Agenda = Face

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

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

Tuesday, May 10, 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 - Ferry

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

College of the Canyons Ice Hockey Team for winning the = Division 3=20 National Championship

Sandy Fischer for her work on the Arts Commission

Gail Ortiz for receiving the CAPIO Lifetime Achievement = Award=20
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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 the minutes of the April 22, 2011, special meeting and = the=20 April 26, 2011, special and regular joint meetings.=20
Redevelopment Agency: Approve the minutes = of the=20 April 26, 2011, special and regular joint meetings.=20
Board of Library Trustees: Approve the = minutes of=20 the April 26, 2011, regular meeting.=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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RENEWAL=20 OF SUPPORT FOR SANTA CLARITA VALLEY ECONOMIC = DEVELOPMENT=20 CORPORATION (SCVEDC) - The SCVEDC is = requesting a=20 financial investment for its second year in operation = in the=20 amount of $200,000. In November 2009, the City Council = approved an initial first year investment in the = SCVEDC of=20 $200,000. This second year of investment includes an=20 expectation of completed deliverables and=20 goals.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = authorize=20 expenditure of up to $200,000 from the Economic = Development=20 budget (Account Number 11301-5171.005) for the renewal = of=20 support for the Santa Clarita Valley Economic = Development=20 Corporation (SCVEDC); and authorize the City Manager = or his=20 designee to negotiate and execute a renewal agreement = with the=20 SCVEDC, subject to City Attorney=20 approval.

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FEDERAL=20 LEGISLATION: S. 759 - On April 7, 2011, United = States=20 Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) introduced S. 759, the = Soledad=20 Canyon High Desert, California Public Lands = Conservation and=20 Management Act of 2011. This bill is a collaborative = effort=20 between the City of Santa Clarita, CEMEX, City of = Victorville,=20 County of San Bernardino and Senator Boxer to resolve = the=20 12-year-old dispute between the City of Santa Clarita = and=20 CEMEX.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = support S.=20 759, as recommended by the City Council Legislative = Committee,=20 and transmit position statements to Senator Barbara = Boxer,=20 Senator Dianne Feinstein, Representative Howard P. = "Buck"=20 McKeon, Members of Congress, congressional staff, = Department=20 of Interior, administration representatives, and other = individuals and organizations, as appropriate.=20

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STATE=20 LEGISLATION- On April 18, 2011, the City = Council=20 Legislative Committee met and considered two bills = currently=20 pending before the California Legislature, AB 1069 and = AB 438.=20 If enacted into law, AB 1069 would extend the = California Film=20 and Television Tax Credit Program by an additional = five years=20 from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2019. This bill = would also=20 extend the existing authority to allocate $100 million = per=20 fiscal year through FY 2018-19. AB 438 was introduced = by=20 Assembly Member Das Williams (D-35-Santa Barbara) to = require=20 that the board of trustees, common council, or other=20 legislative body of any city or the board of trustees = of any=20 library district may notify the county board of = supervisors=20 that the city or library district no longer desires to = be a=20 part of the county free library system, provided that = a=20 specified two week published notice is given. In = addition,=20 only in the situation whereby the withdrawing city's=20 legislative body intend to contract library services = through a=20 private company, then voter approval would be required = at a=20 regularly scheduled election.
RECOMMENDED = ACTION:=20 City Council adopt the recommendation of the City = Council=20 Legislative Committee and adopt a "support" position = for=20 Assembly Bill 1069 and an "oppose" position for = Assembly Bill=20 438 and transmit position statements to the bills' = authors,=20 Santa Clarita legislative delegation, Members of the=20 Legislature and committee staff, Governor Brown and = the League=20 of California = Cities.

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THE=20 VISTA CANYON ANNEXATION PROJECT, INCLUDING THE=20 ANCILLARY
ANNEXATION AREA (PORTIONS OF SAND CANYON, = FAIR=20 OAKS RANCH, AND JAKES WAY), SECOND READING AND = ADOPTION OF THE=20 ORDINANCES - Second reading and adoption of = Ordinances=20 for the Vista Canyon Annexation = project.
RECOMMENDED=20 ACTION: City Council conduct second reading and = adopt=20 ordinances entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL = OF THE=20 CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING PREZONE = NO. 07-001=20 A (MASTER CASE 07-127) FOR THE VISTA CANYON PROJECT, = AS SHOWN=20 IN EXHIBIT "A" and AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF = THE=20 CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING PREZONE = NO. 07-001=20 B (MASTER CASE 07-127) FOR THE ANCILLARY ANNEXATION = AREA (FAIR=20 OAKS RANCH, JAKES WAY, PORTIONS OF SAND CANYON), AS = SHOWN IN=20 EXHIBIT "A".

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INTERSECTION=20 SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, PROJECT C3011 - AWARD = CONSTRUCTION=20 CONTRACT - The Intersection Safety = Improvements=20 project will enhance safety at the intersections of = Rye Canyon=20 Road and Avenue Scott, Whites Canyon Road and = Stillmore=20 Street, and Soledad Canyon Road and Galeton Road. The = traffic=20 signals will be modified to provide protected left = turns and=20 eliminate accidents related to permissive left turns.=20
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve = the plans=20 and specifications for the Intersection Safety = Improvements,=20 Project C3011; award the construction contract to JFL=20 Electric, Inc. for $74,861, plus a 10 percent = contingency in=20 the amount of $7,487, for a total contract amount not = to=20 exceed $82,348; authorize the transfer of $18,000.00 = from=20 Expenditure Account 14402-5141.007 to = C3011354-5161.001; and=20 authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all=20 documents, subject to City Attorney approval.=20

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LYONS=20 AVENUE MEDIAN MODIFICATION, PROJECT C0026 - APPROVE = THE PLANS=20 AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARD CONSTRUCTION - = This=20 project will construct a raised median on Lyons Avenue = immediately east of the I-5 freeway. Other = improvements=20 included with this project are landscaping, = irrigation, and=20 storm drain work.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City = Council=20 approve the plans and specifications for the Lyons = Avenue=20 Median Modification, Project C0026; approve the = withdrawal of=20 the bid by ASAP General Engineering and award the = construction=20 contract to FS Construction in the amount of $209,404, = and=20 authorize a contingency in the amount of $31,411, for = a total=20 contract amount not to exceed $240,815; increase = revenues in=20 the amount of $61,260 in Revenue Account 259-4451.004 = and=20 appropriate $61,260 to Expenditure Account = C0026259-5161.001;=20 and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute = all=20 documents, subject to City Attorney approval.=20

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SAFE=20 ROUTES TO SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE, PROJECT T0031 - = APPROVE PLANS=20 AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARD CONSTRUCTION = CONTRACT -=20 This project consists of the construction of physical=20 improvements at crossings near Leona Cox Elementary = School,=20 Rio Vista Elementary School, and Old Orchard = Elementary=20 School. The project will enhance students' safety by = reducing=20 the speed of vehicles near school grounds and = increasing the=20 visibility of school crossings.
RECOMMENDED = ACTION:=20 City Council approve the plans and specifications = for the=20 Safe Routes to School Infrastructure, Project T0031; = award the=20 construction contract to R.C. Becker & Son, Inc., = in the=20 amount of $412,057, plus a contingency in the amount = of=20 $50,000, for a total contract amount not to exceed = $462,057;=20 and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute = all=20 documents, subject to City Attorney approval.=20

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ANNUAL=20 LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS FOR OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION=20 DISTRICT - Consideration and adoption of = resolutions=20 associated with the annual process of ordering, = approving, and=20 setting the public hearing on the annual levy of the = Open=20 Space Preservation District is required by the = Landscaping and=20 Lighting Act of 1972.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: = City=20 Council adopt resolution initiating proceedings for = the levy=20 and collection of assessments within the Open Space=20 Preservation District for Fiscal Year 2011/12; and = adopt=20 resolution declaring the City's intention to levy = assessments=20 and preliminarily approve an Engineer's Report in = connection=20 with the Open Space Preservation District for Fiscal = Year=20 2011/12.

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ANNUAL=20 LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS FOR SPECIAL DISTRICTS - = This=20 required procedural matter orders and approves the = assessment=20 engineer's reports and sets a public hearing on the = annual=20 levy for the Drainage Benefit Assessment Areas, = Landscape=20 Maintenance Districts, Street Light Maintenance = District, and=20 the Golden Valley Ranch Open Space Maintenance=20 District.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = adopt a=20 resolution initiating proceedings for the levy and = collection=20 of assessments for Fiscal Year 2011/12 for the = Drainage=20 Benefit Assessment Areas, Landscape Maintenance = Districts,=20 Streetlight Maintenance District, and the Golden = Valley Ranch=20 Open Space Maintenance District; and adopt resolutions = declaring the City's intention to levy assessments and = preliminarily approving engineer's reports for the = Special=20 Districts.

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AWARD=20 CONTRACT FOR THE PROCUREMENT AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW = SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM FOR THE CITY'S TRANSIT = FLEET -=20 City Council award a contract to Apollo Video = Technology for=20 the purchase and installation of a new security camera = system=20 on eighty-seven (87) of the city=E2=80=99s existing = local and commuter=20 transit fleet.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City = Council=20 award a contract to Apollo Video Technology for the = purchase=20 and installation of a new security camera system on = the City's=20 transit fleet in the amount of $471,365, which = reflects the=20 base pricing plus the selected option pricing, and to=20 authorize a contingency of 10% in the amount of = $47,136, for a=20 total contract not to exceed $518,501; Authorize the = City=20 Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject = to City=20 Attorney approval.

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CITY=20 OF SANTA CLARITA'S FISCAL YEAR 2011-12 STATEMENT OF = INVESTMENT=20 POLICY - Per California Government Code = Section 53646,=20 the City Treasurer may annually present the City's = Investment=20 Policy to the City Council to reaffirm or make any = changes to=20 the existing policy.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: = Adopt the=20 City of Santa Clarita's Fiscal Year 2011-12 Statement = of=20 Investment Policy, and direct staff to submit the = policy to=20 the Association of Treasurers United States and Canada = (APT=20 US&C) for certification in their annual award = program.=20

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CHECK=20 REGISTER NO. 8 - Approval of the Check=20 Register.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = approve=20 and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check = Register=20 No. 8.

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CITY=20 COUNCIL COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS LIST - During = the April=20 12, 2011, City Council Meeting, the City Council = directed the=20 City Manager to review the current City Council = Committee=20 Appointments list and recommend updates or changes as=20 appropriate.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City = Council=20 approve the recommended changes to the City Council = Committee=20 Appointments list.

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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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CITY=20 COUNCIL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE - During the = January=20 25, 2011, City Council Meeting, Councilmember Bob = Kellar=20 requested that the City Council consider forming a = City=20 Council Public Safety Subcommittee. Subsequently, at = the April=20 12, 2011, City Council meeting, the City Council gave=20 direction to further explore the concept and to = develop a=20 scope or set of parameters for the proposed=20 subcommittee.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City = Council=20 discuss formation of a City Council Public Safety = Subcommittee=20 and provide direction.

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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, May 24, 2011, at 6:00 = p.m. in=20 the Council Chamber, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia = Blvd.,=20 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 May 5, 2011, between the hours of 9:00 = a.m. and=20 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.