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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

JOINT CITY COUNCIL/BOARD OF LIBRARY
TRUSTEES
REGULAR MEETING

Tuesday, February 14, 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 - Ferry

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

None scheduled.
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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.

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

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2.

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: Approve the minutes of the
January 24, 2012, regular meeting.

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3.

CITIZENS' OPTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY (COPS) GRANT - FISCAL YEAR
2011-12 - Assembly Bill 1913 (Schiff-Cardenas Crime
Prevention Act), signed into law in 2000, provides funding to
cities and counties for frontline law enforcement officers and
juvenile justice initiatives. With the passage of AB 118, the
State of California amended Government Code 30061 as part of
the recent criminal justice realignment plan, which provided
financing for the Citizens’ Option for Public Safety (COPS)
program. Fiscal Year 2011-12 marks the 16th year the City of
Santa Clarita has been eligible to receive grant funding from
this program.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the
Fiscal Year 2011-12 Citizens’ Option for Public Safety (COPS)
Grant from the County of Los Angeles Chief Executive Office
(CEO); approve the request from the Los Angeles County
Sheriff’s Department - Santa Clarita Valley Station to use the
Fiscal Year 2011-12 COPS funds to continue funding the COBRA
Team; establish estimated revenues in account 234-4461.003,
Supplemental Law Enforcement Grant, by $335,833; appropriate
$335,833 to account 16100-5161.001 (Contractual Services); and
authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute any
contracts, agreements, or change orders arising out of this
program, subject to City Attorney approval.

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4.

AWARD CONTRACT FOR TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT PLAN
UPDATE - This project will update the long-range
transit needs study, completed November 2006, that will
project future service requirements. The Transportation
Development Plan (TDP) Update is intended to present the
service needs and corresponding financial plan necessary to
meet projected needs. The TDP will encompass a ten year
period, covering Santa Clarita Transit’s fiscal years 2013 to
2023.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Appropriate funds in the
amount of $148,571 from Transit Fund 700 to Account
12400.5161.002; award a contract to Moore & Associates for
a Transportation Development Plan Update, Bid No. TR-11-12-08,
in the amount of $135,015, and authorize a contingency of 10%
of the award, or $13,502, for a total of $148,517; and
authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contract
documents, or modify the award in the event issues of
impossibility of performance arise, subject to City Attorney
approval.

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5.

CHECK REGISTER NO. 2 - Approval of the Check
Register.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and ratify
for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 2.

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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
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FUTURE MEETINGS

The next regular meeting of the
City Council will be held Tuesday, February 28, 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 February 9, 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.