CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
6:00 PM
City Council Chambers
23920 Valencia Blvd.
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
AGENDA
Joint Meeting with
Board of Library Trustees
How to Address the City Council
Pursuant to Government Code section 54954.3 members of the public are afforded the opportunities to address the City Council. You may address the Council once per meeting during Public Participation on any matter within the Council's jurisdiction that is not listed on the agenda. Public Participation speaker's cards must be submitted to the City Clerk BEFORE this portion of the meeting begins. To address the Council regarding an item on the agenda, please 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 minutes to speak (with double the time allotted to non-English speakers using a translator) indicated by a colored light system on the Council dais. If you wish to provide information to the Council, please present the City Clerk with 10 copies. Otherwise, your materials will simply be added to the official record. Please note use of City Council Chamber technology equipment to present electronic material during meetings is not allowed.
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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) Pursuant to Government Code 54957.5 any writings or documents distributed to a majority of the members of the City Council regarding any open session item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office located at 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 120, during normal business hours.
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INVOCATION
Smyth
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
FLAG SALUTE
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.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Hart High School Girls Soccer CIF Championship
Recognition of Aaron Yang
National Vietnam War Veterans Day Proclamation
Assyrian New Year Proclamation
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.
STAFF COMMENTS
COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
NEW BUSINESS
1. DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS, SUPPLY, AND INSTALLATION OF
HYDROGEN PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT AND COMMISSIONING OF THE
HYDROGEN STATION AT THE TRANSIT MAINTENANCE FACILITY - Award Design-Build Contract for the Design and Construction of a Hydrogen Production and Fueling Station at the Transit Maintenance Facility.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
1. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a design-build contract with Trillium, subject to City Attorney approval and availability of funding, for $11,280,776 for the design and construction of a hydrogen production and fueling station at the Transit Maintenance Facility, including a contingency of $1,036,862 for a not-to-exceed amount of $12,317,638.
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute an agreement with Southern California Edison, subject to City Attorney approval, for the completion of utility upgrades, permits, and associated fees at the City’s Transit Maintenance Facility, with a not-to-exceed amount of $1,200,000.
3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute an agreement with Santa Clarita Water Company, subject to City Attorney approval, for the completion of utility upgrades, permits, and associated fees at the City’s Transit Maintenance Facility, with a not-to-exceed amount of $60,000.
4. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute agreements for inspections and materials testing services, subject to City purchasing policies and City Attorney approval, pay any related plan check, permits, and labor compliance fees associated with this project, with a not-to-exceed amount of $420,000.
5. Appropriate funds in the amount of $13,997,638 to Expenditure Account 7003702.520102, and from those funds, increase Miscellaneous Federal Grants Revenue Account 700.442409 by $11,039,578, increase Municipal Operator Service Improvement Program Revenue (MOSIP) Account 700.442207 by $2,000,000, and increase SB1State of Good Repair Revenue Account 700.442414 by $958,060.
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.
2. APPROVAL OF SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES – The minutes of the City Council are submitted for approval.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council approve the minutes of the March 14, 2023 Special Meeting.
3. APPROVAL OF REGULAR MEETING MINUTES – The minutes of the City Council are submitted for approval.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council approve the minutes of the March 14, 2023 Regular Meeting.
4. CHECK REGISTER NO. 05 - Check Register No. 05 for the Period 01/27/23 through 02/09/23 and 02/16/23. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 01/30/23 through 02/10/23.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 05.
5. CONTRACT EXTENSION TO WEST COAST ARBORISTS, INC., FOR TREE MAINTENANCE SERVICES - Contract extension for City-wide urban forestry proactive maintenance and care.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
1. Award a two-year contract extension to West Coast Arborists, Inc., effective July 1, 2023, to support the continuation of contractual tree maintenance services for a total amount not to exceed $6,174,272.
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents, contingent upon the appropriation of funds by the City Council in the annual budget for such fiscal year, and execute all documents subject to City Attorney approval.
6. AMENDMENT OF MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH LOS ANGELES
COUNTY FOR COST SHARING NPDES PERMIT, CIMP AND EWMP
COMPLIANCE - Amend Table A.1 of the existing Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the City, Los Angeles County, and Los Angeles County Flood Control District to reflect the revised cost sharing allocation as a result of the Tesoro Del Valle annexation.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
1. Approve amendment of the cost sharing Memorandum of Agreement with Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, subject to City Attorney approval.
2. Authorize City Manager or his designee to execute all agreements and contracts related to amending the Memorandum of Agreement.
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. Speaker cards may not be submitted relating to any items listed on the agenda.
STAFF COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
In memory of Jeff Wheeler
FUTURE MEETINGS
The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held April 11, 2023, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA.
CERTIFICATION
On March 23, 2023, I, Mary Cusick, do hereby certify that I am the duly appointed and qualified City Clerk for the City of Santa Clarita and that the foregoing agenda was posted at City Hall.
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Mary Cusick
City Clerk
Santa Clarita, California