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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-03-10 - AGENDAS - REGULAR (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, March 10, 2009 6:00 PM City Council Chambers 23920 Valencia Blvd. 1 st Floor Santa Clarita, CA 91355 AGENDA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY — No New Business PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY — No New Business Public Participation Process 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 - Kellar CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL FLAG SALUTE AWARDS/RECOGNITION TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY College of the Canyons Cougars Hockey Team - Participation in the American Collegiate Hockey Association National Championship Finals PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY The City's Aquatics staff for receiving the 2008 National Parks and Recreation Association Excellence in Aquatics Award, and Douglas Botton for receiving a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from Congressman McKeon for his work with the FBI -Underwater Search and Evidence Response Team COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS 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 February 24, 2009 - special and regular City Council meetings 2 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. TAX -SHARING RESOLUTIONS FOR SANITATION DISTRICT ANNEXATIONS 1033 AND 1044 - The Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District provides wastewater treatment services within the District's service area. To provide wastewater treatment service to property located outside of the District's service area, the boundary must be expanded through the annexation process. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt the Sanitation District's resolutions approving and accepting the negotiated exchange of property tax revenues resulting from Sanitation District Annexations 1033 and 1044. 3. DISCONTINUE COLLECTING THE STORMDRAIN TRANSFER DEPOSIT, REMOVE THE STORMDRAIN TRANSFER DEPOSIT FROM CONDITIONS OF PENDING PROJECTS, AND RETURN STORMDRAIN TRANSFER FUNDS HELD ON DEPOSIT - City staff received input from developers regarding the stormdrain transfer deposit and the increasing impact it had on their projects in this difficult economic climate. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive this report outlining the City's response to developers' comments during the Development Process Advisory Committee and direct staff to discontinue collecting the Stormdrain Transfer Deposit; remove the Stormdrain Transfer Deposit condition from pending projects; return Stormdrain Transfer Funds held on deposit by the City; and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 4. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING CHAPTER 12.96 OF TITLE 12 (VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC) OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING BICYCLES ON SIDEWALKS - Staff has seen a growing number of inquiries from the community regarding bicycles on sidewalks. California Vehicle Code Section 21100(h) allows local authorities to adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution regarding the operation of bicycles on sidewalks. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Introduce and pass to second reading an ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 12.96 TO TITLE 12 (VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC) OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING BICYCLES ON SIDEWALKS." 5. LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) REPLACEMENT PROGRAM FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS, PROJECT M0066, PHASE III - PROJECT ACCEPTANCE - This project is the third phase of a five-year program to replace incandescent traffic signal lamps with energy efficient LED modules and install pedestrian countdown modules at 30 intersections out of Santa Clarita's existing 176 signalized intersections. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the completion of the Light Emitting Diode (LED) Replacement Program for Traffic Signals, Project M0066, Phase III; direct the City Clerk to file the Notice of Completion; and direct staff to release the remaining retention 35 days after the Notice of Completion is recorded, provided no stop notices as provided by law have been filed. 6. PARCEL MAP 69672 (COMMERCIAL CONDOMINIUMS — FREMONT COURT) = APPROVAL OF PARCEL MAP - Parcel Map 69672 consisting of approximately 2.2 acres is located afthe southeast end of Fremont Court, 350 feet southeasterly of Avenue Stanford, and is owned by the Havana Management Group/Fremont I, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Parcel Map 69672; make certain findings; instruct the Deputy City Manager and Director of Administrative Services to endorse the Special Assessment Statement on the face of the parcel map; instruct the City.Clerk to endorse the Statement on the face of the parcel map; and instruct the City Engineer to endorse the Statement on the face of the parcel map. 4 7. CHECK REGISTER NOS. 7 & 8 - Approval of the Check Registers. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register Nos. 7 & 8. PUBLIC HEARINGS 8. UPDATE OF CONSOLIDATED FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY FACILITIES IMPACT FEE - Fire District development fees pay for the construction of fire stations and related fire protection improvements. The resolution would increase fees for fire protection facilities, in accordance with the latest adopted Los Angeles County Developer Fee program. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Conduct a public hearing, and adopt a resolution to increase Fire District fees from $.9341 per square foot to $.9550 per square foot, in accordance with the Developer Fee Agreement between the City of Santa Clarita and the Consolidated Fire Protection District of Los Angeles County. 5 NEW BUSINESS 9. STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION FEE REDUCTION AND METHODOLOGY ADJUSTMENT - The actions recommended herein would commence the updating of the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee. The update would include a 10.4% reduction in the Fee rate from $24 to $21.50 per equivalent dwelling unit, a change in the methodology for calculating surface water runoff by incorporating the recently updated Hydrology Manual prepared by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District and including a CPI adjuster to ensure current levels of stormwater pollution prevention service is maintained in the future. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a Resolution preliminarily accepting report respecting proposed restructuring of the City's Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee, designating a time and place for the public hearing of protests in connection with the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee, approving procedures in connection therewith, and taking certain other actions; award a contract for the establishment of the proposed Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee Adjustment process to Harris and Associates, in an amount not to exceed $60,000, and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute any documents, subject to City Attorney approval; appropriate $110,000 from Stormwater Utility fund balance to expenditure account 14600-5161.002. n 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) ADJOURNMENT FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 1st 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 5, 2009, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., the foregoing agenda was posted at City Hall and the Santa Clarita Sheriffs Station. -Q, Sharon L. Dawson, MMC City Clerk Santa Clarita, California 7