CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
6:00 PM
City Council Chambers
23920 Valencia Blvd. 1 st Floor
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
AGENDA
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REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY - No New Business
PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY - No New Business
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Public Participation Process
During the Public Participation portion of the meeting, each person
wishing to speak should prepare a presentation of not more than three (3)
minutes. Public Participation speaker's slips must be submitted to the
City Clerk BEFORE this portion of the meeting begins. Anyone wishing to
address an item on the agenda should fill out a speaker's slip 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.
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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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AWARDS/RECOGNITION TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
March 2010 - Safe Communities Month Proclamation
Recognition of Sergeant Anthony "AJ" Rotella and the City Of Santa
Clarita Business Alliance Program for Being Selected as a Finalist for the
2010 James Q. Wilson Award for Excellence in Community
Policing
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PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY
Magic Mountain Phase 2 -
2009 APWA So Cal Chapter Streets and Transportation Project of the Year
Award Winner
Presentation from Captain
Anthony La Berge
Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission Goals for 2010
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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
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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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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APPROVAL
OF MEETING MINUTES - The minutes of the previous City
Council meetings are submitted for City Council approval.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve minutes of the February 23,
2010, special and regular meetings of the City Council.
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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: Determine that the titles to all
ordinances which appear on this public agenda have been read, and
waive further reading.
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AMERICAN
NATIONAL RED CROSS 2007 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES RECOVERY,
PLANNING, AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM GRANT - The American Red
Cross 2007 Southern California Wildfires Recovery, Planning, and
Assistance Program has awarded the City of Santa Clarita a grant in
the amount of $28,850. This grant is for the development and
printing of a community emergency preparedness
handbook. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept American National Red
Cross 2007 Southern California Wildfires Recovery, Planning, and
Assistance Program grant in the amount of $28,850. Increase
estimated revenues in account 100-4561.001 by $28,850 in Fiscal Year
2009-10. Increase estimated expenditures in account 15308-5171.002
by $28,850. 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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GOLDEN
VALLEY ROAD WIDENING AND MEDIAN IMPROVEMENTS FROM CENTRE POINTE
PARKWAY TO SIERRA HIGHWAY, PROJECT S3027 - AUTHORIZATION
OF FUNDING TO PROCEED WITH DESIGN SERVICES - This project will
construct street and median improvements on 1.9 miles of Golden
Valley Road to improve traffic flow from Centre Pointe Parkway to
Sierra Highway. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a resolution
approving a loan in the amount of $250,000 from the Via Princessa
Bridge and Thoroughfare District to the Eastside Bridge and
Thoroughfare District; appropriate $250,000 from Eastside Bridge and
Thoroughfare District fund balance to Expenditure Account
S3027301-5161.001; award a design contract to Sikand Engineering
Associates for professional civil engineering design services for
the Golden Valley Road Widening and Median Improvements from the
project limits of Centre Pointe Parkway to Via Princessa in the
amount of $75,000 and authorize a 15 percent contingency in the
amount of $11,250, for a total amount of $86,250; award a design
contract to WRA Engineering, Inc., for the project limits from Via
Princessa to Sierra Highway in the amount of $72,000 and authorize a
15 percent contingency in the amount of $10,800, for a total amount
of $82,800; authorize additional expenditures from Account
S3027301-5161.001 in the amount of $80,950 for landscape design
services, design administration services, staff oversight,
coordination with utility agencies, and related project
administration costs; and authorize the City Manager or designee to
execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval.
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CHECK
REGISTER NO. 3 - Approval of the Check
Register. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and ratify for
payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 3.
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NEW BUSINESS _________________________________________________________________________
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FEDERAL
LEGISLATION: IMMIGRATION - A collection of six bills and one
resolution that have been introduced in the United States House of
Representatives addressing various issues associated with illegal
immigration such as border security, birthright citizenship,
employee verification, municipal authority, in-state tuition, and
voter-fraud. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Support H.R. 994, H.R.
997, H.R. 1868, H.R. 2083, H.R. 3571, H.R. 4548, and H.Res 1026 and
direct staff to transmit statements of position to Representative
Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, the primary sponsors of each measure, and
other Members of Congress as appropriate.
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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
This time has been set aside for the public to address the City Council
on items that are NOT on
the agenda. Council will not act upon those
items at this meeting other than to review and return without action or
provide direction to staff. ALL speakers must submit a speaker's slip to
the City Clerk prior to this portion of the meeting and prepare a
presentation not to exceed three (3) minutes. The number of people wishing
to speak will divide the thirty minutes allowed for public input, maximum
time allowed per person will be three (3) minutes.
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STAFF COMMENTS (Matters of Public
Participation)
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ADJOURNMENT - In memory of Ian Gelig.
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FUTURE MEETINGS
The next regular meeting of the City
Council will be held Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at 6 p.m. in the Council
Chamber, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita,
CA.
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CERTIFICATION
I, Sarah P. Gorman, City Clerk, do hereby certify that I am the duly
appointed and qualified City Clerk for the City of Santa Clarita and that
on March 4, 2010, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., the foregoing
agenda was posted at City Hall and the Santa Clarita Sheriff's Station.
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Sarah
P. Gorman, Esq.
City Clerk
Santa Clarita, California