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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

JOINT CITY COUNCIL/BOARD OF LIBRARY
TRUSTEES
REGULAR MEETING

Tuesday, November 27, 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 scheduled.
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PRESENTATIONS

Assembly Member Cameron Smyth

Sister Cities

Recognition of City Manager

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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. Speakers may not exceed three
(3) minutes and may only be heard once per meeting under Public
Participation.
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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.

APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES - The minutes of the
previous Joint City Council/ Board of Library
Trustees/Successor Agency meeting are submitted for approval.

RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council/ Board of Library
Trustees/Successor Agency: Approve the minutes of the November
13, 2012, regular meeting.

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2.

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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3.

LOCAL APPOINTMENTS LIST - Section 54970 of the
Government Code, also known as "The Maddy Act" requires that
the legislative body must cause to be prepared a list of
appointments of all ongoing boards, commissions and committees
which are appointed by the City Council.
RECOMMENDED
ACTION: City Council approve the Local Appointments List
and designate all branches of the Santa Clarita Public Library
to receive a copy of the list.

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4.

ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT WITH STATE OF MINNESOTA AND CONTRACT WITH
GILLIG FOR THE PURCHASE OF 11, 40-FOOT COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS
(CNG) BUSES - Enter into an assignment agreement with
the State of Minnesota, and contract with Gillig Corporation
for the purchase of 11, 40-foot compressed natural gas
vehicles.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council
authorize the City Manager or designee to execute an
Assignment Agreement with the State of Minnesota, and waive
the formal bid process; authorize the City Manager or designee
to negotiate and execute a contract with Gillig for the
purchase of 11, 40-foot CNG buses, in an amount of $5,339,559,
or modify the award in the event issues of impossibility of
performance arise, subject to City Attorney approval;
appropriate funds in the amount of $5,339,559 to account
12400.5201.003, increase the grant revenue account
700.4424.009 by $4,271,647, increase Proposition 1B account
700.4621.001 by $1,716,057, and reduce MOSIP account
700.4422.007 by $648,145.

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5.

CHECK REGISTER NO. 23 - Approval of the Check
Register.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve
and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register
No. 23.

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PUBLIC HEARINGS
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6.

APPEAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION'S DENIAL OF A REQUEST FOR A
TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP TO SUBDIVIDE A 2.01-ACRE RESIDENTIAL
PARCEL INTO TWO NEW RESIDENTIAL PARCELS IN THE RESIDENTIAL LOW
ZONE. AN OAK TREE PERMIT IS REQUESTED TO ENCROACH INTO THE
PROTECTED ZONES OF EIGHT OAK TREES AND TO ALLOW FOR THE
REMOVAL OF TWO NON-HERITAGE OAK TREES - Appeal of
Planning Commission's denial of a request for a Tentative
Parcel Map to subdivide a 2.01-acre residential parcel into
two new residential parcels in the Residential Low zone. An
Oak Tree Permit is requested to encroach into the protected
zones of eight oak trees and to allow for the removal of two
non-heritage oak trees.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City
Council conduct a public hearing and direct staff to return
with a resolution for the City Council granting the appeal and
approving the proposed project.

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7.

MASTER CASE 10-135: FIRST READING OF AMENDMENTS TO SECTION
17.03.145 OF THE SANTA CLARITA UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE -
HISTORIC PRESERVATION - On September 9, 2008, the
City Council of the City of Santa Clarita adopted Ordinance
08-14 establishing the City's first Historic Preservation
Ordinance and directed staff to return with a more
comprehensive ordinance.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City
Council conduct a public hearing and introduce and pass to
second reading an ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING MASTER CASE 10-135,
UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT 10-008, TO ADOPT A NEGATIVE
DECLARATION AND AMEND SECTION 17.03.145, HISTORIC
PRESERVATION.

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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. Speakers may not address items
that have been considered this evening. Speaker cards may not be
submitted relating to any items listed on the agenda.
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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, December 11, 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 November 21, 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.