Agenda = Face

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

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

Tuesday, May 24, 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 - Kellar

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

Santa Clarita and Castaic Lions Clubs

Deputy David Shoemaker for his work with the Every 15 = Minutes=20 Program
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PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY

CLWA - Water Conservation

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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 May 10, 2011, special and regular = joint=20 meetings.
Redevelopment Agency: Approve the = minutes=20 of the May 10, 2011, special and regular joint = meetings.=20
Board of Library Trustees: Approve the = minutes of=20 the May 10, 2011, special and regular meetings.=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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LIGHT=20 EMITTING DIODE (L.E.D.) REPLACEMENT PROGRAM FOR = TRAFFIC=20 SIGNALS, PROJECT M0076 - PROJECT ACCEPTANCE - = This=20 project is the last phase of a five-year program to = replace=20 incandescent traffic signal lamps with = energy-efficient L.E.D.=20 modules and install pedestrian countdown=20 modules.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = accept the=20 completion of the Light Emitting Diode (L.E.D.) = Replacement=20 Program for Traffic Signals Phase V, Project M0076; = direct the=20 City Clerk to file the Notice of Completion; direct = staff to=20 release the remaining retention 35 days after the = Notice of=20 Completion is recorded, provided no stop notices have = been=20 filed, as provided by law; and approve a budget = transfer of=20 $80,000 from Account M0076354-5161.001 to Signal = Maintenance=20 Account 14402-5161.001 for maintenance of the existing = L.E.D.=20 modules.

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S.138-CALIFORNIA=20 DESERT PROTECTION ACT OF 2011 - Senator Dianne = Feinstein introduced on January 25,2011 = S.138-California=20 Desert Protection Act of 2011, which ensures that = public lands=20 in the California desert that have special importance = for=20 water resources, wildlife, and recreation will be = protected=20 for generations to come.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: = City=20 Council adopt a resolution in support of S.138 the = California=20 Desert Protection Act of 2011, and direct staff to = transmit=20 copies of the resolution to Senator Dianne Feinstein = and=20 appropriate congressional committees. =

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NATIONAL=20 INCLUSION PROJECT'S LET'S ALL PLAY GRANT - The = City=20 has applied for and was awarded a grant from the = National=20 Inclusion Project's Let's ALL Play grant program. = Acceptance=20 of this grant will allow for specialized training of = staff and=20 will provide funds to hire part-time inclusion aides = to=20 accompany special needs children who wish to = participate in=20 summer Camp Clarita.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: = City=20 Council accept the National Inclusion Project's "Let's = ALL=20 Play" Grant in the amount of $10,000; Increase = estimated=20 revenues in account 259-4621.001 by $10,000 in Fiscal = Year=20 2010-11; Increase estimated expenditures in accounts=20 15116-5002.001, 5011.004, 5011.005, and 5011.006 by = $10,000;=20 and Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to = execute any=20 contract documents, change orders, or amendments = arising out=20 of this program, subject to City Attorney approval.=20

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AWARD=20 CONTRACT FOR TRASH MAINTENANCE AND GENERAL CLEANING = SERVICES=20 OF BUS STOPS - Award contract to Steven R. = Rodgers for=20 the trash maintenance and general cleaning service of = bus=20 stops.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = award a=20 contract to Steven R. Rodgers for the trash = maintenance and=20 general cleaning services of bus stops, Bid No. = TR-10-11-31,=20 in the amount of $71,462, and authorize a contingency = of 10%=20 of the award, or $7,146, for a total of $78,608; = Authorize the=20 City Manager or designee to execute all contract = documents, or=20 modify the award in the even that issues of = impossibility of=20 performance arise, subject to City Attorney approval.=20

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TAX-SHARING=20 RESOLUTIONS FOR NEWHALL COUNTY WATER DISTRICT = ANNEXATION=20 NUMBERS 2006-43 AND 2008-08 - The Newhall = County Water=20 District is a water purveyor within the = District=E2=80=99s service=20 area. To provide water service to property located = outside of=20 the District's service area, the boundary must be = expanded=20 through the annexation process.
RECOMMENDED = ACTION:=20 City Council approve two Joint Resolutions = approving and=20 accepting the negotiated exchange of property tax = revenue=20 resulting from "Newhall County Water District = Annexation Nos.=20 2006-43 and 2008-08" to the Newhall County Water = District.=20

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8.	CHECK=20 REGISTER NO. 9 - Approval of the Check=20 Register. RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = approve=20 and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check = Register=20 No. 9.

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PUBLIC HEARINGS
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PROPOSED=20 FISCAL YEAR 2011-2012 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET AND = FIVE-YEAR=20 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM - The Fiscal Year=20 2011-2012 budget process is a six month effort that = began in=20 January 2011. The City Council Budget Subcommittee, = which is=20 comprised of Mayor McLean and Mayor Pro Tem Ender, has = been=20 involved in the budget process since the beginning and = played=20 a significant role in the development of the = recommended=20 budget.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = and=20 Redevelopment Agency conduct the public hearing on the = proposed Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Annual Operating Budget = and=20 Five-Year Capital Improvement Program and schedule the = budget=20 for adoption at the June 14, 2011, joint City Council = and=20 Redevelopment Agency Meeting. =

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10.

ANNUAL=20 ADJUSTMENT TO FEES AND AMENDMENTS TO THE FEE SCHEDULE=20 - For Fiscal Year 2011-12, staff recommends = Citywide=20 fees and charges be increased by the December year end = Consumer Price Index (CPI) - all urban consumers for = the Los=20 Angeles, Riverside, and Orange County area. That = percentage=20 increase, as reported by the United States Department = of Labor=20 is 1.3%.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Conduct the = public=20 hearing and adopt a resolution establishing a schedule = of fees=20 and charges for City services. =

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ANNUAL=20 LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS FOR SPECIAL DISTRICTS - As = an=20 annual required procedure, staff presents for City = Council's=20 consideration the Final Engineer's Reports for the = various=20 special districts and requests approval to provide the = Los=20 Angeles County Assessor necessary data for the = assessments to=20 appear on the Fiscal Year 2011/12 Property Tax=20 Rolls.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = conduct a=20 public hearing, and adopt the resolutions approving = the=20 Engineer=E2=80=99s Reports for the Fiscal Year 2011/12 = annual levy of=20 assessments for the continuation of maintenance for = the=20 following special districts: Drainage Benefit = Assessment=20 Areas, Landscape Maintenance Districts, Streetlight=20 Maintenance District, and the Golden Valley Ranch Open = Space=20 Maintenance District.

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ANNUAL=20 LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS FOR OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION = DISTRICT=20 - As an annual required procedure, staff = presents for=20 City Council=E2=80=99s consideration the Final = Engineer=E2=80=99s Report for=20 the Open Space Preservation District and request = approval to=20 provide the Los Angeles County Assessor necessary data = for the=20 assessments to appear on the Fiscal Year 2011/12 = Property Tax=20 Rolls.
RECOMMENDED ACTION : City Council = conduct a=20 public hearing and adopt a resolution approving the = Engineer=E2=80=99s=20 Report for the Fiscal Year 2011/12 annual levy of = assessments=20 for the continuation of maintenance for the Open Space = Preservation District.

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ANNUAL=20 PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE STORMWATER POLLUTION = PREVENTION=20 FEE; AND INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF AN = ORDINANCE=20 DETERMINING THE ANNUAL STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION = FEE FOR=20 FISCAL YEAR 2011/12 - Determination and = approval of=20 the rates for the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee = for=20 Fiscal Year 2011/12.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: = City=20 Council conduct a public hearing on the annual report = and list=20 for the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee for Fiscal = Year=20 2011/12; and introduce and pass to second reading an = ordinance=20 entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE = CITY OF=20 SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DETERMINING ITS ANNUAL = STORMWATER=20 POLLUTION PREVENTION FEE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011/12."=20

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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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14.

RESOLUTION=20 ADJUSTING RATES FOR RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE = SERVICES=20 AND APPROVAL OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL AND = RESIDENTIAL FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS TO ADDRESS THE = FINDINGS OF=20 THE FINANCIAL AUDIT INCLUDING AN EXTRAORDINARY RATE = INCREASE=20 AND TERM EXTENSION - Pursuant to Section 6.3 = of the=20 Franchise Agreement, Waste Management may request a = rate=20 increase for the rate year of July 1, 2011, through = June 30,=20 2012. In addition, staff is proposing amendments to = address=20 the findings of the financial audit performed by = HF&H=20 Consultants, LLC.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City = Council=20 adopt a resolution for the Sixth Amendment to the = Agreement=20 Between the City of Santa Clarita and USA Waste of = California,=20 Inc., (Waste Management) for residential solid waste=20 management services, allowing an increase in their = rates by=20 2.64 percent based on the formula outlined in their = Franchise=20 Agreement; and authorize the City Manager to execute = the=20 amended and restated commercial and residential = Franchise=20 Agreements, which include all previously approved = amendments,=20 an extraordinary rate increase, and new programs as = described=20 in this staff report, subject to City Attorney = approval.=20

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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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CONSIDERATION=20 OF COUNCILMEMBER COMPENSATION PER GOVERNMENT CODE=20 36516- In compliance with the Government Code, = Councilmember compensation has historically been = reviewed and=20 adjusted every two years; the last adjustment occurred = on July=20 1, 2008. Council compensation was last reviewed in = November=20 2009 and at that time the Council decided to postpone=20 consideration of an increase to a future date. = Continuing with=20 the bi-annual schedule, Councilmember compensation = could be=20 reviewed now for consideration and a possible increase = effective
July 1, 2012.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: = City Council provide direction to staff regarding=20 Councilmember compensation. =

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NEW BUSINESS
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PRESERVATION=20 OF 526 +/- ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY IN HASKELL CANYON, = LOS=20 ANGELES COUNTY ASSESSORS PARCELS 2812-007-002, = 2812-007-003,=20 2812-007-028, 2812-007-045, 2813-010-002, = 2813-010-003,=20 2813-010-008, 3244-031-013, AND 3244-031-014 - = Purchase recommendation to preserve as open space 526 = +/-=20 acres of real property in Haskell Canyon, Los Angeles=20 County.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = approve the=20 purchase of 526 +/- acres of real property in Haskell = Canyon=20 for open space preservation for a total cost of = $3,135,000,=20 which includes $15,000 for escrow, title, surveying = fees, and=20 due diligence costs; and $20,000 for open space = start-up costs=20 including gates, fencing, and signs as may be = required;=20 Assessor=E2=80=99s Parcels 2812-007-001, 2812-007-002, = 2812-007-028,=20 2812-007-045, 2813-010-002, 2813-010-003, = 2813-010-008,=20 3244-031-013 and 3244-031-014; appropriate $2,880,000 = from=20 Open Space Preservation District Fund Balance (Fund = 358) to=20 Open Space Preservation District Expenditure Account=20 12592-5201.004; appropriate $20,000 from Open Space=20 Preservation District Fund Balance (Fund 358) to Open = Space=20 Preservation District Expenditure Account = 12592-5201.008;=20 authorize the transfer of $235,000 from Contractual = Services=20 Account R0002303-5161.001 to Environmental Mitigation = Land=20 Acquisition Account R0002303-5201.004; and authorize = the City=20 Manager, or designee, to execute all documents, = subject to=20 City Attorney approval.

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PUBLIC=20 LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS - California Law provides = that=20 any or all of the County Library facilities within the = City,=20 and the personal property therein related, may be = acquired at=20 "fair market value."
RECOMMENDED ACTION: = City=20 Council adopt a Resolution approving the acquisition = of=20 library facilities, real property, personal property, = and=20 collections from the County of Los Angeles, and taking = other=20 actions related thereto. =

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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 - In memory of John "Jack" Olling
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FUTURE=20 MEETINGS

A City Council Study Session will be = held=20 Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at 5:30 p.m. in the Century Room, 1st = floor=20 of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita = CA.

The=20 next regular meeting of the City Council will be held = Tuesday, June=20 14, 2011, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 1st floor of = City=20 Hall, 23920 Valencia 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 May 19, 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=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.