MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCll. 6:30P.M. NOVEMBER 14, 1995

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1 ,..--- " i MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCll. 6:30P.M. NOVEMBER 14, 1995 CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL EXECUTIVE SESSION Mayo Dacy called to ode the egula meeting of the City Council at6:30 p.m. All Councilmembes wee pesent. The Executive potion ofj;he City Council meeting has been set aside fo Councilmembes to eview the agenda and obtain any futhe infomation that may be needed. This session is open to the public. CLERK'S ANNOUNCEMENT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLEDGE.OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF AGENDA City Clek, Donna Gindey, announced that anyone wishing to addess an item on the agenda should fill out a speakes' slip and submit it to the City Clek befoe the item is discussed. Those addessing the Council wee: Allan Cameon, Mey Fame, Yolanda Keymolent, Lewis Beti, John Steffen, Lay Bid, and Bob Lathop. Councilmembe Heidt intoduced Boy Scout Toop 607 led the Pledge of Allegiance and pesented the colos. On oll call vote, all Councilmembes wee pesent. It was moved by Pedeson and seconded by Smyth to appove the agenda with the exception of item #9 which is continued to Novembe 28, Ayes: Boye, Heidt, Pedeson, Smyth, Dacy APPROVAL OF MINUTES It was moved by Smyth and seconded by Boye to appove the minutes of Octobe 18 special meeting and egula meeting, as amended. With no objections, it was so odeed.

2 ITEMl PROGRAM SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR STATE/LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM-The State/Local Tanspotation Patneship Pogam identifies and paticipates in funding locally suppoted pojects. As pat of this pogam, the City has applied fo eimbusement in State Patneship gant funds. Caltan's pocedues fo the Patneship Pogam equie the execution of a Local Agency-State Maste Ageement. In addition, a Pogam supplement must be executed fo each appoved poject. ITEM2 TRACT APPROVAL OF FINAL MAP AND ACCEPTANCE OF DEDICATIONS -This item epesents the final step in the appoval of Tentative Tact The map was appoved by the Planning Commission on July 21, The subdivision consists of six lots containing a total of aces of popety. The popety will be used fo a commecial shopping cente and an Albetsons supemaket is cuently being constucted on the site unde a development eview appoval. ITEMS COUNTY LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT, CONSENT AND JURISDICTION, ANNEXATION OF PARCEL MAP NUMBER RESOLUTION NO Gant consent and juisdiction to the County of Los Angeles, Pacel Map No located at Beneda Lane and Mio Way off Siea Highway into Lighting Maintenance Distict 1867 and County Lighting Distict LLA-1 in the City of Santa Claita-PojectNo ITEM4 COUNTY LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT, CONSENT AND JURISDICTION, ANNEXATION OF TRACT NO RESOLUTION NO Gant consent and juisdiction to the County of Los Angeles Tact No located at Rainbow Glen Dive and Siea Highway into Lighting Maintenance Distict 1867 and County Lighting Distict LLA,1 in the City of Santa Claita - Poject No ITEMS ANNEXATION NO. (4) INTO SANTA CLARITA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1, TRACT NO , ALBERTSON'S, INC. RESOLUTION NOS , , AND Petition and Resolutions to annex Albetson's Pakway Landscaping into Santa Claita Landscape Maintenance Distict No. 1. ITEM6 EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE ANNEXATION NO. 269 TO SANITATION DISTRICT NO. 26 In ode to shae in the incease of evenue, the Distict must adopt a joint esolution with the Boad of Supevisos of the County of Los Angeles, which acts on behalf of the local agencies eceiving an appotionment of the popety tax. 2

3 ITEM7 15TH STREET IMPROVEMENTS FROM SAN FERNANDO ROAD TO NEWHALL AVENUE. PROJECT NO th Steet in West Newhall between San Fenando Road and Newhall Avenue has been selected by the Community Development staff as the next aea to eceive impovements. Unde the City's Community Development Block Gant (CDBG) allocation, the selection of a consultant to pefom design sevices is the fist phase of the pocess towads the constuction of this poject. Constuction is estimated to begin in appoximately 6 months. The poposed impovements include the installation of cubs, guttes, sidewalks, and steet econstuction. Execute contact not to exceed $32,000 cuently available in Acct ITEMS AUTHORIZING DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN RECORDS RESOLUTION NO Section of the Govenment Code povides a pocedue wheeby any City ecod which has seved its pupose and is no longe equied, may be destoyed. Thee ae cetain ecods.etained by this City that ae now eligible fo destuction. ITEM9 AWARD CONTRACT FOR ASPHALT CONCRETE The quantity of asphalt concete puchased on any specific day can exceed the City's $ limit. It is poposed that an open puchase ode be awaded to the vendo able to meet all City Steet Maintenance equiements at the best pice. This poposed action ensues that all necessay mateials will be eadily available fo the Asphalt Cew so that all wok may be completed in an efficient manne. Continue to Novembe 28, ' ITEM IO AWARD CONTRACT FOR READY TO POUR CONCRETE The quantity of eady to pou concete puchased fo any specific week on occasion can exceed the City's $ limit. It is poposed that an open puchase ode be awaded to the vendo able to meet all City Steet Maintenance equiements at the best pice. This poposed action will allow the City's Concete Cew to complete all wok in an efficient manne, and ensues that no incomplete aeas o open tenches will emain accessible to esidents duing any given weekend peiod. Issue open puchase ode to Cutis Sand & Gavel not to exceed $20,000 funded though Acct ITEMll PURCHASE OF GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE PARTS AND SUPPLIES Santa Claita's Vehicle Maintenance Division invited inteested vendos to submit bids based upon a list of pats and supplies which the Vehicle Maintenance Division anticipates will be puchased duing FY It is poposed that an open puchase ode be awaded to the vendo able to meet all City Vehicle Maintenance equiements at the best pice. Issue open puchase ode to Valencia Auto Pats not to exceed $20,000 funded though Acct

4 ITEM12 AUTHORIZING SUBMITAL OF GRANT APPLICATIONS TO THE CALIFORNIA INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD RESOL:tJTION NO Resolution No will authoize the submittal of Gant applications to the Califonia Integated Waste Management Boad (CIWMB) fo all gants unde the Califonia Oil Recycling Enhancement Act and all available Household Hazadous Waste (HHW) gants unde the Califonia Integated Waste Management Act. Oicom Goup to submit Used Oil Recycling Block Gant Application and execute ageement with Oicom. ITEM13 AWARD CONTRACT TO PURCHASE THREE VEHICLES FOR PARKS DIVISION. The Paks, Receation, and Community Sevices Depatment ecently accepted bids fo the puchase of thee 3/4-ton pickup tucks. The vehicles will be used by the Pak Planning, Building Maintenance, and Uban Foesty sections. Awad contact to Fulle Fod in amount of$57,601. ITEM14 CALTRANS MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR THE SANTA CLARA RIVER TRAIL PHASE II TRAIL Ageement allowing the City of Santa Claita to maintain the south loop of the Santa Claa Rive Tail Phase II within the Caltans ight-of-way. Execute ageement with Caltans and execute Caltans Encoachment Pemit. ITEM15 SANTA CLARA RIVER PARK PROJECT REPORT Santa Claa Rive Pak Poject epot be used as a conceptual guideline by the Depatment of Paks, Receation, and Community Sevices fo acquisition and development of the Santa Claa Rive Pak(s). ITEM16 SANTA CLARA RIVER PARK ACQUISITION Puchase 26 aces of popety fom the Newhall Land and Faming Company at a cost of $65,000 fo futue Santa Claa Rive Pak Land. Execute ageements with Newhall Land & Faming Company. ITEM17 SANTA CLARA RIVER TRAIL ACQIDSITION Acquisition of open space aeas fo tail and tail stop aeas east of Mint Canyon. This acquisition coves potions of nine sepaate pacels unde owneship of thee individuals, copoations, o tusts at a cost of$158,500. On July 11, 1995 the City Council povided authoization to negotiate puchases o easements of ight-of-way. Funding fo these acquisitions is in the cuent budget in Account No

5 ltemls PARKS, RECREATION, AND COMMUNITY SERVICES MASTER PLAN City staff and Landeman-Mooe Associates have conducted compehensive community eseach towad the ceation of the Paks, Receation, and Community Sevices Maste Plan. This policy document, once adopted by the City Council, will seve as a guide fo the next 20 yeas to help model the gowth of paks, eceation, and community sevices. ITEM19. A RESOLUTION OF APPLICATION TO THE LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY FOR ANNEXATION NO (MASTER CASE NO ), THE "DOLLINGER II" ANNEXATION RESOLUTION NO The "Resolution of Application" poposed fo adoption by the City Council constitutes a fomal equest to the Local Agency Fomation Commission (LAFCO) to initiate annexation poceedings fo the "Dollinge II" Annexation (Maste Case No ). The Resolution sets foth applicable Govenment Code Sections, easons fo the annexation, exhibits identifying the site, and othe equied infomation. ITEM20 AUTHORIZING THE CITY'S SUBMITTAL OF AN APPLICATION TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR DISASTER RELIEF FUNDING RESOLUTION NO Resolution No , authoizing the City of Santa Claita to submit an application to the Califonia State Depatment of Housing and Community Development fo additional HOME Pogam fo Disaste Relief funds. I ' ITEM21 CHECK REGISTER NOS. 43, 44 RESOLUTION NO Resolution appoves and atifies payment the demands pesented in the check egistes. It was moved by Smyth and seconded by Heidt to appove the consent calenda with the exception of item #9. Ayes: Boye, Heidt, Pedeson, Smyth, Dacy 5

6 ,-- PUBLIC HEARING ITEM22 ORDINANCE APPROVING PREZONE NO (MASTER CASE NO ) AND RESOLUTION APPROVING THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION PREPARED FOR THE PROJECT-ORDINANCE NO. 95-9AND RESOLUTION NO Mayo Dacy opened the public heaing. City Clek, Donna Gindey, announced that all notices equied by law have been posted. Rich Hendeson, City Planne, epoted that is item includes an Odinance appoving Pezone No (MASTER CASE No ) and Resolution appoving the negative declaation pepaed fo the poject. Mayo Dacy closed the public heaing. It was moved by Boye and seconded by Smyth to adopt Resolution No Ayes: Boye, Heidt, Pedeson, Smyth, Dacy Resolution No adopted. City Attoney, Cal Newton, ead the title to Odinance No It was moved by Boye and seconded by Pedeson to intoduce Odinance No. 95-9, waive futhe eading and pass to second eading. Ayes: Boye, Pedeson, Heidt, Smyth, Dacy Odinance No passed to second eading. Pl)BLIC HEARING ITEM23 SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE AMENDMENT ADJUSTMENT OF REFUSE RATES RESOLUTION NO Mayo Dacy opened the public heaing. City Clek, Donna Gindey, announced that all notices equied by law have been posted. Lynn Hais, Deputy City Manage, Public Woks, epoted that this item is an amendment of esidential efuse ate schedule to eflect annual adjustment fo the Poduce Pice Index (PPI) and Landfill Tipping Fee inceases, adjustments elated to an incease in the Los Angeles County Landfill Business Tax, and the new Business License Tax. These adjustments will esult in an effective change of $.83 6

7 -~ inceasing the monthly ate fo standad single-family esidence sevice fom to $ Monthly ates fo multi-family sevice will incease by 4.6%, with actual ates vaying fom unit to unit based on bin size and fequency of collection. Mayo Dacy closed the public heaing. Following discussion eading a decease of$.08.3; Pop 62; it was moved by Heidt and seconded by Boye to appove the highe fees and that potion that ae fanchise fees to the City be deducted so the City does not collect the fanchise fees at all and to diect staff to etun to Council on Novembe 28th with a modified Resolution. Ayes: Heidt, Boye, Pedeson, Smyth, Dacy UNFINISHED BUSINESS ITEM24 YARD TRIMMINGS RECYCLING PROGRAM ' Lynn Hais, Deputy City Manage, Public Woks, epoted that this is a follow-up to Agenda Item 16 fom the Octobe 10, 1995 City Council meeting. Council diected staff to povide additional infomation elated to the implementation of cubside Yad Timmings Recycling Pogam. Following discussion egading City puchasing baels, senio citizens, loss to geneal fund, mai!ltaining baels, it was moved by Boye and seconded by Pedeson to continue this item to Januay 9, Ayes: Boye, Heidt, Pedeson, Smyth, Dacy UNFINISHED BUSINESS ITEM25 HOTEUCONFERENCE CENTER PROPOSAL Assistant City Manage, Ken Pulskamp, epoted that based on stong community inteest expessed fo meeting and banquet facilities, and the oppotunity pesented by Economic Development Administation funded, the City has been pusuing the development of a Hotel/Confeence Cente in conjunction with the Newhall Land and Faming Company. A 200 oom hotel in conjunction with a 20,000 squae feet confeence cente is being pesented fo City Council's 7

8 consideation. Those addessing the Council on this item wee: Allan Cameon, Lou Beti, and Steve Cate. It was moved by Smyth and seconded by Pedeson to continue this item to a futue Council meeting pending negotiations. With no objections, it was so odeed. NEW BUSINESS ITEM26 REVISION TO SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING PURCHASING POLICY, CHAPTERS 3.12 AND 3.14, ORDINANCE NO Steve Stak, Diecto, Administative Sevices, epoted that the Santa Claita Municipal Code (SCMC) is eviewed and updated peiodically to incopoate impovements and changes equied by legislation and/o motivated by moe efficient pactices. The outine evisions outlined in this epot help to ensue that the SCMC is cuent and accuate. City Attoney, Cal Newton, ead the title to Odinance No It was moved by Smyth and seconded by Pedeson to intoduce, waive futhe eading, and pass to second eading Odinance No , amending the Municipal Code at Title 3 to amend Chaptes 3.12 and 3.14 elating to pocuement. Ayes: Smyth, Pedeson, Boye, Heidt, Dacy. Odinance passed to second eading. NEW BUSINESS ITEM27 CITY CENTRAL PARK DEVELOPMENT RESOLUTION NO Rick Putnam, Diecto, Paks, Receation and Community Sevices, epoted that this item is to establish budget account, funding, and lease of signatue authoity fo the City Cental Pak poject. The Council thanked the Castaic Lake Wate Agency fo this poject. It was moved by Smyth and seconded by Boye to authoize the Diecto of Administative Sevices to appopiate $800,000 of Poposition A Entitlement Funds fo the CitY Cental Pak poject (Account no ) and incease estimated evenues by the same amount fo Account No ; adopt Resolution No ; authoize the City Manage to execute a design development contact with Chales Abbott and Associates not to exceed $60,000 fo the design development phase of the poject. 8

9 NEW BUSINESS ITEM28 WETLAND AND RIPARIAN ACQUISITION Ayes: Smyth, Boye, Pedeson, Heidt, Dacy Joe Inch, Pak Development Coodinato, stated that this acquisition of appoximately 286 aces of the Santa Claa Rive Wetlands and Ripaian aea between Bouquet Canyon Road bidge and the Old Railway bidge east oflntestate 5 fom Newhall Land and Faming company. Funding fo this acquisition is povided though the Habitat Consevation Fund Pogam, matching funds fom the Poposition A, Safe Neighbohood Paks Act, and Santa Claa Rive Pak specific Gant Pogam. Those addessing the Council wee: Allan Cameon. Following discussion egading the ail line; pice of the land; it was moved by Smyth and seconded by Boye to appopiate $496,000 to Account No and incease estimated evenues by the same amount fo Account No , and to tansfe $796,000 fom Account No to , poviding a total budget fo Account No of $1,592,000; authoize the City Manage to sign the puchase ageement in an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 and to execute all documentation necessay fo the completion of the acquisition afte eview and appoval by the City Attoney, including a contact with Rincon Envionmental Consultants in an amount not to exceed $20,000 to pefom phase one envionmental eview. Ayes: Smyth, Boye, Heidt, Pedeson, Dacy NEW BUSINESS ITEM29 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR THE NORTH VALENCIA ANNEXATION AREA Assistant City Manage, Ken Pulskamp, epoted that this item is a poposed non-binding Memoandum of Undestanding (MOU) stating the intent of the City and the Valencia Co. to poceed with the annexation of the uninhabited Noth Valencia Annexation aea. The main povisions of the MOU include acquisition of a potion of the Santa Claa Rive and adjacent land fo development of tails and habitat potection, assuances to the Valencia Co. That 9

10 development pojects unde pocess o with entitlements unde the County would be accepted by the City, and ageement to conside fomation of a financing mechanism fo public impovements in the annexation aea. Those addessing the Council on this item wee: Allan Cameon, Mak Subbotin, Rich Knowland. It was moved by Boye and seconded by Pedeson to authoize the City Manage to execute the MOU and any elated MOU amendments and to make Council awae of amendments. Ayes: Boye, Pedeson, Smyth, Heidt, Dacy NEW BUSINESS ITEM30 GATED COMMUNITIES: PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION FOR POLICY Assistant City Manage, Ken PUlskamp, stated that at the egula Council meeting on June 27, 1995, the City Council eceived and discussed a epot egading establishing policy on gated communities. Council subsequently diected staff to eseach and to epot back to the Planning Commission and Council about the effects of gated communities on othe municipalities, and paticulaly whethe any othe municipality in Califonia had adopted policies specific to gated communities. Those addessing the Council on this item was: Rick Knowland. Following discussion egading closing of steets afte development occus, it was moved by Smyth and seconded by Boye to adopt inteim policy to equie all applications fo gating to be eviewed by the Planning Commission, and povide staff with diection to pepae a Geneal Plan Amendment amending the Land Use and Ciculation Elements to incopoate policy statements fo the establishment of gates/gated communities and to diect the Planning Commission to pepae an amendment to the zoning odinance fo contolling the existing developments. 10

11 ~ ~ ~--- - Ayes: Smyth, Boye, Pedeson, Heidt, Dacy COUNCIL COMMENTS Mayo Dacy equested Chiquita Landfill and Mobilehome Relocation Odinance be placed on the Novembe 28th agenda. She expessed gatitude to Rick Putnam, Jey Cheington and all who paticipated in the City's fist maathon. Councilmembe Heidt equested the status of Plum Canyon Rd., plans on the Sultus St. Bidge and Sanitation Distict esults. Councilmembe Pedeson questioned when San Fenando Rd. would be completed. ADJOURNMENT At 9:45 p.m. it was moved by Heidt and seconded by Pedeson to adjoun to the next egula meeting of the City Council. Heaing no objections, it was so odeed. MAYOR minnovl4.95.alc 11