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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.
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allotted to non-English speakers using a translator) indicated by a colored light system on the
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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
Recognition of Sergeant Dantice and Deputy Shackelford
Finance Division Recognition for Achievement Awards
Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2021
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.
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APPROVAL OF SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES — The minutes of the City Council
are submitted for approval.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council approve the minutes of the December 8, 2020 Special Meeting.
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 8, 2020 Special Meeting -Council
Reorganization.
3. 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 8, 2020 Regular Meeting.
4. CHECK REGISTER NOS. 25 AND 26 - Check Register No. 25 for the Period
11/06/20 through 11/19/20 and 11/26/20. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period
11/09/20 through 11/20/20. Check Register No. 26 for the Period 11/20/20 through
12/03/20 and 12/10/20. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 11/23/20 through
12/04/20.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register
No. 25 and Check Register No. 26.
5. 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.
6. CITIZENS' OPTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY (COPS) GRANT - FISCAL YEAR
2020-21 - Assembly Bill 1913 (Schiff -Cardenas Crime Prevention Act), signed into law
in 2000, provides funding to cities and counties for frontline law enforcement officers
and juvenile justice initiatives. The City of Santa Clarita's estimated allocation for Fiscal
Year 2020-21, based on population, is $337,132.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
1. Accept the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Citizens' Option for Public Safety Grant in the
amount of $337,132 from the Los Angeles County Auditor -Controller; approve the
request from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Santa Clarita Valley
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Station, to continue funding the Career Offenders Burglary, Robbery, and Assault
(COBRA) Team.
2. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute any contracts, agreements, or
change orders arising out of this program, subject to City Attorney approval.
7. CORRECTION OF BOUNDARY MAP AND CHANGE OF DATE FOR PUBLIC
HEARING RELATING TO THE FORMATION OF THE CITY OF SANTA
CLARITA COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2020-1 (COOPER
STREET PARKING STRUCTURE) - This item will provide a correction of boundary
map and change of date for the public hearing related to the formation of the Community
Facilities District No. 2020-1 (Cooper Street Parking Structure) for the operating and
maintenance cost of the facility through a special tax within said District.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council adopt a resolution amending Resolution No. 20-78 (Resolution of Intention
to Establish the City of Santa Clarita Community Facilities District No. 2020-1 [Cooper
Street Parking Structure]).
8. TRANSIT MAINTENANCE FACILITY UPGRADES AND EQUIPMENT
REPLACEMENT - GATE ENTRANCE, PHASE V, PROJECT F1023 - AWARD
DESIGN CONTRACT - This action will fund the design of the 2020-21 Transit
Maintenance Facility (TMF) Upgrades and Equipment Replacement - Gate Entrance,
Phase V, Project F1023. The design will include the placement of a new entrance gate
and the design of the existing driveway entrance onto the TMF along Alta Vista.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
1. Award the design contract to Psomas in the amount of $105,335 and authorize a
contingency in the amount of $10,534, for a total contract amount not to exceed
$115,869.
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated
documents, subject to City Attorney approval.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
9. FIRST READING - ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT ORDINANCE - First reading
of an ordinance to provide for the regulation of Accessory Dwelling Units in a manner
consistent with state law.
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,
APPROVING MASTER CASE 20-085, CONSISTING OF UNIFIED
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DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT 20-002, AMENDING THE UNIFIED
DEVELOPMENT CODE AS SHOWN IN EXHIBIT A."
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
10. CENTRAL PARK MEMORIAL PROJECT - City Council to review and consider a
conceptual design for a project at Central Park, developed to memorialize the victims of
the November 14, 2019, incident at Saugus High School.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
1. Review, provide direction, or approve the included conceptual plan and construct the
project at Central Park, memorializing the victims of the incident at Saugus High
School on November 14, 2019.
2. Authorize the transfer of $40,000 from Contingency Account 19300-5401.001 to
Central Park Memorial Plaza expenditure account P3032601-5161.001 (General Fund
Capital); increase Transfers Out account 10019500-5501.601 and Transfers In
account 601-4711.100 by $40,000.
11. LOCAL APPOINTMENTS - Resident applications for positions on the Planning
Commission; Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission; Arts
Commission; and Open Space Preservation District Financial Accountability and Audit
Panel will be considered.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
Councilmember Smyth and Councilmember Gibbs nominate and Council approve
regular appointments to the Planning Commission; Parks, Recreation, and
Community Services Commission; Arts Commission; and Open Space Preservation
District Financial Accountability and Audit Panel for a full term of four years, ending
December 31, 2024.
2. Mayor Pro Tem Weste nominate and Council approve the unscheduled vacancy
appointment to the unexpired term on the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
Commission, ending December 31, 2022.
NEW BUSINESS
12. NAMING OF REAL PROPERTY REQUEST 350 +/- ACRES - Discuss the naming
of real property, approximately 350 acres, located adjacent to the City -owned Newhall
Pass Open Space.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council discuss and provide direction on the naming of approximately 350 acres of
real property located adjacent to City -owned Newhall Pass Open Space.
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13. NAMING OF OPEN SPACE TO HONOR DENNIS KOONTZ - Discuss the naming
of a future open space trailhead in honor of long-time Santa Clarita resident and
community leader Dennis Koontz.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council discuss and provide direction on the naming of a future open space trailhead
in the Tesoro area in honor of Dennis Koontz.
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 Jake Worden, Allan Cameron, Rob McFerren, and Pat Allen
FUTURE MEETINGS
The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held January 26, 2021, at 6:00 PM in the
Council Chambers, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA.
CERTIFICATION
On January 7, 2021, 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
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PURO C LAMAT ION
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 18, 2021
WHEREAS, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life to advancing civil rights in America and
spoke on the virtues of kindness and service to others, encouraging others to do their part to help
our country realize its full potential; and
WHEREAS, Dr. King is remembered as one of the most influential and inspirational leaders in
history; and
WHEREAS, in 1983, a bill to establish the third Monday in January as a federal holiday to honor
Dr. King's legacy was passed, and the first Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was celebrated in 1986;
and
WHEREAS, in 1994, Congress began the King Day of Service, an initiative to implore Americans
to spend the federal holiday honoring Dr. King by partaking in service projects and working
together to find solutions to social problems our communities faced; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita will launch the MLK Service Celebration beginning January
18 to encourage residents to perform acts of kindness and service for one another and spread Dr.
King's unifying message.
NOW IHEREFFORE, the City of Santa Clarita does hereby proclaim January 18, 2 02 1, as
Martin Luther Ding, Jr. Day, and encourages all citizens to honor the day by participating in the
virtual MLK Service Celebration and finding ways to give back to their community.
Signed this 12'h day of Ianuary, 2021.
William A. Miranda, Mayor
Santa. Clarita, California