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Home My WebLink About2006-03-28 - AGENDAS - REGULAR (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, March 28, 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 - Ferry CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL FLAG SALUTE COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS AWARDS/RECOGNITION TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY National Library Week Proclamations presented to the three Santa Clarita Valley libraries, in Newhall, Canyon Country and Valencia PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY Assistance League Presentation thanking Council for Support of 5k being held on April 30 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. `A APPROVAL OF MINUTES March 14, 2006 - regular City Council meeting 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. ACQUISITION OF 11.19 ACRES OF VACANT LAND LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MARKET AND ARCH STREETS - ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NOS. 2833-014-014 AND 2831-011-037 - This acquisition will assist in implementing the future alignment of Dockweiler Drive. The extension of Dockweiler Drive will create a secondary east -west link through Newhall, with eventual connections that coordinate with the public enhancement of downtown Newhall. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all required documents to complete the acquisition of 11.19 acres of unimproved real property located at the northwest corner of Market and Arch Streets, Assessor's Parcel Nos. 2833-014-014 and 2831-011-037, subject to City Attorney approval; adopt a resolution authorizing a loan and appropriation of funds from the General Fund into the Via Princessa Bridge and Thoroughfare District (Dockweiler Drive Account No. S3032303) in the amount of $430,000; and authorize a total expenditure of $630,000 from Dockweiler Drive Account No. 53032303 for purchase of the property and for all other costs associated with the transaction. 3. 2004-2005 ANNUAL OVERLAY AND SLURRY SEAL PROGRAM, PROJECT NOS. M0039 AND M0044 - PROJECT ACCEPTANCE - The Annual Overlay and Slurry Seal project is an integral part of the City's pavement management program and adds pavement and slurry seal asphalt maintenance treatments to selected City streets. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and accept the completion of the 2004-2005 Annual Overlay and Slurry Seal Program, Project Nos. M0039 and M0044; direct the City Clerk to file the Notice of Completion; direct staff to release the remaining 5 percent retention 35 days after the Notice of Completion is recorded, provided no stop notices, as provided by law, have been filed; and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 4. PROPOSED STATE LEGISLATION REGARDING SANITATION DISTRICTS - Consideration of co-sponsorship of legislation. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve City of Santa Clarita co-sponsorship of legislative proposal sponsored by Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County and authorize staff to work with Senator George Runner for introduction of legislation. 5. CHECK REGISTER NOS. 10 AND 11 - Approval of the Check Registers. RECOMMENDED ACTION - Adopt a resolution to approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Registers 10 and 11. 4 PUBLIC HEARINGS 6. MASTER CASE 03-358 - KEYSTONE PROJECT - Consideration of Master Case 03-358, request for a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Vesting Tentative Tract Map, Conditional Use Permit, Hillside Review Permit and Oak Tree Permit to allow subdivision and construction of 499 residential units, a General Plan Arterial Roadway, a 6 -acre turnkey public park and graded and prepared lots for a future YMCA and Junior High School on a 246 acre project site in the City of Santa Clarita. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive the staff report and applicant presentation, open the public hearing for testimony; and continue the public hearing to the April 25, 2006 City Council meeting. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 7. RESIDENT SUBSIDY- Consideration of a resident subsidy for City programs at City developed parks and facilities. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve implementation of a resident subsidy for Parks, Recreation, and Community Services programs at City -developed parks and facilities. 8. 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 Goverment 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. NEW BUSINESS 9. INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE FOR THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES - An interim urgency ordinance to place a 45 -day moratorium on the establishment and operation of medical marijuana dispensaries within the City of Santa Clarita. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt an interim urgency ordinance to place a 45 -day moratorium on the establishment and operation of medical marijuana dispensaries within the City of Santa Clarita with a minimum 4/5 vote; and instruct staff to analyze whether and/or how the City should proceed in its regulation of medical marijuana dispensaries. 10. SUPPORT FOR NOMINEE TO SERVE ON LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS THE NORTH COUNTY/SAN FERNANDO VALLEY REPRESENTATIVE - As a result of Lancaster Mayor Frank Roberts not seeking City Council re-election, the seat he occupies on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors will become vacant. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Select a nominee to support as the North County/San Fernando Valley Sector representative to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors. ADJOURNMENT FUTURE MEETINGS The regularly scheduled City Council Study Session to be held Tuesday, April 4, 2006 has been cancelled. Due to the City's General Municipal Election on Tuesday, April 11, 2006, no City Council meeting will be held. The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, April 25, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. N 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 23, 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