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Home My WebLink About2025-11-25 - AGENDAS - REGCITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, November 25, 2025 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 Ayala 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 Recycling All Star Award Friends of Hart Park Lifetime Achievement Award Investment Policy and Excellence in Financial Reporting Awards City of Santa Clarita Technology Services Award 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 WILEY CANYON MIXED USE PROJECT (MASTER CASE 20-238) - Appeal of the Planning Commission determination to certify the Final Environmental Impact Report and approve the Wiley Canyon Mixed Use Project, Master Case 20-238 and its associated entitlements. Page 2 RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Conduct the public hearing. 2. Adopt a resolution, denying Appeal 25-002, and affirming the Planning Commission decision to certify the Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 2202030626) prepared for the project, including adoption of a Statement of Overriding Considerations and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program. 3. Adopt a resolution denying Appeal 25-002 and affirming the Planning Commission's approval of the Wiley Canyon Mixed Use Project (Master Case 20-238). 2. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODE - This ordinance adopts the 2025 California Building Standards Code with an effective date of January 1, 2026, as required by state law and also adopts local amendments to the state codes. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council conduct a public hearing and adopt an ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING AND REPLACING TITLES 18 THROUGH 22, TITLE 24, AND CHAPTER 25.01 OF TITLE 25; AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2025 CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATIVE, BUILDING, RESIDENTIAL, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, PLUMBING, ENERGY, EXISTING BUILDING, HISTORICAL BUILDING, FIRE, WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE, GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS, AND REFERENCED STANDARDS CODES WITH CERTAIN APPENDICES AND LOCAL AMENDMENTS." 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 28, 2025 Regular Meeting. Page 3 4. CHECK REGISTER NOS. 23 AND 24 - Check Register No. 23 for the Period 10/03/25 through 10/16/25 and 10/23/25. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period of 10/06/25 through 10/17/25. Check Register No. 24 for the Period 10/17/25 through 10/30/25 and 11/06/25. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period of 10/20/25 through 10/31 /25. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register Nos. 23 and 24. 5. FIVE-YEAR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE CITY'S RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE - The City of Santa Clarita Records Retention Schedule is brought before the City Council for approval no less than once every five years. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt a resolution approving amendments to the City of Santa Clarita Records Retention Schedule. 6. PURCHASE OF A ZAMBONI FOR THE CUBE ICE AND ENTERTAINMENT CENTER - City Council consideration for a new Zamboni ice-resurfacer for The CUBE. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve the "piggyback" purchase of a Zamboni from Zamboni Company USA, Inc. using Sourcewell contract 9120320-FZC in an amount not to exceed $200,625. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 7. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE UPDATED SEWER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PLAN (SSMP) - Adopt a resolution approving the updated Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP), as required by the State Water Resources Control Board. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Adopt a resolution approving the updated Sewer System Management Plan. 2. Find that the Sewer System Management Plan is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, Article 19, Class 1, Section 15301, Existing Facilities. 3. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to make future minor updates as may be required by the State Water Resources Control Board that do not have a financial impact to the City, to comply with Waste Discharge Requirements. 4. Direct the City Clerk to record the certified original resolution in the Los Angeles County Registrar -Recorder's office. Page 4 8. TAX -SHARING RESOLUTIONS FOR SANITATION DISTRICT, ANNEXATION NOS. 1134, 1137, AND 1143 - The Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation 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. The District has requested the City Council consider adopting resolutions for three annexations. 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. 1134, 1137, and 1143. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 9. SANTA CLARITA VALLEY WATER AGENCY EASEMENT ON CITY PROPERTY - This item recommends the extension of an existing temporary construction easement on City property for the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency's Castaic Conduit Bypass Pipeline Project. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve an extension of the existing temporary construction easement with the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency on City -owned Assessor's Parcel Numbers 2811-063- 904, 2811-063-905, 2811-063-906, and 2811-063-907 (Rye Canyon Industrial area). 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee, to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 10. FRANCHISED WASTE HAULER ANNUAL RATE ADJUSTMENT - The City of Santa Clarita's residential and commercial solid waste services provider is Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc. Per the approved franchise agreement, the waste hauler may submit a request for an annual rate adjustment. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt a resolution approving the annual rate adjustment request for Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc., contingent upon the implementation of Los Angeles County's proposed residential rate in the unincorporated areas of the Santa Clarita Valley effective January 1, 2026. 11. SPECIALIZED ELEVATOR CONTRACT RATIFICATION - This item considers ratifying payments in the amount of $22,646 to Specialized Elevator for elevator services at City of Santa Clarita facilities. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council ratify payments in the amount of $22,646 to Specialized Elevator for Page 5 emergency repair services to city-wide elevators. 12. CITY HALL & VALENCIA LIBRARY WINDOW SEAL & WALL JOINT REPAIR - PROJECT M1044 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS - This item considers increasing the expenditure authority for the existing contract with Angelus Waterproofing and will provide the necessary appropriations to accommodate the unanticipated labor and material costs associated with construction efforts. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Authorize an increased expenditure authority for construction activity with Angelus Waterproofing and Restoration, Inc., in the amount of $93,000 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $477,777. 2. Appropriate $93,000 from General Fund Capital Projects Fund (Fund 601) to expenditure account M1044601-516101. Increase transfers out from General Fund (fund 100) account 1009500-710601 and increase transfers in to General Fund Capital Projects Fund (Fund 601) account 601-600100 in the amount of $93,000. 3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to 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 December 9, 2025, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. CERTIFICATION On November 20, 2025, 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