HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-10-22 - AGENDAS - REGCITY OF SANTA CLARITA
CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, October 22, 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
Weste
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.
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
CONTINUATION OF THE APPEAL OF THE PROMENADE FLATS MIXED -
USE PROJECT (MASTER CASE 21-086) - Public hearing for Appeal 24-003,
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
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
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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.
2. CONFORMANCE REVIEW OF THE RIVERVIEW PROJECT - MASTER CASE
21-205 - Conformance Review of the Riverview Project (Master Case 21-205), including
318 residential units and 127,000 square feet of commercial space located at the current
Saugus Speedway property.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
1. Conduct the public hearing;
2. Provide direction to staff on project -related issues; and
3. Continue the meeting to a date certain.
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.
3. APPROVAL OF REGULAR MEETING MINUTES — The minutes of the City
Council are submitted for approval.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council approve the minutes of the October 8, 2024 Regular Meeting.
4. CHECK REGISTER NO.21 - Check Register No. 21 for Period 09/06/24 through
09/19/24 and 09/26/24. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 09/09/24 through
09/20/24.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register
No. 21.
5. RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE DESIGNATION OF THE CITY OF SANTA
CLARITA AS A CLEAN CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY - The California
Department of Transportation's Clean California Community designation is intended to
establish, recognize, and reward communities that demonstrate pride in keeping their
environment clean, beautiful, and litter -free.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council adopt a resolution supporting the designation of the City of Santa Clarita as
a Clean California Community.
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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
FUTURE MEETINGS
The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held November 12, 2024, at 6:00 PM in the
Council Chambers, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA.
CERTIFICATION
On October 17, 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
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