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Home My WebLink About2026-01-27 - AGENDAS - REGCITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, January 27, 2026 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. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS Santa Clarita Marching Bands 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. 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 NEW BUSINESS CITY COUNCIL 2026 COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS LIST - On an annual basis, the Mayor and City Council undertake a discussion in open session for the purpose of updating the Council Committee Appointments List. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Review, discuss, make changes to, and approve the City Council Committee Appointments for 2026. 2. Direct the City Clerk to update the Agency Report of Public Official Appointments Form 806 based on the appointments made, delegate the City Manager as signatory on said form, and direct the City Clerk to place updated Form 806 on the City of Santa Clarita website. Page 2 2. EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY -OWNED MAIN STREET PROPERTY - City Council to consider entering into an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement with Serrano Development Group for the City -Owned Main Street Property RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Authorize the City Manager or designee to enter into an Exclusive Negotiation Agreement with Serrano Development Group for the City -owned Main Street property, subject to approval by the City Attorney. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all 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. 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 January 13, 2026 Special Meeting. 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 January 13, 2026 Regular Meeting. 5. CHECK REGISTER NOS. 01 AND 02 - Check Register No. 01 for the Period 11/28/25 through 12/11/25 and 12/18/25. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period of 12/01/25 through 12/12/25. Check Register No. 02 for the Period 12/12/25 through 12/25/25 and 12/31/25. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period of 12/15/25 through 12/26/25. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register Nos. 01 and 02. Page 3 6. FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 LOS ANGELES COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOLUTIONS AGENCY ANNUAL BUDGET FOR MEASURE A FUNDS - City Council consideration of the FY 2025-26 Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency (LACAHSA) annual budget for Measure A funds, including approval of the expenditure plan and authorization to submit the budget to LACAHSA. The budget allocates $3,502,293 across Production, Preservation, and Ownership, Technical Assistance, and Renter Protection and Homelessness Prevention categories. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Approve the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget for Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency funding and authorize its submission. 2. Increase Measure A LACAHSA revenues and corresponding appropriations as follows: increase revenue account 275-462101 (LACAHSA PPO) by $2,424,030 and appropriate the same amount to expenditure account 2753208-517101; increase revenue account 277-462101 (LACAHSA TA) by $147,707 and appropriate the same amount to expenditure account 2773210-516102. 3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 7. CONTRACT AND APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR SOLAR INVERTER REPAIRS AT THE TRANSIT MAINTENANCE FACILITY - This agenda item considers the award and appropriation of funds for the solar inverter repairs contract at the Transit Maintenance Facility to Nuon Energy LLC, dba McKay Roofing and Solar. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Award a contract to Nuon Energy LLC, dba McKay Roofing and Solar, for solar inverter repair services at the Transit Maintenance Facility in the amount of $82,565 and authorize a contingency in the amount of $8,257, for a total contract amount not to exceed $90,822. 2. Appropriate one-time funds in the amount of $90,822 to Transit Capital Contractual Services Expenditure Account 7003702-516101, increase Miscellaneous Federal Grants Revenue Account 700-442409 by $72,658, and increase Municipal Operator Service Improvement Program Revenue Account 700-442207 by $18,164. 3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents and modify the award in the event of issues of impossibility of performance arise, subject to City Attorney approval. Page 4 8. NEW FLYER OF AMERICA CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE AND DELIVERY OF THREE NEW HYDROGEN FUEL CELL TRANSIT BUSES - City Council consideration of a purchase and delivery of three new hydrogen fuel cell transit buses. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve the "piggyback" purchase of three zero emission hydrogen fuel cell local buses, inclusive of taxes, tariffs, tools, training, and spare parts, from New Flyer of America using the California Association for Coordinated Transportation/Morongo Basin Transit Authority joint procurement contract number 23-01, for a total contract amount not to exceed $5,724,856. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents and modify the awardees in the event of project withdrawal or abandonment, subject to City Attorney approval. 9. 2026 COMMUNITY SERVICES AND ARTS GRANTS - City Council consideration to approve the 2026 Community Services and Arts Grants program funding recommendations by the Grants Committee and Peer Review Rating Panel. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve the 2026 Community Services and Arts Grants Committee's program funding recommendations in an amount not to exceed $100,000 for Community Services Grants and $100,000 for Arts Grants, for a total not to exceed $200,000. 2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all Grant Program Agreements with the agencies approved for funding, 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 public participation section 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 Cameron Gott and Lola Williams FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held February 10, 2026, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. Page 5 CERTIFICATION On January 22, 2026, 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