Agenda packet — Santa Clarita City Council, June 25, 2024 (part 2 of 3)

merchandise, provide safe, convenient pedestrian access, and establish attractive parkways.
o Element MO3 - Pedestrian and Bicycle Networks: This element requires new development within the Area to provide pedestrian and bicycle connectivity to adjacent development blocks within the Area as well as peripheral streets, sidewalks, paseos, bicycle trails, the McBean Regional Transit Center, and bus stops in order to form a comprehensive network of multi-modal transportation.
o Element MO4 - Pedestrian Bridge Connectivity: This element focuses on enhancing accessibility to the three existing pedestrian bridges that connect the community to the Valencia Town Center subarea of the Area. All development within the Area that occurs adjacent to an existing pedestrian bridge will be required to provide a landing area that provides direct access into the Area, includes a shaded seating area and wayfinding signage. Further, the landing area must have connectivity to adjacent development within the Area. The element also encourages the relocation of the existing pedestrian bridge that spans McBean Parkway to a location closer to the McBean Regional Transit Center. o Element MO5 - Micro Mobility: Micro-mobility refers to the use of small, lightweight, modes of transportation for short-distance travel within urban areas. These modes of transport typically include electric scooters, electric bicycles, and other compact vehicles.

Micro-mobility is well-suited for "last-mile" transportation, bridging the gap between public transit stations or bus stops and a final destination, and can also provide quick and efficient transportation between subareas within the Area. Although not required, the TCSP provides guidelines for the placement of micro-mobility stations and their maintenance.
o Element MO6 - Transit Drop-Off Zones: A drop-off zone refers to designated areas where taxis and services such as Santa Clarita Transit, and transportation network companies (for example Uber and Lyft), pick up or drop off passengers. The purpose of a zone is to provide a convenient and safe area for quick pick-ups and drop-offs without obstructing traffic flow. The TCSP requires at least two drop-off zones be located in the Valencia Town Center subarea, and one within each of the remaining subareas.

Guidelines are also provided about the location of drop-off zones and amenities that should be provided.

• Parking: Parking within the Area must provide direct, convenient access to shopping, dining, entertainment, employment, and residential opportunities in a manner that maximizes the efficient use of available space. The TCSP contemplates the utilization of wrapped, structured parking over surface parking because it serves to reduce the time and distance required for visitors, employees, and residents to travel between their vehicle and their ultimate destination, or destinations. Further, wrapped parking structures in alignment with signature vistas, public and common spaces, a robust pedestrian street scene, and an interconnected, on-site pedestrian network will create a more comfortable and visually interesting environment than traveling across open surface parking fields on foot. This encourages pedestrianism throughout the Area, and fosters a “park once” philosophy. Finally, a balanced on-site mix of uses will take advantage of shared parking opportunities between residential units and commercial space, both within the project and throughout the Area.

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o Element PK1 - Parking Strategy: This element defines the parking strategy for the Area, and is based both on the existing context of existing parking on-site, as well as research performed on parking requirements from other similar commercial and mixed-use properties throughout Southern California. New commercial space would be parked at a rate of 3.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet, while both residential and hospitality projects would be parked a rate consistent with the UDC.

Implementation

Chapter three of the document outlines strategies for the implementation of the stated goals of both the TCSP and the development framework and standards. Together these strategies provide the regulatory framework for ensuring that a balanced mix of commercial and residential land uses occur throughout the plan area. The TCSP proposes a four-pronged approach that includes:

1. Comparison to Analyzed Buildout Scenarios: The explicit intent of the TCSP is to ensure that a balanced mix of uses is developed within the Area. Residential and non-residential uses must be provided in lock-step, with projects providing combinations of retail, dining, entertainment, hospitality, commercial, and residential uses on an ongoing basis as new development and redevelopment occurs within the Area. Both the Low and Full Buildout Scenarios analyzed with the project provide conceptual examples of the development framework and standards proposed in the TCSP and act as a general blueprint for comparison of future development projects. Although the actual buildout of the Area will occur over time and the physical location and square footage of structures, as well as the exact mix of land uses, will vary from the analyzed scenarios, all development must conform to a similar balance of commercial and residential land uses and be consistent with the urban form that is depicted in these scenarios.

2. Incentives for Mixed Use Development: A process that incentivizes mixed use development.

This process provides the potential for additional residential square footage with the inclusion of commercial square footage within the same project. Projects that only propose multi-family residential units must either provide a significant community amenity with their project, or it will not qualify for benefits that apply to mixed use projects, and be subject to review and approval by the Planning Commission.

3. Required Economic Study: A requirement for economic studies to be performed by developers to measure progress as the Area is built out. Specifically, these reports are triggered by proposed residential development over time and/or when proposed projects include the demolition of 25,000 square feet of existing commercial space or more.

4. Subarea Plan Submittal: An allowance for the City to have development plans submitted on a subarea basis, as opposed to a project-by-project basis.

In addition to providing implementation strategies focused on mixed use development within the Area, Chapter Three also provides other regulatory requirements associated with projects proposed within the TCSP including:

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(LOS) on the street network surrounding the Area and identify mitigations in the form of physical, or other types of improvements that must be made to impacted intersections.

Funding of improvements to the impacted intersections will be made at the expense of the developer.

• Construction Management Plan: Following entitlement approval and prior to construction, all projects must create a construction management plan to detail short-term impacts to traffic, haul routes, and on-site parking and traffic management.

• Transportation Demand Management Plans: A transportation demand management plan must be submitted with all projects that include a commercial component that generates 50 full- time employees or more and/or includes a multi-family component of 100 residential units or more.

All development within the Area will be conducted by the private development community.

Similarly, all improvements will be funded by private developers, unless otherwise identified by the City.

Environmental

DEIR

The DEIR for the TCSP analyzed three conceptual buildout scenarios; the low and full buildout scenario and a high buildout scenario. The full buildout scenario includes approximately 2,200 residential units and nearly 600,000 square feet of net-new commercial space. The high buildout scenario exceeds the intensity of the full buildout scenario by 15 percent and was included to provide a more conservative analysis of the project.

The DEIR concluded that the following would result in less than significant impacts with mitigation:

• Cultural Resources
• Geology and Soils
• Hazards and Hazardous Materials
• Tribal Cultural Resources

All other areas were deemed to be less than significant without mitigation. Notably, because the Area is located within half a mile of the McBean Regional Transit Center, an identified major transit stop, and because the TCSP represents a regulatory document that will create a mix of uses with emphasis on alternative transportation within the urban center of Santa Clarita, the City’s vehicle miles traveled (VMT) ordinance requires no additional VMT analysis. An LOS analysis would be required for each new project within the Area in the Implementation chapter of the TCSP.

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A summary of mitigation measures is included in the Executive Summary of the DEIR, which is attached.

The DEIR determined that the project would result in a significant and unavoidable impact on air quality related to a net increase in criteria pollutants. The TCSP’s operational emissions are generated by area sources, energy sources, and mobile sources. The net increase of operational emissions from the TCSP would not exceed the regional thresholds of significance established by the Southern California Air Quality Management Department, except for volatile organic compounds (VOC) under the full buildout scenario and VOC and PM10 (particulate matter) under the high buildout scenario. Therefore, the Project would result in a cumulatively considerable net increase in criteria pollutants for which the South Coast Air Basin is non- attainment under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards or the California Ambient Air Quality Standards.

However, the TCSP would not include any direct demolition or development. Future individual development projects within the Specific Plan would be required to comply with mitigation measures which require implementation of energy efficiency and transportation measures to reduce emissions to the extent feasible. In addition, the TCSP could result in fewer operational impacts on air quality than if the Area was built entirely under the current UDC.

Public Comments

The comment period for the DEIR began on March 5, 2024, and closed on April 29, 2024.

During that time, the City received written comments from the following parties:

• California Department of Toxic Substances Control;
• Los Angeles County Fire Department;
• Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department;
• Western States Regional Council of Carpenters (WSRCC); and • Sierra Club, Santa Clarita Chapter.

Comments received were generally regarding:

• Greenhouse gas emissions;
• Air quality emissions;
• The benefits of local hire policies; and
• The need to recirculate the DEIR.

A summary of responses to these comments is contained within the Planning Commission agenda report for its regular meeting on May 21, 2024. A complete response to comments is included in the DFEIR. This document is included in the reading file. Responses to comments were provided on June 15, 2024, to all agencies that provided comments.

Following the conclusion of the DEIR comment period, the City received additional comments from the WSRCC and from another organization, UNITE HERE Local 11. Comments from the 4 Packet Pg. 117

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WSRCC did not raise any new, substantive issues, but did recommend a series of mitigation strategies to further reduce air quality emissions. Each of these is either addressed by the plan or represents a program the City currently implements. Further, projects that are submitted within the Area will be subject to additional mitigation measures at the discretion of the City beyond what is already required by the TCSP.

Similarly, UNITE HERE Local 11 comments did not raise any new issues regarding the adequacy of the DEIR and require no additional responses.

Noticing

All public noticing required by law has been completed including an advertisement placed in The Signal newspaper and by noticing all interested parties on June 4, 2024, as well as two sign postings on the project site on June 11, 2024.

ALTERNATIVE ACTION

Other actions as determined by the City Council.

FISCAL IMPACT

The project was funded entirely by a $500,000 LEAP Grant from the California Department of Housing and Community Development in September 2020. There is no impact to the General Fund. All financial obligations for future development would be the responsibility of project applicants.

ATTACHMENTS
Public Hearing Notice
Proposed Text Changes to the Town Center Specific Plan
Project Resolution
CEQA Resolution
Zone Change Ordinance
May 21 2024 Staff Report and Minutes (availible in the City Clerk's Reading file) April 16 2024 Staff Report and Minutes (availible in the City Clerk's Reading file) 4 Packet Pg. 118

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 302
Santa Clarita, CA 91355

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PROJECT TITLE: TOWN CENTER SPECIFIC PLAN

APPLICATION: Master Case 22-1 05: General Plan Amendment 22-003, Zone Change 22-001, Specific Plan 22-002

PROJECT APPLICANT: City of Santa Clarita

PROJECT LOCATION: The project are a consists of approximately 111-acres and is bound by Magic Mountain Parkway to the north, Valencia Boulevard to the south and east, and by McBean Parkway to the west, with a 3.7-acre portion located on the southwest side of McBean Parkway, adjacent to the McBean Regional Transit Center.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Town Center Specific Plan (TCSP) is a long-range land use plan that establishes a vision for the Specific Plan Area (SPA). Goals for the plan include: 1) Creating a balanced mix of retail, dining, entertainment, commercial, and residential opportunities to further establish the SPA as a regional destination; 2) Creating a distinct sense of place that is unique to the SPA via creative use of urban design, architecture, and public spaces; 3) Creating a flexible framework for future development that fosters the potential for numerous development possibilities; and 4) Creating a timeless plan that is consistent with the objectives of the General Plan and Housing Element. The TCSP will not result in any new construction, but rather provide a regulatory framework and vision for future development within the SPA.

PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: On May 21, 2024, the Planning Commi ssion voted 5-0 to recommend that the City Council certify the Draft Final Environmental Impact Repor t prepared for the project and approve the proposed project. Included in the Planning Commission’s motion was a request to make six minor text amendments to the body of the TCSP document.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: A Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) was prepared to identify the project's potential environmental impacts and was available for public review from March 5, 2024 to April 29, 2024. A Notice of Availability was posted and advertised to the public upon release of the DEIR.

The City of Santa Clarita City Council will conduct a public hearing on this matter on the following date:

DATE: Tuesday, June 25, 2024
TIME: At or after 6:00 p.m.

LOCATION: City Hall, Council Chambers
23920 Valencia Blvd., First Floor
Santa Clarita, CA 91355

If you wish to challenge the action taken on this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or written correspondence delivered to the City of Santa Clarita at, or prior to, the public hearings. If you wish to have written comments included in the materials the City Council receives prior to the public hearing, those comments must be submitted to the Community Development Department by Friday, June 14, 2024.

For further information regarding this proposal, you may contact David Peterson, Senior Planner, by appointment, at the City of Santa Clarita Permit Center: 23920 Valencia Blvd., Suite 140, Santa Clarita, CA 91355. Telephone: (661) 284- 1406. Website: http://www.santaclarita.gov/planning. Send written correspondence via e-mail to [email protected], or by US mail to: City of Santa Clarita Planning Division, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Suite 302, Santa Clarita, CA 91355. Project Planner: David Peterson, Senior Planner.

Mary Cusick, MMC
City Clerk

Published: The Signal, June 4, 2024

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PROPOSED TEXT ADDITIONS TO THE TOWN CENTER SPECIFIC PLAN (Recommended language appears in blue underlined text)

• Chapter 2 – Development Framework and Standards:

o Element MO2 – Pedestrian Streetscapes, pages 2-62 and 2-64.

The following is recommended to be added to the requirements for Outdoor Dining within the Activity Zone of the public realm:

• Furniture in the Activity Zone is strongly encouraged to be brought indoors during hours when the business is not in operation.

The following is recommended to be added to the requirements for outdoor display of merchandise within the Activity Zone of the public realm:

• Merchandise displayed in the Activity Zone is strongly encouraged to be brought indoors during hours when the business is not in operation.

• Element MO5 – Micro Mobility, page 2-75.

The following is recommended to be added to the development standards identified within the element:

3. All maintenance of micro-mobility stations and the removal of abandoned vehicles is the responsibility of the property owner or station operator. Timelines for the prompt removal of abandoned vehicles may be conditioned at the discretion of the Director of Community Development.

• Element PK1 – Parking Strategy, page 2-79.

The following is recommended to be added to Other Parking Standards:

• All parking must comply with Tier 2 standards within the California Green Building Code for electric vehicle charging stations. Except in cases where good cause is shown, and subject to the Discretion of the Director of Community Development , 50% of the required number of stations must be fully installed prior to occupancy, or comply with current Tier 2 California Green Building requirements for the number of fully installed stations, whichever is higher.

• At the discretion of and to the satisfaction of the Director of Community Development, a parking management plan describing the operation of on-site, project-related parking enforcement must be prepared.

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Attachment: Proposed Text Changes to the Town Center Specific Plan (Town Center Specific Plan) • Chapter 3 - Implementation:

o 3. Illustrative Full Buildout Plan, page 3-12.

The following is recommended to be added to Financing Strategies:

Section 65451 of the California Government Code requires that a specific plan include financing measures necessary to implement a proposed project. Typically, a variety of financing measures can be used to finance project construction; they include but are not limited to special assessment districts, general obligation bonds, exactions, and other private financing methods. All of the required and proposed improvements, including the provision of significant community amenities, within the SPA are the financial responsibility of the property owner(s) and future builder(s).

o 4. Development Review Process, page 3-13.

The following is recommended to be added to Construction Traffic & Access Management Plans:

Construction Traffic and Access Management Plans are used to avoid construction- related safety hazards and to reduce disruptions of traffic operations. Construction Traffic and Access Management Plans will be required of development project applicants, to address temporary traffic impacts that could occur during the construction of the TCSP.

The plans will be subject to approval by the City of Santa Clarita Department of Public Works. They will address construction traffic routing (e.g., detours and/or lane closures) and traffic control (e.g., with signage and construction flaggers), as well as vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian safety. The plans will also be required to identify designated haul routes and construction staging areas, construction crew parking, emergency access provisions, traffic control procedures, and avoidance of traffic safety impacts during construction. The construction management plan will coordinate and ensure business, resident, and customer parking, traffic flow, and business operations are maintained throughout the construction period. Construction management plans must be prepared in coordination when two or more projects are to be in construction simultaneously within the SPA.

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RESOLUTION NO. 24-

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,

CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 22-003 (MASTER CASE 22-105), FOR THE TOWN CENTER SPECIFIC

PLAN IN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. FINDINGS OF FACT. The City Council makes the following findings of fact:

A. The City of Santa Clarita (City) included the Town Center Specific Plan (TCSP) (Project) as part of the Santa Clarita 2025 Plan on March 23, 2021.

B. The TCSP is a long-rang planning document that provides a framework for new development within the specific plan area (SPA).

C. The TCSP includes the following entitlements:

1. General Plan Amendment 22-003 to amend the General Plan Land Use Map in order to designate the entirety of the SPA as Specific Plan (SP).

2. Zone Change 22-001 to amend the zoning map in order to designate the entirety of the SPA as SP.

3. Specific Plan 22-002 to create the TCSP document.

D. The SPA includes approximately 111 acres of largely urbanized land and is divided into four distinct subareas. The SPA is approximately one mile east of the Interstate-5 freeway and is generally bounded by Magic Mountain Parkway to the north, Valencia Boulevard to the south and east, and McBean Parkway to the west, creating a roughly triangular project site. The McBean Regional Transit Center is directly adjacent to the southwest corner of the SPA.

E. The four subareas within the SPA include:

• Valencia Town Center: Measuring approximately 68 acres in size, the Valencia Town Center Subarea is the largest subarea within the SPA. The subarea is primarily characterized by the existing Valencia Town Center Mall, The Patios lifestyle center, and the eastern portion of Town Center Drive. The total complex includes approximately one million square feet of retail and commercial space. • Town Center East: Separated from the Valencia Town Center Subarea by Citrus Street, the Town Center East Subarea is approximately 23 acres in size and primarily built out with existing structures and surface parking. The subarea contains approximately 245,000 square feet of public services, office space, personal services, and retail space.

Primary uses include the Valencia Branch of the Santa Clarita Public Library, two

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private office buildings, and a small commercial/retail center. Other uses include the former Santa Clarita Station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 126, Santa Clarita Superior Court, and government offices for Los Angeles County.
• Town Center Drive: The Town Center Drive Subarea represents a transition from the retail mall and lifestyle uses associated with the Valencia Town Center Subarea into a total of 460,000 square feet of office space, entertainment, dining, personal services, and specialty retail uses that front on Town Center Drive. Prominent land uses include several office buildings measuring between four and six stories in height with ground- floor retail, restaurants, and services, a twelve-theater Regal Cinema, several one and two-story retail/office buildings, and two multi-level shared parking structures. The subarea is primarily built-out and is approximately 16 acres in size. • McBean and Valencia: At approximately four acres, this is the smallest of the subareas but occupies a prominent location on the northwest corner of Valencia Boulevard and McBean Parkway. The majority of the property is vacant, but in 2016 the property was entitled for the construction of a five-story hotel and free-standing restaurant.

F. The City conducted an extensive public outreach program, including meetings with the general public, focus groups with the business and development community, in-person interviews of businesses within the SPA, an online survey and also on the City’s social media platforms.

G. On June 14, 2011, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 11-61, adopting the City’s General Plan, and Resolution No. 11-62 certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report analyzing the General Plan. The City’s General Plan presently designates the SPA as Regional Commercial (CR).

H. The entirety of the SPA has an underlying zoning designation of CR.

I. The SPA is entirely surrounded by the CR zone with land uses including major retail centers, automobile dealerships, high-density residential developments, professional and medical office buildings, and a fuel sales use. Land uses beyond the immediate boundaries of the SPA include low- to moderate-density housing, and a private golf course.

J. The goals of the TCSP are as follows:

1. Define a Vision for Development: Create a timeless, long-term vision for development within the SPA that is consistent with the City’s General Plan and Housing Element.

2. Provide a Balance of Land Uses: Create a balanced mix of retail, dining, entertainment, hospitality, commercial, and residential opportunities to further establish the SPA as a premier regional destination.

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3. Create Great Places: Create a distinct sense of place that is unique to the SPA via creative use of urban design, iconic architecture, signature vistas, a vibrant public realm, and gathering spaces.

4. Establish a Flexible Framework: Create a flexible framework for future development that is practical, buildable, and fosters the potential for numerous development possibilities.

K. The environmental impacts of the proposed TCSP were reviewed under the CEQA (Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq.) and the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 California Code of Regulations §§ 15000, et seq., the “CEQA Guidelines”). In accordance with CEQA, the City of Santa Clarita is the lead agency and the City Council is the decision-making body for the TCSP.

L. The City determined that a Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) must be prepared for the Project. The City determined that the following areas must be addressed in the Draft Program EIR (DEIR) for the Project: aesthetics, air quality, cultural resources, energy, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, land use and planning, public services, transportation, tribal cultural resources, and utilities and service systems.

M. A Notice of Preparation (NOP) for the Project EIR was circulated to affected agencies, pursuant to CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines, for 30 days, beginning on December 6, 2023, and ending on January 8, 2024.

N. A duly noticed scoping meeting was held at City of Santa Clarita City Hall on December 13, 2023 to obtain information from the public as to issues that should be addressed in the EIR.

O. The City prepared a DEIR, for the TCSP, that addressed all issues raised in comments received on the NOP. The DEIR was circulated for review and comment by affected governmental agencies and the public, in compliance with CEQA. Specifically, the Notice of Availability/Notice of Completion for the DEIR was advertised on March 5, 2024, for a 45- day public review period that ended on April 19, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. in accordance with CEQA. The comment period was subsequently extended through April 29, 2024. Staff received written comments throughout the comment period as well as oral testimony at the April 16, 2024, and May 21, 2024, Planning Commission meetings for the TCSP.

P. The Planning Commission public hearings for the Project were duly noticed in accordance with the noticing requirements for each of the Entitlements. The Project was advertised in The Signal newspaper, and through on-site posting 14 days before the hearing. A courtesy notice was also sent to all property owners east of Citrus Street in the Town Center East subarea.

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description. Staff also made a presentation on the Draft EIR, and the Planning Commission received public testimony regarding the Project. The Planning Commission provided staff with recommendations for minor amendments to the text of the TCSP, asked for additional information on the California Green Building Code and continue the public hearing to their regularly scheduled meeting on May 21, 2024.

R. At its duly notice meeting on May 21, 2024, the Planning Commission received a presentation from staff on the follow-up items from the April 16, 2024 meeting, and a summary of responses to comments on the DEIR.

S. The Draft Final EIR (DFEIR) includes the DEIR, comments on the DEIR, and the following: responses to written comments on the DEIR. The DEIR was presented to the Planning Commission on April 16, 2024, and May 21, 2024. On May 15, 2024, a copy of the responses to comments from the Draft Final EIR was made available for public review on the City of Santa Clarita’s website.

T. The Draft Final EIR, including a Statement of Overriding Considerations for the project prepared and circulated in compliance with CEQA.

U. After considering the matter, the Planning Commission by unanimous vote recommended the City Council adopt a Statement of Overriding Considerations for those impacts of the TCSP that cannot be mitigated to less than significant levels, and recommends certification of the DFEIR and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (MMRP), and approve the Master Case 22-105 by Resolutions Nos. P24-009 and P24-010, adopted on May 21, 2024.

V. The City Council held a duly noticed hearing on the TCSP on June 25, 2024, and certified the Final EIR prepared for the TCSP and approved Master Case 22-105 with associated entitlements for the project.

W. The City Council adopted Zone Change 22-001 and Specific Plan 22-002 via a separate ordinance.

X. The location of the documents and other materials that constitute the record of proceedings upon which the decision of the City Council is based, for the Master Case 22-105 project file, with the Community Development Department; the record specifically is in the custody of the Director of Community Development.

SECTION 2. GENERAL FINDINGS FOR MASTER CASE 22-105. Based on the above findings of fact and recitals and the entire administrative record, including, without limitation, the entire TCSP DEIR, oral and written testimony, and other evidence received at the public hearings, reports, and other transmittals from City staff to the City Council, and upon studies and investigations made by the City Council, the City Council finds, as follows:

1. The proposal is consistent with the General Plan;

The TCSP is consistent with the following Goals, Policies and Objectives

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identified within the General Plan:

Policy LU 1.1.5: Increase infill development and re-use of underutilized sites within, and adjacent to, developed urban areas to achieve maximum benefit from existing infrastructure and minimize loss of open space, through re-designation of vacant sites for higher density and mixed use, where appropriate.

Policy LU 1.2.2: In Valencia, promote business development, job creation, and expansion of regional commercial, civic, cultural, and entertainment uses, to create a vibrant Town Center serving as a community focal point for the entire Santa Clarita Valley.

Policy LU 4.1.1: Promote expansion a nd enhancement of the Valencia Town Center to provide a focal point for cultural, civic, educational, and shopping activities serving the entire Santa Clarita Valley.

Policy LU 4.1.3: Direct business creation and expansion for larger companies within and adjacent to existing and planned business centers and major transportation corridors.

Policy LU 4.2.3: Encourage businesses to locate in all appropriate areas of the community to encourage job creation in closer proximity to workforce housing.

Policy C 1.2.1: Develop coordinated plans for land use, circulation, and transit to promote transit-oriented development that concentrates higher density housing, employment, and commercial areas in proximity to transit corridors.

Policy CO 1.5.5: Promote concentration of urban uses within the center of the Santa Clarita Valley through incentives for infill development and rebuilding, in order to limit impacts to open space, habitats, watersheds, hillsides, and other components of the Valley’s natural ecosystems.

2. The proposal is allowed within the applicable underlying zone and complies with all other applicable provisions of this code;

The underlying General Plan Land Use and Zoning designation for the entirety of the SPA is Regional Commercial (CR). The CR zone contemplates the highest intensity of commercial and residential development in the City, with a maximum floor area ratio (FAR) of 2.0 and a maximum of 50 residential units per acre, respectively. All future development within the SPA will be consistent with the specifications of the CR zone regarding unit density and FAR. As such, the TCSP is consistent with the General Plan regarding the type and intensity of development contemplated within the SPA.

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3. The proposal will not endanger, jeopardize, or otherwise constitute a hazard to the public convenience, health, interest, safety, or general welfare, or be materially detrimental or injurious to the improvements, persons, property, or uses in the vicinity and zone in which the property is located; and

The TCSP provides a long-term vision for development within the SPA and supersedes applicable portions of the Santa Clarita Municipal Code (SCMC).

However, the TCSP will be consistent with specifications of the underlying zone for both commercial floor area and residential density. The TCSP is consistent with the level and development intensity contemplated by the General Plan. No new construction is associated with the approval of the TCSP itself, and any future development projects proposed within the SPA will be subject to both the requirements and standards of the plan itself as well as the SCMC.

4. The proposal is physically suitable for the site. The factors related to the proposal’s physical suitability for the site shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

a. The design, location, shape, size, and operating characteristics are suitable for the proposed use;

The underlying General Plan Land Use and Zoning designation for the entirety of the SPA is Regional Commercial (CR). The CR zone contemplates the highest intensity of commercial and residential development in the City, with a maximum floor area ratio (FAR) of 2.0 and a maximum of 50 residential units per acre, respectively. All future development within the SPA will be consistent with the specifications of the CR zone regarding unit density and FAR. The TCSP is consistent with the General Plan regarding the type and intensity of development contemplated within the SPA.

b. The highways or streets that provide access to the site are of sufficient width and are improved as necessary to carry the kind and quantity of traffic such proposal would generate;

Because the SPA is located within one-half of a mile of the McBean Regional Transit Center, an identified major transit stop, and because the TCSP represents a regulatory document that will create a mix of uses with emphasis on alternative transportation within the urban center of Santa Clarita, the City’s vehicle miles traveled (VMT) ordinance screens out the project from further analysis. Hence, the TCSP will not result in a significant impact to VMT.

Projects that propose new construction will be required to provide a traffic analysis that identifies impacts to level of service (LOS). Mitigation measures will be required on a project-by-project basis that may include, but not be limited to, physical improvements to intersections, roadways, and/or adjustments to traffic signal timing.

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c. Public protection services (e.g., Fire protection, Sheriff protection, etc.) are readily available; and

Impacts to public services were analyzed as part of the DEIR prepared for the project and determined that they would be less than significant.

d. The provision of utilities (e.g., potable water, schools, solid waste collection and disposal, storm drainage, wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal, etc.) is adequate to serve the site.

Impacts to the provision of utilities were analyzed as part of the DEIR prepared for the project and determined that they would be less than significant.

SECTION 3. SPECIFIC FINDINGS FOR GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 22-105.

A text amendment to the General Plan and an amendment to the General Plan Land Use Map is attached as Exhibit “A” and Exhibit “B”, respectively, and incorporated by reference. Based on the above findings and the entire record, including, without limitation, the entire DEIR, oral and written testimony and other evidence received at the public hearings, reports and other transmittals from City staff to the City Council, and upon studies and investigations made by the City Council, the City Council finds, as follows:

A. Properties which benefit from increased density or intensity of development resulting from the General Plan Amendment shall fully mitigate their increased sewer impact at the time that development occurs on the properties.

The TCSP is long-range planning document that provides a vision for future development within the SPA. No new construction is included with the proposal. The DEIR included an analysis of the provision of public utilities and determined that he project would not create a significant impact. All new construction projects would be required to complete all necessary technical studies and connect to the sanitary sewer system on a case-by-case basis.

B. The proposed General Plan amendment is consistent with other elements of the City’s General Plan pursuant to Government Code Section 65300.5;

The General Plan identifies the Valencia Town Center area as a “major [center] of the community” and “…a focal point for cultural, civic, educational, and shopping activities serving the entire Santa Clarita Valley.”

The proposed General Plan amendment is consistent with the goals, policies and objectives of other elements of the City’s General Plan and will maintain integrated, consistent and compatible policies. Specifically, as discussed in Section 2 above, the Land Use Element, Circulation Element and Conservation Element include goals, objectives, and policies that increase opportunities for infill development, promote strengthening the local economy, promote the SPA as a regional destination, actively direct and incentivize high quality employers to the SPA, encourage a mixture of

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residential and commercial uses that are transit and pedestrian oriented, and focus development away from natural areas within the Santa Clarita Valley.

SECTION 4. The City Council hereby approves Master Case 22-105, including General Plan Amendment 22-003, for the Town Center Specific Plan.

SECTION 5. RELIANCE ON RECORD. Each and every one of the findings and determinations in this resolution are based on the competent and substantial evidence, both oral and written, contained in the entire record relating to the project. The findings and determinations constitute the independent findings and determinations of the City Council in all respects and are fully and completely supported by substantial evidence in the record as a whole.

SECTION 6. LIMITATIONS. The City Council’s analysis and evaluation of the project is based on the best information currently available. It is inevitable that in evaluating a project that absolute and perfect knowledge of all possible aspects of the project will not exist. One of the major limitations on analysis of the project is the City Council’s lack of knowledge of future events. In all instances, best efforts have been made to form accurate assumptions.

Somewhat related to this are the limitations on the City's ability to solve what are in effect regional, state, and national problems and issues. The City must work within the political framework within which it exists and with the limitations inherent in that framework.

SECTION 7. SUMMARIES OF INFORMATION. All summaries of information in the findings, which precede this section, are based on the substantial evidence in the record. The absence of any particular fact from any such summary is not an indication that a particular finding is not based in part on that fact.

SECTION 8. A copy of this resolution will be mailed to the Applicant and to any other person requesting a copy.

SECTION 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and certify this record to be a full, complete, and correct copy of the action taken.

PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 25th day of June, 2024.

MAYOR
ATTEST:

CITY CLERK

DATE:

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
ss. CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )

I, Mary Cusick, City Clerk, of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 24- was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 25th day of June, 2024, by the following vote:

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

CITY CLERK

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EXHIBIT A:

TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA GENERAL
PLAN

The following language would be included in the Land Use Element of the General Plan, under Item F, Specific Plans, Approved Specific Plans:

The Town Center Specific Plan (TCSP) was adopted in 2024 and encompasses approximately 111 acres of land in the community of Valencia. The specific plan area is bound by Magic Mountain Parkway to the north, Valencia Boulevard to the south and east, and by McBean Parkway to the west, with a 3.7-acre portion of the TCSP area located adjacent to the McBean Regional Transit Center.

The primary goals of the TCSP are to create a balanced mix of residential, commercial, retail, dining, and entertainment uses with a robust jobs-to-housing balance; create a distinct sense of place; create a flexible framework for future development that fosters the potential for numerous development possibilities; and create a practical, timeless, and buildable plan that is consistent with the General Plan and implements the Housing Element.

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EXHIBIT B: LAND USE DESIGNATION

Specific Plan (SP)
Land Use Designation

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RESOLUTION NO. 24-

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,

CALIFORNIA, CERTIFYING THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (SCH NO. 2023120123) FOR MASTER CASE 22-105 (GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 22- 003, ZONE CHANGE 22-001, SPECIFIC PLAN 22-002), MAKING THE REQUIRED

FINDINGS OF FACT AND STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS, AND

ADOPTION OF THE MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. FINDINGS OF FACT. The City Council makes the following findings of fact:

A. The City of Santa Clarita (City) included the Town Center Specific Plan (TCSP) (Project) as part of the Santa Clarita 2025 Plan on March 23, 2021. The entitlement requests (collectively Entitlements) include:

1. General Plan Amendment 22-003 to amend the General Plan Land Use Map in order to designate the entirety of the SPA as Specific Plan (SP).

2. Zone Change 22-001 to amend the zoning map in order to designate the entirety of the SPA as SP.

3. Specific Plan 22-002 to create the TCSP document.

B. The approximately 111-acre Town Center Specific Plan Project (Project) site is located in the community of Valencia and is bounded by Magic Mountain Parkway to the north, Valencia Boulevard to the south and east, and generally by McBean Parkway to the west, with a 3.7- acre portion of the Project site located on the southwest side of McBean Parkway connecting to the McBean Regional Transit Center. The Project site is located within the Regional Commercial (CR) zone and General Plan land use designation and the City's Jobs Creation Overlay Zone (JCOZ).

C. On June 14, 2011, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 11-61, adopting the City’s General Plan, and Resolution No. 11-62 certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report analyzing the General Plan. The City’s General Plan presently designates the Project site as CR.

D. The General Plan Amendment and Zone Change for the Project site is to establish the Town Center Specific Plan as the long-range land use plan for the Project area. The current CR zoning designation allows for a FAR of 2:1 (87,120 square feet of floor area per acre) and residential density between a minimum of 18 units and a maximum of 50 units per acre. The Town Center Specific Plan maintains this FAR of 2:1 and the residential densities of up to 50 units per acre.

E. The Project site is immediately surrounded on all sides by land with a General Plan land use designation and zoning classification of CR, with the exception of the McBean Regional Transit Center (zoned PI-Public/Institutional), which is located immediately west of the

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McBean and Valencia Subarea. Land to the west of the Specific Plan Area, across McBean Parkway, is designated and zoned as CR, with PI and Open Space zoning beyond. Land to the south and east, across Valencia Boulevard, is designated and zoned as CR, with Urban Residential 4, Urban Residential 3, and Urban Residential 2 zoning beyond. Land to the north, across Magic Mountain Parkway, is designated and zoned CR with Specific Plan designation (the North Valencia Specific Plan) farther to the north.

Uses adjacent to the TCSP Area include auto dealerships and retail commercial uses to the north; restaurants, banks, supermarket, retail commercial uses, a medical office building, and Santa Clarita City Hall to the south; banks, medical clinics, restaurants, and retail stores to the east; and multifamily residential uses, a hotel, restaurants, retail stores, the Santa Clarita Conference Center, and Santa Clarita McBean Regional Transit Center to the west.

F. The Project site is an approximately 111-acre site and includes four subareas: Subarea 1 (Valencia Town Center), Subarea 2 (Town Center East), Subarea 3 (Town Center Drive, and Subarea 4 (McBean and Valencia). The Project is a long-range land use plan that establishes the vision of the City for the Town Center Specific Plan area as a regional destination incorporating a balanced mix of uses. The Town Center Specific Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR) identifies three buildout scenarios that represent low buildout, full buildout, and high buildout scenarios of uses, which are anticipated to include a mix of residential, commercial, retail, dining and entertainment uses. The intent of these three scenarios is to frame the anticipated buildout of the Town Center Specific Plan area with the low estimate representing a scaled-back version of the City’s envisioned full buildout of the Town Center Specific Plan area and the high estimate being additional growth beyond the City’s envisioned full buildout. The estimates are for planning and analysis purposes only and do not compel the construction or redevelopment of any individual property.

G. The environmental impacts of the proposed Project were reviewed under the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq., CEQA) and the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 California Code of Regulations §§ 15000, et seq., the CEQA Guidelines). In accordance with CEQA, the City of Santa Clarita is the lead agency and the City Council is the decision-making body for the Town Center Specific Plan Project.

H. The City determined that an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) must be prepared for the Project to evaluate potential environmental impacts related to the following topics:
aesthetics, air quality, cultural resources, energy, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, land use and planning, noise, public services, transportation, tribal cultural resources, and utilities and service systems.

I. A Notice of Preparation (NOP) for the Project EIR was circulated to affected agencies, pursuant to CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines, for 30 days, beginning on December 6, 2023, and ending on January 8, 2024. Agencies that received the NOP include, without limitation, the State Clearinghouse, the County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, South Coast Air Quality Management District, law enforcement agencies, school districts, water agencies, and utility companies serving the

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Santa Clarita Valley in accordance with CEQA’s consultation requirements. Comments from public agencies were received in response to the NOP for the Project.

J. A duly noticed scoping meeting was held at City of Santa Clarita City Hall on December 13, 2023, to obtain information from the public as to issues that should be addressed in the EIR. environmental topics of concern were raised at the meeting.

K. The City prepared a Draft EIR, for the Town Center Specific Plan Project, that addressed all issues raised in comments received on the NOP. The Draft EIR was circulated for review and comment by affected governmental agencies and the public, in compliance with CEQA. Specifically, the Draft EIR was circulated for public review and comment from March 5, 2024, to April 29, 2024 (extended from April 19, 2024). A Public Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Draft EIR was mailed to all organizations and individuals previously requesting notice and was published in The Signal on March 15, 2024. The City received written comments throughout the comment period.

L. The Planning Commission public hearings for the Project were duly noticed in accordance with the noticing requirements for each of the Entitlements. The Project was advertised in The Signal 21 days prior to the public hearing and through on -site posting 14 days prior to the public hearing.

M. The Planning Commission held a duly-noticed public meeting on the Project on April 16, 2024, and on May 21, 2024. The Planning Commission opened the public hearing for the Project and received presentations from staff on the Project setting, requested Entitlements, and Project description. Staff also made a detailed presentation on the Draft EIR.

N. After considering the matter, the Planning Commission by unanimous vote recommended the City Council adopt a Statement of Overriding Considerations for those impacts of the TCSP that cannot be mitigated to less than significant levels, and recommended certification of the DFEIR and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (MMRP), and approve the Master Case 22-105 by Resolutions Nos. P24-009 and P24-010, adopted on May 21, 2024.

O. The City Council held a duly noticed hearing on Master Case 22-105 on June 25, 2024.

At the close of the public hearing, the City Council certified the Final EIR prepared for the Project and approved Master Case 22-105 with associated entitlements for the Project.

P. The location of the documents and other materials that constitute the record of proceedings upon which the decision of the Planning Commission is based, for the Master Case 22 -105 project file, with the Community Development Department; the record specifically is in the custody of the Director of Community Development.

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SECTION 2. CEQA REQUIREMENTS. The City Council makes the following findings of fact:

A. CEQA provides that “public agencies should not approve projects as proposed if there are feasible alternatives or feasible mitigation measures available which would substantially lessen the significant environmental effects of such projects[.]” (Pub.

Resources Code, § 21002). The procedures required by CEQA “are intended to assist public agencies in systematically identifying both the significant effects of proposed projects and the feasible alternatives or feasible mitigation measures which will avoid or substantially lessen such significant effects” (Id.).

B. CEQA’s mandates and principles are implemented, in part, through the requirement that agencies adopt findings before approving projects for which EIRs are required. For each significant environmental effect identified in an EIR for a proposed project, the approving agency must issue a written finding reaching one or more of three permissible conclusions:

(1) “[c]hanges or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project which avoid or substantially lessen the significant environmental effect as identified in the Final EIR,”

(2) “[s]uch changes or alterations are within the responsibility and jurisdiction of another public agency or can and should be adopted by such other agency,” or

(3) “[s]pecific economic, legal, social, technological, or other considerations, including provision of employment opportunities for highly trained workers, make infeasible the mitigation measures or project alternatives identified in the final EIR.”

(CEQA Guidelines §15091.) CEQA defines “feasible” to mean capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of time, taking into account economic, environmental, social, legal and technological factors. (CEQA §21061.1; CEQA Guidelines §15364.).

C. The concept of “feasibility” also encompasses the question of whether a particular alternative promotes the underlying goals and objectives of a project. “Feasibility” under CEQA, then, encompasses “desirability” to the extent that desirability is based on a reasonable balancing of the relevant economic, environmental, social, and technological factors.

D. CEQA requires that the lead agency exercise its independent judgment in reviewing the adequacy of an EIR and that the decision of a lead agency in certifying a Final EIR and approving a project not be predetermined. The City Council has conducted its own review and analysis, and is exercising its independent judgment when acting as herein provided.

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E. CEQA requires decision-makers to adopt a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) for those mitigation measures identified in the Final EIR that would mitigate or avoid each significant impact identified in the EIR and to incorporate the mitigation monitoring and reporting program, including all mitigation measures, as a condition of Project approval.

F. CEQA requires that the responses to comments in the Final EIR demonstrate good faith and a well-reasoned analysis, and not be overly conclusory. In response to several of the comments received, portions of the Draft EIR have been revised. Although new material has been added to the Draft EIR through preparation of the Final EIR, this new material provides clarification to points and information already included in the Draft EIR and is not considered to be significant new information or a substantial change to the Draft EIR or to the Project that would necessitate recirculation.

G. CEQA Guidelines § 15003 notes that state courts have held that the purpose of an EIR is to inform other governmental agencies and the public generally of the environmental impacts of a proposed project. CEQA does not require technical perfection or exhaustive treatment of issues in an EIR, but rather adequacy, completeness, and a good-faith effort at full disclosure.

SECTION 3. CEQA FINDINGS. The City Council finds that the Final EIR for Master Case 22-105 (Specific Plan Adoption 22-002; General Plan Amendment 22-003; Zone Change 22-001) identifies and discloses Project-specific impacts and cumulative Project impacts. Environmental impacts identified in the Final EIR, findings, and facts in support of findings are herein incorporated as CEQA Facts and Findings referred to as Exhibit A, incorporated by reference and identified as follows:

A. The Final EIR identifies significant but mitigated impacts, as set forth in Section 5.3 of Exhibit A. Changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the Project that will avoid or reduce these potential impacts to a less-than-significant level.

B. The Final EIR also identifies less-than-significant impacts, as set forth in Section 5.2 of Exhibit A.

C. The less-than-significant impacts set forth in Section 5.2 of Exhibit A will not contribute to cumulative impacts.

D. The MMRP, included as Chapter 4 of the Final EIR, which is incorporated by reference, is required to mitigate Project impacts.

E. The Final EIR identifies effects determined to be significant and unavoidable but mitigated to the extent possible, as set forth in Section 5.4 of Exhibit A.

SECTION 4. CONSIDERATION OF A REASONABLE RANGE OF ALTERNATIVES.

Based upon the above recitals and the entire record, including the Town Center Specific Plan Project Final EIR, oral and written testimony and other evidence received at the public

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hearings held on the Project and the Final EIR and otherwise, upon studies and investigation made by the City Council, and upon reports and other transmittals from City staff to the City Council, the City Council further finds the Final EIR analyzes a reasonable range of Project alternatives that would feasibly attain most of the basic objectives of the Project, would lessen any of the significant impacts of the Project, and adequately evaluates the comparative merits of each alternative.

A. The objectives of the Project are specified in the Final EIR and Section 2.2 of Exhibit A. These objectives are used as the basis for comparing the Project alternatives and determining the extent that the objectives would be achieved relative to the proposed Project.

B. Alternative 1 – No Project/No Build Alternative. This alternative is required by the CEQA Guidelines and compares the impacts that might occur if the site is left in its present condition with those that would be generated by the proposed Project. Under this Alternative, the buildings and other improvements in the Town Center Specific Plan Area would remain and no new development or redevelopment would occur. Individual building tenants might change over time, but the overall mix of uses in the Town Center Specific Plan Area would remain, primarily consisting of various commercial, retail, restaurant, office, and civic uses.

This alternative would have the least impact compared to the Project as it would not alter the existing conditions. Alternative 1 is the only alternative that would not result in any new significant and unavoidable impacts and would not require any of the mitigation measures proposed by the Project. Consequently, Alternative 1 would be considered the environmentally superior alternative. However, the alternative would not attain any of the Project Objectives as summarized in Section 2.2 of the CEQA Facts and Findings (Exhibit A).

C. Alternative 2 – No Project/Infill Development and Redevelopment Under Existing Zoning and General Plan Designations Alternative. Under this alternative, the Town Center Specific Plan Area would be further built out in accordance with the existing applicable zoning regulations and General Plan land use designation criteria. The entire approximately 111- acre Specific Plan Area is zoned Regional Commercial (CR) and has an equivalent General Plan Land Use designation of Regional Commercial (CR). The density standards in the CR zone are 18-50 units per acre for residential uses and a floor area ratio (FAR) of 2:1 for non- residential uses. The proposed Specific Plan would not change these density standards. Consequently, buildout under Alternative 2 is assumed to be the same as the Project in terms of the future number of residential units and square footage of non-residential uses, i.e., the Project’s low, full, and high buildout scenarios also apply to Alternative 2. However, the primary difference between the Project and Alternative 2 is that the Project would implement a Specific Plan that would regulate the buildout of the Town Center Specific Plan Area in a cohesive and coordinated manner to create a variety of community benefits, including a pedestrian-friendly environment, circulation improvements, parks/plazas, trails/paseos, and monumental architecture.

Without these regulations, buildout of the Town Center Specific Plan Area would be expected to occur largely on a parcel-by-parcel basis without a governed unified approach.

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Alternative 2 would not meet the Project Objectives, as summarized in Section 2.2 of the CEQA Facts and Findings (Exhibit A), and would have greater impacts on aesthetics, air quality, GHG emissions, and transportation. Therefore, Alternative 2 is infeasible.

D. Alternative 3 – Reduced Scale Specific Plan Alternative. Under this alternative, the Los Angeles County government center in Subarea 2 (Town Center East) would be excluded from the Specific Plan Area. In this alternative, the remaining portions of Subarea 2 would continue to be within the Specific Plan Area, including the existing 31,000-square-foot retail/commercial center along Citrus Street, the two private office buildings near Valencia Boulevard, and the City-owned land. Subarea 1 (Valencia Town Center), Subarea 3 (Town Center Drive), and Subarea 4 (McBean and Valencia) would also remain within the Specific Plan Area. Under Alternative 3, buildout of Subareas 1, 3, and 4 would be the same as buildout under the proposed Project. Except for the Los Angeles County government center, which would remain, buildout of Subarea 2 would be similar to buildout of the Project. Given the reduction in acreage, total buildout projections of Alternative 3 would be less than those of the proposed Project. Buildout of Alternative 3 would be within the range of the Project’s low and full buildout scenarios, but is not expected to achieve the Project’s high buildout scenario. As there are no current plans to end the operations of the Los Angeles County government center, Alternative 3 is intended to evaluate a scenario in which Los Angeles County continues to utilize its government center into the future indefinitely.

Alternative 3 would reduce but not eliminate air quality impacts associated with the Project. This alternative would also reduce impacts related to energy, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, noise, public services, and utilities and service systems. Therefore, Alternative 3 is identified as the environmentally superior alternative, other than the No Project/No Build Alternative (Alternative 1).

SECTION 5. FINDINGS FOR CERTIFICATION OF THE FINAL EIR. Based upon the above recitals and the entire record, including, without limitation, the Town Center Specific Plan Final EIR, oral and written testimony and other evidence received at the public hearings held on the Project and the Final EIR, upon studies and investigation made by the City Council, and upon reports and other transmittals from City staff to the City Council, the City Council finds:

A. That the Final EIR for the Project is adequate, complete, has been prepared in accordance with CEQA, and should be certified on that basis.

B. That the City Council has independently reviewed and considered the Final EIR in reaching its conclusions.

C. That the Final EIR was presented and reviewed prior to taking final action to recommend certification of the Final EIR and approval of the Town Center Specific Plan Project.

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D. That, in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15091, the Final EIR includes a description of each potentially significant impact and rationale for finding that changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the Project which avoid or substantially lessen the significant environmental effect, as detailed in Exhibit A attached hereto. The analyses included in the Final EIR to support each conclusion and recommendation therein is hereby incorporated into these findings.

E. That, in accordance with Public Resources Code Section 21081, modifications have occurred to the Project to reduce significant effects.

F. That, in accordance with Public Resources Code Section 21081 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15091, changes and alterations have been required and incorporated into the Project that avoid or substantially lessen its significant environmental effects, with the exception of operational air quality impacts, because feasible mitigation measures, including those in the MMRP, are made conditions of approval for the Project.

G. The Final EIR identifies one significant unavoidable adverse impact of the Project related to operational air quality emissions, as set forth in Section 7.0 of Exhibit “A.” Changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the Project that will lessen this Project impact but that will not avoid or reduce all of the potential impact to a less-than- significant level. This remaining significant impact is balanced against Project benefits and is found to be overridden by the Project benefits, as stated in the Statement of Overriding Considerations in Section 6, below.

H. That the Final EIR reflects the decision-maker’s independent judgment and analysis.

I. That a MMRP has been prepared and is recommended for adoption to enforce the mitigation measures required by the Final EIR and Project approvals.

The documents and other materials which constitute the record of proceedings on which this decision is based are under the custody of the Director of Community Development and are located at the City of Santa Clarita, Community Development Department, 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 302, Santa Clarita, California 91355.

SECTION 6. STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS. Based upon the above recitals and the entire record, including the Final EIR, oral and written testimony and other evidence received at the public hearings held on the Project and the Final EIR and otherwise, upon studies and investigation made by the City Council, and upon reports and other transmittals from City staff to the City Council, the City Council finds that there is substantial evidence that supports the conclusion that the Town Center Specific Plan will result in community benefits, including specific economic, legal, social, technological and other benefits, that outweigh the one significant effect of the Project on the environment that cannot be mitigated to a level less than significant.

a. One significant unavoidable impact relates to operational air quality emissions, as further described in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.

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b. The benefits of the Town Center Specific Plan outweigh its one significant unavoidable impact that cannot be mitigated to a level below significant.

These benefits are listed in Section 7.3 of Exhibit “A”.

SECTION 7. The City Council has reviewed and considered the Draft Final EIR (SCH No. 2023120123), and hereby determines that it is adequate and in compliance with CEQA.

Accordingly, the City Council certifies the Final EIR and associated documents, and adopts the MMRP.

SECTION 8. By the adoption of this Resolution, the City Council has not granted any approval or entitlement on this Project.

SECTION 9. RELIANCE ON RECORD. Each and every one of the findings and determinations in this Resolution are based on the competent and substantial evidence, both oral and written, contained in the entire record relating to the Project. The findings and determinations constitute the independent findings and determinations of the City Council in all respects and are fully and completely supported by substantial evidence in the record as a whole.

SECTION 10. LIMITATIONS. The City Council’s analysis and evaluation of the Project is based on the best information currently available. It is inevitable that in evaluating a Project that absolute and perfect knowledge of all possible aspects of the Project will not exist.

One of the major limitations on analysis of the Project is the City Council’s lack of knowledge of future events. In all instances, best efforts have been made to form accurate assumptions.

SECTION 11. SUMMARIES OF INFORMATION. All summaries of information in the findings, which precede this section, are based on the substantial evidence in the record.

The absence of any particular fact from any such summary is not an indication that a particular finding is not based in part on that fact.

SECTION 12. A copy of this resolution will be mailed to the applicant and to any other person requesting a copy.

SECTION 13. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and certify this record to be a full, complete, and correct copy of the action taken.

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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 25th day of June, 2024.

MAYOR

ATTEST:

CITY CLERK

DATE:

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

CITY CLERK

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EXHIBIT A

Draft EIR; Final EIR; and
Mitigation Monitoring Reporting Program for the Town Center Specific Plan SCH No. 2023120123

Incorporated by Reference
Document can be found at
https://santaclarita.gov/planning/environmental-impact-reports-under-review/town- center-specific-plan-2/

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ORDINANCE NO. 24-

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING ZONE CHANGE 22-001, AND SPECIFIC PLAN 22-002 (MASTER CASE 22-105) TO AMEND THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA’S ZONING MAP AND CHANGE THE ZONING DESIGNATION OF ASSOCIATED ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NUMBERS FROM REGIONAL COMMERCIAL TO SPECIFIC PLAN.

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. FINDINGS OF FACT. The City Council makes the following findings of fact:

A. The City of Santa Clarita (City) included the Town Center Specific Plan (TCSP) (Project) as part of the Santa Clarita 2025 Plan on March 23, 2021.

B. The TCSP is a long-rang planning document that provides a framework for new development within the specific plan area (SPA).

C. The TCSP includes the following entitlements:

1. General Plan Amendment 22-003 to amend the General Plan Land Use Map in order to designate the entirety of the SPA as Specific Plan (SP).

2. Zone Change 22-001 to amend the zoning map in order to designate the entirety of the SPA as SP.

3. Specific Plan 22-002 to create the TCSP document.

E. The four subareas within the SPA include:

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Primary uses include the Valencia Branch of the Santa Clarita Public Library, two private office buildings and a small commercial/retail center. Other uses include the former Santa Clarita Station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 126, Santa Clarita Superior Court, and government offices for Los Angeles County.
• Town Center Drive: The Town Center Drive Subarea represents a transition from the retail mall and lifestyle uses associated with the Valencia Town Center Subarea into a total of 460,000 square feet of office space, entertainment, dining, personal services, and specialty retail uses that front on Town Center Drive. Prominent land uses include several office buildings measuring between four and six stories in height with ground- floor retail, restaurants, and services, a twelve-theater Regal Cinema, several one and two-story retail/office buildings, and two multi-level shared parking structures. The subarea is primarily built-out and is approximately 16 acres in size. • McBean and Valencia: At approximately four acres, this is the smallest of the subareas but occupies a prominent location on the northwest corner of Valencia Boulevard and McBean Parkway. The majority of the property is vacant, but in 2016 the property was entitled for the construction of a five-story hotel and free-standing restaurant.

H. The entirety of the SPA has an underlying zoning designation of CR.

I. Zone Change 22-001 will change the zoning designation of APNs 2861-058-036; 2861- 058- 044; 2861-058-059; 2861-058-060; 2861-058-061; 2861-058-062; 2861-058-063; 2861-058- 085; 2861-058-073; 2861-058-081; 2861-058-083; 2861-058-082; 2861-058- 077; 2861-058- 080; 2861-058-079; 2861-058-075; 2861-058-074; 2861-058-078; 2861- 058-076; 2861-058- 072; 2861-058-084; 2861-058-071; 2861-058-064; 2861-058-065; 2861-058-065; 2861-058- 066; 2861-058-045; 2861-058-041; 2861-058-046; 2861-009- 022; 2861-009-041; 2861-009- 040; 2861-009-909; 2861-009-908; 2861-009-902; 2861- 009-901; 2861-009-903; 2861-009- 904; 2861-009-905; 2861-009-906; 2861-009-907; 2861-009-038; 2861-009-032; 2861-009- 042; 2861-062-049; 2861-062-040 from CR to SP.

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J. The SPA is entirely surrounded by the CR zone with land uses including major retail centers, automobile dealerships, high-density residential developments, professional and medical office buildings, and a fuel sales use. Land uses beyond the immediate boundaries of the SPA include low to moderate density housing, and a private golf course.

K. The goals of the TCSP are as follows:

1. Define a Vision for Development: Create a timeless, long-term vision for development within the SPA that is consistent with the City’s General Plan and Housing Element.

4. Establish a Flexible Framework: Create a flexible framework for future development that is practical, buildable, and fosters the potential for numerous development possibilities.

L. The environmental impacts of the proposed TCSP were reviewed under the CEQA (Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq.) and the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 California Code of Regulations §§ 15000, et seq., the CEQA Guidelines). In accordance with CEQA, the City of Santa Clarita is the lead agency and the City Council is the decision-making body for the TCSP.

M. The City determined that a Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) must be prepared for the Project. The City determined that the following areas must be addressed in the Draft Program EIR (DEIR) for the Project: aesthetics, air quality, cultural resources, energy, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, land use and planning, public services, transportation, tribal cultural resources, and utilities and service systems.

N. A Notice of Preparation (NOP) for the Project EIR was circulated to affected agencies, pursuant to CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines, for 30 days, beginning on December 6, 2023, and ending on January 8, 2024.

O. A duly noticed scoping meeting was held at City of Santa Clarita City Hall on December 13, 2023, to obtain information from the public as to issues that should be addressed in the EIR.

P. The City prepared a DEIR, for the TCSP, that addressed all issues raised in comments received on the NOP. The DEIR was circulated for review and comment by affected governmental agencies and the public, in compliance with CEQA. Specifically, the Notice of Availability/Notice of Completion for the DEIR was advertised on March 5, 2024, for a

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45- day public review period that ended on April 19, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. in accordance with CEQA. The comment period was subsequently extended through April 29, 2024. Staff received written comments throughout the comment period as well as oral testimony at the April 16, 2024, and May 21, 2024 Planning Commission meetings, and at the June 25, 2024, City Council meeting for the TCSP.

Q. The Planning Commission held a duly-noticed public meeting on the Project on April 16, 2024. The Planning Commission opened the public hearing for the Project and received a presentation from staff on the Project setting, requested Entitlements, and Project description. Staff also made a presentation on the Draft EIR, and the Planning Commission received public testimony regarding the Project. The Planning Commission provided staff with recommendations for minor amendments to the text of the TCSP, asked for additional information on the California Green Building Code and continue the public hearing to their regularly scheduled meeting on May 21, 2024.

R. At its duly notice meeting on May 21, 2024, the Planning Commission received a presentation from staff on the follow-up items from the April 16, 2024, meeting, and a summary of responses to comments on the DEIR.

T. The Draft Final EIR, including a Statement of Overriding Considerations for the project prepared and circulated in compliance with CEQA.

W. A copy of the Town Center Specific Plan is attached as Exhibit “A”.

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1. The proposal is consistent with the General Plan;

The TCSP is consistent with the following Goals, Policies and Objectives identified within the General Plan:

Policy LU 4.1.1 : Promote expansion and enhancement of the Valencia Town Center to provide a focal point for cultural, civic, educational, and shopping activities serving the entire Santa Clarita Valley.

Policy LU 4.1.3: Direct business creation and expansion for larger companies within and adjacent to existing and planned business centers and major transportation corridors.

Policy LU 4.2.3: Encourage businesses to locate in all appropriate areas of the community to encourage job creation in closer proximity to workforce housing.

2. The proposal is allowed within the applicable underlying zone and complies with all other applicable provisions of this code;

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(FAR) of 2.0 and a maximum of 50 residential units per acre, respectively. All future development within the SPA will be consistent with the specifications of the CR zone regarding unit density and FAR. As such, the TCSP is consistent with the General Plan regarding the type and intensity of development contemplated within the SPA.

The TCSP provides a long-term vision for development within the SPA and supersedes applicable portions of the SCMC. However, the TCSP will be consistent with specifications of the underlying zone for both commercial floor area and residential density. The TCSP is consistent with the level and development intensity contemplated by the General Plan. No new construction is associated with the approval of the TCSP itself, and any future development projects proposed within the SPA will be subject to both the requirements and standards of the plan itself as well as the SCMC.

4. The proposal is physically suitable for the site. The factors related to the proposal’s physical suitability for the site shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

a. The design, location, shape, size, and operating characteristics are suitable for the proposed use;

The underlying General Plan Land Use and Zoning designation for the entirety of the SPA is Regional Commercial (CR). The CR zone contemplates the highest intensity of commercial and residential development in the City, with a maximum floor area ratio (FAR) of 2.0 and a maximum of 50 residential units per acre, respectively. All future development within the SPA will be consistent with the specifications of the CR zone regarding unit density and FAR. The TCSP is consistent with the General Plan regarding the type and intensity of development contemplated within the SPA.

b. The highways or streets that provide access to the site are of sufficient width and are improved as necessary to carry the kind and quantity of traffic such proposal would generate;

Projects that propose new construction will be required to provide a traffic analysis that identifies impacts to level of service (LOS). Mitigation measures will be

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required on a project-by-project basis that may include, but not be limited to, physical improvements to intersections, roadways, and/or adjustments to traffic signal timing.

c. Public protection services (e.g., Fire protection, Sheriff protection, etc.) are readily available; and

Impacts to public services were analyzed as part of the DEIR prepared for the project and determined that they would be less than significant.

d. The provision of utilities (e.g., potable water, schools, solid waste collection and disposal, storm drainage, wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal, etc.) is adequate to serve the site.

Impacts to the provision of utilities were analyzed as part of the DEIR prepared for the project and determined that they would be less than significant.

SECTION 3. ZONE CHANGE FINDINGS FOR MASTER CASE 22-105. The TCSP is adopted as Exhibit “A” and the Zoning Map is amended to show a zone change from CR to SP as set forth in attached as Exhibit “B,”. Based on the above findings of fact and recitals and the entire record including, without limitation, the DEIR, oral and written testimony, and other evidence received at the public hearings, reports, and other transmittals from City staff to the Planning Commission, and upon studies and investigations made by the City Council, the City Council finds, as follows:

A. Principles and Standards for Zone Changes. The Council shall approve a Zone Change only after the applicant substantiates all of the following required findings:

1. That modified conditions warrant a revision in the zoning map as it pertains to the area under consideration;

The proposed zone change would adopt the TCSP and re-designate the underlying zone from CR to SP. The purpose of this re-designation is to provide a specific set of development standards and requirements that fulfill the identified goals of the TCSP in a manner that is more efficient than the current SCMC allows. Examples include the adoption of a streamlined permitting system, and specific design incentives that will incentivize the types of land uses, both residential and commercial, that have been identified as desirable by the City Council and the community. Together, these will serve to achieve the General Plan goals, policies and objectives identified in Section 2, above.

2. That a need for the proposed zone classification exists within such area;

The purpose of this re-designation is to provide a specific set of development standards and requirements that fulfill the identified goals of the TCSP in a manner that is more efficient than the current SCMC allows. Examples include the adoption

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of a streamlined permitting system, and specific design incentives that will incentivize the types of land uses that have been identified as desirable by the City Council and the community. Together, these will serve to achieve the General Plan goals, policies and objectives identified in Section 2, above.

3. That the particular property under consideration is a proper location for said zone classification within such area:

a. That placement of the proposed zone at such location will be in the interest of public health, safety and general welfare, and in conformity with good zoning practice; and

As identified previously, the TCSP is a long-range planning document that provides a vision for future development within the SPA. The TCSP will not only be consistent with the commercial and residential density requirements of the underlying zone, but will also incentivize the types of land uses identified by the City Council and the community as desirable, and fulfills several goals, objectives and policies identified in the Land Use, Circulation and Conservation Elements of the General Plan.

b. That the proposed change is consistent with the adopted General Plan for the area unless a General Plan Amendment is filed concurrently and approve with said zone change.

As identified previously, the TCSP will be consistent with the commercial and residential density requirements of the underlying zone. Further, the permitted use chart included with the TCSP includes commercial and residential use types that are currently contemplated by the underlying zone. The TCSP will result in future development that is consistent with the type, nature, and intensity of development contemplated within the SPA by the General Plan.

SECTION 4. The City Council hereby approves this ordinance to allow for a Zone Change for the Town Center Specific Plan as described herein and shown in Exhibit B.

SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from its passage and adoption.

SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by law.

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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 9th day of July, 2024.

______________________________
MAYOR

ATTEST:

_______________________________

CITY CLERK

DATE:__________________________

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )

I, Mary Cusick, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 24- was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 25th day of June 2024. That thereafter, said Ordinance was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 9th day of July, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the foregoing is the original of Ordinance No. 24- and was published in The Signal newspaper in accordance with State Law (G.C. 40806).

CITY CLERK

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EXHIBIT A

Draft Town Center Specific Plan

Incorporated by Reference
Document can be found at
https://santaclarita.gov/planning/specific-plans/

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EXHIBIT B: ZONING DESIGNATION

Specific Plan (SP)
Zoning

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Agenda Item: 5

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

AGENDA REPORT

UNFINISHED BUSINESS
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:

DATE: June 25, 2024
SUBJECT: FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET AND

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
DEPARTMENT: City Manager's Office
PRESENTER: Brittany Houston

RECOMMENDED ACTION

City Council and City Council acting as Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clarita:

1. Adopt resolution adopting the Annual Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-25, making appropriations for the amounts budgeted and establishing policies for the administration of the adopted Annual Budget.

2. Adopt resolution adopting the 2024-25 Capital Improvement Program.

3. Adopt resolution approving and adopting the annual appropriations limit for the Fiscal Year 2024-25.

4. Adopt resolution electing to receive all or a portion of the tax revenues pursuant to the Health and Safety code (Community Development Law).

5. Adopt resolution amending the City's Classification Plan and Salary Schedule, providing for compensation of the employees of the City, and amending the City's Benefit Program.

6. Adopt resolution adopting an amendment to the Conflict of Interest code.

BACKGROUND

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 budget process is a six-month effort that began in January. In addition to staff preparation, the City Council Budget Committee, which is comprised of Mayor Smyth and Mayor Pro Tem Miranda, reviewed the proposed budget with the City Manager so that the City Manager can make a final recommendation to the entire City Council. 5 Packet Pg. 155

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During the budget process, information about the City of Santa Clarita (City) budget is provided during multiple, noticed, public meetings, allowing for public comment. The meetings held during this year’s process are listed below:

1. City Council Budget Subcommittee Meeting: January 29, 2024

2. Joint Budget Study Session: February 6, 2024

3. City Council Budget Subcommittee Meeting: April 25, 2024

4. Joint Budget Study Session: May 7, 2024

5. Planning Commission Meeting: June 4, 2024

6. City Council Meeting - Public Hearing: June 11, 2024

The proposed draft budget was distributed on May 30, 2024, to the City Council. On June 4, 2024, during the Planning Commission meeting, the Planning Commission made a finding by minute action that the Draft FY 2024-25 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) is consistent with the City’s General Plan. Further, at the June 11, 2024, City Council meeting, a public hearing was conducted, and the draft budget was presented.

Total Appropriations

The FY 2024-25 budget totals $342 million. This includes funding for the CIP, the Redevelopment Successor Agency, operations and maintenance, personnel, and debt services.

When compared to the current year’s adopted budget, the proposed FY 2024-25 budget represents a 6.4 percent increase, equivalent to $20.6 million.

Projected Revenues

A significant part of the budget process is estimating revenues for the upcoming fiscal year. This process is critical, as appropriations are based on these projections. Several factors are considered to ensure accuracy in our projections, including the state of the economy, historical trends, population projections/growth, and inflation. With this information, the City can best determine the revenue available for allocation.

For FY 2024-25, total revenue meets total expenditure appropriations. Additionally, for certain one-time capital projects, the fund balance is appropriated.

General Fund Revenues

The City’s largest fund is the General Fund, representing $149.2 million in total revenue. Sales tax is typically the City’s leading General Fund revenue source and is projected to increase 1.5 percent, from the current adopted budget, to $49 million.

General Fund Expenditures

FY 2024-25 General Fund expenditures total $148.85 million. General Fund expenditures for FY 2024-25 include funding for operating departments, debt services, contingency, and transfers to other funds.
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General Fund Operating Reserve

Reserves are a critical component of the budget because this is a funding source that can be counted on in case of an emergency or unforeseen opportunity. The operating reserve will remain at 20 percent of operating expenditures. For FY 2024-25, the City’s operating reserve will total $25.5 million.

Capital Improvement Program

The CIP is a key component of the budget and is of vital importance to the community as a whole as it includes prioritized projects such as parks, buildings, paseos, trails, and street enhancements that improve the quality of life for residents in our community. Comprised of a variety of multi-year and multi-funded capital projects, the CIP for FY 2024-25 totals $95.8 million.

Resolutions

The City Council is being asked to adopt six separate resolutions. Each of the resolutions authorizes the City’s budget plan for general operations, CIP, and all personnel matters.

Summaries of the resolutions are listed below:

The first resolution adopts the Annual Budget for FY 2024-25, makes appropriations for the amount budgeted and establishes policies for the administration of the budget. The first resolution includes the annual contracts list for FY 2024-25, along with year-end adjustments to the budget for FY 2023-24.

The second resolution adopts the Capital Improvement Program.

The third resolution adopts the Annual Appropriations Limit for FY 2024-25.

The fourth resolution allows the City to elect to receive all, or a portion of, the tax revenues pursuant to Health and Safety Code Sections 33676 and 33607.5 (Community Redevelopment Law) and is required in order for the Redevelopment Successor Agency to receive property taxes in amounts equal to that which would have been received under the former Redevelopment Agency.

The fifth resolution provides for the compensation of City employees and amends the Position Classification Plan. Included within this resolution is a 4 percent Cost of Living Adjustment for all unrepresented regular, SEIU-represented regular, and part-time, temporary, and seasonal employees.

The sixth resolution adopts an amendment to the Conflict of Interest Code.

ALTERNATIVE ACTION

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Redevelopment Agency.

FISCAL IMPACT

The Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget totals $342 million, including $95.8 million for the Capital Improvement Program. The proposed budget is balanced.

ATTACHMENTS

1. Resolution - Annual Budget and Contract Worksheet

2. Resolution - CIP

3. Resolution - Appropriation Limit

4. Resolution - Tax Revenues

5. Resolution - Classification Plan and Salaries

6. Resolution - Conflict of Interest
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RESOLUTION NO. 24-

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025,

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE AMOUNTS BUDGETED, AND ESTABLISHING

POLICIES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ADOPTED ANNUAL BUDGET

WHEREAS, a proposed Annual Budget for the City of Santa Clarita for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, was submitted by the City Manager to the City Council and is on file with the City Clerk; and

WHEREAS, the City Council has held a Public Hearing on the proposed budget on June 11, 2024.

NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California, does hereby resolve as follows:

SECTION 1. The budget, on file with the City Clerk and incorporated herein by reference, is hereby passed and adopted as the Annual Budget for the City of Santa Clarita for Fiscal Year commencing July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025.

SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated to each account the sum shown for such account in the budget referenced herein above in Section 1. The appropriations provided for herein constitute the maximum amounts authorized for obligation and expenditure to finance the operations of the City of Santa Clarita, and the City Manager is authorized and empowered to expend such appropriations for said purpose. Additional appropriations shall be made only by official action of the City Council.

SECTION 3. The positions as they appear in the budget referenced herein above in Section 1 are authorized and approved for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025.

SECTION 4. All obligations and expenditures shall be incurred and made in the manner provided by and pursuant to State law and City ordinances, resolutions, and policies relative to purchasing and contract.

SECTION 5. Each and every fund listed in the budget referenced herein above in Section 1 is hereby created, continued, established and/or re-established, as the case may be, and each fund shall constitute a distinct accounting entity.

SECTION 6. This annual budget resolution shall apply to all funds except bond funds, grant funds, trust and agency funds, and capital funds. Legislative action by the City Council to issue bond funds, accept grants, and/or authorize capital projects shall be considered as authority to expend funds for those purposes, subject to the requirements, restrictions, and

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provisions of the State law and the Santa Clarita Municipal Code relative to purchasing and contracting, and no further appropriation authority will be necessary.

SECTION 7. Transfers of amounts herein appropriated within departments, between departments, and within the various funds created shall require the approval of the City Manager or his designee, provided the total appropriations for each fund is not exceeded.

SECTION 8. The transfer of any amount of one fund to another fund and/or the appropriation of funds from Reserves and Fund Balance shall only be made pursuant to this budget resolution or subsequent official action of the City Council. When made by the City Council, such transfers and/or appropriations shall be considered amendments to the budget referenced herein above in Section 1.

SECTION 9. The City Manager may approve any unused appropriations at the end of Fiscal Year 2023-2024 for capital projects, special projects, and grant programs which shall be carried forward and become part of the budget referenced herein above in Section 1.

SECTION 10. All purchase order commitments outstanding on June 30, 2024, are hereby continued and will become a part of the budget referenced herein above in Section 1.

SECTION 11. The annual contracts detailed in Exhibit A are hereby approved and authorized for the Fiscal Year commencing July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025.

SECTION 12. The adopted budget for the Fiscal Year, commencing July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, shall be amended to incorporate the budget adjustments detailed in Exhibit B.

SECTION 13. Adopt a comprehensive set of fiscal policies as incorporated in the budget referenced herein above in Section 1.

SECTION 14. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution.

PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 25th day of June 2024.

MAYOR

ATTEST:

CITY CLERK

DATE:

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )

I, Mary Cusick, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution 24- was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 25th day of June 2024, by the following vote:

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

CITY CLERK

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Request
Number Vendor
Current
Contract
Amount
Requested
Contract amount
(if different)
Description of Request
1 Accela $ 245,000 -$
Request to authorize staff to expend an amount not to exceed $245,000 in FY 24/25 for support, maintenance, and training related to the City's Land and Asset Management System as well as for additional licensed users. 2 Ameron International $ 250,000 $ - Request to authorize staff to expend an amount not to exceed $250,000 per year to procure and maintain an inventory of poles to address streetlight knockdowns with Ameron International. The City recovered these costs in instances where the party responsible for the knockdown is identified and carries auto insurance.
3 AT&T Phone Services $ 160,000 $ - Request to authorize staff to expend an amount not to exceed $160,000 in FY 24/25 for telephone utility (land line/long-distance phone services, data circuits, and Internet services with AT&T) and cellular services. 4 Crown Castle Fiber $ 100,000 -$ Request to authorize staff to expend an amount not to exceed $100,000 in FY 24/25 for Dark Fiber related services.
5 Dell $ 150,000 -$ Request to authorize staff to expend an amount not to exceed $150,000 in FY 24/25 for computer and network hardware purchases with Dell Computers. 6 HdL Coren & Cone $ 25,000 $ 25,875 Request to authorize staff to expend an amount not to exceed $25,875 in FY 24/25 for Property Tax Management Services. Request to authorize staff to pay 25% of revenue recovered as a result of property tax audits. 7 Hinderliter De Llamas &
Assoc. $ 11,300 11,700$
Request to authorize staff to expend $11,700 in FY 24/25 for Sales and Use Tax Services. Request to authorize staff to pay 15% of revenue recovered as a result of sales and use tax audits.
8 PFM Asset Management
LLC $ 225,000 $ 250,000 Request to authorize staff to expend an amount not to exceed $250,000 in FY 24/25 for investment management services.
9 SoftwareONE $ 100,000 -$
Request to authorize staff to expend an amount not to exceed $100,000 in FY 24/25 for Microsoft Server licensing, VMware, Adobe Acrobat and other software licensing needs.
10 Superion, LLC 350,000$ 365,000$
Request to authorize staff to expend an amount not to exceed $365,000 in FY 24/25 for hosting, support, maintenance, and training related to the City's Enterprise Resourcing Planning system (aka Financial System). 11 U.S. Bank National
Association $ 75,000 $ 90,000 Request to authorize staff to expend an amount not to exceed $90,000 in FY 24/25 for banking services.
12 Verizon (Air Touch) $ 200,000 100,000$
Request to authorize staff to expend an amount not to exceed $100,000 in FY 24/25 for mobile equipment and telecommunications (Citywide cellular and mobile device service). This amount is being reduced due to the City's transition to a new provider.
13 WorldPay LLC $ 200,000 $ 350,000 Request to authorize staff to expend $350,000 in FY 24/25 for credit card merchant and processing services. Request to authorize staff to pay based on fee schedule as a result of transactions.

Department: Public Safety
1 L.A. County Probation
Officer $ 250,500
The Probation Officer monitors the activities of formal and informal probationers, and in an effort to reduce offender recidivism, works with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to reduce crime. This agreement is between Los Angeles County and the City of Santa Clarita; however, the Deputy Probation Officer (DPO) will be assigned to provide probation services on behalf of the City as an independent contractor.
2 William S. Hart Union High
School District $ 1,045,302 1,078,350$
This MOU agrees to reimburse 4.5 school resource deputy units in District schools located within the incorporated boundaries of the City of Santa Clarita. The MOU was entered into by the City and William S. Hart Union High School District on November 18, 2019. The increase reflects a 3.06% COLA and 12.5% LTF.
3 J-Team Intervention Service $ 60,000
In 2010, the City and Sheriff's Department launched the Juvenile Intervention Team (J-Team) to break the increasing cycle of youth drug addiction and resulting youth crimes.

All Contractual Agreements - Authorization Requests for Fiscal Year 2024-25 Exhibit A
City of Santa Clarita

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EXHIBIT B
City of Santa Clarita
Budget Adjustments
Fiscal Year 2023-2024

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Resolution - Annual Budget and Contract Worksheet (FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET AND CAPITAL Fund Division Title Account Account Title Amount Description 100 HUMAN RESOURCES 1008100 - 519103 EDUCATION REIMBURSEMENT 30,000 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 300 B&T BOUQUET CANYON 3004403 - VARIOUS VARIOUS ACCOUNTS (108,393) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 451 B&T BOUQUET CANYON FEE 4514403 - VARIOUS VARIOUS ACCOUNTS 108,393 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 301 B&T EASTSIDE 3014404 - VARIOUS VARIOUS ACCOUNTS (464,128) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 452 B&T EASTSIDE FEE 4524404 - VARIOUS VARIOUS ACCOUNTS 464,128 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 302 B&T VIA PRINCESSA 3024405 - VARIOUS VARIOUS ACCOUNTS (84,017) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 453 B&T VIA PRINCESSA FEE 4534405 - VARIOUS VARIOUS ACCOUNTS 84,017 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 303 B&T VALENCIA 3034406 - VARIOUS VARIOUS ACCOUNTS (62,720) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 454 B&T VALENCIA FEE 4544406 - VARIOUS VARIOUS ACCOUNTS 62,720 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 452 B&T EASTSIDE FEE 4524404 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 29,500 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 309 PUBLIC LIBRARY ADMIN 3098200 - 517112 FOL DONATIONS 26,000 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 401 FIRE STATION REIMB. 4016201 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 4,097,550 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 700 TRANSIT 7003700 - 516116 LOCAL BUS (3,681,860) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 700 TRANSIT 7003700 - 516117 DIAL A RIDE (621,265) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 700 TRANSIT 7003700 - 516118 COMMUTER SERVICE (1,507,758) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 306 20-21 CIRC IMPR PH III FEDERAL C0072306 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES (230,154) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 434 20-21 CIRC IMPR PH III FEDERAL C0072434 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 230,154 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 268 NWHL ARE BIKE FAC. C2025268 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES (521,210) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 230 NWHL ARE BIKE FAC. C2025230 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 116,115 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 723 CANYON COUNTRY CC F3020723 - 520101 FURNITURE & FIXTURES (210,836) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 306 SCV SHERIFF'S STATION F3023306 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES (191,406) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 402 SCV SHERIFF'S STATION F3023402 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 191,406 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 306 PIONEER OIL RESTORATION P2018306 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 60,000 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 723 ROLLER RINK P3034723 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES (22,448) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 228 ROLLER RINK P3034228 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 22,448 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 723 ENERGY EFFICIENCY R0033723 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 13,865 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 303 MCBEAN BRIDGE ENV MITIGATION R1005303 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES (334,350) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 454 MCBEAN BRIDGE ENV MITIGATION R1005454 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 334,350 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 303 NRR ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION R1006303 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES (71,904) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 454 NRR ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION R1006454 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 71,904 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 306 COPPERHILL BRIDGE S1050306 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES (631,166) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 432 COPPERHILL BRIDGE S1050432 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 631,166 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 301 GOLDEN VALLEY ROAD S3016301 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES (91,678) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 452 GOLDEN VALLEY ROAD S3016452 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 91,678 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 302 DOCKWEILER DR ALIGNMENT S3023302 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES (776,810) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 453 DOCKWEILER DR ALIGNMENT S3023453 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 776,810 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 301 VP-ISABELLA GVR EIR S3026301 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES (3,014,338) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 452 VP-ISABELLA GVR EIR S3026452 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 3,014,338 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 306 VISTA CYN RD BRIDGE S3037306 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES (145,991) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 432 VISTA CYN RD BRIDGE S3037432 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 145,991 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 301 SIERRA HWY CNSTBILITY RVW S3038301 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES (343,616) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 452 SIERRA HWY CNSTBILITY RVW S3038452 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 343,616 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 260 RAILROAD AVE CLASS T2011260 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES (12,592) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 265 RAILROAD AVE CLASS T2011265 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 12,592 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 261 VISTA CANYON METROLINK T3020261 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES (100,000) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 723 VISTA CANYON METROLINK T3020723 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES (656,200) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 238 SAND CANYON TRAIL T3024238 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 150,000 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 601 SAND CANYON TRAIL T3024601 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES (150,000) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 306 NEEDHAM RANCH TRAIL T3026306 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES (230,154) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET 431 NEEDHAM RANCH TRAIL T3026431 - 516101 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 230,154 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET PERSONNEL ADJUSTMENTS VARIOUS (389,335) ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET TRANSFER OUT VARIOUS 20,448,122 ADJUST EXPENDITURE BUDGET TOTAL EXPENDITURE ADJUSTMENTS 17,132,688$
Budget Adjustments
Fiscal Year 2023-2024

EXHIBIT B
City of Santa Clarita

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RESOLUTION NO. 24 -__

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE
2024-2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

WHEREAS, a proposed Capital Improvement Program for the City of Santa Clarita was submitted to the City Council and is on file in the City Clerk's Office; and

WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita's Planning Commission on June 4, 2024, determined that the proposed Capital Improvement Program is consistent with the City's General Plan; and

WHEREAS, procedures for adoption of the Capital Improvement Program have been duly taken.

NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California, does resolve as follows:

SECTION 1. The Capital Improvement Program presented to the City Council on June 11, 2024, is adopted subject to the incorporation of the City Council's comments, as the Capital Improvement Program for the City of Santa Clarita.

SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and certify this record to be a full true, correct copy of the action taken.

PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 25th day of June 2024.

MAYOR

ATTEST:

CITY CLERK

DATE:

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )

I, Mary Cusick, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution 24 - was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 25th day of June 2024, by the following vote:

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

CITY CLERK

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RESOLUTION NO. 24 -__

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA,

APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Clarita hereby finds and determines:

A. That the State of California (State) Department of Finance has notified the City of Santa Clarita (City) of the change in the California per capita personal income and such change is 3.62 percent from the prior calendar year.

B. That the City also has the option to use the change in the local assessment roll due to local nonresidential construction in lieu of the California per capita personal income change; however, neither the State nor the County of Los Angeles has this information at this time.

C. That the State of California Department of Finance has notified the City of the change in population of the City and the entire Los Angeles County in which the City has the option to use the greater percentage change, which change is a decrease of 0.27 percent for the City of Santa Clarita from the prior calendar year.

D. That, pursuant to California Constitution Article XIIIB, Section 1 and Government Code sections 7900 et seq., and pursuant to the guidelines set forth by Proposition 111, the City appropriations limit must be adjusted for changes from the base year of 1986-87 to the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, by the changes in the California per capita personal income and in population.

E. That the appropriations limit documentation applicable to this resolution has been available for public inspection for 15 days prior to approval by the City Council, pursuant to Government Code section 7910.

SECTION 2. That the appropriations limit for the City of Santa Clarita for fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, is $552,814,578.

SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution.

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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 25th day of June 2024.

______________________________
MAYOR

ATTEST:

_______________________________

CITY CLERK

DATE:__________________________

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )

I, Mary Cusick, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 24 - was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 25th day of June 2024, by the following vote:

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

______________________________

CITY CLERK

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RESOLUTION NO. 24 -__

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA

CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ELECTING TO RECEIVE ALL OR A

PORTION OF THE TAX REVENUES PURSUANT TO
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTIONS 33676 AND 33607.5

WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita (City Council) adopted Ordinance No. 97-12 on July 8, 1997, adopting the Redevelopment Plan (Redevelopment Plan) for the Newhall Redevelopment Project (Project), in order to address conditions of blight existing within the Newhall Redevelopment Project Area (Project Area); and

WHEREAS, Section 33676 of the Health and Safety Code provides that prior to the adoption of a redevelopment plan, an affected taxing agency may elect to receive, in addition to the portion of taxes allocated to the affected taxing agency pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33670(a), all or any portion of the tax revenues allocated to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clarita (Agency), pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33670(b), which are attributable to the tax-increases imposed for the benefit of the taxing agency after the year in which the ordinance adopting the Redevelopment Plan becomes effective (Increases); and

WHEREAS, for redevelopment plans adopted on or after January 1, 1994, Section 33607.5 of the Health and Safety Code provides that in any fiscal year in which a redevelopment agency receives tax increments, the community that has adopted the redevelopment project area may elect to receive, and the Agency shall pay into it, an amount equal to 25 percent of its proportional share of the tax increments received by the Agency, after the amount required to deposit in the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund has been deducted (City Election); and

WHEREAS, ABX1 26, adopted by the State Legislature on June 29, 2011, purports to eliminate redevelopment agencies, but also provides that the County of Los Angeles shall distribute property taxes subsequent to such elimination to each taxing entity in amounts equal to that which would have been received under, among other laws, Health and Safety Code Section 33607.5.

NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California, does hereby resolve as follows:

SECTION 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct, and the City Council hereby so finds and determines.

SECTION 2. The City Council hereby elects to receive all increases as herein defined.

SECTION 3. The City Council hereby elects to receive the City Election as herein defined.

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SECTION 4. The City Clerk is hereby directed and authorized to transmit a copy of this resolution to the tax collector of the County of Los Angeles.

PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 25th day of June 2024.

MAYOR

ATTEST:

CITY CLERK

DATE:

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )

I, Mary Cusick, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 24 - was duly adopted by the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 25th day of June 2024, by the following vote:

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

_________________________

CITY CLERK

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RESOLUTION 24-__

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE CITY’S CLASSIFICATION PLAN AND SALARY

SCHEDULE, PROVIDING FOR COMPENSATION, AND AMENDING THE PERSONNEL

RULES FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY

WHEREAS, Section 37206 of the Government Code requires the City Council to prescribe the time and method of paying salaries, wages, and benefits for employees of the City; and

WHEREAS, the City Council has authorized and directed, under provisions of the Municipal Code of the City of Santa Clarita, Section 2.080.060, the City Manager to prepare a proposed salary plan for all employees of the City; and

WHEREAS, Section 5 of Rule X of the Personnel Rules defines Out-Of-Class Assignment.

NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California, does hereby resolve as follows:

SECTION 1. The City’s Classification Plan and Salary Schedule is hereby amended effective June 22, 2024, as follows:

(A) The classification of Finance Administrator (salary grade 53) shall be eliminated and a new classification of Finance Administrator (salary grade 56) shall be established.

(B) The classification of Payroll Administrator (salary grade 49) shall be eliminated and a new classification of Payroll Administrator (salary grade 53) shall be established.

(C) The classification of Senior Financial Analyst (salary grade 47) shall be eliminated and a new classification of Senior Financial Analyst (salary grade 51) shall be established.

(D) The classification of Financial Analyst (salary grade 42) shall be eliminated and a new classification of Financial Analyst (salary grade 45) shall be established.

(E) The classification of Transit Manager (salary grade 61) shall be eliminated and a new classification of Transit Manager (salary grade 63) shall be established.

SECTION 2. Salaries adopted for all unrepresented regular, SEIU-represented regular, and part-time, temporary, and seasonal (PTS) employees for the 2024-25 fiscal year are hereby adjusted by 4 percent effective June 22, 2024, as reflected on the attached Classification Plan and Salary Schedule.

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SECTION 3. Section 5 of Rule X of the City’s Personnel Rules is revised as follows:

Out-of-Class Assignment : The Personnel Officer may authorize a regular or probationary employee to work in an Out -of-Class Assignment in the following circumstances: 1) as an interim appointment to a higher classification due to vacancy or extended leave of absence, 2) as a t emporary assignment in a higher classification for purposes of professional growth and development opportunity, or 3) as assigned temporary responsibility over an exceptional project or function due to insufficiency of staff.

The Out-of-Class Assignment must last for a minimum of 15 consecutive calendar days to a maximum of six consecutive months. The Personnel Officer may approve extending the length of an Out -of-Class Assignment. All requests for an Out -of- Class Assignment must be presented to the Personnel Officer by the Director in advance and be approved by the Personnel Officer in advance.

Employees working in an Out-of-Class Assignment will be compensated, at the Personnel Officer’s discretion, with a pay increase of not less than 5% over their current salary, to a maximum of step “5” of the higher-level classification (or, if a higher classification is not applicable, a maximum of 15% over their current salary). Benefit levels will remain unchanged for the duration of the Out-of-Class Assignment. Compensation changes will be effective with the first day of the Out- of-Class Assignment and continue through the end of the assignment.

Out-of-class assignment pay may be reportable to CalPERS in certain circumstances as required by law

SECTION 4. All prior resolutions and parts of resolutions in conflict with this resolution are hereby rescinded.

SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution.

PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 25
th day of June 2024.

_____________________________
MAYOR

ATTEST:

_________________________________

CITY CLERK

DATE: __________________________

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

_____________________________

CITY CLERK

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18 Office Assistant $25.18 $26.44 $27.76 $29.15 $30.60 18 Mail Clerk $25.18 $26.44 $27.76 $29.15 $30.60
18 Preschool Teacher $25.18 $26.44 $27.76 $29.15 $30.60 22 Office Specialist $27.79 $29.18 $30.64 $32.17 $33.78 23 Account Clerk $28.49 $29.91 $31.41 $32.98 $34.63
23 Library Assistant $28.49 $29.91 $31.41 $32.98 $34.63 23 Program Specialist $28.49 $29.91 $31.41 $32.98 $34.63 24 Graffiti Worker $29.20 $30.66 $32.19 $33.80 $35.49
26 Administrative Assistant $30.68 $32.21 $33.82 $35.51 $37.29 27 Graffiti Specialist $31.44 $33.02 $34.67 $36.40 $38.22 27 Mail Services Specialist $31.44 $33.02 $34.67 $36.40 $38.22 28 Permit Specialist $32.23 $33.84 $35.53 $37.31 $39.18 28 Planning Technician $32.23 $33.84 $35.53 $37.31 $39.18 29 General Accounting Specialist $33.04 $34.69 $36.42 $38.24 $40.16 32 Buyer $35.58 $37.36 $39.22 $41.18 $43.24
32 Executive Administrative Assistant $35.58 $37.36 $39.22 $41.18 $43.24 32 Human Resources Technician $35.58 $37.36 $39.22 $41.18 $43.24 32 Payroll Technician $35.58 $37.36 $39.22 $41.18 $43.24 32 Project Technician $35.58 $37.36 $39.22 $41.18 $43.24 34 Arts and Events Coordinator $37.38 $39.25 $41.21 $43.27 $45.43 34 Graffiti Coordinator $37.38 $39.25 $41.21 $43.27 $45.43 City of Santa Clarita
Classification Plan and Salary Schedule
Effective June 22, 2024
Classifications and Salaries ‐ Regular, Unrepresented Positions Pay
Grade Classification Title
Hourly Salaries

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34 Recreation and Community Services Coordinator $37.38 $39.25 $41.21 $43.27 $45.43 36 Assistant Planner I $39.27 $41.23 $43.30 $45.46 $47.73 36 Circulation Supervisor $39.27 $41.23 $43.30 $45.46 $47.73 36 Deputy City Clerk $39.27 $41.23 $43.30 $45.46 $47.73 36 Engineering Technician $39.27 $41.23 $43.30 $45.46 $47.73 36 Executive Office Administrator $39.27 $41.23 $43.30 $45.46 $47.73 36 Librarian $39.27 $41.23 $43.30 $45.46 $47.73
36 Traffic Signal Technician $39.27 $41.23 $43.30 $45.46 $47.73 38 Environmental Field Specialist $41.26 $43.32 $45.49 $47.76 $50.15 38 Information Technology Specialist $41.26 $43.32 $45.49 $47.76 $50.15 38 Landscape Maintenance Specialist $41.26 $43.32 $45.49 $47.76 $50.15 38 Supervisor $41.26 $43.32 $45.49 $47.76 $50.15
39 Administrative Analyst $42.29 $44.40 $46.62 $48.96 $51.40 39 Communications Specialist $42.29 $44.40 $46.62 $48.96 $51.40 39 Tree Specialist $42.29 $44.40 $46.62 $48.96 $51.40
40 GIS Technician $43.35 $45.51 $47.79 $50.18 $52.69
42 Arts and Events Supervisor $45.54 $47.82 $50.21 $52.72 $55.36 42 Assistant Planner II $45.54 $47.82 $50.21 $52.72 $55.36 42 Project Development Coordinator $45.54 $47.82 $50.21 $52.72 $55.36 42 Recreation and Community Services Supervisor $45.54 $47.82 $50.21 $52.72 $55.36 42 Senior Building Inspector $45.54 $47.82 $50.21 $52.72 $55.36 42 Senior Code Enforcement Officer $45.54 $47.82 $50.21 $52.72 $55.36 42 Senior
Librarian $45.54 $47.82 $50.21 $52.72 $55.36
42 Supervising Public Works Inspector $45.54 $47.82 $50.21 $52.72 $55.36 Pay
Grade Classification Title
Hourly Salaries
Classifications and Salaries ‐ Regular, Unrepresented Positions

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42 Supervising Vehicle Maintenance Mechanic $45.54 $47.82 $50.21 $52.72 $55.36 42 Traffic Signal Specialist $45.54 $47.82 $50.21 $52.72 $55.36 45 Acquisition Analyst $49.04 $51.49 $54.07 $56.77 $59.61 45 Administrator $49.04 $51.49 $54.07 $56.77 $59.61
45 Arts and Events Administrator $49.04 $51.49 $54.07 $56.77 $59.61 45 Assistant Engineer $49.04 $51.49 $54.07 $56.77 $59.61 45 Financial Analyst $49.04 $51.49 $54.07 $56.77 $59.61 45 Human Resources Analyst $49.04 $51.49 $54.07 $56.77 $59.61 45 Information Technology Analyst $49.04 $51.49 $54.07 $56.77 $59.61 45 Landscape Maintenance Administrator $49.04 $51.49 $54.07 $56.77 $59.61 45 Library Administrator $49.04 $51.49 $54.07 $56.77 $59.61 45 Management Analyst $49.04 $51.49 $54.07 $56.77 $59.61 45 Parks Administrator $49.04 $51.49 $54.07 $56.77 $59.61 45 Project Manager $49.04 $51.49 $54.07 $56.77 $59.61
45 Recreation and Community Services Administrator $49.04 $51.49 $54.07 $56.77 $59.61 45 Stormwater Administrator $49.04 $51.49 $54.07 $56.77 $59.61 45 Supervising Building Inspector $49.04 $51.49 $54.07 $56.77 $59.61 45 Transit Analyst $49.04 $51.49 $54.07 $56.77 $59.61
45 Transportation Planning Analyst $49.04 $51.49 $54.07 $56.77 $59.61 45 Urban Forestry Administrator $49.04 $51.49 $54.07 $56.77 $59.61 47 Associate Planner $51.53 $54.10 $56.81 $59.65 $62.63 47 Economic Development Associate $51.53 $54.10 $56.81 $59.65 $62.63 49 Senior Management Analyst $54.13 $56.84 $59.68 $62.67 $65.80 50 Associate Engineer $55.49 $58.26 $61.17 $64.23 $67.45 Classifications and Salaries ‐ Regular, Unrepresented Positions Pay
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50 Senior Project Manager $55.49 $58.26 $61.17 $64.23 $67.45 50 Senior Information Technology Analyst $55.49 $58.26 $61.17 $64.23 $67.45 51 City Clerk $56.87 $59.72 $62.70 $65.84 $69.13
51 Senior Financial Analyst $56.87 $59.72 $62.70 $65.84 $69.13 51 Senior Human Resources Analyst $56.87 $59.72 $62.70 $65.84 $69.13 51 Senior Planner $56.87 $59.72 $62.70 $65.84 $69.13
52 Engineer $58.30 $61.21 $64.27 $67.49 $70.86
53 Environmental Administrator $59.75 $62.74 $65.88 $69.17 $72.63 53 Payroll Administrator $59.75 $62.74 $65.88 $69.17 $72.63 53 Purchasing and Contracts Administrator $59.75 $62.74 $65.88 $69.17 $72.63 56 Finance Administrator $64.35 $67.57 $70.94 $74.49 $78.22 56 Senior Engineer $64.35 $67.57 $70.94 $74.49 $78.22
56 Senior Traffic Engineer $64.35 $67.57 $70.94 $74.49 $78.22 56 Traffic Signal System Administrator $64.35 $67.57 $70.94 $74.49 $78.22 57 Intergovernmental Relations Officer $65.96 $69.25 $72.72 $76.35 $80.17 61 Arts and Events Manager $72.80 $76.44 $80.27 $84.28 $88.49 61 Communications Manager $72.80 $76.44 $80.27 $84.28 $88.49 61 Community Preservation Manager $72.80 $76.44 $80.27 $84.28 $88.49 61 Environmental Services Manager $72.80 $76.44 $80.27 $84.28 $88.49 61 General Services Manager $72.80 $76.44 $80.27 $84.28 $88.49 61 Parks Manager $72.80 $76.44 $80.27 $84.28 $88.49
61 Parks Planning and Open
Space Manager $72.80 $76.44 $80.27 $84.28 $88.49
61 Planning Manager $72.80 $76.44 $80.27 $84.28 $88.49 61 Recreation and Community Services Manager $72.80 $76.44 $80.27 $84.28 $88.49 Classifications and Salaries ‐ Regular, Unrepresented Positions Pay
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61 Special Districts Manager $72.80 $76.44 $80.27 $84.28 $88.49 62 Assistant City Engineer $74.62 $78.36 $82.27 $86.39 $90.71 62 City Building Official $74.62 $78.36 $82.27 $86.39 $90.71 63 Assistant to the City Manager $76.49 $80.31 $84.33 $88.55 $92.97 63 City Librarian $76.49 $80.31 $84.33 $88.55 $92.97
63 Finance Manager $76.49 $80.31 $84.33 $88.55 $92.97
63 Human Resources Manager $76.49 $80.31 $84.33 $88.55 $92.97 63 Transit Manager $76.49 $80.31 $84.33 $88.55 $92.97
65 Information Services Manager $80.36 $84.38 $88.60 $93.03 $97.68 70 City Engineer $90.92 $95.47 $100.24 $105.25 $110.51 74 Director of Administrative Services $100.36 $105.38 $110.65 $116.18 $121.99 74 Director of Community Development $100.36 $105.38 $110.65 $116.18 $121.99 74 Director of Economic Development $100.36 $105.38 $110.65 $116.18 $121.99 74 Director of Human Resources and Library Services $100.36 $105.38 $110.65 $116.18 $121.99 74 Director of Neighborhood Services $100.36 $105.38 $110.65 $116.18 $121.99 74 Director of Recreation and Community Services $100.36 $105.38 $110.65 $116.18 $121.99 78 Director of Public Works $110.78 $116.32 $122.14 $128.24 $134.65 79 Assistant City Manager $113.55 $119.23 $125.19 $131.45 $138.02 1 Office Assistant: Y‐rated salary $32.83/hour
Classification Title
Hourly Salaries
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Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5
124 General Maintenance Worker $29.20 $30.66 $32.19 $33.80 $35.49 124 Groundskeeper I $29.20 $30.66 $32.19 $33.80 $35.49 127 Aquatics Specialist $31.44 $33.02 $34.67 $36.40 $38.22 127 General Maintenance Specialist $31.44 $33.02 $34.67 $36.40 $38.22 127 Groundskeeper II $31.44 $33.02 $34.67 $36.40 $38.22 127 Street Maintenance Worker $31.44 $33.02 $34.67 $36.40 $38.22 127 Tree Trimmer $31.44 $33.02 $34.67 $36.40 $38.22
133 Building Inspector I $36.47 $38.29 $40.20 $42.21 $44.32 133 Code Enforcement Officer I $36.47 $38.29 $40.20 $42.21 $44.32 137 Vehicle Maintenance Mechanic $40.25 $42.26 $44.38 $46.60 $48.93 138 Building Inspector II $41.26 $43.32 $45.49 $47.76 $50.15 138 Code Enforcement Officer II $41.26 $43.32 $45.49 $47.76 $50.15 138 Public Works Inspector $41.26 $43.32 $45.49 $47.76 $50.15 VMT Vehicle Maintenance Technician $33.53 $35.21 $36.97 $38.81 $40.76 Classification Title
Hourly Salaries
Classification Title Salaries
Classifications and Salaries ‐ City Manager and City Councilmember $173.69/hour per resolution
Classifications and Salaries ‐ SEIU Represented Positions $2,328.28/ month per resolution
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AP01 PTS Assistant Pool Manager $23.99 $24.71 n/a
CA07 PTS Camp Assistant Director $18.68 $19.24 $19.82
CC08 PTS Camp Counselor $16.87 n/a n/a
CD09 PTS Camp Director $20.82 $21.44 $22.09
CG18 PTS Crossing Guard $22.50 n/a n/a
CG19 PTS Crossing Guard Lead $24.18 n/a n/a
IA10 PTS Inclusion Aide I $17.38 $17.90 $18.44
IA11 PTS Inclusion Aide II $18.68 $19.24 $19.82
IA12 PTS Inclusion Aide III $20.82 $21.44 $22.09
IN20 PTS Intern ‐ Graduate Level
IN21 PTS Intern ‐ Undergrad Level
LA01 PTS Library Aide I $17.38 $17.90 $18.44
LA02 PTS Library Aide II $18.68 $19.24 $19.82
LG02 PTS Lifeguard I $18.94 $19.51 n/a
LG03 PTS Lifeguard II $20.21 $20.82 n/a
LG04 PTS Lifeguard III $22.73 $23.42 n/a
RO06 PTS Lifeguard Candidate $16.00 n/a n/a
MW22 PTS Maintenance Worker I $18.31 n/a n/a
MW23 PTS Maintenance Worker II $21.44 n/a n/a
OA24 PTS Office / Administrative Support
OC28 PTS Office Clerk
PM05 PTS Pool Manager $27.79 $28.62 n/a
PT13 PTS Preschool Teacher $23.94 $24.66 $25.40
Class
Code Classification Title
Range from $16.00 to $20.21
Range from $20.35 to $54.10
Range from $25.77 to $30.92
Range from $19.31 to $24.46
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PT14 PTS Preschool Teacherʹs Aide $17.38 $17.90 $18.44 RL15 PTS Recreation Leader I $17.38 $17.90 $18.44
RL16 PTS Recreation Leader II $18.68 $19.24 $19.82
RL17 PTS Recreation Leader III $20.82 $21.44 $22.09
SA27 PTS Sports Attendant $16.87 n/a n/a
SU26 PTS Youth Employment Services $16.87 n/a n/a
Class
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Hourly Salaries
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RESOLUTION NO. 24 -__

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT

TO THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE

WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita originally adopted a Conflict of Interest Code on December 15, 1987, by Resolution 87-13; and

WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita adopted amendments to the Conflict of Interest Code by Resolution 23-51; and

WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita adopted and incorporated by reference the Fair Political Practices Commission Regulation 2, California Code of Regulations, Section 18730, which contains the terms of a Standard Conflict of Interest Code, by Resolution 03-29; and

WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita desires to amend the Conflict of Interest Code to reflect changes in the list of Designated Santa Clarita Employees and Disclosure Categories.

NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California, does hereby resolve as follows:

SECTION 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct, and the City Council hereby so finds and determines.

SECTION 2. That the list of Designated Santa Clarita Employees and Disclosure Categories be amended to add or delete the following position titles:

ADD
Administrative Analyst – Labor Compliance
Administrator – Open Space and Trails
Stormwater Administrator
Transit Analyst

DELETE
Employee and Labor Relations Administrator
Labor Compliance Specialist
Stormwater Compliance Administrator
Transit Coordinator

SECTION 3. That the attached list of Designated Santa Clarita Employees and Disclosure Categories supersedes any previously adopted list of Designated Santa Clarita Employees and Disclosure Categories.

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SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution.

PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 25th day of June 2024.

______________________________
MAYOR

ATTEST:

_______________________________

CITY CLERK

DATE:__________________________

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )

I, Mary Cusick, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution 24 -__ was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 25th day of June 2024, by the following vote:

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

______________________________

CITY CLERK

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Designated Santa Clarita Employees and Disclosure Categories

The Mayor, City Council, Members of the Planning Commission, City Manager, City Attorney, and City Treasurer are all required to file disclosure statements pursuant to state law and thus are not included herein.

The following positions entail the making or participation in the making of decisions which may foreseeably have a material effect on financial interests:

Designated Position Disclosure Categories Category # Acquisition Analyst 1
Administrative Analyst – Business Development 1
Administrative Analyst – Labor Compliance 1
Administrative Analyst – Property Acquisition 1
Administrative Analyst – Risk and Purchasing 1
Administrative Analyst – Tourism 1
Administrator 2
Administrator – Open Space and Trails 1
Arts and Events Manager 1
Arts and Events Administrator 2
Arts Commissioner 1
Assistant City Attorney 1
Assistant City Engineer 1
Assistant City Manager 1
Assistant Engineer 1
Assistant to the City Manager 1
Associate Engineer 1
Associate Planner 1
Building Inspector I/II 1
Buyer 2
City Building Official 1
City Clerk 2
City Engineer 1
City Librarian 1
Code Enforcement Officer I/II 1
Communications Manager 2
Community Preservation Manager 1
Consultant1 1
Deputy City Attorney 1
Director of Community Development 1
Director of Economic Development 1

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Designated Position Disclosure Categories Category # Director of Human Resources and Library Services 1
Director of Neighborhood Services 1
Director of Public Works 1
Director of Recreation and Community Services 1
Economic Development Associate 1
Engineer 1
Environmental Administrator 1
Environmental Field Specialist 1
Environmental Services Manager 1
Finance Administrator 1
Finance Manager 1
Financial Analyst – Treasury 1
General Services Manager 2
Human Resources Manager 1
Information Services Manager 1
Information Technology Analyst 2
Intergovernmental Relations Officer 1
Landscape Maintenance Administrator 1
Landscape Maintenance Specialist 1
Library Administrator 2
Management Analyst 1
Open Space Preservation District Financial Accountability and Audit Panel Member 1
Open Space Trails Administrator 1
Parks Administrator 2
Parks Manager 1
Parks Planning and Open Space Manager 1
Payroll Administrator 1
Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commissioner 1 Planning Manager 1
Project Development Coordinator 1
Project Manager 1
Public Works Inspector 1
Purchasing and Contracts Administrator 1
Recreation and Community Services Administrator 2
Recreation and Community Services Manager 1
Senior Building Inspector 1
Senior Code Enforcement Officer 1
Senior Engineer 1

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Designated Position Disclosure Categories Category # Senior Financial Analyst 1
Senior Information Technology Analyst 2
Senior Human Resources Analyst 1
Senior Librarian 2
Senior Management Analyst 1
Senior Planner 1
Senior Project Manager 1
Senior Traffic Engineer 1
Special Districts Manager 1
Stormwater Administrator 1
Supervising Building Inspector 1
Supervising Public Works Inspector 1
Traffic Signal Specialist 2
Traffic Signal System Administrator 2
Transit Analyst 1
Transit Manager 1
Transportation Planning Analyst 2
Urban Forestry Administrator 2

1 Consultants shall be included in the list of designated employees and shall disclose all information required to be disclosed by designated employees subject to the following limitation:

The City Manager or designee may determine in writing that a particular consultant, although a "designated position," is hired to perform a range of duties that is limited in scope and thus is not required to comply fully with the disclosure requirement described in this Section. Such written disclosure shall include a description of the consultant's duties and, based upon that description, a statement of the extent of disclosure requirements. The City Manager's determination is a public record and shall be retained for public inspection in the same manner and location as the Consultant Agreement.

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Categories of Reportable Economic Interest

Designated Persons in Category “1” Must Report:

All investments, interests in real property, income and any business entity in which the person is a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or holds any position of management.

These financial interests are reportable only if located within and subject to the jurisdiction of the City, or if the business entity is doing business or planning to do business in an area subject to the jurisdiction of the City, or has done business within an area subject to the jurisdiction of the City at any time during the two year prior to the filing of the statement.

Designated Persons in Category “2” Must Report:
(a) Investments in any business entity which within the last two years has contracted or in the future foreseeably may contract with the City.
(b) Income from any source which within the last two years has contracted or in the future foreseeably may contract with the City.
(c) His or her status as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or holder of a position of management in any business entity which within the last two years has contracted or in the future foreseeably may contract with the City.

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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
City Council
Special Meeting
~Minutes~
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 5:30 PM City Council Chambers

CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Smyth called to order the Special Meeting at 5:31 p.m.

ROLL CALL
All Councilmembers were present.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FOR AGENDIZED ITEMS
Addressing the Council was Douglas (no last name was provided).

CLOSED SESSION
Joseph Montes, City Attorney, indicated that the litigation matter does not involve manufactured housing and announced the need to conduct a Closed Session for the purpose of holding a:

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Initiation of litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4) - one matter

RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION - TO BE HELD IN THE CARL BOYER ROOM Mayor Smyth recessed the meeting to Closed Session at 5:31 p.m.

RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION
Mayor Smyth reconvened the meeting to Open Session at 6:18 p.m.

CITY ATTORNEY ANNOUNCEMENT
City Attorney Joseph Montes announced that no action was taken in Closed Session that was required to be reported.

ADJOURN
Mayor Smyth adjourned the Special Meeting at 6:18 p.m.
______________________________________
MAYOR
ATTEST:
______________________________________

CITY CLERK
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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
City Council
Regular Meeting
Joint Meeting with
Board of Library Trustees
Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency
Hereinafter the titles Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, Councilmember, City Manager, City Attorney, and City Clerk may be used also to indicate Mayor/Chair/President, Mayor Pro Tem/Vice-Chair/Vice President, City Manager/Executive Director, City Attorney/Counsel, and City Clerk/Secretary ~Minutes~
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 6:00 PM City Council Chambers

INVOCATION
Mayor Smyth delivered the invocation.

CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Smyth called to order the Joint Regular meeting of the City Council, Board of Library Trustees, and Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency at 6:18 p.m.

ROLL CALL
All Councilmembers were present.

FLAG SALUTE
Mayor Smyth led the 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.

Councilwoman McLean requested an amendment on the May 28, 2024, Regular Meeting Minutes.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Addressing the Council was Diane Zimmerman.

Councilmember Gibbs spoke of the Youth in Government Program which teaches teens about various aspects of local government, and invited the Youth and Government participants to the dais to accept the certificate and take a photo.
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Mayor Smyth spoke on the City recognizing June 19, 2024 as Juneteenth, celebrating African American freedom, and commemorating the ending of Slavery in the United States. Mayor Smyth invited President of NAACP Santa Clarita, Valerie Bradford, to the dais to accept the proclamation and take a photo.

Councilmember Miranda spoke of the LGBTQIA+ pride month celebrating the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities, along with their continuous work for equal justice and opportunity. Councilmember Miranda announced that the City proclaims June 2024 as Pride Month and invited Erick Long, President of the PFLAG Santa Clarita as well as other chapter members, to accept the proclamation and take a photo.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Addressing the Council were Diane Zimmerman regarding the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors; David Stears and Karla Cervantes regarding Santa Clarita Shakespeare and future Theater events; Jerome Hernandez, Archie Alindgran, and Holly Mulloy regarding the Santa Clarita Commuter Express service routes.

STAFF COMMENTS
City Manager Ken Striplin addressed the Commuter bus concerns and commented that the City is presently in the Public Outreach phase of the Transportation Development plan and no decisions have been made.

Mayor Smyth inquired regarding the timeline of the Transportation Development Plan, and Mr.

Striplin responded that the plan would not be completed until after the summer and any changes would not go into effect until the following year.

Councilwoman McLean commented that she is a huge advocate for Metrolink, unfortunately there are some issues with Metrolink trains, and expressed that she is aware that Metro is working on making safety changes. Councilwoman McLean commented on thirteen people attending the City Council meeting for all one purpose, and she thanked the public participants for coming and she hoped that consideration would be given to the Commuter buses and ensure that the City is able to accommodate people that rely on them in order to get to work.

Councilwoman McLean requested that City staff take a good look at the Transportation Development Plan before any decisions are made.

Councilmember Weste requested Mr. Striplin ensure that riders get to where they need to go if losing routes when the Transportation Development Plan is finalized.

Councilmember Miranda commented on the Metrolink system, and requested City staff review the Transportation Development Plan carefully.

Councilmember Gibbs commented and had a clarification question on whether any potential changes to the Transportation Development Plan would be based on fiscal year or calendar year.

City Transit Manager Adrian Aguilar responded that any changes may be tied to the fiscal year.

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COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
Councilwoman McLean spoke on attending the Vital Intervention and Directional Alternatives (VIDA) Program event, a structured sixteen-week program for non-violent youths at risk, and commented on the progress that was made amongst the youth from the start of the program to when the program ended. Councilwoman McLean congratulated the Sheriffs' Department and the City for also funding this program and hopes it continues in the future. Councilwoman McLean also spoke on the community joining the City for the Summer Fire Safety Press Event on June 21 at the Towsley Canyon Open Space, where the family-fun event will feature fire safety tips from Supervisor Kathryn Barger, members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, and the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Department as well the nearly 400 goats that are currently eating brush in the open spaces.

Councilmember Gibbs congratulated the Boys and Girls Club for the Hideaway Benefit auction event, which was well attended by the community. Councilmember Gibbs thanked the local Chamber of Commerce for putting on the state of the county event with Supervisor Kathryn Berger and members of the executive team in attendance. Councilmember Gibbs commented on attending the Celebration of Life event for Bob Slocum and extended his condolences to his family.

Councilmember Miranda invited the community to join the City for the Needham Ranch Parkway ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 24. Councilmember Miranda commented on the Santa Clarita Public Library welcoming the community to embrace the transformative power of reading with the 2024 Summer Reading Program, running now through July 27.

Councilmember Weste spoke of the expansion of the trail system at Central Park and commented that the construction for the Bouquet Canyon Trail Project is set to begin on June 24.

Councilmember Weste commented that the trail supports the City's Non-Motorized Transportation Plan and the Santa Clarita 2025 Strategic Plan, and construction is anticipated to end in September 2024.

Mayor Smyth spoke on the inaugural Salvation Army SCV Donut Day that included more than 50 participants who took place in the donut eating competition and congratulated all the winners and participants. Mayor Smyth spoke on having the opportunity to meet William Wofford, who was diagnosed with leukemia when he was just one year old. Mayor Smyth commented that William and his family showed remarkable strength and courage, facing the diagnosis head-on.

Mayor Smyth discussed that the family turned to the Michael Hoefflin Foundation, has been actively involved in many events organized by the Michael Hoefflin Foundation, and William is now cancer free. Mayor Smyth thanked staff for bringing William to City Hall and having the opportunity to meet him and his family.
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
ITEM 1
FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET AND CAPITAL

IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
The proposed Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget was distributed to the City Council along with the Planning Commission; the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission; and the Arts Commission on May 7, 2024. In addition, on June 4, 2024, the Planning Commission made a finding by minute action that the Draft Fiscal Year 2024-25 Capital Improvement Program is consistent with the City of Santa Clarita's General Plan.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

City Council and City Council acting as Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clarita conduct a public hearing on the proposed Fiscal Year 2024-25 Annual Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Program and schedule the budget for adoption at the June 25, 2024, City Council Meeting.

Mayor Smyth opened the Public Hearing.

Deputy City Clerk Amanda Santos stated that all notices required by law have been provided.

City Manager Ken Striplin provided the staff report.

No requests for public comment were received.

Mayor Smyth closed the public comments.

Councilmember Weste inquired about Central Park and funding for the River of Lights, and Mr.

Striplin responded that the River of Lights Project went out to bid and staff anticipates bringing forth an agenda item to the City Council for consideration soon.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Bill Miranda, Mayor Pro Tem
SECONDER: Laurene Weste, Councilmember
AYES: Smyth, Miranda, Gibbs, McLean, Weste
ITEM 2

INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING THE ANNUAL STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION FEE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 Determination and approval of the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee rates for Fiscal Year 2024-25.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

City Council:

1. Conduct a public hearing on the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee for Fiscal Year 2024-25.
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2. Introduce an ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DETERMINING THE ANNUAL STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION FEE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-25" and pass to second reading.

Mayor Smyth opened the Public Hearing.

Deputy City Clerk Amanda Santos stated that all notices required by law have been provided.

Council waived the staff report.

No requests for public comment were received.

Mayor Smyth closed the public comments.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Laurene Weste, Councilmember
SECONDER: Jason Gibbs, Councilmember
AYES: Smyth, Miranda, Gibbs, McLean, Weste

CONSENT CALENDAR
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Jason Gibbs, Councilmember
SECONDER: Laurene Weste, Councilmember
AYES: Smyth, Miranda, Gibbs, McLean, Weste
ITEM 3
APPROVAL OF REGULAR MEETING MINUTES – The minutes are submitted for approval.

RECOMMENDED ACTION: City Council approve the minutes of the May 28, 2024, Regular Meeting.

ITEM 4
CHECK REGISTER NOS. 11 AND 12
Check Register No. 11 for Period 04/19/24 through 05/02/24 and 05/09/24. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 04/22/24 through 05/03/24. Check Register No. 12 for Period 05/03/24 through 05/16/24 and 05/23/24. Electric Funds Transfers for the Period 05/06/24 through 05/17/24.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 11 and Check Register No. 12.
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ITEM 5

SANTA CLARITA PUBLIC TELEVISION AUTHORITY PUBLIC TELEVISION

MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT
Consideration of the Public Television Management Services agreement between the Santa Clarita Public Television Authority and SCVTV.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

City Council:

1. Authorize funding for a two-year Public Television Management Services Agreement with SCVTV for the ongoing management and programming of Charter Spectrum Communications and AT&T for playback, programming, and production studio operations from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026, in the amount not to exceed $342,000 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 and $349,000 for FY 2025-26.

2. Appropriate ongoing funds in the amount of $12,245 in FY 2024-25 and $19,245 in FY 2025-26 from the General Fund (Fund 100) to Expenditure Account 1001501-701008; ongoing $30,000 in FY 2024-25 from the Public Access, Educational, and Government Fund (Fund 330) to Expenditure Account 3301502-701008; and one-time funding in the amount of $30,000 in FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26 from the Citrus Facility Fund (Fund 130) to Expenditure Account 1309008-701008, for a total budget amount in all funds for $342,000 in FY 2024-25 and $349,000 in FY 2025-26.

3. 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.

ITEM 6

REAPPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
Consideration of reappointment to the Santa Clarita Board of Library Trustees.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

City Council adopt a resolution appointing Councilmembers Gibbs and Weste to the Santa Clarita Board of Library Trustees for a three-year term, expiring June 30, 2027.

Adopted Resolution No. 24-22
ITEM 7

RESOLUTION DECLARING PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

IN THE OLD TOWN NEWHALL SPECIFIC PLAN AREA AS SURPLUS LAND Council consideration to declare certain City-owned properties along Main Street within the Arts & Entertainment Zone of the Old Town Newhall Specific Plan in the City of Santa Clarita as surplus land under the California Surplus Land Act.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

City Council:

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Number’s (APN) 2831-018-901 thru 906; 2831-018-900; and 2831-019-901 surplus land under the Surplus Land Act.

2. Authorize City Manager or designee to issue a Notice of Availability in accordance with the Surplus Land Act.

3. Authorize City Manager or designee to review each Notice of Interest received, if any during the 60-day Notice of Availability period and then enter into negotiations with responsive bidder(s) for a period of 90 days, all in accordance with the Surplus Land Act.

4. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval.

Adopted Resolution No. 24-23
ITEM 8

CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF CITYWIDE CNG

FUELING STATIONS
City Council to consider awarding a contract to Clean Energy for the operations and maintenance of the City of Santa Clarita's four Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling stations.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

City Council:

1. Award a five-year contract to Clean Energy for the operations and maintenance of Citywide Compressed Natural Gas fueling stations in an amount not to exceed $1,526,817.

2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute up to three additional, one-year renewals, not to exceed the annual contract amount plus an adjustment consistent with the appropriate Consumer Price Index.

3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents, and execute renewals, in accordance with the terms provided herein, subject to City Attorney approval.

ITEM 9

SECOND READING OF AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE

REGARDING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE BENEFIT ZONE OF THE SANTA CLARITA

TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICT BY DESIGNATING ADDITIONAL HOTELS City Council to conduct a second reading and consider adoption of the proposed ordinance amending the boundaries of the benefit zone of the Santa Clarita Tourism Marketing District to include newly constructed hotels.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

City Council:

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ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,

CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE BENEFIT ZONE OF THE

SANTA CLARITA TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICT BY DESIGNATING

ADDITIONAL HOTELS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BENEFIT ZONE ALL PURSUANT TO SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS 3.36.020 (DESCRIPTION OF AREA AND BENEFIT ZONE) AND 3.36.030.A (METHOD OF ASSESSMENT) AND THE PARKING AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA LAW OF 1989, SECTION 36500 ET SEQ. OF THE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE.”

2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contract, amendments, and associated documents, subject to City Attorney approval.

Adopted Ordinance No. 24-2
ITEM 10

CITYWIDE ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM - CONTRACT MODIFICATION FOR

CITY HALL PARKING LOT REPAIRS
This item considers modification of an agreement with Climatec, LLC and authorizes repairs to the City Hall parking lot.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

City Council:

1. Amend the current contract with Climatec, LLC., to authorize the repair and resurfacing of the City Hall parking lot and increase expenditure authority in the amount of $355,000, for a total contract amount not to exceed $35,484,467.

2. Authorize the transfer of Measure R Local Return (Fund 264) funds in the amount of $355,000 from the 2021-22 Federal Overlay, Project M0142, expenditure account M0142264-516101 to the Energy Efficiency Program, Project R0033, expenditure account R00033264-516101.

3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval.

ITEM 11
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS FOR LMD ZONES T23, T23A, AND T23B City Council consideration to award contracts to Stay Green, Inc., to provide recurring landscape maintenance services for Landscape Maintenance District Zones T23, T23A, T23B.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

City Council:

1. Award three contracts to Stay Green, Inc., to provide landscape maintenance services for Landscape Maintenance District Zones T23 (Mountain View), T23A (Mountain View Condos/Seco Canyon), and T23B (Seco Villas), for two-year contract amounts not to exceed $1,023,272, $537,200, and $174,426 respectively.
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2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute up to three additional one-year renewal options beginning in year three, not to exceed the annual contract amounts, inclusive of as- needed expenditure authority, plus an adjustment in compensation consistent with the appropriate Consumer Price Index, upon request of the contractor, and contingent upon the appropriation of funds by the City Council in the annual budget for such fiscal year.

3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents, subject to City Attorney approval.

4. Appropriate an ongoing budget increase, beginning in Fiscal Year 2024-25, of $285,989 from the Landscape Maintenance District Fund Balance (Fund 357) to Zone T23 expenditure account 3572420-516110 ($221,860), to Zone T23A expenditure account 3572421-516110 ($40,888), and to Zone T23B expenditure account 3572422-516110 ($23,241).

5. Find that the award of contracts is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Article 19 – Categorical Exemptions, Section 15301, Existing Facilities, (h) Maintenance of Existing Landscaping.

ITEM 12
FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 ANNUAL LEVY FOR OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION DISTRICT Consideration and adoption of resolutions associated with the annual process of ordering, approving, and setting the public hearing on the annual levy of the Open Space Preservation District as required by the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

City Council adopt a resolution declaring the City's intention to levy assessments, preliminarily approve an Engineer's Report in connection with the Open Space Preservation District for Fiscal Year 2024-25, and set a public hearing for June 25, 2024.

Adopted Resolution No. 24-24
ITEM 13

RESOLUTIONS INITIATING THE ANNUAL LEVY OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-25
This procedural matter is required by state law and orders, approves, and sets the public hearing for the annual levy of the Landscape and Lighting District, Drainage Benefit Assessment Areas, Golden Valley Ranch Open Space Maintenance District, and the Tourism Marketing District.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

City Council:

1. Adopt resolutions declaring the City’s intention to levy assessments, preliminarily approve Engineer’s Reports in connection with Special Districts for Fiscal Year 2024-25, and set a public hearing for June 25, 2024.

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continue a Business Improvement Area in the City of Santa Clarita designated as the Tourism Marketing District, and set a public hearing for June 25, 2024.

Adopted Resolution Nos. 24-25, 24-26, 24-27 and 24-28

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION II
There were no additional requests to speak.

ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Smyth adjourned the Regular Meeting in memory of Kenneth R. Spencer, Lillian Shaw, Diane Bergstrom, and Bob Slocum at 7:38 pm.
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
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Agenda Item: 8

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

AGENDA REPORT

CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:

DATE: June 25, 2024
SUBJECT: CHECK REGISTER NO. 13
DEPARTMENT: Administrative Services
PRESENTER: Brittany Houston

RECOMMENDED ACTION

City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 13.

BACKGROUND
Check Register No. 13 for the Period 05/17/24 through 05/30/24 and 06/06/24 in the aggregate amount of $5,070,668.18 inclusive of Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 05/20/24 through 05/31/24 in the aggregate amount of $772,334.52.

FISCAL IMPACT

Adequate funds are available in the budgeted expenditure accounts to support the check register payments.

ATTACHMENTS
Memo - Check Register No. 13
Check Register No. 13 (available in the City Clerk's Reading File) 8 Packet Pg. 199

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Agenda Item: 9

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

AGENDA REPORT

CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:

DATE: June 25, 2024
SUBJECT: RENEWAL OF MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES

AGREEMENT
DEPARTMENT: City Manager's Office
PRESENTER: Kenneth W. Striplin

RECOMMENDED ACTION

City Council:

1. Approve the renewal of the Municipal Law Enforcement Services Agreement with Los Angeles County for the period of July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2029.

2. Authorize the City Manager to make such budget adjustments that may be necessary to meet the expenses of the law enforcement agreement for the period of July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2029.

3. Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Los Angeles County regarding temporary indemnity and distribution of liability in a form approved by the City Attorney and not to exceed a total term of 12 months.

4. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval.

BACKGROUND

The City of Santa Clarita (City) has contracted for law enforcement services with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) since incorporation. All cities that contract their law enforcement services with LASD must sign an agreement with Los Angeles County (County), known as the Municipal Law Enforcement Services Agreement (MLESA). The MLESA outlines LASD’s scope of services and obligations agreed upon between all contract cities and the County.

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The MLESA is a five-year agreement and the current MLESA is set to expire on June 30, 2024.

Over the past year, a subcommittee from the California Contract Cities Association (CCCA), consisting of City Managers, met with the County and LASD to potentially negotiate and revise the MLESA. The subcommittee included City staff. The proposed MLESA for the next term, starting on July 1, 2024, and concluding on June 30, 2029, includes revisions that were mutually agreed upon by the County and the CCCA subcommittee.

Although an agreement has been reached on changes to the MLESA, changes to liability and indemnity language, which is included on separate agreements, have not been reached before the renewal deadline. As cited in Section 5.4 to the MLESA, the subcommittee and County will continue discussions intended to revise liability and indemnity language. The intent is to find language where contract cities share in the financial exposure with the County instead of the current burden falling completely on the Liability Trust Fund, and by extension, the contract cities.

The proposed MLESA includes several changes based on the contract cities negotiations, which are beneficial to contract cities. The changes include:

• Performance will be by Service Unit Rather than Overall - as the MLESA performance is based on service minutes, the number of deputies and civilians procured by a city are translated into available minutes. This allows LASD to mix and match minutes to achieve its 98-102 percent performance target rate but can lead to unintended consequences to underperform in areas like traffic, special assignment, or motor units or results in service levels that may not match a city’s need or demand during a particular time of day or day of week.

The change would set the 98-102 percent performance target rate for each specific unit - patrol, motor, special assignment deputies increasing accountability to cities receiving the level of service expected when procuring specific resources. As an example, overages in patrol minutes cannot be made up by reducing service levels of a motor unit or special assignment deputy and vice versa.

• Retaining Vehicle of Deleted Service Unit - when a city adds a new resource that requires a vehicle (i.e. a new deputy), the city incurs a significant first-year expense for the additional vehicle required for this new deputy. The maintenance and replacement costs of the vehicle are already integrated into the annual charge to the city if the city keeps the new deputy. While LASD has a practice on this, the language of the MLESA was not explicit to protect a city from losing a deputy temporarily and then paying another new vehicle cost when the city restored the deputy. The MLESA adds language that a city can regain access to a vehicle procured with a new deputy service unit when the unit is deleted and restored within 24 months.

• Transfer of City Property to County - this provision requires separate written agreements managed at LASD contract city stations to govern items purchased by the City and temporarily transferred to the County. Additionally, the County must maintain a detailed and regularly updated inventory of all non-vehicle City equipment in its possession, including descriptions, serial numbers (if applicable), condition upon receipt, and 9 Packet Pg. 204

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location.

• Equipment Replacement after Extended Maintenance and Repair - this provision requires that the County will make best efforts to provide a temporary replacement if the original equipment takes more than 60 days to be returned.

• Continue Negotiations on Indemnity Agreements - outlined in Section 5.4 of the MLESA, this provision acknowledges the continued negotiations between the County and contract cities related to concerns that cities bear the full cost of liability for contract activities when the County should share in such liability. A Letter of Understanding between the County and the California Contract Cities Association outlines how both parties will work towards addressing concerns in several areas raised by contract cities.

ALTERNATIVE ACTION

Other action, as determined by the City Council.

FISCAL IMPACT

The resources required to implement the recommended action are contained within the City of Santa Clarita's adopted FY 2024-25 budget.

ATTACHMENTS
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MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT

BY AND BETWEEN

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
AND CITY OF _____________

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION TITLE PAGE

RECITALS............................................................................................................. 1

1.0 SCOPE OF SERVICES…………............................................................ 1

2.0 ADMINISTRATION OF PERSONNEL................................................. 2

3.0 DEPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL......................................................... 3

4.0 PERFORMANCE OF AGREEMENT.................................................... 6

5.0 INDEMNIFICATION............................................................................... 7

6.0 TERM OF AGREEMENT........................................................................ 8

7.0 RIGHT OF TERMINATION................................................................... 9

8.0 BILLING RATES….................................................................................. 9

9.0 PAYMENT PROCEDURES.................................................................... 10

10.0 NOTICES……………………................................................................... 11

11.0 AMENDMENTS…………….................................................................... 11

12.0 AUTHORIZATION WARRANTY......................................................... 12

13.0 ENTIRE AGREEMENT.......................................................................... 12

SIGNATURES....................................................................................................... 13

ATTACHMENT A: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Service Level Authorization (SH-AD 575) Form

ATTACHMENT B: Contract City Law Enforcement Services and Equipment Master Rate Sheet

ATTACHMENT C: Public Safety Equipment Use Requirements

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1 MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT

BY AND BETWEEN

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
AND CITY OF _________

This Municipal Law Enforcement Services Agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered into this ______ day of __________________, 2024 by and between the County of Los Angeles ("County") and the City of _________ ("City").

RECITALS
A. Whereas, the City is desirous of contracting with the County for the performance of municipal law enforcement services by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department ("Sheriff's Department"); and

B. Whereas, the County is agreeable to rendering such municipal law enforcement services on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; and

C. Whereas, this Agreement is authorized by Section s 56½ and 56¾ of the County Charter and California Government Code Section 51301.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and for good and valuable consideration, the parties mutually agree as follows:

1.0 SCOPE OF SERVICES

1.1 The County, by and through the Sheriff's Department, agrees to provide general law enforcement services within th e corporate limits of the City to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Agreement.

1.2 Except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement, such services shall only encompass duties and functions of the type coming within the jurisdiction of and customarily rendered by the Sheriff 's Department under the County Charter , State of California statutes, and the City municipal codes.

1.3 General law enforcement services performed hereunder may include, if requested by the City, supplemental security support, supplemental sworn officer support, and supplemental professional civilian support staff.

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2 2.0 ADMINISTRATION OF PERSONNEL

2.1 During the term of this Agreement, the Sheriff or his designee shall serve as the Chief of Police of the City and shall perform the functions of the Chief of Police at the direction of the City.

2.2 The rendition of the services performed by the Sheriff's Department, the standards of performance, the discipline of officers, and other matters incident to the performance of such services and the control of personnel so employed shall remain with the County . The City understands and agrees that, at the Sheriff’s Department’s sole discretion, the Sheriff’s Department may redeploy personnel for mutual aid purposes pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act, codified at California Government Code S ections 8550-8668. Absent exigent circumstances, any sustained deployment of more than fifty percent (50%) of the City’s contracted items , with the calcula tion determined by service unit type, requires consultation with the City manager or his/her designee. For the purpose of this section, exigent circumstances are defined as such cases where the immediacy of deployment is of such nature where prior consultation is materially detrimental to public safety and the length of such deployment does not exceed 24 hours.

2.3 In the event of a dispute between the parties to this Agreement as to the extent of the duties and functions to be rendered hereunder, or the minimum level or manner of performance of such service, the City shall be consulted and a mutual determination thereof shall be made by both the Sheriff's Department and the City.

The City shall first consult with the Station Captain, Division Commander , and Division Chief, in an effort to reach a mutual determination. If a mutual determination cannot be realized at a subordinate level , then the matter will be elevated to a Sheriff’s Department Assistant Sheriff or the Sheriff.

2.4 With regard to Paragraphs 2.2 and 2.3 above, the Sheriff 's Department , in an unresolved dispute, shall have final and conclusive determin ation as between the parties hereto.

2.5 All City employees who work in conjunction with the Sheriff’s Department pursuant to this Agreement shall remain employees of the City and shall not have

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3 any claim or right to employment, civil service protection, s alary, or benefits or claims of any kind from the County based on this Agreement. No City employees as such shall become employees of the County unless by specific additional agreement in the form of a merger agreement which must be concurrently adopted by the City and the County. The Sheriff’s Department will provide approved City employees with the required training necessary to access authorized County programs (i.e. CAD, MDC, etc.), so such City employees can perform the functions of their positions.

2.6 While performing law enforcement services and functions under this Agreement, every Sheriff’s Department employee shall be authorized to enforce all City laws and regulations, including all City codes and ordinances.

2.7 The City shall not be called upon to assume any liability for the direct payment of any Sheriff's Department salaries, wages, or other compensation to any County personnel performing services hereunder for the City. Except as herein otherwise specified, the City shall not be liable for compensation or indemnity to any County employee or agent of the County for injury or sickness arising out of the performance of services under this Agreement.

2.8 As part of its compliance with all applicable laws and regul ations relating to employee hiring, the County agrees that the County Civil Service Rules to which it is subject and which prohibit discrimination on the basis of non-merit factors, shall for purposes of this Agreement be read and understood to prohibit di scrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

3.0 DEPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL

3.1 Services performed hereunder and specifically requested by the City shall be developed in conjunction with the Sheriff 's Department and indicated on Attachment A, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Service Level Authorization (SH-AD 575) Form, of this Agreement.

3.2 The City, or its designated representative, shall meet with its respective Sheriff's Department Station Captain when requesting law enforcement services to be performed in the City, and provide direction to the Sheriff's Department Station Captain regarding the method of deployment for such services. The City and the

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4 Sheriff’s Department shall also determine a minimum daily standard of staffing needs for services rendered to ensure an adequate personnel presence during station operation and patrol. The City and the Station Captain shall meet to discuss the minimum daily standard which is documented in Attachment A , Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Service Level Authorization (SH-AD 575) Form, of this Agreement. The Station Captain shall endeavor to meet th is standard without increased cost to the City. The Sheriff's Department shall ensure that all services are delivered in a manner consistent wit h the priorities, annual performance objectives, and goals established by the City.

3.3 The Sheriff's Department shall make every attempt to avoid deployment deficiencies (i.e., “busting” of cars) by following the daily minimum standard of staffing, as stipulated in Attachment A, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Service Level Authorization (SH -AD 575) Form, of this Agreement . Should deployment deficiencies occur, the Sheriff’s Department should make every effort to reallocate those resources to th e shift where the deficiencies occurred . Should the Sheriff's Department determine that a temporary increase, decrease, and/or realignment in the deployment methodologies is necessary, the Sheriff's Department shall promptly notify the City of this change in advance. In the event that prior notice is not possible, the City shall be notified of the change within two (2) City business days. If monthly service compliance falls below ninety -eight percent (98%) for each service unit type , then the Sheriff's D epartment Station Captain shall meet with the City to discuss compliance and identify a plan for resolution. If the quarterly and/or year -to-date (September 30th, December 31st, March 31st, and June 30th) service compliance falls below ninety -eight percent (98%) for each service unit type, then the respective Sheriff's Department Division Chief shall meet with the Sheriff's Department Station Captain and the City to discuss compliance and identify a plan for resolution. If the City is dissatisfied with the outcome of either resolution process, the matter will be elevated to a Sheriff's Department Assistant Sheriff or the Sheriff until all City concerns are fully resolved. Resolution may include, but is not limited to, the use of overtime, staffing adjustments, and/or City-initiated service suspensions, at no additional cost to the

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5 City. If the City determines it is unnecessary, the City may waive either dispute resolution process discussed above.

3.3.1 The Sheriff’s Department shall monitor and make every attempt to backfill vacant and impaired (to include loaned) sworn supervisorial overhead positions by the beginning of the following quarter.

3.3.2 The Sheriff’s Department will work with the City to provide an appropriate tool and/or reports to demonstrate adequate service level compliance under this Agreement. Such service level compliance reports include, but not limited to, daily staffing levels, service levels, deployment of service units, daily deputy activity, or similar type data that is reasonably available.

3.4 A new Attachment A, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Service Level Authorization (SH-AD 575 ) Form, of this Agreement shall be authorized and signed annually by the City and the Sheriff or his designee effective each July 1, and attached hereto as an Amendment to this Agreement.

3.5 Should the City request a change in the level of service other than pursuant to the annual July 1 readjustment, a revised Attachment A, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Service Level Authorization ( SH-AD 575) Form, of this Agreement shall be signed and authorized by the City and the Sheriff or his designee and attached hereto as an Amendment to this Agreement.

3.6 The most recent dated and signed Attachment A, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Service Level Authorization (SH-AD 575) Form, of this Agreement shall be the staffing level in effect between the County and the City.

3.7 The City is not limited to the serv ices indicated in Attachment A, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Service Level Authorization (SH-AD 575) Form, of this Agreement. The City may also request any other service or equipment in the field of public safety, law, or related fields within the legal power of the Sheriff ’s Department to provide. Such other services and equipment shall be reflected in a revised Attachment A, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Service Level Authorization (SH-AD 575) Form, of this Agreement under the procedures set forth

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6 in Paragraphs 3.4 and 3.5 above.

3.8 With regard to any public safety equipment requested by the City and set forth on Attachment A , Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Service Level Authorization (SH-AD 575) Form, of this Agreement , the City shall adhere to the terms and conditions set forth in Attachment C, Public Safety Equipment Use Requirements, of this Agreement.

3.9 When a contracted service unit, requiring the procurement of a vehicle at the onset of service, is deleted from the Service Level Authorization (SH-AD-575) , and the City reinstate s said service unit within a 24-month period, the City will not be required to procure a vehicle.

4.0 PERFORMANCE OF AGREEMENT

4.1 For the purpose of performing general law enforcement services under this Agreement, the County shall furnish and supply all necessary labor, supervision, equipment, technology, communication facilities, and supplies necessary to maintain the agreed level of service to be rendered hereunder.

4.2 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the City may provide additional resources for the County to utilize in performance of the services.

4.2.1 All bailments require a separate Bailment Agreement governing the County’s use of the bailed equipment. Such Bailment Agreements shall be administered at the station level. A bailment is a legal arrangement where one party (City) temporarily transfers possession of specific property or assets to another party (County) to facilitate the provision of certain services.

4.2.2 All donations made by a City to the County will be governed by the most current Sheriff’s Department donation procedures.

4.2.3 The County, through the Sheriff’s Department, acknowledges its obligation to maintain an inventory of all non-vehicle equipment owned by the City (“City Equipment”) provided to the County for its use. The inventory shall include, but not limited to, a detailed description of each item of City Equipment, its serial number (if applicable), its condition upon receipt, and its locat ion. The County shall be responsible for regularly updating and maintaining the inventory of City Equipment, including documenting any changes in the status, condition, or location

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7 of equipment. The inventory shall be kept current and accurate at all tim es during the term of this Agreement. Upon request by the City, the County shall provide access to the inventory records and facilitate any necessary inspections or audit of the City Equipment. The County shall cooperate fully with the City in verifying the accuracy and completeness of the inventory. In the event of loss, damage, or theft of any City Equipment while under the custody or control of the County, the County shall promptly notify the City in writing and provide a detailed explanation of the ci rcumstances surrounding the incident. All inventory records shall be completed and maintained at the station level.

4.3 When and if both parties to this Agreement concur as to the necessity of maintaining a law enforcement headquarters or Sheriff’s Depart ment substation within the City which would not normally be provided by the Sheriff’s Department, the City shall furnish at its own cost and expense all necessary office space, and the Sheriff’s Department shall have authority to negotiate with the City re garding which entity shall pay for furniture and furnishings, office supplies, janitor service, telephone, light, water, and other utilities.

4.4 It is expressly further understood that in the event a local office or building is maintained in the City, such local office or building may be used by the Sheriff ’s Department in connection with the performance of its duties in territory outside of the City, provided, however, that the performance of such outside duties shall not be at any additional cost to the City.

4.5 Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is mutually agreed that in all instances where special supplies, stationery, notices, forms, and the like must be issued in the name of the City, the same shall be supplied by the City at its own cost and expense.

5.0 INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 The parties hereto have executed an Assumption of Liability Agreement approved by the County Board of Supervisors on December 27, 1977, and/or a Joint Indemnity Agreement approved by the County Board of Supervisors on October 8, 1991. Whichever of these documents the City has signed later in time is currently in effect and hereby made a part of and incorporated into this Agreement as if set out in full herein.

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8 5.2 The parties hereto have also executed a County-City Special Indemnity Agreement approved by the County Board of Supervisors on August 25, 2009. This document is made a part of and incorporated into this Agreement as if set out in full herein.

5.3 In the event the County Board of Supervisors later approves a revised Joint Indemnity Agreement and the City executes the revised agreement, the subsequent agreement as of its effective date shall supersede the agreement previously in effect between the parties hereto.

5.4 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained i n the Agreement, the indemnification term under this section shall be in effect for a period of nine (9) months, through and including March 31, 2025, with an automatic six -month (6) renewal thereafter, through and including September 30, 2025 (“Indemnific ation Extension”), unless: (a) this section is amended at any time prior to September 30, 2025; or (b) the entire Agreement is terminated earlier, pursuant to Section 7.0 of this Agreement. If the parties continue to perform under the Agreement after the expiration of the Indemnification Extension without any amendment to this section in accordance with Section 11.0, then the indemnification term under this section will be automatically renewed and incorporated herein for the entire duration of this Agreement.

6.0 TERM OF AGREEMENT

6.1 The term of this Agreement shall be from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2029, unless sooner terminated or extended as provided for herein.

6.2 At the option of the County Board of Supervisors and with the consent of the City Council, this Agreement may be renewed or extended for successive periods not to exceed five (5) years each.

6.3 Nine (9) months prior to the expiration of this Agreement, the parties shall meet and confer in good faith to discuss the possible renewal or extension of this Agreement pursuant to Paragraph 6.2 above. The parties shall reach an agreement as to the terms of any renewal or extension period no later than six (6) months prior to the expiration of this Agreement. Absent mutual agreement by the parties within that time frame, this Agreement shall expire at the conclusion of the then -existing term.

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9 7.0 RIGHT OF TERMINATION

7.1 Either party may terminate this Agreement as of the first day of July of any year upon notice in writing to the other party of not less than one hundred eighty (180) calendar days prior thereto.

7.2 Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the City may terminate this Agreement upon notice in writing to the County given within sixty (60) calendar days of receipt of written notice from the County of any increase in the rate for any service to be performed hereunder, and in such an event this Agre ement shall terminate sixty (60) calendar days from the date of the City’s notice to the County.

7.3 This Agreement may be terminated at any time, with or without cause, by either party upon written notice given to the other party at least one hundred eighty (180) calendar days before the date specified for such termination.

7.4 In the event of a termination, each party shall fully discharge all obligations owed to the other party accruing prior to the date of such termination, and, except as otherwise provided herein, each party shall be released from all obligations which would otherwise accrue subsequent to the date of termination.

7.5 In the case of termination of this Agreement, the Sheriff will provide only such duties as are required by law.

8.0 BILLING RATES

8.1 The City shall pay the County for the services and equipment provided under the terms of this Agreement at the billing rates set forth on Attachment B, Contract City Law Enforcement Services and Equipment Master Rate Sheet, of this Agreement, as established by the County Auditor-Controller.

8.2 The billing rates se t forth on Attachment B, Contract City Law Enforcement Services and Equipment Master Rate Sheet, of this Agreement shall be readjusted by the County Auditor-Controller annually effective July 1 of each year, published by the County, and attached hereto as an Amendment to this Agreement, to reflect the cost of such service in accordance with the policies and procedures for the determination of such rates as adopted by the County Board of Supervisors.

8.3 The City shall be billed at the current fiscal year’s billing rates based on the service level provided within the parameters of Attachment A, Los Angeles County

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8.4 The billing rates for other services and equipment requested pursuant to Paragraph

3.7 of this Agreement and not set forth on Attachment B, Contract City Law Enforcement Services and Equipment Master Rate Sheet, of this Agreement shall be determined by the County Auditor-Controller in acc ordance with the policies and procedures established by the County Board of Supervisors and then set forth and published on a revised Attachment B, Contract City Law Enforcement Services and Equipment Master Rate Sheet, of this Agreement.

9.0 PAYMENT PROCEDURES

9.1 The County, through the Sheriff 's Department, shall render to the City, after the close of each calendar month , a summarized invoice which covers all services performed during said month, and the City shall pay the County for all undisputed amounts within sixty (60) calendar days after date of the invoice.

9.2 If such payment is not delivered to the County office which is described on the invoice within sixty (60) calendar days after the date of the invoice, the Coun ty is entitled to recover interest thereon. For all disputed amounts, the City shall provide the County with written notice of the dispute including the invoice date, amount, and reasons for dispute within ten (10) calendar days after receipt of the invoi ce.

The parties shall memorialize the resolution of the dispute in writing. For any disputed amounts, interest shall accrue if payment is not received within sixty (60) calendar days after the dispute resolution is memorialized.

9.3 Interest shall be at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum or any portion thereof, calculated from the invoice due date, or in the case of disputed amounts, calculated from the date the resolution is memorialized.

9.4 Notwithstanding the provisions of California Government C ode Section 907, if such payment is not delivered to the County office which is described on said invoice within sixty (60) calendar days after the date of the invoice, or in the case of disputed amounts, from the date the resolution is memorialized, the County may satisfy such indebtedness, including interest thereon, from any funds of the City on deposit with the County without giving further notice to the City of the County's

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10.0 NOTICES

10.1 Unless otherwise specified herein, all no tices or demands required or permitted to be given or made under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be hand delivered with signed receipt or mailed by first class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the parties at the foll owing addresses and to the attention of the person named. Addresses and persons to be notified may be changed by either party by giving ten (10) calendar days prior written notice thereof to the other party.

10.2 Notices to the County shall be addressed as follows:

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Contract Law Enforcement Bureau
Attn: Unit Commander
211 W. Temple Street. 7th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90012
Phone #: 213-229-1647

10.3 Notices to the City of shall be addressed as follows:

City of _________
Attn:

Address:

Phone #:

11.0 AMENDMENTS

11.1 Except for changes pursuant to Paragraph s 8.2 and 8.4 of this Agreement, a ll changes, modifications, or amendments to this Agreement must be in the form of a written Amendment duly executed by the County Board of Supervisors and an authorized representative of the City.

11.2 Notwithstanding Paragraph 11.1 above, the Sheriff or his designee is hereby authorized to execute , on behalf of the County , any Amendments and/or supplemental agreements referenced in Sections 3.0, 4.0, and 9.0 of this Agreement.

11.3 In accordance with Paragraph s 8.2 and 8.4 of this Agreement, t he Sheriff or his designee is hereby authorized to publish , on behalf of the County , the annual revised Attachment B, Contract City Law Enforcement Services and Equipment

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12.0 AUTHORIZATION WARRANTY

12.1 The City represents and warrants that the person executing this Agreement for the City is an authorized agent who has actual authority to bind the City to each and every term, condition, and obligation of this Agreement and that all requirements of the City have been fulfilled to provide such actual authority.

12.2 The County represents and warrants that the person executing this Agreement for the County is an authorized agent who has actual authority to bind the County to each and every term, condition, and obligation of this Agreement and that all requirements of the County have been fulfilled to provide such actual authority.

13.0 ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement, including Attachment A, Attachment B, and Attachment C, and any Amendments hereto constitute the complete and exclusive statement of understanding of the parties which supersedes all previous agreements, written or oral, and all communications between the parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. No change to t his Agreement shall be valid unless prepared pursuant to Section 11.0, Amendments, of this Agreement.

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13 MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT

BY AND BETWEEN

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
AND CITY OF _________

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the County of Los Angeles, by order of its Board of Supervisors, has caused this Agreement to be executed by the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, and the City has caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative , on the dates written below.

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

By ________________________________
ROBERT G. LUNA
Sheriff

Date _______________________________

CITY OF _________

By ________________________________

Date _______________________________

ATTEST:

By__________________________
City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO FORM:

DAWYN R. HARRISON CITY ATTORNEY County Counsel

By _________________________ By _________________________ Principal Deputy County Counsel

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Agenda Item: 10

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

AGENDA REPORT

CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:

DATE: June 25, 2024
SUBJECT: GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 2024
DEPARTMENT: Administrative Services
PRESENTER: Mary Cusick

RECOMMENDED ACTION

City Council:

1. Adopt a resolution calling and giving notice of the General Municipal Election to be held November 5, 2024, and requesting consolidation with Los Angeles County’s General Election.

2. Adopt a resolution for candidate statement regulations.

3. Authorize the City Manager to reimburse Los Angeles County for costs of services performed.

BACKGROUND

The procedures for conducting a General Municipal Election are established by state law.

Pursuant to these requirements, the attached resolution calls and gives notice of a General Municipal Election to be held on November 5, 2024, for the purpose of electing two City of Santa Clarita (City) Councilmembers for a term of four years each.

As the result of a settlement agreement, on April 22, 2014, the City Council adopted Ordinance 14-03 moving the date of the City's General Municipal Election from April of even-numbered years to November of even-numbered years and requesting that the County of Los Angeles (County) approve consolidation with the Statewide General Election conducted by the County in November of even-numbered years. On March 24, 2015, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (BOS) approved the City’s request. Therefore, whenever an election is called by the City, Section 10403 of the Elections Code requires that the City Council adopt and file a resolution requesting consolidation with the Statewide General Election, and file a copy of the resolution with the BOS and the County Elections Official (Los Angeles County Registrar- 10 Packet Pg. 220

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Recorder/County Clerk).

Pursuant to a second settlement agreement, the City Council adopted Ordinance 23-4 on June 13, 2023, creating a by-district election system and dividing the City of Santa Clarita into five districts. The City will continue to operate staggered elections, and regular elections will continue to be consolidated with Statewide General Elections in November of even-numbered years to fill expired City Council terms. Councilmembers serve four-year terms; therefore, two seats will be up for election on November 5, 2024: District 1 and District 3. In the November 5, 2024, General Municipal Election, registered voters within District 1 and District 3 may cast one vote for an eligible candidate residing within their same district. The remaining three district seats will be up for election in November 2026.

Candidates will file nomination papers with the Local Elections Official (City Clerk). The Candidate Filing Period will open on Monday, July 15, and close on Friday, August 9. If an eligbile incumbent whose term expires in 2024 does not file by this deadline, the filing period is extended until Wednesday, August 14, when candidates, other than incumbents, may file within that district. The extension does not apply where there is no incumbent eligible to be elected.

Section 13307 et seq. of the Elections Code sets out regulations for the preparation and form of candidate statements. As such, each candidate may prepare an optional candidate statement. This optional statement may be printed in the Official Sample Ballot Booklet for a fee as set by the County. This section of the Elections Code also authorizes the City Clerk to estimate the cost of candidate statements and require each candidate filing a statement to pay a deposit in advance for his or her pro-rata share as a condition of having the statement included in the Official Sample Ballot Booklet. Any overpayment shall be refunded within 30 days following the election. In the event of underpayment, the candidate will be billed for his or her pro-rata share of actual costs.

The County-set fees were not available at the time of the posting of this agenda, but will be made available to candidates when pulling nomination papers.

Based on the Election Cost Estimate Calculator provided by the Los Angeles County Registrar- Recorder/County Clerk, the estimated cost of services to be provided by the County for the consolidated election is $257,810 (as of May 22, 2024). The estimated cost is based on certain factors including, but not limited to, type of election (at-large versus by-district), number of seats being voted upon, number of measures, and number of registered voters at the time of the election.

Section 10262 requires that the County Elections Official conducting the election shall also conduct the canvass, and Section 15372 requires the Elections Official to prepare a certified statement of the results of the election and submit it to each jurisdiction within 30 days of the election. The Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk is tentatively schedule to certify the election results on December 3, 2024. The City Clerk shall certify the results to the City Council no later than the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting, or at a special meeting called for this purpose, to declare the results and to install the newly elected councilmembers.

ALTERNATIVE ACTION

No alternative actions have been identified by staff.
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FISCAL IMPACT

Upon adoption of the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget, adequate funds will be appropriated to conduct the November 5, 2024, General Municipal Election.

ATTACHMENTS
Resolution Calling the Election and Requesting Consolidation Resolution Adopting Regulations for Candidates Pertaining to Statements 10 Packet Pg. 222

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RESOLUTION NO. 24-

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,

CALIFORNIA, CALLING FOR AND REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF

THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO ORDER THE CONSOLIDATION OF A GENERAL

MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR THE ELECTION OF TWO BY-DISTRICT CITY COUNCIL SEATS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024, WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES THE SAME DAY; TO

AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO CANVASS THE RETURNS OF SAID GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION; AND TO

REQUEST THAT THE REGISTRAR-RECORDER/COUNTY CLERK OF SAID COUNTY

BE PERMITTED TO RENDER ELECTION SERVICES TO THE CITY OF SANTA

CLARITA RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF SAID GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE SECTION 10403

WHEREAS, under the provisions of the laws relating to general law cities in the State of California, a General Municipal Election shall be held on November 5, 2024, for the election of Municipal Officers in the City of Santa Clarita (City); and

WHEREAS, a Statewide General Election to be held in the County of Los Angeles has been or will be called to be held on November 5, 2024; and

WHEREAS, it is desired, pursuant to the authority found in California Elections Code section 10403, to consolidate said General Municipal Election with said Statewide General Election to be held in the County of Los Angeles (County).

NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California, does hereby resolve as follows:

SECTION 1. Pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the State of California relating to General Law Cities, there is called and ordered to be held in the City of Santa Clarita, California, on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, a General Municipal Election for the purpose of electing one member of the City Council to District 1 for the full term of four years and one member of the City Council to District 3 for the full term of four years.

SECTION 2. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles is hereby respectfully requested to order the consolidation of said General Municipal Election to be held on November 5, 2024, with the Statewide General Election to be held in the County of Los Angeles on November 5, 2024.

SECTION 3. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles is hereby further respectfully requested to place upon the same ballot as that provided for said Statewide General Election to be held in the County of Los Angeles on November 5, 2024, the names of the candidates for two districted offices of Councilmember for full terms to be submitted to the electors of the City of Santa Clarita at said General Municipal Election.

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SECTION 4. The City of Santa Clarita acknowledges that the consolidated election will be held and conducted in the manner prescribed in Section 10418 of the California Elections Code.

SECTION 5. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles is hereby authorized and respectfully requested to issue instructions to the County Election Department to take any and all steps necessary, with the exception of candidate filing services, for the holding of the consolidated election.

SECTION 6. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles is hereby authorized and respectfully requested to authorize and permit the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk of the County of Los Angeles to:

a) Print and supply ballots for said City of Santa Clarita General Municipal Election;

b) Mail the City’s sample ballots and candidate statements of qualifications to the electors of the City of Santa Clarita as part of the same material that will be mailed to the voters of the Statewide General Election to be held in the County of Los Angeles;

c) Perform such other services as may be required for the consolidation and conduct of said City of Santa Clarita General Municipal Election with said Statewide General Election to be held in the County of Los Angeles.

SECTION 7. The vote centers for the election shall be open as required during the identified voting period pursuant to California Elections Code sections 4005 and 14401.

SECTION 8. The City shall reimburse the County of Los Angeles in full for the services performed on behalf of the City upon the presentation of a bill by the County.

SECTION 9. The City Clerk is hereby directed to deliver a certified copy of this resolution to the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles and to transmit an electronic copy to the Board of Supervisors and the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk of the County of Los Angeles.

SECTION 10. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution.

PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 25th day of June 2024.

______________________________
MAYOR
ATTEST:

_______________________________

CITY CLERK
DATE:__________________________

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

______________________________

CITY CLERK

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RESOLUTION NO. 24-

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,

CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE

PERTAINING TO CANDIDATE STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2024

WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California provides that the governing body of any local agency adopt regulations pertaining to material prepared by any candidate for a municipal election, including costs of the optional candidate statement.

NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita (City), California, does hereby resolve as follows:

SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California, each candidate for elective office to be voted for at an election to be held in the City of Santa Clarita on November 5, 2024, may prepare a candidate’s statement on an appropriate form provided by the Local Elections Official (City Clerk). For candidates submitting the optional candidate statement, the following applies:

A. The statement may include the name, age, occupation of the candidate, and a brief description of no more than 200 words of the candidate’s education and qualifications expressed by the candidate himself or herself.

B. The statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political organizations.

C. The statement shall be filed, in typewritten form, in the office of the City Clerk/Local Elections Official at the time the candidate nomination papers are filed.

D. Except as provided for in Section 13309, the statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period.

SECTION 2. LANGUAGE POLICY. Pursuant to Elections Code sections 13307 and 14201 and Federal Voting Rights Act provisions, the County of Los Angeles (County) will translate and make available candidate statements in all languages as required.

A. The County will print English or English and Spanish language candidate statements in the English language version of the Official Sample Ballot Booklet at a candidate’s request and candidate’s own expense.

B. The County will mail separate voter information guides and candidates’ statements to only those voters who are on the County voter file as having requested a voter information guide in a particular language.

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SECTION 3. CANDIDATE FEES AND PAYMENT. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of the candidates’ statements filed pursuant to Section 13307 of the Elections Code, including costs incurred as a result of complying with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (as amended), and require each candidate filing a statement to pay in advance to the City his or her estimated pro rata share as a condition of having his or her statement included in the Official Sample Ballot. The estimated fee is an approximation of the actual cost that varies from one election to another election and may be significantly more or less than the estimate, depending on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the actual number of candidates filing statements, registered voters, language choices, and formatting. Accordingly, the City Clerk is not bound by the estimate and may, on a pro rata basis, bill the candidate for additional actual expense or refund any excess paid depending on the final actual cost. In the event of underpayment, the City Clerk shall invoice the candidate the balance of the cost incurred. In the event of overpayment, the City Clerk shall prorate the excess amount among the candidates and refund the excess amount paid within 30 days of the election.

A. Translations:

1. The candidate shall not be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidate’s statement into any required language as specified in Section 2 above pursuant to federal and/or state law.

2. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidate’s statement into any language that is not required as specified in Section 2 above, pursuant to federal and/or state law, but is requested as an option by the candidate.

B. Printing:

1. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate’s statement in English in the Official Sample Ballot Booklet.

2. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate’s statement in Spanish in the Official Sample Ballot Booklet.

SECTION 4. MISCELLANEOUS. The City Clerk shall comply with all recommendations and standards set forth by the California Secretary of State regarding ballot designations and other matters relating to elections.

SECTION 5. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to include additional material in the Official Sample Ballot Booklet.

SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the candidate’s representative a copy of this resolution at the time nominating petitions are issued.

SECTION 7. That this resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on November 5, 2024, and then shall be of no further force and effect.

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SECTION 8. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.

PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 25th day of June 2024.

______________________________
MAYOR

ATTEST:

_______________________________

CITY CLERK

DATE:__________________________

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )

I, Mary Cusick, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 24-___ was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 25th day of June 2024, by the following vote:

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

______________________________

CITY CLERK

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Agenda Item: 11

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

AGENDA REPORT

CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:

DATE: June 25, 2024
SUBJECT: AUTHORIZE RENEWAL OF THE CITY’S GENERAL LIABILITY, PROPERTY LIABILITY AND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

PROGRAMS AND APPROVE EARTHQUAKE COVERAGE
DEPARTMENT: Administrative Services
PRESENTER: Melody Bartlette

RECOMMENDED ACTION

City Council:

1. Authorize the renewal of the City’s general liability, property liability and workers’ compensation insurance coverage through the California Joint Powers Insurance Authority at a total premium cost of $2,830,334.

2. Authorize Alliant Insurance Services, Inc., to bind earthquake coverage on behalf of the City of Santa Clarita for Fiscal Year 2024-25 for various City facilities with Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc., for a policy limit of $45 million, for a total premium fee of $600,300.

3. Authorize an ongoing budget appropriation from Self Insurance Fund (Fund 721) to expenditure account 7212306-516101 for $480,234 for ongoing general liability, property liability, and earthquake coverage renewals commencing in Fiscal Year 2024-25.

4. Authorize an ongoing budget appropriation from Vista Canyon Wastewater Standby Fund (Fund 368) to expenditure account 3687413-516101 for $29,185 for ongoing property and earthquake coverage renewals commencing in Fiscal Year 2024-25.

5. Authorize an ongoing budget appropriation from Cooper Street Parking Structure Fund (Fund 369) to expenditure account 3697409-516101 for $22,629 for ongoing property and earthquake coverage renewals commencing in Fiscal Year 2024-25.

6. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval.
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BACKGROUND

The City of Santa Clarita (City) has been a member of the California Joint Powers Insurance Authority (CJPIA) for general liability, workers’ compensation, property liability, and other various lines of coverage since 2021. CJPIA was established in 1978 for the purpose of providing liability protection for its members. Today, they are one of the largest municipal self- insurance pools in the state of California, with over 120 member cities and other governmental agencies. Insurance pools, also known as Joint Powers Authorities (JPAs) offer many advantages to insurance coverage and risk management practices that traditional insurance coverage does not offer, such as policy review, employee training, and facility and risk assessments. Risk pools help lower the risk of loss amongst its members by spreading the potential losses amongst its members.

By joining CJPIA, the City committed to three years of membership, which commenced on July 1, 2021, and will expire on June 30, 2024. During the initial three years, the City experienced stable pricing with minimal escalations, as the total cost of claims incurred had not yet reached a substantial level. However, for the upcoming FY 2024-25 renewal term, the City’s premium is expected to rise 17.4 percent, for a not-to-exceed cost of $2,830,334, due to a variety of reasons related to increasing payroll, increasing loss runs from claims, and higher insurable values due to expanded coverage for more property, vehicles, and equipment.

In addition to the aforementioned program, staff worked with the City’s earthquake insurance broker, Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. (Alliant), to analyze the City’s current property schedule and determine which facilities should be considered for earthquake coverage. Various factors contribute to the decision-making process, including facility replacement value, operational importance, and location. In an effort to secure the lowest cost renewal premium, Alliant solicited bids from the earthquake insurance marketplace. Following correspondence with multiple carriers, Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc., the City’s incumbent carrier, provided a competitive proposal.

Staff evaluated the costs and elements of the proposal, and recommends renewing the City’s earthquake insurance policy for FY 2024-25 with Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc., for a total policy amount of $45 million, with a 15 percent deductible for a total premium cost of $600,300. This is an increase to the previous policy limit of $35 million, driven by the City’s ongoing growth, expansion, and acquisition of new properties over the years. The coverage will ensure that 20 of the City’s critical facilities, including the Sheriff’s Station, City Hall, The Cube, Transit Maintenance Center, Vista Canyon Parking Structure and Water Factory, Libraries, Community Centers, and recently acquired Citrus Building and Valencia Community Center, are protected in the event of a significant earthquake.

ALTERNATIVE ACTION

Other direction as determined by the City Council.

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FISCAL IMPACT

The recommended actions require an ongoing appropriation of $532,048 from the Self Insurance Fund (Fund 721), the Vista Canyon Wastewater Standby Fund (Fund 368) and from the Cooper Street Parking Structure Fund (Fund 369), beginning in Fiscal Year 2024-25, to support the renewal of the City’s Liability (general liability, property liability, workers’ compensation programs), and earthquake coverage for an annual premium amount of $2,830,334 and $600,300 respectively. Funding for future years is contingent upon the appropriation of funds by the City Council in the annual budget for such fiscal year.
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Agenda Item: 12

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

AGENDA REPORT

CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:

DATE: June 25, 2024
SUBJECT: GRANT AGREEMENT WITH FAMILY PROMISE OF SANTA

CLARITA VALLEY FOR THE RESOURCE CENTER AND INTERIM

HOUSING PROJECT ON NEWHALL AVENUE
DEPARTMENT: Community Development
PRESENTER: Tracy Sullivan

RECOMMENDED ACTION

City Council:

1. Award a one-time grant to Family Promise of Santa Clarita Valley in the amount of $500,000 to complete the construction of its Resource Center and Interim Housing Project.

2. Effective Fiscal Year 2024-25, appropriate $190,762 to expenditure account 1009000- 516101 to provide reimbursement for eligible expenses for the Interim Housing Project; increase transfers into the General Fund (100) of which $115,762 will come from Housing Successor funds (100-600393), and $75,000 will come from Developer Fee funds (100- 600306). Increase transfers out accounts 3939500-710100 (Housing Successor) by $115,762 and 3069500-710100 (Developer Fee) by $75,000.

3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a Grant Agreement with Family Promise and all other required documents, subject to City Attorney approval.

BACKGROUND
Family Promise of Santa Clarita Valley (Family Promise SCV) is a local branch of a national organization of more than 200 affiliates across 42 states. The organization's mission is to assist families and children experiencing homelessness by providing housing and support services.

In late 2020, the City Council approved the transfer of City-owned property, located at 23652 Newhall Avenue, to Family Promise SCV for the future construction of a Resource Center and Interim Housing Project (Project). The facility will feature five new units, including an emergency overnight unit and four interim housing units. It will provide shelter for up to four families experiencing homelessness for stays of 30-90 days, with an additional unit available for 12 Packet Pg. 232

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emergency use by one family. Besides offering shelter, the facility will also provide supportive services to help residents transition to permanent housing.

Through Fiscal Year 2023-24, the City of Santa Clarita (City) has contributed a total of $722,527 in Measure H funding toward the Project in addition to the property donation. Despite this financial support, Family Promise SCV continues to face a funding gap that they are asking the City to help close.

To facilitate the timely construction and utilization of the facility by families in need, staff recommends entering into a grant agreement with Family Promise SCV in the total amount of $500,000. On April 23, 2024, the City Council approved allocating $309,238 from the City's Fiscal Year 2024-25 Measure H funds to assist with the Project's construction. Staff additionally identified $115,762 in Housing Successor funds and $75,000 in Development Fee funds, which can be leveraged in support of the Project. Upon approval of the recommended actions, the City would issue funding to Family Promise SCV on a reimbursement basis.

ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Other action as determined by the City Council.

FISCAL IMPACT

Upon approval of the recommended actions, adequate budget will be available in Fiscal Year 2024-25 for the $500,000 Resource Center and Interim Housing Project grant and will be offset by $309,238 from Measure H funds (272-462101), $115,762 from Housing Successor funds (100-600393), and $75,000 from Developer Fee funds (100-600306). 12 Packet Pg. 233

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Agenda Item: 13

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

AGENDA REPORT

CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:

DATE: June 25, 2024
SUBJECT: DAVID MARCH PARK - CIVIC ART
DEPARTMENT: Economic Development
PRESENTER: Phil Lantis

RECOMMENDED ACTION

City Council:

1. Award a contract to Jessica Bell in the amount of $108,000 for the civic art piece to be located at David March Park.

2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents, subject to City Attorney approval.

BACKGROUND
In accordance with the City of Santa Clarita (City) Civic Art Policy, the David March Park expansion qualifies as a Capital Improvement Project (CIP) that is required to allocate one percent of the eligible project cost for a civic art piece to be located on-site and accessible to the public.

This project will provide for an expansion and additional amenities to David March Park, originally developed in and built by Los Angeles County (County) in 2004. The park is located on a 13.2-acre lot on Via Joyce Drive, and was incorporated into the City in June 2016. Phase I was completed by the County and included the build-out of approximately two acres of the northern portion of the property.

This design project encompasses improvements identified in the David March Park Master Plan for Phase II improvements and was updated by the City in March 2022 in order to meet City standards. Phase II amenities will include improvements to the existing park, as well as the development of an additional five acres of the park property.

An Artist Selection Committee (Committee) was formed at the March 9, 2023, Arts Commission meeting. The Committee includes the following members:
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• Arts Commissioner, April Scott-Goss
• Arts Expert, Mario Ontiveros
• Professional Art Administrator, Marcus Mitchell
• Local Professional Artist, Sandy Fisher
• Community Member, Bobbi Tiso

The first Committee meeting took place on April 10, 2023, with the task of developing the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) with call summary, design guidelines, project guidelines, and evaluation criteria.

The RFQ was posted online from October 1 to November 26, 2023. A total of 82 applications were submitted. The Committee scored the applications using the following criteria:

• Visual impact of submitted past projects
• Interpretation and creativity of submitted past projects • Composition and design of submitted past projects
• Craftsmanship of submitted past projects
• Clarity of project-specific intent, relevant professional experience, and artistic vision, as expressed in resume, CV, and application questions
• Design criteria and eligibility guidelines met

The Committee scored the applications online, and three finalists were selected to interview on April 8, 2024. The Committee selected artist Jessica Bell’s concept proposal to move forward to the Arts Commission. On May 9, 2024, the Arts Commission reviewed the Committee’s selection and recommended that it go before the City Council for final approval.

A visualization of the recommended artwork is provided as an attachment. The artwork features three sculptures of flowers in different stages of bloom, ranging from six to eight feet in height.

If approved, the sculptures would be placed along the pathway from Phase I to the parking lot of Phase II.

ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Other action as determined by the City Council.

FISCAL IMPACT

Upon approval of the recommended action, funding in the amount of $108,000 for the project is available in Expenditure Account A4002602-516101 (David March Park - Contractual Services).

ATTACHMENTS
David March Park - Civic Art
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J E S S I C A B E L L
Civic Art – David March Park

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Attachment: David March Park - Civic Art (DAVID MARCH - CIVIC ART) Jessica Bell is a contemporary sculptor and
community artist whose work merges
traditional techniques with modern designs. In
her current artistic phase, Bell is passionate
about public art that mirrors her personal
voyage into motherhood. Her works are not
merely visual; they are narratives that engage
viewers on multiple levels, encouraging them to
delve deeper into the underlying meanings.

Jessica Bell

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Attachment: David March Park - Civic Art (DAVID MARCH - CIVIC ART) Concept Overview
The concept proposal for the David March Civic Art Project draws inspiration from the captivating Blue-Eyed Grass native plant. Blue-Eyed Grass, with its symbolic associations of trust and loyalty deeply ingrained in folklore and symbolism, serves as the guiding force behind the design concept. My vision for the project is to infuse David March Park with an atmosphere of joy and delight, mirroring the vibrant qualities of the Blue-Eyed Grass. The sculptures envisioned for the park aim to be playful and uplifting, reflecting the natural charm of the plant, including its star-like shape reminiscent of a sheriff's badge.

In celebration of growth and transformation, the sculptures will take dynamic forms, starting as a delicate bud at the trail's entrance and gradually unfurling into radiant blooms along the pathway. Ranging in height from 6 to 8 feet, these sculptures will stand tall and proud, beckoning visitors with their joyful presence and inviting exploration.

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Strategically placed to be viewed from all angles,
the sculptures will encourage playful interaction
and engagement. As pedestrians traverse the trail,
they will be greeted with whimsical scenes of
vibrant colors and dynamic shapes, filling their
hearts with joy.

To further enhance the joyful atmosphere, Dalle de
Verre glass components will be incorporated into
each sculpture, casting shimmering reflections and
infusing the space with a sense of magic and
wonder. The translucent quality of the glass will
capture sunlight, creating a dazzling display of
colors that dance and shimmer with every
movement.

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Attachment: David March Park - Civic Art (DAVID MARCH - CIVIC ART) Family friendly and
inviting
Colors inspired by existing
workout area and playgorund
Blue-eyed Grass
Native Plant
Inspiration

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Attachment: David March Park - Civic Art (DAVID MARCH - CIVIC ART) Materials Dalle de Verre
Steel
Powder Coating with
UV Protection

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Attachment: David March Park - Civic Art (DAVID MARCH - CIVIC ART) Measurments
6ft
8ft
7ft

1.5ft3ft

4.5ft

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Attachment: David March Park - Civic Art (DAVID MARCH - CIVIC ART) Maintenance and conservation
This guide outlines the steps for maintaining and conserving the artwork at David March Park to ensure its longevity and pristine condition with minimal effort.

Cleaning:1.

The artwork requires minimal maintenance and does not require regular washing.

If needed, the sculptures can be lightly wiped down with a damp cloth to remove dust or debris.

Touch-Ups:2.

Small containers of Powder coating paint will be provided for touch-ups.

Use the provided paint to cover any minor imperfections or signs of wear to maintain the sculptures' appearance.

Repair:3.

In the event of significant damage, such as vandalism:

Sections of the sculpture are designed to bolt together for easy replacement of damaged parts.

Preservation:4.

Preserve the integrity of the artwork by refraining from climbing, hanging objects, or otherwise exerting undue pressure on the sculptures.

Respect the artwork as a valuable community asset and treat it with care and consideration.

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Attachment: David March Park - Civic Art (DAVID MARCH - CIVIC ART) Budget
Proposed Budget for Civic Art – David March Park:

Artist Fee: $16,200
Materials: $6,000
CNC Plasma Cutting: $1,000
Fabrication: $31,000
Powder Coating: $3,000
Transportation: $7,000
Hotel Accommodations / per diem / flights: $7,000
Insurance: $2,000
Labor: $9,000
Installation: $8,000
Equipment Rental: $4,000
Structural Engineer: $5,000
Contingency: $10,800
Total Proposed Budget: $108,000

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Attachment: David March Park - Civic Art (DAVID MARCH - CIVIC ART) Pooya Koohbanani
Structural Engineer
King Metal
Metal Supplier
Danielle Trent &
Steve Perkins
Art Is LLC Fabricators
Installers
Crosslink Powder
Coating
Meet the team
Jessica Bell
Artist/Designer

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Agenda Item: 14

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

AGENDA REPORT

CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:

DATE: June 25, 2024
SUBJECT: RANGER PATROL SERVICES IN OPEN SPACE AREAS

CONTRACT
DEPARTMENT: Neighborhood Services
PRESENTER: Susan Nelson

RECOMMENDED ACTION

City Council:

1. Award a three-year contract with the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority for ranger patrol services for the City of Santa Clarita open space areas, in the amount of $325,740, plus a 10 percent contingency in the amount of $32,574, for a total contract amount not to exceed $358,314.

2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute up to two additional one-year renewal options beginning in year three, not to exceed the annual contract amount, plus an adjustment in compensation consistent with the appropriate Consumer Price Index, upon request of the contractor, and contingent upon the appropriation of funds by the City Council in the annual budget for such fiscal year.

3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents, subject to City Attorney approval.

BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clarita (City) has secured nearly 13,000 acres of open space for public use.

The City has contracted and partnered with the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) for the past ten years to provide ranger patrol services for the City in open space areas such as East Walker Ranch, Elsmere Canyon, Haskell Canyon, Golden Valley Open Space, Newhall Pass, Quigley Canyon, Wildwood Canyon, Rivendale, Tapia, San Francisquito, Skyline Ranch, Plum Canyon, Tesoro, Lang Station, and Aidlin Hills.

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The MRCA is a local government public entity established by the state legislature and is dedicated to the preservation and management of local open space and parkland. In addition to owning and maintaining parkland, the MRCA provides ranger services. The MRCA Rangers (Rangers) are sworn California Peace Officers, trained to patrol and maintain open space properties with sensitive environmental areas, and have the authority to issue citations and make arrests. The Rangers can be contracted by public agencies to complete specific duties in alignment with their ongoing mission of protecting and preserving open space areas. The MRCA provides ranger patrol services, emergency call-out availability, parking enforcement, and abatement of minor hazards.

During the procurement process, staff determined that the MRCA is the only provider of ranger services that can patrol the City’s Open Space areas. The MRCA offers unique services that specialize in security management of Open Space properties that no other patrol services offer.

Based on this information, a single source procurement request was processed and approved by the City's Purchasing Division.

Staff recommends awarding a contract with the MRCA for ranger patrol services based on the successful past performance and their knowledge of the City's open space areas.

ALTERNATIVE ACTION

Other action as determined by City Council.

FISCAL IMPACT

The resources required to implement the recommended action are contained within the City of Santa Clarita's adopted FY 2024-25 budget.

ATTACHMENTS
Proposed Santa Clarita Valley Open Space 2024
Proposed Golden Valley Open Space 2024
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MOUNTAINS RECREATION & CONSERVATION AUTHORITY
Los Angeles River Center and Gardens
570 West Avenue Twenty-six, Suite 100
Los Angeles, California 90065
Phone (323) 221-9944 Fax (323) 221-9934

A local public agency exercising joint powers of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, the Conejo Recreation & Park District, and the Rancho Simi Recreation & Park District pursuant to Section 6500 et seq. of the Government Code.

April 22, 2024

Mr. Jeff Morrison
Open Space and Trails Administrator
23920 Valencia Blvd.

Suite 120
Santa Clarita, CA 91365

Proposal for Ranger Services
Santa Clarita Valley Open Space

Dear Mr. Morrison,

The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) is submitting a proposal to provide Ranger Services.

Scope of Work: The MRCA will provide Ranger patrols not to exceed a total of nineteen (19) hours per week. Rangers will patrol locations on a rotating basis with an emphasis on minimizing driving time between properties and proactive policing. Rangers will be available for callouts 24 hours a day, which will be as part of the overall contract not to exceed 925 hours per fiscal year.

Overtime costs will apply as part of the contract. Rangers will use the MRCA Ordinance to provide park and resources
protection for this property.

Locations: East Walker Ranch, Elsmere Canyon, Haskell Canyon Open Space, New Hall Pass Open Space, Quigley Canyon Open
Space, Wildwood Canyon, Rivendale Park and Open Space,
Tapia Canyon Open Space, San Francisquito Canyon Open
Space, Skyline Ranch Open Space, Plum C anyon Open
Space, Tesoro Open Space, Lang Station Open Space, Aidlin Open Space, and other future Open Space areas to be
determined by the City.

Budget: Patrol Rate:

FY23.24 - $108 per hour x 925 hours = not to exceed
$100,000.

This proposal is valid through June 30th, 2024.

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Santa Clarita Valley Open Space
April 22, 2024
2 Patrol Rate shall increase on an annual basis by the amount equal to the annual percentage increase change of the
Consumer Price Index (CPI) Los Angeles County area. The parties agree to use the all items category rate published in the month preceding the renewal rate. The City of Santa Clarita and MRCA agree that the Patrol Rate will increase by a minimum of three percent (3%) or the CPI increase ,
whichever is higher.

Billing: The MRCA will invoice on a quarterly basis providing status reports upon request.

Terms of Agreement: This term is for three (3) years; with the option of two (2) one-year extensions. If Agreement is renewed with the
option of the (2) one-year extensions, the patrol rate will be determined at that time and executed in the form of an
Amendment for years 4 and 5.

Thank you for giving MRCA the opportunity to provide your City, residents and visitors with a positive and safe experience while visiting the Santa Clarita Valley Open Space.

We look forward to continuing our mutual beneficial partnership.

Please address any questions or concerns to me at [email protected] or at (323) 221-9944 ext. 141.

Sincerely,

Fernando Gomez
Chief Ranger

CC: Lillian Ikuta, Contracting Officer
Basem Mosaad, Financial Officer

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Attachment: Proposed Santa Clarita Valley Open Space 2024 (MRCA Ranger Patrol Services Open Space)

MOUNTAINS RECREATION & CONSERVATION AUTHORITY
Los Angeles River Center and Gardens
570 West Avenue Twenty-six, Suite 100
Los Angeles, California 90065
Phone (323) 221-9944 Fax (323) 221-9934

April 22, 2024

Mr. Jeff Morrison
Open Space and Trails Administrator
23920 Valencia Blvd.

Suite 120
Santa Clarita, CA 91365

Proposal for Ranger Services
Golden Valley Open Space

Dear Mr. Morrison,

The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) is submitting a proposal to provide Ranger Services at Golden Valley Open Space.

Scope of Work: The MRCA will provide Ranger patrols not to exceed a total of five (5) hours per week. Rangers will patrol locations on a rotating basis with an emphasis on minimizing driving time between properties and proactive policing. Rangers will be available for callouts 24 hours a day , which will be as part of the overall contract not to exceed 260 hours per fiscal year .

Overtime costs will apply as part of the contract. Rangers will use the MRCA Ordinance to provide park and resources
protection for this property.

Budget: Patrol Rate:

FY23.24 - $108 per hour x 260 hours per fiscal year =
$28,080.

This proposal is valid through June 30th, 2024.

Patrol Rate shall increase on an annual basis by the amount equal to the annual percentage increase change of the
Consumer Price Index (CPI) Los Angeles County area. The parties agree to use the all items category rate published in the month preceding the renewal rate. The City of Santa Clarita and MRCA agree that the Patrol Rate will increase by

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Golden Valley Open Space
April 22, 2024
2 a minimum of three percent (3%) or the CPI increase,
whichever is higher.

Billing: The MRCA will invoice on a quarterly basis providing status reports upon request.

Thank you for giving MRCA the opportunity to provide your City, residents and visitors with a positive and safe experience while visiting the Golden Valley Open Space. We look forward to continuing our mutual beneficial partnership.

Please address any questions or concerns to me at [email protected] or at (323) 221-9944 ext. 141.

Sincerely,

Fernando Gomez
Chief Ranger

CC: Lillian Ikuta, Contracting Officer
Basem Mosaad, Financial Officer

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Agenda Item: 15

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

AGENDA REPORT

CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:

DATE: June 25, 2024
SUBJECT: PRESERVATION OF 41.49 +/- ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, ASSESSORS PARCELS NO. 2826-019-031
DEPARTMENT: Neighborhood Services
PRESENTER: Susan Nelson

RECOMMENDED ACTION

City Council:

1. Approve the purchase of 41.49+/- acres of real property contiguous to City-owned open space property to the west of the City, Assessor's Parcel Number 2826-019-031, at a total cost of $195,250, which includes property purchase price, escrow, title, appraisal fees, due diligence costs, and payment of annual property taxes.

2. Appropriate $195,250 from the Open Space Preservation District Fund (Fund 358) to Open Space Preservation District Expenditure Account 3587501-520104.

3. Appropriate $5,000 as an on-going annual expenditure from Open Space Preservation District Fund (Fund 358) to Open Space Preservation District Expenditure Account 3587501- 518503 ($2,500) and 3587501-511101 ($2,500) for the payment of annual property taxes and on-going maintenance.

4. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval.

BACKGROUND
The subject property is located in the Pico Canyon area and is contiguous to the City of Santa Clarita (City) owned Aidlin Open Space and the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority-owned properties. The property contributes to fortifying the green belt buffer on the western edge of the Santa Clarita Valley and is adjacent to existing City and state open space preservation lands.
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In 2023, the property owner contacted the City regarding selling the vacant property adjacent to the City-owned open space property. City staff evaluated the property and determined that acquiring the parcel would positively increase the City’s open space preservation effort on the west side of the valley and will fortify open space connections between Aidlin Open Space and Rivendale Open Space areas.

The purchase price of the property is $180,000. Closing costs, which include escrow, title, appraisal fees, and due diligence costs, are estimated at $15,250, for a total cost and appropriation of $195,250. An ongoing appropriation of $2,500 annually is necessary for the payment of property taxes as the property is located outside of the City boundary.

The project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under Article 19, Section 15313 (Class 13); Section 15317 (Class 17); and Section 15325 (Class 25). A Class 13 exemption consists of the acquisition of lands for fish and wildlife conservation purposes. A Class 17 exemption consists of the acceptance of easements or fee interests in order to maintain the open space character of the area. A Class 25 exemption consists of the transfers of ownership of interests in land in order to preserve open space, habitat, or historical resources.

Staff recommends approving the acquisition of the open space property to continue the ongoing Open Space Preservation District efforts.

ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Other action as determined by the City Council.

FISCAL IMPACT

The total costs associated with the property acquisition are estimated at $195,250. Upon City Council approval of the Recommended Action, funds will be available in Open Space Expenditure Accounts 3587501-520104, 3587501-518503 and 3587501-511101 (OSPD fund).

ATTACHMENTS
Site Map
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MRCA
2826-019-031 Site Map
Bureau of Land Management, Esri, HERE, Garmin,

INCREMENT P, NGA, USGS
2826-019-031
City Park
County Park
City of Santa Clarita Boundary
Public Open Spaces
Other Open Spaces
0 0.35 0.70.17 mi
0 0.6 1.20.3 km
1:18,056
Data layers that appear on this map may or may not be accurate, current, or otherwise reliable. The City of Santa Clarita does not warrant the accuracy of the data and assumes no liability for any errors or omissions.

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Agenda Item: 16

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

AGENDA REPORT

CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:

DATE: June 25, 2024
SUBJECT: SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING THE

ANNUAL STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION FEE FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2024-25
DEPARTMENT: Neighborhood Services
PRESENTER: Darin Seegmiller

RECOMMENDED ACTION

City Council adopt an ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF

THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DETERMINING THE ANNUAL STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION FEE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-25."

BACKGROUND

Under Section 15.50.070 of the Santa Clarita Municipal Code, the City of Santa Clarita (City) must hold an annual public hearing or meeting where an oral and written presentation may be made concerning the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee (Fee). The City Clerk has published notice of the annual public hearing as provided by law. On June 11, 2024, The City Council conducted a public hearing to consider the Fee.

The Fee supports the 1972 Federal Clean Water Act requirements and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit. (NPDES Permit)

In 2009, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 09-14 (Ordinance), establishing a new methodology to calculate the Fee. Under Section 3 of the Ordinance, the City Council shall determine the rates annually, subject to the maximum Fee authorized by the Ordinance. The City Council may determine to do any of the following: a) discontinue the Fee; b) reduce or maintain the actual Fee rate imposed below the maximum Fee rate authorized; or c) adjust the rate up to or below the maximum voter-authorized rate if it has been previously set below such rate. The City Council is not required to include an inflation increase annually, but may choose to accumulate the inflationary increase and enact the cumulative amount.

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Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU), equal to the maximum Fee allowable under the guidelines of Proposition 218. The recommended levy represents an adjustment of $1.06 compared to the levied Fee of $30.63 in FY 2023-24. The Fee is calculated by adding an amount equal to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for All Urban Consumers for the Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Anaheim areas for the preceding year ending December 2023 (3.47 percent).

The FY 2024-25 Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee Engineer’s Report and a preliminary list of the rates for all properties subject to the Fee are attached to this item as reading file material, along with a draft ordinance determining the rate. If the ordinance is adopted, Willdan Financial Services is directed to prepare and file the final list of rates with the Los Angeles County Auditor-Controller to be placed on the tax rolls and collected with regular City and County taxes.

ALTERNATIVE ACTION

Other action as determined by the City Council.

FISCAL IMPACT

Upon adoption of the Annual Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee for FY 2024-25, $31.69 per Equivalent Residential Unit will be placed on the Los Angeles County tax roll. For FY 2024-25, annual Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee revenues are estimated to be approximately $4.7 million. The funds will be deposited into the Stormwater Utility Revenue Account 356-402301 and will be utilized for stormwater pollution prevention activities.

ATTACHMENTS
Ordinance
FY 2024-25 Stormwater Engineer's Report (available in the City Clerk's Reading File) FY 2024-25 Stormwater Fee Tax Roll (available in the City Clerk's Reading File) 16 Packet Pg. 257

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ORDINANCE NO. 24-___

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,

CALIFORNIA, DETERMINING THE ANNUAL STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION FEE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-25

WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita (City) is empowered by Health and Safety Code Section 5471, Government Code Section 54300 et seq., Government Code Section 54999 et seq. and Chapter 15.50 of Title 15 of the City’s Municipal Code (Code) to prescribe and collect rates and charges, including storm drainage user charges and fees for services and facilities furnished by the City in connection with its stormwater drain system; and

WHEREAS, in order to better provide for storm drainage and flood control services, including pollution prevention for the City, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita (City Council) proposed to restructure its storm drainage pollution abatement charge to be known as the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee (Fee); and

WHEREAS, a written report entitled Rate Analysis Report (Report), dated February 23, 2009, was prepared for the City by Harris & Associates and filed with the City Clerk of the City relating to the Stormwater Drainage Utility (Program); containing: 1) the identification of the parcels of land within the City upon which the Fee should be imposed (Identified Parcels); 2) the method for determining the amount of the Fee to be imposed each year upon the Identified Parcels as a source of funding for such storm drainage and flood control services, including but not limited to, services with which to manage stormwater runoff so as to better protect life and property within the City; and 3) the proposed Fee amount of $21.50 per Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) for Fiscal Year 2009-10 and the maximum annual amount thereafter to be imposed on the Identified Parcels; and

WHEREAS, by its Resolution No. 09-16, adopted on March 10, 2009, the City Council accepted the Report, and scheduled a public hearing; and

WHEREAS, in compliance with the provisions of Section 6 of Article XIIID of the California Constitution (Section 6), the Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act (Government Code Section 53750, et seq.) (Implementation Act) and the Code, the City Council, on May 26, 2009, and continued to June 9, 2009, conducted a public hearing on the matters of the Program, the proposed Fee, and any other aspect of the Report; and

WHEREAS, following a determination that there was not a majority protest, the City Council in its Resolution No. 09-50, confirmed the Report, as modified, and called a special mail ballot election for August 25, 2009 (Election); and

WHEREAS, by resolution adopted on September 8, 2009, the City Council declared that the ballot measure to authorize the restructuring and levy of the Fee, as described and subject to the terms and conditions of the prescribed by the Report, is passed; and

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WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 09-14 adopted on October 27, 2009, the City Council authorized and adopted the restructuring, levy, and collection of the Fee, beginning with Fiscal Year (FY) 2010-11; and

WHEREAS, the Fee would continue to be collected on the County of Los Angeles tax roll in the same manner, by the same persons, and at the same time as, together with and not separately from, the general taxes of the City in the manner prescribed by Sections 5473 et seq. of the California Health and Safety Code, as provided in Chapter 15.50 of the Code; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 15.50.070 of the Code, the City shall annually hold a public hearing or meeting where oral and written presentations may be made in connection with the Fee; and

WHEREAS, the City Clerk has published notice of such annual public hearing as provided by law, and a public hearing was held on June 11, 2024 where oral and written testimony was taken; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3 of Ordinance No. 09-14, the City Council shall determine the amount of the Fees for the fiscal year 2024-25, subject to the maximum Fees authorized by Ordinance No. 09-14 and as set forth in the Report, and, in connection therewith, an annual report or list of the Fee for each Identified Parcel for FY 2024-25 has been prepared (Annual List); and

WHEREAS, it is now appropriate that the City Council determine the amount of the Fees for FY 2024-25.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. Recitals True and Correct. The foregoing recitals are true and correct, and the City Council hereby so finds and determines.

SECTION 2. Annual Procedure for Determination of Fees to be Levied. Pursuant to Ordinance No. 09-14 and applicable law, without voter approval, in any year, the City Council may do any of the following: a) discontinue the Fee, b) reduce the actual rate imposed below the maximum rate authorized, or c) increase the rate up to or below the maximum voter-authorized rate if it has been previously set below such rate. The City Council shall not be required to include an inflation increase in each year, but may accumulate the inflationary increase and enact the cumulative amount. In no event shall the City Council increase the rate in excess of the maximum rate approved by the voters without voter approval required by Section 6.

SECTION 3. Amount of 2024-25 Fee. The City Council has determined to set the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee for FY 2024-25 at $31.69 per ERU, for each Identified Parcel as provided in the Annual List on file with the City Clerk and incorporated herein by this reference. The Annual List is hereby approved. The amount of the Fee for FY 2024-25 is equal to the maximum voter-approved rate inclusive of a rate increased by an amount equal to the

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Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, for the Los Angeles, Riverside, and Orange County areas.

SECTION 4. Transmittal to County Auditor. On or before August 9, 2024, or such other earlier deadline as the Los Angeles County Auditor (County Auditor) may prescribe, the Willdan Financial Services, Inc., shall cause the filing on behalf of the City with the County Auditor of the Annual List to be posted to the tax roll for collection, together with such additional information and in such format as the County Auditor customarily requires.

SECTION 5. Severability. If any one or more of the terms, provisions, or sections of this ordinance shall to any extent by judged invalid, unenforceable and/or voidable for any reason whatsoever by a court of competent jurisdictions, then each and all of the remaining terms, provisions, and sections of this ordinance shall not be affected thereby and shall be valid and enforceable.

SECTION 6. Non-Exclusivity. Nothing in this ordinance shall limit or preclude the enforcement of other applicable laws.

SECTION 7. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from its passage and adoption.

SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by law.

PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 25th day of June, 2024.

______________________________
MAYOR
ATTEST:

CITY CLERK

DATE:________________________

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )

I, Mary Cusick, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 24- was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 11th day of June 2024. That thereafter, said ordinance was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 25th day of June 2024, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the foregoing is the original of Ordinance No. 24- and was published in The Signal newspaper in accordance with State Law (G.C. 40806).

______________________________

CITY CLERK

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Agenda Item: 17

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

AGENDA REPORT

CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:

DATE: June 25, 2024
SUBJECT: REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION OF 9.93 +/- ACRES, LOCATED AT 28700 BOUQUET CANYON ROAD, AND IDENTIFIED AS
PORTIONS OF ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBERS 2812-008-900 AND
2812-008-901
DEPARTMENT: Recreation and Community Services
PRESENTER: Janine Prado

RECOMMENDED ACTION

City Council:

1. Approve the acquisition of 9.93+/- acres Los Angeles County Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 2812-008-900 and 2812-008-901 at a total cost of $205,000, which includes the property purchase price of $180,000 and $25,000 for due diligence, escrow, appraisal and closing costs.

2. Increase Miscellaneous Revenue Account 431-462101 (Site Improvements Fee Fund) to record $205,000 from the Integral Communities developer as part of the Master Case 21-151, Bouquet Canyon conditions of approval and increase Land Expenditure Account 4319000- 520104 to acquire 9.93+/- acres Los Angeles County Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 2812-008- 900 and 2812-008-901.

3. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney approval, contingent upon the appropriation of funds by the City Council.

BACKGROUND

The County of Los Angeles (County) is the owner of a parcel of real property located at 28700 Bouquet Canyon Road. The subject property is comprised of approximately 9.93 acres identified as portions of Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 2812-008-900 and 2812-008-901, located in the City of Santa Clarita (City). The County agrees to sell and convey this property to the City for the purchase price of $180,000 based on a completed appraisal report.

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The property purchase price of $180,000 and the $25,000 for due diligence, escrow, appraisal, and closing costs will be covered by the developer, Integral Communities, for a total estimated cost of $205,000.

The acquisition is pursuant to the conditions of approval for Master Case 21-151 (Bouquet Canyon Project Map Revision). The Bouquet Canyon Project was approved by the City Council on November 10, 2020. These conditions include various entitlements for the Map Revision in addition to those associated with the Bouquet Canyon Project under Master Case 18-089. The latter includes several parcels, as identified in the document.

The acquisition is necessary for the proposed improvements shown on their property per Tentative Tract Map 82126. These improvements include the construction of a portion of the Bouquet Canyon Realignment including the bridge over Bouquet Creek and the T-intersection of the new Copper Hill Drive alignment, slope along Bouquet Canyon Realignment, secondary access to the site and associated improvements, a debris basin, an infiltration basin, a concrete channel, a low-flow channel including the 4 x 4 foot Reinforced Concrete Block and other miscellaneous improvements.

The acquisition will also facilitate the relocation of the County's sewer main and other infrastructures. As part of the sewer realignment project, sewer services must be provided for the County-owned facility at Assessor’s Parcel No. 2812-008-900.

Additionally, an addendum was prepared at the County's request, determining that no further environmental review is required. The addendum is attached as a reading file.

The acquisition is driven by the conditions of approval for the Bouquet Canyon Project to facilitate the realignment of Bouquet Canyon Road and associated infrastructure components.

ALTERNATIVE ACTION

Other action as determined by the City Council.

FISCAL IMPACT

Upon approval of the recommended action, the $205,000 from the developer will be deposited into Miscellaneous Revenue Account 431-462101 (Site Improvements Fee Fund) and the funds will be appropriated to Land Expenditure Account 4319000-520104 (Site Improvements Fee Fund) to acquire the 9.93+/- acres Los Angeles County Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 2812-008- 900 and 2812-008-901 from Los Angeles County.

ATTACHMENTS
Location Map
Bouquet Canyon EIR Addendum (available in the City Clerk's Reading File) 17 Packet Pg. 263

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Agenda Item: 18

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

AGENDA REPORT

CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:

DATE: June 25, 2024
SUBJECT: FINAL TRACT MAP, ACCEPTANCE OF OFFERS OF DEDICATION,

AND REJECTION OF IRREVOCABLE OFFER OF DEDICATION
FOR TRACT MAP NO. 51644-18 (TESORO HIGHLANDS)
DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PRESENTER: Amalia Marreh

RECOMMENDED ACTION

City Council:

1. Approve the Final Tract Map for Tract No. 51644-18.

2. Accept on behalf of the public the offers of dedication and grant of: (1) the easements for sanitary sewers and sanitary sewer ingress and egress purposes; (2) all sanitary sewers and appurtenant structures; (3) the easements for covered storm drain, storm drain appurtenant structures, ingress and egress purposes; (4) the right to restrict or prohibit the erection or construction of any buildings or structures within lots 163 through 166, inclusive, and lots 174 through 195, inclusive; (5) the right to restrict or prohibit any and all allowable uses or construction within those areas designated as open space on this map.

3. Reject the irrevocable offer of dedication and grant in fee simple of all lots 160 through 162, inclusive, for flood control purposes.

4. Authorize the City Manager or designee to rescind the rejection and accept the offer of dedication and grant in fee simple all of lots 160 through 162, inclusive, when construction of the improvements are completed to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works.

5. Make findings as follows: This project is consistent with the provisions of Sections 66474 and 66474.1 of the Subdivision Map Act and should be approved.

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7. Instruct the City Clerk to endorse the City Clerk’s Statement on the face of the Final Tract Map for Tract No. 51644-18, which embodies the approval of said map, the acceptance of the dedications shown thereon, and the rejection of the irrevocable offer of dedication and grant in fee simple shown thereon.

8. Instruct the City Surveyor to endorse the City Surveyor’s Statement on the face of the Final Tract Map for Tract No. 51644-18, which provides for verification that the map is technically correct.

9. Instruct the City Engineer to endorse the City Engineer’s Statement on the face of Final Tract Map for Tract No. 51644-18, which provides for verification of substantial conformance with the Tentative Tract Map and all provisions of local ordinances and state laws applicable at the time of approval.

BACKGROUND

The Final Tract Map for Tract No. 51644-18, a location map exhibit of which is attached hereto, has been reviewed by City of Santa Clarita (City) staff and found to be in substantial conformance with the principles and standards required by the Unified Development Code and State Subdivision Map Act. On November 7, 2018, the Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning approved the Revised Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 51644-1. On November 12, 2019, the City Council approved the Tesoro del Valle Annexation (Master Case 19-115). This area was subsequently annexed to the City on November 14, 2022. The subject property is located within the Tesoro del Valle area, north of Tesoro del Valle Road.

Lots 160, 161, and 162 will be developed as debris and desilting basins for flood control purposes. The offer of dedication in fee simple for these lots is being rejected on the map to limit the City’s liability until the improvements are constructed and completed to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works. Following acceptance, ownership of the basins will be transferred to Los Angeles County Flood Control District.

The Final Tract Map No. 51644-18 consists of a subdivision of 68.47 acres into 195 lots and allows for the construction of 159 single-family residential units, 3 private park lots, 21 open space lots, and various private streets and utility service lots.

The Final Tract Map for Tract No. 51644-18 was reviewed to the satisfaction of the City Surveyor and the City Engineer and found to be in substantial conformance with the previously approved Tentative Tract Map. The conditions of approval established by the County of Los Angeles and adopted by the City were also met and fees have been and/or will be paid as indicated on the attached Fact Sheet. Therefore, the Final Tract Map is ready for City Council approval and acceptance of the dedications shown thereon.

Pursuant to Section 66474.1 of the Subdivision Map Act, a legislative body shall not deny approval of a final or parcel map if it was previously approved as a tentative map for the proposed subdivision and if it finds the final or parcel map is in substantial compliance with the previously approved tentative map.
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