CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

6:00 PM

City Council Chambers

23920 Valencia Blvd. 1 st Floor

Santa Clarita, CA 91355

AGENDA
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REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY - No New Business

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 - Cub Scout Pack 494

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AWARDS/RECOGNITION TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY

Brett Shields for administering CPR to a victim of cardiac arrest until paramedics arrived with a defibrillator
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PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY

Update on the City of Santa Clarita's 21-Point Business Plan for Progress since approval in April 2009 _________________________________________________________________________

COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
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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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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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APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES - The minutes of the previous City Council meetings are submitted for City Council approval.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve minutes of the August 25, 2009 special and regular meetings of the City Council.

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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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AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009-10 - In August 1991, the City assumed responsibility for public transportation services in the Santa Clarita Valley from the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works. In return, the County provides funds for service in the unincorporated areas. The Agreement is renewed annually.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve an Agreement with the County of Los Angeles to provide public transportation services in unincorporated areas in an amount not to exceed $2,093,000, authorize the City Manager or designee to execute the Agreement, or modify the award in the event that issues of impossibility of performance arise, subject to City Attorney approval, and reduce the fiscal year 2009-10 County Contributions revenue account 700-4425.001 by $307,000 to correctly reflect the $2,093,000 revenue to be received from the County of Los Angeles for public transportation services.

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STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION FEE TABULATION RESULTS - Stormwater fees and charges are considered to be "property-related" fees under Proposition 218 and Article XIIID of the California Constitution. The City is required to follow certain procedural and substantive requirements to the imposition or modification of such property-related fees and charges, including the requirements of (i) holding a public hearing, and (ii) to the extent no majority protest exists, receiving voter approval for such fees and charges.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Pass, approve, and adopt resolution declaring the results of the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee (the "Fee") ballot tabulation.

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CHECK REGISTER NOS. 33 & 34 - Approval of the Check Registers.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register Nos. 33 & 34.

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PUBLIC HEARINGS
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LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT PROCEEDINGS - Public hearing on modifications, annexations, and rate changes to various LMD zones.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Open, conduct, and close a public hearing regarding the proposed annexations into, detachments from, creation of new zones, and assessment rate adjustments for Landscape Maintenance Districts Numbers 1, A2, T-1 and various zones.

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ADOPTION OF SEWER CONNECTION FEE FOR SIERRA HIGHWAY - The proposed sewer connection fee is a mechanism for the developer to recover costs associated with installing a sewer main line as a condition of development.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Conduct a public hearing and adopt a resolution to establish the sewer connection fee and its associated administrative fee for certain properties near Sierra Highway and Newhall Avenue.

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MASTER CASE NO. 09-073, CRYSTAL SPRINGS ANNEXATION - CONSIDERATION OF GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 09-004, PREZONE 09-003, AND REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR ANNEXATION TO THE LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION (LAFCO) - Request to submit an application for annexation for the Crystal Springs area to LAFCO.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Open the public hearing and continue it to a date uncertain, to allow City staff to host a meeting with the Crystal Springs community in order to provide information regarding annexation and to answer any questions the community may have.

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APPEAL OF MASTER CASE 08-051, A REQUEST FOR A 136,559 SQUARE FOOT HOTEL BUILDING WITH 200 ROOMS IN THE COMMERCIAL TOWN CENTER (VALLEY CENTER OVERLAY) ZONE - Appeal of the Planning Commission decision for the Sheraton Hotel project.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Conduct a public hearing, deny the appeal and affirm the Planning Commission’s approval adopting the Mitigated Negative Declaration and approving Master Case 08-051 (Conditional Use Permit 08-006) to allow for (1) a Shared Parking Program and (2) construction of the seven-story hotel building at a height of 77’-8" with architectural tower elements up to +/- 88"-0," subject to the conditions of approval.

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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 _________________________________________________________________________

FUTURE MEETINGS

 The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 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, Sharon L. Dawson, City Clerk, do hereby certify that I am the duly appointed and qualified City Clerk for the City of Santa Clarita and that on September 3, 2009, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., the foregoing agenda was posted at City Hall and the Santa Clarita Sheriff's Station.

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 Sharon L. Dawson, MMC
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.