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Home My WebLink About2006-09-12 - AGENDAS - REGULAR (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, September 12, 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 In INVOCATION - Smyth CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL FLAG SALUTE COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS AWARDS/RECOGNITION TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY Boys and Girls Club "Day for Kids" proclamation Carol Gelsinger, a founding member of the Child and Family Center who is retiring in September PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY National Communities in Motion Day Proclamation 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. APPROVAL OF MINUTES August 22, 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. 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. NAMING THE NEW PARK ON WHITES CANYON ROAD AS TODD LONGSHORE PARK - On April 25, 2006, Santa Clarita endured the sudden passing of Commissioner Todd Longshore, who served on the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission for 16 years. The Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission recommends naming the new park in memory of Commissioner Longshore. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the recommendation from the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission to name the new City park on Whites Canyon Road as "Todd Longshore Park." 3. CORPORATE YARD ROOF REPLACEMENT, PROJECT NO. F1012 — APPROVE THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, AND AWARD THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT - Completing this roof replacement will prevent water -related damage to the building's interior ceilings, walls, equipment, and carpeting. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the plans and specifications; award the contract for the Corporate Yard Roof Replacement, Project No. F1012, to Rey -Crest Roofing & Waterproofing Company in the amount of $462,750.00, and authorize a contingency in the amount of $70,000.00; award a contract under National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA), Contract No. 102903, to Tremco for the purchase of roofing materials in the amount of $200,000.00 from Account No. F1012001; and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 4. INCIDENT MANAGEMENT -TRAVELER INFORMATION SUBSYSTEM, PROJECT NO. 10004 - AWARD DESIGN CONTRACT - The goal of this system is to serve as an informative source for motorists and various public agencies by providing traffic -related data. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Award the design contract for the Incident Management -Traveler Information Subsystem, Project No. I0004, to Kimley-Horn & Associates in the amount of $298,440.00, and authorize a contingency in the amount of $44,766.00; and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 5. 2007 SUPPLEMENTAL CALL FOR PROJECTS GRANT SUBMITTAL - Metro is currently accepting on a one-time basis applications for supplemental funding to cover cost increases for existing projects previously funded through prior 1999, 2000, and 2001 Call for Projects. This competitive application process covers cost increases to the existing scope of work for active or programmed Call for Projects recipients. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the proposed 2007 Supplemental Call for Projects grant submittal requesting additional grant funding for Magic Mountain Parkway Phase II, Incident Management -Traveler Information Subsystem, and Santa Clara River Trail projects; and direct staff to submit completed grant applications to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) by the September 27, 2006 deadline. 4 6. TRANSIT VEHICLE EXCHANGE - Transfer of a federally funded rarely used trolley bus for a federally funded City surplus transit bus. Trolley to be used to initiate new transit services into the Valencia Industrial and Town Center areas. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the vehicle exchange of a surplus Santa Clarita Transit bus for the Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority bus trolley. 7. TWENTY -FIVE -CENT TRANSIT FARE DAY - Annually, transit agencies across the countryjoin together to promote public transportation awareness. This year, the region is recommending a region -wide twenty -five -cent fare day for all local and commuter bus riders. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve a twenty -five -cent fare day for local and commuter bus services on October 5, 2006, in support of the region -wide Communities in Motion Day. 8. CHECK REGISTER NOS. 33 AND 34 - Approval of the Check Registers. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register Nos. 33 and 34. PUBLIC HEARINGS 9. ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY INTO STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1 (ANNEXATIONS L-81 AND L-82) - Consideration of annexation of territory into Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1 for Tract No. 62252 located at Beneda Lane and Mirror Way and Tract No. 60536 located at Siena Highway and American Beauty Drive. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Conduct the public hearing, open and review the ballots, adopt a resolution approving the Engineer's Report ordering said annexations, and authorize the annual levy and collection of assessments within the District. ADJOURNMENT A Special City Council Study Session will be held Tuesday, September 19, 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, September 26, 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 September 7, 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. A Sharon L. Dawson, CMC City Clerk Santa Clarita, California