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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

JOINT CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY/BOARD
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
Business
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Public Participation Process

During the Public Participation portion of the meeting, each
person wishing to speak should prepare a presentation of not more
than three (3) minutes. Public Participation speaker's slips must be
submitted to the City Clerk BEFORE this portion of the meeting
begins. Anyone wishing to address an item on the agenda should fill
out a speaker's slip 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.
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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 - Ender

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 girls
cross country for winning sixth CIF state championship in a row

Golden Valley High
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
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, Redevelopment Agency, and Board of Library Trustees
meetings are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council: Approve the minutes of the December 13, 2011
special meeting. City Council, Redevelopment Agency, and
Board of Library Trustees: Approve the minutes of the
December 13, 2011, special reorganization and regular
meetings.

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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.

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

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4.

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

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5.

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

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6.

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

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7.

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

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8.

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

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PUBLIC HEARINGS
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9.

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

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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

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

The next regular meeting of
the City Council will be held Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 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, Sarah P. Gorman, 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 5, 2012, 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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Sarah
P. Gorman, Esq.
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.