January 13, 2026
The following is a recap of the City Council regular meeting of January 13, 2026:
Highlights of actions taken include:
- Recognized the City of Santa Clarita as a recipient of the 2025 Annual Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award from the National Procurement Institute.
- Approved the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and related reports for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, which received an unmodified “clean” audit opinion letter, the highest level an organization can receive on its financial statements.
- Adopted a resolution accepting and adopting the Annual Impact Fee Report in accordance with the Mitigation Fee Act, which requires local agencies to prepare an annual and five-year report on development impact fees.
- Adopted resolutions to initiate proceedings to form the Sand Canyon Plaza Drainage Benefit Assessment Area for Tracts 53074 and 53074-01, approved the Engineer’s Report, and set a Public Hearing for March 10, 2026, to receive public comments and close the ballot period.
- Adopted a resolution establishing prima facie speed limits for roadways within the City, allowing the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to use radar and laser enforcement of speed limits.
View the Entire Agenda for the January 13, 2026, regular meeting.
Approved Meeting Minutes can be accessed here once available.
FUTURE MEETINGS
Regular City Council meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month.
The next regular meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers at City Hall.
December 9, 2025
The following is a recap of the City Council special meeting on December 9, 2025:
Highlights of actions taken include:
- Outgoing Mayor Bill Miranda was honored with presentations.
- Councilmembers Laurene Weste and Patsy Ayala were nominated and sworn in as Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem, respectively, for the upcoming year.
The following is a recap of the City Council regular meeting of December 9, 2025:
Highlights of actions taken include:
- Reviewed the First Responders Tribute Project and awarded a contract to Big Statues, LLC, for the purchase of four first responder tribute statues.
- Adopted resolutions amending the budgets, classification plan and salary schedules, and schedule of fees and charges for City services for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 and Fiscal Year 2025-2026.
- Adopted the Santa Clarita 2026 Executive and Legislative Platform.
- Adopted a resolution to establish a multi-way stop control for the intersection of Arcadia Street at 8th Street.
- Approved the plans and specifications for the Magic Mountain Parkway Beautification, Phase I, Project B1019; awarded the construction contract to Toro Enterprises, Inc., and the professional services contract to Encompass Consultant Group, Inc., for a total contract amount not to exceed $7,944,466 and $256,887, respectively.
- Approved the plans and specifications for the McBean Parkway Realignment, Project S1047; awarded the construction contract to Sully-Miller Contracting Company and the professional services contract to Ardurra Group, Inc., for a total contract amount not to exceed $2,745,999 and $124,110, respectively.
View the Entire Agenda for the December 9, 2025, regular meeting.
Approved Meeting Minutes can be accessed here once available.
FUTURE MEETINGS
Regular City Council meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month.
The next regular meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers at City Hall.
November 25, 2025
The following is a recap of the City Council regular meeting of November 25, 2025:
Highlights of actions taken include:
- Recognized the recipients of the Friends of Hart Park Lifetime Achievement Award, Recycling All Star Award, Investment Policy and Excellence in Financial Reporting Awards, and the Award for Achievement in Information Technology Practices.
- Conducted a Public Hearing and adopted resolutions denying Appeal 25-002, affirming the Planning Commission’s certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report and approval of the Wiley Canyon Mixed Use Project (Master Case 20-238) and its associated entitlements.
- Conducted a Public Hearing and second reading to adopt the 2025 California Building Standards Code, with an effective date of January 1, 2026, as required by state law.
- Approved the purchase of a Zamboni ice-resurfacer from Zamboni Company USA, Inc., for The Cube, in an amount not to exceed $200,625.
- Adopted a resolution approving the updated Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP), as required by the State Water Resources Control Board.
- Adopted the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District’s resolutions approving and accepting the negotiated exchange of property tax revenues resulting from Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District Annexation Nos. 1134, 1137, and 1143 to provide wastewater treatment services to properties located outside the District’s service area.
- Adopted a resolution approving the annual rate adjustment request for Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc., contingent upon the implementation of Los Angeles County’s proposed residential rate in the unincorporated areas of the Santa Clarita Valley, effective January 1, 2026.
- Ratified payments in the amount of $22,646 to Specialized Elevator for elevator services at the City of Santa Clarita facilities.
- Adjourned the meeting in memory of Brad Berens.
View the Entire Agenda for the November 25, 2025, regular meeting.
Approved Meeting Minutes can be accessed here once available.
FUTURE MEETINGS
Regular City Council meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month.
The next regular meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers at City Hall.
October 28, 2025
The following is a recap of the City Council regular meeting of October 28, 2025:
Highlights of actions taken include:
- Proclaimed November 2025 as Native American Heritage Month.
- Conducted a Public Hearing and approved Master Case 25-082 request to operate a new heavy manufacturing use to partially demolish and remodel two existing, one-story metal industrial buildings at 25710 and 25750 Springbrook Avenue.
- Conducted a first reading of the 2025 California Building Standards Code and set the Public Hearing for November 25, 2025.
- Awarded a contract to Model 1 Bus Sales for the purchase and delivery of new Compressed Natural Gas Dial-A-Ride and zero-emission Go! Santa Clarita vehicles in the amount of $2,327,900.
- Approved the utilization of state grant funding for the preservation and acquisition of 670 +/- acres, supporting the City’s commitment to preserve open space in an effort to complete the open space greenbelt surrounding the Santa Clarita Valley.
- Awarded a construction contract to Driltek Inc. for Needham Ranch open space oil wells plugging and abandonment for the total contract amount not to exceed $1,795,690.
- Approved the plans and specifications for the Via Princessa Park – Phase IA, Project P3033; awarded a construction contract to James McMinn, Inc., a professional services contract to Michael Baker International, Inc., a professional services contract to Psomas, and tribal monitoring services to Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,172,310, $378,092, $325,226, and $66,000, respectively.
- In observation of Veterans Day, there will not be a City Council Meeting on Tuesday, November 11.
- Adjourned the meeting in memory of David Veal.
View the Entire Agenda for the October 28, 2025, regular meeting.
Approved Meeting Minutes can be accessed here once available.
FUTURE MEETINGS
Regular City Council meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month.
The next regular meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers at City Hall.
October 14, 2025
The following is a recap of the City Council regular meeting of October 14, 2025:
Highlights of actions taken include:
- Recognized Aakash Ahuja Jr. and the Team USA Latin American Baseball Classic Players.
- Proclaimed October 2025 as Breast Cancer Awareness and Filipino American History Month.
- Conducted a Public Hearing, tabulated property owner protest ballots, and approved assessment increases for City of Santa Clarita Landscape Maintenance District Zones T44 (Bouquet Canyon), T48 (Shadow Hills), and T62 (Canyon Heights).
- Received a presentation and analysis of Prop 50 and voted to oppose the measure.
- Approved an agreement granting Aspire Broadband Holdings, Inc. access to the City’s right-of-way and a lease of dark fiber strands to build, own, and operate a Fiber to the Premises network to deliver Citywide High-Speed Fiber Internet Service to businesses and residents.
- Awarded a five-year contract to Stay Green, Inc. to provide landscape maintenance services for Landscape Maintenance District Zone T51 (Valencia High School) and Zone 16 (Valencia Industrial Center), for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,655,074, and Zone T52 (Stonecrest), for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,513,908.
- Awarded a five-year contract to Marina Landscape Services, Inc. to provide landscape maintenance services for Landscape Maintenance District Zone 20 (Golden Valley Ranch Commercial) and Zone 21 (Golden Valley Ranch Residential), for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,533,260.
- Awarded a one-year contract to Flo-Services, Inc. for Drainage Benefit Assessment Area preventative maintenance and inspection services in the amount of $172,910.
View the Entire Agenda for the October 14, 2025, regular meeting.
Approved Meeting Minutes can be accessed here once available.
FUTURE MEETINGS
Regular City Council meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month.
The next regular meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers at City Hall.