HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-05-24 - AGENDAS - REGULAR MTG (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
6:00 PM
City Council Chambers
23920 Valencia Blvd. 1st Floor
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY — No New Business
PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY — No New Business
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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.
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INVOCATION - Smyth
CALL TO ORDER
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COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
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PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY
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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
May 10, 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. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE
CONTRACT BETWEEN CALPERS AND THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA - Public
Employee's Retirement Law permits the participation of public agencies and employees in
the Public Employee's Retirement System by execution of contract. This amendment would
provide survivor benefits beyond the basic death benefit currently in effect.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARrfA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION, CALIFORNIA
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA."
3. RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE NORTH COUNTY COMBINED HIGHWAY
CORRIDORS STUDY - The North County Combined Highway Corridors Study provides
input for future updates of the Short Range, Long Range, and Regional Transportation Plans,
and will enable the City to submit technically supportable grant applications in future
Call -for -Projects.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a resolution supporting the North County Combined
Highway Corridors Study, a multi -modal transportation plan for the northern portion of Los
Angeles County, addressing both short-term (2010) and long-term (2025) requirements on
Interstate 5, State Route 14, and State Route 138.
4. ACQUISITION OF 6.92 ACRES OF VACANT LAND LOCATED AT THE
TERMINUS OF DOCKWEILER DRIVE - ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NO. 2833-012-019
- Acquisition of 6.92 acres of unimproved real property located at the western terminus of
existing Dockweiler Drive.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all
required documents to complete the acquisition of 6.92 acres of unimproved real property
located at the terminus of Dockweiler Drive (APN 2833-012-019), subject to City Attorney
approval; and appropriate $258,000.00 from the Via Princessa Bridge and Thoroughfare
District Account No. 303-6193 to expenditure Account No. 4363-8620 for purchase, title,
and escrow costs.
5. SALE OF EXCESS RIGHT-OF-WAY, USELESS REMNANT PORTION OF
SOLEDAD CANYON ROAD - A portion of the original right-of-way for Soledad Canyon
Road, as dedicated to Los Angeles County, has been deemed excess. A slope determined to
be a useless remnant of the right-of-way totaling 19,280 square feet will be sold to the
adjacent property owner.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all
required documents necessary to transfer 19,280 square feet of right-of-way, a portion of
Soledad Canyon Road deemed a useless remnant, to the adjacent property owner, subject to
City Attorney approval.
6. INTENTION TO ESTABLISH A SEWER USER FEE FOR THE PLACERITA
CANYON AREA - The proposed sewer user fee is a mechanism for contributors to sewers
in the Placerita Canyon area to recover their costs. The user fee is due from property owners
only at the time of connection to the sewer system.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a resolution declaring the City s intention to establish
a sewer user fee for the Placerita Canyon area, approve the Sewer User Fee Study, set the
Public Hearing- for July 12, 2005, and direct the City Clerk to publish and post notices as
required by California Government Code Sections 66016 through 66018.
7. CROSS VALLEY CONNECTOR GAP CLOSURE, PROJECT NO. S1001 -
FACILITY RELOCATION AGREEMENTS WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
EDISON, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY, AND MCI WORLD COM -
This project is for the City's Cross Valley Connector Gap Closure, which will extend
Newhall Ranch Road from Interstate 5 to Copper Hill Drive.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the execution of the facility relocation agreements
with Southern California Edison in the amount of $360,600, Southern California Gas
Company in the amount of $215,000, and MCI WORLD COM in the amount of $88,500 for
the Cross Valley Connector Gap Closure, Project No. S1001; and authorize the City Manager
or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval.
8. AGREEMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION OF REAL
PROPERTY FOR MAGIC MOUNTAIN PARKWAYANTERSTATE 5 PHASE II,
PROJECT NO. S1002 - The City is the lead agency in the Magic Mountain Parkway/I-5
Phase 11 project. The project encompasses property in the City, County, and State
jurisdictions. Separate agreements for construction have been drafted by the County and the
State for the City to construct this project. The City will assign obligation under the State
and County agreements to Newhall Land by separate consent and assumption agreements.
The County agreement authorizes the City to acquire right-of-way and exchanges on behalf
of the County.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the execution of separate construction agreements
with Los Angeles County and the State; authorize the execution of consent and assumption
agreements assigning said construction agreements to Newhall Land; authorize the execution
of right-of-way documents and agreements in both the City and County portions of the
project related to right of way acquisition and exchanges for the Magic Mountain
Parkway/Interstate 5 Phase 11, Project No. S1002; and authorize the City Manager or
designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval.
9. TRANSFER OF STORM DRAIN MTD NOS. 1598-U3 AND 1643 TO THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT- These storm drains have been
constructed to the satisfaction of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District and are
ready for transfer. County procedures require that each stone drain transfer request be
accompanied by a resolution.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt two resolutions for the transfer and conveyance of
Miscellaneous Transfer Drain (MTD) Nos. 1598-U3 and 1643 to the Los Angeles County
Flood Control District.
10. TRACT MAP NO. 52355 - APPROVAL OF FINAL MAP AND ACCEPTANCE OF
OFFERS OF DEDICATION - Approval of Tract Map No. 52355 consisting of 62
single-family residential lots and 1 open space lot on approximately 34.31 acres, located on
the eastside of Sand Canyon Road, 1/4 mile north of Soledad Canyon Road, and is owned by
Sand Canyon Properties, Inc., a California Corporation.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Tract Map No. 52355 (Sand Canyon Joint Venture
- Site 1); 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.
11. TRACT MAP NO. 53074 - APPROVAL OF FINAL MAP AND ACCEPTANCE OF
OFFERS OF DEDICATION - Approval of Tract Map No. 53074, consisting of 24
single-family residential lots, 7 commercial lots, 3 open space lots, 4 private street lots, and 1
lot for an existing mobile home park on approximately 50.34 acres, located at the northeast
corner of Soledad Canyon Road and Sand Canyon Road, and owned by Sand Canyon
Gateway, LLC., a California Limited Liability Company.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:: Approve Tract Map No. 53074 (Sand Canyon Joint Venture
- Site 2); 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.
12. TRACT MAP NO. 53419 (CONDOMINIUM MAP, NORTHEASTERLY CORNER
OF SIERRA HIGHWAY AND GOLDEN VALLEY ROAD) — APPROVAL OF FINAL
MAP AND ACCEPTANCE OF OFFERS OF DEDICATION - Tract Map No. 53419 is
the only phase of Tentative Tract Map No. 53419, which was granted approval by the
Planning Commission on June 19, 2001. This map, consisting of approximately 21.08 acres,
is located at the northeasterly corner of Sierra Highway and Golden Valley Road, and owned
by Trimark Pacific -Valle Di Oro, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Tract Map No. 53419 (Condominium Map,
northeasterly corner of Sierra Highway and Golden Valley Road); 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 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.
13. APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO REFUND BRIDGE AND THOROUGHFARE DEPOSIT
FOR TRACT NO. 52385 - This item will appropriate funds and direct staff to refund a
Bridge and Thoroughfare (B&T) deposit in the amount of $517,444.00 for Tract No. 52385
to Zephyr Newhall Limited Partnership and Draper Partners.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Appropriate $517,440.00 from the Eastside Bridge and
Thoroughfare (B&T) District to Account No. 4362-8001 and direct staff to refund previously
paid B&T funds in the same amount. The refund will be distributed accordingly:
$320,812.80 to Land America Lawyers Title (62 percent), and $196,627.20 (38 percent) to
HackerBraly Trust Account at Bank of Santa Clarita.
14. ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC SURVEY STUDY FOR DECORO DRIVE,
SHANGRI-LA DRIVE, NATHAN HILL ROAD, AND CHARMAINE WAY -
Resolution establishing prima facie speed limits on Decoro Drive, Shangri-La Drive, Nathan
Hill Road, and Charmaine Way.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Direct the City Clerk to certify the May 4, 2005
Engineering and Traffic Survey Study (Study) prepared by Albert Grover & Associates;
adopt the resolution establishing prima facie speed limits on each highway segment included
in the Study; direct staff to implement the necessary signage changes brought about by
adopting this Study; and request the Sheriffs Department to continue the radar enforcement
program on City streets and highways covered in this Study as soon as the signage changes
are made.
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15. RESOLUTION APPROVING COUNCIL POLICY STATEMENT ON PARENTAL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACTIONS OF MINORS AND STRICT
ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW FOR SANTA CLARITA OFFENDERS - Requesting
maximum penalties under the law be considered for graffiti violations in Santa Clarita. Also,
that a focus be placed on parental responsibility.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Resolution approving Council Policy Statement on
Parental Responsibility for the Actions of Minors and Strict Enforcement of the Law for
Santa Clarita residents.
16. LOST CANYON TRAILHEAD - PROJECT NO. P3004 - AUTHORIZE A CHANGE
ORDER TO EXISTING CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING AND
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN SERVICES - At its May 25, 2004 meeting, City Council
authorized a contract with MNS Engineers, Inc., for engineering and design services for
segments four and five of the Santa Clara River Trail. These segments are located between
Bouquet Canyon Road and the planned Discovery River Park located on Canyon View Drive.
The recommendation to execute a change order to the existing contract is based on the
similarity of the design and environmental work already being performed by MNS on
segments four and five and the desire for continuity of the design with that of the proposed
trailhead.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute a
Change Order in the amount of $111,000 to an existing contract with MNS Engineers, Inc.,
to complete engineering and environmental design services for the Lost Canyon Trailhead,
Project Number P3004, subject to City Attorney approval. The funds have been budgeted in
FiscalYear 2004-05 in Account Number P3004-210.
17. AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT FOR MASTER PLANNING
AND SPACE ALLOCATION OF THE CENTRAL PARK MAINTENANCE
FACILITY - As a result of the ongoing growth in the City's park system and open space
areas, it is necessary to evaluate the current space allocation for the Central Park
Maintenance Facility.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to
execute an agreement with Pitassi Architect, Inc., for the master planning of the Central Park
Maintenance Facility, subject to City Attorney approval.
18. WHITES CANYON PARK AWARD OF DESIGN SERVICES CONTRACT -
PROJECT NUMBER P3002. On June 11, 2002, City Council awarded a contract to RJM
Design Group to facilitate a public participation process to develop a Master Plan and design
for park improvements on a 32 -acre site at the intersection of Whites Canyon Road and
Canyon Crest Drive. The public participation process was completed, and on February 24,
2004, the Master Plan was approved by the City Council.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Award engineering and design services contract to RJM
Design Group, Inc., for Whites Canyon Park in the amount of $282,000 and authorize a 15%
contingency of $42,300. The funds have been budgeted in Fiscal Year 2004-05 in Account
Number P3002-450-8001. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all
documents, subject to City Attorney approval.
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AGREEMENT WITH LAWRENCE R. MOSS & ASSOCIATES TO PROVIDE
LANDSCAPE PLAN REVIEW AND INSPECTION CONSULTATION SERVICES
FOR THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT - Enter
into a professional services agreement with Lawrence R. Moss and Associates to provide
landscape review and inspection services.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager or designee to enter into a
professional services contract between the City and Lawrence R. Moss & Associates for
landscape review and inspection services, for a total contract amount not to exceed
$120,000.00, contingent upon the adoption of the FY 05-06 Budget.
20. TAX SHARING RESOLUTION FOR SANITATION DISTRICT ANNEXATION NO.
274 - Los Angeles County Sanitation District Nos. 26 and 32 provide wastewater treatment
services cooperatively through the Santa Clarita Valley Joint Sewerage System. To provide
wastewater treatment service to property located outside of the District's service area, the
boundary must be expanded through the annexation process. As part of this process, a
tax -sharing resolution to provide the required funding to the Sanitation District is adopted by
the public agency responsible for providing services to the subject property.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:: Adopt resolution approving and accepting the negotiated
exchange of property tax revenues resulting from Sanitation District Annexation No. 274.
21. TAX SHARING RESOLUTION FOR SANITATION DISTRICT ANNEXATION NO.
343 - Los Angeles County Sanitation District Nos. 26 and 32 provide wastewater treatment
services cooperatively through the Santa Clarita Valley Joint Sewerage System. To provide
wastewater treatment service to property located outside of the District's service area, the
boundary must be expanded through the annexation process. As part of this process, a
tax -sharing resolution to provide the required funding to the Sanitation District is adopted by
the public agency responsible for providing services to the subject property.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt resolution approving and accepting the negotiated
exchange of property tax revenues resulting from Sanitation District Annexation No. 343.
22. TAX SHARING RESOLUTION FOR SANITATION DISTRICT ANNEXATION NO.
346 - Los Angeles County Sanitation District Nos. 26 and 32 provide wastewater treatment
services cooperatively through the Santa Clarita Valley Joint Sewerage System. To provide
wastewater treatment service to property located outside of the District's service area, the
boundary must be expanded through the annexation process. As part of this process, a
tax -sharing resolution to provide the required funding to the Sanitation District is adopted by
the public agency responsible for providing services to the subject property.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt resolution approving and accepting the negotiated
exchange of property tax revenues resulting from Sanitation District Annexation No. 346.
23. TAX SHARING RESOLUTION FOR SANITATION DISTRICT ANNEXATION NO.
348 - Los Angeles County Sanitation District Nos. 26 and 32 provide wastewater treatment
services cooperatively through the Santa Clarita Valley Joint Sewerage System. To provide
wastewater treatment service to property located outside of the District's service area, the
boundary must be expanded through the annexation process. As part of this process, a
tax -sharing resolution to provide the required funding to the Sanitation District is adopted by
the public agency responsible for providing services to the subject property.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:: Adopt resolution approving and accepting the negotiated
exchange of property tax revenues resulting from Sanitation District Annexation No. 348.
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24. CHECK REGISTER NOS. 18 AND 19 - Approval of the Check Registers.
RECOMMENDED ACTION - Adopt a resolution to approve and ratify for payment the
demands presented in Check Registers 18 and 19.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
25. THE RIVERPARK DEVELOPMENT PROJECT - On April 12, 2005, the applicant
requested a continuance of the matter to the May 24, 2005 City Council hearing, in order for
staff and the applicant to evaluate information regarding the recent detection of perchlorate at
levels slightly above 6 parts per billion in Valencia Water Company's well Q-2, located west
of Bouquet Canyon Road and south of Newhall Ranch Road. The continuance was granted.
As a result of this new information, the public hearing on the Riverpark project will be
reopened for the limited purpose of taking public comment on the detection of perchlorate in
Valencia Water Company's well Q-2 that is located off-site, and on any other issue regarding
the Riverpark project that has first arisen since the close of the public hearing on March 22,
2005.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Reopen the Public Hearing for the Riverpark project for the
limited purpose of taking public comment on the detection of perchlorate in Valencia Water
Company's well Q-2 that is located off-site, and on any other issue regarding the Riverpark
project that has first arisen since the close of the public hearing on March 22, 2005;
Close the public hearing; Certify the Final Environmental Impact Report prepared for the
Riverpark project through the adoption of a Resolution, which includes the adoption of the
Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and the CEQA Environmental Findings and
the Statement of Overriding Considerations; Adopt a Resolution (including the Final
Conditions of Approval) that approves General Plan Amendment 02-002, Vesting Tentative
Tract Map 53425, Conditional Use Permit 02-009, Hillside Review 02-003, Oak Tree Permit
02-025, and Adjustment 02-010; and, Introduce and pass to second reading an ordinance
entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
CLARITA APPROVING ZONE CHANGE NO. 02-002 (MASTER CASE 02-175) FOR
THE RIVERPARK PROJECT SITE LOCATED ON 695.4 ACRES OF LAND AT THE
TERMINUS OF NEWHALL RANCH ROAD, EAST OF BOUQUET CANYON ROAD
BETWEEN THE CASTAIC LAKE WATER AGENCY PROPERTY AND SOLEDAD
CANYON ROAD".
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26. OLD SOLEDAD CANYON ROAD STREET VACATION SOUTHERLY OF
SHADOW PINES BOULEVARD - A Settlement Agreement was reached between the
D'Egidio Trust and the City of Santa Clarita for the vacation of a portion of Old Soledad
Canyon Road southerly of Shadow Pines Boulevard.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive the staff report, open the public hearing, receive
testimony, and close the public hearing; adopt a resolution vacating a portion of Old Soledad
Canyon Road southerly of Shadow Pines Boulevard as described in Exhibit "A" and as
shown on Exhibit "B'; and direct the City Clerk to record the certified original resolution in
the office of the Registrar -Recorder of the County of Los Angeles once all of the conditions
for the proposed vacation have been satisfied.
27. SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE LA COUNTY FIRE
CODE - This ordinance will amend the City's Municipal Code Title 22 to adopt the most
current edition of the Los Angeles County Fire Code.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Conduct a public hearing and adopt an ordinance adopting
by reference the Los Angeles County Fire Code Title 32, which includes the California Fire
Code and Uniform Fire Code with certain amendments entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING BY
REFERENCE TITLE 32 OF THE LOS ANGELES FIRE CODE WHICH CONSTITUTES
THE 2001 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE PUBLISHED BY THE
CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION, INCLUDING APPENDIX I -C,
APPENDIX II -C, APPENDIX II -D, AND APPENDIX VI -A, EXCLUDING ALL OTHER
APPENDICES OF THE 2001 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE, AND THE
2000 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE, PREPARED AND PUBLISHED BY
THE WESTERN FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION, AND AMENDING CHAPTER 22.01 OF
TITLE 22 OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE."
28. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE 2004 CALIFORNIA
ELECTRICAL CODE - The State of California mandates that local jurisdictions adopt and
enforce the State building codes. The State recently updated the Electrical Code, setting an
effective date of on or before August 1, 2005.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Conduct a public hearing, and introduce and pass to second
reading an ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE 2004 CALIFORNIA
ELECTRICAL CODE PUBLISHED BY THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS
COMMISSION WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS."
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29. CERTIFICATION OF CROSS VALLEY CONNECTOR EIR, ADOPTION OF THE
MITIGATION MONITORING REPORTING PROGRAM AND STATEMENT OF
OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS - Approval of the environmental analysis for the
Cross Valley Connector Gap Closure project, certificaiton of FEIR SCH #2002121059,
(Includes adoption of the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program), and adopting a
Statement of Overriding Considerations that weighs project benefits against the projects
significant unavoidable impacts and project approval.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive the staff report, open the public hearing for
testimony, close the public hearing and adopt a Resolution that: (1) certifies the Final
Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the construction of Newhall Ranch Road from the
existing terminus of Copperhill Drive/Rye Canyon Road west to the Interstate 5 (I-5)/State
Route (SR)126 interchange; (2) adopts the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program;
(3) adopts the Statement of Overriding Considerations that weighs the project benefits
against the project's significant unavoidable impacts.
NEW BUSINESS
30. PUBLIC MEETING REGARDING THE BALLOT PROCESS FOR ANNEXING THE
NORTHPARK AND STONECREST LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS
INTO THE CITY DISTRICTS: City Council is asked to accept public comment, allowing
interested persons to "hear and be heard", concerning the Assessment Ballots, and the
Annexation and Annual Levy of Assessments for the Northpark and Stonecrest Landscape
Maintenance District areas.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: No action is required at this meeting. An action by the
City Council will be required at the Public Hearing set for June 14, 2005.
ADJOURNMENT
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FUTURE MEETINGS
A Joint City Council/Planning Commission Study Session will be held Tuesday, June 7, 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, June 14, 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 May 19, 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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Sharon L. Dawson, CMC
City Clerk
Santa Clarita, California
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