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Home My WebLink About2006-03-14 - AGENDAS - REGULAR (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, March 14, 2006 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 ROLL CALL FLAG SALUTE COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS AWARDS/RECOGNITION TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY Recognition of Sheriff Deputies for "Heads Up Police Work" for arrests made for vandalism and narcotics 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 February 28, 2006 - 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. TRANSFER OF STORM DRAIN MTD NO. 1510 AND PD NO. 2527 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 storm drain transfer request be accompanied by a resolution. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt two resolutions for the transfer and conveyance of Miscellaneous Transfer Drain (MTD) No. 1510 and Private Drain (PD) No. 2527 to the Los Angeles County Flood Control District. 3. INTERSECTION MODIFICATION PROJECT, FEDERAL PROJECT NO. STPLH-5450(027), CITY PROJECT NO. C0025 - AWARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT - This project will enhance pedestrian safety and access at nine signalized intersections. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Award the contract for the Intersection Modification Project, Federal Project No. STPLH-5450(027), City Project No. C0025, to Kalban, Inc. in the amount of $443,348.00 (base bid of $394,748.00, plus alternate additive bid of $48,600.00), and authorize a 10 percent base bid contingency expenditure in the amount of $39,475.00, for a total of $482,823.00 from Account Nos. C0025452-8001, C0025453-8001, and C0025001-8001; appropriate and authorize $90,000.00 of TDA Article 3 funds to be included as an additional funding source; approve the project plans and specifications; and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 4. RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING NO STOPPING ZONES ON SAN FERNANDO ROAD BETWEEN STATE ROUTE 14 AND RAILROAD AVENUE - Establish no stopping zones along both sides of San Fernando Road between State Route 14 and Railroad Avenue. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a resolution establishing no stopping zones along both sides of San Fernando Road between State Route 14 and Railroad Avenue. 5. TRANSFER OF SURPLUS BUSES TO CITY OF LOS ANGELES - The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT), which operates a Commuter Express service, has requested that the City of Santa Clarita donate its two retired buses to their agency. LADOT plans to refurbish these buses in order to expand its existing fleet. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager to transfer two (2) surplus commuter buses to the City of Los Angeles. 6. CHECK REGISTER NOS. 08 AND 09 - Approval of the Check Registers. RECOMMENDED ACTION - Adopt a resolution to approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Registers 08 and 09. 4 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 7. DIRECTLY ELECTED MAYOR - The City Council requested staff to provide information regarding changing from a non -elected mayor to an elected mayor. Changing to an elected mayor would need to be decided by the voters pursuant to Government Code sections 34900 through 34901. RECOMMENDED ACTION. -'Allow the citizens of the City of Santa Clarita, on the April 2008 municipal election ballot, to decide whether they want a directly elected mayor and if so, whether it be for a two-year or four-year term. ADJOURNMENT FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, March 28, 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 March 9, 2006, 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