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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-06-14 - AGENDAS - REGULARCITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, June 14, 2022 6:00 PM City Council Chambers 23920 Valencia Blvd. Santa Clarita, CA 91355 AMENDED AGENDA Joint Meeting with Board of Library Trustees Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency 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 11) 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 Smyth 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 Juneteenth Proclamation Pride 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 PUBLIC HEARINGS FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM - The proposed Fiscal Year 2022-2023 budget was distributed to the City Council along with the Planning Commission; the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission; and the Arts Commission on May 27, 2022. hi addition, on June 7, 2022, the Planning Commission made a finding by minute action that the Draft Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Capital Improvement Program is consistent with the City of Santa Clarita's (City) General Plan. Page 2 RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council and City Council acting as Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clarita open a public hearing on the proposed Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Annual Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Program and schedule the budget for adoption at the June 28, 2022, City Council Meeting. 2. ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT TO FEES AND AMENDMENTS TO THE FEE SCHEDULE - For Fiscal Year 2022-23, staff recommends development -related fees and charges be increased by the December year-end Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the urban consumers of the Los Angeles, Riverside, and Orange County area. The percentage increase, as reported by the United States Department of Labor, is 6.57 percent. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Conduct the public hearing on the proposed fee adjustments. 2. Adopt a resolution establishing a schedule of fees and charges for City services. 3. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING THE ANNUAL STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION FEE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 - Determination and approval of the rates for the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee for Fiscal Year 2022-23. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Conduct a public hearing on the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee for Fiscal Year 2022-23. 2. Introduce an ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DETERMINING THE ANNUAL STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION FEE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-23;" waive reading of the text and consent to read by title only, as listed on agenda; and pass to second reading. NEW BUSINESS 4. AWARD OF SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES FRANCHISE AGREEMENT - The City of Santa Clarita's current Residential and Commercial Solid Waste Franchise Agreements expire June 30, 2023. A Request for Proposals (RFP) process was conducted to award a new Franchise Agreement (Agreement), commencing July 1, 2023. This agenda item is for award of the new Agreement. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Adopt a resolution to approve the Agreement for the Provision of Residential and Page 3 Commercial Garbage, Recyclable Materials and Organic Waste Collection Services with Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc., for residential and commercial garbage, recyclable materials, and organic waste collection services for a 10-year base term beginning on July 1, 2023, and ending on June 30, 2033. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 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. 5. APPROVAL OF SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES — The minutes of the City Council are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the minutes of the May 24, 2022 Special Meeting. 6. APPROVAL OF REGULAR MEETING MINUTES — The minutes of the City Council are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the minutes of the May 24, 2022 Regular Meeting. 7. CHECK REGISTER NO. 11 - Check Register No. 11 for the Period 04/22/22 through 05/05/22 and 05/12/22. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 04/25/22 through 05/06/22. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 11. 8. STATE LEGISLATION: AB 1797, AB 2142, AB 2295, SB 866, AND SB 1479 - The following state legislative items were presented to the City Council Legislative Committee on May 16, 2022, and are being presented to the City Council for consideration to adopt a position: AB 1797 (Weber), AB 2142 (Gabriel), AB 2295 (Bloom), SB 866 (Wiener), and SB 1479 (Pan). RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Support AB 2142 (Gabriel). 2. Oppose AB 1797 (Weber), AB 2295 (Bloom), SB 866 (Wiener), and SB 1479 (Pan). Page 4 3. Transmit position statements to the authors of the bills, Santa Clarita's state legislative delegation, appropriate legislative committees, Governor Newsom, the League of California Cities, and other stakeholder organizations. 9. REAPPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES - Consideration of reappointments to the Santa Clarita Board of Library Trustees. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt a resolution appointing Councilmembers Miranda and Smyth to the Santa Clarita Board of Library Trustees for a three-year term, expiring June 30, 2025. 10. AWARD LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS FOR LMD ZONES 15 (RIVER VILLAGE) AND 16 (VALENCIA INDUSTRIAL CENTER) - Award landscape contracts to Oakridge Landscape, Inc., to provide maintenance services for Landscape Maintenance District Zone 15 (River Village) for an amount not to exceed $244,942 and Landscape Maintenance District Zone 16 (Valencia Industrial Center) for an amount not to exceed $267,562. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Award a two-year contract to Oakridge Landscape, Inc., to provide landscape maintenance services for Landscape Maintenance District Zone 15, River Village, for an annual base amount of $95,760, and approve up to an additional $26,711 in annual contract expenditure authority to allow the contractor to perform as -needed repairs and/or replacements. 2. Award a two-year contract to Oakridge Landscape, Inc., to provide landscape maintenance services for Landscape Maintenance District Zone 16, Valencia Industrial Center, for an annual base amount of $103,800, and approve up to an additional $29,981 in annual contract expenditure authority to allow the contractor to perform as -needed repairs or replacements. 3. Authorize ongoing appropriations from Landscape Maintenance District Fund 357 totaling $67,368 as identified in Attachment A, to support recurring landscape maintenance services expenditures associated with the recommended contract award. 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 as -needed expenditure authority, plus an adjustment in compensation consistent with the appropriate Consumer Price Index, upon request of the contractor, and contingent upon the appropriation of funds by the City Council in the annual budget for such fiscal year. 5. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents, and modify the awards in the event impossibility of performance arises, and execute all documents subject to City Attorney approval. Page 5 11. FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 ANNUAL LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS FOR SPECIAL DISTRICTS - This procedural matter is required by state law and orders, approves, and sets the public hearing for the annual levy of the Landscape and Lighting District, Drainage Benefit Assessment Areas, Golden Valley Ranch Open Space Maintenance District, and the Tourism Marketing District. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Adopt resolutions declaring the City's intention to levy assessments, preliminarily approve Engineer's Reports in connection with the Special Districts for Fiscal Year 2022-23, and set a public hearing for June 28, 2022. 2. Adopt the annual report for the Tourism Marketing District, adopt a resolution of intent to continue a business improvement area in the City of Santa Clarita designated as the Tourism Marketing District, and set a public hearing for June 28, 2022. 12. FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 ANNUAL LEVY FOR OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION DISTRICT - Consideration and adoption of resolutions associated with the annual process of ordering, approving, and setting the public hearing on the annual levy of the Open Space Preservation District as required by the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Adopt a resolution initiating proceedings for the levy and collection of assessments within the Open Space Preservation District for Fiscal Year 2022-23. 2. Adopt a resolution declaring the City's intention to levy assessments, preliminarily approve an Engineer's Report in connection with the Open Space Preservation District for Fiscal Year 2022-23, and set a public hearing for June 28, 2022. 13. SOUND AND STAGE CONTRACT FOR CITY OF SANTA CLARITA EVENTS - Award a contract renewal for fiscal years 2022-2023, 2023-2024, and 2024-2025 for sound and stage services needed to produce events for the City of Santa Clarita. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve three additional one-year contract renewals with Advantage Productions for sound and stage services, in an amount not to exceed $41,600 annually plus the cost of any Consumer Price Index (CPI) increases. 2. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. Page 6 14. RESOLUTION TO INCORPORATE SENATE BILL 1, ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017, LOCAL STREETS AND ROADS, ROAD MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION FUNDS INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM - Senate Bill 1, Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, Local Streets and Roads, Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account funds requires the City to identify project(s) using these funds through the adoption of a resolution at a regular public meeting. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Adopt a resolution declaring the incorporation of a list of projects proposed to be funded by Senate Bill 1, Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, Local Streets and Roads, Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation for Fiscal Year 2022-23 into the Capital Improvement Program. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 15. SUMMARY VACATION OF EASEMENTS FOR STORM DRAIN, STORM DRAIN INGRESS AND EGRESS AND SANITARY SEWER, AND AN OFFER OF DEDICATION FOR PRIVATE AND FUTURE STREET PURPOSES, BEAZLEY DRIVE (BRIDGE TO HOME) - Summary vacation of Beazley Drive easements and offer of dedication (Bridge to Home). RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Adopt a resolution for the summary vacation of easements for storm drain, storm drain ingress and egress and sanitary sewer, and an offer of dedication for private and future street purposes. 2. Direct the City Clerk to record the certified original resolution in the Los Angeles County Registrar -Recorder's office. 16. APPROVE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND FIBER OPTIC INTERCONNECT, COPPER HILL DRIVE AND DEER SPRINGS DRIVE, PROJECT C4016 - Award a contract for the construction of a traffic signal at the intersection of Copper Hill Drive at Deer Springs Drive and fiber optic interconnect along Copper Hill Drive, from Haskell Canyon Road to Buckhorn Lane. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve the plans and specifications for Traffic Signal and Fiber Optic Interconnect, Copper Hill Drive and Deer Springs Drive, Project C4016. 2. Award the construction contract to Crosstown Electrical & Data, Inc., in the amount Page 7 of $535,589 and authorize a contingency in the amount of $53,559, for a total contract amount not to exceed $589,148. 3. Appropriate one-time funds in the amount of $166,885 from the Streetlight Ad Valorem Fund (Fund 354) to expenditure account C4016354-516101. 4. Decrease funds in the amount of $535,000 from the American Rescue Plan Act Fund (Fund 228) from expenditure account C4016228-516101. Appropriate one-time funds in the amount of $535,000 from TDA Article 8 (Fund 233) to expenditure account C4016233-516101. 5. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, 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. ADJOURNMENT In memory of Ucylene Carter Staff Comments FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held June 28, 2022, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. CERTIFICATION On June 10, 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 8 PROCL"ATION Juneteenth June 19, 2022 WHEREAS, Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the abolition of slavery in the United States; and WHEREAS, after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863, it took over two years for enslaved African Americans in Texas to be informed of their liberation; and WHEREAS, on June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger led Union soldiers into Galveston, Texas, to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation and freed all remaining enslaved people in the state of Texas; and WHEREAS, we acknowledge African American's freedoms, contributions, and achievements within our community. NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Santa Clarita does hereby proclaim June 19, 2022, as "Juneteenth" in the City of Santa Clarita, California. Signed this 14th day of June, 2022. Laurene Weste, Mayor Santa Clarita, California PROCL"ATION LGBTQ+ Pride Month June 2022 WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita strives to be an inclusive community that embraces the high quality of life that makes this City an exceptional community to live, work, and play; and WHEREAS, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) individuals have made important and lasting contributions to our country, state, and city, and the City of Santa Clarita recognizes and celebrates the contributions that the LGBTQ+ community makes, here in Santa Clarita; and WHEREAS, local LGBTQ+ community organizations show considerable support to the LGBTQ+ community, thereby making Santa Clarita a more thriving community for all residents. NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Santa Clarita does hereby proclaim June 2022 as 'ILGBTQ+ Pride Month" in the City of Santa Clarita, California. Signed this 14th day of June, 2022. Laurene Weste, Mayor Santa Clarita, California