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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-04-11 - AGENDAS - REGULARCITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, April 11, 2023 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. View public meeting agendas here, inclusive of all attachments and reading file material. 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 DMV/Donate Life California Month Proclamation National Volunteer Week Proclamation and President's Volunteer Service Award 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 Page 2 PUBLIC HEARINGS ADJUST CONSOLIDATED FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT DEVELOPER FEE - Consolidated Fire Protection District developer fees pay for the cost of fire stations, related fire protection improvements, and fire apparatuses. The resolution would adjust developer fees by $0.1183 per square foot for fire protection facilities in keeping with the latest Los Angeles County Development Fee Schedule adopted by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and required under the Developer Fee Detailed Fire Station Plan. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council conduct a public hearing and adopt a resolution to adjust the Consolidated Fire Protection District developer fee from $1.4316 per square foot to $1.5499 per square foot in accordance with the Developer Fee Agreement between the City of Santa Clarita and the Consolidated Fire Protection District of Los Angeles County. NEW BUSINESS 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE TRANSIT FUNDING AGREEMENT AND WAIVERS TO CERTAIN PENALTIES AND INTEREST FOR THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICTS AND WATER FACTORY FOR THE VISTA CANYON DEVELOPMENT - City Council to consider amendments to the Transit Funding Agreement for Vista Canyon and authorizing the waiver of certain penalties and interest for the Community Facilities Districts and Water Factory within the Vista Canyon development. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Authorize an amendment to the Transit Funding Agreement included in the Vista Canyon Conditions of Approval to reduce the required Vista Canyon Transit Center surface parking lot from 500 to 400 spaces, allow it to be constructed in phases, and grant the City an easement at no cost. 2. Authorize the waiver of certain penalties and interest relating to the City of Santa Clarita Community Facilities District No. 2016-1 and the Vista Canyon Wastewater Standby Assessment District. 3. Amend the budgets for the Cooper Street Communities Facilities District and Vista Canyon Water Factory Assessment District as shown in Exhibit A. 4. Authorize the City Manager to execute all documents, amendments, and or waivers needed to facilitate the recommended actions, subject to City Attorney approval. Page 3 3. FIRST READING OF AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING OVERSIZED VEHICLE PARKING REGULATIONS AND VEHICLES PARKED OVER 72 HOURS - This item will update sections Chapter 12.08 (Definitions), Chapter 12.64.200 (Vehicles Parked Over 72 Hours), Chapter 12.94.020 (Oversized Vehicle Parking Regulations -Penalties -Appeals), and Chapter 12.94.030 (Oversized Vehicle Parking Permits) of the Santa Clarita Municipal Code, which are consistent with state law and deemed necessary for the preservation of Santa Clarita communities. City Policy I-11.1 (Enforcement of Oversized Vehicle Ordinances) is also recommended to be amended to conform with the updates. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Introduce an ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 12.08 (DEFINITIONS) AND CHAPTER 12.64.200 (VEHICLES PARKED OVER 72 HOURS) OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE;" waive reading of the text and consent to reading by title only, as listed on the agenda; and pass to second reading. 2. Introduce an ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 12.94.020 (OVERSIZED VEHICLE PARKING REGULATIONS -PENALTIES - APPEALS) AND CHAPTER 12.94.030 (OVERSIZED VEHICLE PARKING PERMITS) OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE;" waive reading of the text and consent to reading by title only, as listed on the agenda; and pass to second reading. 3. Adopt conforming changes to City Policy I-11.1, Enforcement of Oversized Vehicle Ordinances. 4. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts, amendments, and associated 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. 4. APPROVAL OF SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES — The minutes of the City Council are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the minutes of the March 28, 2023 Special Meeting. Page 4 5. APPROVAL OF REGULAR MEETING MINUTES — The minutes of the City Council are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the minutes of the March 28, 2023 Regular Meeting. 6. CHECK REGISTER NO. 06 - Check Register No. 06 for the Period 02/10/23 through 02/23/23 and 03/02/23. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 02/13/23 through 02/24/23. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 06. 7. STATE LEGISLATION: AB 367, AB 1490, AB 1532, AB 1630, AB 1708, SB 4, SB 44, AND SB 432 - The following state legislative items were presented to the City Council Legislative Committee on March 30, 2023, and are being presented to the City Council for consideration to adopt a position: AB 367 (Maienschein), AB 1490 (Lee), AB 1532 (Haney), AB 1630 (Garcia), AB 1708 (Muratsuchi), SB 4 (Wiener), SB 44 (Umberg), and SB 423 (Wiener). RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Support AB 367 (Maienschein), AB 1708 (Muratsuchi), and SB 44 (Umberg). 2. Oppose AB 1490 (Lee), AB 1532 (Haney), AB 1630 (Garcia), SB 4 (Wiener), and SB 423 (Wiener). 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. 8. BUILDING PLAN REVIEW, BUILDING INSPECTION, AND PERMIT - RELATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS - Contract renewals for JAS Pacific, Scott Fazekas & Associates, Interwest Consulting Group, and TRB and Associates for building plan review, building inspection, and permit -related professional services. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve one-year contract renewals for JAS Pacific, Scott Fazekas & Associates, Interwest Consulting Group, and TRB and Associates for building plan review, building inspection, and permit -related professional services for a combined total annual amount not to exceed $500,000, effective Fiscal Year 2023-24. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents, contingent upon the appropriation of funds by the City Council in the Page 5 annual budget for such fiscal year, subject to City Attorney approval. 9. SANTA CLARITA ROLLER SKATING RINK, PROJECT P3034 - DESIGN CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS AND CONSTRUCTABILITY REVIEW CONTRACT - This item awards a constructability review contract and modifies the existing design contract for the Santa Clarita Roller Skating Rink project. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Extend the current contract and authorize an increased expenditure authority for the design services for the Santa Clarita Roller Skating Rink, Project P3034, with Anil Verma Associates, Inc., in the amount of $508,746 and authorize a contingency in the amount of $50,874, for a total additional contract amount not to exceed $559,620. 2. Award a contract for constructability review to RP Development Services in the amount of $249,859 and authorize a contingency in the amount of $24,985, for a total contract amount not to exceed $274,844. 3. Authorize the transfer of project savings in the amount of $1,000,000 to Santa Clarita Roller Rink, Project P3034, expenditure account P3034723-516101 from the following accounts: • $550,000 in Facilities Fund (Fund 723) from expenditure account F3024723- 516101, Santa Clarita Sports Complex Buildout; and • $450,000 in Facilities Fund (Fund 723) from expenditure account F3020723- 516101, Canyon Country Community Center. 4. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 10. PARCEL MAP NO. 83402 - MACMILLAN RANCH ROAD - Pursuant to Section 66474 and 66474.1 of the Subdivision Map Act, approve Parcel Map No. 83402, located at 26777 MacMillan Ranch Road. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve parcel map for Parcel Map No. 83402. 2. Make findings as follows: This project is consistent with the provisions of Sections 66474 and 66474.1 of the Subdivision Map Act and should be approved. 3. Instruct the Director of Administrative Services to endorse the Special Assessment Statement on the face of the parcel map for Parcel Map No. 83402, which indicates all special assessments levied by the City of Santa Clarita are paid. Page 6 4. Instruct the City Clerk to endorse the City Clerk's Statement on the face of the parcel map for Parcel Map No. 83402, which embodies the approval of said map. 5. Instruct the City Surveyor to endorse the City Surveyor's Statement on the face of the parcel map for Parcel Map No. 83402, which provides for verification that the map is technically correct. 6. Instruct the City Engineer to endorse the City Engineer's Statement on the face of the parcel map for Parcel Map No. 83402, which provides for verification of substantial conformance with the tentative parcel map and all provisions of local ordinances and state laws applicable at the time of approval. 7. Find Parcel Map No. 83402 exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guideline 15061(b)(3) because the division does not include any proposed development or construction. 11. PURCHASE OF A SPECIALIZED DUMP TRUCK - Council consideration for the purchase of a 2024 Freightliner 114SD, Cummins L9N 280 HP Engine, CNG dump truck, using Sourcewell cooperative purchasing contract 9060920-NAF. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve the "piggyback" purchase of a 2024 Freightliner 114SD, Cummins L9N 280 HP Engine, Compressed Natural Gas dump truck, using Sourcewell cooperative purchasing contract 4060920-NAF in an amount not to exceed $237,659. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 12. 2021-22 FEDERAL OVERLAY AND SLURRY SEAL PROGRAM, PROJECT M0142 - PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT - This item will fund the construction of the Federal Overlay project, an integral part of the City of Santa Clarita's pavement management program. Each year, streets are evaluated and identified for pavement preservation and rehabilitation treatments. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve the plans and specifications for the 2021-22 Federal Overlay and Slurry Seal Program, Project MO142. 2. Find the 2021-22 Federal Overlay and Slurry Seal Program exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, Article 19, Section 15301. 3. Award the construction contract to Sully -Miller Contracting, Co., in the amount of $3,962,302 and authorize a contingency in the amount of $396,230, for a total Page 7 contract amount not to exceed $4,358,532. 4. Authorize the transfer of Measure R (Fund 264) funds in the amount of $2,020,936 from expenditure account MO149264-516101, 2022-23 Overlay and Slurry Seal Program, to expenditure account MO142264-516101, 2021-22 Federal Overlay and Slurry Seal Program. 5. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 13. TAX -SHARING RESOLUTIONS FOR SANITATION DISTRICT, ANNEXATION NOS. 1110, 1111, 1113, 1115, 1117, 1118, 1119, AND 1120 - The Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District (District) provides wastewater treatment services within the District's service area. To provide wastewater treatment service to properties located outside the District's service area, the boundary must be expanded through the annexation process. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Adopt the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District's resolutions approving and accepting the negotiated exchange of property tax revenues resulting from Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District Annexation Nos. 1110, 1111, 1113, 1115, 1117, 1118, 1119, and 1120. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 14. RENEWAL OF THE GENERAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES FOR MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES RESOLUTION - Resolution requesting the renewal of the General Services Agreement with the County of Los Angeles for miscellaneous services. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt a resolution to renew the General Services Agreement between the City of Santa Clarita and the County of Los Angeles for miscellaneous services for an additional five-year term, ending June 30, 2028. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 15. CONTRACT FOR THE BLUE CLOUD BIKE PARK DESIGN PROJECT P0020 - This item will fund the Blue Cloud Bike Park Design Project P0020. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Award design contract to Avid Trails for the Blue Cloud Bike Park Design, Project P0020, in the amount of $390,561, and authorize a contingency in the amount of $39,056, for a total contract amount not to exceed $429,617. Page 8 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 16. VALENCIA GLEN AQUATICS BUILDING - EMERGENCY REPAIR - This action will ratify the City Manager's proclamation of an existing local emergency, allowing staff to proceed outside of the City's procurement process to address winter storm damage to the Valencia Glen Aquatics Building and equipment. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Ratify the City Manager's emergency declaration. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents, 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 FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held April 25, 2023, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. CERTIFICATION On April 6, 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 Page 9 I PROCLAMATION DMV/Donate Life California Month April 2023 WHEREAS, organ, eye, tissue, marrow and blood donation are life-giving acts recognized worldwide as expressions of compassion to those in need; and WHEREAS, more than 100,000 individuals nationwide and more than 20,000 in California are currently on the national organ transplant waiting list, and on average, 17 people die each day while waiting; and WHEREAS, a single individual's donation of the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas and small intestine can save up to eight lives; and WHEREAS, donation of tissue can save and heal the lives of more than 75 others; and WHEREAS, organ donors saved more than 42,000 lives last year, the most ever; and WHEREAS, any person can register to be an organ, eye and tissue donor regardless of age or medical conditions; and WHEREAS, being a registered donor does not impact the quality of life-saving medical care a person received in an emergency; and WHEREAS, California residents can sign up with the Donate Life California Donor Registry online at any time by visiting www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org; and WHEREAS, California residents can sign up to be an organ, eye, and tissue donor when applying for or renewing their driver's licenses or ID cards at the California Department of Motor Vehicles; and WHEREAS, California residents interested in saving a life through living kidney donation may visit www.LivingDonationCalifornia.org. NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Santa Clarita does hereby proclaim April 2023 as `DMV/Donate Life California Month" and urges all residents to check "YES!" when applying for or renewing their driver's license or I.D. card at the DMV. Signed this Ilth day of April, 2023. Jason Gibbs, Mayor Santa Clarita, California Packet Pg. 10 National Volunteer Week April 16-22, 2023 WHEREAS, the month of April has been designated nationwide as the time to recognize the hard work, commitment, and passion of volunteers; and WHEREAS, along with the rest of the country, we celebrate volunteers during National Volunteer Week, April 16-22, 2023; and WHEREAS, every year, thousands of Santa Clarita volunteers accomplish significant projects and help with events in the community; and WHEREAS, we partner with residents, businesses, faith -based organizations, schools, and community -based organizations to make a difference and make Santa Clarita a better place to live, work, and play; and WHEREAS, our volunteers are vital to Santa Clarita's economic and social well-being; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita celebrates Volunteer Week by recognizing our valued volunteers. NOW, TBEREFORE, the City of Santa Clarita does hereby proclaim April 16-April 22, 2023, as Volunteer Week, and encourage residents to recognize the positive impact of volunteerism in our community, to thank those who serve, and to find ways to volunteer and give back to our community Signed this Ilth day of April, 2023. Jason Gibbs, Mayor Santa Clarita, California Packet Pg. 11