Agenda = Face

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

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

Tuesday, January 24, 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 - Weste

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

APWA 2011 Project of the Year
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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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1.	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 Approve the minutes of the January 10, 2012, = regular=20 meeting.

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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: Determine = that=20 the titles to all ordinances which appear on this = public=20 agenda have been read and waive further reading.=20

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MCBEAN=20 REGIONAL TRANSIT CENTER PARK-AND-RIDE, PROJECT T1012 - = AWARD=20 DESIGN CONTRACT - The final design phase of = the=20 proposed park-and-ride facility will consist of 285 = parking=20 spaces, five bus canopies, landscape enhancements, = low-impact=20 site lighting, public art installations, and transit = operation=20 service features. In addition, the design will feature = sustainable design elements such as permeable = pavement,=20 bio-swales, and bio-detention = basins.
RECOMMENDED=20 ACTION : Award the design contract to Tetra Tech, = Inc.,=20 for the McBean Regional Transit Center Park-and-Ride, = Project=20 T1012, in the amount of $331,995, and authorize a = contingency=20 in the amount of $50,000, for a total contract amount = not to=20 exceed $381,995; and authorize the City Manager or = designee to=20 execute all documents, subject to City Attorney = approval.=20

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SANTA=20 CLARITA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT COLLEGE OF THE = CANYONS=20 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING - The City of = Santa=20 Clarita and the Santa Clarita Community College = District have=20 entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) = regarding the=20 Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center at College of the = Canyons=20 (PAC) since before the venue opened in 2004. The = latest MOU is=20 for three years and includes a payment to the College = to=20 continue to allow community users to hold public = performances=20 in the PAC.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve = Memorandum=20 of Understanding.

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SECOND=20 READING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE = DOWNTOWN=20 NEWHALL SPECIFIC PLAN TO ADDRESS VARIOUS ISSUES = INCLUDING=20 SIGNS, OUTDOOR DISPLAY OF MERCHANDISE, ALCOHOL USES,=20 NON-CONFORMING USES, ALONG WITH OTHER GRAMMATICAL = AMENDMENTS=20 - This is the second reading of an ordinance = to amend=20 the Downtown Newhall Specific Plan (DNSP) to address = various=20 issues identified in working with the code language = since=20 adoption of the DNSP. This would be the third update = to the=20 DNSP, but would be the first comprehensive=20 update.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Conduct the = second=20 reading and adopt an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE = OF THE=20 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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6.	CHECK=20 REGISTER NO. 1 - Approval of the Check=20 Register. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and = ratify for=20 payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 1. =

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NEW BUSINESS
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COUNCIL=20 COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS - On an annual basis, = the City=20 Council updates the Council Committee Appointments = List. Mayor=20 Ender transmitted a memo to each Councilmember with = the 2012=20 Draft Council Committee Appointments list for = discussion at=20 this time.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Review, = discuss, make=20 changes to, and approve the City Council Committee=20 Appointments list for 2012. =

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A=20 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA = CLARITA,=20 CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA AS = THE=20 SUCCESSOR HOUSING AGENCY OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY = OF THE=20 CITY OF SANTA CLARITA AND ADOPTION OF AN AMENDED = ENFORCEABLE=20 OBLIGATION PAYMENT SCHEDULE - As a result of = ABX1 26,=20 Redevelopment Agencies will be dissolved and replaced = with=20 Successor Agencies responsible for winding down the = affairs of=20 the Redevelopment Agencies on February 1, 2012. While = the City=20 automatically defaults to be the Successor Agency for=20 non-housing related matters, ABX1 26 provides the City = an=20 opportunity to become the Successor Agency for the = housing=20 functions previously held by the Redevelopment Agency. = Additionally, the Redevelopment Agency adopted an = Enforceable=20 Obligation Payment Schedule (EOPS) on August 23, 2011. = As a=20 result of the Supreme Court's decision and the = subsequent=20 deadline extensions, it becomes necessary to adopt an = amended=20 EOPS.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = adopt "A=20 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA = CLARITA,=20 CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA AS = THE=20 SUCCESSOR HOUSING AGENCY OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY = OF THE=20 CITY OF SANTA CLARITA" and direct staff to transmit=20 appropriate notification of this action as required by = ABX1=20 26. Redevelopment Agency adopt the amended Enforceable = Obligation Payment Schedule and direct staff to comply = with=20 the reporting and posting requirements of the = Enforceable=20 Obligation Payment Schedule statute. =

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RESOLUTIONS=20 REGARDING FORGIVENESS OF LOANS TO PUBLIC BODIES AS = REQUIRED BY=20 ASSEMBLY BILL 936 - On September 26, 2011, = Governor=20 Brown signed Assembly Bill (AB) 936 which requires = that all=20 cities and redevelopment agencies adopt a resolution, = on or=20 before February 1, 2012, declaring whether they have = forgiven=20 the repayment of a loan, advance or indebtedness owed = by a=20 public body or an agency to the public body during = January 1,=20 2010, and December 31, 2011.
RECOMMENDED = ACTION:=20 Redevelopment Agency adopt "A RESOLUTION OF THE=20 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, = CALIFORNIA,=20 REGARDING THE FORGIVENESS OF LOANS TO PUBLIC BODIES AS = REQUIRED BY ASSEMBLY BILL 936" and direct staff to = transmit an=20 executed copy of the resolution to required agencies. =
City=20 Council adopt "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE = CITY OF=20 SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, REGARDING THE FORGIVENESS = OF LOANS=20 TO PUBLIC BODIES AS REQUIRED BY ASSEMBLY BILL 936" and = direct=20 staff to transmit an executed copy of the resolution = to=20 required agencies.

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PUBLIC=20 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
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FUTURE MEETINGS

The next = regular=20 meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, February = 14, 2012,=20 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 1st floor of City Hall, = 23920=20 Valencia 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 19, 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 =

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.