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Home My WebLink About2005-03-08 - AGENDAS - REGULAR MTG (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, March 08, 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. hi 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 COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS AWARDSIRECOGNITION TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY Tom Haner and Joe Hiltner - Waste Management Award PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY Visions in Progress - Youth Advisory Committee - update on the letters regarding the City's Curfew Ordinance John Melvin, CEO, California Department of Forestry presentation of $50,000 Proposition 12 Check 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 - February 22, 2005 special and regular City Council meetings CONSENT CALENDAR 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. 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. CONTINUATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY - 14 -day ratification of resolution proclaiming existence of a local emergency. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and ratify existing Resolution proclaiming existence of a local emergency. 3. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF OAK TREE AMENDMENT - In February of 2004, staff was directed by the City Council and the Planning Commission to revise the existing Oak Tree ordinance as it applies to residential property. Ordinance revisions cover pruning, encroachment, and removal of oak trees on properties that are occupied by a single family home. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Conduct second reading and adopt an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 17.17.090 OF TITLE 17, OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING OAK TREE PRESERVATION." 4. TRACT MAP NO. 42670 (CENTRE POINTE BUSINESS PARD - APPROVAL OF FINAL MAP AND ACCEPTANCE OF OFFERS OF DEDICATION - Tract Map No. 42670 is the tenth and final phase of Tentative Tract Map No. 42670, which was granted approval by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on August 16, 1983. This phase, consisting of approximately 13.44 acres, is located south of Golden Triangle Road, between Golden Valley Road and the aqueduct, and is owned by Spirit Properties, Ltd., a California Corporation. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Tract Map No. 42670 (Centre Pointe Business Park); accept on behalf of the public the offers of dedication; make certain findings; instruct the City Treasurer to endorse the Special Assessment Certificate; instruct the City Clerk to endorse the Certificate; and instruct the City Engineer to endorse the City Engineer's Statement. 5. TRACT MAP NO. 49621-01 (STETSON RANCH, FORMERLY CALLED WES THOMPSON RANCH) - APPROVAL OF FINAL MAP AND ACCEPTANCE OF OFFERS OF DEDICATION - Approval of Tract Map No. 49621-01 (Stetson Ranch, formerly called Wes Thompson Ranch) consisting of approximately 16.95 acres, at the east of Sand Canyon Road and at the northern terminus of Gary and Marilyn Drives, which are located in the American Beauty Homes, and owned by Thompson Ranch Joint Development,Limited Liability Company. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Tract Map No. 49621-01 (Stetson Ranch, formerly called Wes Thompson Ranch); accept on behalf of the public the offers of dedication, rights and easements; make certain findings; instruct the City Treasurer to endorse the Special Assessment Certificate; instruct the City Clerk to endorse the Certificate; and instruct the City Engineer to endorse the Agreement for Subdivision Improvements. 0 6. TRACT MAP NO. 54349 (CONDOMINIUMS, SONRISA DEVELOPMENT) - APPROVAL OF FINAL MAP AND ACCEPTANCE OF OFFERS OF DEDICATION - Approval of Tract Map No. 54349 (Condominiums, Sonrisa Development) consisting of approximately 5.87 acres, at the intersection of Urbandale Avenue and Bouquet Canyon Road along the northside of Bouquet Canyon Road, owned by WK Sonrisa 35, Limited Liability Company. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Tract Map No. 54349; accept on behalf of the public the offers of dedication for public use and road purposes; make certain findings; instruct the City Treasurer to endorse the Special Assessment Certificate on the face of the Tract Map; instruct the City Clerk to endorse the Certificate on the face of the Tract Map; and instruct the City Engineer to endorse the Agreement for Subdivision Improvements. 7. AWARD A CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF FOUR LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLES - Award a contract for the purchase of four light-duty vehicles to Raceway Ford. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Find the bid of H.W. Hunter, Inc. as non-responsive, and award a contract to Raceway Ford for the purchase of four light-duty vehicles for an amount not to exceed $72,560.34 from account number 2260-8615. 8. CONTRACT LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICE COSTS - Consideration of possible change to Sheriff cost allocation. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a resolution requesting the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to undertake a fair and non -arbitrary audit of the Sheriffs costs charged to the taxpayers of the contract cities. 9. CHECK REGISTER NOS. 07 AND 08 - 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. ADJOURNMENT FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, March 22, 2005 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 March 3, 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. Sharon L. Dawson, CMC City Clerk Santa Clarita, California