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Home My WebLink About2004-09-14 - AGENDAS - REGULAR MTG (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, September 14, 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 - McLean CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL FLAG SALUTE COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS AWARDS/RECOGNITION TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY Youth in Government Participants PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY L.A. County Public Health - West Nile Virus 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. APPROVAL OF MINUTES August 24, 2004 - special and regular City Council meetings CONSENT CALENDAR 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. 2. PROPOSITION 12 GRANT RESOLUTION - The City received a $50,000 Proposition 12 Watershed, Wildlife and Parks Improvement Bond Act of 2000 Grant. The Resolution will certify approval of this application to receive the funds. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the 2004/2005 Proposition 12 Grant in the amount of $50,000 and authorize City Manager or designee, to execute any contracts, change orders, or amendments arising out of this program, subject to City Attorney approval; adopt a resolution authorizing funds; increase estimated revenues in the account 453-5116 for $50,000; appropriate $50,000 to account number 5611-8001. 3. AGREEMENTS WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND NEWHALL LAND FOR THE DESIGN OF MAGIC MOUNTAIN PARKWAYANTERSTATE 5 PHASE II, PROJECT NO. 51002 - The design of the Magic Mountain Parkway/Interstate 5 Phase II project is being designed by Newhall Land with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the City providing design oversight. Caltrans requires that the City execute a design Cooperative Agreement for this project. Also, the City is requiring Newhall Land to execute a Consent and Assumption Agreement with the City. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the design Cooperative Agreement with the California Department of Transportation and the Consent and Assumption Agreement with Newhall Land for the Magic Mountain Parkway/Interstate 5 Phase II, Project No. S 1002; and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute the Agreements, subject to City Attorney approval. 4. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON UTILITY EASEMENT FOR THE BOUQUET CANYON BRIDGE WIDENING, PROJECT NO. 51035 - Utility easement deed to Southern California Edison on City owned property (APN No. 2811-066-905) for the Bouquet Canyon Bridge Widening project. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a utility easement with Southern California Edison for the Bouquet Canyon Bridge Widening, Project No. S 1035, subject to City Attorney approval. 5. ANNEXATION OF TERRITORIES INTO SANTA CLARITA STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1 AS: ANNEXATION NO. 2004-L66, GOLDEN VALLEY RANCH (RESIDENTIAL) AND ANNEXATION NO. 2004-L67, GOLDEN VALLEY RANCH (COMMERCIAL) - The City is proposing to initiate proceedings to annex these territories into Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt two resolutions to initiate annexation proceedings for Annexation Nos. 2004-L66 and 2004-L67 into Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1; approve the respective Engineer's Reports; declare the City's intention to annex the territories; and set the public hearing for September 14, 2004. El 6. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR CREATIVE HOMELESS SERVICES IN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA -On April 27, 2004, the City Council directed staff to prepare a Request for Proposal (RFP) for grant money to an organization to recommend and administer a creative homeless services program model which can manage the care of the homeless population in the City of Santa Clarita. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Request for Proposal (RFP) in the amount of $36,000 and authorize the City Manager to advertise for proposals and return to Council once the proposal evaluation process is complete. Authorize the transfer of $36,000 from City Council Contingency Account 2250-7401 to account 3110-8001 to provide funding to the successful proposer for homeless services. 7. RESOLUTION TO SUBMIT APPLICATION FOR STATE HOME FUNDING FOR FIRSTHOME, THE CITY'S FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER PROGRAM - For the last two years, the City has successfully operated a down payment program for low- and moderate -income first-time homebuyers, called FirstHOME. A City Council resolution is required to apply for new State HOME funds to continue the program. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt resolution supporting the City's application for HOME funds in the amount of $600,000, and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute any contracts, change orders, or amendments arising out of this program, subject to City Attorney approval. 8. CHECK REGISTER NOS. 32, 33, AND 34 -Approval of the Check Registers. RECOMMENDED ACTION - Adopt a resolution to approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Registers 32, 33, and 34. 5 PUBLIC HEARINGS 9. ANNEXATION OF TERRITORIES AND THE LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS FOR SANTA CLARITA STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1 AS: ANNEXATION NO. 2004-1,66, GOLDEN VALLEY RANCH (RESIDENTIAL) AND ANNEXATION NO. 2004-L67, GOLDEN VALLEY RANCH (COMMERCIAL) - Public hearing on the approval of the annexation of territories and the levy of assessments for Santa Clarita Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Conduct a public hearing and adopt two resolutions to approve the annexation of territories and the levy of assessments for Santa Clarita Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1 for Annexation Nos. 2004-L66 and 2004-L67. NEW BUSINESS 10. CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE - Consideration of an ad-hoc committee of the City Council for the preparation of the Downtown Newhall Specific Plan. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Create an ad-hoc committee of the City Council for the purpose of consideration of issues relating to the preparation of the Downtown Newhall Specific Plan. ADJOURNMENT v FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 1st 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 September 9, 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. Sharon L. Dawson, CMC City Clerk Santa Clarita, California