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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-09-10 - AGENDAS - JOINT REGULAR (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA JOINT CITY COUNCIL/ BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, September 10, 2013 6:00 PM City Council Chambers 23920 Valencia Blvd. 1 St 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 11) INVOCATION - McLean 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 None. PRESENTATIONS Help the Children 2 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 City Council special meeting and the minutes of the Joint City Council and Board of Library Trustees and City Council Acting as the Governing Board of the Successor Agency to the former Santa Clarita Redevelopment Agency meeting are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the minutes of the August 27, 2013, special meeting. Joint City Council and Board of Library Trustees, and City Council Acting as the Governing Board of the Successor Agency to the former Santa Clarita Redevelopment Agency: Approve the minutes of the August 27, 2013, regular meeting. 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. APPROVE THE USE OF A "PIGGYBACK" CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF AN AL120 EZ -LINER PICKUP MOUNTED STRIPER - The purchase of an AL120 EZ -Liner pickup mounted striper will increase productivity in maintaining painted traffic markings on City roadways. The purchase of a new striper will eliminate downtime spent in search of costly and hard to find replacement parts and improve efficiency in meeting annual restriping goals. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the use of a "piggyback" contract for the purchase of an AL120 EZ -Liner pickup mounted striper using Helping Governments Across the Country (HGAC) Contract SM10-12 RFP, No. P201, in an amount not to exceed $70,000; and authorize the City Manager or designee to modify all documents to contract with the next lowest and/or qualified bidder/proposer in the event the awardee is unable to fulfill its obligations or perform, subject to City Attorney final document approval, contingent upon the appropriation of funds by the City Council in the annual budget for such fiscal year. 4. 2013-14 ANNUAL OVERLAY AND SLURRY SEAL PROGRAM, PROJECT M0097 - AWARD DESIGN CONTRACT - The Annual Overlay and Slurry Seal Program improves various streets throughout the City by resurfacing and sealing surface cracks to enhance skid -resistant properties and increase pavement life. This results in a smoother ride for traffic, an enhanced appearance of the area, and an extended economic life of the roadway. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council award the contract for engineering design services to Pavement Engineering Inc. for the 2013-14 Annual Overlay and Slurry Seal Program, Project M0097, in the amount of $109,075, and authorize a contingency in the amount of $16,361, for a total contract amount not to exceed $125,436; and authorize the City Manager or designee to modify all documents to contract with the next most qualified proposer, as provided for in the staff report, in the event the awardee is unable to fulfill its obligations or perform, subject to City Attorney final document approval, contingent upon the available appropriation of funds by the City Council in the annual budget for such fiscal year. 5. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR HABITAT CONSERVATION FUNDS - The grant funds would be used to improve the trails and access in Haskell Canyon Open Space. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt a resolution authorizing submittal of a grant application to the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation's Habitat Conservation Fund (HCF) Program seeking funding for trail improvements in the City's Haskell Canyon Open Space. 6. AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013-14 - Agreement with the County of Los Angeles for the operation of transit services within the unincorporated areas of the Santa Clarita Valley. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve an agreement with the County of Los Angeles to provide public transportation service in unincorporated areas, and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute the Agreement or modify the award in the event that issues of impossibility of performance arise, subject to City Attorney approval. CHECK REGISTER NO. 17 - Approval of the Check Register. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 17. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 8. NEWHALL ROUNDABOUT ART PROJECT- At the request of the City Council, staff will provide an update on the current concept proposals for the Newhall Roundabout art project and receive direction on alternatives for moving forward. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council discuss and provide direction to staff and the Arts Commission on the Newhall Roundabout public art project. NEW BUSINESS 9. RIVENDALE PARK AND OPEN SPACE CONCEPTUAL MASTER PLAN - The City acquired the 60 -acre Rivendale Ranch Property in 1995. Since that time, use of the property has been limited primarily to trailhead parking and trail access for the adjacent Towsley Canyon Open Space. In recent years, several individuals, event promoters, and groups with a desire for the development of a cultural or historical interpretive area have shown interest in the site. The Rivendale Park and Open Space Conceptual Master Plan was prepared with extensive public participation and therefore represents the community's vision for the site. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the Rivendale Park and Open Space Conceptual Master Plan. 10. REVIEW AND DISCUSS OPTIONS TO ADDRESS SINGLE -USE PLASTIC BAGS DISTRIBUTED BY COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS - City Council review and discuss options regarding single -use plastic bags. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council receive report and provide direction regarding single -use plastic bags. 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 6 FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, September 24, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 1 st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. CERTIFICATION 1, 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 September 5, 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. IL /- ine C apKan Interim Ci Clerk Santa Clarita, California