5-8-12 CC-Agency-Authority Minutes

CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/
FINANCING/HOUSING/POWER AUTHORITY
REGULAR MEETING
AGENDA

Tuesday
May 8, 2012
Regular Meeting – 5:00 p.m.
Council Chambers – Lancaster City Hall
The City Clerk/Agency/Authority Secretary hereby declares the agenda was posted
by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 4, 2012
at the entrance to the Lancaster City Hall Council Chambers.
44933 Fern Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534

LEGISLATIVE BODY

City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power Authority

Mayor/Chairman R. Rex Parris
Vice Mayor/Vice Chairman Ronald D. Smith
Council Member/Agency/Authority Member Marvin Crist
Council Member/Agency/Authority Member Sandra Johnson
Council Member/Agency/Authority Member Ken Mann

Housing Authority

Chair Kitty Kit Yee Szeto
Vice Chairman Ronald D. Smith
Authority Member Marvin Crist
Authority Member Cassandra Harvey
Authority Member Ken Mann

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
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CALL TO ORDER
City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Housing/Power Authority

ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE TO NEW MAYOR ELECT
Presenter: Geri K. Bryan, City Clerk
? R. Rex Parris, Mayor Elect (four-year term)

ROLL CALL
City Council/Authority Members: Crist, Johnson, Mann; Vice Mayor/Vice Chairman Smith, Mayor/Chairman Parris

ROLL CALL
Housing Authority Members: Crist, Harvey, Mann; Vice Chairman Smith; Chair Szeto

INVOCATION
Pastor Kelly Leary, Grace Evangelical Church

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

PRESENTATIONS

1. Recognition of the Antelope Valley Children’s Choir
   Presenter: Mayor Parris
2. Louis V. Bozigian Gift of the Arts Award – Kara Slocum
   Presenter: Vice Mayor Smith

HOUSING AUTHORITY ACTIONS

MINUTES

HM 1. Approve the Housing Authority Regular Meeting minutes of April 24, 2012.

COUNCIL ACTIONS

MINUTES

M 1. Approve the City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power Authority Regular Meeting minutes of April 24, 2012.

CONSENT CALENDAR

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 Check and Wire Registers for March 11, 2012 through April 7, 2012 in the amount of $5,039,737.60. This item was continued from the meeting of April 24, 2012.
CC 2 attachment

CC 3. Approve the Check and Wire Registers for April 8, 2012 through April 21, 2012 in the amount of $4,294,852.93.
CC 3 attachment

At each regular City Council Meeting, the City Council is presented with the financial claims (invoices) against the City for purchase of materials, supplies, services, and capital projects for checks and wires issued the prior two to three weeks. This process provides the City Council the opportunity to review the expenses of the City. The justifying backup for each expenditure is available in the Finance Department.

CC 4. Accept and approve the March, 2012, Monthly Report of Investments as submitted.
CC 4 attachment

Each month, the Finance Department prepares a report listing the investments for all the separate entities under jurisdiction of the City as identified in the City’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. These component units include: the City of Lancaster, the former Lancaster Redevelopment Agency, and the Lancaster Housing Authority.

CC 5. Approve the map and accept the dedications as offered on the map; Parcel Map No. 71248, located on the northwest corner of 57th Street West and Avenue L-8, owned by the Yvonne Lane; 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 5 attachment

The Final Map is in substantial conformance with the approved tentative map. Parcel Map No. 71248 has been examined by the City Engineer and is ready for Council approval.

CC 6. Approve the additional appropriation of $10,613.78 in Grant Funds from the Cycle 15 California Integrated Waste Management Board Used Oil Grant to Revenue Account No. 331-3306-778 and corresponding Expense Account No. 331-4740-778.

The City of Lancaster is awarded Used Oil Grant Funds on an annual basis from the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) to fund education and awareness programs for the proper disposal of used oil and to provide opportunities for citizens to dispose of their used oil at certified collection centers. In 2010, the City did not expend the full grant amount it was awarded. This has resulted in $10,613.78 in grant funding available to the City. The appropriation of this funding will allow the City to expend the remainder of our awarded grant funding towards eligible oil recycling activities in accordance with the guidelines set forth by CIWMB.

CC 7. Approve the Sub-Recipient Agreement between the City of Lancaster and the Housing Rights Center to provide fair housing services to the residents of Lancaster for the 2012 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program Year.

The City's existing Sub-Recipient Agreement ("Agreement") with the Housing Rights Center stipulates under Section 9 that the Agreement can be renewed on an annual basis (July 1 through June 30), by the mutual written consent of both parties. As a result, a letter was received from the Executive Director of the Housing Rights Center, dated February 13, 2012, stating their desire to continue to provide fair housing services to the City of Lancaster.

PUBLIC HEARING

PH 1. General Plan Amendment 12-01 and Zone Change 12-01, a total of 64± gross acres, as follows: 9± gross acres at the northeast corner of 3rd Street East and Kettering Street (Site 1); 55± gross acres at the southeast corner of Division Street and Avenue H-8 (Site 2).
PH 1 attachment

Recommendation:

1. Adopt Resolution No. 12-21, amending the General Plan land use designation on the subject properties from a combination of UR (Urban Residential, 2.1 to 6.5 dwelling units per acre), O (Open Space), C (Commercial), and OP (Office Professional), to P (Public Use) and UR (Urban Residential).
2. Introduce Ordinance No. 978, rezoning the subject properties from a combination of R-7,000 (single family residential, one dwelling unit per 7,000 square feet), PK (Park), CPD (Commercial Planned Development), S (School), and OP (Office Professional), to P (Public Use) and R-7,000.

The Lancaster Power Authority (LPA) entered into a Master Solar Power Purchase and Sale Agreement with US Topco Energy, LLC, on June 28, 2011, to produce up to 200 MW of solar energy. As part of this agreement, these two sites, owned by the City of Lancaster, were identified for consideration. Site 1 is a vacant site, approximately 9 acres, located at the northeast corner of Kettering Street and 3rd Street East. Site 2 is approximately 16 acres, located at the southeast corner of Division Street and Avenue H-8, and is a portion of the former fairgrounds.

NEW BUSINESS

NB 1. Approval of AVTA amended and restated JPA
NB 1 attachment

Recommendation:
Approve the Antelope Valley Transit Authority (AVTA) Amended and Restated Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement between the County of Los Angeles, the City of Palmdale, and the City of Lancaster creating an agency to be known as the Antelope Valley Transit Authority and authorize the City Manager or his designee to sign the agreement.

This action is to amend and restate the original agreement to be in compliance with State law by designating the member jurisdiction whose statutory mode applies to the AVTA, to revise provisions regarding the Executive Director’s spending limit authority, and to eliminate provisions allowing for the involuntary termination of a member by the other members.

NB 2. Council Member Committee Assignments

Recommendation:
Discuss and consider appointments to various committees/organizations.

As part of the reorganization of the City Council, there are legislative bodies that require by statute or by agreement (i.e. JPA) appointments to committees and/or organizations by the Council.

COUNCIL AGENDA

CA 1. Discussion of Planning Commission appointments and Council position nominations
Presenter: Mayor Parris

CA 2. Discussion of High Desert Power Authority’s Board of Director’s appointments
Presenter: Mayor Parris

COUNCIL REPORTS

CR 1. Report on the Activities of the Board of Directors for District No. 14 of the County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County – March 22, 2012 meeting
Presenter: Vice Mayor Smith

CR 2. Report on the Activities of the Board of Directors for District No. 14 of the County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County – April 19, 2012 meeting
Presenter: Vice Mayor Smith

LANCASTER SUCCESSOR AGENCY
No action required at this time.

LANCASTER FINANCING AUTHORITY
No action required at this time.

LANCASTER POWER AUTHORITY
No action required at this time.

CITY MANAGER / EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANNOUNCEMENTS

CITY CLERK / AGENCY / AUTHORITY SECRETARY ANNOUNCEMENT

PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS
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COUNCIL / AGENCY COMMENTS

CLOSED SESSION

ADJOURNMENT (Agency, Council and Authority)
Next Regular Meeting:
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 5:00 p.m.

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