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City Council Meeting

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 
REGULAR MEETING – WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2021
VIA ZOOM TELECONFERENCE
www.cityofcalabasas.com

Updated August 20, 2021 to add a third closed session item.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AUGUST 25, COUNCIL MEETING

This meeting is being conducted utilizing teleconferencing and electronic means consistent with Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N-29-20, regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The live stream of the meeting may be viewed on the City’s CTV Channel 3 and/or online at www.cityofcalabasas.com/ctvlive. In accordance with the Governor’s Executive Order, the public may participate in the meeting using the following steps: 
 
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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. Conference with Legal Counsel
Recommended Action: 
Conference with Legal Counsel; Initiation of Litigation
(Gov. Code § 54956.9(d)(4))
Number of Potential Cases: 1

3. Conference with Legal Counsel; Existing Litigation
(Gov. Code § 54956.9(d)(1))
The City Council finds, based on advice from legal counsel, that discussion in open session will prejudice the position of the local agency in the litigation.
The case name is unspecified because disclosure would jeopardize service of process

 

OPENING MATTERS – 7:00 P.M. 

  • Call to Order/Roll Call of Councilmembers
  • Pledge of Allegiance
  • Approval of Agenda

PRESENTATIONS – 7:15 P.M. 

  • By the Clean Power Alliance regarding their Communications Plan for the City’s October 100% Green default rate change 

Presentation

ANNOUNCEMENTS/INTRODUCTIONS – 7:45 P.M.

ORAL COMMUNICATION – PUBLIC COMMENT – 7:55 P.M.

CONSENT ITEMS – 8:05 P.M.

1. Approval of minutes of August 11, 2021

Minutes of August 11, 2021

2. Adoption of Resolution No. 2021-1742, rescinding Resolution No. 2021-1740 and approving a salary schedule for permanent employees

Item 2 - Staff Report
Attachment - Resolution No. 2021-1742

3. Consider Engagement Letter with Rogers, Anderson, Malody & Scott LLP (RAMS) for the annual audit of the Financial Statements for June 30, 2021 

Item 3 - Staff Report
Attachment 1 - RAMS Engagement Letter, dated May 14, 2021
Attachment 2   RAMS letter regarding financial statement audit, compliance audit and planned scope and timing of the audit, dated May 14, 2021

4. Adoption of Resolution No. 2021-1746, establishing the amount and procedure for health benefit reimbursement for management retirees and rescinding Resolution No. 2021-1723

Item 4 - Staff Report
Attachment - Resolution No. 2021-1746

5. Recommendation to approve a contract amendment for Venco Western, Inc. to provide regular required monthly and authorized unexpected emergency work for Palatino HOA Zone 14 landscape maintenance of common benefit Areas within Landscape Maintenance District 22 and Common Areas of specified homeowner association within Landscape Lighting Act District 22 in the City of Calabasas

Item 5 - Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Contract with Venco Western, Inc.
Attachment 2 - Amendment No. 1 to the Contract with Venco Western, Inc.

6. Recommendation to approve a contract amendment for Venco Western, Inc.  to provide regular required monthly and authorized unexpected emergency work for Calabasas Park Estates HOA Zone 08 landscape maintenance of common benefit areas within Landscape Maintenance District 22 and Common Areas of specified homeowner association within Landscape Lighting Act District 22 in the City of Calabasas

Item 6 - Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Contract with Venco Western, Inc.
Attachment 2 - Amendment No. 1 to the Contract with Venco Western, Inc.

7. Authorization to approve and add Amendment No. 1, for additional funding in the amount of $205,000 to the professional services agreement with Azteca Landscape for regular monthly landscape maintenance and authorized unexpected emergency work of common areas outside individual homeowner associations and commercial properties within Landscape Maintenance Districts 24, 27, and 32 in the City of Calabasas

Item 7 - Staff Report
Attachment 1  - Amendment No. 1
Attachment 2 - City of Calabasas LMD Map of 24, 27, and 32
Attachment 3 - Current Professional Services Agreement

8. Letter objecting to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) flight patterns allowing more flights over Calabasas and expressing support for H.R. 4892

Item 8 - Staff Report
Attachment A - Letter in support of H.R. 4892
Attachment B - H.R. 4892

Public Correspondence Received 

CONTINUED BUSINESS – 8:20 P.M.

9. Adoption of Ordinance No. 2021-394, adding Calabasas Municipal Code Chapter 9.38 “Use of the Public Rights of Way and Protection of Schoolchildren, Bus Stops, Critical Infrastructure and Wildlife Areas;” Adoption of Resolution No. 2021-1748, designating Critical Infrastructure; Adoption of Resolution No. 2021-1749, designating School Routes; and approval of a professional services agreement with San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center, Inc. to provide interim housing and support service to unhoused persons in Calabasas

Item 9 - Staff Report
Attachment 1 - DRAFT Professional Services Agreement with San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center Inc.
Attachment 2 - City Council Ordinance No. 2021-394 (Right of Way Ordinance)
Attachment 3 - City Council Resolution No. 2021-1748 (Critical Infrastructure)
Attachment 4 - City Council Resolution No. 2021-1749 (School Routes)

Presentation

10. Consider funding request from Kelley Fries for the 2021 Calabasas Film Festival 

Item 10 - Staff Report
Attachment - Letter from Kelley Fries, Calabasas Film Festival Co-Founder/Director

NEW BUSINESS – 9:00 P.M.

11. Sheriff’s Crime Report - July 2021

Item 11 - Staff Report

12. Adoption of Resolution No. 2021-1747, establishing the amount and procedure for Cost Allocation Plan 

Item 12 - Staff Report
Attachment 1 - Cost Allocation Plan for the City of Calabasas FY 2020-2021 {259 pages}
Attachment 2 - Cost Allocation Plan {PowerPoint Presentation}
Attachment 3 - Resolution No. 2021-1747

13. Council discussion and consideration of temporarily conducting hybrid City Council meetings enabling members of the City Council and the public to participate remotely or in-person 

Item 13 - Staff Report
Attachment A - Resolution No. 2021-1750-Hybrid meeting policy

14. Discussion of resolution(s) before the League of California Cities (League) Annual Meeting on September 24, 2021

Item 14 - Staff Report
Attachment - The League’s resolution packet

15. Consideration of letter of opposition regarding AB 215

Item 15 - Staff Report
Attachment A - Text of Assembly Bill 215 as amended August 16, 2021
Attachment B - Draft opposition letter

INFORMATIONAL REPORTS – 9:40 P.M.

16. Check Register for the period of July 29-August 10, 2021

Check Register

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 special meeting on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. 

 

A copy of the City Council agenda packet is available for review at City Hall and the Calabasas Library.  Materials related to items on this agenda submitted to the Council after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office, 100 Civic Center Way, Calabasas, CA  91302, during normal business hours.  Such documents are also available on the City of Calabasas website at www.cityofcalabasas.com subject to the City staff’s ability to post the documents before the meeting.  The City of Calabasas, in complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), requests individuals who require special accommodations to access, attend and/or participate in the City meeting due to disability, to please contact the City Clerk’s Office, (818) 224-1600, at least one business day prior to the scheduled meeting to ensure that we may assist you.

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