CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

Council Members/Agency Directors: Jeffra, Smith, Visokey; Vice Mayor/Vice Chairman Sileo; Mayor/Chairman Hearns

INVOCATION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

PRESENTATION TO/ FROM THE CITY/AGENCY

• Youth Commission Teen Spotlight Recipients

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 Redevelopment Agency/City Council on any agendized item is requested to complete a speaker card for the Secretary/City Clerk and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss. Each person will be given an opportunity to address the Redevelopment Agency/City Council at the time such item is discussed by the Redevelopment Agency/City Council. Speaker cards are available at the rear of the Council Chambers. 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.

Approve the Regular meeting minutes ofApril 24, 2007.

• RCC 1 Staff Report

• RCC 2 Staff Report

COUNCIL ACTIONS

CONSENT CALENDAR - The City Council Consent Calendar may be acted upon with one motion, a second and the vote.

Waive further reading of any proposed ordinances. (This permits reading the title only in lieu of reciting the entire text.)

Approve the Regular meeting minutes of April 24, 2007.

• CC2 Staff Report

Approve the Check and Wire Registers April 9, 2007 through April 18, 2007 in the amount of $3,533,415.84.

• CC3 Staff Report

Adopt Ordinance No. 875, an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Lancaster, California, amending Chapter 5.04 of the Lancaster Municipal Code relating to business licenses.

• CC4 Staff Report

CC 5.

Adopt Ordinance No. 876, an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Lancaster, California adding Chapter 13.09 to the Lancaster Municipal Code establishing a sewer service charge.

• CC5 Staff Report

Adopt Ordinance No. 877, an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Lancaster, California, amending Chapter 8.30 of Title 8 of the Lancaster Municipal Code pertaining to residential landscaping installation and maintenance.

• CC6 Staff Report

Approve the establishment of the City of Lancaster Fee Waiver Policy for Parks, Recreation and Arts programs.

• CC7 Staff Report

Approve the map and accept the dedications as offered on the map for Tract No. 060779, located at the northwest corner of Avenue J-8 and 32nd 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.

• CC8 Staff Report

Approve the map and accept the dedications as offered on the map for Tract No. 062306, located at the southeast corner of Avenue J-8 and Bobby Jones Drive; 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.

• CC9 Staff Report

Approve and accept for maintenance the work and materials for the drainage improvements for Drainage Maintenance District (Annexation No. 04-74) installed for Tract No. 060434, located on the north side of Avenue K, approximately 620 feet east of 50th Street West. Owner: Trimark Pacific-Lancaster 161, LLC.

• CC10 Staff Report

Approve and accept for maintenance the work and materials for the drainage improvements for Drainage Maintenance District (Annexation No. 04-57) installed for Tract No. 060435, located on the north side of Avenue K, approximately 660 feet west of 45th Street West. Owner: Trimark Pacific-Lancaster 161, LLC.

• CC11 Staff Report

Approve and accept for maintenance the work and materials for the drainage improvements for Drainage Maintenance District (Annexation No. 05-114) installed for Parcel Map No. 061707, located at the northwest corner of 50th Street West and Avenue J-8. Owner: Westside Land Investments, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company.

• CC12 Staff Report

CC 13.

Accept the interior street trees for maintenance by the City for Tract No. 060236, located at the northeast corner of Avenue K-8 and 21st Street West, Owner: KB Home Greater Los Angeles, Inc.; and Tract No. 54202, located at the southwest corner of Lancaster Boulevard and 30th Street West, Owner: West Lancaster Development, LLC.

• CC13 Staff Report

Approve and accept for maintenance the work and materials for the landscape improvements for Landscape Maintenance District No. 1, installed by the Developer of Annexation No. 285, Tract No. 060427, located at the northeast corner of 40th Street West and Avenue J-12, Owner: Lancaster Palms, LLC.

• CC14 Staff Report

Approve the developer installed sewer and accept the sewer for maintenance by the City and for public use for Tract No. 54401 (Private Contract No. 03-21) located on 60th Street West from Avenue J-8 to Avenue J-12, Owner: K. Hovnanian Forecast Homes, Inc.; Tract No. 54401 (Private Contract No 04-10) located on 60th Street West, from Avenue K to Avenue J-12, Owner: K. Hovnanian Forecast Homes, Inc.; Tract No. 54401 (Private Contract No. 03-23) located at the northeast corner of 60th Street West and Avenue K, Owner: K. Hovnanian Forecast Homes, Inc.; Tract No. 54275, located at the southeast corner of Avenue J-8 and 65th Street West, Owner: Standard Pacific Corp.; Tract No. 060502, located at the northwest corner of Avenue K and 62nd Street West, Owner: Beazer Homes Holdings Corp.; Tract No. 45474, located at the northwest corner of 65th Street West and Avenue L-8, Owner: Greystone Homes; and Permit No. 02-00043, located at 421 West Avenue M, Owner: County of Los Angeles.

• CC15 Staff Report

Approve the developer constructed streets and accept the streets for maintenance by the City for Tract No. 54197-02, located at the southeast corner of 50th Street West and Avenue J, Owner: Stratham Properties, Inc.; and Tract No. 54202, located at the southwest corner of Lancaster Boulevard and 30th Street West, Owner: West Lancaster Development, LLC.

• CC16 Staff Report

Approve the completed water systems installed by the developers for Tract No. 54197, located at the northwest corner of 47th Street West and Avenue J-8, Owner: Hearthside Homes, Inc.; Tract No. 54261, located at the southwest corner of Avenue J and 45th Street West, Owner: Western Pacific Housing, Inc.; Tract No. 52491, located east of 47th Street West at Avenue J-4, Owner: Western Pacific Housing, Inc.; Tract No. 52491-01, located at the southeast corner of Avenue J and 47th Street West, Owner: Western Pacific Housing, Inc.; and Tract No. 52491-02, located at the southwest corner of Avenue J-2 and 45th Street West, Owner: Western Pacific Housing, Inc.

• CC17 Staff Report

CC 18.

Adopt the Tax Sharing Resolution for proposed Annexation No. 352 into Los Angeles County Sanitation District No. 14.

• CC18 Staff Report

CC 19.

Transfer Ownership and Maintenance of an Existing 18 inch Sewer to the City of Palmdale, and adopt Resolution No. 07-90 transferring the ownership and maintenance of an existing 18 inch sewer to the City of Palmdale.

• CC19 Staff Report

CC 20.

Approve a Grant of Easement to Southern California Gas Company for a gas line across a portion of property acquired for drainage channel purposes, identified as Parcel B of Tract No. 060858, and authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents to complete the transaction.

• CC20 Staff Report

PH 1.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

Annual CPI Adjustment of Fee Schedule Relating to Cost of Services.

Procedure

Recommendation:

Adopt Resolution No. 07-91, rescinding Resolution No. 06-242 in its entirety and establishing the citywide fee schedule relating to cost of services.

• PH1 Staff Report

NB 1.

NEW BUSINESS

Consideration of Ordinance Concerning Eminent Domain Policy.

Procedure

Recommendation:

Introduce Ordinance No. 878, an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Lancaster, California, describing the Lancaster Redevelopment Agency’s program to acquire Real Property by eminent domain as required by Section 33342.7 of the California Health and Safety Code.

• NB1 Staff Report

CA 1.

COUNCIL AGENDA

Westside commercial development

Presenter: Council Member Sileo

CITY MANAGER’S / EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

CITY CLERK’S / AGENCY SECRETARY’S ANNOUNCEMENT

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

CLOSED SESSION

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL
PENDING LITIGATION – G.C. 54956.9
• Duarte vs. City of Lancaster
Case No. MC 016 631

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL
POTENTIAL LITIGATION (One Case)
G.C. 54956.9(c)

ADJOURNMENT (Agency and Council)

Next Regular Meeting:
Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 6:00 p.m.

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