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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-02-09 - 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 of CORONAVIRUS ways. Members of the community may observe the meeting via livestream at (COVID-19) www.santa-clarita.com/agendas or watch on Channel 20. ADVISORY NOTICE For those wishing to provide written comments, please submit an electronic written comment form at IlhIillp, ,11 rw rw r sgiiri,�W „c airl'�Wa"c iiinKlyw�rirru�hill �ng 2nnlinneiin't at least 30 minutes before the start time. 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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. To unmute: • For Windows & Linux - Alt+A • For Mac & iPad with a Keypad - Command($)+Shift+A • For Phone - *6 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 McLean 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 Black History Month Recognition of Marin's Auto Detailing 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. 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 January 26, 2021 Regular Meeting. 2. CHECK REGISTER NO. 03 - Check Register No. 03 for the Period 01/01/21 through 01/14/21 and 01/21/21. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 01/04/21 through 01/15/21. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 03. 3. 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. 4. SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE - FORMATION OF CITY OF SANTA CLARITA COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2020-1 (COOPER STREET PARKING MAINTENANCE) - The ordinance authorizing the levy of special taxes of the Santa Clarita Community Facilities District No. 2020-1 (Cooper Street Parking Structure) is consistent with the City's Policy Guidelines Regulating the Use of Public Financing Mechanism to Finance Public Improvements. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council conduct second reading and adopt an ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ACTING AS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2020-1 (COOPER STREET PARKING STRUCTURE), AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF SPECIAL TAXES." 5. AWARD CONTRACT FOR PROTECTION BARRIERS ON CITY'S TRANSIT CUTAWAY FLEET - Retrofit Santa Clarita's Transit fleet of 33 cutaway buses with permanent protection barriers. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Award contract to Creative Bus Sales for the purchase and installation of protection barriers for the City's fleet of cutaway buses, in an amount of $43,524, and authorize a project contingency of ten percent in the amount of $ 4,352, for a total contract amount not to exceed $47,876. Page 3 2. Appropriate funds in the amount of $47,876 to expenditure account 12402-5161.001, and increase Miscellaneous Federal Grants revenue account 700.4424.009 by $38,301 and increase Municipal Operator Service Improvement Program revenue account 700.4422.007 by $9,575. 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. 6. AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 15.44 INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT TO INCLUDE COMMERCIAL ORGANIC WASTE RECYCLING - Adoption of an ordinance to align Chapter 15.44 Integrated Waste Management with California State laws regarding organic waste disposal. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council introduce and pass to second reading an ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING AND RESTATING CHAPTER 15.44 INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT" 7. AWARD OF CONTRACT TO PARADIGM ENVIRONMENTAL, INC., FOR EWMP/RAA UPDATE FOR NPDES PERMIT COMPLIANCE - Award contract to Paradigm Environmental, Inc., to update Upper Santa Clara River EWMP/RAA for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Permit compliance consistent with the existing Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, and Los Angeles County Flood Control District. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Award contract to Paradigm Environmental, Inc., for Enhanced Watershed Management Program and Reasonable Assurance Analysis update consistent with the approved Memorandum of Agreement for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit compliance between the City of Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, and Los Angeles County Flood Control District. 2. Increase Miscellaneous Revenues Account 356-4621.001 by $251,320 and appropriate $398,921 from the Stormwater Fund Balance (Fund 356) to Stormwater Professional Services Expenditure Account 14600-5161.002. 3. Authorize City Manager or designee to execute and make needed minor amendments to all agreements related to the contract and Memorandum of Agreement. Page 4 8. TRANSIT MAINTENANCE FACILITY UPGRADES AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT, BUS LIFT REPLACEMENT, PHASE III, PROJECT F1023 - AWARD DESIGN -BUILD CONTRACT - This project will replace the two existing in -ground lift systems and the existing chassis wash lift system at the Transit Maintenance Facility. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Award the design -build contract to Air & Lube Systems, Inc., in the amount of $542,789 and authorize a contingency in the amount of $81,418, for a total contract amount not to exceed $624,207. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents, subject to City Attorney approval. PUBLIC HEARINGS 9. RESULTS OF THE 2021-22 COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM - Results of the 2021-2022 Community Needs Assessment Survey related to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council conduct a public hearing and receive information regarding the results of the annual Community Needs Assessment Survey conducted as part of the Community Development Block Grant Program for the 2021-22 program year. 10. HENRY MAYO NEWHALL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 2021 TAX EQUITY AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT (TEFRA) HEARING - Consideration of a Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act resolution approving the proposed financing to refinance bonds previously issued for the benefit of Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital (Borrower) in 2013 and 2014 and finance the construction, remodeling, and equipping of new operating rooms at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, through the issuance of bonds by the California Public Finance Authority. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council conduct a public hearing and adopt a Tax Equity and Financial Responsibility Act resolution approving the issuance of tax-exempt obligations by the California Public Finance Authority in an aggregate amount not to exceed $125 million to refinance bonds previous issued for the benefit of Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital d/b/a Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital (Borrower) in 2013 and 2014 and finance the construction, remodeling and equipping of new operating rooms at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital. Page 5 NEW BUSINESS 11. DESIGNATE A CITY DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE 2021 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS' GENERAL ASSEMBLY - Each year, the City Council appoints a Delegate and Alternate to the Southern California Association of Governments (SLAG) General Assembly. SCAG holds an annual Regional Conference and General Assembly Meeting where the Delegates take part in panel discussions with fellow elected officials and stakeholders throughout Southern California and may vote on resolutions proposed to the General Assembly. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council appoint a Delegate and Alternate to the 2021 Southern California Association of Governments' General Assembly. 12. METRO TRAFFIC REDUCTION STUDY - The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has begun a Traffic Reduction Study to determine the feasibility of a congestion pricing program in Los Angeles County. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council discuss the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Authority Traffic Reduction Study and provide direction to staff. 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. Speaker cards may not be submitted relating to any items listed on the agenda. STAFF COMMENTS ADJOURNMENT FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held February 23, 2021, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. CERTIFICATION On February 4, 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 Page 6 ��,QC1�T�Q1 Black History Month February 1, i 2021 IE _ AS, Black History Month allows for a special opportunity to celebrate the history of African Americans, and to honor the many African Americans who have contributed to the progress of our nation; and WIIER.EAS, such recognition and knowledge can strengthen the insight of our community regarding the numerous accomplishments and contributions made by African Americans; and WIIER.EAS, many African Americans have made important contributions to our society, including Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the nation's greatest civil rights activists; Rosa Parks, whose famous decision to remain in her bus seat symbolized the spirit and defining moment of the Civil Rights Movement; Jackie Robinson and Earl Lloyd, the first African Americans to integrate Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association, respectively; and Thurgood Marshall, the first African American United States Supreme Court Justice; and WIIER.EAS, it is important to recognize the courage and strength demonstrated by each of these leaders, along with many other African Americans by celebrating their success and national achievement. NOW, ® T F _ , the City of Santa Clarita proclaims February 2021, as Black, l istory Month. Signed this 9th day of February, 2021.