HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-04-25 - AGENDAS - REGULAR (4)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
6:00 PM
City Council Chambers
23920 Valencia Blvd. 1st Floor
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
AGENDA
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) 2554391. 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 - Kellar
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
FLAG SALUTE
COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
AWARDS/RECOGNITION TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
Recognition of Jean Albrent and Samantha Thomas, Co -executive Directors of the Domestic
Violence Center for their receipt of the Soroptomist International of the Santa Clarita Valley,
"Making a Difference for Women" Award
PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY
Municipal Clerk's Week Proclamation
Building and Safety Week Proclamation
Aquatic Center Award for Best Public/Non-profit Outdoor Family Aquatic Center awarded by
the Aquatics International Magazine
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)
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
March 22, 2006 - special meeting
March 28, 2006 - special and regular City Council meetings
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. DECLARING RESULTS OF APRIL 11, 2006 GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION - In accordance with Elections Code Sections 10262 and 10263, upon
completion of the canvass, the elections official (City Clerk) shall certify the results to
the governing body (City Council). The City Council shall meet at its usual place of
meeting no later than the third Friday after the election, to declare the results and to
install the newly elected officers.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a resolution reciting the fact of the General
Municipal Election held on April 11, 2006, declaring the result and such other matters as
provided by law.
CITY CLERK ADMINISTERS OATH OF OFFICE TO NEWLY ELECTED CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS
NEWLY ELECTED CITY COUNCILMEMBERS ARE SEATED
REMARKS BY NEWLY ELECTED CITY COUNCILMEMBERS
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.
CONVENE SANTA CLARITA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
February 14, 2006
CONSENT CALENDAR
CC/
SCRDA 2. NORTH NEWHALL SPECIFIC PLAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
REPORT (EIR) — Consideration of contract for completion of a Specific Plan and
of an Environmental Impact Report for a 213 -acre portion of the City north of the
Downtown Newhall area.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Continue the item to the May 9, 2006 City
Council/Redevelopment Agency meeting.
ADJOURN SANTA CLARITA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CONTINUE 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.
3. 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.
4. SUPPORT FOR PROPOSITION 42 INITIATIVE TO ENSURE STATE SALES
TAXES ON GASOLINE ARE USED TO FUND TRANSPORTATION
IMPROVEMENTS AND TO PREVENT THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR
FROM DIVERTING PROPOSITION 42 FUNDS TO NON -TRANSPORTATION
PROGRAMS - Eliminates Proposition 42 provision which allows funds to be redirected to
the state general fund during times of fiscal emergency.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Support voter initiative protecting Proposition 42 funding
and closing the provision allowing funds to be redirected to non -transportation expenditures.
5. ADJUSTMENT TO PROGRAM GUIDELINES FOR FIRSTHOME, THE CITY'S
FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER PROGRAM - The current FirstHOME program guidelines
are not aligned with current home prices. Program guideline adjustments are needed to make
the program workable in today's housing market. Suggested changes in the guidelines will
allow the program to adjust to changes in the housing market as they occur.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve adjusted FirstHOME Program Guidelines; limit
the deferred -payment second mortgage to a maximum of 50% of the sale price of the home;
and adopt the maximum assistance per household limits for purchase price and number of
bedrooms as established by the State of California.
6. CANYON VIEW REGIONAL TRAIL ACCESS, PROJECT NO. T3002- PROJECT
ACCEPTANCE - This project is phase 1 of the Discovery Park site project and it consists
of constructing 0.5 mile of Class 1 bike trail and pedestrian path along the Santa Clara River
in Canyon Country.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the completion of Canyon View Regional Trail,
Project No. T3002; direct the City Clerk to file the Notice of Completion; direct staff to
release the 5 percent retention 35 days after the Notice of Completion is recorded, provided
no stop notices have been filed, as provided by law; and authorize the City Manager or
designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval.
7. SIERRA HIGHWAY BRIDGES OVER THE RAILROAD, PROJECT NO. S3009 -
AWARD CONTRACT FOR SURVEYING SERVICES - Sierra Highway Bridges over
the railroad consists of two structures separated by approximately twelve feet. This project
consists of the replacement of the northbound structure, rehabilitation of the southbound
structure, and the closure of the twelve -foot gap.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Award the contract for surveying services to Sikand
Engineering Associates for the Sierra Highway Bridges over the Railroad, Project
No. 53009, in the amount of $168,241.00, and authorize a contingency in the amount of
$16,824.00; and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to
City Attorney approval.
8. TRACT MAP NO. 62464 (CONVERSION TO RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL
CONDOMINIUMS - SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF MCBEAN PARKWAY AND
MAGIC MOUNTAIN PARKWAY) - APPROVAL OF FINAL MAP - Tract Map No.
62464, consisting of approximately 7.86 acres located at the southwesterly corner of
McBean Parkway and Magic Mountain Parkway, and owned by Prado Town Center West,
LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Parcel Map No. 62464; 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 Certificate on the face of the Tract Map.
9. ANNUAL ANNEXATION OF TERRITORIES INTO THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL
DISTRICTS: LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS 1, T-1, A-2, AND T1A,
AND STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1- Resolutions initiating the
formation proceedings and assessments.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt the two resolutions to initiate the annexation and
formation proceedings for eight streetlight maintenance developments and nine
developments for landscape maintenance. Approve the Engineers' Reports and set the Public
Hearings for June 13, 2006.
10. INITIATE PROCEEDINGS TO DECLARE THE INTENT TO ORDER
PRELIMINARY ENGINEERS REPORTS FOR THE ANNUAL LEVY OF
ASSESSMENTS FOR SPECIAL DISTRICTS, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE
DISTRICT NOS. 1. T19 T1A AND A-2; DRAINAGE BENEFIT ASSESSMENT AREA
NOS. 3, 6,18,19, 20, AND 22; STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1;
AND GOLDEN VALLEY RANCH OPEN SPACE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT -
Resolutions initiating the proceedings to levy fees and calling for Engineers' Reports which
detail the annual levy of assessments for the above districts and the zones within those
districts for Fiscal Year 2006/07.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt the Resolutions to initiate proceedings for the annual
levy of assessments, and direct staff to engage assessment engineering firms to create
Assessment Engineers' Reports as required by California State Law.
11. CHECK REGISTER NOS. 12,13, AND 14 - Approval of the Check Registers.
RECOMMENDED ACTION - Adopt a resolution to approve and ratify for payment the
demands presented in Check Registers 12, 13, and 14.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
12. EXTENSION OF THE URGENCY ORDINANCE EXTENDING A TEMPORARY
MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF MEDICAL
MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES - This is a request to adopt an ordinance to extend the 45
day moratorium by 22 months and 15 days to allow for a moratorium on the issuance of
permits for medical marijuana dispensaries for a total of 2 years.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Conduct the public hearing and extend the urgency
ordinance extending the temporary moratorium on the issuance of permits for medical
marijuana dispensaries within the City of Santa Clarita by 22 months and 15 days and adopt
an ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING THE URGENCY ORDINANCE TO
EXTEND A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND
OPERATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES"
13. SOLEDAD VILLAGE PROJECT, MASTER CASE 04444 — Consideration of a General
Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Tentative Tract Map and Conditional Use Permit for a 407 -
unit residential condominium complex (including 22 live -work units) and an 8,000 square
foot commercial center on a 30 -acre property on the north side of Soledad Canyon Road at
Gladding Way in the City of Santa Clarita.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive the staff report, presentation and conduct the public
hearing; and direct staff to return to the May 23, 2006 City Council meeting with final
responses to comments and a resolution certifying the Environmental Impact Report State
Clearinghouse Number 2005041100 and adopting the Mitigation and Monitoring Program
and Statement of Overriding Considerations for a 407 -unit residential condominium complex
and an 8,000 square foot commercial center on a 30 -acre property on the north side of
Soledad Canyon Road at Gladding Way in the City of Santa Clarita. Additionally, direct
staff to prepare a resolution for the May 23, 2006 City Council meeting approving Master
Case 04-444, General Plan Amendment 04-006, Tentative Tract Map 62322 and Conditional
Use Permit 05-021, subject to the conditions of approval; and direct staff to prepare an
ordinance for the approval of Zone Change 04-004.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
14. MASTER CASE 03-3589 KEYSTONE PROJECT, REQUEST FOR A GENERAL
PLAN AMENDMENT, ZONE CHANGE, VESTING TENTATIVE TRACT MAP,
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, HILLSIDE REVIEW PERMIT AND OAK TREE
PERMIT - Consideration of construction of 499 residential units; a General Plan Arterial
Roadway a 6 -acre Turnkey Park and graded and prepared lots for a future YMCA and
junior high school. The public hearing on this item was closed on March 28, 2006.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Certify the Final Environmental Impact Report prepared for
the Keystone project through the adoption of a Resolution, which includes the CEQA
Environmental Findings and the Statement of Overriding Considerations; adopt a Resolution
(including the Final Conditions of Approval) that approves General Plan Amendment 03-
002, Vesting Tentative Tract Map 60258, Conditional Use Permit 03-016, Hillside Review
03-006 and Oak Tree Permit 03-066; introduce and pass to second reading on May 9, 2006,
an ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA APPROVING ZONE CHANGE NO. 03-002 (MASTER CASE 03-358)
FOR THE KEYSTONE PROJECT SITE LOCATED ON 246 ACRES OF LAND AT THE
WESTERN TERMINUS OF ERMINE STREET, NORTH OF SOLEDAD CANYON
ROAD IN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA"
NEW BUSINESS
15. SECOND AMENDMENT TO COMMERCIAL FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH
BURRTEC WASTE INDUSTRIES TO EXECUTE NEW IMPLEMENTATION
DEADLINES - The City's Commercial Hauler has identified a location for the construction
of a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). Due to unforeseen circumstances and legal issues,
the Commercial Hauler has been unable to break ground by the deadline as set forth in the
conditions of Section 1 in the First Amendment to the Agreement Between the City of Santa
Clarita and Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc. for Commercial Solid Waste Management
Services.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve resolution for the Second Amendment to the
Agreement Between City of Santa Clarita and Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc. for Commercial
Solid Waste Management Services (Franchise Agreement). This resolution requires Burrtec
to begin construction no later than January 11, 2007 (six months from July 11, 2006) and to
have the MRF constructed and operational no later than November 11, 2007 (ten months
from the start of construction).
ADJOURNMENT - In memory of Warren Johnson and Roberta Gillis
FUTURE MEETINGS
A City Council Study Session will be held Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at 5:30 p.m. in the Century
Room, 1 st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita CA.
The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, May 9, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. in
the Council Chamber, 1 at 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 April 20, 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.
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Sharon L. Dawson, CMC
City Clerk
Santa Clarita, California