HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-09-06 - AGENDAS - JOINT STUDY SESSION (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
City Council / Planning Commission/
Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission
Joint Study Session*
5:30 P.M.
Tuesday, September 6, 2005
Century Room, 1st Floor, City Hall
23920 Valencia Blvd.
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
AGENDA
*Study Sessions are for the purpose of allowing the City Council. Planning commission
and sta to informally discuss and better understand major issues currently before the
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
FLAG SALUTE
ITEM 1 FORMATION OF A CITY-WIDE OPEN SPACE AND PARKLAND
PRESERVATION DISTRICT — The Santa Clarita Community expressed its
desire to find a way to purchase and preserve open space and construct new
and rehabilitate existing parks, as well as provide for their stewardship. This
was documented in the City's strategic plan called the "Big Picture" and the
Parks Recreation and Community Services Commissions' 2005 Priorities, as
well as the City's Open Space Plan. Staff will report on the steps it has taken
thus far and provide information on what those steps mean toward the
formation of a Preservation District.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive presentation and review information
on the steps taken toward the formation of a Open Space and Parkland
Preservation District.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
ITEM 2 UPCOMING UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE (UDC) AMENDMENTS —
Planning staff will be making a presentation on three special code studies
which will be included as part of the upcoming amendments to the UDC. All of
the amendments include provisions for overlay zoning, one for mixed use, one
for ridgeline protection and the other for auto uses. Two of the items, mixed
use and auto uses, have been presented to the Planning Commission at a
previous study session. H6wever, this would be an introduction to the City
Council on all three items. All of these items would be part of the annual UDC
amendments which are scheduled to be brought to the Planning Commission
in October 2005.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive presentation and review the upcoming
Unified Development Code Amendments.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
ADJOURNMENT
In compliance with the Americana with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting,
please contact the City Clerk's Office, (661) 255.4391. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the
Citv to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28CFR 35.102.104 ADA Title II)
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 1, 2005, between the hours of
9 a.m. and 5 p.m., the foregoing agenda was posted at City Hall and the Santa Clarita Sheriffs
Station.
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aron L. Dawson, CM
City Clerk
Santa Clarita, California
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