CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
6:00 PM
City Council Chambers
23920 Valencia Blvd.
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
AGENDA
Joint Meeting with
Board of Library Trustees
How to Address the City Council
Pursuant to Government Code section 54954.3 members of the public are afforded the opportunities to address the City Council. You may address the Council once per meeting during Public Participation on any matter within the Council's jurisdiction that is not listed on the agenda. Public Participation speaker's cards must be submitted to the City Clerk BEFORE this portion of the meeting begins. To address the Council regarding an item on the agenda, please fill out a speaker's card and submit it to the City Clerk BEFORE the Mayor announces the item.
Each person addressing the Council is given three minutes to speak (with double the time allotted to non-English speakers using a translator) indicated by a colored light system on the Council dais. If you wish to provide information to the Council, please present the City Clerk with 10 copies. Otherwise, your materials will simply be added to the official record. Please note use of City Council Chamber technology equipment to present electronic material during meetings is not allowed.
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In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk's Office, (661) 255-4391. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II)
Pursuant to Government Code 54957.5 any writings or documents distributed to a majority of the members of the City Council regarding any open session item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office located at 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 120, during normal business hours. View public meeting agendas here, inclusive of all attachments and reading file material.
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INVOCATION
Gibbs
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
FLAG SALUTE
EXECUTIVE MEETING
This time has been set aside for Councilmembers to review the agenda and obtain any further information that may be needed. Council will also discuss each individual item during the course of the meeting with the exception of the Consent Calendar, which may be approved in its entirety by one motion, unless there is a request to pull an item for discussion. No action will be taken on public agenda items during the Executive Meeting.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Filipino American Heritage Month Proclamation
German-American Heritage Month Proclamation
Breast Cancer Awareness Month Proclamation
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
This time has been set aside for the public to address the City Council on items NOT listed on the agenda. The City Council will not act upon these items at this meeting other than to review and/or provide direction to staff. All speakers must submit a speaker’s card to the City Clerk PRIOR to the beginning of this portion of the meeting. Thirty minutes are allotted for public input at this time. The FIRST TEN people to submit a speaker card prior to the beginning of Public Participation will be heard.
STAFF COMMENTS
COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE TESORO DEL VALLE PROJECT - MASTER CASE 24-176 - The applicant, BLC Tesoro, LLC, is proposing amendments to the original conditions of approval, pre-annexation agreement, and community facilities district, for the Tesoro Del Valle project.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
1. Receive staff presentation;
2. Open the public hearing to receive testimony from the public;
3. Adopt a resolution amending the conditions of approval for the Tesoro Del Valle project;
4. Approve a modification to the Pre-Annexation Agreement between BLC Tesoro, LLC, and the City of Santa Clarita affecting the timing for the completion of the construction of the Copper Hill Bridge widening as it relates to the issuance of Certificates of Occupancy for the development;
5. Adopt a resolution approving amendments to the Joint Community Facilities Agreement and Acquisition Funding Agreement; and
6. Find the modifications to conditions of approval, the pre-annexation agreement, and community facilities district are exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the General Rule Exemption Section 15061(b)(3) of CEQA.
CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion by the City Council. The items are not individually discussed by the City Council unless a request is made by a member of the public or the Council, in which case, the item(s) will be removed from the Consent Calendar and will be considered separately.
2. APPROVAL OF REGULAR MEETING MINUTES – The minutes of the City Council are submitted for approval.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council approve the minutes of the September 24, 2024 Regular Meeting.
3. CHECK REGISTER NO. 20 - Check Register No. 20 for Period 08/23/24 through 09/05/24 and 09/12/24. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 08/26/24 through 09/06/24.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 20.
4. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR RECEIPT OF REGIONAL
EARLY ACTION PLANNING GRANTS PROGRAM FUNDS - Enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Southern California Association of Governments for receipt of Regional Early Action Planning Grants Program Funds.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute a Memorandum of Understanding, in a form approved by the City Attorney, between the Southern
California Association of Governments and the City of Santa Clarita for a Subregional Partnership Program Grant for purposes of receiving grant funding to prepare objective design and development standards for multifamily and mixed-use projects.
5. VISTA CANYON WATER FACTORY - WATER TESTING CONTRACT - Consideration to award a three- month contract to Geosyntec Consultants, Inc., for water testing services at the Vista Canyon Water Factory.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
1. Award a three-month contract to Geosyntec Consultants, Inc., to provide water testing services for the Vista Canyon Water Factory in the amount of $93,000, and authorize a contingency in the amount of $9,300, for a total contract amount not to exceed $102,300.
2. Appropriate a one-time funding expenditure for $102,300 from the Vista Canyon Wastewater Standby fund balance (Fund 368), effective October 2024.
3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents, subject to City Attorney approval.
6. SECURITY SERVICES CONTRACT FOR CITY PARKS AND FACILITIES - This item considers awarding a contract to Good Guard Security for security services for City parks and facilities.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
1. Award a two-year contract to Good Guard Security, Inc., to provide security services for the City of Santa Clarita parks and facilities in the amount of $1,910,551, and authorize a contingency in the amount of $191,055, for a total contract amount not to exceed $2,101,606.
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 amount inclusive of contingency, plus an adjustment 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.
7. SECURITY SERVICES CONTRACT FOR THE SANTA CLARITA PUBLIC LIBRARY - This item considers awarding a contract for the purposes of security services for the Santa Clarita Public Library.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
1. Award a two-year contract to Good Guard Security, Inc. to provide unarmed security guard services for the Santa Clarita Public Library in the amount of $227,155 and authorize a contingency of $22,716, for a total not to exceed annual amount of $249,871.
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 amount, inclusive of contingency, plus an adjustment 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 a one-time appropriation of $87,655 in the current fiscal year and an ongoing increase in Fiscal Year 2025-2026 of $116,871 from the Public Library Fund Balance (Fund 309) to expenditure account 3097412-516101.
4. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents, subject to City Attorney approval.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
This time has been set aside for any speakers that have turned in speaker cards and were not heard in the first thirty minutes allotted to address the City Council on items that are NOT on the agenda. Speaker cards may not be submitted relating to any items listed on the agenda.
STAFF COMMENTS
FUTURE MEETINGS
The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held October 22, 2024, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA.
CERTIFICATION
On October 3, 2024, I, Mary Cusick, do hereby certify that I am the duly appointed and qualified City Clerk for the City of Santa Clarita and that the foregoing agenda was posted at City Hall.
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Mary Cusick
City Clerk
Santa Clarita, California