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Home My WebLink About2020-01-14 - 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 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 Recognition of Eagle Scouts who completed their projects with the City of Santa Clarita in 2019 ICMA Early Career Leadership Award 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 SPECIAL MEETING -COUNCIL REORGANIZATION MINUTES — The minutes of the City Council are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the minutes of the December 10, 2019 Special Meeting -Council Reorganization. 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 December 10, 2019 Regular Meeting. 3. CHECK REGISTER NOS. 25 AND 26 - Check Register No. 25 for the Period 11/08/19 through 11/21/19 and 11/28/19. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 11/11/19 through 11/22/19. Check Register No. 26 for the Period 11/22/19 through 12/05/19 and 12/12/19. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 11/25/19 through 12/06/19. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 25 and Check Register No. 26. 4. FISCAL YEAR 2019 EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM - The City of Santa Clarita has been awarded a grant for a total of $24,219 by the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, through the Fiscal Year 2019 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program. JAG allows state and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime, based on local needs and conditions. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Accept Fiscal Year 2019 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) funds from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance. 2. Increase estimated revenue in account 206-4461.020 (Justice Assistance Grant 2019) by $24,219. Increase estimated expenditure in account 16120-5111.001 (Special Supplies) by $24,219 for Fiscal Year 2019. 4. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all contracts and associated documents, subject to City Attorney approval. Page 3 5. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA AND THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU) LOCAL 721 - SEW Local 721, CTW, CLC is the exclusive bargaining agent for approximately 80 positions in the field and maintenance classifications. The term of the proposed MOU is for three years and runs from July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2022. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve the draft Memorandum of Understanding that has been negotiated between the City of Santa Clarita and the Service Employees International Union, Local 721. 2. Adopt a resolution providing for compensation of Service Employees International Union represented employees of the City of Santa Clarita. 3. Adopt a resolution of the City Council of the the City of Santa Clarita, California, between the Board of Administration California Public Employees' Retirement System and the City of Santa Clarita for Employer Paid Member Contributions. 4. Authorize the City Manager to finalize, sign, and accept the Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the City of Santa Clarita. 6. 2019-20 CIRCULATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, PROJECT C0061 - AWARD DESIGN CONTRACT - This action will fund the design of the 2019-20 Circulation Improvement Program, which will increase and improve traffic flow at four potential locations and reduce traffic delays at the signalized locations. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Award the design contract to Psomas for the 2019-20 Circulation Improvement Program, Project C0061 in the amount of $119,045, and authorize a contingency in the amount of $11,941, for a total contract amount not to exceed $130,986. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 7. 2020 COMMUNITY SERVICES AND ARTS GRANTS - Approval of the 2020 Community Services and Arts Grants Committee's program funding recommendations. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve the 2020 Community Services and Arts Grants Committee's program funding recommendations in an amount not to exceed $90,000 for Community Services Grants and $90,000 for Arts Grants, for a total of $180,000. 2. Direct staff to execute Grant Program Agreements with the agencies approved for funding. Page 4 8. CANYON COUNTRY COMMUNITY CENTER LEASE AGREEMENT - Approval of a 15-month lease agreement with HWA Incorporated for the rental property known as the Canyon Country Community Center, located at 18760-18796 Flying Tiger Drive from February 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve a 15-month lease agreement with HWA Incorporated for the rental property known as the Canyon Country Community Center, located at 18760-18796 Flying Tiger Drive from February 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021, in the amount not to exceed $164,370. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 9. SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION "SHOP LOCAL" PROGRAM - City Council to consider the continuance of a public/private partnership agreement for the Santa Clarita Valley Automobile Dealers Association "Shop Local" program. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Approve an expenditure of $70,000 for a public/private partnership with the Santa Clarita Automobile Dealers Association to continue the "Shop Local" program for Fiscal Year 2019-20, per the Letter of Agreement. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contract documents and up to four annual renewal options, subject to City Attorney approval, not to exceed $70,000 in each fiscal year, contingent upon the appropriation of funds by the City Council in the annual budget for such fiscal year. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 10. ARTS GRANTS RATING PROCESS - The recommended action will revise the rating process for the Arts Grants Program, based on Recommendation 4.1 of the City of Santa Clarita Arts Master Plan. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the revised rating process for the Arts Grants Program. Page 5 NEW BUSINESS 11. CONSIDERATION OF AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A 45-DAY MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RESTAURANT DRIVE- THROUGHS - City Council consideration of an urgency ordinance regarding restaurant drive-throughs. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Adopt an urgency ordinance entitled, "AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A 45-DAY MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RESTAURANT DRIVE-THROUGHS." 2. Direct staff to notice a public hearing for consideration of an extension of such 45- day ordinance. 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 Dominic Michael Blackwell and Gracie Anne Muehlberger FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held January 28, 2020, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. CERTIFICATION On January 9, 2020, 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