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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-04-23 - AGENDAS - JOINT REGULAR (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA JOINT CITY COUNCIL/BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, April 23, 2013 6:00 PM City Council Chambers 23920 Valencia Blvd. 1st Floor Santa Clarita, CA 91355 AGENDA PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY — No New Business How to Address the City Council You may address the Council during Public Participation on any matter within the Council's jurisdiction that is not listed on the agenda. Each person wishing to speak should prepare a presentation of not more than three (3) minutes. Public Participation speaker's cards must be submitted to the City Clerk BEFORE this portion of the meeting begins. Public Participation takes place before the consideration of the agenda items and following the consideration of agenda items. However, each person will be allowed to speak only one time during Public Participation per meeting. Anyone wishing to address an item on the agenda should fill out a speaker's card 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. Each presentation may not exceed three (3) minutes. 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 - Ferry 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 AND RECOGNITIONS Eagle Scout Addison Bledsoe for his work on the Golden Valley Ranch open space trail bridges PRESENTATIONS Sam Unger, Executive Officer of the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, regarding the Upper Santa Clara River Chloride (Salt) Total Maximum Daily Load pertaining to discharges from the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District PUBLIC PARTICIPATION This time has been set aside for the public to address the City Council on items NOT listed on the agenda. The City Council will not act upon these items at this meeting other than to review and/or provide direction to staff. ALL speakers must submit a speaker's card to the City Clerk PRIOR to the beginning of this portion of the meeting. Thirty minutes are allotted for public input at this time. The FIRST TEN people to submit a speaker card prior to the beginning of Public Participation will be heard. Speaker cards will be accepted beginning at 5:45 p.m. Any speaker cards received once the first speaker has begun will be heard at the end of the meeting regardless if the ten person limit has been met. Speakers may not exceed three (3) minutes and may only be heard once per meeting under Public Participation. STAFF COMMENTS (Matters of Public Participation) 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 Joint City Council and Board of Library Trustees meeting are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council and Board of Library Trustees: Approve the minutes of the April 9, 2013, special and regular 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. AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF REPLACEMENT BATTERIES FOR EXISTING TRAFFIC SIGNAL BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEMS - The City of Santa Clarita (City) has battery backup systems at 79 signalized intersections throughout the City. The batteries in these systems have surpassed or are near their life expectancy and need to be replaced. Battery backup systems provide reliable emergency power to traffic signals in the event of power failures or interruptions. The City established a five-year maintenance program for the battery backup system batteries based on manufacturer specifications and historical performance. The maintenance program will remove 316 batteries at all 79 signalized intersections installed in 2008 which have reached their service life. This contract only procures the equipment, and staff anticipates hiring a contractor for the installation of the new batteries. The total quantity also includes four spare units. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council authorize the purchase of 320 replacement batteries for existing traffic signal battery backup systems from Advance Battery Systems in an amount not to exceed $53,018; 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, 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. 4. REESTABLISHMENT OF PARKING ON JAKES WAY NEAR SANDY DRIVE - Staff received a request from local residents to remove the existing no -parking signs and reestablish parking on Jakes Way in the area of Sandy Drive. After review of the area and consultation with the adjacent property manager, staff has determined parking can be reestablished. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the reestablishment of parking on Jakes Way near Sandy Drive and authorize staff to remove existing no -parking signs. 5. PRESERVATION OF 56.4 +/- ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY IN SOLEDAD CANYON, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, ASSESSOR'S PARCELS NOS. 3210-006-004 AND 3209-007-002 - Preservation of 56.4 +/- acres of real property in Soledad Canyon for increased access and trail connections to adjacent 1000 + acres of existing protected open space. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the purchase of 56.4 +/- acres of real property for open space preservation, located in Soledad Canyon, Assessor's Parcels Nos. 3210-006-004 and 3209-007-002 at a total cost of $178,582, which includes escrow, title, appraisal fees, due diligence costs, property taxes, and site improvements; appropriate $157,484 from the Open Space Preservation District Fund Balance (Fond 358) to Open Space Preservation District Expenditure Account 12592-5201.004 (Land); appropriate $3,000 from the Open Space Preservation District Fund Balance (Fund 358) to Open Space Preservation District Expenditure Account 12592-5201.008 (Improvements Other than Land); appropriate $600 on an ongoing basis from the Open Space Preservation District Fund Balance (Fund 358) to Open Space Preservation District Expenditure Account 12592-5185.003 (Taxes/Licenses/Fees); Authorize the expenditure of $17,498 from the Environmental Mitigation Land Account R0002303-5201.004 to fund the balance of the purchase; and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval. 6. RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE RENEWAL OF THE GENERAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES FOR MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES - The General Service Agreement between the City and the County of Los Angeles will expire on June 30, 2013. The renewal of this agreement will allow for the continuation of services. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt a resolution to renew the General Services Agreement between the City of Santa Clarita and the County of Los Angeles for miscellaneous services for an additional five-year term, ending June 30, 2018. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to sign all documents subject to City Attorney approval. 7. CHECK REGISTER NO. 7 - Approval of the Check Register. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 8. SIGN ORDINANCE - At the February 26, 2013, City Council meeting, the City Council directed staff to return to the City Council with a draft amendment to the City's Municipal Code that would provide that any noncommercial signs removed from public property be stored by the City for some period of time, after which the owner of the sign can retrieve any such sign without paying any fine. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council introduce and pass to a second reading "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 11.12 OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO SIGNS PLACED ON PUBLIC PROPERTY." NEW BUSINESS 9. A RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE GRANTING A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT TO PACIFIC PIPELINE SYSTEM LLC - In 1999 the City granted to Pacific Pipeline System LLC a franchise for the purpose of transporting oil and related products and substances by pipeline in certain designated areas of the City. This franchise is terminated and a new franchise agreement is proposed. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt a resolution to declare the City's intent to adopt the proposed franchise agreement with Pacific Pipeline System LLC, and introduce and pass to second reading and public hearing on May 14, 2013, an ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT AND USE AN OIL PIPELINE TO PACIFIC PIPELINE SYSTEM LLC." PUBLIC PARTICIPATION This time has been set aside for any speakers that have turned in speaker cards and were not heard in the first thirty minutes allotted to address the City Council on items that are NOT on the agenda. No further speaker cards will be accepted once Public Participation begins. Speakers may not address items that have been considered this evening. Speaker cards may not be submitted relating to any items listed on the agenda. STAFF COMMENTS (Matters of Public Participation) ADJOURNMENT FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, I st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. CERTIFICATION I, Armine Chaparyan, Interim 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 18, 2013, 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. Armine Ch ' yan Interim City Clerk Santa Clarita, California