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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

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

Tuesday, August 23, 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=20 Participation portion of the meeting, each person wishing to = speak=20 should prepare a presentation of not more than three (3) = minutes.=20 Public Participation speaker's slips must be submitted to = the City=20 Clerk BEFORE this portion of the meeting begins. Anyone = wishing to=20 address an item on the agenda should fill out a speaker's = slip and=20 submit it to the City Clerk BEFORE the Mayor announces the = item.=20 Each person addressing the Council is given three (3) = minutes to=20 speak indicated by a colored light system on the Council = dais; a=20 green light appears when the speaker begins; a yellow light = appears=20 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=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 - Ferry

CALL TO ORDER =

ROLL CALL

FLAG SALUTE - Panda Patrol from Boy = Scout=20 Troop 2
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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

Dr. Judy Fish for her service to the community =
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PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY

Introduction of new Los Angeles County Assessor

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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, Redevelopment Agency, and Board = of=20 Library Trustees meetings are submitted for approval. = RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council: Approve the = minutes=20 of the July 12, 2011, special and regular joint = meetings.=20
Redevelopment Agency: Approve the minutes = of the=20 July 12, 2011, special and regular joint meetings.=20
Board of Library Trustees: Approve the = minutes of=20 the July 12, 2011, special and 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 INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL MONUMENTS AT VETERANS = HISTORICAL=20 PLAZA - The Special Use Facility Policy for = Veterans=20 Historical Plaza outlines procedures for the = consideration of=20 additions to the Plaza. A proposal to recognize the = military=20 efforts of State Senator William J. "Pete" Knight was = part of=20 the original plan of the Plaza, but not completed. In=20 accordance with the policy, the Parks, Recreation, and = Community Services Commission has recommended = installation of=20 the Pete Knight plaque in recognition of his military = career,=20 and installation of a plaque in recognition of = Assemblyman=20 George Runner and Senator Knight for their = contributions to=20 the Plaza on the Donor Wall.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: = =20 City Council approve the proposal to install a plaque = to=20 recognize State Senator William J. "Pete" Knight, = recognizing=20 the military career of Senator Knight; approve = proposal to=20 install recognitions of Assemblyman George Runner and = Senator=20 Knight on the Donor Wall for their efforts in securing = the=20 site for Veterans Historical Plaza; direct staff to = procure=20 and install the recognitions at the Plaza. =

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=20 VALENCIA MEADOWS POOL RENOVATION, PROJECT M0080 - = APPROVE=20 PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARD CONSTRUCTION = CONTRACT -
The Valencia Meadows Pool was built in 1969, = and the=20 facility has seen several renovations over the years. = The last=20 renovation in 2006, when the filter system was = replaced, was=20 part of an ongoing preventive maintenance=20 program.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = approve=20 the plans and specifications for Valencia Meadows Pool = Renovation, Project M0080. Award the construction = contract to=20 California Commercial Pools, Inc., in the amount of = $107,000,=20 include add-alternates 1-2 in the amount of $61,200, = and=20 authorize a 10-percent contingency in the amount of = $16,820=20 for a total contract value of $185,020. Appropriate = $87,298=20 from Fund 305 Fund Balance to Expenditure Account=20 M0080305-5161.001. Authorize the City Manager, or = designee, to=20 execute all documents, subject to City Attorney = approval. =20

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=20 BOUQUET CANYON ROAD MEDIAN IMPROVEMENTS, PROJECT B4007 = -=20 APPROVE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARD = CONSTRUCTION=20 CONTRACT - This project will construct a = raised=20 median on Bouquet Canyon Road from Plum Canyon Road to = Urbandale Avenue. Other improvements include = landscaping,=20 irrigation, and installation of landscaping in = existing=20 medians north of Plum Canyon Road and south of = Urbandale=20 Avenue. This 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 roadways through=20 landscaped medians.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: = City=20 Council approve the plans and specifications for the = Bouquet=20 Canyon Road Median Improvements, Project B4007; award = the=20 construction contract to R.C. Becker and Son, Inc., in = the=20 amount of $614,833, and authorize a contingency in the = amount=20 of $122,967, for a total contract amount not to exceed = $737,800; authorize an increased expenditure in the = amount of=20 $63,000 to the existing professional services contract = with=20 Pacific Coast Land Design for landscape architect = design,=20 surveying, and engineering support services during=20 construction; authorize an expenditure in the amount = of=20 $60,000 to Santa Clarita Water, a division of Castaic = Lake=20 Water Agency, for meter services for the irrigation = system;=20 appropriate $1,015,800 from Landscape Maintenance = District=20 Fund Balance 357 to Expenditure Account = B4007357-5161.001; and=20 authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all=20 documents, subject to City Attorney approval. =

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=20 NEWHALL AVENUE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, PROJECT T2003 = -=20 APPROVE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARD = CONSTRUCTION=20 CONTRACT - This project will construct = pedestrian=20 improvements along the east side of Newhall Avenue = from Sierra=20 Highway to 2nd Street. The project will increase = safety and=20 beautification to this heavily used pedestrian = corridor=20 through the construction of sidewalk, access ramps, = driveways,=20 and curb and gutters, and installation of landscaped = parkway,=20 trees, and irrigation.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: = City=20 Council approve the plans and specifications for the = Newhall=20 Avenue Pedestrian Improvements, Project T2003; reject = the bid=20 protest by KASA Construction; award the construction = contract=20 to Hondo Engineering Inc. in the amount of $393,314 = and=20 authorize a contingency in the amount of $78,663, for = a total=20 contract amount not to exceed $471,977; appropriate = $300,000=20 from Landscape Maintenance District Fund Balance 357 = to=20 Expenditure Account T2003357-5161.001; authorize the=20 continuance of $500,000 of Via Princessa Bridge and=20 Thoroughfare Fund 302 from Fiscal Year 2010-11 to = Fiscal Year=20 2011-12 to Expenditure Account T2003302-5161.001; and=20 authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all=20 documents, subject to City Attorney approval. =

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=20 FISCAL YEAR 2010-2011 ANNUAL CONCRETE REHABILITATION = PROGRAM=20 (CITYWIDE), PROJECTS M0078, M0079, AND T0033 - PROJECT = ACCEPTANCE - The concrete rehabilitation = project=20 improved sidewalks and drainage systems citywide by = removing=20 and replacing the existing damaged concrete sidewalks = and curb=20 and gutter systems and installation of 16 new curb = ramps at=20 various intersections.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: = City=20 Council accept the completion of the 2010-2011 Annual = Concrete=20 Rehabilitation Program, Projects M0078, M0079, and = T0033;=20 direct the City Clerk to file the Notice of = Completion; direct=20 staff to release the remaining retention 35 days after = the=20 Notice of Completion is recorded, provided no stop = notices=20 have been filed, as provided by law.

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=20 2010-11 OVERLAY FEDERAL PROGRAM, PROJECT M0083 - = CREATE A NEW=20 PROJECT AND BUDGET AND AWARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, = AND=20 CONTINUE APPROPRIATION FOR PROJECT M0077 FROM FISCAL = YEAR=20 2010-11 TO FISCAL YEAR 2011-12 - The annual = overlay=20 and slurry seal project is an integral part of the = City=E2=80=99s=20 pavement management program and provides pavement and = slurry=20 seal asphalt maintenance treatments to selected City = streets.=20 Federal Project M0083 will repave/overlay Newhall = Ranch Road=20 between Bouquet Canyon Road and Avenue Tibbitts. =
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council create the new = project=20 and budget for the 2010-11 Overlay Federal Program, = Project=20 M0083; approve the plans and specifications for the = 2010-11=20 Overlay Federal Program, Project M0083; award the = construction=20 contract to Sully-Miller Contracting Company in the = amount of=20 $2,069,962 and authorize a 10 percent contingency of = $206,996,=20 for a total contract amount not to exceed $2,276,958;=20 authorize an expenditure in the amount of $55,000 from = Expenditure Account M0083233-5161.001 and $170,000 = from=20 Expenditure Account M0077233-5161.001 to Twining, = Inc., for=20 project inspection; authorize the following to fund = the=20 2010-11 Overlay Federal Program, Project M0083: = increase STPL=20 revenues in Account 202-4531.002 by $1,822,495 and = appropriate=20 $1,822,495 to Expenditure Account M0083202-5161.001;=20 appropriate $435,370 of TDA Article 8 Fund 233 fund = balance to=20 Expenditure Account M0083233-5161.001; authorize the = transfer=20 of $250,000 of TDA Article 8 Fund 233 from the 2011-12 = Overlay=20 and Slurry Seal Program, Expenditure Account = M0084233-5161.001=20 to the 2010-11 Overlay Federal Program Expenditure = Account=20 M0083233-5161.001; appropriate $18,000 in Developer = Fund 306=20 to Expenditure Account M0083306-5161.001; authorize = the=20 continued appropriation of $170,000 of TDA Article 8 = Fund 233=20 to Expenditure Account M0077233-5161.001; and = authorize the=20 City Manager or designee to execute all documents, = subject to=20 City Attorney approval. =

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=20 2010-11 BRIDGE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, PROJECT = M0082 - =20 AWARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT - This project = will=20 provide preventative maintenance and repair to various = bridges=20 in the City.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City = Council=20 approve the plans and specifications for the Fiscal = Year=20 2010-11 Bridge Maintenance Program, Project M0082; = award the=20 construction contract to Peterson/Chase General = Engineering=20 Construction, Inc., in the amount of $237,403, and = authorize a=20 contingency in the amount of $47,481, for a total = contract=20 amount not to exceed $284,884; authorize an increased=20 expenditure in the amount of $10,000 to the existing=20 professional services contract with Tetra Tech, Inc., = for=20 construction support services; authorize the = continuance of=20 Gas Tax Funds in the amount of $382,197 from Fiscal = Year=20 2010-11 to Fiscal Year 2011-12 in Account = M0082230-5161.001;=20 and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute = all=20 documents, subject to City Attorney approval. =

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=20 PARCEL MAP NO. 71090 (HENRY MAYO NEWHALL MEMORIAL = HOSPITAL) -=20 APPROVAL OF PARCEL MAP - Parcel Map No. = 71090,=20 consisting of approximately 20.9 acres, is located on = the=20 northwesterly side of McBean Parkway at the = intersection of=20 Orchard Village Road and is owned by Henry Mayo = Newhall=20 Memorial Hospital, a California Nonprofit Public = Benefit=20 Corporation.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City = Council=20 approve Parcel Map No. 71090; make certain findings; = instruct=20 the 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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=20 ACCEPTANCE OF IN-LIEU FEES FOR MASTER CASE 01-038, = TRACT 53419=20 (VALLE DI ORO) OFFSITE STREET IMPROVEMENTS - = Accept=20 in-lieu fees for the offsite street improvements = required by=20 the Conditions of Approval for Master Case 01-038, = Tract 53419=20 (Valle di Oro) along Sierra Highway and at the = intersection of=20 Sierra Highway and Golden Valley Road. These = improvements=20 include the installation of a right-turn pocket on = southbound=20 Sierra Highway, bus stop with shelter, landscaped = median,=20 sidewalk, signing and striping, signal modification, = and a=20 pedestrian bridge over Sierra = Highway.
RECOMMENDED=20 ACTION: City Council approve the acceptance of = in-lieu=20 fees for the offsite street improvements for Master = Case=20 01-038, Tract 53419 (Valle di Oro); and authorize the = City=20 Manager or designee to enter into an agreement with = the=20 project developer, subject to City Attorney approval. = =20

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=20 ADOPTION OF AN ENFORCEABLE OBLIGATION PAYMENT SCHEDULE = AS=20 REQUIRED BY SECTION 34169 OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY=20 CODE - On June 29, 2011, Governor Brown = signed AB 1X=20 26 and AB 1X 27 related to the functions and = operations of=20 redevelopment agencies. AB 1X 26 requires the Agency = to adopt=20 an Enforceable Obligation Payment Schedule as outlined = in=20 Section 34169 of the Health and Safety Code.=20
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Redevelopment Agency = Board=20 adopt the Enforceable Obligation Payment Schedule = (EOPS) and=20 direct Agency Staff to comply with the reporting and = posting=20 requirements of the EOPS statute. =

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=20 CONTINUED APPROPRIATIONS - FISCAL YEAR 2010-2011 TO = FISCAL=20 YEAR 2011-2012 - Request to continue = available or=20 unspent funds from Fiscal Year 2010-2011 to Fiscal = Year=20 2011-2012.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City = Council and=20 Redevelopment Agency adopt a resolution authorizing = continued=20 appropriated funds from Fiscal Year 2010-2011 to = Fiscal Year=20 2011-2012.

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=20 CHECK REGISTER NOS. 14, 15, & 16 - = Approval of=20 the Check Register.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: = City=20 Council approve and ratify for payment the demands = presented=20 in Check Register Nos. 14, 15, & 16. =

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PUBLIC HEARINGS
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=20 NORTH COPPERHILL ANNEXATION; MASTER CASE 11-038 = INCLUDING=20 PREZONE 11-001 AND A REQUEST TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION = FOR=20 ANNEXATION 11-002 TO THE LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION = COMMISSION=20 - The project proposes a Prezone for the = purpose of=20 annexing the North Copperhill area to the City of = Santa=20 Clarita.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City = Council=20 conduct the public hearing; adopt a resolution = approving=20 Master Case 11-038, adopting a Negative Declaration = and=20 authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to submit = an=20 application to the Local Agency Formation Commission = (LAFCO)=20 requesting annexation of approximately 2,475 acres of = land to=20 the City of Santa Clarita for the North Copperhill = area; and=20 introduce and pass to second reading an ordinance = entitled "AN=20 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA = CLARITA,=20 CALIFORNIA, APPROVING PREZONE NO. 11-001 FOR THE NORTH = COPPERHILL ANNEXATION AREA AS SHOWN".

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=20 MASTER CASE 10-35: AMENDMENTS TO SECTIONS 17.03.145 = AND=20 17.07.010 AND ADDITION OF SECTIONS 17.01.180, = 17.03.146 OF THE=20 SANTA CLARITA UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TO CREATE A NEW = HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF SANTA = CLARITA=20 - A request to the City Council for direction = and a=20 request to continue the Public Hearing to September = 27,=20 2011.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = direct=20 staff on any modifications to the proposed Historic=20 Preservation Ordinance including the list of 26 = properties and=20 the recommendations of the Planning Commission; and = continue=20 the public hearing until September 27, 2011 for a = first=20 reading of the Ordinance. =

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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 Barbara Shirley and = Dennis=20 Farnham
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FUTURE MEETINGS

The next regular meeting = of the=20 City Council will be held Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at = 6:00 p.m.=20 in the Council Chamber, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 = Valencia=20 Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA.
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= =20 CERTIFICATION

I, Sarah P. Gorman, City Clerk, do hereby certify that I = am the=20 duly appointed and qualified City Clerk for the City of = Santa=20 Clarita and that on August 18, 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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=20 Sarah P. Gorman, Esq.
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.