HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-12-09 - AGENDAS - JOINT REGULAR MTG (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
JOINT CITY COUNCIL/
BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, December 09, 2014
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)
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 November 25, 2014, special and regular meetings.
2, NEWHALL AVENUE BEAUTIFICATION, PROJECT B2015 - AWARD
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT - This project will provide a landscaped median on
Newhall Avenue from 80 feet south of the Southern California Regional Rail Authority rail
line to 550 feet north of State Route 14, totaling about 1.2 miles.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the plans and specifications for the
Newhall Avenue Beautification, Project B2015; award the construction contract to R.C.
Becker and Son, Inc., in the amount of $1,529,880 and authorize a contingency in the
amount of $305,976, for a total contract amount not -to -exceed $1,835,856; authorize an
increased expenditure in the amount of $105,000 to the existing professional services
contract with Penfield & Smith to provide construction engineering, construction survey, and
landscape architect support during construction; authorize an expenditure in the amount of
$7,500 to Castaic Lake Water Agency for water connection fees; authorize an expenditure in
the amount of $25,000 to Newhall County Water District for a two-inch water meter
installation fee; award a contract to Tetra Tech Inc. in the amount of $90,000 for
construction management services; and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all
documents, subject to City Attorney approval.
3. AWARD A CONTRACT FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT REPORT FOR THE MANCARA PROJECT LOCATED AT THE
TERMINUS OF LOST CANYON ROAD AND OAK SPRINGS CANYON ROAD -
This is a contract between the City of Santa Clarita and Michael Baker International
(formerly "RBF Consulting") for the completion of an Environmental Impact Report
previously awarded to RBF Consulting for the Mancara Project.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council award a contract to Michael Baker
International in the amount of $158,890, plus a 10% contingency of $15,889 for a total
contract cost of $174,779, and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract and
associated documents subject to City Attorney approval.
4. FISCAL YEAR 2014-15 MID -YEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS - As the organization
approaches the middle of the fiscal year, City staff evaluates the adopted budget, revenue
projections, and economic conditions for the remainder of the fiscal year. It is standard
procedure to perform a mid -year review of the City's budgetary and financial position to
ensure any deviations from the initial budget projections are proactively addressed. Staff
also reviews requests for appropriations to address new priorities which are unfunded or
underfunded.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council authorize adjustments to Fiscal Year 2014-15
budget in the amount specified in Exhibit A; and adopt a resolution amending the
classification plan.
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5. APPROVAL OF LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT MONITOR
CONTRACTS - Landscape Maintenance District (LMD) monitoring services are
outsourced and managed by the Special Districts Office. The purpose of this item is to
execute month-to-month agreements for a term not -to -exceed 18 months, through June 2016.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve a month-to-month extension of
Agreement No. 08-00533 with Bryan Smith Consulting to provide landscape maintenance
monitoring services for a period not -to -exceed 18 months and an amount not -to -exceed
$485,551; approve a month-to-month extension of Agreement No. 13-00244 with
LandscapeConsultant.com to provide landscape maintenance monitoring services for a
period not -to -exceed 18 months and an amount not -to -exceed $151,474; approve a
month-to-month contract with Aguila Consulting, Agreement No. 14-00403, to provide
landscape maintenance monitoring services for a period not -to -exceed 18 months and an
amount not -to -exceed $80,730; approve a month-to-month contract with Jeff Maxwell
Design (JMD), Agreement No. 14-00402, to provide landscape maintenance monitoring
services for a period not -to -exceed 18 months and an amount not -to -exceed $74,808; and
approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents subject to City
Attorney final document approval, contingent upon the appropriation of funds by the City
Council during the Fiscal Year 2015-16 Annual Budget process.
6. AWARD CONTRACT FOR BID NUMBER LMD-14-15-11 TO PROVIDE PARK
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SERVICES - Award a two-year maintenance service
contract to ValleyCrest Landscape to provide contractual landscape maintenance for eight
Landscape Maintenance District (LMD) managed parks for a total two-year contract in an
amount not -to -exceed $465,280.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council award a two-year maintenance service contract
to ValleyCrest Landscape, to provide contractual landscape maintenance for eight Landscape
Maintenance District (LMD) Parks in the annual amount of $186,112, and authorize an
annual contingency in the amount of $46,528, for a two-year contract in an amount -not -to
exceed $465,280; appropriate funds from the LMD Fund Balance (357) in the amount of
$39,450 to expenditure account 15250-5161.010 to fund six months of maintenance for
River Village Park; 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; and direct staff to return to the Council prior to the conclusion of the two-year
contracts to consider authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute up to three annual
renewal options not to exceed the annual bid amount, plus Consumer Price Index (CPI)
adjustments.
DECLARING RESULTS OF CITY OF SANTA CLARITA SPECIAL ELECTION - In
accordance with Elections Code Sections 10262 and 10263, upon receipt of the results of the
election from the elections official conducting the election (LA County Registrar -Recorder),
the city elections official (City Clerk) shall certify the results to the governing body (City
Council) no later than the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting following
presentation of the 28 -day canvass of the returns.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt a resolution reciting the fact of the
Special Election held on November 4, 2014, declaring the result of City of Santa Clarita
Measure S and such other matters as provided by law.
8. LOCAL APPOINTMENT VACANCY NOMINATION AND APPOINTMENT - At the
regular meeting of October 28, 2014, the City Council declared a local appointment vacancy
and directed the City Clerk to post and publish the Notice of Vacancy for one position on the
Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District Board of Trustees.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council appoint Tina Szumanski as the City of Santa
Clarita Representative to the Greater Los Angeles Vector Control District Board for a
two-year term, commencing January 5, 2015.
9. CHECK REGISTER NO. 23 AND NO. 24. - Approval of the Check Register.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands
presented in Check Register Nos. 23 and 24.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
10. ADJUST CONSOLIDATED FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT DEVELOPER FEE -
Fire District developer fees pay for the cost of fire stations and related fire protection
improvements. The resolution would adjust developer fees by $0.0281 per square foot for
fire protection facilities in keeping with the latest Los Angeles County Development Fee
schedule adopted by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council conduct a public hearing and adopt a
resolution to adjust Consolidated Fire Protection District developer fees from $1.0293 per
square foot to $1.0574 per square foot in accordance with the Developer Fee Agreement
between the City of Santa Clarita and the Consolidated Fire Protection District of Los
Angeles County.
11. FORMATION OF DRAINAGE BENEFIT ASSESSMENT AREA NO. 2014-1 (RIVER
VILLAGE AREA C) - Formation of a special assessment district to pay for the ongoing
maintenance of an on-site water quality detention basin as a condition of development
approval.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council conduct a public hearing, and open and review
ballots. If no majority protest exists, adopt a resolution approving the Engineer's Report for
Drainage Benefit Assessment Area (DBAA) 2014-1, and authorize the annual levy and
collection of the assessments within DBAA 2014-1, beginning Fiscal Year 2015-16. If a
majority protests exists, no action will be required.
NEW BUSINESS
12. ACCEPTANCE OF DONATED REAL PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PUBLIC RECREATIONAL AND OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION, 10 +/- ACRES
OF REAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, LOS ANGELES
COUNTY ASSESSOR'S PARCELS 2841-015-006 AND 2841-015-007 - Acceptance of
10 +/- acres of real property in the City of Santa Clarita, adjacent to the City's existing
Golden Valley open space.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council accept the donation of real property for the
purpose of public recreational and open space preservation, 10 +/- acres of real property in
the City of Santa Clarita, Assessor's parcel numbers 2841-015-006 and 2841-015-007; and
authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney
approval.
13. LOS ANGELES COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
APPOINTMENT - Health and Safety Code Section 4730 provides that the Mayor of the
City of Santa Clarita is automatically designated to the Board of Directors of the Los
Angeles County Sanitation Districts as Santa Clarita's first Director. The Health and Safety
Code also allows the City Council to appoint one of the Councilmembers as the second
Director, and a third Councilmember as the alternate Director.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council, if necessary, as a result of a vacancy, appoint
a 2nd Director and/or an alternate to the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles County
Sanitation Districts.
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 - In memory of Harry Shapiro, Helen Minn, and Bill Gilmore.
FUTURE MEETINGS
The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at 6:00
p.m. in the Council Chambers, I st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA.
CERTIFICATION
1, Kevin Tonoian, City Clerk, do hereby certify that I am the duly appointed and qualified City
Clerk for the City of Santa Clarita and that on December 4, 2014, 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 Ton
City Clerk
Santa Clarita, California