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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

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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City Clerk Announcement

During the Public Participation portion of the meeting, each = person=20 wishing to speak should prepare a presentation of not more than = three (3)=20 minutes. Public Participation speaker's slips must be submitted to = the=20 City 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 = submit=20 it to the City Clerk BEFORE the Mayor announces the item. Each = person=20 addressing the Council is given three (3) minutes to speak = indicated by a=20 colored light system on the Council dais; a green light appears = when the=20 speaker begins; a yellow light appears when 30 seconds remain and = a red=20 light 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 = contact the=20 City Clerk's Office, (661) 255-4391. Notification 48 hours prior = to the=20 meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to = ensure=20 accessibility to this meeting. (28CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title=20 II)
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INVOCATION - Weste

CALL TO ORDER =

ROLL=20 CALL

FLAG SALUTE - Boy Scout Troop 2222

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AWARDS/RECOGNITION TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY

First Responder Timothy Brink for assisting and transporting=20 Christopher Bolewski, after being bitten by a Southern Pacific=20 rattlesnake, to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital

"Kids Day" Proclamation in conjunction with the Boys and Girls = Club=20

Dave House - H3 Publications for contributions to the Tour of=20 California efforts
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PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY

None

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PUBLIC=20 PARTICIPATION

This time has been set aside for the public to address the City = Council=20 on items that are NOT on
the agenda. Council will not act upon = those=20 items at this meeting other than to review and return without = action or=20 provide direction to staff. ALL speakers must submit a speaker's = slip to=20 the City Clerk prior to this portion of the meeting and prepare a=20 presentation not to exceed three (3) minutes. The number of people = wishing=20 to speak will divide the thirty minutes allowed for public input, = maximum=20 time allowed per person will be three (3) minutes.
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STAFF COMMENTS (Matters of Public=20 Participation)
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COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
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EXECUTIVE MEETING

This time has been set aside for Councilmembers to review the = agenda=20 and obtain any further information that may be needed. Council = will also=20 discuss each individual item during the course of the meeting with = the=20 exception of the Consent Calendar, which may be approved in its = entirety=20 by one motion, unless there is a request to pull an item for = discussion.=20 No action will be taken on public agenda items during the = Executive=20 Meeting.
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APPROVAL OF AGENDA - Mayor to inquire whether there are = any=20 changes to the Agenda or if any member of the Council or the = public would=20 like to pull for discussion, any item on the Consent = Calendar.
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES

August 28, 2007 - = special and=20 regular City Council meetings

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CONSENT CALENDAR

All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are = considered=20 routine and will be enacted by one motion by the City = Council. The=20 items are not individually discussed by the City Council = unless a=20 request is made by a member of the public or the Council, in = which=20 case, the item(s) will be removed from the Consent Calendar = and will=20 be considered separately.
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READING=20 OF ORDINANCE TITLES - Government Code Section 36934 = requires=20 that all ordinances be read in full prior to Council taking = action=20 on the ordinance. By listing the ordinance title on the = Council=20 meeting agenda, Council may determine that the title has = been=20 read.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Determine that the = titles to all=20 ordinances which appear on this public agenda have been read = and=20 waive further reading.

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2007=20 EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) = PROGRAM=20 - Grant funds will be used for Sheriff=92s overtime to = conduct curfew=20 sweeps, graffiti enforcement, bike patrols, undercover and = sting=20 operations, gang prevention and enforcement, and other=20 operations.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept 2007 Edward = Byrne=20 Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) funds from the U.S.=20 Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance; = increase=20 estimated revenues in Account Number 229-4461.008 by = $35,545;=20 increase estimated expenditures in Account Number = 16104-5161.001=20 (Contractual Services) by $33,586, and in Account Number=20 16104-5111.001 (Special Supplies) by $1,959; authorize City = Manager,=20 or designee, to execute any contract documents, change = orders, or=20 amendments arising out of this program, subject to City = Attorney=20 approval.

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RESOLUTION=20 AUTHORIZING THE STREET NAME CHANGE OF SAN FERNANDO ROAD TO = MAIN=20 STREET IN DOWNTOWN NEWHALL - On December 22, 2005, = the City=20 Council and Santa Clarita Redevelopment Agency adopted the = Downtown=20 Newhall Specific Plan which calls for a number of catalytic = projects=20 to be implemented. One project in particular requires = changing the=20 name of San Fernando Road to Main Street for the segment = between 5th=20 Street and Lyons Avenue.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt = a=20 Resolution changing the street name of San Fernando Road to = Main=20 Street for the segment of the road between 5th Street and = Lyons=20 Avenue.

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AWARD=20 CONTRACT TO PURCHASE AUXILIARY MAST ARMS FOR OVERHEAD STREET = NAME=20 SIGN, PROJECT NO. B0003 - The purchase of the = auxiliary sign=20 arms will allow the mounting of the new City signs on 42 = gateway=20 intersections throughout the City, as well as 27 = intersections=20 identified for Phase II of this project.
RECOMMENDED = ACTION:=20 Award the contract for 222 street name sign arms to = Lingo=20 Industrial Electronics in the amount of $99,719.00, plus a = 10=20 percent contingency of $9,972.00, for a total of = $109,691.00; and=20 authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all = documents,=20 subject to City Attorney approval. =

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PARCEL=20 MAP NO. 60953 (RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION - MARKET STREET) - = APPROVAL=20 OF FINAL MAP AND ACCEPTANCE OF OFFERS OF DEDICATION = - Parcel=20 Map No. 60953 consisting of approximately 1.2 acres is = located on=20 the northwesterly side of Market Street, 1,200 feet = southwesterly of=20 Newhall Avenue, and is owned by The Phyllys Carver = Testamentary=20 Trust.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Parcel Map No. = 60953;=20 make certain findings; instruct the Director of = Administrative=20 Services to endorse the Special Assessment Statement on the = face of=20 the parcel map; instruct the City Clerk to endorse the = Statement on=20 the face of the parcel map; and instruct the City Engineer = to=20 endorse the Statement on the face of the parcel map.=20

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RESOLUTION=20 ESTABLISHING NO-PARKING ZONES ON SIERRA HIGHWAY BETWEEN = FRIENDLY=20 VALLEY PARKWAY AND RAINBOW GLEN DRIVE - Staff has = received=20 several complaints concerning the increase of large = semitrucks=20 parked along Sierra Highway between Friendly Valley Parkway = and=20 Rainbow Glen Drive. This resolution establishes no-parking = zones for=20 this portion of Sierra Highway.
RECOMMENDED = ACTION: Adopt=20 a resolution establishing no-stopping zones along the east = curb of=20 Sierra Highway, extending 1,100 feet northerly from Rainbow = Glen=20 Drive to the existing no-stopping zone located 940 feet = south of=20 Friendly Valley Parkway, and along the west curb of Sierra = Highway,=20 extending 1,500 feet southerly from Friendly Valley Parkway = to a=20 point 550 feet north of Rainbow Glen Drive. =

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UNITED=20 PACIFIC SERVICES INC. - CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR TREE TRIMMING = SERVICES - In January 2007, the City entered into a = one-year=20 contract with United Pacific Services Inc. for the = maintenance and=20 care of City trees. This amendment will extend the original = contract=20 term by 6 months to coincide with the City's fiscal year.=20
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the renewal of the = current=20 contract for tree trimming services to United Pacific = Services Inc.=20 in an amount not to exceed $550,000, plus annual consumer = price=20 index increases and a 15 percent contingency; and authorize = the City=20 Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated=20 documents or modify the awards in the event that issues of=20 impossibility of performance arise, and execute renewals in=20 accordance with the terms of the contract, subject to City = Attorney=20 approval.

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INTRODUCTION=20 OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE CODIFYING = ORDINANCE NO.=20 87-5 REGARDING "TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX" BY ADDING CHAPTER = 3.34 OF=20 TITLE 3 TO THE SANTA CLARITA MUNCIPAL CODE - On = December 15,=20 1987, when the City of Santa Clarita was incorporated, the = City=20 Council adopted Ordinance No. 87-5 regarding Transient = Occupancy=20 Tax. Although the ordinance was adopted by City Council and = has been=20 implemented for hotels within the City's jurisdiction, it = has not=20 been codified.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Introduce and = pass to=20 second reading an ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE = CITY=20 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL = CODE=20 CODIFYING ORDINANCE NO. 87-5 REGARDING TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY = TAX BY=20 ADDING CHAPTER 3.34 OF TITLE 3 TO THE SANTA CLARITA = MUNICIPAL CODE."=20

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STREETLIGHT=20 INSTALLATION PROJECTS (SECO CANYON ROAD AND SOLEDAD CANYON=20 ROAD) - Funding required to enter into agreements = with=20 Southern California Edison to install streetlights on Seco = Canyon=20 Road south of Copper Hill Drive and Soledad Canyon Road in = front of=20 Canyon Country Park.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: = Appropriate=20 $157,423 from Fund 354 (Streetlight Maintenance District No. = 1) fund=20 balance to Account No. 12590-5161.001. Authorize the City = Manager or=20 designee to execute all contract documents, or modify the = award in=20 the event that issues of impossibility arise, subject to = City=20 Attorney's approval, for Southern California Edison to = install eight=20 streetlights on Seco Canyon Road and six streetlights on = Soledad=20 Canyon Road.

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AWARD=20 CONTRACTS FOR PUBLIC ART AT BUS STOPS - BUS STOP AMENITY ART = PROJECT=20 #TR-06-07-51 - Commissioned artists will fabricate = creative=20 works of art that also function as bus stop shading, = seating, and=20 trash receptacles for selected bus stop = locations.
RECOMMENDED=20 ACTION: Approve to award agreements for public art for = bus stop=20 amenities, and authorize the City Manager or designee to = execute the=20 agreements and any subsequent renewals, or modify the = agreement in=20 the event that issues of impossibility of performance arise, = subject=20 to City Attorney approval. Appropriate $108,000 to account=20 #12400.5201.003, and increase the grant revenue account #=20 700.4424.009 by $86,400 (which is the 80% federal grant = amount). The=20 remaining local match (20%) will be appropriated from the = 700=20 Transit Fund balance.

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OPEN=20 SPACE PRESERVATION DISTRICT - FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND = AUDIT=20 PANEL VACANCIES - On July 17, 2007, the Open Space=20 Preservation District (OSPD) was officially formed by the = City=20 Council. Pursuant to Resolution 07-31, a Citizen's Financial = Accountability and Audit Panel is to be formed. =
RECOMMENDED=20 ACTION: Approve a process and timeline to recruit and = select=20 City residents to fill the vacancies on the Open Space = Preservation=20 District Financial Accountability and Audit Panel.=20

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12.

SECOND=20 READING AND ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE MOBILE HOME PARK = CHANGE OF=20 USE ORDINANCE: Second reading for adoption of = Ordinance=20 regarding amendments to the mobile home park change of use=20 ordinance.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Conduct second = reading and=20 adopt an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY = COUNCIL OF THE=20 CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION = 6.04.070(B)(5)=20 OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO RELOCATION = COSTS=20 FOR MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS - CHANGE IN USE."=20

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CHECK=20 REGISTER NOS. 34 AND 35 - Approval of the Check=20 Registers.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and ratify = for=20 payment the demands presented in Check Register Nos. 34 and = 35.=20

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NEW BUSINESS
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CITY=20 COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES - = During the=20 May 22, 2007 City Council Meeting, Council Member Tim Ben = Boydston=20 requested that the City Manager agendize a discussion = regarding the=20 possible creation of a public safety subcommittee. = Subsequent to=20 Council Member Boydston's request, this item was agendized = for=20 discussion during the June 12, 2007 City Council Meeting.=20
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discuss the possibility of = forming a=20 standing City Council subcommittee for the purpose of = considering=20 issues related to public safety and provide direction.=20

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ADJOURNMENT=20
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FUTURE MEETINGS

The next regular meeting of = the City=20 Council will be held Tuesday, September 25, 2007, at 6:00 p.m. in = the=20 Council Chamber, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., = Santa=20 Clarita, CA.
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CERTIFICATION

I, Sharon L. Dawson, City Clerk, do hereby certify that I am = the duly=20 appointed and qualified City Clerk for the City of Santa Clarita = and that=20 on September 6, 2007, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., the=20 foregoing agenda was posted at City Hall and the Santa Clarita = Sheriff's=20 Station.

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Sharon=20 L. Dawson, CMC
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.