Santa Clarita — 2025-05-27

1.\nFISCAL YEAR 2025-26 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET AND CAPITAL\nIMPROVEMENT PROGRAM - The proposed Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget was\ndiscussed with the City Council along with the Planning Commission; the Parks,\nRecreation, and Community Services Commission; and the Arts Commission on April\n29, 2025. In addition, on May 20, 2025, the Planning Commission made a finding by\nminute action that the Draft Fiscal Year 2025-26 Capital Improvement Program is\nconsistent with the City of Santa Clarita's General Plan. The requirements outlined in\nAssembly Bill 2561 are met within the proposed budget.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\nCity Council and City Council acting as Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment\nAgency of the City of Santa Clarita conduct a public hearing on the proposed Fiscal Year\n2025-26 Annual Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Program and schedule the\nbudget for adoption at the June 10, 2025, City Council meeting.

10.\nFISCAL YEAR 2025-26 ANNUAL LEVY FOR OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION\nDISTRICT - Consideration and adoption of resolutions associated with the annual\nprocess of ordering, approving, and setting the public hearing on the annual levy of the\nOpen Space Preservation District as required by the Landscaping and Lighting Act of\n1972.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\nCity Council adopt a resolution declaring the City's intention to levy assessments,\npreliminarily approve an Engineer's Report in connection with the Open Space\nPreservation District for Fiscal Year 2025-26, and set a public hearing for June 10, 2025.

11.\nCONTRACT WITH INNOVATIVE INTERFACES, INCORPORATED, FOR\nPOLARIS INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM - Council consideration for the\nadoption of new five-year contract with Innovative Interfaces, Inc., for Polaris Integrated\nLibrary System.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\nCity Council:\n1. Award a five-year contract to Innovative Interface, Inc., for the Polaris integrated\nlibrary system in the amount not to exceed $836,098.\n2. Appropriate funding in the amount of $31,402 to Library Fund (Fund 309)\nContractual Services Account 3098200-516101 for Fiscal Year 2025-26, $12,192 for\nFiscal Year 2026-27, $16,920 for Fiscal Year 2027-28, $21,789 for Fiscal Year 202829, and $26,805 for Fiscal Year 2029-30, contingent upon the appropriation of funds\nby the City Council during the annual budget process for such fiscal year.\n3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated\ndocuments, subject to City Attorney approval.

12.\n2025 MUNICIPAL CODE UPDATES - SECOND READING - City Council\nconsideration in adopting the proposed amendments to the City of Santa Clarita's Unified\nDevelopment Code to address state legislation and other recommended changes.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\nCity Council adopt an ordinance entitled: “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL\nOF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING MASTER CASE\n24-112, CONSISTING OF UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE 24-001 (UDC24-001)\nAND SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT 24-001 (SP24-001), AMENDING THE SANTA\nCLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE, OLD TOWN NEWHALL SPECIFIC PLAN, LYONS\nCORRIDOR PLAN, AND SOLEDAD CANYON ROAD CORRIDOR PLAN AS\nSHOWN IN EXHIBITS A-H,” waive reading of the text and consent to read by title\nonly, as listed on the agenda.

13.\nCONTRACT WITH GILLIG CORPORATION FOR THE MANUFACTURING\nAND DELIVERY OF TWO CNG BUSES - City Council consider awarding a contract\nto Gillig Corporation for the manufacturing and delivery of two 29-foot Compressed\nNatural Gas buses.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\nCity Council:\n1. Award a contract to Gillig Corporation for the purchase of two 29-foot Compressed\nNatural Gas buses, for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,850,357.\n2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated\ndocuments, and modify the award in the event of issues of impossibility of\nperformance arise, subject to City Attorney 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

2.\nANNUAL ADJUSTMENT OF FEES AND AMENDMENTS TO THE FEE\nSCHEDULE - Council consideration for Fiscal Year 2025-26 staff recommendations on\ndevelopment-related fees and charges, to be increased by the December year-end\nConsumer Price Index for the urban consumers of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim\narea. The percentage increase, as reported by the United States Department of Labor, is

3.42 percent.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\nCity Council:\n1. Conduct the public hearing on the proposed fee adjustments.\n2. Adopt a resolution establishing a schedule of fees and charges for City services.\n3.\n2025-26 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN - Public Hearing regarding the approval of the\n2025-26 Annual Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant and Home\nInvestment Partnerships Act Program.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\nCity Council approve the 2025-26 Annual Action Plan for the Community Development\nBlock Grant and Home Investment Partnerships Act Programs.

4.\nMETROWALK SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT (MASTER CASE 24-230) Public Hearing regarding the applicant, BluMax Santa Clarita, LLC, requesting\namendments to the MetroWalk Specific Plan.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\nCity Council:\n1. Conduct a public hearing.\n2. Determine that the project is consistent with the Addendum to the Sustainable\nCommunities Environmental Assessment, prepared pursuant to the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act Guidelines, and that the project would not result in any\nnew significant impacts and would not substantially increase the severity of any\npreviously identified impacts.\n3. Introduce and pass to second reading, an ordinance entitled: “THE METROWALK\nSPECIFIC PLAN (MASTER CASE 24-230, SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT (24002),” to allow duplexes and detached condos, eliminate planning areas, reduce the\nsetbacks between units, and adjust the timing for the construction of the senior\naffordable units. Waive reading of the text and consent to read by title only, as listed\non the agenda.\nNEW BUSINESS

5.\nSOLID WASTE FRANCHISE EXTRAORDINARY RATE ADJUSTMENT Council consideration that due to the closure of the Chiquita Canyon Landfill, Burrtec\nWaste Industries, Inc., (Burrtec) must transport waste to a disposal facility in Sun Valley.\nAs a result of the increased disposal and operating costs, Burrtec has requested an\nextraordinary rate adjustment to cover these additional expenses.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\nCity Council:\n1. Adopt a resolution approving the Second Amendment to the Franchise Agreement\nbetween the City of Santa Clarita and Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc., for the Provision\nof Garbage, Recyclable Materials, and Organic Waste Collection Services dated\nNovember 12, 2024, and certain revised solid waste rates for services beginning July\n1, 2025.\n2. Authorize the City’s consent, at the request of Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc., for\nearly termination of their continuation rights for waste collection services in the\nTesoro Del Valle annexation area.\n3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated\ndocuments, subject to City Attorney approval.

8.\nCHECK REGISTER NO. 11 - Check Register No. 11 for Period 04/18/25 through\n05/01/25 and 05/08/25. Electronic Funds Transfers for the Period 04/21/25 through\n05/02/25.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\nCity Council approve and ratify for payment the demands presented in Check Register\nNo. 11.

9.\nRESOLUTIONS INITIATING THE ANNUAL LEVY OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS\nFOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 - The item considers this procedural matter required by\nstate law and orders, approves, and sets the public hearing for the annual levy of the\nLandscape and Lighting District, Drainage Benefit Assessment Areas, Golden Valley\nRanch Open Space Maintenance District, and the Tourism Marketing District.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\nCity Council:\n1. Adopt resolutions declaring the City’s intention to levy assessments, preliminarily\napprove Engineer’s Reports in connection with Special Districts for Fiscal Year\n2025-26, and set a public hearing for June 10, 2025.\n2. Adopt the annual report for the Tourism Marketing District, adopt a resolution of\nintent to continue a Business Improvement Area in the City of Santa Clarita\ndesignated as the Tourism Marketing District, and set a public hearing for June 10,\n2025.