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Home My WebLink About2000-06-13 - AGENDAS - REGULAR MTGCITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING June 13, 2000 6:30 p.m. City Council Chambers 23920 Valencia Blvd. I' Floor Santa Clarita, CA 91355 PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY — No New Business REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY — No New Business CITY CLERK ANNOUNCEMENT During the Public Participation portion of the meeting, each person wishing to speak should prepare a presentation of not more than three (3) minutes. Public Participation speaker's slips must be submitted to the City Clerk BEFORE this portion of the meeting begins. Anyone wishing to address an item on the agenda should fill out a speaker's slip and submit it to the City Clerk BEFORE the Mayor announces the item. Each person addressing the Council is given three (3) minutes to speak indicated by a colored light system on the Council dais; a green light appears when the speaker begins; a yellow light appears when 30 seconds remain and a red light appears when time has expired. Comments should be complete at this time. 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) INVOCATION — Kellar CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL FLAG SALUTE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION This time has been set aside for the public to address the City Council on items that are NOT on the agenda. Council will not act upon those items at this meeting other than to review and return without action or provide direction to staff. ALL speakers must submit a speaker's slip to the City Clerk prior to this portion of the meeting and prepare a presentation not to exceed three minutes. The number of people wishing to speak will divide the thirty minutes allowed for public input, maximum time allowed per person will be three (3) minutes. STAFF COMMENTS (Matters of Public Participation) AWARDS/RECOGNITION TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY Sophia Elizabeth Klein, heroic act during house fire PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY Adele Macpherson, recognition from Ventura Sheriffs Department EXECUTWE 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 — Mayor to inquire whether any member of the public would fake to pull for discussion, any item on the Consent Calendar. APPROVAL OF MINUTES May 23, 2000 2 CONSENT CALENDAR All matters listed under the Consent Calendar will be enacted by one motion unless a request is made for discussion, in which case, the item(s) will be removed from the Consent Calendar and will be considered separately following this portion of the agenda. 1. 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 meeting agenda, Council may determine that the title has been read. RECOMMENDED ACTION. Determine that the titles to all ordinances, which appear on this public agenda, have been read and waive further reading. 2. WELFARE -TO -WORK SUBCONTRACT RECOMMENDATION - In October, 1999, the City was awarded $96,000 for an 18 -month Welfare -to - Work grant program. On November 23, 1999, Council approved subcontracting of client services. This subcontract will provide Welfare -to - Work services. RECOMMENDED ACTION. Approve the United Auto Workers -Labor Employment Training Corporation's proposal, not to exceed $45,000 to provide County of Los Angeles mandated Welfare -to -Work services. Funding is budgeted in account #74401-8110. 3. TAX SHARING RESOLUTION FOR SANITATION DISTRICT ANNEXATION NO. 253 - A standard procedure tax sharing resolution to establish tax increment funding for Sanitation District No. 32 for the newly created assessment area of Vermont Drive and Everett Drive in Newhall in order to provide wastewater treatment services included in Sanitation District Annexation No. 253, RECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt resolution approving and accepting the negotiated exchange of property tax revenues resulting from Sanitation District Annexation No. 253. 4. RESOLUTION SUPPORTING AB 2643 - Santa Clarity Transit is a member of the Los Angeles County Municipal Transit Operators Coalition (LACMOC). The Coalition drafted AB 2643 to clarify that the Los Angeles County Proposition C 40 percent funds and any other funds used for bus operations and capital be shared proportionately among all included and eligible transit operators. RECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt resolution supporting the passage of AB 2643. 5. SANTA CLARITA CITY HALL SECOND FLOOR TENANT IMPROVEMENT - PROJECT NO. F1003 - PROJECT ACCEPTANCE — On January 11, 2000, Council awarded the construction contract to Cody Construction, Inc. for the project which was completed to the satisfaction of the City Engineer on June 2, 2000. RECOMMENDED ACTION. Accept the work performed by Cody Construction, Inc. for the City Hall Second Floor Tenant Improvement, Project No. F1003; direct the City Clerk to file the Notice of Completion; and direct staff to release the 10% retention 35 days after the Notice of Completion is recorded, provided no stop notices, as provided by law, have been filed. 6. CANYON HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS COURT IMPROVEMENTS - PROJECT NO. P0012 AWARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT — As a cooperative effort between the City and the William S. Hart Union High School District, this project will provide improvements to the tennis courts located at Canyon High School. The improvements will include resurfacing, new lights, and new fencing. RECOMMENDED ACTION. Award the construction contract for the project to Malibu Pacific Tennis Courts, Inc. in the amount of $171,700.00 and authorize a 10% contingency expenditure in the amount of $17,170.00; authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 7. ANNEXATION OF TERRITORIES INTO SANTA CLARITA STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1 — Annexing the following territories into Santa Clarita Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1: Annexation No. 2000-L7, Tract No. 52673-01, in the vicinity of Newhall Ranch Road and Copper Hill Drive; Annexation No. 2000-L-8, Tract No. 42670-02, in the vicinity of Soledad Canyon Road and Golden Valley Road; Annexation No. 2000-L11 at 26705 Bouquet Canyon Road; Annexation No. 2000-1,14, Tract No. 51963, in the vicinity of San Fernando Road and Dockweiler Drive. RECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt resolutions initiating annexation proceedings; approve the respective Engineer's Reports; declare the City's intention to annex territories; and set the public hearing for June 13, 2000. n 8. ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY INTO SANTA CLARITA STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1 — Annexing territory for Tract Nos. 51931-01 and 51931-02 in the vicinity of Newhall Ranch Road and McBean Parkway into Santa Clarita Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1, as Annexation No. 2000-L9. RECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt resolution to initiate annexation proceedings; approve the Engineer's Report; declare the City's intention to annex territory; and set the public hearing for June 13, 2000. 9. ORDERING PRELIMINARY ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR THE ANNUAL LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS FOR STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. is APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEER'S REPORT AND DECLARING THE CITY'S INTENTION TO LEVY ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS FOR STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. I FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000/2001 — Approval of annual levy of assessments within Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1 for Fiscal Year 2000 / 2001. RECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt a resolution ordering the preliminary Engineer's Report, preliminarily approving the Engineer's Report declaring the City's intention to levy and collect assessments for Fiscal Year 2000 / 2001, and setting the public hearing for June 27, 2000. 10. CHECK REGISTER NOS. 19,20 AND 21— Approval of the check register. RECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt a resolution to approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Registers 19, 20 and 21. PUBLIC HEARINGS 11. HI -SHEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT — CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING - Denial of Development Agreement 00-001 (Master Case 00-072), which would exempt a 16 -acre parcel of land from the City's hillside Development Ordinance in exchange for resolution of the Golden Valley Road dedication on the site. This public hearing was continued from the May 23, 2000 meeting. RECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt a resolution denying Development Agreement 00-001 (Master Case 00-072) which upholds the Planning Commission's recommendation. 5 12. APPEAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION°S DENIAL ON A SPLIT DECISION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FULL SERVICE HAND CAR WASH THAT INCLUDES A RETAIL BUILDING AND DETAIL SHOP - The proposed car wash would be located on McBean Parkway adjacent to the Green's Restaurant and Hyatt Hotel on a currently vacant site consisting of .67 acres. An earthquake fault zone runs through a majority of the western portion of the site with a pedestrian bridge on the eastern portion which prohibits any structures from being built on a majority of the project site. The Planning Commission reached a split 2:2 decision resulting in denial of the proposal which was appealed by the applicant. RECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt a resolution adopting the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the project and approve Master Case No. 99-108 which consists of Conditional Use Permit No. 00-008 subject to the conditions of approval. 13. 2000 / 2001 BUDGET AND 2001 / 2005 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM - The 2000 / 2001 Fiscal Year Budget and 2001 / 2005 Capital Improvement Program represents the City's ongoing commitment to provide the community with the utmost quality and level of service attainable. RECOMMENDED ACTION. Conduct the public hearing on the Fiscal Year 2000 /2001 Operating Budget and Five-year CIP and schedule the budget for adoption at the June 27, 2000 meeting of the City Council. 14. SANTA CLARITA STORM DRAINAGE FEE FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTH VALENCIA H ANNEXATION - Proposition 218 protest hearing for the imposition of the storm drainage fees for a portion of the North Valencia 2 Annexation area. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Open public hearing, receive testimony, and count majority protest letters. If no majority protest exists, authorize staff to mail ballots to property owners and set election for August 22,2000. 15. APPROVAL OF THE ANNEXATION OF TERRITORIES AND THE LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS FOR SANTA CLARITA STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1- Public hearing on the consideration of annexing territories and levying assessments for Santa Clarita Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1 including: Annexation No. 2000-L7, Tract No. 52673-01, in the vicinity of Newhall Ranch Road and Copper Hill Drive; Annexation No. 2000-L-8, Tract No. 42670-02, in the vicinity of Soledad Canyon Road and Golden Valley Road; Annexation No. 2000-L11 at 26705 Bouquet Canyon Road; Annexation No. 2000-L14 in the vicinity of San Fernando Road and Dockweiler Drive. RECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt resolutions approving the annexation of territories and the levy of assessments for Santa Clarita Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1. N 16. APPROVAL OF THE ANNEXATION OF TERRITORIES AND THE LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS FOR SANTA CLARITA STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1- Public hearing on the consideration of annexing territories and levying assessments for Santa Clarita Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1 Annexation No. 2000-L9, Tract Nos. 51931-01 and 51931-02 in the vicinity of Newhall Ranch Road and McBean Parkway. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a resolution approving the annexation of territory and the levy of assessments for Santa Clarita Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1, as Annexation No. 2000-L9, Tract Nos. 51931-01 and 51931-02. V�M* 1511111 IRS 1. 17. RESOLUTION APPROVING A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION PREPARED FOR THE GOLDEN VALLEY ROAD AND SOLEDAD CANYON ROAD INTERSECTION / INTERCHANGE PROJECT NO. S3005 - PHASE 2 - The second phase of this project develops the preliminary design and the environmental assessment of a proposed conceptual design alternative for the Golden Valley Road and Soledad Canyon Road Intersection / Interchange. The study consists of further designing and evaluating an alternative to more precisely determine the extent of environmental, right-of-way, and fiscal impacts. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a resolution approving the Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for the project and direct staff to file a Notice of Determination; make a final determination on a design alternative and direct staff to exclusively consider that one alternative during the development of the second phase of the project, subject to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). NEW BUSINESS 18. PROJECT POLLUTION PREVENTION ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM . YEAR TWO CONTRACT APPROVAL - The City's new Project Pollution Prevention environmental education and outreach program has been very effective this year based on educating citizens about the facts of the issue, increasing their sense of value for the issue and providing easy steps to take to help with the issue. This item requests that Council continue the program for another year and renew the contract with Rogers & Associates to implement the program. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive report regarding the Community Environmental Outreach Plan for FY 2000 / 2001; award contract in the amount of $166,800 to Rogers & Associates. Funding is available in both FY 1999 / 2000 in the amount of $127,100 and requested in the proposed FY . 2000 / 2001 budget in the amount of $39,700 to fully fund this contract. tl 19. REVISION OF SANTA CI.ARA RIVER CHLORIDE STANDARD - On June 29, 2000, the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) will be deciding whether or not to require the installation of expensive treatment upgrades to the two sewer treatment plants in Santa Clarita. The treatment upgrades, if required, will triple residential sewer rates (from approximately $100 per year to $350 per year). City Staff, the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles county and water quality data all agree that the expensive treatment that is proposed does not buy better water quality, nor does it buy protection of sensitive uses of River water. RECOMMENDED ACTION. Receive staff report, adopt resolution supporting the proposed amendment to the RWQCB Basin Plan's chloride objective to 143 mg/liter and designate a City Council representative to speak at the June 29, 2000 RWQCB public hearing. 20. PROSECUTORIAL SERVICES - A COUNCIL INQUIRY FOLLOW-UP As part of the FY 2000 / 2001 budget review process, the City Council has inquired about the use of a City Prosecutor in enforcing provisions of the Santa Clarita Municipal Code. In response to the questions raised, staff has compiled this report to provide additional information on the topic of prosecutorial services. RECOMMENDED ACTION. Receive this report for informational purposes. COMMITTEE REPORTS (Council) STAFF COMMENTS COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS CLOSED SESSION ADJOURNMENT A City Council Special Study Session will be held on Tuesday, June 20, 2000 at 4:30 p.m. in the Century Room, 1" floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, June 27, 2000 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber, V floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. CERTMCAT%ON I, Sharon L. Dawson, City Clerk, do hereby certify that I am the duly appointed and qualified City Clerk for the City of Santa Clarita and that on June 8, 2000, between the hours of 9 o'clock a.m. and b o'clock p.m., the foregoing agenda was posted at City Hall and the Santa Clarita Sheriffs Station. Sharon L. Dawson, CMC City Clerk Santa Clarita, California vj