HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-01-10 - AGENDAS - REGULARCITY OF SANTA CLARITA
CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
6:00 PM
City Council Chambers
23920 Valencia Blvd.
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
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.
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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
Saugus High School Girls' Volleyball Recognition
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 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
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
LOCAL APPOINTMENTS - At the regular meeting of November 22, 2022, the City
Council declared vacancies and directed the City Clerk to post and publish the Notice of
Vacancy for three regular positions on each of the Planning Commission, Parks,
Recreation and Community Services Commission, Arts Commission, Open Space
Preservation District Financial Accountability and Audit Panel, and one position for the
City's appointment to the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control Board.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
1. Councilmembers McLean, Miranda, and Weste nominate and Council approve
regular appointments to the Planning Commission; Parks, Recreation and Community
Services Commission; Arts Commission; and Open Space Preservation District
Financial Accountability and Audit Panel for a full term of four years, ending
December 31, 2026.
2. Council nominate and approve the City of Santa Clarita's appointment to the Greater
Los Angeles County Vector Control District Board of Trustees, ending January 8,
2027.
3. Direct the City Clerk to update and post the Local Appointments List, and designate
all branches of the Santa Clarita Public Library to receive a copy of the list.
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.
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 December 13, 2022 Special Meeting.
3. APPROVAL OF SPECIAL MEETING -COUNCIL REORGANIZATION
MINUTES — The minutes of the City Council are submitted for approval.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council approve the minutes of the December 13, 2022 Special Meeting -Council
Reorganization.
4. APPROVAL OF REGULAR MEETING MINUTES — The minutes of the City
Council are submitted for approval.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council approve the minutes of the December 13, 2022 Regular Meeting.
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5. CHECK REGISTER NO. 26 -Check Register No. 26 for the Period 11/18/22 through
12/01/22 and 12/08/22. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 11/21/22 through
12/02/22.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register
No. 26.
6. APPROVAL OF FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 RECOGNIZED OBLIGATION
PAYMENT SCHEDULE (BOPS) FOR SUBMITTAL TO THE DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE - Pursuant to HSC section 34177 (o)(1), Successor Agencies shall submit
an Oversight Board approved annual ROPS to the Department of Finance and the County
Auditor -Controller by February 1, 2016, and each February 1 thereafter.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council acting as the Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency adopt
a resolution approving the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Recognized Obligation Payments
Schedule for submittal to the Department of Finance.
7. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT CONTRACT FOR ZONE 27 - Award
of a two-year contract to Oak Springs, Inc., to provide one-time and recurring landscape
maintenance services for Landscape Maintenance District Zone 27 (Circle J Ranch).
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
Award a two-year contract to Oak Springs, Inc., to provide landscape maintenance
services to Landscape Maintenance District Zone 27 (Circle J) for an annual base
amount of $236,308, plus an additional $71,752 in annual contract expenditure
authority to address unforeseen maintenance and repairs, and authorize a one-time
additional $33,620 in expenditure authority to address deferred landscape
maintenance needs throughout the Zone, for a collective not to exceed amount of
$649,740 over two-year contract.
2. Authorize a one-time appropriation from Landscape Maintenance District Fund 357
totaling $75,215, as identified in Attachment A, to fund expenditures for one-time
landscape clean-up activities and recurring maintenance services expenditures
associated with the recommended contract for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2022-23.
3. Authorize ongoing appropriations from Landscape Maintenance District Fund 357
totaling $99,827, as identified in Attachment B, to support recurring landscape
maintenance services expenditures associated with the recommended contract
commencing in Fiscal Year 2023-24.
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
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budget for such fiscal year.
5. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated
documents, modify the awards in the event impossibility of performance arises, and
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.
STAFF COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
In memory of Margo Miller and Chuck Morris
FUTURE MEETINGS
The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held January 24, 2023, at 6:00 PM in the
Council Chambers, Ist floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA.
CERTIFICATION
On January 5, 2023, 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
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PROCLAMATION
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 16, 2023
WHEREAS, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life to advancing civil rights in
America and spoke on the virtues of kindness and service to others, and encouraged
others to do their part to help our country achieve its full potential; and
WHEREAS, Dr. King is remembered as one of the most influential and inspirational
leaders in history; and
WHEREAS, the teachings of Dr. King continue to guide and inspire us in addressing
challenges in our communities; and
WHEREAS, in 1983, a bill to establish the third Monday in January as a federal
holiday to honor Dr. King's legacy was passed, and the first Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day was observed in 1986; and
WHEREAS, in 1994, Congress began the King Day of Service, an initiative to
implore Americans to spend the federal holiday honoring Dr. King by partaking in
service projects and working together to find solutions to social problems our
communities faced.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Santa Clarita does hereby proclaim January 16,
2023, as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Signed this 10t' day of January, 2023.
Jason Gibbs, Mayor
Santa Clarita, California
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