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Home My WebLink About2022-01-25 - AGENDAS - REGULARCITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, January 25, 2022 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 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 Santa Clarita Christian School Girls Volleyball 2021 CIF Division V State Champions 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 January 11, 2022 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 January 11, 2022 Regular Meeting. 3. CHECK REGISTER NO. 01 - Check Register No. 01 for the Period 12/03/21 through 12/16/21 and 12/23/21. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 12/06/21 through 12/17/21. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 01. 4. 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. 5. 2022 COMMUNITY SERVICES AND ARTS GRANTS - Approval of the 2022 Community Services and Arts Grants Committee's program funding recommendations. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve the 2022 Community Services and Arts Grants Committee's program funding recommendations in an amount not to exceed $91,000 for Community Services Grants and $89,000 for Arts Grants, for a total of $180,000. 2. Direct staff to execute Grants Program Agreements with the agencies approved for funding. 6. FISCAL YEAR 2020-21 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND OTHER RELATED REPORTS - The City's independent audit firm, Eide Bailly, LLP, has completed the City's annual audit for fiscal year ending June 30, 2021. Based on the audit performed, Eide Bailly, LLP, issued an unmodified "clean" audit opinion letter which reflects the best level an organization can receive on its financial statements. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and other related reports for fiscal year ending June 30, 2021. Page 3 7. SUMMARY VACATION OF AN OFFER OF DEDICATION, FOR PRIVATE AND FUTURE STREET PURPOSES, ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF ALDERBROOK DRIVE - Summary vacation of an offer of dedication, for private and future street purposes, along the east side of Alderbrook Drive, from Cindy Road to Cleardale Street. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Adopt a resolution for the summary vacation of an offer of dedication, for private and future street purposes, along the east side of Alderbrook Drive, as described in Exhibit "A" Legal Description and as shown on Exhibit "B" Exhibit Map of the attached resolution. 2. Direct the City Clerk to record the certified original resolution in the Los Angeles County Registrar -Recorder's office. 8. SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR TWO -UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN LOT SPLITS - Second reading of an ordinance for the regulation of two -unit residential development and urban lot split projects for parcels zoned for single-family uses. 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, TO ESTABLISH REGULATIONS FOR TWO -UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN LOT SPLITS, AMENDING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AS SHOWN IN EXHIBIT A." 9. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING AND RESTATING CHAPTER 15.44 OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT - Second reading and adoption of an ordinance regarding integrated waste management. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council to conduct a second reading and adopt, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING AND RESTATING CHAPTER 15.44 INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT." 10. NORTH LOS ANGELES COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COALITION APPOINTMENTS - City Council consider appointments to North Los Angeles County Transportation Coalition. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Appoint Mike Hennawy, Director of Public Works, to serve as a representative for the City of Santa Clarita on the governing board of the North Los Angeles County Page 4 Transportation Coalition for an unspecified term, serving at the pleasure of the City Council, alongside appointed representatives Mayor Pro Tem Gibbs and Councilwoman McLean. 2. Appoint Damon Letz, City Engineer, to serve as the City of Santa Clarita's alternate governing board representative to the North Los Angeles County Transportation Coalition for an unspecified term, serving at the pleasure of the City Council. 3. Instruct the City Clerk to update the Local Appointments List and post a copy at all branches of the Santa Clarita Public Library and on the City's website. NEW BUSINESS 11. UNSCHEDULED VACANCY ON THE ARTS COMMISSION - City Council consider an appointment to fill unscheduled vacancy on the Arts Commission. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Approve Councilmember Smyth's nomination to fill one unexpired term of office on the Arts Commission. 2. Instruct the City Clerk to update the Local Appointments List and post a copy at all branches of the Santa Clarita Public Library and on the City's website. 12. COUNCIL COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS - On an annual basis, the Mayor and City Council undertake a discussion in open session for the purpose of updating the Council Committee Appointments List. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Review, discuss, make changes to, and approve the City Council Committee Appointments for 2022. 2. Direct the City Clerk to update the Agency Report of Public Official Appointments Form 806 based on the appointments made, delegate the City Manager as signatory on said form, and direct the City Clerk to place updated Form 806 on the City of Santa Clarita website. 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. Page 5 STAFF COMMENTS ADJOURNMENT FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held February 8, 2022, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. CERTIFICATION On January 20, 2022, 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