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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-09-09 - AGENDAS - REGULAR (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING 6:30 p.m. September 9,1997 City Council Chambers 23920 Valencia Blvd. 1st Floor Santa Clarita, CA 91355 AGENDA PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY - No New Business REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY - No New Business CITY CLERK ANNOUNCEMENT During the Public Participation portion of the meeting, each person wishing to speak 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 it to the City Clerk before the item is discussed. Each person addressing the Council has three minutes in which to speak, after which time the red light on the Council dais will appear. 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, (805) 255-4375. 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) 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. This session is open to the public. 2 Public Participation This time has been set aside for the public to address the City Council on items that are not on the agenda. Those items will not be acted upon by Council at this meeting other than to review and return without action or provide direction to 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 per person will be three minutes. STAFF COMMENTS (Matters of Public Participation) INVOCATION - Smyth 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 August 26, 1997 AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS PRESENTATIONS 2 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 theagenda. [ ] Motion 1. SIERRA HIGHWAY/STATE ROUTE 14 CONGESTION CORRIDOR OVERLAY (PROJECT NO. 53002) AND [ ] Vote RESTRIPING (PROJECT NO. C0001) - ADVERTISE FOR BIDS - On October 8, 1996, Council authorized staff to proceed with the design of the Sierra Highway/State Route 14 congestion Corridor Project using Alternative F of the August 1996 Feasibility Study prepared by Korve Engineering. Based on the Feasibility Study, plans and specifications are ready to advertise and bid for construction. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the plans and specifications for the above mentioned project and authorize the advertisement for bids. [ ] Motion 2. AWARD OF CONTRACT TO PROVIDE FIXED ASSET INVENTORYAND VALUATION SERVICES - A Request for [ ] Vote Proposals process was recently completed to select a company to provide fuzed asset inventory and valuation services to include conducting a physical inventory of virtually all the City's tangible assets, valuing and tagging the assets, and providing comprehensive reports, records, and manuals that will assist the City in maintaining an effective fixed asset tracking program for both accounting and insurance purposes. After thorough evaluation of the five proposals submitted, Finance determined that Asset Valuation Service was the most qualified company to provide these services. The contract amount is estimated to be $24,000. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Award the contract for fixed asset inventory and valuation services to Asset Valuation Services, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $24,000. Authorize the. City Manager or his designee to execute and sign all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. [ ] Motion 3. CHECK REGISTER NOS. 34 AND 35 - RESOLUTION NO. 97-104 - Adoption of resolution approving and ratifying payment [ 1 Vote of the demands presented in the check registers. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 97-104. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 4. TRAFFIC CALMING ON HASKELL CANYON ROAD - RESOLUTION NO. 97-86.On June 24,1997, Council received [F • Staff a staff report regarding traffic issues along Haskell Canyon Road and the potential measures to address traffic safety concerns [ ] Speakers along this road. Council deferred a decision on this item until the Council receives another staff presentation on traffic calming [] Motion strategies. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 97-86 and [ ] Discussion direct staff to implement a traffic calming plan along Haskell Canyon Road from Grove Park Drive to Copper Hill Drive to [ ] Vote include a center two-way left -turn lane, a striped bike lane on each side of the street, and an eight -foot painted 'island to separate traffic lanes from the bike lanes. Minor improvements at the corner of Haskell Canyon Road/Grove Park Drive will also be implemented, if necessary, to accommodate the stopping of school buses in Fall, 1997. [ ] Staff 5. CENTRAL CITY SPECIFIC PLAN AND EIR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND CONTRACT [ ] Speakers FOR SERVICES - Memorandum of Understanding among the City, the Castaic Lake Water Agency (CLWA), and the Valencia Il Motion Company for the preparation of a specific plan and Environmental Impact Report (EIR.) for a 1,325 acre irregularly [ ] Discussion shaped piece of land on the north side of Soledad Canyon Road, and the easterly side of Bouquet Canyon Road. [ ] Vote RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive report and authorize the City Manager to execute both the Central City Specific Plan and EIR MOU, subject to approval by the City Attorney's office and the contract for services with The Planning Center. [ l Staff 6. WILEY CANYON ROAD REALIGNMENT - PROJECT NO. 52020 - ROADWAY ALIGNMENT APPROVAL - The [ ] Speakers realignment of Wiley Canyon Road from Lyons Avenue to Calgrove Boulevard has been identified in the City's General [ ] Motion Plan. The City developed three interim roadway alignment alternatives and presented them to the public in three public [ ] Discussion meetings, as well as to the City Council during a bus tour on July 14, 1997. After evaluating all three alternatives from the [ ] Vote standpoint of good engineering principles and comments from the public and City Council, staff is recommending roadway alignment Alternative No. 2, which has been revised to include extending the project limits to Fourl Road. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Roadway Alignment Alternative No. 2 for the Wiley Canyon Road Realignment, Project No. 52020; and appropriate $175,000 from TDA Article 8 fund balance to Account No. 52020204-8001 and $275,000 from General fund balance to Account No. 52020201-8001, for a total increase of $450,000. [ ] Staff 7. FISCAL YEAR 1996-97 TO 1997-98 CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS - RESOLUTION NO. 97-105 and 97-106 [ ] Speakers Each year after the budget is adopted, and as part of the year-end process, the City of Santa Clarita takes the opportunity to review [ ] Motion its prior year appropriations to determine if funds should be continued into the new fiscal year. Continuing appropriations [ ] Discussion represent necessary funds authorized in the 1996-97 fiscal year that were not expended, but are still required to complete projects [ ] Vote authorized by City Council. This includes funds for operational as well as capital projects not yet completed. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 97-105, continuing appropriated funds from Fiscal Year 1996-97 to Fiscal Year 1997-98 and making- appropriations for the amount budgeted and adopt Resolution No. 97-106, making changes to the salary resolution. NEW BUSINESS [ ] Staff 8. PROPOSED FALSE ALARM PROGRAM - ORDINANCE NO. 97-15 - In June of 1996, the Council adopted the MSI Fee [ ] Speakers Study. Within the MSI study were a number of areas which showed that the City was providing several user specific services [ ] Motion with no cost recovery fees in place. One of those services was responding to false burglary and robbery alarms at businesses [ ] Discussion and homes. The MSI study showed that the Sheriffs Department responded to approximately 5,500 false alarms a year, at an [ ] Vote annual cost of approximately $590,000. The City Council directed staff to pursue a false alarm program proposal fortheir review. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Waive further reading, introduce Ordinance No. 97-15 and pass to second reading. [ ] Staff 9. LOBBYIST REGISTRATION - In recent months, concern has been expressed that some individuals lobbying City Council [ ] Speakers members and providing testimony before the Council are not fully disclosing that they are representing or speaking on behalf of [ ] Motion other individuals, groups or organizations. Councilmember Majic requests that the Council consider establishment of a lobbyist [ ] Discussion registration requirement for those persons representing others in their communications with members of the City Council, [ ] Vote Commission members and City staff. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discuss and provide direction to staff. [ ] Staff 10. TERM LIMITS: BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS - The City Council appoints members to the Planning Commission and [ ] Speakers Parks and Recreation Commission with members serving four year staggered terms. Each Councilmember nominates an [ ] Motion individual to serve on each commission, with the nominee subject to approval and appointment by the entire Council. Concern has [ ] Discussion been expressed that by limiting the terms of commissioners, the City may lose knowledgeable resources and institutional memory. [ ] Vote RECOMMENDED 'ACTION: Introduce Ordinance No. 97-14, waive further reading and pass to second reading. COMMITTEE REPORTS (Council) STAFF COMMENTS COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS CLOSED SESSION ADJOURNMENT 6 CERTIFICATION I, Sharon L. Dawson City Clerk do hereby certify that I am the duly appointed and qualified City Clerk for the City of Santa Clarita and that on 1997 , between the hours of 9 o'clock a.m. and 5 o'clock p.m., the foregoi g agenda was posted at City Hall and the Santa Clarita Sheriffs Station. Sharon L. Dawson, CMC City Clerk Santa Clarita, California