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Home My WebLink About2018-02-13 - AGENDAS - REGULAR (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, February 13, 2018 6:00 PM City Council Chambers 23920 Valencia Blvd. Santa Clarita, CA 91355 AGENDA Joint Meeting with Board of Library Trustees How to Address the City Council Pursuant to Government Code section 54954.3 members of the public are afforded the opportunities to address the City Council. You may address the Council once per meeting during Public Participation on any matter within the Council's jurisdiction that is not listed on the agenda. Public Participation speaker's cards must be submitted to the City Clerk BEFORE this portion of the meeting begins. To address the Council regarding an item on the agenda, please 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 minutes to speak (with double the time allotted to non-English speakers using a translator) indicated by a colored light system on the Council dais. If you wish to provide information to the Council, 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) Any writings or documents distributed to a majority of the members of the City Council regarding any open session item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the City Clerk's Office located at 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 120, during normal business hours. These writings or documents will also be available for review at the meeting. INVOCATION Weste 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 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS Building Inspector Chris Burgess for assistance with the Thomas Fire Black History Month Proclamation Sheriff Recognition 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. STAFF COMMENTS COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS Page 2 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 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES — The minutes of the City Council are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the minutes of the January 23, 2018 Regular Meeting. 2. CITIZENS' OPTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY (COPS) GRANT - FISCAL YEAR 2017-18 - Assembly Bill 1913 (Schiff -Cardenas Crime Prevention Act), signed into law in 2000, provides funding to cities and counties for frontline law enforcement officers and juvenile justice initiatives. Fiscal Year 2017-18 marks the 22nd year the City of Santa Clarita has been eligible to receive grant funding from this program. The City of Santa Clarita's estimated allocation for Fiscal Year 2017-18, based on population, is $331,017. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Accept the Fiscal Year 2017-18 Citizens' Option for Public Safety Grant in the amount of $331,017 from the Los Angeles County Auditor -Controller; approve the request from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Santa Clarita Valley Station, to use the funds to continue funding the Career Offenders Burglary, Robbery, and Assault (COBRA) Team. 2. Appropriate $406,050 to account 16100-5161.001 (Contractual Services). This amount includes $331,017 for the Fiscal Year 2017-18 grant and additional grant funds from Fiscal Year 2016-17. 3. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute any contracts, agreements, or change orders arising out of this program, subject to City Attorney approval. 3. APPROVAL OF REAL PROPERTY PURCHASE OF 1 +/- ACRES IN NEWHALL, ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NO. 2836-030-044 - Approve the acquisition of 1+/- acres of real property in Newhall Assessor's Parcel Number 2836-030-044. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve the acquisition of 1+/- acres and the purchase price of $511,000 of real property in Newhall, Assessor's Parcel Number 2836-030-044. Page 3 2. Appropriate $603,522 from the General Fund fund balance for the purchase of the property and for escrow, title, appraisal, relocation fees, and due diligence costs to Non -Departmental Administration Account 19000-5201.004. 3. Authorize the transfer of ownership of the property located at 23027 Drayton Street to Bridge to Home. 4. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents related to the acquisition of property and the transfer of such property located at 23027 Drayton Street to Bridge to Home, subject to City Attorney approval. 4. SUMMARY VACATION OF A REMNANT OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY ALONG SOLEDAD CANYON ROAD AND OF AN EASEMENT FOR SANITARY SEWER PURPOSES, SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF SOLEDAD CANYON ROAD AND MAMMOTH LANE - Resolution for the summary vacation of a remnant of the public right-of-way along Soledad Canyon Road and of an easement for sanitary sewer purposes, south of the intersection of Soledad Canyon Road and Mammoth Lane. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Adopt a resolution for the summary vacation of a remnant of the public right-of-way along Soledad Canyon Road and of an easement for sanitary sewer purposes, south of the intersection of Soledad Canyon Road and Mammoth Lane, as described in Exhibit "A" Legal Description and as shown on Exhibit `B" Exhibit Map. 2. Direct the City Clerk to record the certified original resolution in the County of Los Angeles Registrar -Recorder's office. 5. GRANT REQUESTS FOR STATE TRANSIT ASSISTANCE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR FUNDS FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - The City of Santa Clarita is eligible for grant requests for State Transit Assistance State of Good Repair funds from the California Department of Transportation. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt a resolution allowing the City Manager or designee to submit grant requests and enter into a Funding Agreement, Letter of Agreement, Memorandum of Understanding, or other form of agreement required from the California Department of Transportation for State Transit Assistance State of Good Repair funds. Page 4 6. RESOLUTION FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE OF CITY OF SANTA CLARITA VOLUNTEERS - Special District Risk Management Authority Workers' Compensation program requires an adopted resolution to continue to provide workers' compensation insurance coverage to City of Santa Clarita volunteers. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the continuation of workers' compensation coverage for volunteers of the City of Santa Clarita. 7. CHECK REGISTER NO.2 - Check Register No. 2 for the Period 12/22/17 through 01/04/18 and 01/11/18. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 12/25/17 through 01/05/18. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 2. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 8. CLIMATE CHANGE DISCUSSION AND LETTER - At the January 23, 2018, regular City Council meeting, the City Council was requested to review a letter related to climate change and greenhouse gas emissions and provide direction to staff. The City Council directed staff, at the January 23, 2018, regular City Council meeting, to revise the letter on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions and discuss the revised letter at the February 13, 2018, regular City Council meeting. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council discuss and provide direction to staff regarding sending a letter to each of the City of Santa Clarita's (City) Federal Legislative Delegation encouraging them to sponsor and/or support policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address the impacts, causes, and challenges of climate change in a clear, transparent, and effective way. 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. Speaker cards may not be submitted relating to any items listed on the agenda. STAFF COMMENTS ADJOURNMENT In memory of Raymond Joseph DeFrisco, Ada Christine Boyer, and Nanette Lagasse Gaither FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held February 27, 2018, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. Page 5 CERTIFICATION On February 8, 2018, I, Mary Cusick, do hereby certify that I am the duly appointed and qualified City Clerk for the City of Santa Clarita and that the foregoing agenda was posted at City Hall. Mary Cusick City Clerk Santa Clarita, California Page 6