CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2021
VIA ZOOM TELECONFERENCE
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IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE OCTOBER 13, COUNCIL MEETING
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CLOSED SESSION – 6:00 P.M.
1. Conference with Real Property Negotiator
(Gov’t Code §54956.8)
Property Address: 27040 Malibu Hills Rd., Calabasas, CA 91301
Agency Negotiator: Kindon Meik, City Manager
Negotiating Party: City of Agoura Hills
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment
2. Public Employee Performance Evaluation (Gov. Code § 54957)
Position Title: City Manager
3. Conference with Real Property Negotiator
(Gov’t Code §54956.8)
Property Address: Assessor’s Parcel Number 2080014004
Agency Negotiator: Kindon Meik, City Manager
Negotiating Party: Kristine L. Ramezani
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment
OPENING MATTERS – 7:00 P.M.
Call to Order/Roll Call of Councilmembers
Pledge of Allegiance
Approval of Agenda
PRESENTATIONS – 7:15 P.M.
- Proclamation in recognition of Indigenous People’s Day
- By Antoine Kunsch from Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains regarding defensible space and home hardening
Presentation
- Sheriff’s Crime Report - August 2021
Sheriff's Crime Report
ANNOUNCEMENTS/INTRODUCTIONS – 8:00 P.M.
ORAL COMMUNICATION – PUBLIC COMMENT – 8:10 P.M.
CONSENT ITEMS – 8:15 P.M.
1. Approval of minutes of September 28, 2021
Minutes of September 28, 2021
2. Adoption of Resolution No. 2021-1757, recognizing October as Bullying Prevention Month in the City of Calabasas
Item 2 - Staff report
Attachment - Resolution No. 2021-1757
3. Recommendation to award a five-year Professional Services Agreement (PSA) to Venco Western, Inc. For the common area landscape maintenance for Calabasas Park Estates Homeowners Association within Landscape Lighting Act District 22 in the City of Calabasas. The annual amount for the PSA is $490,000; total price for five years is not to exceed $2,450,000
Item 3 - Staff report
Attachment A - Professional Services Agreement
4. Recommendation to award a five year Professional Services Agreement (PSA) to American Heritage Landscape, LP for the common area landscape maintenance for Palatino Homeowners Association within Landscape Lighting Act District 22 in the City of Calabasas. The annual amount for the PSA is $102,600; the total price for five years is not to exceed $513,000
Item 4 - Staff Report
Attachment A - Professional Services Agreement
5. Recommendation to approve a Professional Services Agreement for $150,000 between the City of Calabasas and NBS Government Finance Group, DBA NBS
Item 5 - Staff Report
Attachment - NBS PSA
PUBLIC HEARING 8:25 P.M.
6. Consideration of City Council Resolution No. 2021-1755 to: 1) Re-certify the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR); and 2) re-adopt the 2021-2029 Housing Element update and associated Land Use Element updates to the Calabasas 2030 General Plan, consistent with statutory requirements of California Housing Element law; and, 2) Consideration by the City Council of adoption of Ordinance No. 2021-395, amending Title 17 of the Calabasas Municipal Code (CMC) to add an Affordable Housing Overlay Zone and associated development standards for qualifying housing development projects, amending other sections within Title 17 of the CMC as necessary to be consistent with the added new sections, and updating the official zoning map, all as necessary to conform with the General Plan Housing Element and related updates
At their September 13, 2021, Public Hearing, the Planning Commission recommended to the City Council certification of the Final EIR, adoption of the 2021-2029 Housing Element update and associated updates to the Land Use Element, and adoption of Ordinance No. 2021-395
Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) has been prepared and circulated in compliance with CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines.
Item 6 - Staff Report
Attachment A - City Council Resolution No. 2021-1755
Attachment B - Ordinance No. 2021-395
Attachment C - Public Comments
Response to Public Comment
CONTINUED BUSINESS 8:45 P.M.
7. Approval of amendments to the City’s adopted Story Pole Procedures
Item 7 - Staff Report
Attachment A - Amended Story Pole Procedures – Clean Copy
Attachment B - Amended Story Pole Procedures – Redline Copy
Attachment C - The City of Calabasas’s Current Story Pole Procedures
Attachment D - Planning Commission Agenda Reports from the June 18,2020, September 10, 2020 and March 4, 2021 Planning Commission meetings
Attachment E - Minutes from the June 18, 2020, September 10, 2020 and March 4, 2021 Planning Commission Meetings
Attachment F - Compiled Public Correspondence submitted for the Planning Commission meetings
Correspondence Received
8. Adoption of Resolution No. 2021-1751, authorizing remote teleconference meetings of the Calabasas City Council and City Commissions pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(e) and provide direction on when to begin holding hybrid City Council/Commission meetings enabling members of the City Council, Commissioners and the public to participate remotely or in-person
Item 8 - Staff Report
Attachment - Resolution No. 2021-1751
NEW BUSINESS – 9:15 P.M.
9. Provide direction on the reallocation of the Emergency Operations Wildfire Resiliency grant funds awarded by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (SMMC) to the City of Calabasas
Item 9 - Staff Report
Attachment - Emergency Operations Wildfire Grant Application and SMMC resolution authorizing funds to the City of Calabasas.
10. City Council consideration of the creation of a Sustainability Taskforce and appointment to such taskforce
Item 10 - Staff Report
Attachment - Council Liaisons Appointments List
INFORMATIONAL REPORTS – 9:40 P.M.
11. Check Register for the period of August 11-September 29, 2021
Check Register for the period of August 11-September 29, 2021
TASK FORCE REPORTS – 9:45 P.M.
CITY MANAGER’S REPORT – 9:50 P.M.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS – 9:55 P.M.
Future Agenda Items
ADJOURN – 10:00 P.M.
The City Council will adjourn to a regular meeting on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, at 7:00 p.m.
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