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Home My WebLink About2021-05-11 - 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. Comments will be made part of the meeting record, Consistent with Executive Orders No. N-29-20 and No. N-35-20 from the Executive Department of the State of California and the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health Safer At Home Order, the Santa Clarita City Council meeting will be conducted remotely. 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 s www„sauripla wc: airrlpla„coiinK)Js w � ll� �f�u�liir�� w 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: 963 5457 7911 or Zoom Webinar direct link: Il tillpp , ;; pr �W V irrG�W iinKa, / 11 63 7791 1 Passcode Required: 968967 Or Telephone: US: +1 669 900 9128 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or Passcode Required: 968967 +1 312 626 6799 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 646 558 8656 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(3$)+Shift+A • For Phone - *6 To maximize public safety while still maintaining transparency and public access, members of the public can observe and participate in the meeting in a number of CORONAVIRUS ways. Members of the community may observe the meeting via livestream at (COVID-19) www.santa-clarita.com/agendas or watch on Channel 20. ADVISORY NOTICE For those wishing to provide written comments, please submit an electronic written comment form at IlhIillp, ,11 rw rw r sgiiri,�W „c airl'�Wa"c iiinKlyw�rirru�hill �ng 2nnlinneiin't at least 30 minutes before the start time. Comments will be made part of the meeting record, Consistent with Executive Orders No. N-29-20 and No. N-35-20 from the Executive Department of the State of California and the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health Safer At Home Order, the Santa Clarita City Council meeting will be conducted remotely. but not read into the record. For those wishing to speak during public participation or on an item on the agenda, please submit an electronic speaker form at s www„sauripla wc: airrlpla„coiinK)Js w � ll� �f�u�liir�� w at least 30 minutes before the start of the meeting with your name and the phone number you will be using to call into the meeting. To participate using Zoom use Webinar ID: 963 5457 7911 or Zoom Webinar direct link: Il tillpp , ;; pr �W V irrG�W iinKa, / 11 63 7791 1 Passcode Required: 968967 Or Telephone: US: +1 669 900 9128 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or Passcode Required: 968967 +1 312 626 6799 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 646 558 8656 You will not be visible to any of the meeting participants during the meeting, and your phone will not be unmuted until your name has been announced when it is your time to speak. Please be sure to unmute your microphone. To unmute: • For Windows & Linux - Alt+A • For Mac & iPad with a Keypad - Command(3$)+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 Gibbs 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 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. 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 27, 2021 Special Meeting. Page 2 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 27, 2021 Regular Meeting. 3. CHECK REGISTER NO. 09 - Check Register No. 09 for the Period 03/26/21 through 04/08/21 and 04/15/21. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 03/29/21 through 04/09/21. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 09. 4. SUPPORT OF SENTENCE ENHANCEMENTS IN DORSEY CASE - At the April 27, 2021, regular City Council meeting, the City Council requested a five -signature letter be sent to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, requesting support in urging the District Attorney's Office to file sentence enhancements in the murder of Michelle Dorsey, to the full extent allowable under state law. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the attached letter and authorize that it be sent as a five -signature letter to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. 5. STATE LEGISLATION: ASSEMBLY BILL 970 - Authored by Assembly Member Kevin McCarty (D-7-Sacramento), Assembly Bill 970 automatically deems an application to install an electric vehicle charging station complete and/or approved if a local government does not respond to an application within the prescribed timeframe outlined in the bill. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt the City Council Legislative Committee recommendation to oppose Assembly Bill 970 (McCarty) and transmit position statements to Assembly Member McCarty, Santa Clarita's state legislative delegation, appropriate legislative committees, Governor Newsom, League of California Cities, and other stakeholder organizations. 6. STATE LEGISLATION: ASSEMBLY BILL 1251 - Authored by Assembly Member Al Muratsuchi (D-66-Torrance), Assembly Bill 1251 requires a public health order issued by the County of Los Angeles Local Health Officer, during the COVID-19 pandemic State of Emergency, to be based on data for each Service Planning Area, rather than on countywide data. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt the City Council Legislative Committee recommendation to support Assembly Bill 1251 (Muratsuchi) and transmit position statements to Assembly Member Muratsuchi, Santa Clarita's state legislative delegation, appropriate legislative committees, Governor Newsom, League of California Cities, and other stakeholder organizations. Page 3 7. STATE LEGISLATION: SENATE BILL 621 - Authored by Senator Susan Eggman (D-5-Stockton), Senate Bill 621 would require local governments to review the conversion of a hotel or motel to a multifamily development through a ministerial and streamlined process and not subject to a conditional use permit or the California Environmental Quality Act. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt the City Council Legislative Committee recommendation to oppose Senate Bill 621 (Eggman) and transmit position statements to Senator Eggman, Santa Clarita's state legislative delegation, appropriate legislative committees, Governor Newsom, League of California Cities, and other stakeholder organizations. 8. AWARD LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT FOR LMD ZONES 29 (VILLA METRO), 30 (PENLON), AND 31 (FIVE ]KNOLLS) - Award a two-year contract to American Heritage Landscape, Inc., to provide landscape maintenance services to Landscape Maintenance District Zones 29 (Villa Metro), 30 (Penlon), and 31 (Five Knolls) for an amount not to exceed $213,062. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Award a two-year contract to American Heritage Landscape, Inc., to provide landscape maintenance services for Landscape Maintenance District Zones 29 (Villa Metro), 30 (Penlon), and 31 (Five Knolls) in the annual base amount of $88,776, plus an additional $17,755 in annual contract expenditure authority to address unforeseen maintenance and repairs, for a total two-year amount not to exceed $213,062. 2. Authorize ongoing appropriations from Landscape Maintenance District Fund 357 totaling $35,691 as identified in Attachment A to support recurring landscape maintenance services expenditures associated with the recommended contract award. 3. Authorize a one-time appropriation in the amount of $11,600 from Landscape Maintenance District Fund 357 to Reserve Project Expenditures Account 12567- 5161.013 to support one-time slope renovations in LMD Zone 31. 4. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute up to three additional, one-year renewal options beginning in year three, not to exceed the annual contract amount, inclusive of a $17,755 for as -needed work, plus an adjustment consistent with the appropriate Consumer Price Index upon request of the contractor, contingent upon the appropriation of funds by the City Council during the annual budget for such fiscal year. 5. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents, subject to City Attorney approval. Page 4 9. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS INITIATING THE ANNUAL LEVY OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 - This required procedural matter provides for the adoption of resolutions initiating proceedings for the Annual Levy of Special Districts for Fiscal Year 2021-22. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt resolutions initiating proceedings for the levy and collection of assessments for Fiscal Year 2021-22 for the Landscape and Lighting District, Drainage Benefit Assessment Areas, the Golden Valley Ranch Open Space Maintenance District, and the Open Space Preservation District. 10. CITY OF SANTA CLARITA'S FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 STATEMENT OF INVESTMENT POLICY - Per California Government Code Section 53646, the City Treasurer may annually present the City's Investment Policy to the City Council to reaffirm or make any changes to the existing policy. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt the City of Santa Clarita's Fiscal Year 2021-22 Statement of Investment Policy, and direct staff to submit the policy to the Association of Public Treasurers of the United States and Canada for certification in their annual award program. 11. SUMMARY VACATION OF EASEMENTS FOR FLOOD CONTROL, COVERED STORM DRAIN, APPURTENANT STRUCTURES, STORM DRAIN INGRESS AND EGRESS, SANITARY SEWER, AND SANITARY SEWER INGRESS AND EGRESS PURPOSES AT SPRINGBROOK AVENUE (OAK RIDGE DRIVE/PARCEL MAP 62646) - Pursuant to Section 8333 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California, summarily vacate portions of easements for flood control, covered storm drain, appurtenant structures, storm drain ingress and egress, sanitary sewer, and sanitary sewer ingress and egress purposes for the project located on Springbrook Avenue near the intersection of Oak Ridge Drive and Railroad Avenue (Parcel Map 62646) RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Adopt a resolution for the summary vacation of easements for flood control purposes; covered storm drain, appurtenant structures, and ingress and egress purposes; storm drain ingress and egress purposes; storm drain ingress and egress, sanitary sewers, and sanitary sewer ingress and egress purposes; and storm drain ingress and egress purposes as described and shown on Exhibit "A" through Exhibit "J" of the attached resolution. 2. Direct the City Clerk to record the certified original resolution in the Los Angeles County Registrar -Recorder's office. Page 5 PUBLIC HEARINGS 12. 2021-22 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND THE SECOND SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE 2020-21 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN - Approval of the 2021-22 Annual Action Plan and the second Substantial Amendment to the 2020-21 Annual Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant and Home Investment Partnerships Act Program. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the 2021-22 Annual Action Plan and the second Substantial Amendment to the 2020-21 Annual Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant and Home Investment Partnerships Act Programs. 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 In memory of Dean Gallion FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held May 25, 2021, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. CERTIFICATION On May 6, 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