CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING 4:80 P.M. MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING CITY COUNCIL 6:00 P.M. JUNE 12, 2001

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1 CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING 4:80 P.M. MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL 6:00 P.M. JUNE 12, 2001 CALL TO ORDER Mayo Weste called to ode the special meeting of the City Council at 4:31 p.m. ROLL CALL All Councilmembes wee pesent with the exception of Councilmembe Smyth. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Thee was none. CLOSED SESSION Cal Newton, City Attoney, advised of the need to conduct a Closed Session fo the pupose of holding a: CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - Pending Litigation Govenment Code Section (a) Gillespie v. City of Bab.ta Claita Los Angeles County Supeio Cout Case No. PC W CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - Potential Litigation Govenment Code Section (b) - one matte CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-Anticipated Litigation Govenment Code Section (c) - one matte CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR Govenment Code Section Owne/Negotiating Paty: Unde Negotiation:. Popety Location: Rye Canyon Business Pak Tact Map ; appox. 12 aces in new business pak adjacent to the Valencia Industial Cente W9 RYE SOUTH libaf,ty, LLC. Pice and Tems RECESS AND RECONVENE Mayo Weste ecessed the meeting to closed session at 4:34 p.m. and econvened the meeting at 6:15 p.m. CITY ATl'ORNEY ANNOUNCEMENT Cal Newton, City Attoney, announced that duing Closed Session, Council authoized Buke, Williams and Soensen to defend the City in the Gillespie matte

2 and appoved a puchase pice of $5,440,000 fo the Rye Canyon Business Pak popety which would be the subject of a subsequent need item. ADJOURNMENT Mayo Weste adjouned the meeting at 6:17 p.m. CITY CLERK'S ANNOUNCEMENT Shaon Dawson, City Clek, announced that anyone wishing to addess an item on the agenda should fill out a speake's slip and submit it to the City Clek befoe the item is announced by the Mayo. INVOCATION Councilmembe Smyth gave the invocation. Councilmembes acknowledged those membes of the community in whose name the meeting would be adjouned in memoy of. CALL TO ORDER Mayo Weste called to ode the egula meeting of the City Council at 6:25 p.m. ROLL CALL All Councilmembes wee pesent. FLAG SALUTE Councilmembe Smyth led the flag salute. COUNCILMEMBERCOMMENTS Councilmembe Dacy advised she had submitted a witten epot on ecent meetings of the League of CA Cities, Califonia Contact Cities, and the Sanitation Distict epot. She also epoted on a meeting ofthe One-Stop Caee Cente... Councilmembe Kella commented with egad to the Heny Mayo Newhall Memoial Hospital, the impotant things they ae doing and the impotant ole they play in the community; and equested infomation on the timeline fo the 12 aces to be puchased fom Lay Rasmussen. Councilmembe Smyth commented on tacking fanchise fee expenditues fo tash and suggested a pocedue be agendized fo the next Council meeting. Council concued. COMMITTEE REPORTS (Council) Councilmembe Fey commented on tomo:ow's heaing on the City's Sphee of Influence poposal befoe LAFCO beginning at 9 a.m. Staff offeed futhe infomation. Councilmembe Smyth explained the view of the Council sub-committee egading the audit of the tash haules contact and the poposed pocess. A scope of wok is being developed which would be bought back fo Council comments and input. This will be bought back as an agenda item fo Council action. 2

3 ,,., '! ',_ Mayo Weste equested that staff look into the City's population figues pepaed by SCAG since they appea high and see what othe cities and counties ae doing with a epot back befoe the Council beak; and commented that staff will be coming back with infomation on the oppotunities the City may have in dealing with the enegy cisis in the local community. AWARDSIRECOGNITIONTOMEMBERSOFTHECOMMUNITY Mayo Weste and Councilmembes pesented a plaque to the Santa Claita Emegency Communications Team fo thei effots and sevices in suppot of vaious community events. Councilmembe Fey, Mayo Waste and Councilmembes pesented a plaque to Paul Thomas, owne of Blende's Cafe, and a cetificate to Bay McKeeve of KIIS FM fo thei contibutions fo the youth of the community. PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY Kain Nelson, epesenting the Califonia Paks & Receation Society, pesented an awad to Councilmembe Fey fo his effots on the Blue Ribbon Task Foce. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Addessing. the Council at this time was Tony Del Gippo epesenting Beaze Homes who made a $2,000 donation towad the Placeita Canyon Tail System; Duane Hate epesenting the 4.. of July Committee who invited Council to paticipate in this yea's paade; Diane Southwell egading developing the old Texaco station site nea the new Canyon County Libay and acquiing popety adjacent to Canyon County Pak; Cam Noltemeye ega~ being a geneal law city and the 12-aces the City is puchasing fom Lay Rasmussen; and Ed Dunn egading bus benches/sheltes in Canyon County. STAFF COMMENTS Geoge Caavalho, City Manage, commented that any acquisition of popety would go though a pocess and that staff would come back with infomation on bus benches at a study session o by epot within 30 days. EXECUTIVE SESSION This time has been set aside fo Councilmembes to eview the agenda and obtain any futhe infomation that may be needed. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Motion by Kella, second by Fey, to add a subsequent need item as Item 20 fo appoval of the puchase ageement with W/9 Rye South Realty, LLC fo the tansit maintenance facility, finding thee is an immediate need to conside the item and that the need aose subsequent to the posting of the agenda.. On oll call vote: Ayes: Dacy, Kella, Fey Smyth Weste Motion caied. 3

4 Motion by Smyth, second by Fey, to appove the agenda, pulling Items S, 4, 8 and 11 fom the Consent Calenda. Heaing no objections, it was so odeed. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion by Smyth, second by Fey, to appove the minutes of the May 18, May 22, May 81, and June 2, 2001 meetings. Heaing no objections, it was so odeed. RECESS TO SANTA CLARITA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Mayo Weste ecessed the meeting to the Redevelopment Agency meeting at 7:11 p.m. RECONVENE Mayo Weste econvened the Council meeting at 7:17 p.m. ITEMl READING OF ORDINANCE TITLES By listing the odinance titles on the public agenda and placing an item on the Consent Calenda fo Council to waive futhe eading of all odinances whose titles appea on the public agenda, this eading equiement is satisfied once Council appoves the Consent Calenda item. Detemine that the titles to all odinances which appea on this public agenda have been ead and waive futhe eading. ITEM2 AWARD OF TREE SERVICE CONTRACT The Uban Foesty Division is inteested in using multiple citeia as selection citeia to obtain the best possible tee sevices contacto. It is essential the selected contacto is highly expeienced and qualified to pefom wok to the City's high standads. When all detemining factos ae consideed, the contacto with the best oveall ating will be deemed the best value fo the City. Find the bid fom TipTop Aboists non-esponsive. Appove the use of "multiple citeia" in the selection of the successful bidde fo tee maintenance sevices. Awad contact to TuGeen Landcae in the amount of $470,653 fo monthly sevices, tee puning and associated equied wok, subject to appoval of the Fiscal Yea 2001/2002 budget. These funds have been equested to be budgeted in Fiscal Yea 2001/2002 in Account No Authoize City Manage o designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attoney appoval. ITEM~ AMENDMENT TO CHAPI'ER OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE An amendment to the Santa Claita Municipal Code to pemit bicycle usage in the Santa Claita Skatepak. Intoduce an odinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, 4

5 AMENDING CHAPTER OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE TO AI.LOW BICYCLE USE IN SKATEPARK. Addessing the Council on this item was Bian Matin and Richad Cook; two witten comments wee submitted. " ITEM4 COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2000 I 2001 FUNDS Of the $200,000 allocated fo the Community Sevices Gant Pogam, City Council awaded $190,638 on Apil 10, 2001, fo fiscal yea 2000 / Funds emaining in the account total $9,362. The Community Sevices Gant Committee has made ecommendations fo the emaining funds. This item was emqved fom the Consent Calenda by Councilmembe Smyth. Motion by Kella, second by Dacy, to authoize the City Manage to wok with the school pincipal to esolve this and to segegate the athletic pogam issue out of the gant. On oll call vote: Ayes: Fey, Smyth, Dacy, Kella, Weste Motion caied. ADDmONAL Dm.ECTION: Staff to look into a gant equest fom Pat Lamont's cance goup as mentioned by Councilmembe Dacy. ITEM15 SOLEDAD CANYON ROAD MEDIAN LANDSCAPING PROJECT NO. B3001 FEDERAL PROJECT NO. STPLER 5450 (016) - PROGRAM SUPPLEMENT MOll - This item equests appoval of Pogam Supplement MOll to Maste Ageement No fo Fedeal Aid pojects. Appove Pogam Supplement No. MOll to Administeing Agency I State Ageement fo Fedeal Aid Pojects No , and authoize the City Manage o designee to execute same. ITEM6 SOLEDAD CANYON ROAD MEDIAN LANDSCAPING PROJECT NO. B3001 FEDERAL PROJECT NO. STPLER 5450 (016) BID AWARD On May 29, 2001, the City Clek publicly opened fou bids fo Poject No. B3001. MJS Constuction, Inc. was detemined to be the lowest esponsible bidde. Awad the contact fo Poject No. B3001 to MJS Constuction, Inc., the lowest esponsible bidde, in the amount of $644,000.00, plus a 15 pecent contingency. Contact awad to include taffic signal inteconnect, and Fedeal Poject No. STPLER 5450 (017) taffic signal median modifications included as Bid Addendum No. 1 to the bid package. Expenditues fom Account No to be contingent upon adoption 5.

6 ~ ,,_ --- of the FY 2001 / 2002 Annual Budget. Authoize the City Manage o designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attoney appoval. ITEM7 MASTER CASE NO , UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT NO AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER OF THE CITY'S UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE (SIGN REGULATIONS) REQUEST TO ESTABLISH SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC SIGNS ', ' On May 22, 2001, the City Council adopted the negative declaation and intoduced the poposed Odinance fo fist eading. At the heaing, the City Council diected staff to etun to the June 12, 2001 meeting with the second eading of the poposed odinance. Adopt ORDINANCE NO entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING PROVISIONS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC SIGNS TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE (UDC AMENDMENT 01-01). ITEMS ADOPTION OF MODIFIED RESOLUTION OF DENIAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR THE GOLDEN VALLEY RANCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, MASTER CASE NO , GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT , PREZONE , ANNEXATION NO , TENTATIVE TRACT MAP 52414, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT , OAK TREE PERMIT , HILLSIDE REVIEW NO , ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT SCH NO On May 8, 2001, the City Council denied the Golden Valley Ranch poject. At Mayo Weste's equest, the esolution of denial fo the Golden Valley Ra:iich poject(maste Case ) has been modified to eflect additional findings to suppot the Council's decision to deny the poject. This item was emoved fom the Consent Calenda by Councilmembe Dacy and consideed afte Item 11. Addessing the Council on this item was Steve Sheldon; Ralph Killmeye; James O'Malley epesenting Beaze Homes; Pamela Game; Ken Kia epesenting GMS Realty; Vea Johnson; Beta Gonzalez-Hape (submitted mateial); Doothy Simon; Al Pocellino; William Smith (submitted mateial); Dottie Davis; R., J. Collie epesenting PacSun; Tim Ben Boydston; Scott Simmons epesenting PacSun; Ed Dunn; Jey Nicoll epesenting PacSun;.Geg Whitney epesenting CB Richad Ellis; D. Key Clegg epesenting Sulphu Spings School Distict; Lee Anne Sickel; Geoge Stabuck; Connie Clift; Betty Clove; R. J. Kelly; James Southwell; Diane Wilson epesenting the Golden Valley Ranch Task Foce; Connie Woden Robets; Glo Donnelly; and Diane Southwell. Fou. witten comments wee submitted. Motion by Smyth, second by Fey, to adopt Resolution No escinding Resolution No adopted on May 8, 2001 of denial without pejudice; setting a public heaing on August 30, 2001 at 6 p.m. fo Council to eview poposed changes to the poject and fo a esolution of denial and a esolution fo othe options to be pepaed fo that meeting. 6

7 ,..----, ~-- On oll call vote: Ayes: Kella, Fey, Smyth, Dacy, Weste Motion caied. ADDITIONAL DIRECTION: the. develope is to meet with the community on the poposed changed plan, with City staff to povide esouces/act as consultant but not take a lead position; also, staff to hie a geologist at the develope's expense.! ITEM9 ESTABLISH BUDGET FOR VALENCIA BRIDGE AND THOROUGHFARE DISTRICT REIMBURSEMENT The Valencia Bidge and Thooughfae Distict (Distict) was fomed to povide funding fo the constuction of oad impovements that ae a pat of the Geneal Plan's Ciculation Element and identified in the Distict fomation document. The Newhall Land and Faming Company (NLF) has equested that the City eimbuse the costs of constucting oadway and bidge impovements on Newhall Ranch Road, McBean Pakway, and Avenue Scott in the Bidgepot aea. Appopiate $7,550, to Account No fom the Valencia Bidge and Thooughfae Distict's fund balance fo eimbusement to the Newhall Land & Faming Company fo p_ublic impovement pojects within the Distict. ITEMlO APPROVE THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND DECLARE THE CITY'S INTENTION TO LEVY ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS FOR STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001/2002 Each yea the City is equied to ode an Enginee's Repot fo Steetlight Maintenance Distict No. 1, and detemine the necessay assessments to collect fo the coming fiscal yea. Adopt RESOLUTION NO appoving the Enginee's Repot declaing the City's intention to levy and collect assessments fo Steetlight Maintenance Distict No. 1 fo fiscal Yea , and set the public heaing fo June 26, ITEMll DIAPER-RECYCLING PILOT PROGRAM MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING On Apil 10, 2001, Council diected staff to implement a diape-ecycling pilot pogam fo the City. To implement the pogam, staff dafted a Memoandum of Undestanding (MOU) collectively developed though seveal meetings with Knowaste, LLC, Blue Bael Disposal, Santa Claita Disposal, and Consolidated Sevices. The MOU outlines the City's, Knowaste's, and the fanchised haules' esponsibilities, the duation of the pogam, the location of the pogam, and the measuements of success fo the pogam. Appove. the diape-ecycling pilot pogam Memoandum of Undestanding between the City,. Knowaste, LLC (Knowaste), Blue Bael Disposal, Santa Claita Disposal, and Consolidated Sevices, which will seve as a non-binding undestanding to implement the pilot 7

8 diape ecycling pogam. Diect staff to pepae a contact fo the puchase of Knowaste Diape Pocesso Il (KDP II) upon the detemination of a "mutually ageed upon pocessing agent and location to house the KDP II, subject to City Attoney eview. This item was emoved fom the Consent Calenda by Councilmembe Kella. Addessing the Council on this item was Glo Donnelly; R. J. Kelly; and Hunt Baly epesenting Knowaste LLC. Motion by Smyth, second by Fey, to appove the diape-ecycling pilot pogam Memoandum of Undestanding between the City, Knowaste, LLC (Knowaste), Blue Bael Disposal, Santa Claita Disposal, and Consolidated Sevices, which will seve as a non-. binding undestanding to implement the pilot, with changes to the MOU fo Council to appove the timeline fo execution of the KDP II contact as ecommended by the City Attoney. On oll call vote: Ayes: Smyth, Dacy, Fey, Weste Noes: Kella Motion caied. ITEM12 CHECK REGISTER NOS. 20 AND 21 Appoval of the check egistes. Adopt RESOLUTION NO to appove and atify fo payment the demands pesented in Check Registes 20 and Motion by Smyth, second by Fey, to appove. the balance of the Consent Calenda. On oll call vote: Ayes: Dacy, Kella, Fey, Smyth, Weste Motion caied. RECESS AND RECONVENE Mayo Weste called a ecess at 9:38 p.m. and econvened the meeting at 10:03 p.m. ITEM13 PUBLIC HEARING 2001 / 2002 BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM Mayo Weste opened the public heaing. Shaon Dawson, City Clek, epoted that all notices equied have been povided. 8

9 Elena Galvez and Kevin Tonoian, Management Analysts, epoted that the 2001 I 2002 Fiscal Yea Budget and 2002 I 2006 Capital Impovement Pogam epesent the City's ongoing commitment to povide the community with the utmost quality and level of sevice attainable. The poposed budget has total appopiations of $127.1 million. This includes $49 million in Capital Pojects, $23 million in Pesonnel costs, $54 million in Opeations and Maintenance, and appoximately $1.1 million in Capital Outlay. Addessing the Council on this item was Cam N oltemeye. Mayo Weste closed the public heaing. Motion by Fey, second by Dacy, to schedule the budget fo adoption at the June 26, 2001 meeting of the City Council. On oll call vote: Ayes: Fey, Smyth, Dacy, Kella, Weste Motion caied. ADDITIONAL DIRECTION: staff to povide moe detail on the Golden Valley Road funding and claification on funds fo the Boys & Gils Club. ITEM14 PUBLIC HEARING COST RECOVERY ANALYSIS AND PROPOSED NEW FEE SCHEDULE Mayo Weste opened the public heaing. Shaon Dawson, City Clek, epoted that all notices equied have been povided. Steve Stak, Diecto of Administative Sevices, epoted that in 1990, City Council diected staff to pepae a study identifying the full cost of sevices povided by the City. Since that time thee has been only one adjustment to fees, which was adopted in As a esult, the City's fees have not kept up with the cost of poviding these sevices. This fee adjustment will bing ecovey ates back in line with those appoved in No equests to speak wee submitted on this item. Motion by Smyth, second by Dacy, to continue this item to the meeting of July 10, l Heaing no objections, it was so odeed. ITEM15 PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING FEES AND CHARGES FOR STORM DRAINAGE UTILITY SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001/2002 Mayo Weste opened the public heaing. 9

10 ~ Shaon Dawson, City Clek, epoted that all notices equied have been povided. In epot, Jill Fossellman, Assistant to the City Manage, advised that the Fedeal Clean Wate Act sets foth specific equiements with which the City must comply on an annual basis. These equiements ae povided in the National Pollution Dischage Elimination System (NPDES) Pemit issued by the Califonia Regional Wate Quality Contol Boad. In ode to fund the sevices needed to be in compliance with this fedeally mandated pogam, the City enacted, by Odinance No. 94-7, the Stom Dainage Pollution Abatement Chage. This chage was oiginally enacted in Howeve, in compliance with the Govenment Code it is eaffimed each yea. Fo fiscal yea 2001 / 2002, the fee will emain unchanged at $21 pe equivalent dwelling unit. This fee is based on the cost of poviding the sevices equied unde the NPDES pemit, which is estimated at $2,170,000 pe yea. Motion by Smyth, second by Dacy, to waive staff pesentation. Heaing no objections, it was so odeed. Addessing the Council on this item was D. Key Clegg epesenting the Sulphu Spings School Distict. Mayo Weste closed the public heaing. Motion by Dacy, second by Kella, to adopt Resolution No establishing fees and chages fo stom dainage utility sevices fo Fiscal Yea 2001/ On oll call vote: Ayes: Smyth, Dacy, Kella, Fey, Weste Motion caied. ITEM16 PUBLIC HEARING TRANSIT MAINTENANCE FACILITY, PROJECT NO. T1007 RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION Mayo Weste opened the public heaing. Shaon Dawson, City Clek, epoted that all notices equied have been povided. Tony Nisich, Diecto of Tanspotation and Engineeing Sevices, stated that pupose of this item is to detemine if the public necessity equies the City Council to adopt a esolution authoizing condemnation poceedings fo the pupose of acquiing the inteests descibed in the daft of said esolution. In Closed Session, the Council appoved a puchase pice and would conside the puchase ageement unde Subsequent Need Item 20. Howeve, it would be pudent to poceed with adoption of the esolution. No equests to speak wee submitted on this item. 10

11 Mayo Weste closed the public heaing. Motion by Smyth, second by Fey, to adopt Resolution No authoizing the commencement of eminent domain poceedings so as to acquie popety known as Lot 2 of Tact Map No in the Rye Canyon Business Pak fo the constuction of the poposed Tansit Maintenance Facility. On oll call vote: Ayes: Dacy, Kella, Fey; Smyth, Weste Motion caied. ITEM17 PUBLIC HEARING GOLDEN VALLEY ROAD FUNDING, CONSTRUCTION, AND ACQUISITION AGREEMENT AMENDMENT Mayo Weste opened the public heaing. Shaon Dawson, City Clek, epoted that all notices equied have been povided. Steve Stak, Diecto of Administative Sevices, epoted that cuently, Phase I of Golden Valley Road is neaing completion and is expected to be finished soon. Phase II and III ae the next citical links that will extend Golden Valley noth to Soledad Canyon Road. Though seveal public poceedings, the Community Facilities Distict was fomed with the intent to issue bonds fo oad constuction. Since that time, business conditions changed, and the idea of publicly financing the oad was no longe consideed an option fo Santa Claita Business Pak. As a esult, Administative Sevices, woking with the Tanspotation and Engineeing Sevices Depatment and epesentatives fom the Santa Claita Business Pak, finalized a evised plan fo financing and constucting Golden Valley Road Phases II and m. Cal Newton, City Attoney, advised of a change to Page 3 of the esolution calling the election with egad to the time fo ballots to be etuned. Addessing the Council on this item was Lay Rasmussen epesenting Spiit Popeties Ltd. - Santa Claita Business Pak; and Cam Noltemeye. Mayo Weste closed the public heaing.,... l Motion by Smyth, second by Dacy, to adopt Resolution No. CFD calling the election. On oll call vote: Ayes: Kella, Fey, Smyth, Dacy, Weste Motion caied. 11

12 Shaon Dawson, City Clek, announced that ballots had been eceived fom the 2 popety ownes involved, voting in favo of the amendment to the CFD. Motion by Kella, second by Fey, to adopt Resolution No. CFD canvassing the election and Resolution No. CFD authoizing changes to the CFD. On oll call vote: Ayes: Fey, Smyth, Dacy, Kella, Weste Motion caied. Motion by Kella, second by Smyth, to intoduce an odinance modifying Odinance No. CFD and On oll call vote: Ayes: Smyth, Dacy, Kella, Fey, Weste Motion caied. ITEMS 19 AND 20 WERE CONSIDERED OUT OF ORDER AT THIS TIME. ITEM18 NEW BUSINESS. AW.ARD OF CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF TRANSIT SERVICE Tony Nisich, Diecto of Tanspotation and Engineeing Sevices, epoted that the cuent tansit sevice contact expies on August 4, 2001; Afte following an extensive and objective Request fo Poposals and evaluation pocess, staff seeks City Council authoization to awad a new contact coveing the peiod fom August 5, 2001 to August 4, Addessing the Council on this item was Tey Van De Aa epesenting ATC; Bill McCloud epesenting ATC; Tessa Luceo epesenting the commute ambassados; and Hunt Baly epesenting Connex. Eight witten comments wee submitted. In esponse to inquiies fom Councilmembes, Bad Beens povided infomation. Motion by Smyth, second by Kella, to continue this item.to the meeting of June 26, On oll call vote: Ayes: Fey, Smyth, Dacy; Kella, Weste Motion caied. 12

13 ITEM19 NEW BUSINESS NAMING OF THE CITY'S NEW LIBRARY FACILITY IN CANYON COUNTRY "THE CANYON COUNTRY JO ANNE DARCY LIBRARY, SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA" Mayo Lauene Weste has equested that the new facility be named the "Canyon County Jo Anne Dacy Libay, Santa Claita, Califonia" in hono of long-time Councilmembe and community activist Jo Anne Dacy. Jo Anne Dacy was the founding Pesident of the Santa Claita Valley "Fiends of the Libay" and was named "Woman of the Yea Honoee" and "Founding Pesident's Honoee." Jo Anne Dacy has woked fo and with the esidents of the Santa Claita Valley fo decades and has done a temendous amount of wok to insue the success of the Valley's libay system. Addessing the Council on this item was Ruth Ann Levison; Doothy Andeson epesenting Fiends of the Libaies; Josef Gafues; and Bad Beens epesenting SCV Committee on Aging. Two witten comments wee submitted. Motion by Smyth, second by Kella, to appove naming the City's new libay facility in Canyon County the "Canyon County Jo Anne Dacy Libay, Santa Claita, Califonia" and diect the City Manage to daft a lette to the County of Los Angeles infoming them of the facility's new name. On oll call vote: Ayes: Kella, Fey, Smyth,.Weste Abstain: Dacy Motion caied. ADDITIONAL Dm.ECTION: Staff to eseach ways to mak/peseve. histoy of Solemint Junction and Lang Station. ITEM20 SUBSEQUENT NEED TRANSIT MAINTENANCE FACILITY, PROJECT NO. F W/9 RYE SOUTH REALTY, LLC - PURCHASE AGREEMENT (SITE ACQUISITION) Though action taken ealie, this item was added to the agenda fo consideation at this time. Tony Nisich, Diecto of Tanspotation & Engineeing Sevices, povided an update to the Tansit Maintenance Facility (TMF) poject. Motion by Kella, second by Smyth, to appove the puchase ageement with W/9 Rye South Realty, LLC, a Delawae Limited Patneship, subject to Fedeal Tansit Administation (FTA) and City Attoney appoval; appopiate an additional $325,000 in local match funds fom the Tansit fund balance to Account NO. RFOOOSSOl-8620 fo popety puchase in the amount of $5,440,000, and fo escow fees not to exceed $50,000; and in consideation of 13

14 acquiing this site, appopiate $357,000 fom Poposition A fund balance to Account No. F as the 20% local match fund fo the design of the poject; and authoize the City Manage o designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attoney appoval On oll call vote: Ayes: Fey, Smyth, Dacy, Kella, Weste Motion caied. ADJOURNMENT Mayo Weste adjouned the meeting at 11:55 p.m. i memoy of: James Daniel Tune, Tim Basiliee, Chuck Clak, Stan Siead, and Don Guglielmino. The next egula meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, June 26, 2001 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambe, 1" floo of City Hall, Valencia Blvd., Santa Claita, CA. ATTEST: CITY CLERK ~"""- 14