HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-10-26 - AGENDAS - JOINT REGULAR (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
JOINT CITY COUNCIUREDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
6:00 PM
City Council Chambers
23920 Valencia Blvd. 1 st Floor
Santa Clarita, CA,91355
AGENDA
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 - Ender
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
FLAG SALUTE
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.
AWARDS/RECOGNITION TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
Downed Officer Ride Recognition
911 Rose Parade Float
PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY
Recognition of Community Development Department Awards
COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
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. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES - The minutes of the previous City Council and
Redevelopment Agency meetings are submitted for approval.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Approve minutes of the October 12, 2010,
special and regular joint meetings of the City Council, and October 14, 2010, special
meeting of the City Council. Redevelopment Agency: Approve the minutes of the October
12, 2010, special and regular joint meetings of the Redevelopment Agency.
2. 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 agenda, Council may determine that the title has been read.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council determine that the titles to all ordinances
which appear on this public agenda have been read, and waive further reading.
3. NAMING GOLDEN VALLEY BRIDGE "SOLDIERS BRIDGE" - At the September
14, 2010, Council Meeting, the City Council expressed interest in naming the Golden Valley
bridge located on the Cross Valley Connector in honor of Santa Clarita residents who have
died while serving the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Council directed staff to
agendize this matter.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve honoring Santa Clarita residents who
have lost their lives while serving the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan by naming the
Cross Valley Connector's Golden Valley bridge "Soldiers Bridge," and including a memorial
monument on-site which will contain the names of those Santa Clarita residents who have
died in the line of duty while in Iraq and Afghanistan. Approve appropriation of $50,000
from Fund 357 to LMD Zone 15 operations account number 12533-5161.013.
4. COST ADJUSTMENT FOR THE UNIT CONVERSION FROM METRIC TO
ENGLISH FOR THE PROPOSED GOLDEN VALLEY ROAD BRIDGE WIDENING
OVER STATE ROUTE 14, PROJECT S3028 — The proposed improvements will widen
the overcrossing of the existing Golden Valley Road Bridge from two to four lanes to
accommodate anticipated increases in traffic. The increased capacity of the existing
interchange will improve interchange operations and traffic flow coordination with the newly
completed Cross Valley Connector.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council authorize an increased spending authority in a
combined amount not to exceed $155,000, including a 20 percent contingency, to existing
professional services contracts for the proposed Golden Valley Road (GVR) Bridge
Widening Over State Route 14 (SR -14), Project S3028, pursuant to Caltrans new
requirements; appropriate funds in the amount of $155,000 from the Eastside Bridge and
Thoroughfare District Fund 301 to Expenditure Account S3028301-5161.001; and authorize
the City Manager or designee to modify the award in the event other issues of impossibility
of performance arise and execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval.
5. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE FOR PREZONE 10-
001 (MASTER CASE NO. 10-048) FOR THE WEST CREEK/TESORO DEL
VALLE/COPPERSTONE AREA - Second reading and adoption of ordinance approving
Prezone 10-001 (Master Case 10-048) for the West Creek/Tesoro del Valle/Copperstone
area, generally located east of the Lockheed Industrial Park and west of San Francisquito
Creek, along the northerly boundary of the City of Santa Clarita.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt an Ordinance entitled: AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,
CALIFORNIA TO APPROVE PREZONE NO. 10-001 (MASTER CASE 10-048) FOR
APPROXIMATELY 2,830 ACRES OF THE WEST CREEK/TESORO DEL
VALLE/COPPERSTONE ANNEXATION AREA, GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF
THE LOCKHEED INDUSTRIAL CENTER AND WEST OF SAN FRANCISQUITO
CREEK, ALONG THE NORTHERLY BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF SANTA
CLARITA
6. AWARD CONTRACTS FOR BID NUMBER LMD-10-11-04, FOR LANDSCAPE
MAINTENANCE SERVICES IN LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE ZONES T-46 AND
T-47 - City staff facilitated a competitive bid process to secure new landscape maintenance
service contracts for Landscape Maintenance Districts No. T46 (Northbridge) and T47
(Northpark). Through this process, staff has determined Stay Green's bid to be lowest and
responsive, and as such recommends award of contract by the City Council.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council waive bid minor irregularities, based on the
fact they are immaterial to the outcome of the bid; reject protest submitted by Marina
Landscape, Inc.; award a contract to Stay Green, Inc. for landscape maintenance services to
LMD Zone T-46 (Northbridge) in the annual amount of $233,112, plus a 20 percent
contingency of $46,622, for a two-year contract in the amount not to exceed $559,468;
award a contract to Stay Green, Inc. for landscape maintenance services to LMD Zone T-47
(Northpark) in the annual amount of $151,872, plus a 20 percent contingency of $30,374, for
a two-year contract in the amount of $364,492; and authorize the City Manager or designee
to execute all contracts and associated documents, or modify the awards in the event issues
of impossibility of performance arise, and execute up to three (3) annual renewal options not
to exceed the annual bid amounts plus Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustments, contingent
upon the appropriation of funds by the City Council in the annual budget for such Fiscal
Year, and execute all documents subject to City Attorney approval.
CHECK REGISTER NO. 20 - Approval of the Check Register. '
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands
presented in Check Register No. 20.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
8. A REQUEST TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPEAL OF
MASTER CASE NO. 08-033 OVERTURNING THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S
JUNE 2, 2009, APPROVAL OF A 99,000 SQUARE -FOOT COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPMENT ON 10.28 ACRES IN THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL
(PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY) ZONE - Consideration of adoption of 'a
resolution approving the appeal of the Planning Commission's approval of a commercial
development.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council conduct the continued public hearing and
adopt a resolution approving the appeal of Master Case 08-033, overturning the Planning
Commission's June 2, 2009 approval of a 99,000 square -foot commercial development in the
Community Commercial (Planned Development Overlay) zone.
9. MASTER CASE 08-199: A REQUEST TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING A
RIDGELINE ALTERATION PERMIT, HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, AND
AN OAK TREE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
ADDITIONAL SURFACE PARKING AND THREE PARKING DECKS AT AN
EXISTING CHURCH IN THE RESIDENTIAL ESTATE ZONE - Request to allow
construction of new surface parking spaces and three two-level parking structures.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt a resolution adopting the Mitigated
Negative Declaration and approving Master Case 08-199 (Ridgeline Alteration Permit 08-
003, Hillside Development Review 08-005, Oak Tree Permit 08-026) to allow for the
construction of new surface parking spaces and three, two-level parking structures at 22833
Copper Hill Drive in the City of Santa Clarita, subject to the Conditions of Approval.
10. A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF MASTER CASE 10-069, SPECIFIC PLAN
AMENDMENT 10-004, TO MODIFY THE DOWNTOWN NEWHALL SPECIFIC
PLAN TO ESTABLISH GUIDELINES ALLOWING FOR OUTDOOR DINING
WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY IN THE URBAN CENTER ZONE OF THE
DOWNTOWN NEWHALL SPECIFIC PLAN AREA - The proposed modifications are
intended to promote the commercial nature of Main Street by encouraging an intensity of
activity that would be further enhanced by the provision of outdoor dining opportunities.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council introduce and pass to second reading, an
ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING MASTER CASE 10-069, CONSISTING
OF SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT 10-004, AMENDING THE DOWNTOWN
NEWHALL SPECIFIC PLAN (DNSP) TO MODIFY SECTION 4.2.020 AND ADD
SECTION 4.7 MAIN STREET OUTDOOR DINING GUIDELINES".
11. A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF MASTER CASE 10-070, UNIFIED
DEVELOPMENT CODE (UDC) AMENDMENT 10-005, TO MODIFY THE UDC TO
ESTABLISH DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE OUTDOOR DISPLAY OF
MERCHANDISE ON COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ZONED PROPERTIES
WITHIN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA (RDA) OF THE CITY OF SANTA
CLARITA - In response to feedback from the business community within the RDA, the City
has proposed modifications to section 17.15.040 of the UDC regarding the outdoor display of
merchandise.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council introduce and pass to second reading, an
ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING MASTER CASE 10-070, CONSISTING
OF UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE (UDC) AMENDMENT 10-005, AMENDING THE
UDC TO ESTABLISH DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE OUTDOOR DISPLAY
OF MERCHANDISE ON COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ZONED PROPERTIES
WITHIN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA (RDA) OF THE CITY OF SANTA
CLARITA."
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, November 9, 2010, at 6:00
p.m. in the Council Chamber, 1 st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA.
CERTIFICATION
I, Sarah P. Gorman, City Clerk, do hereby certify that I am the duly appointed and qualified City
Clerk for the City of Santa Clarita and that on October 21, 2010, 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.
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Sarah P. Gorman, Esq.
City Clerk
Santa Clarita, California