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Home My WebLink About1998-04-07 - AGENDAS - SPECIAL (4)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING April 7, 1998 7:00 p.m. City Council Chambers 23920 Valencia Blvd. 1" Floor Santa Clarita, CA 91355 W"DI tW 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. 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 (3) minutes. STAFF COMMENTS (Matters of Public Participation) INVOCATION 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 March 24, 1998 AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY 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. 1. READING OF ORDINANCE TITLES — Government Code Section 36934 requires that all ordinances be read in full prior to Council taking action on the ordinance. By listing the ordinance title on the Council meeting agenda, Council may determine that the title has been read. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Determine that the titles to all ordinances which appear on this public agenda have been read and waive further reading. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 2. MASTER CASE 97-124 (DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT 97-001' FOR TRACT 42670), TO ALLOW THE CITY TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO CONSTRUCT OFF SITE IMPROVEMENTS IN EXCHANGE FOR A FIFTEEN YEAR APPROVAL TERM AND FEE CREDITS — The project is located south of Soledad Canyon Road and westerly of Ruethea Avenue in the Canyon Country community. The applicant is the Santa Clarita Business Park Company; Mr. Larry Rasmussen. At the meeting of March 24, 1998, the City Council waived further reading and introduced Ordinance No. 98-12. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Ordinance No. 98-12 entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE SANTA CLARITA BUSINESS PARK COMPANY TO ALLOW FOR VESTED APPROVAL OF FEE CREDITS AND COST SAVINGS FOR FUTURE ROAD CONSTRUCTION, A FIFTEEN YEAR BUILD OUT LIMIT, AND THE DEDICATION AND SALE OF LAND TO THE CITY FOR THE 220 ACRES OF SUCH PROPERTY PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AS TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 42670, LOCATED SOUTH OF SOLEDAD CANYON ROAD, EAST OF PORTA BELLA AND REDVIEW DRIVE, AND WEST OF THE EXISTING GOLDEN VALLEY ROAD. 3. CDBG PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA — At the March 24, 1998 City Council meeting, the Council adopted the 1998-99 Annual Plan with fund utilization Option 3A. Additionally, the Council directed staff to bring back to their April 7, 1998 meeting, criteria on selecting CDBG projects. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt staffs recommendation on CDBG project/service selection criteria, and fund the Child and Family Development Center an annual $50,000 for capital development of a new facility and land acquisition for five years. 4. CDBG SECTION 108 LOAN AND ITS MONETARY IMPACT TO WEST NEWHALL — At the March 24, 1998 City Council meeting, staff presented four (4) funding utilization options for the 1998-99 Action Plan. The Council chose -to adopt Option 3A for the Action Plan. This option directs staff to pursue a Section 108 CDBG loan in the amount of $2.3 million for capital projects in West Newhall, fully fund the Handyworker program, and fund CDBG grantees at their 1997-98 levels. RECOMMENDED ACTION. Receive and file. 5. A REVIEW AND DIRECTED COURSE OF ACTION REGARDING THE CITY'S CONCERNS PERTAINING TO THE NEWHALL RANCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT LOCATED IN UNINCORPORATED LOS ANGELES COUNTY WEST OF INTERSTATE 5 — A review and discussion of a potential course of action for the City regarding the Newhall Ranch project. Newhall Ranch is currently under. review by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. In order to allow time for the Board of Supervisors to review the City's concerns, a letter regarding such concerns needs to be forwarded to Los Angeles County planning staff by April 10, 1998. Discussion and action regarding a potential new Council position on the Newhall Ranch project is necessary prior to forwarding materials to the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Division. RECOMMENDED ACTION. Adopt EIR alternative 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 as the City's preferred alternative to the proposed Newhall Ranch project; review and accept the proposed new strategy; and direct staff to draft a letter for Mayor Heidt's signature to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors regarding the City Council's position. COMMITTEE REPORTS (Council) STAFF COMMENTS COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS CLOSED SESSION Conference with legal counsel — Existing Litigation — Government Code Section 54956.9(a) — Santa Clarita Organization for Planning the Environment (SCOPE) and the Sierra Club v. City of Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No. BSO49044. Conference with legal counsel — Anticipated Litigation — Government Code Section 54956.9(c.) — one matter. ADJOURNMENT n 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 April 2. 1998, between the hours of 9 o'clock a.m. and 5 o'clock p.m., the foregoing agenda was posted at City Hall and the Santa Clarita Sheriffs Station. -SCF-°`-a�`^"" � �t.�'¢�✓ Sharon L. Dawson, CMC City Clerk Santa Clarita, California