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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

JOINT CITY COUNCIL/BOARD OF LIBRARY
TRUSTEES/SUCCESSOR AGENCY
REGULAR MEETING

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

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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How to Address the City Council

You may address the Council during Public Participation
on any matter within the Council's jurisdiction that is not
listed on the agenda. Each person wishing to speak should prepare a
presentation of not more than three (3) minutes. Public
Participation speaker's cards must be submitted to the City Clerk
BEFORE this portion of the meeting begins. The maximum time allowed
per person will be three (3) minutes per meeting.

Anyone wishing to address an item on the agenda should
fill out a speaker's card 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. Each presentation may not exceed three (3) minutes.

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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 - Kellar

CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

FLAG SALUTE

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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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AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

None
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PRESENTATIONS

National Preparedness Month Proclamation

Texting and Driving Proclamation

Public Opinion Poll

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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

This time has been set aside for the public to address the City
Council on items NOT on
the agenda. The City Council will not act
upon these items at this meeting other than to review and/or provide
direction to staff. ALL speakers must submit a speaker's card to the
City Clerk PRIOR to the beginning of this portion of the meeting.
Thirty minutes are allotted for public input at this time. The FIRST
TEN people to submit a speaker card prior to the beginning of Public
Participation will be heard. Speaker cards will be accepted
beginning at 5:45 p.m. Any speaker cards received once the first
speaker has begun will be heard at the end of the meeting regardless
if the ten person limit has been met.
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STAFF COMMENTS (Matters of Public Participation)

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COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS

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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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1.

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:
City Council determine that the titles to all ordinances which
appear on this public agenda have been read and waive further
reading.

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2.

APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES - The minutes of the
previous Joint City Council/ Board of Library
Trustees/Successor Agency meeting and the City Council special
meeting are submitted for approval.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council, Board of Library Trustees, and Successor
Agency, approve the minutes of the August 28, 2012, special
and regular meetings. City Council approve the minutes of the
August 30, 2012, special meeting.

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3.

CARRIZO DRIVE PEDESTRIAN OVER CROSSING REPLACEMENT, PROJECT
M1014 - AWARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT - This project
will replace the existing pedestrian timber bridge crossing at
Carrizo Drive near the Valencia Valley Elementary School with
a new prefabricated steel truss bridge.
RECOMMENDED
ACTION: City Council approve the plans and
specifications for the Carrizo Drive Pedestrian Over Crossing
Replacement, Project M1014; reject the nonresponsive bid from
Toro Enterprises, Inc.; award the construction contract to
C.A. Rasmussen, Inc., in the amount of $401,738 and authorize
a contingency in the amount of $60,261, for a total contract
amount not to exceed $461,999; and authorize the City Manager
or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents,
or modify the awards in the event issues of impossibility of
performance arise, contingent upon the appropriation of funds
by the City Council in the annual budget for such fiscal year,
and execute all documents subject to City Attorney approval.

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4.

AWARD CONTRACTS FOR PLAN REVIEW, BUILDING INSPECTION, AND
PERMIT-RELATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE BUILDING &
SAFETY DIVISION - The Building & Safety division
uses contractual services on an as-needed basis to supplement
staff efforts to reduce plan check turn-around time, manage
the inspection workload, and provide a timely response for
permit-related services.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City
Council award contracts to California Code Check, SPS Plan
Check Services, Inc., and West Coast Code Consultants, Inc.,
for plan review, building inspection, and permit-related
professional services for the Building & Safety division,
in an annual amount not to exceed $175,000 each; and authorize
the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and
associated documents, or modify the awards in the event issues
of impossibility of performance arise, and execute up to three
(3) annual renewal options not to exceed $175,000 each, plus
Consumer Price Index adjustments, contingent upon the
appropriation of funds by the City Council in the annual
budget for such fiscal year, and execute all documents subject
to City Attorney approval.

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5.

APPROVE THE USE OF A "PIGGYBACK" CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF
A COMPACT EXCAVATOR - Approve the National Joint
Powers Alliance Contract 060311 to purchase a Compact
Excavator.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council
approve the use of a "Piggyback" contract for the purchase of
a Compact Excavator and trailer from Bobcat using National
Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) Contract 060311 in an amount not
to exceed $89,740; and authorize the City Manager or designee
to execute all contracts and associated documents, or modify
the awards in the event issues of impossibility of performance
arise, contingent upon the appropriation of funds by the City
Council in the annual budget for such fiscal year, and execute
all documents subject to City Attorney approval.

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6.

OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY (OTS) SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
GRANT PROGRAM - FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 - Through a
competitive process, the City of Santa Clarita has been
awarded a grant from the State of California Office of Traffic
Safety (OTS) in the amount of $40,000. The Selective Traffic
Enforcement Program (STEP) assists agencies to combat impaired
driving, discourage distracted driving, advance pedestrian,
motorcycle, and bicycle safety, and enforce traffic laws.

RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council accept grant
from the Office of Traffic Safety's Selective Traffic
Enforcement Program in the amount of $40,000; increase
estimated revenues in OTS Grant account 259-4461.006 by
$40,000 in Fiscal Year 2012-13; increase estimated
expenditures in account 16101-5161.001 (Contractual Services)
by $40,000 in Fiscal Year 2012-13; and authorize City Manager,
or designee, to execute any contract documents, change orders,
or amendments arising out of this program, subject to City
Attorney's approval.

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7.

OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY SOBRIETY CHECKPOINT GRANT PROGRAM -
FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 - Through a competitive process,
the City of Santa Clarita/Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's
Station has been awarded a grant in the amount of $131,500 for
the 2013 Sobriety Checkpoint Grant Program from the California
Office of Traffic Safety (OTS). This program, administered by
the UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education
Center (SafeTREC), aims to reduce the number of victims killed
and injured in alcohol-impaired crashes.
RECOMMENDED
ACTION: City Council accept 2013 Sobriety Checkpoint
Grant in the amount of $131,500 from the California Office of
Traffic Safety (OTS)/University of California Berkeley, Safe
Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC);
increase estimated revenues in account 259-4461.007 by
$131,500 in Fiscal Year 2012-13; increase estimated
expenditures in account 16126-5161.001 (Contractual Services)
by $129,500 and in account 16126-5111.001 (Special Supplies)
by $2,000 in Fiscal Year 2012-13; and authorize City Manager,
or designee, to execute any contract documents, change orders,
or amendments arising out of this program, subject to City
Attorney's approval.

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8.

CHECK REGISTER NO. 18. - Approval of the Check
Register.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve
and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register
Nos. 18.

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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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9.

APPROVAL OF CITY MANAGER'S CONTRACT - As announced at
the August 30, 2012, special meeting of the City Council, Ken
Striplin was appointed to the position of City Manager
effective January 1, 2013, subject to negotiation of the
employee contract. The City Council appointed the Mayor and
Mayor Pro-Tem as the ad hoc committee to negotiate said
contract. Subsequently, the ad hoc committee met and
negotiated the terms of the contract.
RECOMMENDED
ACTION: City Council review and approve City Manager
contract, which has been negotiated and suggested for approval
by the ad hoc committee. City Council may recess into closed
session prior to approval of the contract per Government Code
Section 54957.6 if they wish to further discuss the parameters
of the negotiations for the contract with the ad hoc
committee, subject to final City Attorney review.

Conference with Labor Negotiators: Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tem

Unrepresented Employee: City Manager

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NEW BUSINESS
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10.

APPROVAL OF REFINANCING OF $17,370,000 COMMUNITY FACILITIES
DISTRICT NO. 2002-1 (VALENCIA TOWN CENTER) SPECIAL TAX BONDS,
2002 SERIES BY THE ISSUANCE OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT
NO. 2002-1 (VALENCIA TOWN CENTER) REFUNDING SPECIAL TAX BONDS,
SERIES 2012 - In 2002, the City of Santa Clarita
Community Facilities District No. 2002-1 (Valencia Town
Center) issued special tax bonds secured by special taxes on
the Valencia Town Center shopping center. The property owner,
Valencia Town Center Associates, LP, has been working with the
City to refund the 2002 Bonds for interest rate savings.

RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council, acting as the
legislative body of the City of Santa Clarita Community
Facilities District No. 2002-1 (Valencia Town Center), adopt
the following resolution:Resolution Authorizing the Issuance
of Its Special Tax Refunding Bonds, and the Execution and
Delivery of a Fiscal Agent Agreement, A Continuing Disclosure
Certificate, a Bond Purchase Agreement, an Escrow Agreement,
and an Official Statement and Approving a Preliminary Official
Statement in Connection Therewith.

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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

This time has been set aside for any speakers that have turned in
speaker cards and were not heard in the first thirty minutes
allotted to address the City Council on items that are NOT on the
agenda. No further speaker cards will be accepted once Public
Participation begins.
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STAFF COMMENTS (Matters of Public
Participation)
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ADJOURNMENT
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FUTURE MEETINGS

The next regular meeting of the
City Council will be held Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 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, Arminé Chaparyan, Interim 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 6, 2012, between the hours of 9:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m., the foregoing agenda was posted at City Hall and
the Santa Clarita Sheriff's Station.

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Arminé Chaparyan
Interim 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.