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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-11-23 - AGENDAS - REGULARCITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, November 23, 2021 6:00 PM City Council Chambers 23920 Valencia Blvd. Santa Clarita, CA 91355 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 Weste 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 Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women Finance Division Recognition For Achievement Awards PRESENTATIONS Update on Public Safety Power Shutoffs and Accelerated Grid Hardening Plans Southern California Edison 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 November 4, 2021 Special Meeting. 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 9, 2021 Special Meeting. 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 November 9, 2021 Regular Meeting. 4. CHECK REGISTER NO. 24 - Check Register No. 24 for the Period 10/22/21 through 11/04/21 and 11/10/21; and Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 10/25/21 through 11/05/21. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 24. 5. LOCAL APPOINTMENTS LIST - Government Code Section 54972 requires that, on or before December 31 of each year, the legislative body, or City Council, must cause to be prepared a list of appointments of all ongoing boards, commissions, and committees which are appointed by the City Council. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the Local Appointments List and designate all branches of the Santa Clarita Public Library to receive a copy of the list. 6. VIA PRINCESSA PARK MASTER PLAN AND ACCESS STUDIES, PROJECT P3033 - AWARD DESIGN CONTRACT - This action will award a design contract to Psomas to prepare the Via Princessa Park Master Plan and Access Studies using the Measure W Municipal Program Fund. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Award the design contract to Psomas for the Via Princessa Park Master Plan and Access Studies, Project P3033, in the amount of $954,474 and authorize a contingency in the amount of $143,171, for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,097,645. Page 3 2. Appropriate Municipal Program funds in the amount of $1,500,000 from the Measure W Fund (Fund 271) to expenditure account P3033271-516101. 3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 7. AWARD CONTRACT FOR PREPARATION OF RESERVE STUDIES - Award of contract to Association Reserves for the preparation of Reserve Study reports to identify future capital replacement costs for the City's Landscape and Streetlight Maintenance District RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Award a three-year contract to Association Reserves to provide Landscape and Lighting District Reserve Study services in the annual amount of $50,000, for a total amount not to exceed $150,000. 2. Authorize one-time appropriations in the amount of $45,000 from Landscape Maintenance District Fund 357, as identified in Attachment A, to support the preparation of Landscape Maintenance District Reserve Study reports. 3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 4. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute up to two additional, one-year renewal options, in an annual amount not to exceed $50,000. 8. APPROVAL OF CONTRACT TO RECYCLIST FOR SOLID WASTE COMPLIANCE SOFTWARE - Approve contract in the amount of $71,447 to Recyclist for a 3-year term of web -based Solid Waste and Recycling compliance software. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Award a three-year contract with Recyclist for solid waste compliance software programs, inclusive of $5,000 in one-time implementation fees, and $22,149 per year. This will be a total expenditure of $27,149 in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22, $22,149 in FY 2022-23 and FY 2023-24, for a total contract not to exceed $71,447. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents, contingent upon approval by the City Council and execute all documents subject to City Attorney approval. Page 4 NEW BUSINESS 9. LETTER REQUESTING THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO CONSIDER TRANSFERRING OWNERSHIP OF WILLIAM S. HART REGIONAL PARK - Discussion of City's role at William S. Hart Regional Park. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council discuss and direct staff to send a letter to Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger requesting that both parties begin formal discussions regarding the transfer of ownership and operations of William S. Hart Regional Park to the City of Santa Clarita. 10. ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA TO ENTER INTO WORKFORCE HOUSING FOR THE SKYCREST APARTMENTS - Adoption of a resolution authorizing the City of Santa Clarita to execute a Joint Powers Agreement to facilitate Workforce Housing for the Skycrest Apartments. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Adopt a resolution authorizing the City of Santa Clarita to execute a Joint Powers Agreement related to the California Municipal Finance Authority's Special Finance Agency, form a Public Benefit Agreement for the purpose of providing Workforce Housing and execute associated documents, and approve the issuance of governmental revenue bonds to facilitate the acquisition and related improvements of the Skycrest Apartments. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents and make non- material changes and adjustments, as appropriate, subject to City Attorney approval. 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 CLOSED SESSION PUBLIC EMPLOYEE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION Government Code Section 54957 Title: City Manager Page 5 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS Government Code Section 54957.6 Agency Designated Representative: City Attorney Joseph Montes Unrepresented Employee: City Manager RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION - TO BE HELD IN THE CENTURY ROOM RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION CITY ATTORNEY ANNOUNCEMENT ADJOURNMENT FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held December 14, 2021, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers, Ist floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. CERTIFICATION On November 18, 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 PROCLAMATION Zonta Club of the Santa Clarita Valley 16 Days of Activism November 25, 2021 to December 10, 2021 � Oki. NO WOMEN WHEREAS, domestic violence is a serious and violent social problem that exists in all economic segments of society, in all cultures, and in all countries of the world; and WHEREAS, since the passage of the Violence Against Women Act 27 years ago, our Nation's response to domestic violence has greatly improved; and WHEREAS, although we have made substantial progress in reducing domestic violence, one in five women and one in seven men in the United States have been victims of severe physical violence at the hands of an intimate partner at least once during their lifetimes; and WHEREAS, the Zonta Club of Santa Clarita Valley is encouraging the community to act in promoting the human rights of woman, achieving gender equality, empowering women, and ending violence against women; and WHEREAS, the 16 Days of Activism will take place November 25, 2021 to December 10, 2021, with the goal of influencing a change in laws and gender -based attitudes and behaviors to stop violence against women and girls; and WHEREAS, we must resolve to carry on until domestic violence is no more, to work with young people to stop violence before it starts, to reach out to friends and loved ones who have suffered from domestic violence, and tell them they are not alone. NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Santa Clarita does hereby proclaim November 25, 2021 to December 10, 2021, as the "16 DAYS OFACTIVISM" and encourages all citizens to become aware of and strive to eliminate violence against women and girls. Signed this 23rd day of November, 2021. William A. Miranda, Mayor Santa Clarita, California