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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-10-13 - AGENDAS - REGULAR (2)CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) ADVISORY NOTICE Consistent with Execu- tive Orders No. N-29-20 and No. N-35-20 from the Executive Depart- ment of the State of 0bti R P^` ^`µ���p���\\y �„���\Q4 �q�@,��p��yryry 1����`Vy pq}p����y���p pj,�ll`��1 �„���\Q4��,\\�Q\�P� Y��\��Q\�\ Y�„���\Q4 p,��,n, p�p�+,,x �1111., "i111�110� .. '��n�lm �� edlllll� �irp i "�11�\ .m�° �asM. "i111�o �� �., , ��. "n1ll\m m^ 'm\�m ma' "i111�o �� `p4?I»�1��,9h�° �`p4?I»�pp���h� C 1� �� 0 � '11�1111` 111C 7' . ... . .. . . . .. ()'Ur p 0bu ( .... If using Google (throme, please copy/paste the links in your web browserm"°" To maximize public safety while still maintaining transparency and public access, members of the public can observe and participate in the meeting in a number of ways. Members of the community may observe the meeting via livestream at www.santa-clarita.com/agendas or watch on Channel 20. For those wishing to provide written comments, please submit an electronic written comment form at https://www.santa-clarita.com/writtencomment at least 30 minutes before the start time. Comments will be made part of the meeting record, but not read into the record. For those wishing to speak during public participation or on an item on the agenda, please submit an electronic speaker form at https://www.santa-clarita.com/speakersignup at least 30 minutes before the start of the meeting with your name and the phone number you will be using to call into the meeting. To participate using Zoom use Webinar ID: 986 8446 4028 and Passcode Required: 745589 California and the Zoom Webinar direct link:.https://santaclarita.zoom.us/e/98684464028 County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health Safer At Home Order, the Santa Clarita City Council meeting will be conducted re- motely. Passcode Required: 745589 Or Telephone: US: +1 669 900 9128 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 558 8656 or +1 301 7158592 Passcode Required: 745589 You will not be visible to any of the meeting participants during the meeting, and your phone will not be unmuted until your name has been announced when it is your time to speak. Please be sure to unmute your microphone. CITY OF SANTA CLARITA 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. INVOCATION Miranda 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 Filipino American History Month Breast Cancer Awareness Month German -American 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 22, 2020 Regular Meeting. 2. CHECK REGISTER NO. 20 - Check Register No. 20 for the Period 08/28/20 through 09/10/20 and 09/17/20. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 08/31/20 through 09/11/20. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 20. 3. COUNCIL POLICIES - Draft policies for City Council and Board of Library Trustees consideration are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the recommended revisions and deletions to the attached City Council policies. Santa Clarita Board of Library Trustees approve the recommended revisions to the attached Santa Clarita Public Library policies. 4. RESPONSE TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY REPORT: A DIET FOR LANDFILLS: CUTTING DOWN ON FOOD WASTE - The 2019-2020 Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury sent a letter to Mayor Cameron Smyth that included a report: A DIET FOR LANDFILLS: Cutting Down on Food Waste. The report is a result of the investigation by the Civil Grand Jury and provides recommendations and requires a response from the each of the 88 cities in Los Angeles County, including the City of Santa Clarita, about the prevention of food waste reaching landfills. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve a response to the Los Angeles County 2019-20 Civil Grand Jury Report: A DIET FOR LANDFILLS: Cutting Down on Food Waste. 5. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH LOS ANGELES COUNTY FOR COST SHARING NPDES PERMIT MONITORING, MODELING AND REPORTING - Requesting approval to allow the continuation of an existing partnership for compliance with the Municipal Stormwater National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit through a Memorandum of Agreement between the City, Los Angeles County, and Los Angeles County Flood Control District RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve the Memorandum of Agreement for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit compliance between the City if Santa Clarita, Los Angele County, and Los Angeles County Flood Control District. Page 3 2. Authorize City Manager or his designee to execute all agreements related to entering into the Memorandum of Agreement. 6. ADOPT RESOLUTION FOR SUMMARY VACATION OF LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE EASEMENT ON PLATT COURT - Resolution for the summary vacation of a landscape maintenance easement at 14309 Platt Court. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Adopt a resolution for the summary vacation of the landscape maintenance easement at 14309 Platt Court, as described in the Legal Description. 2. Direct City Clerk to record the certified original resolution in the County of Los Angeles Registrar -Recorder's office. 7. RESCIND 385 FEET OF NO PARKING ZONE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 12:00 A.M. AND 4:00 A.M. ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF CENTRE POINTE BETWEEN HARRYBELL PLACE (NORTH) AND 385 FEET SOUTH OF HARRYBELL PLACE (NORTH) - City staff proposes providing 385 feet of on -street parking along the west side of Centre Pointe Parkway between Harrybell Place (North) and 385 feet south of Harrybell Place (North) to accommodate approximately 15 parked vehicles for the Habitat for Heroes Community. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Adopt a resolution to rescind 385 feet of the No Parking Zone between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. along the west side of Centre Pointe Parkway between Harrybell Place (North) and 385 feet south of Harrybell Place (North). 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 8. AWARD CONTRACTS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT - CORONAVIRUS FUNDS - Award contracts to carry -out services using Community Development Block Grant - Coronavirus funds: $145,200 to Santa Clarita Valley Committee on Aging for vehicles, meals, and groceries to address the nutrition needs of seniors; $54,800 to Bridge To Home SCV for staffing and meals at the temporary shelter located in the Newhall Community Center; and $150,000 to Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital for Rapid COVID-19 Testing. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Award three contracts for Community Development Block Grant — Coronavirus funds allocated to the City of Santa Clarita through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act: Page 4 • Santa Clarita Valley Committee on Aging in the amount of $145,200 for vehicles, meals, and groceries to address the nutrition needs of seniors; and • Bridge to Home SCV in the amount of $54,800 for staffing and meals at the temporary shelter located in the Newhall Community Center; and • Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Foundation in an amount up to $150,000 for rapid COVID-19 testing. 2. Authorize the City Manager or his designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 9. APPROVAL OF THE 2020 SANTA CLARITA SMALL BUSINESS COVID RELIEF GRANT PROGRAM - Approval of the 2020 Santa Clarita Small Business COVID Relief Grant Program to provide financial reimbursements to small businesses for expenses incurred from business interruption due to COVID-19 impacts. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Approve the 2020 Santa Clarita Small Business COVID Relief Grant Program to provide up to $500,000 total to eligible small businesses, with individual awards not to exceed $5,000 per eligible business. 2. Direct staff to execute the 2020 Santa Clarita Small Business COVID Relief Grant Program and initiate the application process. 3. Increase Revenue Account 229-4424.015, CARES Act Grants, by $500,000. 4. Appropriate $500,000 to Expenditure Account E0211229-5161.001. NEW BUSINESS 10. COUNTY CHARTER AMENDMENT: MEASURE J - At the September 8, 2020, regular City Council meeting, Councilmember McLean requested that the City Council discuss, at a future meeting, Measure J, a measure on the November 3, 2020, General Election ballot to amend the County Charter. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council discuss and provide direction to staff. 11. SUPPORT FOR BUSINESSES TO RE -OPEN AND AMENDMENT TO SANTA CLARITA 2020 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM - At the September 22, 2020, regular City Council meeting, Mayor Smyth requested that the City Council support, at a future regular City Council meeting, the "Save LA Brewers" campaign and the re -opening of indoor operations at the Westfield Valencia Town Center. Additionally, the City Council directed staff to amend the Santa Clarita 2020 Legislative Platform to include support for the re -opening of businesses that have been forced to limit their operations or close due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent public health orders. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Page 5 1. Support the "Save LA Brewers" campaign and the re -opening of indoor operations at the Westfield Valencia Town Center, including approval of the attached letter. 2. Approve amendments made to the Santa Clarita 2020 Legislative Platform to include support for the re -opening of businesses and overall economic development in response to financial hardships experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent public health orders. 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 Reba Anne Hallerberg FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held October 27, 2020, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. CERTIFICATION On October 8, 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 OctoberFilipino.American History Month 2020 ' i, i WIIEREAS, Filipino Americans are the second largest Asian American group in the United States, the third largest ethnic group in California, and the largest Asian group in Santa Clarita; and WIIEREAS, the celebration of Filipino American History Month in October commemorates the first recorded presence of Filipinos in the continental United States, which occurred on October 18, 1587, when "Luzones Indios" came ashore from the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Esperanza and landed at what is now Morro Bay, California; and WIIEREAS, Filipino American History Month provides an opportunity to promote the study of Filipino American history and culture, and recognize the richness of the Filipino American ethnicity; and WIIEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita is proud to celebrate Filipino American History Month and commemorate the valuable contributions and accomplishments that Filipino Americans have made in this country. NOW 771'EREf,'ORE the City of Santa Clarita proclaims October 2020, as IT' lipino American Mzstory Month. " Signed this day of October, 2020. Cameron Smyth, Mayor Santa Clarita, California Br', a,o, f n U , °'llr°' 11 Oclober 2(l)2(l) WHEREAS, breast cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer death among women overall, and a growing number of new cases are diagnosed annually; and WHEREAS, Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a nationwide campaign in October to increase awareness and highlight the importance of education, research, screening, and access; and WHEREAS, as the City of Santa Clarita observes Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we salute the women and men who dedicate themselves to prevention, detection, and treatment; we show our support for every individual and every family struggling with breast cancer; and we pause to remember those we have lost; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita encourages citizens, government agencies, private businesses, nonprofit organizations, and all other interested groups to join in activities that will increase awareness of what Americans can do to prevent breast cancer and the importance of early detection, access, and treatment. NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Santa Clarita does hereby proclaim the month of October as a uira c°;Jr,v or, °ir ;Wll',irilllr. Signed this 13th day of October, 2020. Cameron Smyth, Mayor Santa Clarita, California PUIROCL"ATION �' ;il ,d / /` fio E EAV, on October 6, 1683, 13 German families from Krefeld landed in Philadelphia and founded Germantown, Pennsylvania, the first German settlement in America and the first American community to formally protest the evils of slavery; and WHE EAV, throughout our history, German Americans have woven distinct threads into the fabric of our country in extraordinary ways -- by crossing the Atlantic, planting roots in communities across our country, and spurring shared advances -- German Americans have proven our Nation's diversity makes our society ever stronger; and E EAA , during German American Heritage Month, we celebrate the immeasurable ways their talents and ideas have helped our country thrive; and WHE EAV, the more than 44 million Americans who claim German heritage join previous generations in making important contributions to every facet of American life; and German Americans have helped drive our economy, enrich our culture, and protect and defend the land they embrace as their own; and E EAV, as our Nation's largest ancestry group, German Americans are rightfully proud of how their deep cultural, historical, and familial ties have helped strengthen this robust transatlantic relationship. Now, THEREFORE, the City of Santa Clarita proclaims October 2020, as German American Heritage Month and encourages all residents to learn more about the history of German Americans and reflect on the many contributions they have made to our City. Signed this 13th day of October, 2020. Cameron Smyth, Mayor Santa Clarita, California