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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-09-27 - AGENDAS - REGULAR (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, September 27, 2005 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) 255-4391. 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 Il) INVOCATION - Weste CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL FLAG SALUTE COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS AWARDS/RECOGNITION TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY Diversity Month Speakers, from the Museum of Tolerance, a holocaust survivor and a person who was in the Little Rock Nine. Presentation by Councilmember Marsha McLean to Karen Pearson for her service to the community. PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY None 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 September 13, 2005 - special and regular City Council meetings CKeWi•� �1►I 94AA 11 Biel Bill N All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion by the City Council. The items are not individually discussed by the City Council unless a request is made by a member of the public or the Council, in which case, the item(s) will be removed from the Consent Calendar and will be considered separately. 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. COUNCILMEMBER COMPENSATION - Consideration of an ordinance amending the municipal code regarding City Council salaries. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 2.04.048 OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING CITY COUNCIL SALARIES." 3 3. HABITAT CONSERVATION FUND GRANT APPLICATION RESOLUTION - The grant application is a joint effort with the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, California Department of Fish and Game, Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife Conservation Board, The Nature Conservancy and the Missing Linkages Project. This grant would help purchase and conserve up to five contiguous parcels totaling 43.15 acres within the upper Santa Clara River and thereby help protect five federally listed species. The application will be for $195,000, matching a Section 6 grant that has been received by the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority for $185,000 from the Federal government. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a Resolution approving the Habitat Conservation Fund Grant application; authorize the City Manager, or designee, to sign all documents required to file the application and receive the grant, if awarded, subject to the approval of the City Attorney; direct the City Manager or designee to appropriate, upon grant award and execution of agreements, in the amount not to exceed $195,000 to be reimbursed by the State of California, into revenue account number 453-5177 and expenditure account 1298-8001; the appropriation would occur only if the grant has been awarded and the City Manager (or designee) has approved and signed all required agreements with the granting agency. 4. AGREEMENT REGARDING ACQUISITION OF OFF-SITE PROPERTY - Developer conditioned road improvements require acquisition of right-of-way for public use. Bouquet Junction intersection improvements are part of the final project's Conditions of Approval for Tract No. 51931, North Valencia R. Certain interests necessary for the widening of Bouquet Canyon Road and Soledad Canyon Road/Valencia Boulevard are located off-site of the conditioned project. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute the agreement regarding acquisition of off-site property, subject to City Attorney approval. 4 5. TRACT MAP NOS. 52414-02 AND 52414-03 (PHASES OF RESIDENTIAL AREA, GOLDEN VALLEY RANCH) - APPROVAL OF FINAL MAPS AND ACCEPTANCE OF OFFERS OF DEDICATION - Tract Map No. 52414-02 consisting of approximately 54.3 acres is located east of State Route 14 at Golden Valley Road and Via Princessa. Tract Map No. 52414-03 consisting of approximately 51.1 acres is located east of State Route 14 on the east side of Via Princessa approximately 300 feet south of Golden Valley Road. The property contained by both tract maps is owned by PacSun, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Tract Map Nos. 52414-02 and 52414-03; accept on behalf of the public the offers of dedication; make certain findings; instruct the City Treasurer to endorse the Special Assessment Certificate on the face of the tract maps; instruct the City Clerk to endorse the Certificate on the face of the tract maps; and instruct the City Engineer to endorse the Agreement for Subdivision Improvements described on the tract maps. 6. AMENDMENT TO CITY'S COMPENSATION PLAN AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE - As a result of hiring consultant Hayhurst & Associates to conduct a comprehensive classification and compensation analysis, changes to the position classification plan are recommended. Further, the Political Reform Act requires every local government agency to review 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, based on the changes to the classification plan. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a resolution amending the Position Classification Plan and a resolution amending the Conflict of Interest Code. 7. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS STORM DRAIN PROJECT COMPLETION - Consideration of a contract to create a sewer network layer containing pipe and manhole information for sewer lines within the City. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Award contract to Applied Geodetics for $63,000. Adequate funds have been appropriated by the City Council through the FY 2005/06 budget process and are available in account no. 2314-8001. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 8. AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF SEVEN LIGHT-DUTY TRUCKS - The City Council approved the purchase of seven light duty trucks in the fiscal year 2005/2006 budget. Purchasing publicly solicited bids for vehicles from local dealers as well as three dozen others. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Award a contract to Lake Chevrolet for the purchase of seven light-duty trucks, for an amount not to exceed $145,551.87, from account numbers 2260-8615, 2310-8615, 5711-8615, and 7456-8615 and authorize the transfer of funds in the amount of $12,371 from account number 7411-7011 and in the amount of $11,248 from account number 7456-8110 into 7481-8615. 9. OPEN SPACE & PARKLAND PRESERVATION DISTRICT BALLOTING PROCEDURES - Adoption of the balloting procedures to be used for the creation of the proposed Open Space & Parkland Preservation District. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the balloting procedures in connection with the proposed formation of the Open Space and Parkland Preservation District, and adopt the resolution. 10. CHECK REGISTER NOS. 36 AND 37 - Approval of the Check Registers. RECOMMENDED ACTION - Adopt a resolution to approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Registers 36 and 37. 0 PUBLIC HEARINGS 11. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS BY THE CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE COMMUNITIES DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR CHILD & FAMILY CENTER - Per the Internal Revenue Code, CSDA requires the City's approval for the issuance of tax-exempt bonds on behalf of the nonprofit, Child & Family Center. The City will not be under any obligation to repay the Bond Indebtedness. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Conduct a public hearing and adopt a resolution approving the issuance of bonds by the California Statewide Communities Development Authority for the Child & Family Center. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 12. FOLLOW-UP FOR CITY RELIEF EFFORTS FOR HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUEES - Consideration of allocating funds in the amount of $66,000 for Habitat for Humanity to build a residence for a homeless Hurricane Katrina family. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and authorize City Manager or designee to allocate funds from Council Contingency Fund in the amount of $66,000, for Habitat for Humanity, to build a residence for a homeless Hurricane Katrina family; direct staff to transfer funds from Account Number 2250-7401 to Account Number 1210-8001 for this Habitat for Humanity donation. ADJOURNMENT 7 FUTURE MEETINGS A City Council Study Session will be held Tuesday, October 4, 2005 at 5:30 p.m. in the Century Room, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita CA. The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, October 11, 2005 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 September 22, 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. W --A" 2-?, Sharon L. Dawson, CMC City Clerk Santa Clarita, California