CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
JOINT CITY COUNCIL/
BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
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. Public Participation takes place before the consideration of the agenda items and following the consideration of agenda items. However, each person will be allowed to speak only one time during Public Participation 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 – Boydston
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
Recognition of Hart Pony League’s 60th Anniversary
Proclamation declaring March as Safe Communities Month
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PRESENTATIONS
None
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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
This time has been set aside for the public to address the City Council on items NOT listed 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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APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES – The minutes of the Joint City Council and Board of Library Trustees meeting are submitted for approval.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council and Board of Library Trustees: Approve the minutes of the February 25, 2014, special and regular meetings. |
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SANTA CLARITA 2014 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM – On March 3, 2014, the City Council Legislative Committee approved a recommendation that the Santa Clarita City Council adopt its first annual legislative platform. This document will assist staff in communicating about legislative issues of interest and concern, with increased timeliness and greater authority from the City Council.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council accept the recommendation of the City Council Legislative Committee and adopt the Santa Clarita 2014 Legislative Platform. |
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STATE LEGISLATION: AB 1521 (FOX) VEHICLE LICENSE FEE APPROPRIATION – On March 3, 2013, the City Council Legislative Committee met and considered AB 1521 (Fox), currently pending before the California Legislature. If enacted into law, this bill would adjust the vehicle license fee (VLF) distribution and restore this revenue that approximately 100 cities lost, including Santa Clarita, due to the passage of SB 89, Chapter 35, Statutes of 2011.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council accept the recommendation of the City Council Legislative Committee and adopt a “support” position for Assembly Bill 1521 (Fox), and transmit letters to Assemblyman Fox, Santa Clarita’s State Legislative delegation, appropriate Legislative committees, Governor Brown, and the League of California Cities. |
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TREE-TRIMMING SERVICE CONTRACT MODIFICATION – In order to continue addressing residents’ tree service requests in a timely manner, staff is requesting approval to increase Four Seasons Landscape’s annual contract expenditure authority by $200,000, for a total annual contract not to exceed $710,000.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council authorize an expenditure increase of $200,000 to the City’s contract with Four Seasons Landscape for tree maintenance services managed by the City’s Special Districts operation for a total contract amount not to exceed $710,000, plus Consumer Price Index adjustments; and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents subject to City Attorney final document approval, contingent upon the appropriation of funds by the City Council in the annual budget for such fiscal year. |
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CHECK REGISTER NO. 4. – Approval of the Check Register.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 4. |
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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METRO BILLBOARD REDUCTION AGREEMENT – Determination as to second reading of two ordinances for Master Case 13-184.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council, by motion, declare the Council will not approve the second reading of the two ordinances associated with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (METRO) Billboard Reduction Agreement, and deem the METRO project application denied. |
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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 – In memory of Jim Osment
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FUTURE MEETINGS
The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 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 March 6, 2014, 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
BELOW: CLOSED SESSION PRECEDES REGULAR MEETING
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
Government Code Section 54956.9(a)
Jim Soliz and Rosemarie Sanchez-Fraser v. City of Santa Clarita;
and DOES 1-100, inclusive
Los Angeles County Superior Court –
Central District Case No.: BC 512735
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4) – Initiation of litigation, one matter
RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
– To be held in the Century Room
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