CITYWATCH : CITY WILL OFFER FREE INFLUENZA SHOTS.

VALENCIA - Free flu shots will be offered from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today in City Council Chambers in the first floor of Santa Clarita City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd.

The Flu Shot Clinic is sponsored by Santa Clarita's Employee Fit for Life Wellness Committee, Greater Valley Medical Center and Healthnet. Nurses from the medical center will administer flu shots. Healthnet will provide the vaccine.

``The flu shot clinic is a great way residents can better prepare themselves for this flu season in a five-minute, easy procedure,'' said Mary Cusick, program coordinator.

Flu shots will be offered to those over 12 years old. Information is available by calling Cusick at 255-4370.

Motorists can expect smoother traffic flow along Lyons Avenue from Wiley Canyon Road to Newhall Avenue. The city's traffic engineering staff has modified signals at three intersections along Lyons at Orchard Village Road, Newhall and Wiley.

As part of the procedure, additional left-turn lanes were added at Lyons and Orchard and Lyons and Newhall. A protected left-turn phase of the signal was added at the three intersections.

City Traffic Engineer Bahman Janka said signals have been synchronized to keep traffic moving, and the work is being fine-tuned over the next few weeks.

The city will hold a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 13 in City Hall Council Chambers to give residents an opportunity to meet with representatives from both local cable companies.

The City Council requested the meeting to create a public forum to discuss local cable service.

``We get some calls here at City Hall regarding cable issues, and we want the public to know that the city does not provide cable service,'' Mayor Carl Boyer said. ``It is provided by two local cable companies, Time Warner and Continental Cablevision.''

The meeting will be moderated by former Councilman George Pederson, who will oversee a question-and-answer session. The meeting will air at a later date on Channel 20, public access television.

Information is available by calling the city's public information office at 255-4314.

The city is urging residents to follow measures to help avoid contaminating runoff water that flows into local storm drains and eventually to the ocean.

Suggestions include washing cars with biodegradable, phosphate-free detergents, using water-based paint; keeping liquid paint away from street gutters; using organic or other nontoxic fertilizers and placing drip pans when changing oil.

``Residents may not know that they can be polluting the storm drains from some of their routine chores, such as washing the car, painting the house and changing the oil in the car,'' said Jeanne Geno, information assistant for the city's storm water utility program.

Information is available by calling the city's Stormwater Hotline at 222-7222.

Residents have until 5 p.m. Nov. 29 to obtain audio tape recordings of City Council meetings from Feb. 11, 1988, through Dec. 22, 1988, records that will be destroyed.

It is standard practice to purge old records the city no longer needs, City Clerk Geri Davis said.

For information, call the city clerk's office at 255-4390.