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Home My WebLink About2015-09-08 - AGENDAS - JOINT REGULAR (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL / BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES AND CITY COUNCIL ACTING AS THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE FORMER SANTA CLARITA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY JOINT REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, September 8, 2015 6:00 PM City Council Chambers 23920 Valencia Blvd. 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 Boydston CALL TO ORDER 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 Proclaim September 26 as Rubber Ducky Festival Day Hispanic Heritage Month Proclamation 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. Page 2 STAFF COMMENTS 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 SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES — The minutes are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the minutes of the August 25, 2015, Special Meeting. 2. APPROVAL OF JOINT REGULAR MEETING MINUTES — The minutes are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council, Board of Library Trustees, and Successor Agency approve the minutes of the August 25, 2015, Joint Regular Meeting. 3. 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. 4. STATE LEGISLATION: ASSEMBLY BILL 1236 - If enacted, AB 1236 would require cities and counties with a population of 200,000 or greater to adopt by September 30, 2016, an ordinance establishing an expedited permitting process for electric vehicle charging stations. Cities and counties with populations less than 200,000 would be required to adopt an ordinance by September 30, 2017. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt the City Council Legislative Subcommittee's recommendation to oppose Assembly Bill 1236 (Chiu) and transmit position statements to Assembly Member Chiu, Santa Clarita's state legislative delegation, appropriate legislative committees, Governor Brown, and the League of California Cities. Page 3 5. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE AN EXPEDITED, STREAMLINED PERMITTING PROCESS FOR SMALL RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS - First reading of an ordinance in accordance to Assembly Bill 2188, the Expedited Solar Permitting Act, to provide an expedited, streamlined permitting process for small residential rooftop solar energy systems. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council introduce and pass to second reading an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 25.02 OF TITLE 25, TO THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING SMALL RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS." 6. LOST CANYON ROAD BRIDGE WIDENING, CITY PROJECT S3029, FEDERAL PROJECT BHLO-5450(066) - APPROVE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARD CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING SUPPORT CONTRACTS - This project will widen the existing bridge over the Sand Canyon wash at Lost Canyon Road, west of Sand Canyon Road. The project consists of widening the bridge to accommodate roadway improvements that will include two 4 -foot shoulders with two 12 -foot travel lanes and a 10 -foot -wide multi- use pathway for a future trail project connecting to Sand Canyon Road. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: 1. Approve the plans and specifications for the Lost Canyon Road Bridge Widening, City Project S3029, Federal Project BHLO-5450(066). 2. Award the construction contract to John S. Meek Company, Inc., in the amount of $979,593 and authorize a contingency in the amount of $146,939 for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,126,532. 3. Award the construction engineering support contract to Tetra Tech, Inc., in the amount of $117,962 and authorize a contingency in the amount of $11,796 for a total contract amount not to exceed $129,758. 4. Increase expenditure and revenue accounts as follows: S3029229-5161.001 (Highway Bridge Program funds) by $1,143,962; S3029233-5161.001 (TDA Article 8 funds) by $157,678; 53029230-5161.001 (Gas Tax funds) by $1,614; 229-4424.009 (Miscellaneous Federal Grant revenue) by $1,143,962; and 233-4421.002 (TDA Article 8 revenue) by $157,678. 5. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all necessary documents, subject to the approval of the City Attorney. Page 4 7. EXCESS BOND PROCEEDS EXPENDITURE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE REDEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY - This Agreement is an administrative step in completing the wind -down of the former Redevelopment Agency, made necessary by a recent State Controller's Office action detailed below and taken to comply with direction previously given by the California Department of Finance. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council and Successor Agency approve the Excess Bond Proceeds Expenditure Agreement (Agreement) transferring $6,104,268 in "excess bond proceeds" from the Successor Agency to the City and requiring the City to utilize the "excess bond proceeds" to reimburse other funds currently allocated to the long -completed Newhall Library. 8. CHECK REGISTER NO. 17 FOR THE PERIOD 07/24/15 THROUGH 08/06/15 AND 08/13/15. ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFERS FOR THE PERIOD 07/31/15 THROUGH 08/13/15. - Check Register No. 17 for the Period 07/24/15 through 08/06/15 and 08/13/15. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 07/31/15 through 08/13/15. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 17. PUBLIC HEARINGS 9. BOUQUET CANYON SENIOR APARTMENTS TAX EQUITY AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT (TEFRA) HEARING - Consideration of a Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) Resolution approving the proposed financing of a multifamily housing project known as Bouquet Canyon Senior Apartments, through the issuance of bonds by the California Statewide Communities Development Authority (CSCDA). RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council conduct a public hearing and adopt a Tax Equity and Financial Responsibility Act (TEFRA) resolution approving the issuance of tax-exempt obligations by the California Statewide Communities Development Authority (CSCDA) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $39 million to finance the acquisition and rehabilitation of the Bouquet Canyon Senior Apartments. Page 5 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 ADJOURNMENT In memory of Gary Wurst FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, September 22, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 1 st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. CERTIFICATION I, Kevin Tonoian, do hereby certify that I am the duly appointed and qualified City Clerk for the City of Santa Clarita and that on September 3, 2015, the foregoing agenda was posted at City Hall. T Sara Clarkaz California Page 6