Agenda = Face

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

JOINT CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT = AGENCY=20 REGULAR MEETING

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

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=20 Participation portion of the meeting, each person wishing to = speak=20 should prepare a presentation of not more than three (3) = minutes.=20 Public Participation speaker's slips must be submitted to = the City=20 Clerk BEFORE this portion of the meeting begins. Anyone = wishing to=20 address an item on the agenda should fill out a speaker's = slip and=20 submit it to the City Clerk BEFORE the Mayor announces the = item.=20 Each person addressing the Council is given three (3) = minutes to=20 speak indicated by a colored light system on the Council = dais; a=20 green light appears when the speaker begins; a yellow light = appears=20 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=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/RECOGNITION TO MEMBERS OF THE = COMMUNITY

Senator George Runner

Sheriff Deputies that recovered a vehicle stolen from the = Senior=20 Center and apprehended the thief
Dave Hauser - Posse = Member of=20 the Year Award from L.A. County Sheriff Department

Charlie Chaplin Film Festival Proclamation

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PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY

None
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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 and Redevelopment Agency meetings are = submitted for=20 approval.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: = Approve=20 minutes of the January 11, 2011, special and regular = joint=20 meetings of the City Council.
Redevelopment = Agency:=20 Approve the minutes of the January 11, 2011, special = and=20 regular joint meetings of the Redevelopment Agency.=20

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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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NAMING=20 OF CROSS VALLEY CONNECTOR'S GOLDEN VALLEY = BRIDGE - At=20 the September 14, 2010, Council Meeting, the City = Council=20 expressed interest in naming the Golden Valley bridge = located=20 on the Cross Valley Connector in honor of Santa = Clarita=20 residents who have died while serving the United = States in=20 Iraq and Afghanistan. The Council directed staff to = agendize=20 this matter.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City = Council=20 approve honoring Santa Clarita residents who have lost = their=20 lives while serving the United States in Iraq and = Afghanistan=20 by naming the Cross Valley Connector's Golden Valley = bridge=20 "Fallen Warrior Memorial Bridge." =

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INTRODUCTION=20 AND FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 5.08 = TO THE=20 SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO THE = BUSINESS=20 LICENSING OF AND OPERATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR MASSAGE=20 BUSINESSES AND ESTABLISHMENTS, AND MASSAGE = PRACTITIONERS AND=20 THERAPISTS - The business licensing and = regulation of=20 what are referred to as "massage parlors" and those = that=20 provide massage services (referred to as "massage=20 technicians") are currently governed by the applicable = provisions of Chapter 7.54 of Title 7 of the Los = Angeles=20 County Code, which the City has adopted by reference = as part=20 of Title 5 of the Santa Clarita Municipal Code. In = recent=20 years, the City has seen a significant increase in the = number=20 of massage parlors operating in the City, and along = with such=20 proliferation of establishments has come increased = reports of=20 illicit activity, particularly prostitution, at some = of these=20 locations. While we are precluded from stopping the=20 proliferation of massage businesses and = establishments, we can=20 adopt measures, within the confines of state law, that = would=20 ensure proper business practices and provide staff = with=20 enforcement tools. In response, the City, in = partnership with=20 the Sheriff=E2=80=99s Department, began to explore = various options for=20 enhancing the applicable licensing and operational = regulations=20 for these businesses and the individuals providing = massage=20 services.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council=20 introduce and pass to second reading an ordinance = entitled:=20 "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA = CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING AND RESTATING CHAPTER = 7.54 OF=20 TITLE 7 OF THE LOS ANGLES COUNTY CODE PREVIOUSLY = ADOPTED BY=20 REFERENCE AND ADDING IT AS CHAPTER 5.08 OF TITLE 5 OF = THE=20 SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO THE = BUSINESS=20 LICENSING OF AND OPERATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR MASSAGE=20 BUSINESSES AND ESTABLISHMENTS, AND MASSAGE = PRACTITIONERS AND=20 THERAPISTS," adding Chapter 5.08 to the Santa Clarita=20 Municipal Code pertaining to the licensing and = regulation of=20 massage businesses and establishments, and massage=20 practitioners and therapists; and set second reading = for=20 February 8, 2011.

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METRO=20 2011 CALL FOR PROJECTS APPLICATION SUBMITTAL - = The Los=20 Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority = (Metro)=20 2011 Call for Projects is a competitive grant process = that=20 cofunds new regionally significant capital = transportation=20 projects.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = direct=20 staff to submit grant applications to the Los Angeles = County=20 Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) by the = January=20 28, 2011, deadline requesting an estimated $7,540,000 = in the=20 2011 Metro Call for Projects grant cycle.=20

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RESOLUTION=20 AUTHORIZING THE INSTALLATION OF MULTIWAY STOP CONTROLS = AT THE=20 INTERSECTION OF STILLMORE STREET AND WALNUT SPRINGS=20 AVENUE - Staff received a request from a = resident to=20 install multiway stop controls at the subject = intersection.=20 Staff conducted an analysis, which included the = evaluation of=20 vehicular volumes, pedestrian data, collision history, = and=20 sight visibility. The analysis determined the = intersection of=20 Stillmore Street and Walnut Springs Avenue met the = City's=20 warrants for the installation of multiway stop = controls at a=20 residential intersection. Installing multiway stop = controls=20 will enhance the operational efficiency of the = intersection=20 and improve pedestrian safety.
RECOMMENDED = ACTION:=20 City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the=20 installation of multiway stop controls at the = intersection of=20 Stillmore Street and Walnut Springs Avenue.=20

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VALENCIA=20 INDUSTRIAL CENTER BIKE LANES, PROJECT T1011 - AWARD=20 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT - The Valencia = Industrial Center=20 Bike Lanes, Project T1011, will restripe and add = signage to=20 Avenue Scott between Rye Canyon Road and Avenue = Rockefeller,=20 Avenue Stanford between Vanderbilt Way and Avenue = Scott, and=20 Vanderbilt Way to accommodate bicycle lanes. Bicycle = detection=20 will also be added at signalized=20 intersections.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City = Council=20 approve the plans and specifications for the Valencia=20 Industrial Center Bike Lanes, Project T1011, and award = the=20 contract to Sterndahl Enterprises in the amount of = $112,995,=20 and authorize a contingency in the amount of $16,950, = for a=20 total contract amount not to exceed $129,945; transfer = $11,000=20 from Expenditure Account M0067233-5161.001 to = Expenditure=20 Account T1011233-5161.001; authorize the City Manager = or=20 designee to execute all documents, subject to City = Attorney=20 approval.

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APPROVE=20 THE USE OF A "PIGGYBACK" CONTRACT FOR CITY-WIDE OFFICE = SUPPLIES - Approve the use of a pre-existing = public=20 agency contract for City-wide office=20 supplies.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = approve=20 the ordering of office supplies from Office Depot = under The=20 Cooperative Purchasing Network (TCPN) contract number = #R5023,=20 in an amount not to exceed $69,000, from account=20 12002-5101.003. Authorize the City Manager to execute = up to=20 two annual renewals, in an annual amount not to exceed = $69,000, plus CPI = adjustments.

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SECOND=20 READING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER = 2.70,=20 PUBLIC LIBRARY, TO THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE = -=20 This Ordinance amends the Santa Clarita Municipal Code = by=20 adding Chapter 2.70, Public Library to include section = 2.70.010 on the establishment of the Santa Clarita = Public=20 Library, section 2.70.020 the Board of Library = Trustees, and=20 section 2.70.030 the Board of Library Trustees=20 meetings.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = conduct a=20 second reading, and adopt an Ordinance entitled: "AN = ORDINANCE=20 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, = CALIFORNIA,=20 ADDING CHAPTER 2.70, PUBLIC LIBRARY, TO THE SANTA = CLARITA=20 MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING FOR THE MUNICIPALITY A = PUBLIC=20 LIBRARY."

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CHECK=20 REGISTER NO. 1 - Approval of the Check=20 Register.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = approve=20 and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check = Register=20 No. 1.

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OPPOSITION=20 TO THE ELIMINATION OF REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES AND = ENTERPRISE=20 ZONES - On January 10, 2011, Governor Jerry = Brown=20 released his FY 2011-12 state budget proposal and, as=20 expected, the state's financial situation continues to = be=20 bleak with a $25.4 billion deficit. The = Governor=E2=80=99s proposal=20 includes the elimination of redevelopment agencies and = enterprise zones. Redevelopment, which has been around = since=20 the 1950's, is a tool for improving communities, = spurring job=20 growth, and is the most significant provider of=20 infrastructure, urban development and affordable = housing in=20 the state. Enterprise zones are one of the few = economic=20 development tools that cities and counties have to = bring jobs=20 to depressed areas.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City = Council=20 oppose Governor Brown's proposal to eliminate = redevelopment=20 agencies and enterprise zones, and direct staff to = transmit=20 position to the Governor's office, appropriate members = of the=20 California Legislature, the League of California = Cities, and=20 the California Redevelopment Association.=20

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SPECIAL=20 LIBRARY TAX - At their January 11, 2011, the = City=20 Council directed staff to place on the agenda for = January 25,=20 2011 an item to consider calling a special election on = the=20 question of reducing the existing library parcel tax = that was=20 approved by voters in 1997 by $8.84 a year for all = properties,=20 from $27.84 per parcel to $19 per parcel. Staff = recommends=20 continuing this item to the City Council meeting of = May 10,=20 2011, to provide staff and the City Council Ad-Hoc = Library=20 Committee additional time to research and analyze this = issue.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = continue=20 this item to the City Council meeting of May 10, 2011, = to=20 provide staff and the City Council Ad-Hoc Library = Committee=20 additional time to research and analyze this issue.=20

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PUBLIC HEARINGS
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A=20 REQUEST TO AMEND TITLE 17 OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT = CODE=20 (UDC) TO ADD A VEHICLE DEALER SALES (VDS) OVERLAY = ZONE, MODIFY=20 THE EXISTING UDC TO PROHIBIT AUTO DEALERS OUTSIDE OF = THE VDS=20 OVERLAY ZONE, AND TO MODIFY THE NORTH VALENCIA AND = NORTH=20 VALENCIA II SPECIFIC PLANS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE=20 REQUIREMENTS OF THE VDS OVERLAY ZONE - This is = a=20 proposal to amend the Unified Development Code to = create a=20 Vehicle Dealer Sales Overlay Zone to allow for the=20 consolidation of vehicle sales within one area in the=20 City.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = introduce and=20 pass to second reading an ordinance entitled: "AN = ORDINANCE OF=20 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA, = CALIFORNIA=20 APPROVING MASTER CASE 10-096, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE = AMENDMENT 10-007, TO AMEND THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT = CODE, THE=20 NORTH VALENCIA SPECIFIC PLAN, AND THE NORTH VALENCIA = II=20 SPECIFIC PLAN TO ALLOW FOR THE CREATION OF THE VEHICLE = DEALER=20 SALES OVERLAY ZONE AND ADOPTING A NEGATIVE = DECLARATION."=20

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AMENDMENTS=20 TO TITLE 11 AND TITLE 17 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE = REGULATING THE=20 USE OF TEMPORARY, NON-COMMERCIAL SIGNS IN THE CITY OF = SANTA=20 CLARITA - Amendments to Titles 11 and 17 of = the=20 Municipal Code establishing regulations for the use of = temporary, non-commercial signs in the City and = establishing a=20 penalty for the illegal installation of such=20 signs.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = approve=20 Master Case 10-046 consisting of Unified Development = Code=20 Amendment 10-003, and introduce and pass to second = reading an=20 ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL = OF THE=20 CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING MASTER = CASE=20 10-046, ADOPTING A NEGATIVE DECLARATION, AND AMENDING = TITLE 11=20 AND TITLE 17 OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL = CODE=20 PERTAINING TO THE REGULATION OF TEMPORARY, = NON-COMMERCIAL=20 SIGNS."

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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. Staff=20 distributed a memo to each Councilmember transmitting = the 2011=20 appointments list for discussion at this=20 time.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = review,=20 discuss, make changes to, and approve the City Council = Committee Appointments list for 2011. =

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WHITTAKER=20 BERMITE PARTNERSHIP - Over the last several = years, the=20 City of Santa Clarita has been closely involved with = the=20 remediation, bankruptcy, and reuse of the 996-acre = Whittaker=20 Bermite property by actively engaging with existing = and=20 various owners of the site, the U.S. Federal = Bankruptcy Court,=20 various lien holders and insurers of the property, the = State=20 of California Department of Toxic Substances Control = (DTSC),=20 and the Whittaker Corporation. In December 2010, the = City=20 successfully reached a settlement agreement in the U.S = Federal=20 Bankruptcy Court with the property owner, Remediation=20 Financial Incorporated, and lien holders of the = property on=20 our Golden Valley Road and Metrolink Parking = litigations.=20
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve = Lewis and=20 Shapell Operating Corporations as the prospective = business=20 partners for the Whittaker Bermite property.=20

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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
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FUTURE MEETINGS

A City Council Study = Session=20 will be held Tuesday, February 1, 2011, at 4:30 p.m. in the = Century=20 Room, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa = Clarita=20 CA.

The next regular meeting of the City Council will = be held=20 Tuesday, February 8, 2011, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council = Chamber, 1st=20 floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita,=20 CA.
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CERTIFICATION

I, Kevin Tonoian, Acting City Clerk, do hereby certify = that I am=20 the duly appointed and qualified City Clerk for the City of = Santa=20 Clarita and that on January 20, 2011, 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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Kevin=20 Tonoian
Acting 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.