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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-10-12 - AGENDAS - REGULAR (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, October 12, 2021 6:00 PM City Council Chambers 23920 Valencia Blvd. Santa Clarita, CA 91355 AMENDED 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 Breast Cancer Awareness Month Proclamation Filipino American History Month 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. 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 September 28, 2021 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 September 28, 2021 Regular Meeting. 3. CHECK REGISTER NOS. 20 AND 21 - Check Register No. 20 for the Period 08/27/21 through 09/09/21 and 09/17/21; and Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 08/30/21 through 09/10/21. Check Register No. 21 for the Period 09/10/21 through 09/23/21 and 09/30/21; and Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 09/13/21 through 09/24/21. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 20 and in Check Register No. 21. 4. APPROVAL OF FINAL TRACT MAP, ACCEPTANCE, AND REJECTION OF OFFERS OF DEDICATION, AND ABANDONMENT OF EASEMENT FOR TRACT NO. 50283-03 (NEEDHAM RANCH, PHASE 2) - Pursuant to Section 66474.1 of the Subdivision Map Act, approve final tract map and accept/reject offers of dedication and abandon existing easement for Tract No. 50283-03. The map is a subdivision of 110.66 acres into 17 lots, including 6 open space lots, 10 industrial/commercial lots, and 1 lot being offered to the City of Santa Clarita in fee simple for open space. The project is located west of Sierra Highway, south of Newhall Avenue. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve the Final Tract Map for Tract No. 50283-03. 2. Accept on behalf of the public the offer of dedication: (1) the easement for public use and road purposes; (2) the easement for sidewalk purposes; (3) the easement for sight distance purposes; (4) all sanitary sewers and appurtenant structures; (5) the easements for covered storm drain, appurtenant structures, ingress and egress purposes; (6) the right to prohibit any and all allowable uses within open space; and (7) the right to restrict direct vehicular ingress and egress to Needham Ranch Parkway. 3. Reject the irrevocable offer of dedication and grant in fee simple all of Lot 17 for open space purposes. Page 3 4. Authorize the City Manager or designee to endorse the Owner's Statement on the face of the Final Tract Map for Tract No. 50283-03. 5. Authorize the City Clerk to accept offsite dedications of easements for public use and road purposes and storm drain ingress and egress purposes. 6. Make findings as follows: this project is consistent with the provisions of Sections 66474 and 66474.1 of the Subdivision Map Act and should be approved. 7. Instruct the Director of Administrative Services to endorse the Special Assessment Statement on the face of the Final Tract Map for Tract No. 50283-03, which indicates all special assessments levied by the City of Santa Clarita are paid. Instruct the City Clerk to endorse the City Clerk's Statement on the face of the Final Tract Map for Tract No. 50283-03, which embodies the approval of said map, the acceptance of the dedications shown thereon, and the abandonment of the easement described thereon. 9. Instruct the City Surveyor to endorse the City Surveyor's Statement on the face of the Final Tract Map for Tract No. 50283-03, which provides for verification that the map is technically correct. 10. Instruct the City Engineer to endorse the City Engineer's Statement on the face of the Final Tract Map for Tract No. 50283-03, which provides for verification of substantial conformance with the Tentative Tract Map and all provisions of local ordinances and state laws applicable at the time of approval. 11. Authorize the City Manager or designee to grant utility easements along the northwest side of Lot 17 (open space) adjacent to Newhall Avenue, as necessary, due to the construction of road improvements. 5. AWARD CONTRACT FOR BUS STOP MAINTENANCE - Award a contract for maintenance and general cleaning of bus stops within the City of Santa Clarita. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Award a one-year contract with four one-year renewal options to DeAngelo Brothers, LLC for trash maintenance and general bus stop cleaning services in an amount of $264,785, and authorize a 10 percent project contingency of $26,479, for a total contract amount not to exceed $291,264. 2. Appropriate Transit funds in the amount of $111,097 to expenditure account 7007400-516101 in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22; and increase the bus stop maintenance base budget in account 7007400-516101 by $166,645 beginning in FY 2022-23. Page 4 Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contract documents and extensions or modify the award in the event that issues of impossibility of performance arise, subject to City Attorney approval. 6. VETERANS HISTORICAL PLAZA PLAQUE REQUEST - The Santa Clarita Valley Veterans Memorial organization's request to add a plaque to the Veterans Historical Plaza to honor local veterans advocate Bill Reynolds. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the Santa Clarita Valley Veterans Memorial, Inc.'s request to add a plaque to honor Bill Reynolds at the Veterans Historical Plaza, as supported by the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission. NEW BUSINESS 7. CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ACTIONS TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN LOCAL CONTROL AS IT RELATES TO LOCAL ZONING AND HOUSING ISSUES - This item discusses supporting the mission of the California Cities for Local Control, which is to ensure that cities can continue to manage their own land use and zoning issues without state interference. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt a resolution in support of California Cities for Local Control's actions to further strengthen local control as it relates to local zoning and housing issues. 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 October 26, 2021, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers, Ist floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. Page 5 CERTIFICATION On October 11, 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 amended agenda was posted at City Hall. Mary Cusick City Clerk Santa Clarita, California Page 6 PROCL"ATION Breast Cancer Awareness Month October 2021 WHEREAS, breast cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer death among women overall, and a growing number of new cases are diagnosed annually; and WHEREAS, Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a nationwide campaign in October to increase awareness and highlight the importance of education, research, screening, and access; and WHEREAS, as the City of Santa Clarita observes Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we salute the women and men who dedicate themselves to prevention, detection, and treatment; we show our support for every individual and every family struggling with breast cancer; and we pause to remember those we have lost; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita encourages citizens, government agencies, private businesses, nonprofit organizations, and all other interested groups to join in activities that will increase awareness of what Americans can do to prevent breast cancer and the importance of early detection, access, and treatment. NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Santa Clarita does hereby proclaim the month of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Signed this 12th day of October, 2021. William A. Miranda, Mayor Santa Clarita, California PROCLAMATI ION Filipino American History Month October 2021 WHEREAS, Filipino Americans are the second largest Asian American group in the United States, the third largest ethnic group in California, and the largest Asian group in Santa Clarita; and WHEREAS, the celebration of Filipino American History Month in October commemorates the first recorded presence of Filipinos in the continental United States, which occurred on October 18, 1587, when "Luzones Indios" came ashore from the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Esperanza and landed at what is now Morro Bay, California; and WHEREAS, Filipino American History Month provides an opportunity to promote the study of Filipino American history and culture, and recognize the richness of the Filipino American ethnicity; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita is proud to celebrate Filipino American History Month and commemorate the valuable contributions and accomplishments that Filipino Americans have made in this country. NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Santa Clarita does hereby proclaim October 2021, as "Filipino American History Month ". Signed this 12th day of October, 2021 William A. Miranda, Mayor Santa Clarita, California