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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

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

Tuesday, June 14, 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 = 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 you=20 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 =

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 are=20 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

Sgt. Hargraves for adoption of abandoned horse

The = Signal=20 Newspaper for receiving a California Newspaper Publishers=20 Association Award
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PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY

Arts Commission Goals

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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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=20 APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES - The minutes of = the=20 previous City Council and Redevelopment Agency = meetings are=20 submitted for approval.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: = City=20 Council: Approve the minutes of the May 24, = 2011,=20 special and regular joint meetings. =
Redevelopment=20 Agency: Approve the minutes of the May 24, 2011, = special=20 and regular joint meetings.
Board of Library = Trustees:=20 Approve the minutes of the May 24, 2011, special = and=20 regular meetings.

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=20 READING OF ORDINANCE TITLES - Government Code = Section=20 36934 requires that all ordinances be read in full = prior to=20 Council taking action on the ordinance. By listing the = ordinance title on the Council agenda, Council may = determine=20 that the title has been read.
RECOMMENDED = ACTION: =20 City Council determine that the titles to all = ordinances which=20 appear on this public agenda have been read and waive = further=20 reading.

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=20 FISCAL YEAR 2011-2012 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET AND = FIVE-YEAR=20 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM - The Fiscal Year = 2011-2012 budget process is a six month effort that = began in=20 January 2011. The City Council Budget Subcommittee, = comprised=20 of Mayor McLean and Mayor Pro Tem Ender, has been = involved in=20 the budget process since the beginning and played a=20 significant role in the development of the recommended = budget.=20 The proposed balanced budget was presented to the City = Council=20 during a Public Hearing on May 24, = 2011.
RECOMMENDED=20 ACTION: City Council and Redevelopment Agency = adopt the=20 Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Annual Operating Budget and = Five-Year=20 Capital Improvement Program:
City Council: = Adopt=20 resolution Adopting the Annual Budget for Fiscal Year=20 2011-2012; adopt resolution adopting the Five-Year = Capital=20 Improvement Program; adopt resolution Setting the=20 Appropriations Limit for Fiscal Year 2011-2012; adopt=20 resolution Electing to Receive All or a Portion of the = Tax=20 Revenues Pursuant to Health and Safety Code (Community = Development Law); adopt resolution approving a loan = from the=20 Valencia Bridge and Thoroughfare to the Bouquet Bridge = and=20 Thoroughfare in the amount of $424,728; adopt = resolution=20 Classifying the Various Components of Fund Balance as = defined=20 in Governmental Accounting Standard Board Statement = No. 54;=20 adopt resolution Providing for Compensation of = Employees and=20 Amending the Position Classification = Plan.
Redevelopment=20 Agency: Adopt resolution Adopting the Annual = Budget for=20 Fiscal Year 2011-2012. =

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=20 INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING CITY = COUNCILMEMBER=20 COMPENSATION - In compliance with the = Government=20 Code, Councilmember compensation has historically been = reviewed and adjusted every two years, and the last = adjustment=20 occurred on July 1, 2008. Council compensation was = reviewed in=20 November 2009, and at that time the Council decided to = postpone consideration of an increase to a future = date.=20 Councilmember compensation was discussed at the May = 24, 2011,=20 City Council meeting and Council proposed a total pay = increase=20 of ten percent (not compounded) for the period July 1, = 2008=20 through June 30, 2012, to be effective on July 1,=20 2012.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = 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 SECTION 2.04.048 OF THE SANTA CLARITA = MUNICIPAL CODE=20 REGARDING CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION."

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=20 ADOPT RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO LEVY THE TOURISM = MARKETING=20 DISTRICT (TMD) ANNUAL ASSESSMENT AS A MEANS TO = INCREASE=20 TOURISM ACTIVITY IN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA = - As=20 part of the 21-Point Business Plan for Progress, the = Tourism=20 Marketing District was established to provide an = assessment of=20 two percent assessed by local hotels on visitors. = These funds=20 will be used to market the City of Santa Clarita as a = tourism=20 destination and attract high quality, high economic = impact=20 events to the City.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: = City=20 Council adopt "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE = CITY OF=20 SANTA CLARITA DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO CONTINUE A = BUSINESS=20 IMPROVEMENT AREA IN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA TO BE = DESIGNATED=20 AS THE TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICT ("TMD") AND SETTING = A TIME=20 AND PLACE OF A HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ESTABLISHMENT = OF SUCH=20 AREA."

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=20 OLD TOWN NEWHALL STREETSCAPE PHASE II, PROJECT S2005 - = PROJECT=20 ACCEPTANCE - This project constructed street, = signal,=20 sidewalk, and stormdrain improvements including = landscaping=20 amenities consistent with Phase I.
RECOMMENDED = ACTION:=20 City Council accept completion of the Old Town = Newhall=20 Streetscape Phase II, Project S2005; direct the City = Clerk to=20 file the Notice of Completion; and direct staff to = release the=20 10 percent retention balance 35 days after the Notice = of=20 Completion is recorded, provided no stop notices have = been=20 filed, as provided by law. =

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=20 RAILROAD AVENUE FENCING AND LANDSCAPE, PROJECTS B0004, = B2011,=20 AND B2012 - AWARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT - = This=20 project will install fencing, landscaping, and = irrigation=20 within the railroad right-of-way along Railroad = Avenue,=20 beginning at Cinema Drive and proceeding south to Oak = Ridge=20 Drive and at the Placerita Creek Bridge continuing = south to=20 13th Street. The project is part of the City's adopted = Capital=20 Improvement Program and will help the City accomplish = its=20 beautification efforts of all major=20 roadways.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = approve=20 the plans and specifications for the Railroad Avenue = Fencing=20 and Landscaping, Projects B0004, B2011, and B2012, and = award=20 the construction contract to STL Landscape, Inc., in = the=20 amount not to exceed $514,272, including contingency;=20 appropriate $120,000 from Landscape Maintenance = District, Zone=20 17, Fund Balance 357 to Expenditure Account = B0004357-5161.001;=20 appropriate $30,000 from Landscape Maintenance = District, Ad=20 Valorem, Fund Balance 357 to Expenditure Account=20 B2012357-5161.001; and authorize the City Manager or = designee=20 to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney = approval. =20

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=20 2010-11 OVERLAY AND SLURRY SEAL PROGRAM, PROJECT M0077 = - AWARD=20 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT - The Annual Overlay = and Slurry=20 Seal project is an integral part of the City=E2=80=99s = pavement=20 management program and provides pavement and slurry = seal=20 asphalt maintenance treatments to selected City = streets. =20
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve = the plans=20 and specifications for the 2010-11 Overlay and Slurry = Seal=20 Program, Project M0077; award the construction = contract to=20 Toro Enterprises Inc. in the amount of $4,647,152, and = authorize a 10 percent contingency in the amount of = $464,716,=20 for a total contract amount not to exceed $5,111,868;=20 authorize an expenditure increase in the amount of = $70,000 to=20 the existing professional services contract with = Pavement=20 Engineering Inc. for pavement inspections and updates = for the=20 Pavement Management System; authorize an expenditure = increase=20 not to exceed $45,000 to the existing professional = services=20 contract with Pavement Engineering Inc. for=20 roadway/asphalt-related design changes during = construction;=20 authorize the transfer of $130,000 from the 2009-10 = Overlay=20 and Slurry Seal Program Account M0071306-5161.001 to = the=20 2010-11 Overlay and Slurry Seal Program Account=20 M0077306-5161.001; and authorize the City Manager or = designee=20 to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney = approval. =20

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=20 TAX-SHARING RESOLUTIONS FOR SANITATION DISTRICT = ANNEXATIONS=20 331, 1054, AND 1057 - The Santa Clarita = Valley=20 Sanitation District (District) provides wastewater = treatment=20 services within the District's service area. To = provide=20 wastewater treatment 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 adopt the Sanitation District's = resolutions=20 approving and accepting the negotiated exchange of = property=20 tax revenues resulting from Sanitation District = (District)=20 Annexations 331, 1054, and 1057. =

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=20 SUBMISSION OF THE DRAFT 2011-2012 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN = (AAP) AND=20 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FUNDING=20 RECOMMENDATIONS - Approval of the Draft = 2011-2012=20 Annual Action Plan (AAP) and the Community Development = Block=20 Grant (CDBG) funding recommendations. =
RECOMMENDED=20 ACTION: City Council approve the Draft 2011-2012 = AAP and=20 the CDBG Funding Recommendations contained therein, = and=20 authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all = required=20 documents subject to approval of the City Attorney. =

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=20 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA = CLARITA,=20 AMENDING THE FINE SCHEDULE PURSUANT TO SANTA CLARITA = MUNICIPAL=20 CODE =C2=A723.20.060 AND INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE = AMENDING AND=20 RESTATING TITLE 8 (ANIMALS) OF THE CITY OF SANTA = CLARITA=20 MUNICIPAL CODE TO AMEND, ADD AND DELETE DEFINITIONS, = TO=20 CLARIFY POLICIES RELATING TO ANIMALS, AND TO CHANGE = THE FEE=20 FOR LICENSING DELINQUENCIES - The City of = Santa=20 Clarita's Community Preservation Division currently = oversees=20 the contract with Los Angeles County for animal = control=20 services . The proposed revisions to the ordinance = mirror=20 changes adopted by Los Angeles County Animal Control = Services=20 to Title 10 of the Los Angeles County Code.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt a = resolution=20 amending the fine schedule pursuant to Chapter 23.20 = of the=20 Santa Clarita Municipal Code and, introduce and pass = to second=20 reading an ordinance entitled: "INTRODUCTION OF AN = ORDINANCE=20 AMENDING AND RESTATING TITLE 8 (ANIMALS) OF THE CITY = OF SANTA=20 CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE TO AMEND, ADD AND DELETE = DEFINITIONS,=20 TO CLARIFY POLICIES RELATING TO ANIMALS, AND TO CHANGE = THE FEE=20 FOR LICENSING DELINQUENCIES". =

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=20 AWARD CONTRACT FOR CONCESSION SERVICES AT THE SANTA = CLARITA=20 AQUATIC CENTER - Award of contract to Plevco = West=20 Inc., dba Lamppost Pizza, to provide food concessions = at the=20 Santa Clarita Aquatic Center.
RECOMMENDED = ACTION: =20 City Council award a contract for the operation of = food=20 concessions at the Santa Clarita Aquatic Center to = Plevco West=20 Inc., dba Lamppost Pizza, and authorize the City = Manager,.or=20 designee, to execute the contract and any subsequent = renewals,=20 or modify the award in the event that issues of = impossibility=20 or performance arise, subject to City Attorney review. = =20

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=20 SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING THE ANNUAL=20 STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION FEE FOR FISCAL YEAR=20 2011-2012 - Second reading of the Stormwater=20 Pollution Prevention Fee Ordinance.
RECOMMENDED = ACTION:=20 City Council conduct a second reading and adopt = an=20 ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL = OF THE=20 CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DETERMINING THE = ANNUAL=20 STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION FEE FOR FISCAL YEAR=20 2011-2012."

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=20 LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT RESOLUTIONS INITIATING=20 PROCEEDING, APPROVING AN ENGINEER'S REPORT, AND TAKING = OTHER=20 RELATED ACTIONS - Various actions required by = law to=20 modify the assessment methodologies and rates for = various=20 zones in Landscape District Nos. 1 and T1. =
RECOMMENDED=20 ACTION: City Council adopt a resolution to = initiate=20 proceedings, and make certain designations in = connection with=20 proposed annexations into, detachments from, creation = of new=20 zones, dissolution of existing zones, and assessment = rate=20 adjustment in Landscape Maintenance District Nos. 1 an = T1; and=20 adopt a resolution to approve Engineer's Report, and = declare=20 its intention to order annexations into, detachments = from,=20 creation of new zones, dissolution of existing zones, = and=20 assessment rate adjustments in Landscape Maintenance = District=20 Nos. 1 and T1, and to levy an assessment thereon, = taking=20 certain other actions in connection therewith. =

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=20 CHECK REGISTER NO. 10 - Approval of the Check = Register.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = approve=20 and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check = Register=20 No. 10.

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PUBLIC HEARINGS
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=20 ANNEXATION OF PARCELS INTO STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE = DISTRICT=20 NO. 1 (ANNEXATION L-90) - Consideration of = annexing=20 nine parcels receiving benefit into Streetlight = Maintenance=20 District No. 1.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: = City=20 Council continue the public hearing to June 28, 2011, = to allow=20 the 45-day notice period to expire for parcels under=20 consideration in this annexation. =

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=20 ONE VALLEY ONE VISION PROCESS - APPROVAL OF NEW = GENERAL PLAN=20 FOR THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA. CERTIFICATION OF FINAL=20 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT INCLUDING ADOPTION OF THE=20 MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM, REQUIRED = FINDINGS=20 OF FACT AND ADOPTION OF STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING = CONSIDERATIONS=20 - Presentation of new general plan and = accompanying=20 environmental impact report as recommended for = approval by the=20 Planning Commission.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: = City=20 Council receive the staff report, open the public = hearing for=20 testimony, close the public hearing and adopt = resolutions as=20 recommended by the Planning Commission approving the = new=20 General Plan and certifying its Final Environmental = Impact=20 Report.

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NEW BUSINESS
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=20 COMPASS BLUEPRINT CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE SOUTHERN AND = WESTERN=20 PORTIONS OF THE NORTH NEWHALL AREA - Overview = of the=20 Compass Blueprint Concept Plan, prepared by Design = Community=20 and Environment (DC&E), for the southern and = western=20 portions of the North Newhall Area. The Concept Plan = was=20 prepared as part of the Southern California = Association of=20 Governments (SCAG) Compass Blueprint Demonstration = Project=20 Program.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = receive=20 presentation and direct staff to implement the Compass = Blueprint Concept Plan as a set of guidelines for = future=20 development of the Concept Plan Area.

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=20 NOMINATION AND APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONER TO THE ARTS = COMMISSION - Nomination and approval of = individual to=20 fill the vacant Arts Commission seat for the remaining = term=20 through July 31, 2012.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: = Nominate and approve appointment to the Arts = Commission. =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 - In memory of James E. = Jinks
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FUTURE MEETINGS

The next regular meeting = of the=20 City Council will be held Tuesday, June 28, 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 June 9, 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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=20 Kevin Tonoian
Acting City Clerk
Santa = Clarita,=20 California

The = official=20 agenda is posted at City Hall in accordance with state = law.
This=20 copy is for general information only.
In the event of a = conflict between this copy and the posted agenda, the posted = agenda=20 shall prevail. Questions regarding this agenda should be = directed to=20 the City Agenda Coordinator at (661) 255-4391.