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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

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

Tuesday, November 08, 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=20 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=20 you 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 - Ferry

CALL TO ORDER=20

ROLL CALL

FLAG SALUTE

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EXECUTIVE=20 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=20 are 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

None scheduled.
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PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY

Southern = California=20 Edison Resolution of Appreciation

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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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APPROVAL=20 OF MEETING MINUTES - The minutes of the = previous City=20 Council, Redevelopment Agency, and Board of Library = Trustees=20 meetings are submitted for approval. RECOMMENDED = ACTION:=20 City Council: Approve the minutes of the October = 13, 2011,=20 special meeting. City Council, Redevelopment Agency, = and Board=20 of Library Trustees: Approve the minutes of the = October 25,=20 2011, special and regular meetings. =

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READING=20 OF ORDINANCE TITLES - Government Code Section = 36934=20 requires that all ordinances be read in full prior to = Council=20 taking action on the ordinance. By listing the = ordinance title=20 on the Council agenda, Council may determine that the = title=20 has been read.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City = Council=20 determine that the titles to all ordinances which = appear on=20 this public agenda have been read and waive further = reading.=20

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SANTA=20 CLARITA VALLEY AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION SHOP = LOCAL=20 PROGRAM - The City Council approved a = contribution to=20 the public/private partnership with the Santa Clarita=20 Automobile Dealers Association for $60,000 in fiscal = year=20 2004/2005 to coincide with the Shop Santa Clarita = campaign.=20 Due to the success of the partnership, subsequent=20 contributions have continued at the $60,000 amount. = Auto sales=20 are a significant economic force for the City. In = calendar=20 year 2010, new motor vehicles sales represented 15.7% = of the=20 City's annual sales tax revenue, for a total of=20 $3,822,312.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = approve=20 $60,000 for a public/private partnership with the = Santa=20 Clarita Valley Automobile Dealers Association for = continuing=20 the Shop Local Program for fiscal year 2011/2012, = renewable=20 for fiscal year 2012/2013 and fiscal year 2013/2014. = Authorize=20 the City Manager to execute a renewable multi-year = agreement=20 with the Santa Clarita Automobile Dealers Association, = subject=20 to City Attorney approval. Funds are budgeted in = account=20 number 11301-5161.002.

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APPROPRIATE=20 FUNDS FOR EASTSIDE BRIDGE AND THOROUGHFARE DISTRICT=20 REIMBURSEMENT - Williams Homes has requested=20 reimbursement for the costs of constructing = roadway-related=20 improvements at the intersection of Sierra Highway and = American Beauty Drive associated with Tract=20 60536.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = appropriate=20 $250,000 from the Eastside Bridge and Thoroughfare = District=20 (Eastside District) Fund Balance (301) to Account=20 14404-5201.010 for payment to the developer for = partial=20 reimbursement of the costs to complete public = improvement=20 projects within the Eastside District at the = intersection of=20 Sierra Highway and American Beauty Drive; and approve = future=20 appropriation of $243,696 from the Eastside District = fund=20 balance for payment to same developer for the = remainder of the=20 reimbursement when funds are available in the Eastside = District.

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MCBEAN=20 REGIONAL TRANSIT CENTER PARK-AND-RIDE, PROJECT T1012 - = PROPERTY ACQUISITION OF 6.4 +/- ACRES OF VACANT LAND, = ASSESSOR=20 PARCEL NOS. 2861-066-003, 2861-062-024, AND = 2861-062-160=20 - Acquisition of 6.4 +/- acres of vacant land = in Santa=20 Clarita on Valencia Boulevard near McBean=20 Parkway.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = authorize=20 the appropriation of $1,200,000 from available = Proposition A=20 Fund Balance (261) to Account T1012261-5201.004; and = authorize=20 the City Manager or designee to acquire the property = with a=20 purchase price of $1,174,000, and an additional = $26,000 for=20 escrow, title, and all other required costs related = thereto,=20 and execute all required documentation to complete the = acquisition of 6.4 +/- acres of vacant land in Santa = Clarita=20 (Assessor Parcel Nos. 2861-066-003, 2861-062-024, and=20 2861-062-160), subject to review by the City Attorney. =

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TAX-SHARING=20 RESOLUTION FOR SANITATION DISTRICT ANNEXATION 1059 = -=20 The Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District provides=20 wastewater treatment services within the District's = service=20 area. To provide wastewater treatment service to = property=20 located outside of the District's service area, the = boundary=20 must be expanded through the annexation process.=20
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council adopt the=20 Sanitation District's resolution approving and = accepting the=20 negotiated exchange of property tax revenues resulting = from=20 Sanitation District Annexation 1059. =

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TRAFFIC=20 SIGNAL INSTALLATION AT GOLDEN VALLEY ROAD AND NEWHALL = RANCH=20 ROAD, PROJECT C4008 - PROJECT ACCEPTANCE - = This=20 project installed a complete traffic signal system to = allow=20 for controlled access to Fire Station 104, located = immediately=20 north of this intersection, which is scheduled to be = built in=20 the near future by the County of Los Angeles. The=20 signalization of this intersection is critical to the=20 successful operation of the fire = station.
RECOMMENDED=20 ACTION: City Council accept the work performed by = Flatiron=20 Electric Group, Inc., on the Traffic Signal = Installation at=20 Golden Valley Road and Newhall Ranch Road, Project = C4008;=20 direct the City Clerk to file the attached Notice of=20 Completion; and direct staff to release the retention = 35 days=20 after the Notice of Completion is recorded, provided = no stop=20 notices have been filed, as provided by law.=20

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SECOND=20 READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR MASTER CASE 11-116 FOR THE = PREZONE=20 (PRZ 11-002), AND SPHERE OF INFLUENCE AMENDMENT (SOI = 11-003)=20 FOR THE 686.16-ACRE SOUTH SAND CANYON ANNEXATION AND = SECOND=20 READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR MASTER CASE 11-117 FOR AN=20 AMENDMENT TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE (UDC 11-002) = TO=20 CREATE A MOVIE RANCH OVERLAY ZONE IN THE CITY OF SANTA = CLARITA - This is a second reading of the = ordinances=20 for: 1) Master Case 11-116 for the Prezone and Sphere = of=20 Influence Amendment of the South Sand Canyon = Annexation area;=20 and 2) Master Case 11-117 for the creation of a Movie = Ranch=20 Overlay Zone, and placing the Movie Ranch Overlay on=20 approximately 540 acres of the South Sand Canyon = Annexation=20 Area.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = conduct the=20 second reading and adopt an ordinance entitled: "AN = ORDINANCE=20 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, = CALIFORNIA=20 APPROVING PREZONE 11-002 (MASTER CASE 11-116) FOR THE = SOUTH=20 SAND CANYON ANNEXATION, AND ADOPTING THE NEGATIVE = DECLARATION=20 PREPARED FOR THE PROJECT"; and conduct the second = reading and=20 adopt an ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY = COUNCIL=20 OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING = MASTER CASE=20 11-117, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT 11-002, TO = AMEND=20 THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TO INCLUDE A MOVIE RANCH = OVERLAY=20 ZONE (MOZ) AS SHOWN ON THE MAP ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT "B" = AND=20 ADOPTING THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION PREPARED FOR THE = PROJECT."=20

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GENERAL=20 MUNICIPAL ELECTION - APRIL 10, 2012 - The City = of=20 Santa Clarita will hold a general municipal election = on April=20 10, 2012 to elect two members of the City Council for = seats=20 currently held by Councilmembers Laurie Ender and Bob=20 Kellar.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a = resolution=20 calling and giving notice of the General Municipal = Election to=20 be held April 10, 2012; adopt a resolution requesting = the=20 County of Los Angeles to render specified services to = the=20 City; adopt a resolution adopting regulations for = candidates=20 for elective office; and authorize the City Manager or = designee to execute a contract with Martin & = Chapman=20 Company to provide election services in the amount=20 of
$148,500, subject to City Attorney approval.=20

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CHECK=20 REGISTER NOS. 21 - Approval of the Check=20 Register.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council = approve=20 and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check = Register=20 No. 21.

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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=20
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FUTURE MEETINGS

The next regular = meeting of=20 the City Council will be held Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at = 6:00=20 p.m. 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 November 3, 2011, between the hours of = 9:00 a.m.=20 and 5:00 p.m., the foregoing agenda was posted at City Hall = and the=20 Santa Clarita Sheriff's Station.

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Sarah=20 P. Gorman, Esq.
City Clerk
Santa Clarita, California =

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.