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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-04-26 - AGENDAS - JOINT REGULAR (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL / BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES JOINT REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, April 26, 2016 6:00 P.M. City Council Chambers 23920 Valencia Blvd. Santa Clarita, CA 91355 AGENDA PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY — No New Business How to Address the City Council You may address the Council during Public Participation on any matter within the Council's jurisdiction that is not listed on the agenda. Each person wishing to speak should prepare a presentation of not more than three (3) minutes. Public Participation speaker's cards must be submitted to the City Clerk BEFORE this portion of the meeting begins. Public Participation takes place before the consideration of the agenda items and following the consideration of agenda items. However, each person will be allowed to speak only one time during Public Participation per meeting. Anyone wishing to address an item on the agenda should fill out a speaker's card and submit it to the City Clerk BEFORE the Mayor announces the item. Each person addressing the Council is given three (3) minutes to speak indicated by a colored light system on the Council dais; a green light appears when the speaker begins; a yellow light appears when 30 seconds remain and a red light appears when time has expired. Comments should be complete at this time. Each presentation may not exceed three (3) minutes. If you wish to provide information to the Council for consideration on an item, please present the City Clerk with 10 copies. Otherwise, your materials will simply be added to the official record. Please note use of City Council Chamber technology equipment to present electronic material during meetings is not allowed. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk's Office, (661) 255-4391. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II) INVOCATION McLean CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL FLAG SALUTE EXECUTIVE MEETING This time has been set aside for Councilmembers to review the agenda and obtain any further information that may be needed. Council will also discuss each individual item during the course of the meeting with the exception of the Consent Calendar, which may be approved in its entirety by one motion, unless there is a request to pull an item for discussion. No action will be taken on public agenda items during the Executive Meeting. APPROVAL OF AGENDA — Mayor to inquire whether there are any changes to the Agenda or if any member of the Council or the public would like to pull for discussion, any item on the Consent Calendar. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS Sheriff Volunteer Phyllis Berman Recognition of Detective Jason Jones PUBLIC PARTICIPATION This time has been set aside for the public to address the City Council on items NOT listed on the agenda. The City Council will not act upon these items at this meeting other than to review and/or provide direction to staff. All speakers must submit a speaker's card to the City Clerk PRIOR to the beginning of this portion of the meeting. Thirty minutes are allotted for public input at this time. The FIRST TEN people to submit a speaker card prior to the beginning of Public Participation will be heard. Speaker cards will be accepted beginning at 5:45 p.m. Any speaker cards received once the first speaker has begun will be heard at the end of the meeting regardless if the ten person limit has been met. Speakers may not exceed three (3) minutes and may only be heard once per meeting under Public Participation. Page 2 STAFF COMMENTS COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS CONSENT CALENDAR All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion by the City Council. The items are not individually discussed by the City Council unless a request is made by a member of the public or the Council, in which case, the item(s) will be removed from the Consent Calendar and will be considered separately. APPROVAL OF SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES - The minutes are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the minutes of the April 12, 2016, Special Meeting. 2. APPROVAL OF JOINT REGULAR MEETING MINUTES - The minutes are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the minutes of the April 12, 2016, Joint Regular Meeting. 3. READING OF ORDINANCE TITLES - Government Code Section 36934 requires that all ordinances be read in full prior to Council taking action on the ordinance. By listing the ordinance title on the Council agenda, Council may determine that the title has been read. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council determine that the titles to all ordinances that appear on this public agenda have been read and waive further reading. 4. VALENCIA BOULEVARD MEDIAN REFURBISHMENT, PROJECT B1014 - AWARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT - The proposed Valencia Boulevard Median Refurbishment project will renovate the Valencia Boulevard medians and construct three median modifications between Tourney Road and Magic Mountain Parkway. The project will remove the turf in the medians and replace it with plant material that requires significantly less water, install a more durable and efficient irrigation system, make provisions for recycled water when it becomes available, and install concrete unit pavers on a concrete base. Page 3 RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve the plans and specifications for the Valencia Boulevard Median Refurbishment, Project B1014. 2. Award the construction contract to R.C. Becker & Son, Inc., in the amount of $1,619,894 and authorize a contingency in the amount of $161,989 for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,781,883. 3. Authorize an increased expenditure in an amount not to exceed $46,775 to the existing professional services contract with Pacific Coast Land Design for construction support to be provided by the project landscape architect and civil engineer, including construction staking and material testing. 4. Authorize total transfers of $499,500 in Landscape Maintenance District Zone 2008-1 (Fund 357) project savings to the Valencia Boulevard Median Refurbishment expenditure account B1014357-5161.001 as follows: $400,000 from Newhall Avenue Beautification account B2015357-5161.001, and $99,500 from Soledad Canyon Road Median Refurbishment account B3011357-5161.001. 5. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 5. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE FOR PREZONE 16- 001 (MASTER CASE NO. 16-012) FOR THE WEST CREEK AND WEST HILLS ANNEXATION AREA - Second reading and adoption of an Ordinance for Prezone 16- 001 (Master Case 16-012) for the purpose of annexation of the West Creek and West Hills area. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt an Ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, TO APPROVE PREZONE 16- 001 (MASTER CASE 16-012) FOR APPROXIMATELY 1,018.39 ACRES OF LAND KNOWN AS THE WEST CREEK AND WEST HILLS AREA, GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF THE LOCKHEED INDUSTRIAL PARK, NORTHWEST OF THE VALENCIA 2 SPECIFIC PLAN AREA, AND WEST OF SAN FRANCISQUITO CREEK, ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE EXISTING CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY LIMITS. Page 4 6. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF SPECIAL TAXES OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT 2016-1 (VISTA CANYON) - The ordinance authorizing the levy of special taxes of the Santa Clarita Community Facilities District 2016-1 (Vista Canyon) is consistent with the City's Policy Guidelines Regulating the Use of Public Financing Mechanism to Finance Public Improvements. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council conduct second reading and adopt an ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, ACTING AS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2016- 1 (VISTA CANYON), AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF SPECIAL TAXES. 7. DECLARATION OF NEED FOR PARKING AUTHORITY - Declare a need for a parking authority and designate an Interim Chairman of the Parking Authority. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt a resolution declaring a need for a parking authority to function in the City, declaring that the City Council shall be the Parking Authority, and designating an Interim Chairman of the Parking Authority. 8. ANNEXATION OF PARCELS INTO STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1 (ANNEXATION NO. L-95) - Annexation of Parcels Receiving Benefit into Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Adopt a resolution to initiate annexation proceedings for nine (9) parcels into Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1. 2. Approve the Engineer's Report, and call for and set the public hearing for June 14, 2016. 9. CHECK REGISTER NO. 7 FOR THE PERIOD 3/04/16 THROUGH 3/17/16 AND 3/24/16. ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFERS FOR THE PERIOD 3/07/16 THROUGH 3/18/16. - Check Register No. 7 for the Period 3/04/16 through 3/17/16 and 3/24/16. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 3/07/16 through 3/18/16. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 7. Page 5 PUBLIC HEARINGS 10. SUBMISSION OF THE DRAFT 2016-17 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS - Submission of the Draft 2016-17 Annual Action Plan and Community Development Block Grant Funding Allocation Recommendations as required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the Draft 2016-17 Annual Action Plan and the Community Development Block Grant Funding Recommendations, and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all required documents, subject to approval of the City Attorney. NEW BUSINESS 11. AN URGENCY ORDINANCE RELATED TO RETAIL USES IN THE URBAN CENTER ZONE OF THE OLD TOWN NEWHALL SPECIFIC PLAN - Consideration of an Urgency Ordinance adopting a moratorium on retail uses in the Urban Center zone (Main Street) of the Old Town Newhall Specific Plan, except for those use types that support a pedestrian -oriented Arts and Entertainment District. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt an Urgency Ordinance entitled: AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM ON ALL NEW RETAIL USES IN THE URBAN CENTER ZONE OF THE OLD TOWN NEWHALL SPECIFIC PLAN (MAIN STREET AREA), EXCEPT THOSE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF AN ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION This time has been set aside for any speakers that have turned in speaker cards and were not heard in the first thirty minutes allotted to address the City Council on items that are NOT on the agenda. No further speaker cards will be accepted once Public Participation begins. Speakers may not address items that have been considered this evening. Speaker cards may not be submitted relating to any items listed on the agenda. Page 6 STAFF COMMENTS ADJOURNMENT — In memory of Terry Carberry and Fred Stanzione FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at 6:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers, 1 st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. CERTIFICATION I, Kevin Tonoian, do hereby certify that I am the duly appointed anded City Cler or the City of Santa Clarita and that on April 21, 2016, the foregoing ager}dqu s-rat City Hall. r To Cler Page 7 California