member vasquez?
[52:54] >> so, my question is related to
[52:58] personal data.
[53:00] so, I guess on part of this packet,
[53:04] page 15 of 44, it talks about the
[53:09] personal data and it says personal
[53:11] data includes personal data, personal
[53:14] information, personally identifiable
[53:16] information and analogous terms, etc.,
[53:21] etc., now, can you perhaps for people
[53:25] who may not understand what that data
[53:29] includes, maybe just sort of shed a
[53:31] little more light on that, what type
[53:34] of personal information will be
[53:35] collected?
[53:36] >> which page are you looking at,
[53:39] apologies, I know you mentioned it.
[53:42] >> it's on page 15 of 44 of the agenda
[53:45] item under item number 15.
[53:46] >> yup.
[53:47] >> so, paragraph d.
[53:49] >> the data I believe consists of --
[53:51] you have to have a chargepoint account
[53:53] to be able to use chargepoint station,
[53:57] so that would be vehicle information
[53:59] and credit card in addition and name
[54:01] when you sign up, most likely address,
[54:04] just items you would sign up for to be
[54:06] the a chargepoint member.
[54:09] >> so, more or less basic information,
[54:11] is that correct?
[54:12] >> correct.
[54:13] >> alright, thank you.
[54:14] >> thank you.
[54:16] council member ruesch?
[54:18] >> thank you, madam mayor.
[54:21] first question is how did a level 2
[54:26] charging station come about versus the
[54:29] level 3, I mean, was that just what
[54:32] chargepoint offered us?
[54:33] >> so, level 2 is the mid tier, so you
[54:36] have level 1, level 2, level 3.
[54:39] level 1 is your 120 vote plugging in
[54:41] that you can plug in at home and do a
[54:44] regular outlet, it takes a long time
[54:45] to charge, more than probably 8 hours,
[54:48] level 2 a little bit higher voltage,
[54:51] quicker charge rates, level 3 would be
[54:55] a 480 vote system which requires a lot
[54:57] of power, power that we don't have
[54:59] available in the city to provide that,
[55:01] so level 2 is the best option.
[55:02] >> okay.
[55:05] and -- well, that answers that is
[55:07] question because my other thought is
[55:09] if we have any data from chargepoint
[55:13] on usage of level to it, 30 miles an
[55:16] hour is obviously very slow or else it
[55:21] will create somebody to park their car
[55:23] there all day which kind of defeats
[55:25] the purpose.
[55:26] >> we do have idle fees associated
[55:29] with this, so basically if you charge
[55:30] a vehicle for so long, once the
[55:33] charging has completed, you have so
[55:35] long to vacate the spot or else you'll
[55:37] be charged idle fees.
[55:39] >> I get that, but I'm thinking if I
[55:42] have a half charge and say the average
[55:45] vehicle supposedly has 300 miles,
[55:47] that's 150 which means it sit there is
[55:51] for five hours potentially, maybe
[55:56] that's how it works but that's my
[55:59] question, it doesn't really solve a
[56:02] problem, it is there, but ultimately
[56:05] at least we're showing concern for
[56:07] electric vehicles that there is the
[56:08] potential, so thank you.
[56:09] >> your question, how long is it going
[56:11] sit there to charge?
[56:13] >> yeah, if it's 150 miles and we're
[56:18] get 30 miles an hour and that's five
[56:20] hours.
[56:21] >> so, is that true?
[56:22] >> typically people on average usually
[56:24] stay to charge 50% of their battery
[56:27] life, so they don't usually stay to
[56:31] charge 100%, usually it's one to three
[56:34] hours just to charge a vehicle enough
[56:36] to go about their day.
[56:42] >> okay, maybe they'll spend some time
[56:44] in the library.
[56:45] >> thank you, council member goodell?
[56:48] >> yeah, I'm just curious, I'm not
[56:50] familiar with the rates, so at 42
[56:53] censers a kilowatt hour, that's what
[56:57] the consumers will be charged, is that
[56:59] correct, and then how does that
[57:00] compare in the marketplace with other
[57:02] charging options?
[57:05] >> so, if you look at the exhibit of
[57:10] other local agencies, that will show
[57:11] you a breakdown of what other local
[57:15] agencies are charging.
[57:19] so, do you want me to go through what
[57:21] other agencies are charging.
[57:23] >> I'm curious, is that the market
[57:24] rate or is that higher, lower?
[57:29] >> it falls within the range of other
[57:32] local agencies.
[57:33] >>
[57:34] >> it's typically cheaper than what
[57:35] you would pay at a tesla charger.
[57:36] a lot of people use the super chargers
[57:39] at tesla's and that's over 50 cents
[57:44] per kilowatt hour so we're below that.
[57:46] >> so the tesla's are going to be
[57:48] lining up.
[57:49] sounds like.
[57:51] okay, that's all, has was my question,
[57:53] I just didn't know -- I was unaware of
[57:56] the sort of comparative rates out
[57:59] there in the marketplace.
[58:00] thank you.
[58:01] >> thank you.
[58:03] council member kelley?
[58:05] >> yes, thank you.
[58:06] good report.
[58:07] and I did have a couple of questions
[58:10] over the weekend which thank you, city
[58:13] manager, for getting back to me.
[58:15] I just want to clarify, this is not
[58:18] going to be an expense to the city,
[58:22] costs are recovered, correct?
[58:25] >> correct, this is grant funded
[58:33] reimbursement.
[58:34] >> okay, thank you, I wanted to make
[58:35] sure that's very clear.
[58:36] thank you.
[58:37] >> and regarding the free charging
[58:38] that was available, it was mentioned
[58:39] by the speaker, that was like a pilot
[58:40] at the very beginning.
[58:42] when you give away anything for free,
[58:44] it tends to be abused.
[58:47] you see the same vehicles that come in
[58:49] and park there all day and if you have
[58:52] a high capacity vehicle like some of
[58:55] these tesla's, you can suck up $40 of
[58:58] power on a single charge session, so
[59:01] it doesn't work any longer to give it
[59:03] away.
[59:04] it did in the beginning years ago but
[59:06] now there's enough ev's out there and
[59:10] it doesn't work to give it away.
[59:13] >> thank you.
[59:14] >> good to know, thank you.
[59:15] >> and then just to confirm, the
[59:20] calculation to get to the 42 cents per
[59:24] kilowatt hour, does offset operational
[59:26] costs and staff costs, correct?
[59:29] >> yes, there's a slight increase for
[59:31] the administrative cost for overseeing
[59:35] the program management.
[59:36] >> thank you.
[59:39] colleagues, any other questions?
[59:41] go ahead and register yore vote.
[59:44] well, let's --
[59:45] >> I recommend the action.
[59:46] >> thank you.
[59:47] >> it's a public hearing.
[59:48] >> we need to close the public hearing
[59:50] and then we'll vote.
[59:52] >> we'll go ahead and close the public
[59:53] hearing.
[59:54] >> I have one clarification for the
[59:58] record, so exhibit a, there's a second
[1:00:02] page of exhibit a in the reso which
[1:00:09] states the fee schedule, that is not
[1:00:10] the correct fee schedule.
[1:00:11] the correct fee schedule is attached
[1:00:12] to the resolution itself.
[1:00:13] exhibit a to the report is the first
[1:00:14] page is the picture diagram, the
[1:00:17] photograph, the second page states the
[1:00:20] fee schedule, that was the older
[1:00:22] version of the fee schedule.
[1:00:24] the correct version is attached to the
[1:00:26] resolution as the fee schedule.
[1:00:28] >> thank you.
[1:00:31] so, your motion is, trish?
[1:00:34] I'm going to close the public hearing.
[1:00:40] council member kelley, what is your
[1:00:42] motion?
[1:00:43] >> I move the recommended action.
[1:00:44] >> so, that is to conduct a public
[1:00:47] hearing on the proposed public
[1:00:51] electric vehicle charging station user
[1:00:53] fee study, adopt resolution 26-xx
[1:00:56] establishing new user fees form public
[1:01:00] ev charging stationers and award a 5
[1:01:04] year subscription agreement with
[1:01:06] chargepoint, inc. For the management
[1:01:09] and maintenance warranty of civic
[1:01:13] center level 2 electric vehicle
[1:01:15] charging stations.
[1:01:16] is there a second?
[1:01:18] >> I'll second.
[1:01:19] >> thank you.
[1:01:22] go ahead and register your votes.
[1:01:33] >> okay.
[1:01:34] that is unanimous, thank you very much.
[1:01:39] next we have an item calling for the
[1:01:42] general municipal election on november
[1:01:48] 3, 2026 to elect five members to the
[1:01:49] city council for districts 1, 2, 3, 4
[1:01:53] and 5.
[1:01:54] and I would ask the city clerk if
[1:01:56] there are any speakers on this item.
[1:02:01] >> no, madam mayor, there are not.
[1:02:02] >> and online?
[1:02:04] >> no.
[1:02:05] >> thank you.
[1:02:07] okay, we'll go ahead and have a staff
[1:02:09] report, please.
[1:02:11] >> thank you, madam mayor, city
[1:02:13] council.
[1:02:14] upon the direction of the city council
[1:02:16] at its regular meeting november 11, 2025,
[1:02:21] ordinance 25-359 was established
[1:02:24] to have the term or office commencing
[1:02:26] with the general municipal
[1:02:28] election in 2026.
[1:02:29] city councilmembers in districts 1, 3
[1:02:32] and 5 shall be elected for a term of
[1:02:34] four years and city council members in
[1:02:36] districts 2 and 4 shall be elected for
[1:02:38] a term of two years which shall count
[1:02:42] for a full term for the municipal code
[1:02:49] section.
[1:02:50] city members in all districts should
[1:02:51] be elected for a term of four years
[1:02:53] and all subsequent elections.
[1:02:55] the resolutions presented for the adoption
[1:02:56] by the city council will commence the
[1:02:58] election process for the city's
[1:03:01] general municipal election to be held
[1:03:02] on tuesday november 3, 2026 for the
[1:03:05] purpose of electing city
[1:03:08] councilmembers.
[1:03:09] the first resolution calls and gives
[1:03:13] notice of the holding of the general
[1:03:16] municipal election.
[1:03:17] the second resolution requests the
[1:03:18] board of supervisors of the county of
[1:03:19] orange to consolidate the general
[1:03:20] municipal election with the statewide
[1:03:21] general election and the third
[1:03:23] resolution pertains to regulations for
[1:03:25] the candidates statements of
[1:03:27] qualifications.
[1:03:28] it is optional for each candidate to
[1:03:30] submit a candidate statement.
[1:03:32] if the candidate chooses to have a
[1:03:34] statement included in the sample
[1:03:36] ballot, the resolution stipulates the
[1:03:37] costs involved paid by the
[1:03:38] candidate at the time the nomination
[1:03:43] paper is filed.
[1:03:46] the registrar of voters have provided
[1:03:47] the cost for printing each statement.
[1:03:48] district 1 will be $544.63, district 2
[1:03:53] will be $551.29, district 3 already
[1:03:58] $537.50, district 4 will be $543.31,
[1:04:03] and district 5 will be $551.09, the
[1:04:07] candidate statement is limited to a
[1:04:09] maximum of 200 words.
[1:04:11] the period for filing candidate
[1:04:13] nomination papers will commence on
[1:04:15] monday july 13, 2026 and will continue
[1:04:19] through friday august 8, 2026.
[1:04:22] if an incumbent who is eligible for
[1:04:24] nomination does not file nomination
[1:04:26] papers, the filing deadline will be
[1:04:29] extended to wednesday august 12, 2026.
[1:04:31] this extended deadline only mrs to
[1:04:34] districts 1 and 3, districts 2, 4 and
[1:04:37] 5 have no incumbent to be re-elected.
[1:04:46] the orange county registrar of voters
[1:04:48] is scheduled to certify the election
[1:04:50] results on or before december 3, 2026.
[1:04:53] based on that timeline, the
[1:04:56] declaration of results and newly
[1:04:58] elected councilmembers will be
[1:04:59] scheduled for the december 8, 2026
[1:05:02] city council meeting and that
[1:05:03] concludes my report.
[1:05:04] >> thank you.
[1:05:12] are there -- we've already asked if
[1:05:15] there's any requests to speak.
[1:05:16] does anybody have any questions here?
[1:05:19] I'll take a motion?
[1:05:24] >> so moved.
[1:05:25] >> second.
[1:05:27] >> thank you.
[1:05:30] go ahead and register your votes.
[1:05:37] >> that is unanimous, thank you very
[1:05:40] much.
[1:05:42] okay.
[1:05:43] next up we have the item number 17,
[1:05:48] fiscal year 2026-27 law enforcement
[1:05:50] agreement and additional special
[1:05:53] enforcement services that are provided
[1:05:55] by the orange county sheriff's
[1:05:57] department.
[1:05:58] are there any members of public who
[1:05:59] would like to speak on this in person
[1:06:02] or online?
[1:06:03] >> there are not.
[1:06:04] >> thank you.
[1:06:07] can we have a staff report, please.
[1:06:10] yes, I'll ask mr. Paul catsimanes, our
[1:06:13] public services emergency manager for
[1:06:14] the report.
[1:06:15] >> thank you, thank you, mayor and
[1:06:16] members the city council.
[1:06:19] item 17 is the consideration of the
[1:06:22] fiscal year 26-27 law enforcement
[1:06:24] services agreement and special
[1:06:26] enforcement services.
[1:06:27] the recommended action is to the
[1:06:29] approve the fiscal year 26-27 law
[1:06:31] enforcement services agreement with
[1:06:32] the county of orange for an amount not
[1:06:35] to exceed 25 million 550 thousand 539
[1:06:39] dollars and to approve the amount not
[1:06:41] to exceed 35 thousand dollars for
[1:06:43] overtime related to special
[1:06:45] enforcement services.
[1:06:46] by way of background, the city of mission
[1:06:48] viejo contracts with the county of
[1:06:51] orange for provision of law
[1:06:52] enforcement services.
[1:06:53] as par of the contract development
[1:06:55] process for fiscal year 26-27, the
[1:06:58] county submitted a first estimate in
[1:07:01] february, 2026 in the amount of 25
[1:07:04] million 909 thousand 562 tlars which
[1:07:07] is attached as exhibit 1.
[1:07:09] this represents an increase of 366
[1:07:12] thousand dollar or 1.43% over previous
[1:07:16] year's amended contract.
[1:07:18] following the first estimate
[1:07:19] submittal, the county updated its
[1:07:21] figures and provided a second
[1:07:24] estimate with revises assumptions in
[1:07:25] march, this is attached as exhibits 3
[1:07:27] and 4.
[1:07:28] during the final contract review
[1:07:30] process, the county made additional
[1:07:32] adjustments including a downward
[1:07:34] revision to benefit calculations and
[1:07:36] the inclusion of replacement
[1:07:38] motorcycle.
[1:07:39] these changes are incorporated into
[1:07:43] the final estimate which is
[1:07:46] attached as exhibit 5 which is was
[1:07:47] submitted in april to the chief of
[1:07:48] police services and the city manager
[1:07:49] for review and approval.
[1:07:52] with their concurrence, the amount
[1:07:55] of 25 million 550 thousand 539
[1:08:05] dollars is submitted.
[1:08:10] it should be noted the mou negotiation
[1:08:13] process between orange county
[1:08:15] sheriff's department and the association
[1:08:16] of orange county sheriff's deputies is
[1:08:19] underway.
[1:08:20] the final salary and benefit packages
[1:08:22] negotiated may require an amendment to
[1:08:24] the contract once the process is
[1:08:27] concluded.
[1:08:28] when comparing per capita law
[1:08:31] enforcement costs contract cities,
[1:08:33] mission viejo ranks 8 out of 13 in the
[1:08:35] middle of the cost range when rap ked
[1:08:37] for most to least expensive.
[1:08:40] mission viejo's per capita cost was
[1:08:46] 283 in 225-26 and is projected to
[1:08:51] have the same per capita cost in 26-27.
[1:08:56] laguna beach had the highest per
[1:08:59] capita cost, laguna had the lowest
[1:09:01] cost at $211 in fiscal year 25-26.
[1:09:04] the fiscal year 26-27 budget includes
[1:09:08] sufficient appropriation for law
[1:09:10] enforcement services contract as well
[1:09:11] as a special enforcement services
[1:09:14] provided in the report.
[1:09:16] the fiscal year 25-26 general fund
[1:09:18] budget includes 35 thousand dollars
[1:09:21] for overtime related to special
[1:09:24] enforcement services that
[1:09:26] addresses specific community concerns,
[1:09:27] staff recommends maintaining this
[1:09:28] funding level for 26-27 and that
[1:09:31] concludes my report and myself and
[1:09:35] captain larson are available for any
[1:09:36] questions.
[1:09:37] >> thank you.
[1:09:42] colleagues, any comments or questions
[1:09:43] on this report?
[1:09:44] it's an excellent report.
[1:09:45] we don't always see something that is
[1:09:47] at this level.
[1:09:48] it usually is much more significant
[1:09:51] increases, so, this is good news.
[1:09:53] so, thank you.
[1:09:55] so, I'll say that.
[1:09:59] council member kelley?
[1:10:00] >> yes, thank you.
[1:10:03] I'm also really impressed that we were
[1:10:06] able to hold the cost and yet continue
[1:10:09] to maintain the excellent service that
[1:10:13] we have and I thought that cost per
[1:10:18] capita of mission viejo 283 versus
[1:10:24] laguna beach at 1207, wow, we get a
[1:10:28] lot for our money here and we truly
[1:10:33] have excellent service.
[1:10:37] we did note there may be a
[1:10:40] change as the mou is being
[1:10:43] negotiated currently between the
[1:10:44] county and the association of orange
[1:10:49] county sheriff's deputies, aocds, do
[1:10:53] we have any time estimate on when we
[1:10:57] might expect to see any changes if any?
[1:11:07] >> yes, as of right now, we do not
[1:11:09] have any updates with the county.
[1:11:12] I know they went to the county on
[1:11:15] several attempts and they're not
[1:11:16] bringing anything to the table at this
[1:11:18] time, so I believe they have another
[1:11:20] month or so for another contract
[1:11:24] meeting but contract negotiations as
[1:11:25] of today have not even begun with the
[1:11:28] county for any raises or special
[1:11:31] benefits for the deputies.
[1:11:32] >> okay.
[1:11:36] again, I really commend you all for
[1:11:39] working together and collaborating and
[1:11:42] being very resourceful with the
[1:11:43] resources that we have.
[1:11:46] so, good job and I will move approval,
[1:11:50] I will move the recommended action.
[1:11:56] >> I will second that and then I do
[1:11:59] have a comment.
[1:12:00] >> please, go right ahead, mayor pro
[1:12:04] tem.
[1:12:05] >> I just think it's important that we --
[1:12:08] I'm glad you brought up
[1:12:15] the issue of the negotiations going
[1:12:17] on.
[1:12:18] it's amazing that the city isn't a
[1:12:19] part of the negotiations over the
[1:12:22] rates that deputies get paid, that's a
[1:12:27] contract between the county of orange
[1:12:30] and the deputies' bargaining unit or
[1:12:32] their association, and that gets set
[1:12:34] at that level and then we get a bill
[1:12:40] for what our share of that is.
[1:12:41] so, I think it's important that we
[1:12:45] make the public aware that this is the
[1:12:47] largest item in our annual budget.
[1:12:53] this public safety protection issue
[1:12:54] with the orange county sheriff's
[1:12:55] department, they do an excellent job,
[1:12:58] council member kelley's already
[1:12:59] pointed out that they were holding the
[1:13:01] line on the per capita cost for all of
[1:13:04] us.
[1:13:05] we really appreciate that and we
[1:13:06] really appreciate the services they
[1:13:07] provide here for us, so, -- but we're
[1:13:11] not involved in negotiating the rates,
[1:13:14] we just get hit with the bill and we
[1:13:17] have to figure out a what I to pay --
[1:13:22] way to pay it, but with that, we do
[1:13:24] get to negotiate with the management
[1:13:26] of the sheriff's department on what
[1:13:27] services we are taking advantage of as
[1:13:30] our city, how many motor officer, how
[1:13:34] many motorcycles we have, how many
[1:13:37] vehicles we have, how many deputies we
[1:13:39] have, how quickly we're filling
[1:13:44] vacancies in the staffing and all
[1:13:45] those sorts of things are things that
[1:13:48] we have a chance to work with the
[1:13:52] department on to fit our needs the
[1:13:54] best we see fit.
[1:13:55] so, I just wanted to make sure
[1:13:57] everyone's aware of that, but the
[1:13:59] rates, they're set above our pay level
[1:14:02] as someone might say, my hao, thank
[1:14:04] you.
[1:14:05] >> thank you for clarifying that, and
[1:14:08] that's one of the reasons we like to
[1:14:10] work closely with our
[1:14:13] representatives, our supervisors, so
[1:14:16] we are thankful we pay attention to
[1:14:17] what we have to say and that we do have a
[1:14:21] supervisor that does listen to us, so
[1:14:22] that is part of the reason that we
[1:14:24] keep that relationship pretty close.
[1:14:28] so, thank you.
[1:14:29] okay, any other comments?
[1:14:31] go ahead and register your votes.
[1:14:37] okay, and that is unanimous.
[1:14:38] thank you.
[1:14:43] okay, next up, we have a report from
[1:14:46] our city manager?
[1:14:47] >> two quick things --
[1:14:48] >> or do you have a report?
[1:14:50] >> I do, I have two quick things id
[1:14:52] like to point out.
[1:14:53] first of all, we implemented a dry run
[1:14:57] of sb 707, as far as I know,
[1:14:59] everything went smoothly, although we
[1:15:01] didn't have many takers on I, I want
[1:15:02] to give a shout-out to both our it
[1:15:05] department and our city clerk's
[1:15:07] department because there was a lot of
[1:15:09] work and research went on behind the
[1:15:16] scenes to get us in compliance with
[1:15:17] the law.
[1:15:18] and then the second thing I wanted to
[1:15:19] mention at our next
[1:15:21] meeting, you will see a change along
[1:15:25] the bench, our long term city clerk
[1:15:26] kimberly schmitt is retiring, this
[1:15:28] will be her last meeting up here I
[1:15:31] believe, at the next
[1:15:35] meeting, you will see a new face,
[1:15:38] alison walker, you will see her at our
[1:15:40] next council meeting.
[1:15:41] >> thank you.
[1:15:47] kimberly, is this truly going to be
[1:15:49] your last meeting or are you going to
[1:15:51] show up and be a support to the next
[1:15:53] clerk?
[1:15:55] >> she can handle it.
[1:15:56] >> okay.
[1:15:58] >> alright, well, then I'll reserve my
[1:16:01] comments during my -- because you are
[1:16:03] very appreciated and you have handled
[1:16:05] yourself very, very
[1:16:06] well, so we will -- I'm make some
[1:16:11] comments during my comments, thank
[1:16:12] you.
[1:16:13] city attorney?
[1:16:14] do you have any reports for us?
[1:16:16] >> thank you, madam mayor, I already
[1:16:19] in essence gave my report, but happy
[1:16:21] to answer any questions if any
[1:16:23] questions come up.
[1:16:24] >> thank you.
[1:16:26] okay, councilmembers, double check
[1:16:29] your ab1234 -- your reports for the
[1:16:33] ab1234 for activities that you
[1:16:35] attended and then share whatever you
[1:16:37] would like as you give your comments,
[1:16:40] we'll start with council member kelley.
[1:16:43] >> thank you.
[1:16:44] it has been a busy couple of weeks.
[1:16:47] on may 27, I attended the occog 2026
[1:16:53] annual conference at sta jets in costa
[1:16:58] mesa, very different and interesting
[1:17:01] location and the content of the
[1:17:03] conference was also very interesting.
[1:17:06] also on the 27th, I attended the capo
[1:17:12] valley stadium grand opening, the
[1:17:16] capistrano valley high school has a
[1:17:18] brand new wonderful stadium that had
[1:17:20] been many, many years in the planning
[1:17:26] so that was a fantastic event.
[1:17:28] if you haven't seen the stadium yet, I
[1:17:31] encourage you to take a look.
[1:17:35] I also attended on may 29, the ocfa
[1:17:39] best and bravest awards where we got
[1:17:43] to hear stories about various
[1:17:47] firefighters and units that just
[1:17:50] really warmed your heart because you
[1:17:52] hear of the good work that our
[1:17:55] firefighters are doing out there,
[1:17:57] saving lives and saving property and
[1:18:01] really being -- putting
[1:18:06] themselves out there to service, so
[1:18:08] that was a great opportunity to hear
[1:18:09] some of the stories that we don't
[1:18:14] always hear about.
[1:18:16] I also attended the spirit league
[1:18:20] shoot-a-thon event for the -- which
[1:18:23] was on may 30th which wanda rear don
[1:18:29] spoke about earlier, a great
[1:18:31] organization, spirit league,
[1:18:32] and this
[1:18:34] was a fup basketball wrap up end of
[1:18:40] the year tournament for these youth.
[1:18:42] I also attended the cappo valley
[1:18:47] interact [inaudible] overseen by the
[1:18:51] rotary clubs and the senior games,
[1:18:58] laguna niguel has been doing senior
[1:19:00] game miss the last three years in
[1:19:02] their city.
[1:19:03] this year they branched out and opened
[1:19:05] it up to include also laguna hills and
[1:19:10] mission viejo, so mission viejo hosted
[1:19:12] -- they had an opening ceremony on
[1:19:16] june 5th and then mission viejo hosted
[1:19:20] the pickleball and tennis tournaments
[1:19:23] and the other events were done in
[1:19:27] laguna hills and laguna niguel, and
[1:19:32] let's see, the -- barbadanes park
[1:19:37] neighborhood meeting which was just
[1:19:39] yesterday, has was a very good meeting.
[1:19:42] our staff met and jerry mill and --
[1:19:49] hill and corey and all of our staff
[1:19:51] were there and pictures and a map and
[1:19:53] explained what was going to be done at
[1:19:56] this park renovation.
[1:19:57] as you know, we've been renovating a
[1:19:58] park every year and it's the turn for
[1:20:04] barbadanes park this time, and the
[1:20:07] plans look really fantastic.
[1:20:09] the neighborhood turned out and I
[1:20:11] think everyone's really excited and
[1:20:14] we'll be seeing this beginning to
[1:20:16] happen later on this summer or at the
[1:20:18] end of summer, fall I think
[1:20:21] construction will probably begin.
[1:20:22] and that concludes my activities but I
[1:20:32] do want to say a few things about our
[1:20:33] city clerk.
[1:20:35] I think that we actually can't believe
[1:20:38] that she's really
[1:20:42] leaving us, she's been
[1:20:47] a fixture here in the city for many
[1:20:49] years, she's been an asset to the city
[1:20:52] for many years and she has gotten us
[1:20:55] through crazy elections and some crazy
[1:20:59] meetings and some also just normal
[1:21:03] day-to-day everything, she doesn't
[1:21:08] miss a thing, she dots every I and
[1:21:14] crosses every t and she's been a
[1:21:16] delight to work with, we all love her
[1:21:19] and will miss her.
[1:21:20] >> thank you.
[1:21:25] >> okay, next up, we have council
[1:21:27] member ruesch.
[1:21:28] >> thank you, madam mayor.
[1:21:31] briefly, I also attended the occog
[1:21:35] annual conference as former aviator,
[1:21:41] the aspects they showed were
[1:21:44] incredible.
[1:21:45] >> I saw you in there.
[1:21:48] >> you took off?
[1:21:49] >> I was concerned.
[1:21:50] >> they're looking for pilots, but no,
[1:21:53] the aspects of air taxis moving
[1:21:57] forward are things we not only will
[1:21:59] see but in the future we'll be using.
[1:22:02] what they were demonstrated were
[1:22:05] piloted air taxis, in the future we'll
[1:22:09] probably see waymo's, self-driving air
[1:22:11] taxis, I know it sounds scary but
[1:22:14] change is painful but it's also things
[1:22:18] that move us forward.
[1:22:20] more on that later, but looking
[1:22:21] forward to some really interesting
[1:22:22] times in the future.
[1:22:23] I had the honor of representing mission
[1:22:31] viejo at the chinese american official
[1:22:32] installation at monterey park on
[1:22:35] friday, 400 electeds from all over los
[1:22:41] angeles county, state and federal
[1:22:44] level, showing the commitment, the
[1:22:47] chinese americans have in our
[1:22:49] community and their interest in making
[1:22:53] our society better and it also falls
[1:22:56] in line with my work as I look towards
[1:22:59] business development from other areas.
[1:23:05] I met with representative of simon,
[1:23:09] our mall center which is another part
[1:23:10] of the things I'm working on which is
[1:23:14] continued business development
[1:23:15] support, working with the major
[1:23:17] players, the people that are
[1:23:20] employers, that are major contributors
[1:23:22] to our sales tax to maintain good
[1:23:25] relations there.
[1:23:26] we had excellent conversations
[1:23:28] including the possibility of working
[1:23:30] with them to expand our -- what looks
[1:23:34] like our next fire station rebuild
[1:23:37] which will be station 9 over by the
[1:23:40] mall, so watch for that soon.
[1:23:47] number 4, so, approximately two months
[1:23:51] ago, I had considered -- asked for the
[1:23:55] request for recreation membership for
[1:23:58] past councilmembers, I'm restating
[1:24:00] that because the legal aspects of
[1:24:04] granting retroactive offerings to past
[1:24:07] councilmembers really just seemed to
[1:24:10] be prohibitive and/or almost
[1:24:12] insurmountable.
[1:24:13] it doesn't change how I feel, I still
[1:24:15] believe that those who have served
[1:24:16] here on this dais, our wealth and
[1:24:24] informs for us are ambassadors and
[1:24:26] they should maintain their health and be
[1:24:28] part of our recreation facility as
[1:24:29] well and share their knowledge with
[1:24:32] us, so sadly, no, but maybe we'll
[1:24:35] see them in another place.
[1:24:37] I will conclude with thanks to kim,
[1:24:41] our city clerk, personally, you've
[1:24:43] been a wealth of knowledge, you have
[1:24:45] guided me over these last four years
[1:24:47] and even back as a commissioner and
[1:24:53] it's invaluable, your spirit, your
[1:24:56] great leadership to me and I'm sure to
[1:24:58] all of us and I want to say I thank
[1:25:00] you, I know the mayor will have a lot
[1:25:02] more to say but for me personally,
[1:25:04] thank you very much for the time.
[1:25:07] and with that, I conclude.
[1:25:08] >> thank you.
[1:25:10] council member vasquez?
[1:25:13] >> let's see.
[1:25:17] alright.
[1:25:18] yes, I attended the capo valley high
[1:25:21] school grand opening, that was nice to
[1:25:23] see that ribbon be cut, my
[1:25:28] oldest graduated from there and they
[1:25:30] had the graduation at saddleback which
[1:25:32] was very nice because you didn't need
[1:25:35] tickets, but this stadium is going to
[1:25:38] serve as a wonderful home for many,
[1:25:43] many future graduating classes and
[1:25:44] that's fantastic.
[1:25:45] and I went to the ocfa 18th annual best
[1:25:49] and bravest awards and that was --
[1:25:52] that's always a fun event and it's
[1:25:54] always nice when we see our local fire
[1:26:00] stations recognized and I believe it
[1:26:02] was station 31 if I'm remembering
[1:26:04] correctly has was recognized, yeah,
[1:26:07] that evening, so that was great.
[1:26:08] and I also went to the spirit league
[1:26:12] shoot-a-thon and spoke with some of
[1:26:14] the organizers there and fortunately
[1:26:17] they had a qr code so I did make a
[1:26:20] donation.
[1:26:21] let's see, I then went on to the la
[1:26:26] paz creek golf classic, it looked like
[1:26:29] they were giving away a fun club
[1:26:32] cover, do um the animal, it was -- was
[1:26:36] it a dog, it was an owl, a dog, an
[1:26:38] owl, and that was -- yes, has was very
[1:26:41] nice.
[1:26:42] and I also went to the capo valley
[1:26:47] interact club.
[1:26:50] if for me, this was a really nice
[1:26:51] event to go to.
[1:26:52] I went last year when they had it in
[1:26:54] -- sorry, I turn it off -- at dayna
[1:26:57] point last year, this year -- not only
[1:27:01] was it in mission viejo, but one of
[1:27:03] the graduating seniors I have known
[1:27:06] that's heavily involved with this
[1:27:09] sbragt club, I have known her and her
[1:27:12] family since she was five years homed
[1:27:15] so -- old so it was wonderful to see
[1:27:19] how she's grown over years and now
[1:27:23] graduating and having led this group
[1:27:25] essentially starting it over from
[1:27:28] scratch into what it is today is just
[1:27:30] so impressive so I was really happy to
[1:27:31] be a part of that.
[1:27:35] and let see, last night I went to the
[1:27:39] barbadanes neighborhood meeting and
[1:27:40] that looses like it's going to be a
[1:27:42] wonderful renovation.
[1:27:43] I think that will be really exciting
[1:27:46] for that part of the neighborhood
[1:27:51] which is already very heavily used so
[1:27:53] I think that having these additional
[1:27:56] play areas and additional walking
[1:27:57] pads, I think that will be a really
[1:28:01] wonderful addition or additions I
[1:28:05] guess but, yeah, I'm excited to see
[1:28:07] how it looks when it's done and to
[1:28:10] kimberly, I do want to say thank you.
[1:28:13] you have been very, very helpful to me
[1:28:16] over these last four years and I
[1:28:19] really do appreciate that and I hope
[1:28:21] that you go out and do something fun
[1:28:24] or a lot of fun things, so thank you.
[1:28:28] >> thank you.
[1:28:30] mayor pro tem goodell?
[1:28:32] >> thank you.
[1:28:34] well, I haven't attended a lot of
[1:28:36] things the last two week, I was out of
[1:28:38] town the last two weeks with my wife,
[1:28:42] we were celebrating our wedding
[1:28:45] anniversary, 42nd wedding anniversary
[1:28:46] in has buy which-- hawaii which was
[1:28:51] wonderful, she finally got
[1:28:54] my ab1234 form right where there's
[1:28:56] nothing on it because I wasn't here to
[1:28:57] go to anything.
[1:28:59] renatta does a great job too, she
[1:29:02] helps kim with everything and she does an
[1:29:05] amazing job keeping all our stuff
[1:29:08] squared away in term of all the
[1:29:12] reports and events and have to track,
[1:29:13] so I want to thank renatta for that
[1:29:17] as well as kim for all her hard works
[1:29:22] over the last ten years that I have
[1:29:23] been here, you have done an amazing
[1:29:24] job, so thank you.
[1:29:25] and I want to mention that we have had
[1:29:30] -- we're hoping for some great success
[1:29:32] at the county supervisors at their
[1:29:35] next board meeting.
[1:29:38] our community services commissioner,
[1:29:42] saga conroy told me about the fact
[1:29:46] that her daytime boss, supervisor
[1:29:48] wagner, and all these supervisors have
[1:29:53] funds that they are able to designate
[1:29:55] for various projects in the community,
[1:29:57] particularly around the la28 olympics
[1:29:59] and so we were able to put
[1:30:01] together a package and go to
[1:30:04] supervisor wagner and he has approved
[1:30:06] a 100 thousand dollar grant to our
[1:30:09] city to assist us with our efforts on
[1:30:13] the 28 olympic, bringing the olympic
[1:30:16] teams here to train, use this ases a
[1:30:18] training base and that is not approved
[1:30:21] yet, it's approved by wagner but it's
[1:30:22] got to go to the board and hopefully it
[1:30:25] will be approved at their next board
[1:30:27] meeting so we are very, very happy and
[1:30:30] thankful, saga, for your efforts, I'm
[1:30:32] thankful to mr. Mark nix who put
[1:30:35] together a wonderful package and wrote
[1:30:37] a terrific letter, ghost wrote it for
[1:30:41] me, and also to supervisor wagner
[1:30:44] himself, we had a one on one meeting,
[1:30:46] we talked about all the things we've
[1:30:49] been doing, he's very supportive of
[1:30:51] what we're doing so I don't see any
[1:30:53] reason why it shouldn't be approved
[1:30:55] but we'll see.
[1:30:56] we'll see what happens at the next
[1:30:58] board meeting so I'm super excited about
[1:31:03] that to bring in another source
[1:31:04] of revenue for our efforts and just
[1:31:07] again, kim, thank you so much.
[1:31:10] I really appreciate you.
[1:31:14] >> thank you.
[1:31:17] I echo, I went to almost everything
[1:31:19] that's been mentioned, the occog annual
[1:31:21] conference was excellent, I had the
[1:31:23] honor to introduce one of the panels,
[1:31:25] they presented a lot of innovative
[1:31:28] things coming our way and I think
[1:31:32] you're going to see some of these
[1:31:33] innovative transportation ideas that
[1:31:34] are going to probably -- we'll see
[1:31:37] them here in mission viejo as part of
[1:31:39] the olympics, leading up to the
[1:31:43] olympics, so congratulations capo
[1:31:49] high school on getting your stadium
[1:31:52] and finally having the grand opening.
[1:31:54] it was nice how the board -- the
[1:32:00] school board and it was gila jones who
[1:32:05] asked trish to come up and speak, our
[1:32:09] council member trish kelley and gave
[1:32:11] quite a bit of kudos to the efforts
[1:32:16] that she and judy undertook so, bother
[1:32:20] of them were standing there with her
[1:32:22] to make that happen because that's
[1:32:25] exactly what it took was the funding
[1:32:28] that needed to be directed to the
[1:32:30] stadium that was promised through the
[1:32:35] mello-roos tax process and they
[1:32:38] righted that ship, that money wasn't
[1:32:40] going there and that person sitting
[1:32:45] right over there is a lot to do
[1:32:47] with why that stadium was built and
[1:32:48] that's a legacy for you, just another
[1:32:51] one of the things that you have done,
[1:32:52] so I just want to say kudos to you and
[1:32:57] that was nice to see you honored in
[1:32:58] that way.
[1:33:00] south mission viejo little league, I
[1:33:01] went to the closing ceremonies because
[1:33:04] I missed their opening ceremonies and
[1:33:06] that was great and I caught the north
[1:33:12] league mission viejo little league
[1:33:13] because there was competing things
[1:33:16] going on.
[1:33:18] you were at the ocfa event, I was
[1:33:21] covering the little league, the capital
[1:33:24] interact banquet was terrific and it
[1:33:28] shows how several rotary clubs support
[1:33:32] our high school interacts and they are
[1:33:34] also at mission viejo high school and
[1:33:38] trabuco hills high school, it was
[1:33:39] really inspiring to see that and it
[1:33:43] gave me some ideas for our rotary to
[1:33:45] do some of what this amazing -- the
[1:33:47] rotary club, the monarch beach rotary
[1:33:49] club and the san juan capistrano rotary
[1:33:53] club to support capo valley
[1:33:58] unified as well as dayna hills and it
[1:34:02] just shows you the unsung heroes in
[1:34:06] our clubs that we honor, these
[1:34:08] non-profits and the impacts they're
[1:34:10] making in our schools and of course
[1:34:12] going to barbadanes park last night
[1:34:15] was good to see what the plans are and
[1:34:17] also it was good to demonstrate to the
[1:34:20] neighborhood because thereafter lot of
[1:34:22] misinformation going around the
[1:34:24] neighborhood saying that park wasn't
[1:34:25] going to be done because of budget
[1:34:27] cuts and that was incorrect so
[1:34:32] it was nice to be there.
[1:34:34] >> it was a lie.
[1:34:35] >> thank you for saying it that way,
[1:34:38] it was a lie.
[1:34:39] I wanted to highlight a few things
[1:34:41] coming up.
[1:34:45] we have concert on the green on
[1:34:49] friday, please do not miss that, it's
[1:34:51] family style and they are a local --
[1:34:55] there's mission viejo's in the band
[1:34:57] and they draw a large crowd and it's out
[1:34:59] on the village green by the community
[1:35:04] certainty, norman p. Murray community
[1:35:05] center and that starts at 6:00.
[1:35:07] you can get there, you don't have to
[1:35:10] get there super early but there's lot
[1:35:13] of places to sit, put your lawn chairs
[1:35:15] down, there's some tables that you can
[1:35:18] also sit at but mainly it's really
[1:35:21] casual, so come on down and enjoy the
[1:35:25] time.
[1:35:26] we have the night market coming up and
[1:35:29] that is on saturday night, we have
[1:35:31] lots of fun things going on.
[1:35:35] and then am I in the right week here, the
[1:35:39] night market is next week,
[1:35:40] excuse me.
[1:35:42] we have flag day on sunday, please do
[1:35:45] not miss the activities that go on and
[1:35:46] I don't know if anybody's noticed but
[1:35:49] there's a lot of flags around our city.
[1:35:52] we are getting ready for the 250th
[1:35:55] parade -- the 250th birthday of
[1:35:58] america parade and our city staff has
[1:36:00] done a phenomenal job raising the flag
[1:36:04] if you will and putting all kinds of
[1:36:07] great decorations down in the red,
[1:36:10] white and blue lights that are out
[1:36:11] there and I'm seeing a lot of people
[1:36:14] decorating in front of their
[1:36:15] houses around neighborhoods and it's
[1:36:17] exciting to see the community pride in
[1:36:20] all of that great work that's being
[1:36:24] done.
[1:36:26] then I wanted to quickly highlight to
[1:36:31] just save the date, remember, the
[1:36:34] america 250 parade is going to be on
[1:36:36] saturday, we are wringing -- on
[1:36:39] saturday the 11th in the morning, we
[1:36:41] are wringing with the businesses in
[1:36:43] that center across the street to make
[1:36:44] sure that we have some way of letting
[1:36:48] them know how to adjust things and
[1:36:51] have ingress, egress, but there will
[1:36:52] be a period of time because that's the
[1:36:54] way it works with parades when they're
[1:36:57] coming down marguerite and going right
[1:36:59] on la paz that there will be some
[1:37:01] disruption, so again that is saturday
[1:37:06] july 11th and that is also the same
[1:37:07] weekend adds the barbecue music fest,
[1:37:10] so we will have a week of celebration
[1:37:13] here in mission viejo, so just put
[1:37:15] that out there and then we also have
[1:37:20] on friday the mission viejo chamber of
[1:37:22] commerce is having their annual lunch
[1:37:24] which I will be giving a mini state of
[1:37:27] the city, if anybody's interested, go
[1:37:29] check out the mission viejo chamber of
[1:37:32] commerce and purchase tickets to go to
[1:37:34] that event and with that, I think that
[1:37:37] is everything that I have.
[1:37:39] I want to talk about kim.
[1:37:43] so, kim, I have watched you guide
[1:37:47] people through the process of running
[1:37:52] for election when it was tent always
[1:37:54] straightforward and I watched you do
[1:37:56] it with grace and dignity.
[1:37:58] I have watched people come up to the
[1:38:00] dais when you're in -- I know renatta
[1:38:04] is also a tag team there, people come
[1:38:06] up to the dais and sometimes don't act
[1:38:09] very appropriately to you and you
[1:38:11] handle it with grace and I want to
[1:38:13] apologize for some of the times when
[1:38:15] we probably didn't handle it quite
[1:38:20] right ourselves, so, I want you to
[1:38:21] know we plan to honor you at the next
[1:38:27] meeting and in the way that you should
[1:38:30] be a city clerk is a very important
[1:38:31] pog in our city and very important
[1:38:34] position over the next six months, and
[1:38:37] then some, so we are going to miss you
[1:38:40] in this election cycle and thank you
[1:38:43] for all that you did to make it easier
[1:38:46] for all the candidates that came
[1:38:49] through and were trying to serve their
[1:38:52] city and give them the information
[1:38:54] that is so important to know and I
[1:38:57] look forward to seeing you potentially
[1:39:00] around town and congratulations and
[1:39:03] being able to spend more time with
[1:39:05] your grandchildren, I am jealous, so
[1:39:08] you go enjoy all that and we
[1:39:09] appreciate you.
[1:39:10] alright, with that, we're going
[1:39:14] to go ahead and adjourn the meeting
[1:39:17] and we will see you on tuesday june
[1:39:19] 23rd, thank you.
[1:39:21] ( meeting adjourned ).