COMPLETED AGENDA
SANTA MONICA CITY COUNCIL MEETING
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 1685 MAIN STREET
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1997 - 6:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INSPIRATION
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 minutes of January 14, 1997, regular City
Council meeting, and January 20, 1997, special City
Council meeting.
ACTION: Approved as amended.
6-B: Resolution declaring the continuing existence of a local
emergency (January 1994 Earthquake Damage).
Staff Report
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9118 (CCS).
6-C: Recommendation to approve an amended Statement of
Official Action for Conditional Use Permit 95-016 to
allow the operation, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and
12:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday, of a drive-up window in
a fast-food restaurant located at 2423 Wilshire
Boulevard, and Variance 95-033 to construct an
acoustical sound wall up to fourteen (14) feet in
height.
Staff Report
ACTION: Approved.
6-D: Recommendation to approve an amended Statement of
Official Action for Conditional Use Permit 95-017 to
allow the operation, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and
7:00 a.m. daily, 10:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. Sunday through
Thursday, and 10:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. Friday and
Saturday, of a drive-up window in a fast-food restaurant
located at 2025 Lincoln Boulevard.
Staff Report
ACTION: Approved.
6-E: Recommendation to approve appointments to the Community
Telecommunications Working Group.
Staff Report
ACTION: Withdrawn at request of staff.
6-F: Recommendation to approve revisions to the City's
Investment Policy and to delegate investment authority
to the City Treasurer for a period of one year.
Staff Report
ACTION: Approved.
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: Second reading and adoption of an Ordinance of the City
Council of the City of Santa Monica amending and adding
provisions to Chapter 8.24 of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code regarding the underground storage of hazardous
materials. (Introduced January 28, 1997.)
Staff Report
ACTION: Adopted Ordinance No. 1872 (CCS).
8-B: Introduction and first reading of an Ordinance of the
City Council of the City of Santa Monica amending
Article IX of the Santa Monica Municipal Code to allow
for the construction of a bridge connection between two
existing legal non-conforming buildings in the BSC-2
Zoning District.
Staff Report
ACTION: Introduced and held first reading.
8-C: Introduction and first reading of an Ordinance of the
City Council of the City of Santa Monica amending
Municipal Code Section 4.36.120 to reiterate tenancy
rights of tenants displaced and relocated for seismic
safety retrofitting.
Staff Report
ACTION: Introduced and held first reading.
9. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS: (Public discussion permitted.)
9-A: Presentation of funding alternatives for construction of
the proposed Public Safety Building Facility, and
recommendation to direct staff to proceed with the lease
revenue bonds option to finance the construction of said
facility.
Staff Report
ACTION: Approved staff recommendation.
9-B: Request for Closed Session:
1. Conference with Legal Counsel - existing
litigation:
Bean & Waco v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. CV
93-0447.
2. Conference with Legal Counsel - pending
litigation: City of Santa Monica v. Mobil Oil
Corporation, Case No. SC 045788.
Heard: No action taken.
3. Conference with Legal Counsel - anticipated
litigation:
Number of cases: one
4. Conference with Labor Negotiator:
City Negotiator: Karen Bancroft, Personnel
Director.
Bargaining Unit: Firefighters Local 1109
Administrative Team Associates
(ATA)
Supervisory Team Associates (STA)
Public Attorneys' Legal Support
Staff Union (PALSSU)
ACTION: Heard: Action taken in public - See 12-A, 12-B,
12-C.
10: PUBLIC HEARINGS:
10-A: Public hearing to consider the establishment of an
Underground Utility District for the placement of
electric, telephone and cable television lines, along
Main Street, between Pico Boulevard and Hollister
Avenue, and including properties on connecting streets
being served from the Main Street lines, and
recommendation to adopt a resolution finding that the
public necessity, health, safety and welfare requires,
within certain designated area, the underground
installation of wires and facilities supplying electric,
communication or similar or associated services and
designating such certain areas as underground utility
districts and ordering the removal of poles, overhead
wires and associated overhead structures within such
districts and the underground installation of such wires
and facilities. (Continued from January 28, 1997.)
Staff Report
ACTION: Received public input and adopted
Resolution No. 9119 (CCS).
12. RESOLUTIONS: (Public discussion permitted.)
12-A: Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a
Memorandum of Understanding with the Administrative Team
Associates (ATA).
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9120 (CCS).
12-B: Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a
Memorandum of Understanding with the Supervisory Team
Associates (STA).
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9121 (CCS).
12-C: Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a
Memorandum of Understanding with the Public Attorneys'
Legal Support Staff Union (PALSSU).
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9122 (CCS).
13. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: (Public discussion permitted.)
13-A: Request of Rosemary Kessler Jacobs to address Council
regarding a proposed visitor center at 1818 Cloverfield
Blvd.
ACTION: Staff directed to look at site and return
with appropriate recommendations, if any.
14. COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS: (Public discussion
permitted.)
14-A: Appointment to one unscheduled vacancy on the Social
Services Commission for a term expiring June 30,
1998. (Continued from January 28, 1997.)
ACTION: Appointed Karen Gunn.
14-B: Appointments to the following boards and commissions,
continued from January 28, 1997:
Scheduled vacancies:
Airport Commission (1) for a term ending June 30, 2000.
ACTION: Continued to February 25, 1997.
Unscheduled vacancies:
L.A. County West Vector Control District (1) for a term
ending December 31, 1998.
ACTION: City Clerk directed to re-publish vacancy.
14-C: Appointments to the following unscheduled vacancies on
Boards and Commissions:
Architectural Review Board (1) for a term ending June
30, 1998.
Commission on Older Americans (1) for a term ending June
30, 1999.
ACTION: Both appointments continued to February
25,1997.
Housing Commission (1) for a term ending June 30, 1997.
ACTION: Appointed Barbara Filet.
14-D: Request of Councilmember Rosenstein to discuss setting a
special meeting at which Council could be briefed on the
Housing Element, raise questions, hear from the City
Boards and Commissions which have considered the
document and hear from the public prior to considering
the Housing Element at a regular meeting, and to
determine what format would best facilitate this.
ACTION: Staff directed to ask all Boards and
Commissions that have deliberated on this
matter to report to Council, at the meeting
the Housing Element is presented.
14-E: Request of Councilmember Genser that the council direct
the staff to initiate a process to evaluate, and
implement if deemed appropriate, potential changes to
BSC zoning district to modify the requirements for
ground floor pedestrian oriented uses.
ACTION: Approved.
15. PUBLIC INPUT: (Public discussion permitted only on items
not on the agenda that are within the subject matter
jurisdiction of the City.)
The following commented on various issues: Patricia Gordon,
Joi Fullmer, Tameron Keys, Dalila Kamal, Karim Kamal, Brian
Hutchings and Doug Heller.
ADJOURNMENT