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Home My WebLink About2018-09-25 - AGENDAS - REGULAR (2)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) Pursuant to Government Code 54957.5 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 at the meeting. INVOCATION Smyth CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL FLAG SALUTE Scout Pack 527 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 Hart 8U Gold Fast Pitch Proclaim September 15 - October 15 Hispanic Heritage Month 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 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. Page 2 APPROVAL OF REGULAR MEETING MINUTES — The minutes of the City Council are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the minutes of the September 11, 2018 Regular Meeting. 2. FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR HOMES FOR FAMILIES - In Santa Clarita 78 homes will be built as part of the Enriched Neighborhood Affordable Housing Veterans' project. Funding has been collected for programs and services for 60 of the families and 18 remain unfunded. Homes for Families is seeking additional funding to provide programs and services for the remaining families and complete the project. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Establish a dollar -for -dollar grant match in the amount of $75,000. 2. Appropriate $75,000 from the Developer Fees Fund Balance (Fund 306) to Homes for Families Services Expenditure Account 13410-5161.001. 3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 3. FEDERAL LEGISLATION: H.R. 3990 - On October 6, 2017, House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R -UT -1) introduced H.R. 3990, the National Monument Creation and Protection Act. The measure proposes to amend and clarify the authority of the President of the United States with respect to designation of national monuments under the Antiquities Act of 1906 and authority of future Presidents to modify national monument designations established by their predecessors. Enactment of this legislation would be in direct contrast to previous positions established by the Santa Clarita City Council specifically related to the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, which was established by President Obama in October 2014. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council "oppose" H.R. 3990 and transmit statements of position to House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R -UT -1), Representative Steve Knight (R -CA -25), Senator Dianne Feinstein (D -CA), Senator Kamala Harris (D -CA), and members of appropriate committees in Congress. 4. SANTA CLARITA VALLEY SHERIFF'S STATION, PROJECT F3023- AWARD CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTABILITY REVIEW SERVICES CONTRACT - This item will award a contract for the construction management and constructability review of the plans for the new Santa Clarita Valley Sheriffs Station. This project is a joint effort between the City of Santa Clarita and Los Angeles County to design and construct a new sheriff s station on Golden Valley Road. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Page 3 1. Award the contract to Arcadis U.S., Inc., for the construction management and constructability review of the new Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station in the amount of $1,249,689, and authorize a contingency in the amount of $124,969, for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,374,658. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 5. CHECK REGISTER NOS. 17 AND 18 - Check Register No. 17 for the Period 07/20/18 through 08/02/18 and 08/09/18. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 07/23/18 through 08/03/18. Check Register No. 18 for the Period 08/03/18 through 08/16/18 and 08/23/18. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 08/06/18 through 08/17/18. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 17 and Check Register No. 18. 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 Marion Elizabeth Redfern FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held October 9, 2018, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. CERTIFICATION On September 20, 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 4