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Home My WebLink About2004-03-09 - AGENDAS - REGULAR MTG (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, March 09, 2004 6:00 PM City Council Chambers 23920 Valencia Blvd. 1st Floor Santa Clarita, CA 91355 AGENDA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY — No New Business PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY — No New Business City Clerk Announcement During the Public Participation portion of the meeting, each person wishing to speak should prepare a presentation of not more than three (3) minutes. Public Participation speaker's slips must be submitted to the City Clerk BEFORE this portion of the meeting begins. 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 Mayor announces the item. Each person addressing the Council is given three (3) minutes to speak indicated by a colored light system on the Council dais; a green light appears when the speaker begins; a yellow light appears when 30 seconds remain and a red light appears when time has expired. Comments should be complete at this time. 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) 255-4291. 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) INVOCATION - Smyth CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL FLAG SALUTE COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS COMMITTEE REPORTS (Council) AWARDS/RECOGNITION TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY Recognition of Sheriff Deputies involved with a bank robbery PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation/Pardee Homes presentation to benefit Emergency Services PUBLIC PARTICIPATION This time has been set aside for the public to address the City Council on items that are NOT on the agenda. Council will not act upon those items at this meeting other than to review and return without action or provide direction to staff. ALL speakers must submit a speaker's slip to the City Clerk prior to this portion of the meeting and prepare a presentation not to exceed three (3) minutes. The number of people wishing to speak will divide the thirty minutes allowed for public input, maximum time allowed per person will be three (3) minutes. STAFF COMMENTS (Matters of Public Participation) 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. APPROVAL OF AGENDA - Mayor to inquire whether there are any changes to the Agenda or if any member of the Council or the public would like to pull for discussion, any item on the Consent Calendar. 2 APPROVAL OF MINUTES February 24, 2004 - special and regular City Council meetings CONSENT CALENDAR 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. 2. CITY TO RECEIVE DONATION FROM WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY FOUNDATION AND PARDEE HOMES FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE EQUIPMENT - The Weyerhaeuser Foundation and Pardee Homes has committed to donate these funds to the City of Santa Clarita for emergency support resulting from the recent Southern California fires. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the combined donation of $20,000 to be appropriated to account number 7431-7312 and increase estimated revenues in account number 001-6714. 3. ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY INTO SANTA CLARITA STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1 AS ANNEXATION NO. 2003-L57,17873 SIERRA HIGHWAY - Annexing territory for Assessor Parcel No. 2839-018-002, located at 17873 Sierra Highway, into Santa Clarita Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1 as Annexation No. 2003-L57. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a resolution to initiate annexation proceedings for Annexation No. 2003-L57 into Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1; approve the Engineer's Report; declare the City's intention to annex the territory; and set the public hearing for March 9, 2004. 4. RUBBERIZED ASPHALT CONCRETE GRANT PROGRAM - The State of California is currently accepting applications to fund the construction of capital projects that promote reducing the number of waste tires going into landfills for disposal and eliminating the stockpiling of waste tires. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the proposed Fiscal Year 2003/2004 and Fiscal Year 2004/205 Rubberized Asphalt Concrete Grant projects, a part of the Annual Street Overlay Program, and direct staff to submit the completed grant applications to the California Integrated Waste Management Board. 5. TRANSIT MIXED CONCRETE (TMC) BUDGET - Request to appropriate additional funding for the TMC opposition strategy to last to the end of Fiscal Year 03-04 and to execute a new professional services agreement for environmental services. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize a transfer in the amount of $50,000 from the TMC Reserve (Account #2250-7402) and appropriate an additional $241,371 from the Council Contingency Fund (Account #2250-7401) into the TMC operating account (Account #3110-8110 Project 06.00) for a total appropriation of $291,371; authorize the City Manager, or designee to execute a new professional services agreement with Willdan Associates, for environmental services related to the TMC project, for an amount not to exceed $50,000, subject to City Attorney approval. 6. TAX SHARING RESOLUTION FOR SANITATION DISTRICT ANNEXATION NO. 337 AND NO. 339 - Los Angeles County Sanitation District No. 26 and No. 32 provide wastewater treatment services cooperatively through the Santa Clarita Valley Joint Sewerage System. To provide wastewater treatment service to property located outside of the District's service area, the boundary must be expanded through the annexation process. As part of this process, a tax -sharing resolution to provide the required funding to the Sanitation District is adopted by the public agency responsible for providing services to the subject property. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt two resolutions approving and accepting the negotiated exchange of property tax revenues resulting from Sanitation District Annexation No. 337 and No. 339. 7. STATE LEGISLATION: WORKERS' COMPENSATION REFORM - The California Workers' Compensation System is failing to meet the needs of injured workers and costing California business significantly in terms of increased premiums and fraudulent claims. The California Legislature must enact substantial and meaningful workers' compensation reform legislation during 2004. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt resolution urging the California Legislature and Governor Schwarzenegger to enact comprehensive workers' compensation reform legislation during 2004. Copies of the resolution shall be transmitted to Santa Clarita's state legislative delegation, Governor Schwarzenegger, appropriate legislative committees and the League of California Cities. 8. AMENDMENT TO CITY'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE - The Political Reform Act requires every local government agency to reviw its conflict of interest code biennially or as needed to determine if it is accurate or if the code should be amended. Staff has determined that the list of designated employees as Exhibit "B" needs to be amended. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a resolution amending the Conflict of Interest Code. 9. CHECK REGISTER NOS. 03 AND 04 - Approval of the Check Registers. RECOMMENDED ACTION - Adopt a resolution to approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Registers 07 and 08. PUBLIC HEARINGS 10. APPROVAL OF THE ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY AND THE LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS FOR SANTA CLARITA STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1 - Public hearing on the approval of the annexation of territory and the levy of assessments for Santa Clarita Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1 as Annexation No. 2003-1,57, 17873 Sierra Highway. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Conduct a public hearing and adopt a resolution to approve the annexation of territory and the levy of assessments for Santa Clarita Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1 as Annexation No. 2003-1,57, 17873 Sierra Highway. F ADJOURNMENT FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 1 st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. 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 March 4, 2004, 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. t Sharon L. Dawson, CMC City Clerk Santa Clarita, California 0