Santa Clarita — 2024-12-10

1. FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 MID-YEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS - As the\norganization approaches the middle of the fiscal year, it is standard procedure to perform\na mid-year review of the City's budgetary and financial position to ensure any deviations\nfrom the initial budget projections are proactively addressed. Staff also reviews requests\nfor appropriations to address new priorities that are unfunded or under-funded.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\nCity Council and the City Council acting as Successor Agency to the Former\nRedevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clarita:\n1. Adopt a resolution amending the budgets for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 and Fiscal Year\n2024-2025.

10. Authorize an expenditure in an amount of $76,529.25 to purchase the maintenance\naccess easement on Assessor Parcel Number 2836-002-046.

11. Appropriate one-time funds in the amount of $435,000 from the Measure W Safe,\nClean Water Fund (Fund 271) to Via Princessa Park, Project P3033, expenditure\naccount P3033271-516101 and decrease expenditure account P3033259-516101 to\nthe Miscellaneous Grant Fund (Fund 259) by $435,000.

12. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City\nAttorney approval.\n8. THE RINK SPORTS PAVILION - PHASE II, PROJECT P3034 - PLANS AND\nSPECIFICATIONS, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, AND PROFESSIONAL\nSERVICES CONTRACTS - This item considers awarding a construction contract and\nprofessional services contracts for The Rink Sports Pavilion project. The improvements\ninclude a 25,000-square-foot building, spectator seating, an audio/disc jockey booth with\nsound and lighting system, a full commercial kitchen with a designated special event\narea, and landscaping.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\nCity Council:\n1. Approve the plans and specifications for The Rink Sports Pavilion – Phase II, Project\nP3034.\n2. Award the construction contract to AMG and Associates, Inc., in the amount of\n$21,553,000 and authorize a contingency in the amount of $2,155,300, for a total\ncontract amount not to exceed $23,708,300.\n3. Award a professional services contract to Willdan Engineering to provide labor\ncompliance services, in the amount of $40,550 and authorize a contingency in the\namount of $4,055 for a total contract amount not to exceed $44,605.\n4. Award a professional services contract to Twining, Inc., to provide special\ninspections and material testing services in the amount of $348,631 and authorize a\ncontingency in the amount of $34,863, for a total contract amount not to exceed\n$383,494.\n5. Extend the current professional services contract and authorize an increased\nexpenditure authority for construction support services with Anil Verma Associates,\nInc., in the amount of $621,878 and authorize a contingency in the amount of\n$62,188, for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $2,396,653.\n6. Extend the current professional services contract and authorize an increased\nexpenditure authority for construction management services with RP Development\nServices, in the amount of $309,925 and authorize a contingency in the amount of\n$30,993, for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $918,167.\n7. Extend the current professional services contract and authorize an increased\nexpenditure authority for geotechnical construction support services with RT\nFrankian and Associates, in the amount of $60,000 and authorize a contingency in\nthe amount of $6,000, for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $166,140.\n8. Appropriate one-time funds in the amount of $300,000 from the Facilities Fund\n(Fund 723) to The Rink Sports Pavilion, Project P3034, expenditure account\nP3034723-516101.\n9. Appropriate one-time funds in the amount of $219,936 to The Rink Sports Pavilion\nArt account A3004602-516101; increase Facilities Fund transfers out account\n7239500-710602 and transfers in account 602-600723 by $219,936.\n10. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City\nAttorney approval.\n9. CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE AND DELIVERY OF THREE LOCAL\nHYDROGEN FUEL CELL ELECTRIC BUSES - Council to consider awarding a\ncontract to New Flyer of America Corporation for the purchase and delivery of three\nhydrogen fuel cell electric transit buses.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\nCity Council approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a contract\nwith New Flyer of America Corporation for the purchase of three hydrogen fuel cell\nelectric buses, training, and spare parts in an amount not to exceed $4,803,192, or modify\nthe award in the event issues of impossibility of performance arise, subject to City\nAttorney approval.\n10. BEGONIAS LANE PARK PLAYGROUND RENOVATION- PROJECT P3036\nDESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT - This item considers award of a\ndesign/build contract for the playground renovation at Begonias Lane Park.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\nCity Council:\n1. Award a design-build contract to Great Western Installations, Inc., to design and\nbuild a play area at Begonias Lane Park in the amount of $1,013,043 and authorize a\ncontingency in the amount of $101,304, for a total contract amount not to exceed\n$1,114,347.\n2. Find the Begonias Lane Park Play Area exempt from review under the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act pursuant to Title 14 of the California Code of\nRegulations, Article 19, Section 15301.\n3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City\nAttorney approval.\nThis time has been set aside for any speakers that have turned in speaker cards and were not\nheard in the first thirty minutes allotted to address the City Council on items that are NOT on the\nagenda. Speaker cards may not be submitted relating to any items listed on the agenda.\nSTAFF COMMENTS\nFUTURE MEETINGS\nThe next regular meeting of the City Council will be held January 14, 2025, at 6:00 PM in the\nCouncil Chambers, 1st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA.\nCERTIFICATION\nOn December 5, 2024, I, Mary Cusick, do hereby certify that I am the duly appointed and\nqualified City Clerk for the City of Santa Clarita and that the foregoing agenda was posted at\nCity Hall.\n_____________________________\nMary Cusick\nCity Clerk\nSanta Clarita, California

2. Adopt a resolution amending the classification plan and salary schedules, providing\nchanges to benefit contributions for employees and retirees, and establishing a\nretirement health savings program for employees of the City of Santa Clarita.

3. Adopt a resolution to authorize a loan from the General Fund (100) to the Eastside\nBridge & Thoroughfare District Fee Fund (452) in the amount of $7,000,000.\nCONSENT CALENDAR\nAll matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted by one\nmotion by the City Council. The items are not individually discussed by the City Council unless\na request is made by a member of the public or the Council, in which case, the item(s) will be\nremoved from the Consent Calendar and will be considered separately.

4. CHECK REGISTER NO. 25 - Check Register No. 25 for Period 11/01/24 through\n11/14/24 and 11/21/24. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 11/04/24 through\n11/15/24.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\nCity Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register\nNo. 25.

5. FEDERAL ADVOCACY SERVICES: MMO PARTNERS CONTRACT - The City\nof Santa Clarita retains the services of the Washington, D.C. based firm MMO Partners\nfor federal legislative advocacy services. The firm’s current contract expires on\nDecember 31, 2024. The City Council is requested to consider awarding a new two-year\ncontract for the period of January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2026, concurrent with\nthe term of the 119th Congress.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\nCity Council:\n1. Award a two-year contract to MMO Partners for federal advocacy services for the\nperiod of January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2026, concurrent with the term of\nthe 119th Congress, in the amount not to exceed $77,000 annually.\n2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated\ndocuments subject to City Attorney approval.

6. SANTA CLARITA 2025 EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM - This\ndocument will provide guidance to City of Santa Clarita (City) staff on legislative and\nregulatory issues of interest to the City Council and assist City staff in conducting\nlegislative advocacy at the federal and state levels.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\nCity Council adopt the Santa Clarita 2025 Executive and Legislative Platform.

7. VIA PRINCESSA PARK, PROJECT P3033 - GRANT FUND AGREEMENT,\nLICENSE AGREEMENT, EASEMENTS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL\nMITIGATION CREDITS - This item considers executing the Measure W Fund\nTransfer Agreement with the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, the License\nAgreement with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, sewer\neasements with the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District, and maintenance access\neasements with adjacent property owners, and authorizes the purchase of environmental\nmitigation credits for the project.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\nCity Council:\n1. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute the Fund Transfer Agreement and\nany associated addendums with the Los Angeles County Flood Control District for\nMeasure W Safe, Clean Water Program funding, subject to City Attorney approval.\n2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute the License Agreement with the\nLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the Via Princessa\nPark pedestrian and vehicle undercrossing, subject to final modifications and City\nAttorney approval.\n3. Authorize the purchase of 0.83 acres of mitigation credits from Land Veritas\nCorporation in the amount of $404,000 and authorize the City Manager or designee to\nexecute the Agreement for Sale of Credits, subject to City Attorney approval.\n4. Authorize the City Manager or designee to grant easements to the Santa Clarita\nValley Sanitation District of Los Angeles County for sewer alignment and access.\n5. Authorize the City Manager or designee to accept the quitclaim easement from Santa\nClarita Valley Sanitation District of Los Angeles County to the City of Santa Clarita\non property owned by the City of Santa Clarita, Assessor’s Parcel Number 2836-002-\n922.\n6. Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a transfer of the City\nof Santa Clarita’s easement on Assessor’s Parcel Number 2836-001-035, to the Santa\nClarita Valley Sanitation District.\n7. Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a no-fee bill of sale\nto transfer ownership to the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District of approximately\n22 feet of an existing City-owned sewer, located on property owned by the City of\nSanta Clarita, Assessor’s Parcel Number 2836-002-922.

8. Authorize the City Manager or designee to accept a grant of easement from Cordova\nAssociates, Assessor Parcel Number 2836-001-035, for the City of Santa Clarita-\nowned sanitary sewer, appurtenant structures, and ingress and egress purposes.

9. Authorize the City Manager or designee to accept on behalf of the public an offer of\ndedication and grant of easement for maintenance access purposes on Assessor Parcel\nNumbers 2836-002-046 and 2836-001-034.