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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

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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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 - Ferry

CALL TO ORDER =

ROLL=20 CALL

FLAG SALUTE

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AWARDS/RECOGNITION TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY

Rick Patterson and Anthony Zinannti, two local attorneys = ___________________________________________________________________= ______=20

PRESENTATIONS = TO THE=20 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 - September 11, 2007 special = and=20 regular City Council meetings

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RECESS=20 TO SANTA CLARITA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
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REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY =

CALL TO ORDER

PUBLIC = PARTICIPATION

APPROVAL OF=20 MINUTES - June 26, 2007 regular meeting and August 28, = 2007=20 special joint meeting

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CONSENT CALENDAR
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SCRDA 1.

DOWNTOWN=20 NEWHALL RESTRIPE, AWARD OF CONTRACT TO RECONFIGURE ANGLED = PARKING=20 - Since the parking has become a major source of = difficulty=20 and complaints, staff recommends that this contract be = awarded so=20 that the contractor can restripe the parking on Main Street. =
RECOMMENDATION: Approve revised plans and = specifications=20 for the construction of the Downtown Newhall Restripe and = Signal=20 project, Project Number S2016390 to reflect changes to = striping on=20 Main Street; transfer additional funds from the = Redevelopment Agency=20 account number 13400-5161.001 into project account number=20 S2016390-5161.001 in the amount of $60,000 to pay for all = related=20 design and construction costs; approve the implementation of = the=20 reconfiguration of the angled parking on Main Street to = "head-in"=20 only; authorize staff to negotiate a change order to TDS = Engineering=20 to implement the striping modification, including sign = relocation=20 and installing handicap access ramps in an amount not to = exceed=20 $60,000.00; authorize the City Manager, or designee, to = execute all=20 documents, subject to City Attorney approval.=20

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ADJOURN=20 SANTA CLARITA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
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RECONVENE=20 CITY COUNCIL MEETING

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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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AWARD=20 CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES TO LEE'S = MAINTENANCE=20 SERVICE, INC. - In September 2004, the City entered = into a=20 one-year contract with Lee's Maintenance Service, Inc. for=20 janitorial services of City facilities. This amendment will = extend=20 the original contract for an additional one-year=20 term.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Award a one-year renewal = of the=20 current contract for janitorial services with Lee's = Maintenance=20 Service, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $247,000; and = authorize the=20 City 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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TRACT=20 MAP NO. 62252 (RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUMS - BENEDA LANE) - = APPROVAL OF=20 FINAL MAP AND ACCEPTANCE OF OFFERS OF DEDICATION - = Tract Map=20 No. 62252 (Residential Condominiums - Beneda Lane) = consisting of=20 approximately 11.6 acres is located on the northwesterly = side of=20 Beneda Lane at the intersection with Mirror Way, and is = owned by WK=20 Beneda 89, LLC, a California Limited Liability=20 Company.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Tract Map No. = 62252;=20 accept on behalf of the public, the offers of dedication for = public=20 use; make certain findings; instruct the Director of = Administrative=20 Services to endorse the Special Assessment Certificate on = the face=20 of the Tract Map; instruct the City Clerk to endorse the = Certificate=20 on the face of the Tract Map and instruct the City Engineer = to=20 endorse the Agreement for Subdivision Improvements and to = endorse=20 the Statement on the face of the tract map. =

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WORKFORCE=20 INVESTMENT ACT (WIA) ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER - FISCAL = YEAR=20 2007-08 GRANT AMENDMENT - The City received the = Workforce=20 Investment Act (WIA) grant for Adult and Dislocated Worker = Programs=20 from the Los Angeles County Department of Community and = Senior=20 Services for Fiscal Year 2007-08, in the amount of $155,686. = This=20 grant provides services for job seekers and=20 businesses.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept Workforce=20 Investment Act (WIA) Grant Amendment in the amount of = $155,686;=20 decrease estimated revenue in Account Number 259-4441.002 by = $37,140, and estimated expenditures in Account Number 15303 = by=20 $43,388, based on the Antelope Valley Workforce Development=20 Consortium's final allocation from the County of Los Angeles = for=20 Fiscal Year 2007-08; authorize City Manager, or designee, to = execute=20 any contract agreements, extensions, or change orders = arising out of=20 this program, subject to City Attorney approval.=20

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DEVELOPMENT=20 OF AN OFF-LEASH DOG AREA AT CENTRAL PARK - This item = is in=20 response to overwhelming requests from the community to have = an=20 informal off-leash dog area in the southern area of Central=20 Park.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the concept of = an=20 interim off-leash area at Central Park and transfer funding = for the=20 project in the amount of $35,000 from Council contingency = account=20 number 19300-5401.001 to account number 15204-5161.001.=20

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

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MEMORANDUM=20 OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN CITY OF SANTA CLARITA AND LAUREN=20 BROADCASTING CORPORATION (LBC) - City staff and = Lauren=20 Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) have finalized a draft = Memorandum of=20 Understanding (MOU) that will govern a six-month pilot = program=20 developed to evaluate the viability of using a contract firm = to=20 increase local original programming on the City's Public, = Education=20 and Government (PEG) Channel inclusive of community = features, local=20 news segments and coverage of local high school sports.=20
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve a six-month MOU = between the=20 City and Lauren Broadcasting Corporation and authorize the = City=20 Manager to execute the MOU, subject to City Attorney = approval.=20

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CONTINUED=20 APPROPRIATIONS - FISCAL YEAR 2006-2007 TO FISCAL YEAR=20 2007-2008 - Each year after the budget is adopted, = City=20 staff reviews prior year expenditures and revenues to = determine if=20 monies are required to continue or complete Council approved = programs or projects in the current FY 07-08 year.=20
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a resolution = authorizing=20 2007-2008 continued appropriations as specified in the = report.=20

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9.	CHECK=20 REGISTER NOS. 36 AND 37 - Approval of the Check=20 Registers. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and ratify = for=20 payment the demands presented in Check Register Nos. 36 and = 37.=20

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PUBLIC HEARINGS
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10.

HENRY=20 MAYO NEWHALL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MASTER PLAN PROJECT - = Continued public hearing on a Master Plan and Conditional = Use Permit=20 requested for the approval of a series of improvements on = the HMNMH=20 campus. The applicant, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital = and=20 G&L Realty, propose a master plan to guide future = development of=20 the campus facilities. Approval of Master Plan 04-022 would = allow=20 the construction of the following facilities: one six-level=20 inpatient building (five levels above ground); three = three-story=20 medical office buildings; four multi-level parking = structures (with=20 subterranean levels); reconfiguration of existing hospital = space for=20 20 intensive care unit beds; the demolition of the 8,000 = square-foot=20 Foundation building; construction of a central plant = facility and=20 two helipads; and the removal of surface parking. A = Conditional Use=20 Permit is requested to allow specific buildings and parking=20 structures to exceed 35 feet in height. A Development = Agreement is=20 also requested by the applicant. This public hearing was = continued=20 from the August 28, 2007, City Council meeting. =
RECOMMENDED=20 ACTION: Receive staff and applicant presentations and = public=20 testimony, provide feedback on the revised Henry Mayo = Newhall=20 Memorial Hospital Master Plan Development Agreement, and = continue=20 the public hearing to the January 8, 2008, City Council = meeting.=20

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ADOPTION=20 OF LAW ENFORCEMENT FACILITIES IMPACT FEE - The = primary=20 policy objective of the law enforcement facilities impact = fee is to=20 ensure new development pays its fair share for the capital = costs=20 associated with expanding and/or building law enforcement = facilities=20 to accommodate the growth in service = population.
RECOMMENDED=20 ACTION: Conduct a public hearing, and adopt a resolution = establishing a law enforcement facilities impact fee to = mitigate the=20 impact of new development on police facilities.=20

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NEW BUSINESS
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12.

LOBBYIST=20 REGISTRATION - At the August 28, 2007, City Council = meeting,=20 upon the request of Council Member Boydston, the Council = directed=20 staff to prepare an agenda report relating to lobbyist = registration=20 with the City of Santa Clarita. The purpose of requiring = lobbyist=20 registration is to maintain fair and open decision making = processes=20 within City government and inform the public of lobbying = activities=20 bearing on legislative and administrative action. =
RECOMMENDED=20 ACTION: Provide direction to staff. =

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ADJOURNMENT=20
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FUTURE MEETINGS

A City Council Study Session = will be=20 held Tuesday, October 2, 2007, at 5:30 p.m. in the Century Room, = 1st floor=20 of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita CA.

The = next=20 regular meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, October = 9, 2007,=20 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=20 appointed and qualified City Clerk for the City of Santa Clarita = and that=20 on September 20, 2007, between the hours of
9:00 a.m. and 5:00 = p.m.,=20 the foregoing agenda was posted at City Hall and the Santa Clarita = Sheriff's 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.