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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

JOINT CITY COUNCIL/
BOARD OF LIBRARY
TRUSTEES
REGULAR MEETING

Tuesday, January 08, 2013

6:00 PM

City Council Chambers

23920 Valencia Blvd. 1 st Floor

Santa Clarita, CA 91355

AGENDA
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PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY - No New
Business
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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.

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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)
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INVOCATION - Boydston

CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

FLAG SALUTE
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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.
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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.
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AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Saugus High School Girls Cross Country Team for winning their 7th
in a row CIF State Cross Country Championship

Saugus High School
Boys Cross Country Team for their record breaking season

Certificate of
Excellence Awards

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PRESENTATIONS

Arts Commission update

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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.
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STAFF COMMENTS (Matters of Public Participation)

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COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS

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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.
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1.

APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES - The minutes of the
previous City Council and Board of Library Trustees meetings
are submitted for approval.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council: Approve the minutes of the December 11 and
December 20, 2012, special meetings. City Council and Board of
Library Trustees: Approve the minutes of the December 11,
2012, regular meeting.

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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.

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3.

MASTER CASE 10-135: SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS
TO SECTION 17.03.145 OF THE SANTA CLARITA UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT
CODE - HISTORIC PRESERVATION - On September 9, 2008,
the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita adopted
Ordinance 08-14 establishing the City's first Historic
Preservation Ordinance and directed staff to return with a
more comprehensive ordinance.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council conduct second reading and adopt an ordinance
entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,
CALIFORNIA APPROVING MASTER CASE 10-135, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT
CODE AMENDMENT 10-008, TO ADOPT A NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND
AMEND SECTION 17.03.145, HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

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4.

AWARD PURCHASE AND DELIVERY OF 300 CUBIC YARDS (ANNUALLY) OF
MULCH FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS - Award of
contract for the purchase and delivery of 300 cubic yards of
mulch annually to areas throughout the City's 50 Landscaped
Maintenance Districts.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City
Council award a one-year contract to Foothill Soils, Inc. for
the delivery of mulch to all Landscape Maintenance District
(LMD) Zones, as specified in Bid No. LMD-12-13-14, for an
amount not to exceed $163,125; authorize the City Manager or
designee to execute all contracts and associated documents, or
modify the award in the event issues of impossibility of
performance arise, and execute up to two (2) annual renewal
options not to exceed the annual bid amounts, plus Consumer
Price Index (CPI) adjustments, 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.

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5.

RESOLUTIONS TRANSFERRING LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT (LMD)
ADMINISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR LMD ZONE
T-20 (EL DORADO VILLAGE), ZONE T-44 (BOUQUET CANYON), ZONE
T-48 (SHADOW HILLS), ZONE T-62 (CANYON HEIGHTS), ZONE T-67
(MIRAMONTES), ZONE T-71 (HASKELL CANYON RANCH), AND ZONE T-72
(COPPER HILL TWENTY-TWO) FROM THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO THE
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA - Joint City County resolutions
to transfer seven LMD zones to the City and existing landscape
maintenance contracts.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City
Council adopt seven resolutions transferring Landscape
Maintenance District (LMD) administration and maintenance
responsibilities for LMD Zone T-20 (El Dorado Village), Zone
T-44 (Bouquet Canyon), Zone T-48 (Shadow Hills), Zone T-62
(Canyon Heights), Zone T-67 (Miramontes), Zone T-71 (Haskell
Canyon Ranch), and Zone T-72 (Copper Hill Twenty-Two) from the
County of Los Angeles to the City of Santa Clarita.

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6.

CHECK REGISTER NO. 25 - Approval of the Check
Register.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve
and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register
No. 25.

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PUBLIC HEARINGS
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7.

ANNEXATION OF PARCELS INTO STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT
NO. 1 (ANNEXATION L-92) - Consideration of annexing
11 parcels receiving benefit into Streetlight Maintenance
District No. 1.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City
Council conduct public hearing, and open and review the
ballots. If no majority protest exists, adopt a resolution
ordering said annexation and authorize the annual levy and
collection of assessments within the District. If a majority
protest exists, no action will be required.

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NEW BUSINESS
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8.

MAYOR SELECTION - When the City incorporated in 1987,
the City Council adopted a policy of rotating the role of the
mayor between each of the councilmembers on an annual basis in
December. In April 1999, the City Council reviewed this item
and chose to change the selection of a mayor and mayor pro tem
to a majority vote of the City Council. The majority vote
process has been in place for the past 13
years.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council discuss the
current system of letting the City Council decide by a
majority vote who is the next mayor and mayor pro tem and
provide direction to staff.

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9.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY CLEAN WATER, CLEAN BEACHES MEASURE
- The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is proposing a
fee to fund stormwater pollution reduction projects and
programs throughout Los Angeles County (County). This fee
would affect all property owners within the County. The County
area encompasses 85 municipalities and approximately 2.2
million parcels of land. This fee would provide a dedicated
funding source to pay for costs to comply with the
requirements of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System Permit.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council
receive information and direct staff to file a protest form on
all properties owned by the City prior to the January 15,
2013, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Public Hearing;
and if the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors votes to
proceed with a ballot election, direct staff to vote against
the Los Angeles County Clean Water, Clean Beaches Measure on
all City-owned parcels.

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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.
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STAFF COMMENTS (Matters of Public
Participation)
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ADJOURNMENT - In memory of Gary Lee Thornhill, Dr. Robert Mark
Ragsdale, and
Harry Carey Jr.
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FUTURE MEETINGS

The next regular meeting of
the City Council will be held Tuesday, January 22, 2013, at 6:00
p.m. in the Council Chamber, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia
Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA.
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CERTIFICATION

I, Arminé 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 January 3, 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 Sheriff's Station.

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Arminé Chaparyan
Interim City Clerk
Santa Clarita,
California

The official
agenda is posted at City Hall in accordance with state law.
This
copy is for general information only.
In the event of a
conflict between this copy and the posted agenda, the posted agenda
shall prevail. Questions regarding this agenda should be directed to
the City Agenda Coordinator at (661) 255-4391.