What Rancho Santa Margarita is about to decide

The council meets Wednesday at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 22112 El Paseo. Roll call lists Mayor L. Anthony Beall, Mayor Pro Tempore Anne D. Figueroa, and Council Members Keri Lynn Baert, Jerry Holloway, and Bradley J. McGirr. The New Business and Continued Items sections of the agenda are empty. These are pending decisions from the posted agenda — not outcomes. Every item links to the official record.

Source: official agenda · Next regular meeting: Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 7:00 p.m.

💰 Public hearing & money

• Public hearing — CEDA tax-exempt loan for St. Junipero Serra Catholic School: after a staff presentation, public testimony, and deliberation, the recommendation is to adopt a resolution "approving the issuance by the California Enterprise Development Authority of its tax-exempt loan in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000 for the purpose of refunding the outstanding portion of the California Municipal Finance Authority's Refunding Revenue Bonds (St. Junipero Serra Catholic School), Series 2016 and certain other matters relating thereto." The agenda does not describe any city financial obligation. Staff contact listed: Turner. Item 6.1
• Warrant registers dated August 24 and August 31, 2026, "totaling $353,548.05." Item 5.5 · Consent
• Veterans Monument project — notice of completion: accept the improvements for the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Veterans Monument Project, authorize the City Clerk to file a Notice of Completion with the County Recorder within 15 calendar days, and release retention 35 days after recordation "if all Stop Notices have been resolved and all potential claims are settled." The agenda does not state the contract amount. Item 5.6 · Consent

🪑 Also on the agenda

• A resolution rescinding Resolution No. 25-09-10-01 and adopting an amended Conflict of Interest Code. Item 5.4 · Consent
• Approval of the minutes of the August 12 regular, August 18 special, and August 26 regular meetings; the standard waiver of full reading of ordinances; and a receive-and-file report from the council's representative to the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District. Items 5.1, 5.3, 5.7 · Consent
• Presentations and proclamations: an RSM Chamber of Commerce update; certificates of recognition to El Fénix Carnicería & Kitchen (business recognition) and to Cheryl Kuta, Assistant City Manager/Development Services Director; and proclamations for "Hunger Action Month" and "National Preparedness Month," September 2026. Items 3.1–3.5, 5.2
• Future events listed: a Patriot Day Commemoration on Friday, September 11, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. at the Civic Center Plaza, and Rancho Family Fest on October 10–11, 2026, 2:00 to 10:00 p.m., at Central Park. Items 1.1–1.2
• Two public-comment periods (three minutes per speaker, 15 minutes per segment), the City Manager report, and matters presented by the Mayor and Council Members. Items 4, 9–11

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