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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

JOINT CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT = AGENCY/BOARD=20 OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
REGULAR MEETING

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

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=20 Business
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Public Participation Process

During the Public Participation portion of the meeting, = each=20 person wishing to speak should prepare a presentation of not = more=20 than three (3) minutes. Public Participation speaker's slips = must be=20 submitted to the City Clerk BEFORE this portion of the = meeting=20 begins. Anyone wishing to address an item on the agenda = should fill=20 out a speaker's slip and submit it to the City Clerk BEFORE = the=20 Mayor announces the item. Each person addressing the Council = is=20 given three (3) minutes to speak indicated by a colored = light system=20 on the Council dais; a green light appears when the speaker = begins;=20 a yellow light appears when 30 seconds remain and a red = light=20 appears when time has expired. Comments should be complete = at this=20 time.
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In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities = Act, if=20 you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, = please=20 contact the City Clerk's Office, (661) 255-4391. = Notification 48=20 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make = reasonable=20 arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28CFR = 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II)
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INVOCATION - Ender

CALL TO ORDER=20

ROLL CALL

FLAG SALUTE

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EXECUTIVE MEETING

This time has been set aside for Councilmembers to review = the=20 agenda and obtain any further information that may be = needed.=20 Council will also discuss each individual item during the = course of=20 the meeting with the exception of the Consent Calendar, = which may be=20 approved in its entirety by one motion, unless there is a = request to=20 pull an item for discussion. No action will be taken on = public=20 agenda items during the Executive Meeting.
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APPROVAL OF AGENDA - Mayor to inquire whether = there=20 are any changes to the Agenda or if any member of the = Council or the=20 public would like to pull for discussion, any item on the = Consent=20 Calendar.
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AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Saugus High = girls=20 cross country for winning sixth CIF state championship in a = row

Golden = Valley High=20 boys cross country for winning 2011 CIF state championship =

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PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY

None scheduled.

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COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS =
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CONSENT CALENDAR

All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are=20 considered routine and will be enacted by one motion = by the=20 City Council. The items are not individually discussed = by the=20 City Council unless a request is made by a member of = the=20 public or the Council, in which case, the item(s) will = be=20 removed from the Consent Calendar and will be = considered=20 separately.
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APPROVAL=20 OF MEETING MINUTES - The minutes of the = previous City=20 Council, Redevelopment Agency, and Board of Library = Trustees=20 meetings are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED = ACTION:=20 City Council: Approve the minutes of the December = 13, 2011=20 special meeting. City Council, Redevelopment = Agency, and=20 Board of Library Trustees: Approve the minutes of = the=20 December 13, 2011, special reorganization and regular=20 meetings.

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READING=20 OF ORDINANCE TITLES - Government Code Section = 36934=20 requires that all ordinances be read in full prior to = Council=20 taking action on the ordinance. By listing the = ordinance title=20 on the Council agenda, Council may determine that the = title=20 has been read.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City = Council=20 determine that the titles to all ordinances which = appear on=20 this public agenda have been read and waive further = reading.=20

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FEDERAL=20 ADVOCACY SERVICES: MURRAY, MONTGOMERY, & = O=E2=80=99DONNELL=20 - The City utilizes the professional services = of=20 Murray, Montgomery & O'Donnell for federal = advocacy=20 services on behalf of the City of Santa=20 Clarita.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = authorize=20 the City Manager or designee to execute, subject to = City=20 Attorney approval, a contract for continuation of = professional=20 services with Murray, Montgomery & O'Donnell, Inc. = for the=20 period of January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012, = with the=20 option to renew annually for a maximum of two = additional=20 years.

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AWARD=20 CONTRACT FOR OPERATION OF THE SANTA CLARITA WORKSOURCE = CENTER=20 FROM FEBRUARY 1, 2012, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2012 - = Consideration of contract award for a vendor to = operate the=20 staffing component of the Santa Clarita WorkSource=20 Center.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Award a contract = to=20 Santa Clarita Community College District (COC) for the = operation of the Santa Clarita WorkSource Center, RFP=20 ED-11-12-07, in an amount not to exceed $150,000; and=20 authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all = contract=20 documents and renewals, or modify the award in the = event that=20 issues of impossibility of performance arise, subject = to City=20 Attorney approval; and make the line item account = changes to=20 the WIA budget as outlined. =

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VALENCIA=20 MEADOWS POOL RENOVATION, M0080- PROJECT ACCEPTANCE = -=20 To address water seepage that had worsened in recent = years,=20 this project replaced the original pool plaster, tile, = and=20 plumbing system at the Valencia Meadows Park pool. All = construction work and start-up maintenance were = completed on=20 December 9, 2011.
RECOMMENDED = ACTION:=20 City Council accept the work performed by = California=20 Commercial Pools, Inc. for the Valencia Meadows Pool=20 Renovation, Project M0080; direct the City Clerk to = file the=20 Notice of Completion with the County Recorder; direct = staff to=20 release the balance of the retention 35 days after = Notice of=20 Completion is recorded, provided no stop notices, as = defined=20 by law, have been filed. =

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RESOLUTION=20 AUTHORIZING SUBMITTALS OF CHAPTER 8 AGREEMENTS TO = PURCHASE=20 TAX-DEFAULTED PROPERTIES FOR OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION = -=20 Resolution authorizing staff to submit Chapter 8 = Agreements to=20 the County of Los Angeles Tax Collector to acquire=20 tax-defaulted properties for open = space.
RECOMMENDED=20 ACTION: City Council adopt a resolution = authorizing=20 submittals of a Chapter 8 Agreements to the County of = Los=20 Angeles Treasurer and Tax Collector to purchase = tax-defaulted=20 properties for open space=20 preservation.

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JOINT=20 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL = AND THE=20 LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVING THE=20 NEGOTIATED EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE RESULTING = FROM THE=20 PROPOSED ELSMERE CANYON ANNEXATION - This item = is for=20 the City Council to adopt a Joint Resolution of the = City=20 Council of the City of Santa Clarita and the Board of=20 Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles for the = negotiated=20 exchange of property tax revenue resulting from the = proposed=20 annexation of Elsmere Canyon.
RECOMMENDED = ACTION:=20 City Council adopt a joint Resolution of = Negotiated=20 Exchange of Property Tax Revenue resulting from the = proposed=20 Elsmere Canyon Annexation. =

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8.	CHECK=20 REGISTER NOS. 24, 25, and 26 - Approval of the = Check=20 Register. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = approve=20 and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check = Register=20 No. 24, 25, and 26.

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PUBLIC HEARINGS
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A=20 REQUEST TO AMEND THE DOWNTOWN NEWHALL SPECIFIC PLAN = (DNSP) TO=20 ADDRESS VARIOUS ISSUES INCLUDING SIGNS, OUTDOOR = DISPLAY OF=20 MERCHANDISE, ALCOHOL USES, NON-CONFORMING USES, ALONG = WITH=20 OTHER GRAMMATICAL AMENDMENTS - This is a = request to=20 amend the Downtown Newhall Specific Plan (DNSP) to = address=20 various issues identified in working with the code = language=20 since adoption of the DNSP. This would be the third = update to=20 the DNSP, but would be the first comprehensive=20 update.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = introduce=20 and pass to second reading an ordinance entitled "AN = ORDINANCE=20 OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING = MASTER CASE=20 11-129, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT 11-004, TO = ADOPT A=20 NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND AMEND THE DOWNTOWN NEWHALL = SPECIFIC=20 PLAN."

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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

This time has been set aside for the public to address = the City=20 Council on items that are NOT on
the agenda. Council will = not act=20 upon those items at this meeting other than to review and = return=20 without action or provide direction to staff. ALL speakers = must=20 submit a speaker's slip to the City Clerk prior to this = portion of=20 the meeting and prepare a presentation not to exceed three = (3)=20 minutes. The number of people wishing to speak will divide = the=20 thirty minutes allowed for public input, maximum time = allowed per=20 person will be three (3) minutes.
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STAFF COMMENTS (Matters of Public=20 Participation)
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ADJOURNMENT=20 - In memory of Jeri Bronstrup
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FUTURE MEETINGS

The next regular = meeting of=20 the City Council will be held Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at = 6:00=20 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 = Valencia=20 Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA.
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CERTIFICATION

I, Sarah P. Gorman, City Clerk, do hereby certify that I = am the=20 duly appointed and qualified City Clerk for the City of = Santa=20 Clarita and that on January 5, 2012, between the hours of = 9:00 a.m.=20 and 5:00 p.m., the foregoing agenda was posted at City Hall = and the=20 Santa Clarita Sheriff's Station.

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Sarah=20 P. Gorman, Esq.
City Clerk
Santa Clarita, California=20 =

The official = agenda is=20 posted at City Hall in accordance with state law.
This copy = is for=20 general information only.
In the event of a conflict = between this=20 copy and the posted agenda, the posted agenda shall prevail. = Questions=20 regarding this agenda should be directed to the City Agenda = Coordinator at=20 (661) 255-4391.