The city continues to respond to the Ferrocarril slope failure, with the council ratifying (5-0) an emergency purchase order for steel beams for construction of a soldier beam wall in the amount of $298,309.38. The city anticipates a delivery date of Dec. 7, putting the project ahead of the initial schedule, although the city hasn't yet settled on a contractor to do the work. http://cityofmissionvieio.org/ccouncil/summarv.pdf

The council directed staff (5-0) to move ahead with an agreement with ATS Communications to prepare a Cellular Telecommunications Master Plan in an amount not to exceed $200,000. Councilwoman Gail Reavis questioned the amount, which was estimated on July 5 to run between $49,000 and $86,000. With up-front revenue absent and $200,000 not being a budgeted amount, Reavis said she preferred to have the cost contained to the earlier range. Following a discussion of the intent to bring in revenue with the master plan, the council voted 5-0 to proceed with ATS Communications as the contractor, http://www.atscomm.com

The emotional issue of renaming Camino Largo Park (currently 6 acres of undeveloped land located at 26210 Camino Largo) came from the wish by some to rename it Sergeant Matt Davis Park. Davis, a former Sheriff's Dept. employee, died in a traffic accident while on duty in the city. A 3-2 vote renamed it in honor of Davis (Reavis, Ledesma and Kelly for; Ury and MacLean against).
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One positive outcome of the meeting was the consensus of city staff and council members not to pursue bringing Las Flores or Ladera Ranch into Mission Viejo's sphere of influence. Both unincorporated communities are "economically undesirable." The city has no other communities within its sphere of influence.

City Manager Dennis Wilberg put the topic of parking restrictions for street sweeping of residential areas on the agenda. Insightful comments came from a member of the audience who questioned various suggestions from city staff members about how to get people to move their cars to accommodate street sweeping. Staff suggestions included putting citations on parked cars and giving high-density neighborhoods an exemption from parking restrictions regarding the street sweeping. Council consensus was to give the item to the Planning Commission for consideration, with emphasis on education and public outreach. Councilwoman Reavis commented that she wanted to make certain the council wasn't opening the door to another $100,000 public outreach contract, as occurred with the Crown Valley Parkway widening project.