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Home My WebLink About2020-11-24 - AGENDAS - REGULAR (2).. ... . . . . . . . . 1�. ....!� �. "^u1 1�1� \q� I "ul .� � � "^u11T r� 1�1� . Access . ........ .. . iNry p�� b16 iN�' M l��,.,..�,,, .. � �vvv��,�,��,�,.��noo.1,...��.m�.... �� ,�p, �noo �� ... �. ho ..a��l m� ��i ��m� ��I If using Google Chrome, please copy/paste the links in your web browser. 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 CORONAVIRUS of ways. Members of the community may observe the meeting via livestream at www.santa-clarita.com/agendas or watch on Channel 20. (COVID-19) ADVISORY NOTICE 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 Consistent with meeting record, but not read into the record. 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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 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 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS Helen Putnam Award Recognition Excellence in Procurement and Transparency Certificate of Excellence Awards 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 MINUTES — The minutes of the City Council are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the minutes of the November 10, 2020 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 November 10, 2020 Regular Meeting. 3. CHECK REGISTER NO. 23 - Check Register No. 23 for the Period 10/09/20 through 10/22/20 and 10/29/20. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 10/12/20 through 10/23/20. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 23. 4. READING OF ORDINANCE TITLES - Government Code Section 36934 requires that all ordinances be read in full prior to Council taking action on the ordinance. By listing the ordinance title on the Council agenda, Council may determine that the title has been read. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council determine that the titles to all ordinances which appear on this public agenda have been read and waive further reading. 5. LOCAL APPOINTMENTS LIST/DECLARING VACANCIES - Terms of various Local Appointments will expire on December 31, 2020. This item will initiate the process to fill these vacancies. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve the Local Appointments List; 2. Declare vacancies for the Planning Commission, Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission, Arts Commission, and Open Space Preservation District Financial Accountability and Audit Panel; and 3. Approve the recruitment process for the vacancies. 6. FORMATION OF CITY OF SANTA CLARITA COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2020-1 (COOPER STREET PARKING STRUCTURE) - The proposed formation of the Community Facilities District (CFD) No. 2020-1 (Cooper Street Parking Structure) is for the operating and maintenance cost of the facility through a special tax within said District. Page 3 RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt a resolution declaring its intention to establish the City of Santa Clarita Community Facilities District No. 2020-1 (Cooper Street Parking Structure) and authorize the levy of a special tax within said District. 7. PROTECTION BARRIERS FOR TRANSIT FLEET - Retrofit Santa Clarita Transit's fleet of 79 local and commuter buses with permanent protection barriers. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Award a contract to Gillig LLC for the purchase and installation of protection barriers for the transit fleet, in an amount of $651,606, and authorize a project contingency of $30,000, for a total contract amount not to exceed $681,606. 2. Appropriate funds in the amount of $681,606 to expenditure account 12402- 5201.003, and increase Miscellaneous Federal Grants revenue account 700.4424.009 by $545,285 and increase Municipal Operator Service Improvement Program revenue account 700.4422.007 by $136,321. 3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contract documents, or modify the award in the event that issues of impossibility of performance arise, subject to City Attorney approval. 8. APPROVAL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA TRANSIT 2020 TITLE VI FEDERAL NON-DISCRIMINATION PROGRAM - This item serves as an update to the City of Santa Clarita Transifs 2017 Title VI Federal Non-discrimination Program. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the 2020 Title VI Federal Non-discrimination Program. 9. ADOPT THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AGENCY SAFETY PLAN - Adopt the City of Santa Clarita Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) and direct staff to submit to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) as required. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Adopt the City of Santa Clarita Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan and authorize the City Manager or designee to submit the plan to the Federal Transit Administration. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to amend the plan based on changes in service delivery, organizational changes, and any other changes that significantly affect the components of the City of Santa Clarita Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan. Page 4 10. CANYON COUNTRY COMMUNITY CENTER, PROJECT F3020 - GRANT OF UTILITY EASEMENTS AND LOADING ZONE RESOLUTION - This item authorizes the granting of necessary utility easements to support the construction and operation of the Canyon Country Community Center as well as a resolution for a loading zone on Dolan Way. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve grant easements for utility purposes to Southern California Edison and AT&T to support necessary infrastructure associated with the Canyon Country Community Center project. 2. Adopt a resolution to establish a 40-foot passenger loading zone in front of the Piccola Trattoria restaurant on Dolan Way. 3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 11. 2020-21 OVERLAY AND SLURRY SEAL PROGRAM, PROJECT M0137 - AWARD DESIGN CONTRACT - The annual overlay and slurry seal projects are an integral part of the City's Pavement Management Program. Each year, streets are evaluated and identified for needed pavement preservation and rehabilitation treatments. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Award a contract for engineering design services to Pavement Engineering, Inc., for the 2020-21 Overlay and Slurry Seal Program, Project M0137 in the amount of $574,720, and authorize a contingency in the amount of $172,416 (30 percent), which allows the design of additional areas with a pavement condition index less than 30 to support the five-year pavement plan, for a total contract amount not to exceed $747,136. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute up to three annual renewal options not to exceed the base annual contract, inclusive of contingency, plus any adjustment consistent with the appropriate Consumer Price Index. 3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents, modify the awards in the event impossibility of performance arises, and execute all documents subject to City Attorney approval. 12. NON -MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE - The Non -Motorized Transportation Plan was adopted by the City Council in 2008. This update identifies additional bicycle and pedestrian projects to improve the network, expands the planning area to include recently annexed communities, and recommends project priorities for the next five years. Page 5 RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Adopt the 2020 Non -Motorized Transportation Plan. 2. Finds that the Addendum to the Negative Declaration prepared for the 2020 Non - Motorized Transportation Plan complies with the California Environmental Quality Act. 13. EASEMENT DEDICATION TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY ON CITY -OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED IN NEEDHAM RANCH AREA - Southern California Gas Company has requested an easement on City -owned property for the purpose of the Pipeline Safety Enhancement Plan project under mandate of the California Public Utilities Commission. This 4,000 square foot easement will expand the existing valve station fence within an existing 100-foot wide SoCalGas easement. SoCalGas has offered $9,500 for the purchase of this easement. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a Grant of Exclusive Easement to Southern California Gas Company, subject to City Attorney Approval. 2. Increase General Fund miscellaneous revenue account 100-4621.001 by $9,500. PUBLIC HEARINGS 14. FIRST READING OF MASTER CASE 20-043: 2020 UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE - First reading of an ordinance to update the City's Unified Development Code, Lyons Avenue Corridor Plan, Soledad Canyon Road Corridor Plan, and the Old Town Newhall Specific Plan. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Conduct the public hearing. 2. Introduce and pass to second reading an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION PREPARED FOR THE PROJECT AND APPROVING MASTER CASE 20-043, CONSISTING OF UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT 20-001 AND SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT 20-001 (ZONING AMENDMENT), AMENDING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, LYONS AVENUE CORRIDOR PLAN, SOLEDAD CANYON ROAD CORRIDOR PLAN, AND THE OLD TOWN NEWHALL SPECIFIC PLAN AS SHOWN IN EXHIBITS A, B, C, AND D." Page 6 NEW BUSINESS 15. PROPOSED REVISION TO THE PATIOS CONNECTION (COSTCO) PROJECT - MASTER CASE 19-067 - An informational item regarding the proposed revision to the Patios Connection Project (Master Case 19-067). RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Receive staff report; and 2. Direct staff to move forward with the processing of any application to modify the project as described in the staff report. 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 Cheri Fleming FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held December 8, 2020, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. CERTIFICATION On November 19, 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 7