CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/
FINANCING/POWER AUTHORITY
REGULAR MEETING
AGENDA
Tuesday
February 10, 2015
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, February 6, 2015
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/Chair R. Rex Parris
Vice Mayor/Vice Chair Marvin Crist
Council Member/Agency/Authority Member Sandra Johnson
Council Member/Agency/Authority Member Ken Mann
Council Member/Agency/Authority Member Ronald D. Smith

AGENDA ITEMS TO BE REMOVED

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PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR - AGENDIZED ITEMS

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CALL TO ORDER

City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power Authority

ROLL CALL.

City Council Members / Agency Directors /Authority Members: Johnson, Mann, Smith; Vice Mayor/Vice Chair Crist, Mayor/Chair Parris

INVOCATION

Father Leo Dechant, Father Serra Parish

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

PRESENTATION

1. Recognition of Lawrence Buenaventura and Christopher Cueto, University of Antelope Valley Students
   Presenter: Mayor Parris and Council Member Johnson

SUCCESSOR AGENCY ACTIONS.

NEW BUSINESS.

SA NB 1. Reapproving the form of the 2015A and 2015B Housing Bonds Preliminary Official Statement
SA NB 1 attachment

Recommendation:

Adopt Resolution No. SA 01-15, reapproving the form of the 2015A and 2015B Housing Bonds Preliminary Official Statement to deem it final under Rule 15c2-12 and authorize certain other actions in connection therewith.

At the October 28, 2014 meeting, this board approved refunding the 2003B and 2004 Housing bonds. As one of the final steps in refunding, this board is requested to reapprove the final form of the 2015A and 2015B Housing Bonds Preliminary Official Statement ("POS"). The POS is the offering document that will be provided to potential investors in the 2015A and 2015B Housing Bonds. It includes information about the terms of the 2015A and 2015B Housing Bonds, the Successor Agency and its payment obligations with respect to these bonds, the Project Areas, the tax revenues of the Project Areas which secure the repayment of these bonds, and risks attendant to investment in the bonds. The initial form of the POS was approved by this board on October 28, 2014, by Resolution No. SA 09-14.

SA NB 2. Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule for the Period July 1 to December 31, 2015
SA NB 2 attachment

Recommendation:

Adopt Resolution No. SA 02-15, approving the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule for the period July 1 to December 31, 2015 and direct staff to bring before the Lancaster Successor Agency Oversight Board for approval.

Health & Safety Code Section 34177(m) requires the Successor Agencies of the previous redevelopment agencies to prepare Recognized Obligation Payment Schedules (ROPS) that list obligations to be paid for the coming six month period. These schedules are used by the County Auditor-Controller in determining the amount of property tax revenues to distribute to the Successor Agency.

SA NB 3. Successor Agency Budget for the Period July 1 to December 31, 2015
SA NB 3 attachment

Recommendation:

Adopt Resolution No. SA 03-15, approving the Successor Agency Budget for the period of July 1 to December 31, 2015 as detailed in Attachment A.

Health and Safety Code Section 34177(j) requires successor agencies to adopt six month budgets. The budget is developed from the enforceable obligations listed on the recognized obligation payment schedule for the period July to December 2015.

COUNCIL ACTIONS.

MINUTES

M 1. Approve the City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/ Power Authority Regular Meeting minutes of January 27, 2015.

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 January 11, 2015 through January 24, 2015 in the amount of $9,726,211.34.
CC 2 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 Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments 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 information for each expenditure is available in the Finance Department.

CC 3. Adopt Ordinance No. 1001, amending Title 9 of the Lancaster Municipal Code by adding Chapter 9.48 (Administrative Penalties for State Offenses), relating to the imposition of administrative penalties against persons who commit certain California Penal Code offenses in the City of Lancaster through the issuance of administrative citations.
CC 3 attachment

In November 2014, the California electorate approved Proposition 47, which, in part, requires that certain criminal offenses must always be charged as misdemeanors, for which offenders are subject to imprisonment in county jail rather than state prison. These changes in state law, as well as the implementation of various state- and county-wide diversion and deferral programs, result in fewer offenders being sentenced to serve time. Coupled with the already overloaded and underfunded court system, it is increasingly unlikely that criminal charges will ever be filed against persons who commit lower-level misdemeanor offenses. The concern is that some persons will be emboldened to repeatedly commit these crimes. Ordinance No. 1001 establishes an administrative penalty program relating to certain misdemeanor California Penal Code offenses, as authorized by California Government Code section 53069.4. In accordance with this Government Code section, the Ordinance expressly identifies which offenses in the California Penal Code will be subject to the administrative penalties and further sets forth the procedures for the issuance, appeal and administrative review of administrative citations, as well as the methods of collection of the penalties.

CC 4. Adopt Ordinance No. 1002, amending Title 2 of the Lancaster Municipal Code by amending Sections 2.24.070, 2.28.010, 2.28.030, 2.28.070, 2.30.030, 2.30.070, 2.34.030 and 2.34.070, deleting Sections 2.30.090 and 2.34.090, adding new Section 2.04.090 and new Chapter 2.36 in Title 2 ("Administrative And Personnel"), related to appointments and terms of appointed commissioners, and amending references throughout the Lancaster Municipal Code from the Department Of Public Works to the Department of Development Services.
CC 4 attachment

The City Attorney's office has been conducting a comprehensive review of the Lancaster Municipal Code (Code), to determine where updates and revisions may be appropriate. This is the second ordinance to be brought before Council to address these revisions.

CC 5. Adopt Resolution No. 15-03, approving a disposition strategy for the sale of single-family residences acquired under the approved Neighborhood Stabilization Program.
CC 5 attachment

The Neighborhood Stabilization Program helps to eliminate blight in the neighborhoods, and it assists the community by providing much needed affordable homeownership for families. Sale of the rehabilitated properties to homeowners will also help provide a better balance of homeowner to investor in the neighborhoods. By encouraging homeownership, the value attributed to the land as a resource increases, as the conditions of physical deterioration and blight due to poor use of the property, squatting and illegal dumping have been removed. The rejuvenation of these properties is further bolstered with the real potential of providing long-term affordable homeownership.

CC 6. Approve the developer installed sanitary sewer and accept the sewer for maintenance by the City and for public use for Private Contract No. 04-27 (Portion B), located on Avenue L, between 60^th and 67^th Streets West from Station 1+5.00 to Station 41+35.00; Owner: Richmond American Homes of CA.
CC 6 attachment

The listed sanitary sewer has been constructed and completed by the developer according to the approved plans and specifications. The work has been inspected and found to be satisfactory to the Director of Public Works.

CC 7. Award Request for Proposal #610-15, Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Master Plan, to Ryan Snyder Associates, in the amount of $178,475.00, and authorize the City Manager or his designee to sign all documents upon the execution of the grant funding agreement with the California Department of Transportation.
CC 7 attachment

On November 12, 2014, the City Council approved appropriations for $322,000.00 from the California Department of Transportation reimbursement program to be used for development of an SRTS Master Plan. The next step was to issue a Request for Proposal for an experienced consultant. After reviewing the proposal, staff feels Ryan Snyder Associates is best suited to perform this work for the City and our stakeholders.

CC 8. Lancaster Community Services Foundation funding

A. Recognize revenue in the Lancaster Community Services Foundation account 106-3208-100 (MLK Celebration Donations) in the amount of $7,000 and appropriate $7,293.74 to account 106-4808-251 from anticipated revenues and an existing Lancaster Community Services Foundation fund balance.

B. Appropriate $9,200 to account 106-4823-251 (PDW Programs) from an existing Lancaster Community Services Foundation fund balance.

The Lancaster Community Services Foundation received donations for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service program from Southern California Edison in the amount of $5,000, Eastside Elementary School in the amount of $1,500 and First City Credit Union in the amount of $500. Those donations, in addition to a fund balance in the Lancaster Community Services Foundation helped to provide supplies for volunteer service projects such as: Choose Health LA Kids Food Demonstration and Seed Planting; Eastside Elementary School Baseball Field Restoration, Pond Restoration and School Garden Installation; El Dorado Park Preschool Playground Improvement; Elm Avenue Community Garden; Grace Resource Center Ceiling Repair and the Lancaster Community Homeless Shelter Dining Refurbishment. The funding that is requested for the Prime Desert Woodland will be used for security services at the facility to protect against vandalism and graffiti as well as for landscape improvements and trail maintenance.

CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING.

CPH 1. Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Zones

CPH 1 attachment

Recommendations:

A. Adopt Resolution No. 15-04, amending the General Plan to revise the existing boundary of the Downtown Lancaster Transit Village District; amending the General Plan to revise the text of Table VIII-1, General Plan Land Use Categories, related to the MU (Mixed Use) land use designation; and amending the General Plan land use map to designate the area generally bounded by Milling Street, Sierra Highway, Avenue J, and the west side of Fern Avenue, as a combination of MU and PK (Park).

B. Introduce Ordinance No. 1003, amending Title 17 of the Lancaster Municipal Code to incorporate by reference the Lancaster TOD Zones as the development and land use regulations for the defined area, and amend the zoning map to MU-TOD to be co-terminus with the Lancaster TOD Zones.

In June 2012, the City was awarded $136,000.00 from Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (METRO), which was part of a sustainable communities grant to prepare TOD Zones for the Northeast, Southeast, and Southwest transit planning areas. The TOD Zones are intended to provide the foundation for a complementary mixture of appropriately intensive commercial and high-density residential land uses in close proximity to a defined transit facility. As proposed, the TOD Zones would cover 186 acres within the Downtown Lancaster Transit Village District, extending approximately one-half mile from the Metrolink station.

NEW BUSINESS.

NB 1. Mayors Health & Wellness Council Presentation

Recommendation:

Receive and file Mayors Health & Wellness Council Presentation

NB 2. Binding Notice of Intent for Lancaster Choice Energy
NB 2 attachment

Recommendation:

Approve the Binding Notice of Intent (BNI) in substantially the form attached hereto for Lancaster Choice Energy (LCE) for submission to the California Energy Commission (CEC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and Southern California Edison (SCE); authorize the City Manager or his designee to execute and submit all related documents.

The City of Lancaster is continuing to take steps to implement its Community Choice Aggregation program, LCE, to provide electric generation service through a suite of retail energy products to residents and businesses within city limits. The Binding Notice of Intent is the next step in this process. The BNI officially notifies the CEC, CPUC and SCE of our intent to begin serving customers as of a particular time. Although a voluntary process, it allows for greater cost savings to LCE customers.

NB 3. Thunder on the Lot - Special Event

Recommendation:

Approve the appropriation of $45,000 to Account No. 101-4688-222 to fund the City of Lancaster's portion of the partnership with Kids Charities to host the 21st annual Thunder on the Lot at Lancaster City Park on June 27 and 28, 2015.

The City of Lancaster, in conjunction with Kids Charities, will be presenting the 21st annual Thunder on the Lot onJune 27 and 28, 2015 at Lancaster City Park. This historically successful event features a motorcycle show, custom, classic and import car show, live entertainment and much more, and raises funds for local children's charities. Kids Charities serves over 25 local children's charitable organizations each year with money raised at various community activities. Through fundraisers and events, more than $4 million dollars has been raised for children of the Antelope Valley since 1995. The agreement between Kids Charities and the City of Lancaster ensures that all City funds expended for this event will be appropriately reimbursed.

COUNCIL AGENDA.

CA 1. Discussion and possible action regarding changing meeting times/days for City Council meetings
Presenter: Mayor Parris

COUNCIL REPORTS.

CR 1. Council Reports

LANCASTER HOUSING AUTHORITY

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

1. Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation: significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (2) - three potential cases.

2. Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation: consideration of initiation of litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (4) - four potential cases.

3. Conference with Legal Counsel--Existing Litigation - Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (1)

4. Coalition for Open Government v. City of Lancaster, Case No. BC499047

5. Quartz Hill Cares v. City of Lancaster, Case No. BS 122336

6. Lancaster v. Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles (HACoLA) Case No. MC023649

7. Save Our Neighborhood Group v. City of Lancaster, et al. Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BS 121501.

8. Tapola v. City of Lancaster, LASC Case No. MC 024672

9. ANTELOPE VALLEY GROUNDWATER CASES
   Included Actions:
   Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40 v. Diamond Farming Co.
   Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Case No. BC325201;
   
   Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40 v. Diamond Farming Co.
   Superior Court of California, County of Kern, Case No. S-1500-CV-254-348
   
   Wm. Bolthouse Farms, Inc. v. City of Lancaster, Diamond Farming Co. v. City of Lancaster, Diamond Farming Co. v. Palmdale Water District
   Superior Court of California County of Riverside, consolidated actions;
   Case Nos. RIC 353 840, RIC 344 436, RIC 344 668
   
   Santa Clara Case No. 1-05-CV 049053

ADJOURNMENT

Next Regular Meeting:
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 5:00 p.m.

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