CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
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
McLean
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
LASC-SCV U14 Boys Soccer Team National Cup Champions
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Proclamation
Hunger Action 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
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. SHUTTLE SERVICE PILOT PROGRAM - City Council to receive an update on the Shuttle Service Pilot Program that operated in Old Town Newhall in July and August 2025.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
1. Receive an update and analysis on the Shuttle Service Pilot Program in Old Town Newhall.
2. Provide staff with direction for future service.
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 August 26, 2025 Regular Meeting.
3. CHECK REGISTER NO. 18 - Check Register No. 18 for the Period 07/25/25 through 08/07/25 and 08/14/25. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period of 07/28/25 through 08/08/25.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 18.
4. SANTA CLARITA VALLEY WATER AGENCY EASEMENTS ON CITY- OWNED PROPERTY - This item recommends approving easements on City property to the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
1. Approve an easement on APNs 2811-065-911 and 2811-067-906 with Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency for the purpose of installing and maintaining water and drainage facilities.
2. Approve the quitclaim of the existing easement on APN 2811-067-906 to accommodate the abandonment of the storm drain system no longer in use.
3. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the necessary documents, subject to City Attorney approval.
5. FACILITIES ASSET MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE CONTRACT - This item considers a three-year contract with Brightly Software, Inc., for facilities asset management software. The software will help staff streamline and integrate asset tracking, work order creation and history, preventative maintenance scheduling, GIS integration, and analytical reporting to enhance operational efficiencies.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
1. Award a three-year contract to Brightly Software, Inc., for a facilities asset
management software for a total contract amount not to exceed $302,291.
2. Authorize an ongoing annual appropriation effective Fiscal Year 2025-26 through Fiscal Year 2027-28 to expenditure accounts specified in Attachment A from the General Fund (Fund 100), Citrus Facility Fund (Fund 130), Recreation Facilities Fund (Fund 120), Hart Park Fund (Fund 140), Public Library Fund (Fund 309), Golden Valley Ranch Open Space Maintenance District (Fund 350), Areawide Fund (Fund 367), Vista Canyon Wastewater Fund (Fund 368), and Transit Fund (Fund 700) with future years contingent upon the appropriation of funds in the annual budget for such fiscal years.
3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents, subject to City Attorney approval.
6. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOLUTIONS AGENCY FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PRODUCTION, PRESERVATION, AND OWNERSHIP;
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; RESEARCH AND POLICY; AND RENTER
PROTECTION AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION FUNDING - This item considers approval of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency to enable the City of Santa Clarita to receive and utilize Measure A funds for affordable housing, technical assistance, and homelessness prevention.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council to authorize City Manager or designee to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency for the disbursement and use of Measure A funds in substantially the form attached hereto, subject to approval of any further minor modifications by the City Manager and City Attorney.
7. SUMMARY VACATION OF PORTIONS OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
KNOWN AS PLACERITA CANYON ROAD, ACCEPTANCE OF EASEMENT
FOR TRAIL PURPOSES, AND ACCEPTANCE OF A RESTRICTED USE AREA LOCATED NEAR SIERRA HIGHWAY - This item considers a summary vacation of portions of the public right-of-way known as Placerita Canyon Road, acceptance of an easement for public use and trail purposes, and acceptance of a restricted use area located near Sierra Highway.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
1. Adopt a resolution for the summary vacation of portions of the public right-of-way known as Placerita Canyon Road, as described in Exhibit “A” Legal Description, and as shown on Exhibit “B” Exhibit Map of the attached resolution.
2. Reserve easements for public utility purposes as specified in the attached resolution, as described in Exhibit “C” Legal Description, and as shown on Exhibit “D” Exhibit
Map of the attached resolution.
3. Authorize the City Manager, or designee to accept the dedication and grant of easement for public use and trail purposes as shown on the attached Location Map.
4. Authorize the City Manager, or designee to accept the dedication and grant of restricted use area for preserving natural resources purposes as shown on the attached Location Map.
5. Determine that the vacation of the roadway rights of way easements, the acceptance of an easement for public use and trail purposes, and the acceptance of an easement and restricted use area are not a project within the meaning of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378, and alternatively, that if the activity is deemed a project under CEQA, it is exempt from CEQA review pursuant to guidelines 15063(b)(3), 15301(h) and (i), 15313, 15317 and 15325.
6. Direct the City Clerk to record the certified original resolution in the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s office.
7. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all 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
ADJOURNMENT
In memory of Frederick Louis Gruchalla and Sheila Miller
FUTURE MEETINGS
The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held September 23, 2025, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA.
CERTIFICATION
On September 4, 2025, 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