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Home My WebLink About2011-04-12 - AGENDAS - JOINT REGULAR (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA JOINT CITY COUNCIUREDEVELOPMENT AGENCY REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, April 12, 2011 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 fl) INVOCATION - Ender CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL FLAG SALUTE -'Mrs. Vasquez' second grade class Helmers Elementary 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 AND RECOGNITIONS Welcome to Los Angeles County Fire Chief Daryl L. Osby American Cancer Society Relay For Life PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY CPRS Awards COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS 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. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES - The minutes of the previous City Council and Redevelopment Agency meetings are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Approve the minutes of the March 15, 2011, special meeting; approve the minutes of the March 22, 2011, special and regular joint meetings. Redevelopment Agency: Approve the minutes of the March 15, 2011, special meeting;approve the minutes of the March 22, 2011, special and regular joint meetings. 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. SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 12.84 OF TITLE 12 TO THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL ,CODE PERTAINING TO THE REGULATION OF MOBILE BILLBOARD ADVERTISING DISPLAYS - Mobile billboard advertising displays are signs that are attached to trailers and other non motorized vehicles for the purpose of advertising on the public right of way. Recently, city staff have received numerous complaints about these signs posing a visual blight and a safety hazard. While citations can currently be issued for trailers that are detached from vehicle, towing repeat offender mobile billboard advertising displays requires posted signs stating that the trailers can be removed from the public streets. In order to remove the mobile billboard advertising displays, the State Code must be adopted so that the sign requirement is removed and the owners can be criminally charged for the violations. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council conduct a second reading and adopt an ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA ADDING CHAPTER 12.84 OF TITLE 12 TO THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO THE REGULATION OF MOBILE BILLBOARD ADVERTISING DISPLAYS" adding chapter 12.84 to the Santa Clarita Municipal Code pertaining to the regulation of mobile billboard advertising displays, 4. CHECK REGISTER NO. 6 - Approval of the Check Register. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 6. 11 PUBLIC HEARINGS 5. NORLAND ROAD/ROBINSON RANCH 2 ANNEXATION; MASTER CASE 08-112 INCLUDING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 08-001(B), PREZONE 08-001(B), AND A REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR ANNEXATION 08-001(B) TO THE LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION (LAFCO) - A request to amend the General Plan and Prezone the Norland Road/Robinson Ranch 2 Annexation Area, and authorize staff to submit an application to the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) for the purposes of annexation. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: conduct the public hearing; adopt a resolution approving General Plan Amendment 08-001(b) for the Norland Road/Robinson Ranch 2 Annexation Area; introduce and pass to second reading an ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING PREZONE NO. 08-001(B) (MASTER CASE 08-112) FOR THE NORLAND ROAD/ROBINSON RANCH 2 ANNEXATION AREA, AS SHOWN IN EXHIBIT "A""; and adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to submit an application to the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) to annex 187 acres of land to the City of Santa Clarita for the Norland Road/Robinson Ranch 2 Annexation Area. 6. ELSMERE CANYON ANNEXATION; MASTER CASE 10-150 INCLUDING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 10-003, PREZONE 10-002, AND A REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR ANNEXATION 10-002 AND SPHERE OF INFLUENCE AMENDMENT 10-002 TO THE LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION - The project proposes a General Plan Amendment and Prezone for the purpose of annexing Elsmere Canyon to the City of Santa Clarita. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Conduct the public hearing; adopt a resolution approving General Plan Amendment 10-003 for the Elsmere Canyon Annexation; introduce and pass to second reading an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING PREZONE NO. 10-002 FOR THE ELSMERE CANYON ANNEXATION AREA AS SHOWN;" and adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to submit an application to the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) requesting annexation of approximately 807 acres of land to the City of Santa Clarita for the Elsmere Canyon area and to simultaneously process a Sphere of Influence Amendment in association with the annexation. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 7. RECONSIDERATION OF STATE ROUTE 14/SAND CANYON ROAD GATEWAY BEAUTIFICATION, PROJECT B3003 AND FEDERAL -AID PROJECT RPSTPLE-5450(059), STATE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM - AWARD DESIGN CONTRACT - The project will install landscaping, hardscape, and irrigation systems along State Route 14 on- and off -ramps and Sand Canyon Road within the City of Santa Clarita and within the jurisdiction of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). RECOMMENDED ACTION: If the City Council wishes to reconsider this item, the Council must first adopt a motion to reconsider. Thereafter, consider Actions 2, 3, and 4; award the contract for landscape architecture and engineering design services to Valley Crest Design Group for the State Route 14/Sand Canyon Road Gateway Beautification, Project B3003, in the amount of $229,530, plus a contingency in the amount of $29,318, for a total contract amount not to exceed $258,848; appropriate $78,264 from Landscape Maintenance District Fund 357 to Expenditure Account B3003357-5161.001; and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. NEW BUSINESS 8. FORMATION OF A CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE - During the January 25, 2011, City Council Meeting, Councilmember Bob Kellar requested that the City Council consider forming a City Council Public Safety Subcommittee. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council discuss formation of a City Council Public Safety Subcommittee and provide direction. C: 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 - In memory of Mike Gadbury FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 1 st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. CERTIFICATION I, Kevin Tonoian, Acting 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 7, 2011, 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. Kevin T rif3ia Acting ity erk Santa larita, California 7