Agenda = Face

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

JOINT CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT = AGENCY=20 REGULAR MEETING

Tuesday, February 08, 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 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/RECOGNITION TO MEMBERS OF THE = COMMUNITY

None
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PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY

CSMFO Budget Award

Purchasing Division Award - Achievement of Excellence in=20 Procurement for 2010 from the National Purchasing Institute =

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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 25, 2011, special and regular = joint=20 meetings of the City Council.
Redevelopment = Agency:=20 Approve the minutes of the January 25, 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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CONTRACT=20 AMENDMENT WITH CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT = SYSTEM=20 TO PROVIDE 20475 (DIFFERENT LEVEL OF BENEFITS) AND = SECTION=20 21353 (2.0% AT 60 RETIREMENT FORMULA) - The = City=20 contracts with the California Public = Employees=E2=80=99 Retirement=20 System (CalPERS) to provide employees with retirement=20 benefits. Government Code Section 20475 allows the = contracting=20 agency, the City, to amend its contract or previous = amendments=20 to its contract with CalPERS in order to provide = different=20 benefits to new employees hired after the effective = date of=20 the amendment. The City is prohibited from reducing = contracted=20 pension benefits for current employees. Therefore, the = City=20 seeks to amend its contract with CalPERS and provide = newly=20 hired employees with the 2.0% at 60 retirement formula = based=20 on the 36 highest paid consecutive months. =
RECOMMENDED=20 ACTION: City Council adopt a resolution of intent = to amend=20 the contract with the California Public Employees' = Retirement=20 System (CalPERS) to provide Section 20475 (Different = Level of=20 Benefits) and Section 21353 (2% at 60 retirement = formula) for=20 local miscellaneous members entering membership for = first time=20 after the effective date of this contract amendment; = introduce=20 and pass to second reading an ordinance entitled "AN = ORDINANCE=20 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, = CALIFORNIA,=20 AMENDING THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF = ADMINISTRATION,=20 CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THE = CITY=20 COUNCIL, CITY OF SANTA CLARITA." =

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

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CITIZENS=20 OPTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY (COPS) GRANT - FISCAL YEAR = 2010-11=20 - Assembly Bill 1913 (Schiff-Cardenas Crime = Prevention=20 Act), signed into law in 2000, provides funding to = cities and=20 counties for frontline law enforcement officers and = juvenile=20 justice initiatives. Fiscal Year 2010-11 marks the = 15th year=20 the City of Santa Clarita has been eligible to receive = grant=20 funding from this program.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: = City=20 Council accept the Fiscal Year 2010-11 = Citizens=E2=80=99 Option for=20 Public Safety (COPS) Grant from the County of Los = Angeles=20 Chief Executive Office (CEO); approve the request from = the Los=20 Angeles County Sheriff=E2=80=99s Department - Santa = Clarita Valley=20 Station to use the Fiscal Year 2010-11 COPS funds to = continue=20 funding the COBRA Team; establish estimated revenues = in=20 account 234-4461.003, Supplemental Law Enforcement = Grant, by=20 $213,620; appropriate $213,620 to account = 16100-5161.001=20 (Contractual Services); and authorize the City = Manager, or=20 designee, to execute any contracts, agreements, or = change=20 orders arising out of this program, subject to City = Attorney=20 approval.

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LIGHT=20 EMITTING DIODE (L.E.D.) REPLACEMENT PROGRAM FOR = TRAFFIC=20 SIGNALS, PROJECT M0076 - AWARD CONTRACT = - In=20 2002, the California Energy Commission adopted = standards for=20 vehicular traffic signal lamps and modules, adding = standards=20 for pedestrian lamps in 2004. The state mandate now = requires=20 traffic signals to be energy efficient by utilizing = L.E.D.=20 technology.
RECOMMENDED ACTION : City = Council=20 approve the plans and specifications for the Light = Emitting=20 Diode (L.E.D.) Replacement Program, Project M0076; = award the=20 construction contract to Republic Intelligent = Transportation=20 Services in the amount of $121,999, plus a 15 percent=20 contingency in the amount of $18,300, for a total = contract=20 amount not to exceed $140,299, and authorize the = expenditure=20 from Account M0076-5161.001; and authorize the City = Manager or=20 designee to execute all documents, subject to City = Attorney=20 approval.

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PARCEL=20 MAP NO. 61950 (COMMERCIAL CONDOMINIUMS - DIAMOND = PLACE) -=20 APPROVAL OF PARCEL MAP AND ACCEPTANCE OF OFFERS OF = DEDICATION=20 - Parcel Map No. 61950, consisting of = approximately=20 2.7 acres, is located near the southeasterly corner of = the=20 intersection of Diamond Place and Centre Pointe = Parkway and is=20 owned by Sky Business Center, LLC, a Delaware Limited=20 Liability Company.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City = Council=20 approve Parcel Map No. 61950; accept on behalf of the = public=20 the offer of dedication; make certain findings; = instruct the=20 Deputy City Manager to endorse the Special Assessment=20 Statement on the face of the parcel map; instruct the = City=20 Clerk to endorse the Statement on the face of the = parcel map;=20 and instruct the City Engineer to endorse the = Statement on the=20 face of the parcel map.

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OLD=20 TOWN NEWHALL LIBRARY CONCRETE DEMOLITION AND ROUGH = GRADING,=20 PROJECT F2007 - PROJECT ACCEPTANCE - This = project=20 completed the demolition of concrete slabs and rough = grading=20 in advance of the construction of the Old Town Newhall = Library.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City = Council:=20 City Council accept the completion of the concrete = demolition=20 and rough grading for the Old Town Newhall Library, = Project=20 F2007; direct the City Clerk to file the Notice of = Completion;=20 and direct staff to release the retention balance 35 = days=20 after the Notice of Completion is recorded, provided = no stop=20 notices have been filed, as provided by law.=20
Redevelopment Agency: Accept the completion = of the=20 concrete demolition and rough grading for the Old Town = Newhall=20 Library, Project F2007.

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RAILROAD=20 AVENUE STREET IMPROVEMENTS - PROJECT = ACCEPTANCE - This=20 project completed the realignment of the westerly curb = and=20 Railroad Avenue in the area of 11th Street to provide = proper=20 lane transitions and traffic guidance following the = removal of=20 the temporary island.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: = City=20 Council: Accept the completion of the Railroad = Avenue=20 Street Improvements; direct the City Clerk to file the = Notice=20 of Completion; and direct staff to release the = retention=20 balance 35 days after the Notice of Completion is = recorded,=20 provided no stop notices have been filed, as provided = by law.=20
Redevelopment Agency: Accept the completion = of the=20 Railroad Avenue Street Improvements. =

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SECOND=20 READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND TITLE 17 OF THE = UNIFIED=20 DEVELOPMENT CODE (UDC) TO ADD A VEHICLE DEALER SALES = (VDS)=20 OVERLAY ZONE, MODIFY THE EXISTING UDC TO PROHIBIT AUTO = DEALERS=20 OUTSIDE OF THE VDS OVERLAY ZONE, AND TO MODIFY THE = NORTH=20 VALENCIA AND NORTH VALENCIA II SPECIFIC PLANS TO BE = CONSISTENT=20 WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE VDS OVERLAY ZONE = - This=20 is a proposal to amend the Unified Development Code to = create=20 a 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 = conduct=20 second reading and adopt an ordinance entitled: "AN = ORDINANCE=20 OF 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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CHECK=20 REGISTER NO. 2 - Approval of the Check=20 Register.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = approve=20 and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check = Register=20 No. 2.

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PUBLIC HEARINGS
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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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TELEVISING=20 CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSIONS - At this time, = the=20 Century Conference Room is used by the City Council = for its=20 study sessions. Since Cityhood, the semi-regular study = sessions have been utilized as an opportunity for the = City=20 Council to hold a noticed, public meeting in an = informal=20 manner, to receive information on one or two topics = from City=20 staff. The Century room is currently equipped with = four=20 monitors, a projector and a projector screen, but no = telecast=20 equipment, lighting or television-quality sound = equipment.=20
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council direct = staff to=20 televise live study sessions of high interest topics = and move=20 to the Council Chambers for televising.=20

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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 = meeting of=20 the City Council will be held Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 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, 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 February 3, 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 =

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.