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- Date: 06/09/2009 6:00 PM
- Location: Lancaster City Hall Council Chambers
44933 N. Fern Ave.
Lancaster, California 93534
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
Tuesday
June 9, 2009
Regular Meeting – 6:00 p.m.
Council Chambers – Lancaster City Hall
The City Clerk / Agency Secretary hereby declares the agenda was posted
by 6:00 p.m. on Friday, June 5, 2009
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
Commendation to Steve Fredericks, L.A County Sheriff’s Department
Recognition of the 2008/2009 Youth Commission and Teen Spotlight Award
Presenter: Bob Greene, Parks, Recreation & Arts Director
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 May 26, 2009.
RCC 2. Authorize a Professional Services Agreement with RBF Consulting to develop the Linda Verde Neighborhood Specific Area Vision Plan in an amount not to exceed $56,015.00 for Phase I. The Linda Verde Neighborhood is bounded by Division Street to Challenger Way and from Avenue I to Lancaster Boulevard.
RCC 3. Concur with the vision plan and direct staff to commence with the planning, environmental and redevelopment processes necessary to implement the Joshua Neighborhood Master Vision Plan.
RCC 4. Tax Allocation Bonds.
A. Appropriate $260,192 from the Housing Fund and $1,035,613 from tax increment funds of the Agency for the purpose of defeasing the Central Business District Tax Allocation Bonds, Issue of 1994 and $1,212,073 from the Housing Fund to defease a portion of the Amargosa Redevelopment Project, Tax Allocation Refunding Bonds, Issue of 1999.
B. Authorize the Agency’s Finance Team to obtain credit ratings from one or more nationally recognized credit rating firms, in anticipation of the (proposed) issuance of the Agency’s 2009 Tax Allocation Bonds (Housing Programs.)
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 May 26, 2009.
CC 3. Approve the Check and Wire Registers (May 10, 2009 through May 23, 2009) in the amount of $4,928,372.33.
CC 4. Accept and approve the April 30, 2009 Monthly Report of Investments as submitted.
CC 5. Approve Budget amendments as detailed on Attachment A of the Staff Report.
CC 6. Adopt Ordinance No. 918, an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Lancaster, California amending Section 12.24 of the Lancaster Municipal Code regarding Newsracks.
CC 7. Adopt Ordinance No. 921, an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Lancaster, California, repealing and amending Sections 17.04.240, 17.08.050, 17.12.050, 17.12.060, 17.16.050, 17.20.180, and 17.20.190 of Title 17 of the Lancaster Municipal Code, to regulate the use of Cargo Containers.
CC 8. Mayor Parris nominate Duke Bloom to the Lancaster Performing Arts Center Foundation Board of Directors and that the City Council ratify this nomination and appointment.
CC 9. Accept the interior street trees for maintenance by the City for Tract No. 060524, located on the east side of 60th Street West, approximately 300 feet south of Avenue K-8 (Phase 1), Owner: Richmond American Homes of CA; Tract No. 060811, located on the northeast corner of 60th Street West and Avenue K-12 (Phase 1), Owner: Richmond American Homes of CA; Tract No. 54286, located west of 25th Street West, between Avenue K-12 and Avenue K-14, Owner: Hill View Homes, Inc.; Tract No. 54369, located on the southwest corner of 70th Street West and Avenue L (Phase 1), Owner: Richmond American Homes of CA; and Tract No. 54370-01, located on the northeast corner of 72nd Street West and Hemlock Avenue (Phase 1), Owner: Richmond American Homes of CA.
CC 10. Approve the monumentation work for Tract No. 54201, located on the northeast corner of 35th Street West and Lancaster Boulevard, Owner: Pulte Homes Corporation; Tract No. 061225, located on the southeast corner of Lancaster Boulevard and 30th Street East, Owner: KB Home Greater Los Angeles, Inc., and Tract No. 061538, located on the southwest corner of Avenue L-4 and 35th Street East, Owner: Pinnacle Quartz Hill II, LLC.
CC 11. Approve the completed sewer system installed by the developer of Tract No. 061078, located on the northwest corner of 15th Street East and Avenue K-8, Owner: Richmond American Homes of CA, Inc.
CC 12. Approve the developer constructed streets and accept the streets for maintenance by the City for Tract No. 061225, located on the southeast corner of Lancaster Boulevard and 30th Street East, Owner: KB Home Greater Los Angeles, Inc.
CC 13. Approve the completed water systems installed by the developer for Tract No. 060943, located on the northwest corner of Brianna Avenue and Carol Drive (Phase 1), Owner: Richmond American Homes of CA; Tract No. 060943, located on the southwest corner of Avenue K-8 and Carol Drive (Phase 2), Owner: Plum Canyon Investments, LLC; Tract No. 061905, located on the southeast corner of Avenue K-8 and 27th Street West, Owner: RCDR Construction VI, LLC; Tract No. 061033, located on the southwest corner of 30th Street West and Avenue M, Owner: Pinnacle Quartz Hill I, LLC; and Tract No. 061538, located on the southwest corner of 35th Street West and Avenue L-4, Owner: Pinnacle Quartz Hill II, LLC.
CC 14. Approve the map and accept the dedications as offered on the map for Parcel Map No. 70476, located 331.27 feet north of Avenue L-12, on the west side of 12th Street West; approve and accept the Undertaking Agreement and Improvement Securities required as a condition of recordation of the map; make findings that this project will not violate any of the provisions of Sections 66473.5, 66474.1, and 66474.6 of the Subdivision Map Act; and instruct the City Clerk to endorse on the face of the map the certificate which embodies the approval of said map and the dedications shown thereon.
CC 15. Adopt the Tax Sharing Resolution for proposed Annexation No. 40-133 (4-197) into Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40, Antelope Valley.
CC 16. Adopt Resolution No. 09-43, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Lancaster, California, finding a severe fiscal hardship will exist if additional City property tax funds are seized and additional unfunded mandates are adopted by the State of California.
CC 17. Reject all bids for Public Works Construction Project No. 07-037, Maintenance Yard Improvements, and authorize staff to modify the plans to reduce the scope of work to meet the available budget and re-bid the modified project.
CC 18. Adopt Resolution No. 09-44, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Lancaster, California, supporting requisition of a portion of the Bureau of Reclamation allocation of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 funds. The allocation is made available to local governments for the design, and construction of water/wastewater efficiency projects. If funds are received, apply the same to the Lancaster Groundwater Recharge Pilot Project and authorize the Deputy City Manager to sign all necessary documents to obtain the funding.
CC 19. Approve Amendment #1 to the Memorandum of Understanding from Fiscal Year 2008-2009 to continue additional Section 8 Investigative Services between the Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles and the City of Lancaster for the Fiscal Year 2009-2010.
CC 20. Approve volunteer Kathleen M. Houts to fill one of the two current vacancies on the Lancaster Veterans Home Citizens Committee.
CC 21. Award Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization Department’s Piute Neighborhood Pedestrian Linear Park Project No. 09-005 to FS Construction in the amount of $243,762.00 (plus a 20% contingency.) Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to sign all documents.
CC 22. Annual Assessment of the Parking and Business Improvement District (PBID) Levy in the Lancaster Old Town Site Area.
A. Adopt Resolution No. 09-45, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Lancaster, California, declaring the intention to continue a Parking and Business Improvement District (PBID) also known as the Downtown Lancaster Business Improvement Area and set a public hearing to consider the continuation of the District.
B. Approve the District’s FY 2008-2009 Administrative Report and Financial Statements.
JOINT PUBLIC HEARINGS
JPH 1. Proposed Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Budget
Redevelopment Agency Recommendation:
Open public hearing, receive report and public testimony, close public hearing and direct staff to schedule budget adoption for June 23, 2009.
City Council Recommendation:
Open public hearing, receive report and public testimony, close public hearing and direct staff to schedule budget adoption for June 23, 2009.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
PH 1. Lancaster Municipal Code Title 17 amendment regarding additional time extensions for Conditional Use Permits and Site Plan Reviews.
Recommendation:
Introduce Ordinance No. 924, an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Lancaster, California, amending Title 17 of the Lancaster Municipal Code to modify the expiration date for conditional use permits and increasing the number of allowable time extensions for conditional use permits and site plan reviews.
NEW BUSINESS
NB 1. Amargosa Creek Underground Conveyance
Recommendation:
Award Public Works Construction Project No. 08-044 – Amargosa Creek Underground Conveyance, to Cass Construction, Inc., in the amount of $6,962,299.00, plus a 10% contingency, for the undergrounding of the Amargosa Creek from Avenue L north to 10th Street West. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to sign all documents. Approve the use of Biological Impact Funds and General Funds for the habitat mitigation set by the Department of Fish and Game for the Amargosa Creek Underground Conveyance project. Transfer $1,506,000 from Account No. 101-17SD022-924 and appropriate $1,506,000 in General Funds to Capital Improvements Budget Account No. 101-13EV001-924 and $350,000 in Biological Impact Funds to Capital Improvements Budget Account No. 224-13EV001-924.
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
CR 1. Report on the Activities of the Board of Directors for the Antelope Valley Transit Authority.
Presenter: Vice Mayor Smith
CR 2. Report on the Activities of the North County Transportation Coalition
Presenter: Council Member Mann
COUNCIL / AGENCY COMMENTS
CLOSED SESSION
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54956.9: (1 case)
ADJOURNMENT (Agency and Council)
Next Regular Meeting:
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 6:00 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
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