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Home My WebLink About2024-08-27 - AGENDAS - REGULARCITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, August 27, 2024 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 Miranda 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. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS WM S. Hart Baseball Pony League World Series Champions 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Recognition 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 APPEAL OF THE PROMENADE FLATS MIXED -USE PROJECT (MASTER CASE 21-086) - Public hearing for Appeals 24-003 and 24-004, regarding the Planning Commission's decision to deny the prior appeal and affirm the Hearing Officer's decision for the Promenade Flats Mixed -Use Project (Master Case 21-086). RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Conduct the public hearing; 2. Determine that the project is exempt from environmental review pursuant to Page 2 California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines § 15332, as a Class 32 categorical exemption consisting of an in -fill development project; 3. Adopt a resolution, denying Appeal 24-003 and affirming the Planning Commission's denial of Appeal 24-001 and affirmation of the Hearing Officer's decision to approve a request by Harvard 826 Property, LLC, to construct and operate the Promenade Flats Mixed -Use Project (Master Case 21-086); and 4. Take other action as determined by the City Council. 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 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES — The minutes of the City Council are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the minutes of the July 9, 2024 Regular Meeting. 3. APPROVAL OF SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES — The minutes of the City Council are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the minutes of the August 19, 2024 Special Meeting. 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 August 19, 2024 Special Meeting. 5. CHECK REGISTER NOS. 15, 16, AND 17 - Check Register No. 15 for Period 06/14/24 through 06/27/24 and 07/03/24. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 06/17/24 through 06/28/24. Check Register No. 16 for Period 06/28/24 through 07/11/24 and 07/18/24. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 07/01/24 through 07/12/24. Check Register No. 17 for Period 07/12/24 through 07/25/24 and 08/01/24. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 07/15/24 through 07/26/24. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 15, No. 16, and No. 17. Page 3 6. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR WILEY CANYON DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (MASTER CASE 20-238) CONTRACT INCREASE - An amendment to increase the consultant contract amount for the preparation of the Wiley Canyon Development Project Environmental Impact Report. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Authorize an expenditure increase to the Dudek contract for the preparation of the Wiley Canyon Development Project Environmental Impact Report (Master Case 20- 238) from $239,960 to $335,200 and include a contingency in the amount of $33,520, for a total contract amount not to exceed $368,720. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 7. TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICT ADVERTISING CONTRACT - Award a contract to Lundmark Advertising + Design to provide marketing and advertising services to the Tourism Marketing District. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Authorize the City Manager or designee to award a one-year contract to Lundmark Advertising + Design to provide marketing and advertising services for the Tourism Marketing District for an annual amount not to exceed $357,000. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute up to four additional, one-year renewal options beginning in year two, not to exceed the annual contract amount plus an adjustment 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. 3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents, or modify the award in the event that issues of impossibility of performance arise, and execute all documents subject to City Attorney approval. 8. SAND CANYON TRAIL, PHASE IV, PROJECT T3024 - SUMMARY VACATION OF A PORTION OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND SLOPE EASEMENT ALONG SAND CANYON ROAD AND ACCEPTANCE OF EASEMENTS FOR ROAD AND TRAIL PURPOSES - This item adopts a resolution for the summary vacation of a portion of the public right-of-way and slope easement along Sand Canyon Road and accepts easements for road and trail purposes. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Adopt a resolution for the summary vacation of a portion of the public right-of-way along Sand Canyon Road, as described and shown on Exhibit "A" Legal Description Page 4 and Exhibit "B" Exhibit Map, and an easement for slope purposes, west of Sand Canyon Road, as described and shown on Exhibit "C" Legal Description and Exhibit "D" Exhibit Map of the attached resolution. 2. Authorize the City Clerk to record the certified original resolution in the Los Angeles County Registrar -Recorder's office. 3. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to accept the dedications and grants of easement for public use and trail purposes and grants of easement for public use and road purposes along Sand Canyon Road. 4. Authorize an expenditure in an amount not to exceed $80,000 to reimburse the property owner for clearing private improvements from the future trail easement at 16207 Valley Ranch Road as part of the Sand Canyon Trail project. 5. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 9. PURCHASE TRUCK -MOUNTED LONG LINE PAINT STRIPER - Council consideration for the purchase of a long line paint striper, EZ Liner TS-AL 150 mounted on an Isuzu model NPR -HD gas chassis, using Sourcewell cooperative purchasing contract #080521-EZL. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve the "piggyback" purchase of a truck -mounted long line paint striper, EZ Liner TS-AL150, using Sourcewell contract 9080521-EZL, for a total contract amount not to exceed $288,755. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated 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 Richard Stephen Jeffrey FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held September 10, 2024, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. Page 5 CERTIFICATION On August 22, 2024, 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