CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
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
Ayala
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
International Women's Day 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. 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. SANTA CLARITA LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING DISTRICT ANNEXATION NO. 2025-1 - Conduct SMD Annexation 2025-1 Public Hearing associated with the annexing of specific parcels throughout the City into Santa Clarita Streetlight Maintenance District, Zone B.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
1. Conduct a public hearing, open, and tabulate ballots.
2. Adopt resolutions approving the Engineer’s Report for the annexation of specific parcels throughout the City of Santa Clarita into the Santa Clarita Streetlight Maintenance District, Zone B, and declaring the results of the majority protest proceedings; and, if no majority protest exists, order the levies beginning Fiscal Year
2026-27. If a majority protest exists, no further action will be required.
2. APPEAL OF THE LYONS SELF STORAGE PROJECT (MASTER CASE 25-039) - Appeal of the Planning Commission's decision to uphold the Director of Community Development’s Denial of the Lyons Center Self Storage Facility Project proposed at 24860 Orchard Village Road.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
1. Conduct the public hearing;
2. Determine that California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15270 provides that environmental review is not required when disapproving of a project; and
3. Adopt a resolution, denying Appeal 25-003 and affirming the Planning Commission’s denial of a request by Lyons Center, LLC, to amend the Lyons Corridor Plan and to construct and operate a new self-storage facility at 24860 Orchard Village Road (Master Case 25-039).
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.
3. APPROVAL OF REGULAR MEETING MINUTES – The minutes of the City Council are submitted for approval.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council approve the minutes of the February 10, 2026 Regular Meeting.
4. CHECK REGISTER NO. 04 - Check Register No. 04 for Period 01/09/26 through 01/22/26 and 01/29/26. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 01/12/26 through 01/23/26.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 04.
5. CONTRACT FOR THE CITY'S PUBLIC OPINION POLL - This item considers the award of a contract for the City's Public Opinion Poll.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
1. Award a one-year contract to True North Research, Inc., for the Public Opinion Poll in the amount of $34,964.
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute up to three additional one-year renewal options, not to exceed the annual contract amount plus an adjustment in compensation consistent with the appropriate Consumer Price Index, 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.
6. TRANSIT SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM REPLACEMENT - The City of Santa Clarita utilizes security cameras at the McBean Regional Transit Center and the Transit Maintenance Facility for public safety and protection of City property. This item makes a recommendation that the City Council approve an agreement to replace the obsolete camera systems with modern, hybrid-cloud based cameras.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
1. Award a contract to AMS.NET, LLC DBA MGT Impact Solutions for the replacement of security cameras at the McBean Regional Transit Center and the Transit Maintenance Facility in the amount of $183,516 and authorize a contingency in the amount of $18,352, for a total contract amount not to exceed $201,868.
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents, subject to City Attorney approval.
7. 2025-26 CONCRETE REHABILITATION PROGRAM, PROJECT M0163 - PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT - This item considers awarding a construction contract for the 2025-26 Concrete Rehabilitation Program. Projects included in the program will improve existing sidewalk and access ramps.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
City Council:
1. Approve the plans and specifications for the 2025-26 Concrete Rehabilitation Program, Project M0163.
2. Award a contract to MSH Development Group, Inc., for the 2025-26 Concrete Rehabilitation Program in the amount of $460,216, and authorize a contingency in the amount of $46,022, for the total contract amount not to exceed $506,238.
3. 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 public participation section 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
FUTURE MEETINGS
The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held March 10, 2026, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA.
CERTIFICATION
On February 19, 2026, 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