CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

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

September 11 Memorial Tribute
 - Captain Carl Deeley, Lancaster Sheriff’s Station
 - Acting Assistant Fire Chief Gerald Cosey, Los Angeles County Fire Department
 
PRESENTATIONS

Courage and Dedication Program, Council Member Jeffra
• Deputy Kelly Simon

INVOCATION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

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 of August 28, 2007.

• RCC 1 Staff Report

RCC 2.

Approve a Consulting Services Agreement between the City/Redevelopment Agency and Urban Futures, Inc. and appropriate sufficient funds from the amounts appropriated but unused for the vacant Assistant City Manager position.

• 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 August 28, 2007.

• CC2 Staff Report

Approve the Check and Wire Registers (August 12, 2007 through August 25, 2007) in the amount of $5,912,882.55.

• CC3 Staff Report

Adopt Ordinance No. 887, an Interim Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Lancaster, California, extending for ten months and fifteen days the moratorium on the conversion of any mobile home park currently existing in the City from a park occupied primarily or exclusively by residents over the age of fifty-five (55) years (senior residents) to a mobile home park allowing residents of all ages.

• CC4 Staff Report

CC 5.

Appropriate $3,789,000 to Drainage Impact Fee Refund account no. 220-17SD020-924 to refund impact fees paid by developers who have constructed Master Plan drainage facilities for which they are eligible for reimbursement.  Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to sign all documents.

• CC5 Staff Report

Approve the appropriation of $175,000 from Traffic Signal Impact Fees Fund Balance to Capital Improvements Budget Account No. 232-16TS016-924, for a new traffic signal at 20th Street West and Avenue M.  Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to sign all documents.

• CC6 Staff Report

Accept the work constructed by Sierra Cascade Construction, Inc. for Public Works Construction Project No. 05-010, Avenue J/5th Street East Drainage Improvements, 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.

• CC7 Staff Report

Reject the bid from Advanced Sewer Technologies as non-responsive and award Public Works Construction Project No. 06-050, CDBG Sewer Assessment CDBG Project 26-80, to National Plant Services Inc. in the amount of $606,111.70 plus a 10% contingency, for the cleaning, closed circuit television (CCTV) inspection, and condition assessment of up to approximately 75 miles of sanitary sewer lines in the older part of the City.  Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to sign all documents.

• CC8 Staff Report

Adopt the Tax Sharing Resolution for proposed Annexation No. 40-119 (4-184) into Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40.

• CC9 Staff Report

Approve the map and accept the dedications as offered on the map for Parcel Map No. 062251 located on the north side of Avenue L-8 between 20th Street West and 15th Street West; 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.

• CC10 Staff Report

Approve the map and accept the dedications as offered on the map for Parcel No. 068266, located east of 10th Street West and on the north side of Avenue L; 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.

• CC11 Staff Report

Approve and accept for maintenance the work and materials for the drainage improvements for Drainage Maintenance District Annexation Nos. 04-73, 05-61, 05-89, 05-108, and 05-55 installed for Tract No. 54366, located at the northwest corner of Avenue K-8 and Carol Drive, Owner:  Richmond American Homes of CA; Tract No. 061033, located at the southwest corner of 30th Street West and Avenue M, Owner:  Pinnacle Quartz Hill I, LLC; Tract No. 061078, located at the northwest corner of Avenue K-8 and 15th Street East, Owner:  Richmond American Homes of CA; Tract No. 061278, located at the northeast corner of Avenue K-8 and Challenger Way, Owner:  Richmond American Homes of CA; and Tract No. 061538, located at the southwest corner of 35th Street West and Avenue L 4, Owner:  Pinnacle Quartz Hill I, LLC.

• CC12 Staff Report

CC 13.

Accept the interior street trees for maintenance by the City for Tract No. 53190, located at the southeast corner of Avenue J and 60th Street West, Owner:  KB Home Greater Los Angeles, Inc., and Tract No. 53641, located at the southwest corner of Avenue L-8 and 75th Street West, Owner:  FR Homes, LLC.

• CC13 Staff Report

Approve the developer constructed streets and accept the streets for maintenance by the City for Parcel Map No. 27135, located at the northwest corner of Avenue L-8 and 70th Street West, Owner:  Stratham Investments, LLC; Tract No. 53190, located at the southeast corner of Avenue J and 60th Street West, Owner:  KB Home Greater Los Angeles, Inc.; and Tract No. 53641, located at the southwest corner of Avenue L-8 and 75th Street West, Owner:  FR Homes, LLC.

• CC14 Staff Report

Approve the completed water systems installed by the developer of Tract No. 60450-02, located at the southwest corner of 60th Street West and Avenue K-4, Owner:  Richmond American Homes of CA; Tract No. 060236, located at the northeast corner of 21st Street West and Avenue K-8, Owner:  KB Home Greater Los Angeles, Inc.; and Tract No. 061342, located at the southeast corner of 45th Street West and Avenue M-12, Owner:  Pinnacle Quartz Hill I, LLC.

• CC15 Staff Report

Adopt Resolution No. 07-166 amending the Compensation Schedule for the classification of GIS Specialist.

• CC16 Staff Report

Approve a Consulting Services Agreement between the City/Redevelopment Agency and Urban Futures, Inc. and appropriate sufficient funds from the amounts appropriated but unused for the vacant Assistant City Manager position.

• CC17 Staff Report

Proposed Annexations to Lancaster Drainage Benefit Assessment District

Annexation No. 07-33, Permit No. 07-00825, located at north side of Avenue K approximately 794 feet east of 35th Street East.  Owner:  Joe Rodriguez and Norma Rodriguez, husband and wife, and David Byrne and Leona Byrne, husband and wife, all as tenants in common.
Annexation No. 07-36, Permit No. 07-02377, located at east side of Division Street approximately 100 feet north of Avenue J-7.  Owner:  Wendy Betton, an unmarried woman.

A) Adopt Resolution No. 07-167, initiating proceedings for the annexation of territories to Lancaster Drainage Benefit Assessment District to be established pursuant to the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982 and California Constitution Article XIIID (Annexation Nos. 07-33 and 07-36);

B) Adopt Resolution No. 07-168, approving the Engineer's Report and the time and place for Public Hearing, and declaring its intention to annex territories into Lancaster Drainage Benefit Assessment District and to levy and collect assessments pursuant to the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982 and California Constitution Article XIIID (Annexation Nos. 07-33 and 07-36).

• CC18 Staff Report

Proposed Annexations to Lancaster Lighting Maintenance District

Annexation No. 810, Permit No. 07-00825, located at north side of Avenue K approximately 794 feet east of 35th Street East.  Owner:  Joe Rodriguez and Norma Rodriguez, husband and wife, and David Byrne and Leona Byrne, husband and wife, all as tenants in common.

Annexation No. 813, Permit No. 07-02377, located at east side of Division Street approximately 100 feet north of Avenue J-7.  Owner:  Wendy Betton, an unmarried woman.

Recommendation:

A) Adopt Resolution No. 07-169, initiating proceedings for the annexation of territories into Lancaster Lighting Maintenance District, an Assessment district established pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 and California Constitution Article XIIID (Annexation Nos. 810 and 813.)

B) Adopt Resolution No. 07-170, approving the Engineer's Report and the time and place for Public Hearing, and declaring its intention to annex territories into Lancaster Lighting Maintenance District and to levy and collect assessments pursuant to Part 2 of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California and California Constitution Article XIIID (Annexation Nos. 810 and 813.)

• CC19 Staff Report

PH 1.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

Proposed Annexations to Lancaster Drainage Benefit Assessment District
and associated assessments

Annexation No. 07-33, Permit No. 07-00825, located at north side of Avenue K approximately 794 feet east of 35th Street East.  Owner:  Joe Rodriguez and Norma Rodriguez, husband and wife, and David Byrne and Leona Byrne, husband and wife, all as tenants in common.

Annexation No. 07-36, Permit No. 07-02377, located at east side of Division Street approximately 100 feet north of Avenue J-7.  Owner:  Wendy Betton, an unmarried woman.

Procedure

Recommendation:

Adopt Resolution No. 07-171, confirming the diagrams and assessments and ordering the annexation of territories into Lancaster Drainage Benefit Assessment District and levy of assessment (Annexation Nos. 07-33 and 07-36).

• PH1 Staff Report

PH 2.

Proposed Annexations to Lancaster Lighting Maintenance District
and associated assessments

Annexation No. 810, Permit No. 07-00825, located at north side of Avenue K approximately 794 feet east of 35th Street East.  Owner:  Joe Rodriguez and Norma Rodriguez, husband and wife, and David Byrne and Leona Byrne, husband and wife, all as tenants in common.

Annexation No. 813, Permit No. 07-02377, located at east side of Division Street approximately 100 feet north of Avenue J-7.  Owner:  Wendy Betton, an unmarried woman.

Procedure

Recommendation:

Adopt Resolution No. 07-172, confirming the diagrams and assessments and ordering the annexation of territories into Lancaster Lighting Maintenance District (Annexation Nos. 810 and 813).

• PH2 Staff Report

NB 1.

NEW BUSINESS

Analysis of Professional Services and Travel, Training, Publications & Dues Expenditures Fiscal Year 2005/06 through 2007/08.

Procedure

Recommendation:

Receive and file report from staff regarding professional services and travel, training, publications and dues expenditures from FY 2005/06 through 2007/08.

• NB 1 Staff Report

NB 2.

Introduction to the Strong Neighborhood Initiative.

Procedure

Recommendation:

Receive Presentation.

• NB 2 Staff Report

NB 3.

High Desert Corridor – Joint Powers Authority.

Procedure

Recommendation:

Approve a letter of proxy authorizing James R. Williams, Public Works Director, to act on behalf of Authority board member Henry W. Hearns, and alternate Councilmember Ronald D. Smith, at the September 13, 2007 Authority board meeting.

• NB 3 Staff Report

CA 1.

COUNCIL AGENDA

Discussion of water banking and related issues.

Presenter:  Council Member Jeffra

CITY MANAGER’S / EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

CITY CLERK’S / AGENCY SECRETARY’S 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. Please complete a speaker card for the City Clerk / Agency Secretary and identify the subject you would like to address. State law prohibits the City Council / Redevelopment Agency from taking action on items not on the agenda. Your matter will be referred to the City Manager / Executive Director. Individual speakers are limited to three (3) minutes each.

COUNCIL / AGENCY COMMENTS

CLOSED SESSION

(1) Government Code Section 54956.8

CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR – NEGOTIATIONS WILL INCLUDE BOTH PRICE AND TERMS

APN: 3133-024-013 and 016

Parties: North Downtown Renual LP; Scott Ehrlich; Steve Eglash

PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS : City Manager, Assistant City Manager, City Attorney


(2) Government Code Section 54956.8

CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR – NEGOTIATIONS WILL INCLUDE BOTH PRICE AND TERMS

Property:  Amargosa Creek Channel

Parties:  Kaiser Hospital; L Street Properties, LLC; Jim Wood; Sandy Yavetz; Brit Smith; Mike Taheri

PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS : City Manager, Assistant City Manager, City Attorney

ADJOURNMENT (Agency and Council)

Next Regular Meeting:
Tuesday, September 25, 2007, 6:00 p.m.

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