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Due to Holiday: City Council Meeting moved to November 12, 2008
- Date: 11/12/2008 5:00 PM
44933 North Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534
Mayor /Chairman R. Rex Parris
Vice Mayor/Vice Chairman Ronald D. Smith
Council Member/Agency Director Ken Mann - Council Member/Agency Director Sherry Marquez
Council Member/Agency Director Ed Sileo
CITY COUNCIL / LANCASTER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
REGULAR MEETING
AGENDA
Wednesday
November 12, 2008
Regular Meeting – 5:00 p.m.
Council Chambers – Lancaster City Hall
The City Clerk / Agency Secretary hereby declares the agenda was posted
by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 7, 2008
at the entrance to the Lancaster City Hall Council Chambers.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
Council Members/Agency Directors: Mann, Marquez, Sileo; Vice Mayor/Vice Chairman Smith; Mayor/Chairman Parris
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PRESENTATIONS
- Recognition of Mayor’s Student Athlete – Darrin Beckett, Lancaster High School
Presenter: Mayor Parris - Oath of Office to be administered to Section 8 Commissioners Halley and Shepler
Presenter: Mayor Parris - Power Plant Presentation — Palmdale City Officials
AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED
Sometimes it is necessary to remove items from the agenda. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.
PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS
Any person who would like to address the City Council/Redevelopment Agency on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the City Clerk/Agency Secretary and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given an opportunity to address the City Council/Redevelopment Agency at the time such item is discussed. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers and your speaker card must be filled out prior to the agenda item being called. We respectfully request that you fill the cards out completely and print as clearly as possible. Following this procedure will allow for a smooth and timely process for the City Council/Redevelopment Agency meeting and we appreciate your cooperation. Individual speakers are limited to three (3) minutes each.
AGENCY ACTIONS
CONSENT CALENDAR - The Redevelopment Agency Consent Calendar may be acted upon with one motion, a second and the vote.
RCC 1. See CC 2 for the approval of the Regular Redevelopment Agency Meeting minutes of October 28, 2008.
RCC 2. Approve agreements for Acquisition of Real Properties between the Lancaster Redevelopment Agency and various agencies as part of the approved Neighborhood Foreclosure Preservation Homeownership Program and outlined in Exhibit “A” of the staff report.
RCC 3. Approve agreements for the Acquisition of Real Properties between the Lancaster Redevelopment Agency and the following companies: Antelope Valley Investment Group, Inc., a California Corporation for property located at 44245 Kingtree Avenue; Playa Azul Investments, LLC for property located at 44259 Kingtree Avenue.
RCC 4. Accept the improvements constructed by Bowe Contractors, Inc. for the expansion of the Lancaster Community Homeless Shelter; direct the City Clerk to file the Notice of Completion for the project; authorize payment of the ten percent retention, 35 days after recordation, provided no stop notices as provided by law have been filed.
RCC 5. Authorize the transfer and appropriation of low- and moderate- income Housing Funds to the City’s Capital Improvement Projects budget to facilitate City Administrative and Project Management Services relative to certain demolition and revitalization projects on behalf of the Agency within several Neighborhood Vision Plan areas. (See Staff Report)
RCC 6. Adopt Resolution No. 08-08, approving the issuance of its Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds (Arbor on Date Apartments Project), 2008 Series A (the “Bonds”) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $6,000,000.00; approving the form, execution and delivery of a Master Pledge and Assignment Agreement, Master Agency Agreement, Regulatory Agreement and Administration Agreement needed in connection with the issuance of the Bonds; authorize the execution and delivery of such other documents deemed necessary to effect the purposes related thereto.
COUNCIL ACTIONS
CONSENT CALENDAR - The City Council Consent Calendar may be acted upon with one motion, a second and the vote.
CC 1. Waive further reading of any proposed ordinances. (This permits reading the title only in lieu of reciting the entire text.)
CC 2. Approve the Redevelopment Agency / City Council Regular Meeting minutes of October 28, 2008.
CC 3. Approve the Check and Wire Registers (October 12, 2008 through October 25, 2008) in the amount of $4,651,996.26.
CC 4. Accept and approve the September 30, 2008 Monthly Report of Investments as submitted.
CC 5. Staff recommends that Mayor Parris nominate and appoint Patty Wilson to the Mobilehome Park Rent Arbitration Board and that the City Council ratify this nomination and appointment.
CC 6. Concur with and accept the appropriation of Agency funds transferred into the City’s Capital Improvement Project’s budget and direct City staff to provide the appropriate administration and project management services in conjunction with Agency demolition and revitalization projects within several Neighborhood Vision Plan areas. (See Staff Report).
CC 7. Approve and accept for maintenance the work and materials for the drainage improvements, including specific portions of off-site storm drains and channels, for Drainage Maintenance District Annexation Nos. 04-114 and 05-85, installed for: Tract No. 060147, located on the northwest corner of Avenue J and 25th Street East, Owner: Richmond American Homes of CA and Tract No. 062326, located on the south side of Avenue K-8, approximately 530 feet east of 30th Street West, Owner: AV Housing Corporation. Appropriate $3,865.52 from the first year’s maintenance cost, that have been paid by the developer, to cover the remaining seven months of the fiscal year into the Drainage Maintenance Operating Account No. 484-4743-404.
CC 8. Accept the interior street trees for maintenance by the City for: Tract No. 48534-01, located on the northeast corner of Avenue I and 35th Street East, Owner: K. Hovnanian Forecast Homes, Inc. and Tract No. 54406, located on the west side of 5th Street East, approximately 550 feet north of Avenue K, Owner: Silver Oak Estates, L.P.
CC 9. Approve and accept for maintenance the work and materials for the landscape improvements for Landscape Maintenance District No. 1, Annexation No. 326, installed for Tract No. 060987, located on the southwest corner of Avenue J and 52nd Street West, Owner: Larwin Company. Appropriate $2,034.48 from the first year’s maintenance cost, that has been paid by the developer, to cover the remaining seven months of the fiscal year into the Landscape Maintenance Operating Account No. 482-4747-402.
CC 10. Approve the completed sewer systems installed by the developer of Tract No. 54406, located on the west side of 5th Street East, approximately 550 feet north of Avenue K, Owner: Silver Oak Estates, L.P.
CC 11. Approve an agreement with Magnolia L.P., a California Limited Partnership, the developer of Tract No. 53102, to provide needed right-of-way for required street improvements and slope and drainage easements for drainage improvements, through condemnation proceedings.
CC 12. Accept the work constructed by JMR General Engineering Corp. for Public Works Construction Project No. 08-017, ADA Improvements, Avenue K-8 West; direct the City Clerk to file the Notice of Completion for the project; and authorize payment of the 10 percent retention 35 days after recordation, provided no stop notices, as provided by law, have been filed.
CC 13. Award Public Works Construction Project No. 08-022 - Pedestrian Access Improvements, to ANM Construction & Engineering, in the amount of $310,963.00 plus a 10% contingency. The project is designed to improve pedestrian access at four locations throughout the City. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to sign all documents.
CC 14. Adopt the Tax Sharing Resolutions for proposed Annexation No. 14-386 into Los Angeles County Sanitation District No. 14.
CC 15. Adopt Resolution No. 08-92, authorizing the submittal of the Rubberized Asphalt Concrete Grant Programs Application.
CC 16. Adopt Resolution No. 08-93, wherein the City Council accepts the petitions and declares an intention to initiate and conduct special assessment proceedings pursuant to the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (Division 12 of the California Streets and Highways Code), Section 10204 of the California Streets and Highways Code, and Section 4 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution for the construction of a main line sewer and formation of “Assessment District No. 08-01 - Stillmeadow Lane Sewer Project”, located on Stillmeadow Lane near the southwest corner of Avenue K and 25th Street West.
CC 17. Approve ATS Communications RFP No. 528-08 to develop and implement a Wireless Master Plan for the City of Lancaster.
CC 18. Staff recommends that Mayor Parris nominate and appoint: Alimat Adebiyi; Samantha Whitington; Freeman Lyon; Paul Daufen; Brent Chapman; Natasha Castro for the 2008-2009 Lancaster Youth Commission and that the City Council ratify the nominations and appointments.
CC 19. Appropriate $25,839.00 to Account No. 324-4820-774, Office of Traffic Safety Grant – Click It or Ticket Enforcement and increase estimated revenues in Account No. 324-3303102 – Office of Traffic Safety CT09219 in the same amount.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
PH 1. Ordinance amending Chapter 8.56 of Title 8 to the Lancaster Municipal Code establishing standards for conducting Yard Sales.
Recommendation:
Remove this matter from the agenda; staff will return to Council with information at a future meeting.
PH 2. Underground Utility District No. 2008-1/10th Street West from Avenue K-8 to Avenue M.
Recommendation:
Adopt Resolution No. 08-94, declaring its intention to create Underground Utility District No. 2008-1.
NEW BUSINESS
NB 1. Proposed amendment to the Lancaster Municipal Code Relating to Vehicles parked on a highway for over seventy-two hours.
Recommendation:
Introduce Ordinance No. 911, amending Sections 10.04.220 and 10.04.230 of the Lancaster Municipal Code relating to vehicles parked on a highway for over seventy-two hours.
NB 2. Citywide Traffic Calming Policy
Recommendation:
1. Adopt the Citywide Traffic Calming Policy as submitted and direct staff to take the necessary steps to integrate the Policy into City guidelines, procedures, standards and instructions related to access and circulation.
2. Authorize the Public Works Director to make interim changes to the Policy as deemed necessary.
3. Direct the Public Works Director to submit an annual report of traffic calming projects initiated and completed, and a list of any interim Policy changes for confirmation by the Mayor and City Council Members.
NB 3. Amendment to the Lancaster Municipal Code regarding sweeping of litter into gutters.
Recommendation:
Introduce and adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 912, amending Section 8.20.080 of Chapter 8.20 to the Lancaster Municipal Code relating to sweeping litter into gutters.
COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY MANAGER’S / EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S ANNOUNCEMENT
CITY CLERK /AGENCY SECRETARY ANNOUNCEMENT
PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS
This portion of the agenda allows an individual the opportunity to address the City Council/Redevelopment Agency on any item NOT ON THE AGENDA regarding City/Agency business and speaker cards must be submitted prior to the beginning of this portion of the Agenda. Please complete a speaker card for the City Clerk/Agency Secretary and identify the subject you would like to address. We respectfully request that you fill the cards out completely and print as clearly as possible. Following this procedure will allow for a smooth and timely process for the City Council/Redevelopment Agency meeting and we appreciate your cooperation. State law prohibits the City Council/Redevelopment Agency from taking action on items not on the agenda and your matter will be referred to the City Manager/Executive Director. Individual speakers are limited to three (3) minutes each.
COUNCIL REPORTS
COUNCIL / AGENCY COMMENTS
CLOSED SESSION
ADJOURNMENT (Agency and Council)
Pursuant to action taken by the City Council / Redevelopment Agency on August 12, 2008, there will not be a City Council / Redevelopment Agency meeting on November 25, 2008.
Next Regular Meeting:
Wednesday, December 9, 2008 - 5:00 p.m.
MEETING ASSISTANCE INFORMATION
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk Department at (661)723-6020. Services such as American Sign Language interpreters, a reader during the meeting, and/or large print copies of the agenda are available. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.
AGENDA ADDENDUM INFORMATION
On occasion items may be added after the agenda has been mailed to subscribers. Copies of the agenda addendum item will be available at the City Clerk's Department and are posted with the agenda on the windows of the City Council Chambers. For more information, please call the City Clerk’s Department at (661) 723-6020.
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