CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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
College of the Canyons Cougars Hockey Team - Participation in the
American Collegiate Hockey Association National Championship
Finals
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PRESENTATIONS TO THE
CITY
The City's Aquatics staff for receiving the 2008 National Parks and
Recreation Association Excellence in Aquatics Award, and Douglas Botton
for receiving a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from
Congressman McKeon for his work with the FBI Underwater Search and
Evidence Response Team _________________________________________________________________________
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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APPROVAL OF MINUTES
February 24, 2009 - special and
regular City Council meetings
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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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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
meeting 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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TAX-SHARING
RESOLUTIONS FOR SANITATION DISTRICT ANNEXATIONS 1033 AND 1044
- The Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District provides
wastewater treatment services within the District's service area. To
provide wastewater treatment service to property located outside of
the District's service area, the boundary must be expanded through
the annexation process. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt the
Sanitation District's resolutions approving and accepting the
negotiated exchange of property tax revenues resulting from
Sanitation District Annexations 1033 and 1044.
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LIGHT
EMITTING DIODE (LED) REPLACEMENT PROGRAM FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS,
PROJECT M0066, PHASE III - PROJECT ACCEPTANCE - This project
is the third phase of a five-year program to replace incandescent
traffic signal lamps with energy efficient LED modules and install
pedestrian countdown modules at 30 intersections out of Santa
Clarita's existing 176 signalized intersections. RECOMMENDED
ACTION : Accept the completion of the Light Emitting Diode (LED)
Replacement Program for Traffic Signals, Project M0066, Phase III;
direct the City Clerk to file the Notice of Completion; and direct
staff to release the remaining retention 35 days after the Notice of
Completion is recorded, provided no stop notices as provided by law
have been filed.
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PARCEL
MAP 69672 (COMMERCIAL CONDOMINIUMS - FREMONT COURT) - APPROVAL OF
PARCEL MAP - Parcel Map 69672 consisting of approximately
2.2 acres is located at the southeast end of Fremont Court, 350 feet
southeasterly of Avenue Stanford, and is owned by the Havana
Management Group/Fremont I, LLC, a California Limited Liability
Company. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Parcel Map 69672;
make certain findings; instruct the Deputy City Manager and Director
of Administrative Services to endorse the Special Assessment
Statement on the face of the parcel map; instruct the City Clerk to
endorse the Statement on the face of the parcel map; and instruct
the City Engineer to endorse the Statement on the face of the parcel
map.
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CHECK
REGISTER NOS. 7 & 8 - Approval of the Check
Registers. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and ratify for
payment the demands presented in Check Register Nos. 7 & 8.
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PUBLIC HEARINGS _________________________________________________________________________
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UPDATE
OF CONSOLIDATED FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY
FACILITIES IMPACT FEE - Fire District development fees pay
for the construction of fire stations and related fire protection
improvements. The resolution would increase fees for fire protection
facilities, in accordance with the latest adopted Los Angeles County
Developer Fee program. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Conduct a
public hearing, and adopt a resolution to increase Fire District
fees from $.9341 per square foot to $.9550 per square foot, in
accordance with the Developer Fee Agreement between the City of
Santa Clarita and the Consolidated Fire Protection District of Los
Angeles County.
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NEW BUSINESS _________________________________________________________________________
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STORMWATER
POLLUTION PREVENTION FEE REDUCTION AND METHODOLOGY ADJUSTMENT
- The actions recommended herein would commence the updating
of the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee. The update would include
a 10.4% reduction in the Fee rate from $24 to $21.50 per equivalent
dwelling unit, a change in the methodology for calculating surface
water runoff by incorporating the recently updated Hydrology Manual
prepared by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District and
including a CPI adjuster to ensure current levels of stormwater
pollution prevention service is maintained in the future.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a Resolution preliminarily
accepting report respecting proposed restructuring of the City’s
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee, designating a time and place
for the public hearing of protests in connection with the Stormwater
Pollution Prevention Fee, approving procedures in connection
therewith, and taking certain other actions; award a contract for
the establishment of the proposed Stormwater Pollution Prevention
Fee Adjustment process to Harris and Associates, in an amount not to
exceed $60,000, and authorize the City Manager or designee to
execute any documents, subject to City Attorney approval;
appropriate $110,000 from Stormwater Utility fund balance to
expenditure account 14600-5161.002.
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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
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FUTURE MEETINGS
The next regular meeting of the City
Council will be held Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 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
appointed and qualified City Clerk for the City of Santa Clarita and that
on March 5, 2009, 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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Sharon
L. Dawson, MMC
City Clerk
Santa Clarita, California