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Home My WebLink About2017-04-25 - AGENDAS - JOINT REGULAR (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, April 25, 2017 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 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. 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. 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 (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 speaker time has expired. 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 11) INVOCATION Kellar 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 Autism Awareness Month Recognize Community Youth for Their Life Saving Actions School Lunch Hero Day Annual Arbor Day/Tree City USA Proclamation 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. 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 SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES — The minutes of the City Council are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the minutes of the April 11, 2017 Special Meeting. 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 April 11, 2017 Regular Meeting. 3. STATE LEGISLATION: SENATE BILL 34 - Authored by Senator Pat Bates (R- Laguna Niguel), Senate Bill 34 proposes to authorize a city or county to request denial of an alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility application on the basis of over concentration of residential facilities. This bill also adds new services that define a licensee facility; including physical and mental health therapy, nutrition planning, and therapeutic activities. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt the Legislative Committee's recommendation to support Senate Bill 34 (Bates) and transmit position statements to Senator Bates, Santa Clarita's state legislative delegation, appropriate legislative committees, Governor Brown, and the League of California Cities. 4. STATE LEGISLATION: SENATE BILL 35 - Authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D- San Francisco), Senate Bill 35 proposes to require a city or county to submit to the State Legislature, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Office of Planning and Research, an annual report regarding a local agency's general plan related to housing. This bill also proposes to streamline the approval process for specific multifamily residential developments by eliminating the requirement of a conditional use permit by a local agency. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt the Legislative Committee's recommendation to oppose Senate Bill 35 (Wiener) and transmit position statements to Senator Wiener, Santa Clarita's state legislative delegation, appropriate legislative committees, Governor Brown, and the League of California Cities. Page 3 5. STATE LEGISLATION: SENATE BILL 649 - Authored by Senator Ben Hueso (D- San Diego), Senate Bill 649 proposes to reduce local control and fees over small cell siting in the public right-of-way. For purposes of this summary, "small cell" is defined as wireless telecommunications equipment used by cell providers to provide cell service. This bill grants cell providers access to locally owned infrastructure within the public right-of-way and in commercial and industrial zones and prohibits local discretionary zoning review. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt the Legislative Committee's recommendation to oppose Senate Bill 649 (Hueso) and transmit position statements to Senator Hueso, Santa Clarita's state legislative delegation, appropriate legislative committees, Governor Brown, and the League of California Cities. 6. STATE LEGISLATION: SENATE BILL 786 - Authored by Senator Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia), Senate Bill 786 proposes to authorize a city or county to request denial of an alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility application to the Department of Health Care Services on the basis of over concentration of residential facilities. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt the Legislative Committee's recommendation to support Senate Bill 786 (Mendoza) and transmit position statements to Senator Mendoza, Santa Clarita's state legislative delegation, appropriate legislative committees, Governor Brown, and the League of California Cities. 7. APPROVAL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA'S TRANSIT 2017 TITLE VI PROGRAM - This item serves as an update to the City of Santa Clarita's 2014 Transit Title VI Program. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the 2017 Title VI Program. 8. CHECK REGISTER NO.8 - Check Register No. 8 for the Period 03/17/17 through 03/30/17 and 04/06/17 in the aggregate amount of $6,746,678.85. Electronic Funds Transfers included in Check Register No. 8 for the Period 03/20/17 through 03/31/17 in the aggregate amount of $1,481,617.21. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 8. 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. Page 4 STAFF COMMENTS ADJOURNMENT In memory of Barry Gump FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held May 9, 2017, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. CERTIFICATION On April 20, 2017, 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 5