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Home My WebLink About1995-04-25 - AGENDAS - REGULAR (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING April 25, 1995 6:30 p.m. City Council Chambers 23920 Valencia Blvd. 1st Floor Santa Clarita, CA 91355 AGENDA PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY - No New Business REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY - No New Business [HOZ/ ' o ' CITY CLERK ANNOUNCEMENT During the Public Participation portion of, the meeting, each person should prepare a three (3) minute presentation. Public Participation speaker's slips must be submitted to the City Clerk. Anyone wishing to address an item on the agenda should fill out a speaker's slip and submit into the City Clerk before the item is discussed. Each person addressing the Council has three minutes in which to speak, at which time the red light on the Council dias will appear. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the General Services Division, (805) 286-4182. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to makereasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II) Executive Meeting This time has been set aside for Councilmembers to review the agenda and obtain any further information that may be needed. No action on public agenda items will be taken except for any closed session items. This session iso en to the public. Recognitions and Awards National Youth Service Day Proclamations Public Partici an tion This time has been set aside for the public to address the City Council on items that are not on the agenda, but those items will not be acted upon by Council at this meeting other than to review and return without action or direct staff. ALL speakers must call or submit a speaker's slip to the City Clerk prior to this portion of the meeting and prepare a presentation not to exceed three minutes. The thirty minutes allowed for public input will be divided by the number of people wishing to speak, maximum time allowed will be three minutes. [ ] INVOCATION - Darcy [ ] CALL TO ORDER [ ] ROLL CALL [ ] FLAG SALUTE [ ] APPROVAL OF AGENDA - Mayor to inquire whether any member of the public would like to pull for discussion, [ ] any item on the Consent Calendar. APPROVAL OF MINUTES April 11, 1995 PRESENTATION COUNCIL ACTION PUBLIC HEARING 1. CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING FROM APRIL 11, [ ] Open Hearing 1995 REGARDING THE PORTA BELLA SPECIFIC PLANAND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS WELL [ ] City Clerk AS THE THREE APPEALS FILED CONCERNING THE DECISION ON JUNE 21, 19949 BY THE [ ] Staff PLANNING COMMISSION - On April 11, 1995, the City Council held a public hearing on the Porta Bella project, [ ] Speakers and continued the item to the April 25, 1995, regularly scheduled City Council meeting. The Council specified [ ] Motion that they would limit public testimony to 30 minutes total, divided equally between project proponents and [ ] Discussion opponents, at which point the public hearing would be closed. The Council further directed that testimony should [ ] Vote be limited to the draft conditions of approval for the project. The Council also specified that the public could submit written comments regarding the draft conditions of approval until April 28, 1995. The Council will again consider the Porta Bella project at the hearing on May 9, 1995. RECOMMENDED ACTION- 1) Receive staff report, take public testimony for 30 minutes, divided equally between project proponents and opponents and limited to the draft conditions of approval only. Close the public hearing. Allow written public testimony regarding the conditions of approval until April 28, 1995. 2) Adopt Resolution No. 95-41 certifying the EIR and including a Statement of Overriding Consideration for the Project and a Mitigation Monitoring Program. 3) Continue Council deliberation of the Porta Bella project at the May 9, 1995 regularly scheduled City Council meeting, including (a.) Consideration of draft Resolution No. 95-42 regarding the three appeals and the Planning Commission action on the project and (b.) Consideration of draft Ordinance No. 95-6 [ ] Open Hearing [] City Clerk [] Staff [] Speakers [ ] Motion [ ] Discussion [] Vote 2. AN APPEAL OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME RENT STABILIZATION PANEL'S APPROVAL OF A 1994 CALENDAR YEAR RENTAL INCREASE TOTALING 12.9%, GRANTED TO THE OWNERS OF SOLEDAD TRAILER LODGE MOBILEHOME PARK ("PARK-). THE PARK IS LOCATED AT 18300 SOLEDAD CANYON ROAD (ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NOS. 2844-001-038 & 039), AND IS ZONED CC (COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL). PROJECT APPELLANT(S): CARL BOYER, AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL; AND BILL REED, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PARK OWNERS - On November 9, 1994, the Manufactured Home Rent Adjustment Panel met in order to consider a 90 -day notice of rent increase filed by the property owner(s) of Soledad Trailer Lodge Mobilehome Park. Through the 90 -day notice, the Park proposed a rent increase of 22%, which is a percentage of rental increase approximately 19% higher than the Consumer Price Index of 2.9%. The owners of the Park determined that a rental increase of 22% was justifiable due to the decrease in the Park's net operating income over recent years, due to the fact that the Manufactured Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance and due to capital improvements to the property performed since 1991. RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Deny both appeals of the Manufactured Home Rent Stabilization Panel's decision (Resolution MH95-001), thus approving a total rental increase of 12.9% to be granted to the owners of Soledad Trailer Lodge, of which two and nine tenths of one percent (2.9%) is to be effective as of December 1, 1994, based on the original date of notice of the proposed rental increase, with the additional ten percent (10%) of the rental increase to be effective as of March 1, 1995; and 2) Direct staff to prepare a resolution upholding the Panel's decision, for the Council's consideration at the May 23, [ ] Staff [] Speakers [ ] Motion [] Discussion [ ] Vote [ J Staff [] Speakers [ ] Motion [] Discussion [ ] Vote UNFINISHED BUSINESS 3. COMMUNITY STRATEGIC PLAN - ACTION ITEM #1 NEW ROADS This item relates to the Community Strategic Plan in which the lack of adequate roadways throughout the Santa Clarita Valley is a critical issue. At the April 4, 1995 Study Session, Council reviewed a matrix listing the possible roadway segments identified in the public participation process and the criteria used to develop a matrix in which all the segments were ranked. At the meeting, Council requested more detailed information on the two segments that ranked the highest. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Review the more detailed information for the two roadway segments which ranked highest in the evaluation, and adopt the Via Princessa/Wiley Canyon Roadway link as the preferred alternative. Direct staff to return with an alignment and list of funding options for Council consideration. 4. EMERGENCY STREET RESTORATION WORK PLACERITA CANYON ROAD - SIERRA HIGHWAY/12TH STREET - PROJECT NO. 95-905 (ACCEPTANCE) - Following the Northridge earthquake, Caltrans, out of necessity, detoured southbound Antelope Valley Freeway traffic off at Placerita Canyon Road to route traffic southerly onto Sierra Highway to bypass the damaged freeway structures on SR -14 and I-5. The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) approved funding for some minor roadway repair of Placerita Canyon. The Contractor, Asphalt Maintenance Company, Visalia, CA. Has completed the emergency street restoration work on Project No. 95-905, Placerita Canyon Road from Sierra Highway to 12th Street. This project was completed on December 2, 1994 for a total project cost of $65,872.84. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the work performed by Asphalt Maintenance Company, and direct the City Clerk to file the Notice of Completion for the project and direct staff to release the five percent retention 35 days after the Notice of Completion is recorded. CONSENT CALENDAR All matters listed under the Consent Calendar will be enacted by one motion unless a request is made for discussion, in which case, the item(s) will be removed from; the Consent Calendar and will be considered separately following this portion of the agenda. [ ] Motion 5. TURN POCKETS AND MEDIAN MODIFICATIONS - CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT APPROVAL [ ] Vote PROJECT NO. 95-027 - On February 28, 1995, Council awarded the contract for the subjectproject. As part of the project, the common driveway between Home Savings of America and City Hall will be reconstructed. The owner of Home Savings of America, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, has requested the City to execute a temporary easement agreement prior to construction. RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Approve the temporary easement agreement, and authorize the City Manager to execute said document. 2) Approve a 20% contingency for E&M Constructors and O.K. Landscape from Account No. 16-95027-227. [ ] Motion 6. DESIGNATING OFFICIALS AUTHORIZED TO FILE APPLICATION TO THE STATE OFFICE OF [ ] Vote EMERGENCY SERVICES TO OBTAIN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE RELATING TO THE LATE WINTER STORMS, 1995 - RESOLUTION NO. 95.44E - Designating officials authorized to execute for and in behalf of the City an application to the State Office of Emergency Services for the purpose of obtaining certain Federal, and/or State financial assistance. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt' Resolution No. 95- 44E authorizing the City Manager and designates as approved agents. It is also recommended that staff provide the Office of Emergency Services with a certified copy of Resolution No. 95-44E. [ ] Motion 7. RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE CONTINUED OPERATIONS OF THE LONG BEACH NAVAL [ ] Vote SHIPYARD, ETC.: RESOLUTION NO. 95-45 - Mayor Darcy has 'received a request through the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), to join with a number of other agencies in the region to formally go on record opposing military facility closures in Southern California, particularly the proposed closure of the Long Beach Naval Shipyard. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 95-45. [ ] Motion 8. DESIGN SERVICES FOR SANTA CLARA RIVER TRAIL - PHASE III - Approval for design and right -of- [ ] Vote way acquisition for pedestrian and bicycle trail between the Commuter Rail Station and the South Fork Trail. RECOMMENDED ACTION. Authorize staff to enter into a contract with David Evans and Associates up to the budget amount of $250,000 for design and right-of-way acquisition services for the Santa Clara River Phase III project. Funds to be expended and tracked through the account previously established for this purpose (account no. 24-99047-227). Should negotiations with David Evans and Associates be unsuccessful, authorize staff to procure similar services from Sikand Engineering for this work. [ ] Motion 9. UTILITY EASEMENT AT NEWHALL PARK - Pacific Bell Telephone Company has requested a three-foot utility [ ] Vote easement along the southwest property line at Newhall Park. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the granted easement to Pacific Bell Telephone Company subject to the Planning Commission approval, and authorize the Mayor to sign the deed of conveyance. [ ] Motion 10. CHECK REGISTER NO. 13 FOR THE PERIODS OF 03/17/95 TO 03/22/95 AND 03/30/95: CHECK REGISTER [ ] Vote NO. 14 FOR THE PERIODS OF 03/24/95 TO 03/29/95 AND 04/06/95. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 95-43. COMMITTEE REPORTS (Council) STAFF COMMENTS COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS CLOSED SESSION Conference with legal counsel - existing litigation - Government Code Section 54956.9(a) - Castaic Lake Water Agency vs. City of Santa Clarita & Redevelopment Agency. Conference with legal counsel - potential litigation - Government Code Section 54956.9(b) - one matter. ADJOURNMENT 7