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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-03-22 - AGENDAS - REGULAR MTG (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, March 22, 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) 255-4291. 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 - Weste CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL FLAG SALUTE COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS AWARDS/RECOGNITION TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) from Hart High School 2004 Waste Reduction Award Program (WRAP) Winners PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY David R. Solow, Southern CA Regional Rail Authority CEO - Response to Metrolink Accident 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 March 8, 2004 - 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. 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. TERMINATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY - Termination of resolution proclaiming existence of a local emergency. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Resolution proclaiming the termination of a local emergency. 3. OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY (OTS) SEAT BELT COMPLIANCE GRANT - The City of Santa Clarita and the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriffs Station have been awarded a grant for $23,625 from the State of California, Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), to implement the California Seat Belt Compliance Campaign (CSBCC). RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept OTS Seat Belt Compliance Grant. Increase estimated revenues in Account Number 453-5173 by $23,625. Increase estimated expenditures in Account Number 7448-8001 (Contractual Services) by $23,625. Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute any contract documents, change orders, or amendments arising out of this program, subject to City Attorney approval. 4. SANTA CLARA RIVER ACQUISITION OF 58.08 ACRES IN CANYON COUNTRY APN NOS. 2840-001-116,117, AND 119 - On February 28, 2005, the City entered into negotiations to purchase 58.08 acres of unimproved land located in Canyon Country. Comprised of three parcels, bordered on the north by State Route 14 (SR -14), the property is directly east of and adjacent to the existing City boundary. The proposed acquisition will assist in implementing the preservation of the Santa Clara River. Due to its proximity to SR -14, a portion of the property may be acknowledged as having future investment and development potential. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Appropriate $160,000.00 from the City Council's Contingency, Account No. 2250-7401; appropriate $1,000,000.00 from the Capital Projects Reserve, Account No. 2250-7408 for acquisition costs, including the title insurance policy in the amount of $2,964.00; and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents to complete the acquisition of 58.08 acres in Canyon Country (Assessor Parcel Nos. 2840-001-116, 117, and 119), subject to City Attorney approval. 5. QUITCLAIM OF SLOPE EASEMENT FOR LYONS AVENUE AT SUMMERHILL VILLA - In 1967, as part of the road dedication along a portion of Lyons Avenue, an easement for slope purposes was dedicated to the County of Los Angeles. This slope easement is no longer needed and is a condition of the Summerhill Villa Development to vacate this easement. The slope easement is no longer needed and is being quitclaimed to the current owner of record. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a resolution to quitclaim the slope easement that is no longer needed; direct the City Clerk to record the certified original resolution in the office of the Registrar -Recorder of the County of Los Angeles; and authorize the City Engineer to execute the quitclaim document relating to this item. 6. TRACT MAP NO. 47786 - APPROVAL OF FINAL MAP AND ACCEPTANCE OF OFFERS OF DEDICATION - Consideration of tract map consisting of 21 single family residential lots on approximately 25.19 acres, located at the intersection of Sand Canyon Road and Mandalay Road. RECOMMENDED ACTION:: Approve Tract Map No. 47786 (Single Family Residences, William Cloyd Development); 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. 7. RECORDS MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PROGRAM - Approval of a records management sotware program to support management's compliance obligations and better manage infonnation assets while reducing costs and liability, and allow more control over information. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve contract with OmniRIM Solutions Inc., for a records management software program; and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute contract in an amount not to exceed $65,000.00, subject to City Attorney approval. 8. AWARD CONTRACT FOR QUARTERLY SEASONS BROCHURE - Award contract for design, publishing, and distribution of Parks, Recreation and Community Services Quarterly Seasons Brochure. RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Award the contract to Creel Printing Company of California, Inc. for the printing and distribution of "Seasons" in the amount of $74,876.00. Costs are per year for an initial term of one year, plus up to three additional one-year terms. 2) Authorize City Manager or designee to execute all contract documents, including the authority to approve three additional one-year extensions, subject to City Attorney approval. 9. CHECK REGISTER NOS. 09 AND 10 -Approval of the Check Registers. RECOMMENDED ACTION - Adopt a resolution to approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Registers 09 and 10. PUBLIC HEARINGS 10. RIVERPARK PROJECT - A request by Newhall Land to develop 695.4 acres in the center of the City located at the terminus of Newhall Ranch Road, east of Bouquet Canyon Road between the Castaic Lake Water Agency property and the Santa Clara River, north of Soledad Canyon Road. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive the staff report; receive public testimony; close the public hearing and provide direction and feedback to staff on whether the additional information provided by staff, including the project revisions, sufficiently address the Council's concerns; and if the City Council determines that their concerns have been addressed, direct staff to prepare the final responses to comments and return to the April 12, 2005, City Council meeting with the project approval resolution, zone change ordiinance, CEQA resolution (including the Findings of Fact and the Statement of Overriding Considerations) and the Riverpark Final EIR April 2005, approving the project as revised by the City Council. ll NEW BUSINESS 11. CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENT WITH THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT FOR THE CITY TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND MAINTENANCE OF PEPPER TREES WITHIN THE MWD RIGHT-OF-WAY - Direct the City Manager to work with the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) for the City to accept responsibility for and maintenance of a line of pepper trees that reside within the right-of-way. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager to consider and execute an agreement with the Metropolitan Water District (MWD), subject to City Attorney approval, for the City to accept responsibility for and maintenance of a line of pepper trees located within the MWD right-of-way that runs parallel to Alderbrook Drive in Newhall. ADJOURNMENT FUTURE MEETINGS A City Council Study Session will be held Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at 5:30 p.m. in the Century Room, 1 st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia., Santa Clarita CA. The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, April 12, 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 March 17, 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