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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-03-12 - AGENDAS - REGULAR (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA JOINT CITY COUNCILBOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, March 12, 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 ll) 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 American Red Cross month PRESENTATIONS Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission Goals for 2013 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 February 26, 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. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF CHAPTER 8 AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE TAX -DEFAULTED PROPERTIES FOR OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION - Resolution authorizing staff to submit a Chapter 8 Agreement to the County of Los Angeles Tax Collector to acquire tax -defaulted properties Assessors Parcel Numbers 2826-125-001, 2848-009-041, and 2848-036-008 for open space. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the submittal of a Chapter 8 Agreement to the County of Los Angeles Treasurer and Tax Collector to purchase tax -defaulted properties for open space preservation. 4. APPROVAL OF PARCEL MAP, ACCEPTANCE OF OFFERS OF DEDICATION, AND ABANDONMENT OF EXISTING EASEMENTS FOR PARCEL MAP NO. 71725 - Pursuant to Section 66474.1 of the Subdivision Map Act, approve Parcel Map No. 71725. The map is for subdivision of lots located on Valley Center Drive at Soledad Canyon Road. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve Parcel Map No. 71725; accept on behalf of the public, the right, but not the obligation, to restrict direct vehicular ingress and egress to Valley Center Drive; accept the right, but not the obligation, to restrict or prohibit the erection or construction of any buildings or structures within the flood hazard areas; abandon the existing easements for public use and road purposes; abandon the existing temporary construction easements; and abandon the existing slope easements; make findings as follows: (a) this project is consistent with the provisions of Sections 66474 and 66474.1 of the Subdivision Map Act and should be approved, and (b) this proposed subdivision, together with the provisions for this design and improvement, is consistent with the General Plan required by Article 5 (commencing with Section 65300) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of the Government Code, or any specific plan adopted pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 65450) of Chapter 3 of Division I of the Government Code; instruct the Deputy City Manager to endorse the Special Assessment Statement (Statement) on the face of Parcel Map No. 71725, which indicates all special assessments levied by the City of Santa Clarita are paid; instruct the City Clerk to endorse the Statement on the face of Parcel Map No. 71725, which embodies the approval of said map, and the acceptance of the dedications shown thereon, and the abandonment of the easements shown thereon; and instruct the City Engineer to endorse the Statement on the face of Parcel Map No. 71725, which provides for verification of substantial conformance with the Tentative Map and all provisions of local ordinances and state laws applicable at the time of approval. 5. CHECK REGISTER NO. 4 - Approval of the Check Register, RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No 4. 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, March 26, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 1 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 March 7, 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. Santa Clarita, California