COMPLETED
AGENDA
SANTA MONICA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR ADJOURNED MEETING
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 1685 MAIN STREET
TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1996 - 6:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INSPIRATION - Aurelia Flaming and Hilary Bienstock,
Poetry/Narrative
Editors of The Pen Pusher magazine, Santa Monica High School
ROLL CALL
6. CONSENT CALENDAR: (Public discussion permitted. All items
will be considered and approved in one motion unless removed by a
councilmember for discussion.)
6-A: Approval of City Council minutes of February 13 and 20,
1996.
ACTION: Approved, as corrected.
6-B: Resolution declaring the continuing existence of a local
emergency (January 1994 Earthquake Damage).
Staff Report
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9004 (CCS).
6-C: Resolution approving Final Tract Map No. 51098 for a 9-unit
Tenant-Participating Conversion Project, TPC-197, at 1144
Stanford Street.
Staff Report
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9005 (CCS).
6-D: Recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate
and execute an amendment to the agreement with KPMG Peat
Marwick to provide two additional years of audit services at
specified rates.
Staff Report
ACTION: Amended Contract No. 5732 (CCS).
6-E: Recommendation that Council endorse a co-sponsorship of
Santa Monica College's June 29, 1996 fireworks celebration
and 4th of July community event in Palisades Park, and
authorize staff to proceed with event planning and
preparation.
Staff Report
ACTION: Approved recommendation regarding June 29, 1996.
The 4th of July event was not approved.
7. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS: (Public discussion permitted.)
7-A: Appeal of Planning Commission approval of Conditional Use
Permit 95-007 requesting design modification and modified
fees for a five-unit residential condominium project at
1043-1045 11th Street. Applicant: Iraj Sarvian; Appellant:
Eric Parlee.
ACTION: Continued to May 14, 1996 at the request of
applicant.
8. ORDINANCES: (Public discussion permitted on emergency
ordinances and ordinances for introduction and first reading. No
public discussion is permitted on ordinances for second reading
and adoption.)
8-A: Ordinance for second reading and adoption amending Ordinance
No. 1606 (CCS) to clarify and expand the uses of assessments
levied within a business improvement area, introduced
February 27, 1996.
Staff Report
ACTION: Adopted Ordinance No. 1845 (CCS).
8-B: Ordinance for introduction and first reading adding Section
3.08.460 to the Santa Monica Municipal Code to establish
Preferential Parking Zone HH in the area bounded by Adelaide
Drive, 7th Street, San Vicente Boulevard and Ocean Avenue;
and, recommendation that the negative declaration be
approved.
Staff Report
ACTION: Negative declaration was approved. Introduced
ordinance for first reading.
9. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS: (Public discussion permitted.)
9-A: Recommendation to adopt a resolution declaring that an
emergency exists with respect to the property located at
1725 The Promenade (Sea Castle Apartments); request to
authorize the expenditure of funds to enforce Nuisance
Abatement Board actions to abate the imminent threat to
public safety; and authorize the City Manager to negotiate
and execute a contract with a contractor and related firms,
in the amount of $692,353, for the demolition, security, air
quality monitoring, and project management for the project.
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9006 (CCS). Approved
Contract No. 7193 (CCS) and staff recommendations.
9-B: Request for Closed Session.
Conference with Legal Counsel:
Existing Litigation:
1. Kelley v. City of Santa Monica, LASC Case No. SC031054.
2. People et al. v. Seacastle et al., LASC Case No. SS 006
484.
3. Harville v. Milton, et al., LASC No. SC 022 835
consolidated with SC 031853.
4. McNally v. City of Santa Monica, USDC Case No. CV
95-8634 ER.
ACTION: Held. No action was taken.
10. PUBLIC HEARINGS: (Public discussion permitted.)
10-A: Public hearing to hear protests or objections, if any,
by property owner of Sea Castle Apartments (1725 The
Promenade) regarding the placement of a special
assessment on the premises for the cost of the
abatement of a public nuisance; adoption of a
resolution of confirmation affirming the special
assessment on the property; and, authorization to staff
to file a Notice of Lien with the Los Angeles County
Recorder and the Los Angeles County Assessor for
collection of the special assessment.
Staff Report
ACTION: Public hearing held and closed. Continued
discussion to March 26, 1996.
13. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: (Public discussion permitted.)
13-A: Request of Mel Greenstein to address Council regarding
current laws surrounding the sale of his businesses,
Ace Jewelry & Loan and Angelo's Pawn Shop.
ACTION: Directed staff to review legislation and return to
Council with options.
13-B: Request of Derrell Tidwell and Galen Gary asking
Council to enact legislation to prohibit businesses
from placing pay telephones on residential streets or
near residential property.
ACTION: Directed staff to review current law and return
with possible amendments; also, explore quicker
solution.
13-C: Request of Tamar Hurwitz, Rainforest Action Network, to
request that Council adopt a resolution in support of
coastal rainforests in British Columbia.
ACTION: Directed staff to prepare an appropriate
resolution.
14. COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS: (Public discussion
permitted.)
14-A: Appointments of members to Boards and Commissions,
continued from February 27, 1996:
Scheduled vacancy (Full terms): Personnel Board (1)
Unscheduled vacancies (Resignations): Housing Commission
(1)
ACTION: Russell Barnard was appointed to the Personnel
Board for a full term ending June 30, 2000.
Housing Commission appointment was continued to
March 26, 1996.
14-B: Request of Councilmember Genser to reconsider the
Council action on the appeal of Planning Commission
approval of Conditional Use Permit 94-024 and Reduced
Parking Permit 94-006, for a 699-seat restaurant and
entertainment establishment at 370 Santa Monica Pier
(Sinbad's/Club Route 66), in light of potential
conflict of interest by one of the voting
Councilmembers.
ACTION: Staff to look at policy statement to include in
Council rules, as guidelines to follow in quasi-judicial
matters and return for Council approval.
15. PUBLIC INPUT: (Public discussion permitted only on items
not on the agenda that are within the subject matter jurisdiction
of the City.)
ACTION: Held. No action was taken.
ADJOURNMENT - in memory of Sydney Binstock, Mike Derrico, Jack
L. Hone, Diana Mann, Michael Rubin, Walter
Wiewiora, Arthur Kuehl, the children gunned down
in Scotland, and the people killed by terrorists
in Israel.