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Home My WebLink About2005-12-13 - AGENDAS - REGULAR MTG (2)CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, December 13, 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 II) INVOCATION - Weste CALL TO ORDER L�TIMWIKO:�" FLAG SALUTE COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS AWARDS/RECOGNITION TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY None 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 November 16, 2005 - special City Council meeting November 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. 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. CITIZEN'S OPTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY (COPS) GRANT FISCAL YEAR 2005-06 - Under Assembly Bill 3229, the COPS Bill, funding is allocated to municipalities for public safety programs. This marks the 10th year the City has been eligible to receive grant funding from this program. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the request from the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, Santa Clarita Valley Station, to use the Citizen's Option for Public Safety (COPS) Funds, under Assembly Bill 3229, to continue funding the COBRA (Career Offenders Burglary Robbery Apprehension) Team. Establish estimated revenue of $242,338 in Account Number 211-5211, Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Fund. Appropriate $242,338 to Account Number 7441-8001 for Contractual Services to implement the COBRA Team's programs. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute any contracts, agreements, or change orders arising out of this program. 3. FISCAL YEAR 2005-2006 REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF SIDEWALK, CURB AND GUTTER, AND ACCESS RAMPS — PROJECT NOS. M0048, M0050, AND T0023 — AWARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT - This capital improvement projects consist of the removal and replacement of damaged sidewalks, driveway approaches, and curb and gutter, and the construction of handicapped access ramps at various locations within the City. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the contract documents and specifications; award the construction contract for Fiscal Year 2005-2006 Concrete Rehabilitation Program, Project Nos. M0048, M0050, and T0023 to FS Construction in the amount of $432,770.00; authorize a 10 percent contingency in the amount of $43,277.00; and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 4. TRACT MAP NO. 49621-02 (STETSON RANCH, FORMERLY CALLED WES THOMPSON RANCH) - APPROVAL OF FINAL MAP AND ACCEPTANCE OF OFFERS OF DEDICATION- Approval of Tract Map No. 49621-02 (Stetson Ranch) consisting of approximately 144.66 acres, located east of Sand Canyon Road and 1/4 mile north of Soledad Canyon Road, and owned by Thompson Ranch Joint Development, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Tract Map No. 49621-02 (Stetson 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. 5. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE CONTAINING MODIFICATIONS TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE - On November 22, 2005, the City Council received a presentation and conducted a public hearing regarding updates to the Unified Development Code (UDC). RECOMMENDED ACTION: Conduct second reading and adopt an Ordinance entitled, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 16 AND 17 (THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE) OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE, CONCERNING THE ANNUAL MODIFICATION OF THE MODIFICATION OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND THE ADDITION OF THE MIXED USE OVERLAY ZONE, THE RIDGELINE PRESERVATION OVERLAY ZONE, ANDTHE VEHICLE SERVICES OVERLAY ZONE TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE". 4 6. RESULTS OF OPEN SPACE & PARKLAND PRESERVATION DISTRICT -On September 13, 2005, the Council approved the resolution of intention to form the proposed Open Space and Parkland Preservation District. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Declare a "majority protest" exists following the ballot process to form the City of Santa Clarita Open Space and Parkland Preservation District, therefore requiring no further action. 7. CHECK REGISTER NOS. 46, 47 AND 48 - Approval of the Check Registers. RECOMMENDED ACTION - Adopt a resolution to approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Registers 46, 47 and 48. ADJOURNMENT - In memory of Ilene Mehterian FUTURE MEETINGS A City Council Study Session will be held Tuesday, January 3, 2006 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, January 10, 2006 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 December 8, 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. P"",, aron L. Dawson, CMC City Clerk Santa Clarita, California