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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

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

Tuesday, September 13, 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 - Kellar

CALL TO ORDER =

ROLL CALL

FLAG SALUTE - Gladiator Patrol Boy = Scout=20 Troop 228
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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

2011 HART PONY MUSTANG WORLD SERIES CHAMPS

ANDREW SKINNER & TRIUMPH FOUNDATION
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PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY

None scheduled.
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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, = Redevelopment=20 Agency, and Board of Library Trustees: Approve the = minutes of=20 the August 23, 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 CONTRACT FOR SEASONS PRINTING - SEASONS is = the City's=20 quarterly magazine and provides listings of sports and = recreation offerings, as well as information about = what is=20 happening in the City. It is mailed to every household = in the=20 City. An invitation to bid was prepared and published = two=20 times, July 17 and July 22, 2011, and was conducted in = compliance with the support of Santa Clarita = businesses=20 program.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = award=20 contract for the printing of the City's award-winning = SEASONS=20 Magazine to Publication Printers, subject to the right = of the=20 City Manager to modify the award in the event issues = of=20 impossibility of performance arise, and authorize City = Manager=20 to execute the contract subject to City Attorney = approval, for=20 an amount not to exceed $27,963 per issue, plus a = contingency=20 of $5,592. Contingency is for possible page and/or = quantity=20 increase for a total of $33,550 per issue for four = issues=20 annually from account number 15102-5101.004. The award = is for=20 an initial term of one year and has three optional = renewal=20 years.

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=20 AWARD JANITORIAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR THE SANTA = CLARITA=20 SPORTS COMPLEX - This contract award will = provide=20 janitorial services for the City of Santa Clarita = Sports=20 Complex, to include all facilities located at the = complex. =20
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council award a = contract=20 to ABM Company for janitorial services at the Santa = Clarita=20 Sports Complex in the amount of $130,200, subject to = the right=20 of the City Manager to modify the award in the event = issues of=20 impossibility of performance arise; execute up to two = (2)=20 annual renewal options not to exceed $130,200 each, = plus=20 Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustments, contingent = upon the=20 appropriation of funds by the City Council in the = annual=20 budget for such Fiscal Year; authorize the City = Manager, or=20 designee, to execute all documents, subject to City = Attorney=20 approval.

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=20 FISCAL YEAR 2011 EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE = ASSISTANCE=20 GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM - The City of Santa = Clarita has=20 been awarded a grant for $36,780 by the U.S. = Department of=20 Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, through the = Fiscal Year=20 2011 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant = (JAG)=20 Program.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = accept=20 Fiscal Year 2011 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice = Assistance=20 Grant (JAG) funds from the U.S. Department of Justice, = Bureau=20 of Justice Assistance; increase estimated revenues in = account=20 206-4461.012 by $36,780; increase estimated = expenditures in=20 account 16113-5111.001 by $8,538, in account = 16113-5161.001 by=20 $23,142, and in account 16113-5191.001 by $5,100; and=20 authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute any = contract=20 documents, change orders, or amendments arising out of = this=20 program, subject to City Attorney approval. =

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=20 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE FOR = PREZONE 11-001=20 (MASTER CASE 11-038) FOR THE NORTH COPPERHILL = ANNEXATION=20 AREA-- Adopt Prezone 11-001 for the 2,475- = acre North=20 Copperhill Annexation area located east of San = Francisquito=20 Canyon, south of the Angeles National Forest, west and = south=20 of Bouquet Canyon Road, and north and east of the = existing=20 City of Santa Clarita corporate = boundary.
RECOMMENDED=20 ACTION: City Council adopt an Ordinance = entitled: AN=20 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA = CLARITA,=20 CALIFORNIA, APPROVING PREZONE NO. 11-001 (MASTER CASE = 11-038)=20 FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANNEXATION FOR THE NORTH = COPPERHILL=20 ANNEXATION AREA, AS SHOWN. =

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=20 ADOPTION OF THE MEMBERSHIP CHARTER FOR THE LOS ANGELES = REGIONAL COLLABORATION FOR CLIMATE ACTION AND = SUSTAINABILITY=20 - In January, 2011, the City of Santa Clarita = began=20 work on a Climate Action Plan (CAP). The Los Angeles = Regional=20 Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability = (LARC) is=20 a network designed to encourage greater coordination = and=20 cooperation at the local and regional level by = bringing=20 together leadership from local governments, the = business=20 community, academia, labor, and community groups. The = purpose=20 of this collaboration is to share information, foster=20 partnerships, and develop system-wide strategies to = address=20 climate change and promote the green economy.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt a = resolution=20 adopting the Membership Charter for the Los Angeles = Regional=20 Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability. =

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=20 INTERSECTION SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, PROJECT C3011 - = PROJECT=20 ACCEPTANCE - The Intersection Safety = Improvements=20 project enhanced safety at the intersections of Rye = Canyon=20 Road and Avenue Scott, Whites Canyon Road and = Stillmore=20 Street, and Soledad Canyon Road and Galeton Road. The = traffic=20 signals were modified to provide protected left turns = and=20 eliminate accidents related to permissive left turns.=20
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council accept = the=20 completion of the Intersection Safety Improvements, = Project=20 C3011; direct the City Clerk to file the Notice of = Completion;=20 and direct staff to release the remaining retention 35 = days=20 after the Notice of Completion is recorded, provided = no stop=20 notices have been filed, as provided by law. =

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=20 COUNCIL DIRECTION REGARDING REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR=20 TEMPORARY BIN AND ROLL-OFF SERVICE PROVIDERS = - This=20 agenda report is in response to the City = Council=E2=80=99s questions=20 posed at the City Council meeting on August 23, 2011,=20 regarding the Request for Proposals released on July = 24, 2011,=20 for Temporary Bin and Roll-Off service providers.=20
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council direct = staff to=20 terminate the Request for Proposals (RFP) process and = rescind=20 Resolution 09-24, which expands the Non-Exclusive and = Roll-Off=20 Franchise and opens on an annual basis to allow = additional=20 enterprises to join the franchise. =

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=20 CHECK REGISTER NOS. 17 - Approval of the = Check=20 Register.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = approve=20 and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check = Register=20 No. 17.

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PUBLIC HEARINGS
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=20 LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT PROCEEDINGS - = A public=20 hearing is required by law to take comments on = proposed=20 modification to landscape assessment district rate=20 methodologies and assessments.
RECOMMENDED = ACTION: =20 City Council open, conduct, and close a public = hearing=20 regarding the proposed annexations into, detachments = from,=20 creation of new zones, and assessment rate adjustments = for=20 Landscape Maintenance Districts Numbers 1,T1 and = various=20 zones; and direct City staff to tabulate the returned = ballots.=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 Rachael Lynne=20 Marsik
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FUTURE MEETINGS

The next regular meeting = of the=20 City Council will be held Tuesday, September 27, 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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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 September 8, 2011, between the hours of = 9:00=20 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., the foregoing agenda was posted at City = Hall and=20 the 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.