COMPLETED AGENDA
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 1685 MAIN STREET
TUESDAY, MAY 27, 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 April 15, and April 29, 1997, regular
City Council meetings and May 6, 1997, special City Council
meeting.
ACTION: Approved.
6-B: Resolution declaring the continuing existence of a local
emergency (January 1994 Earthquake Damage).
Staff Report
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9144 (CCS).
6-C: Recommendation to authorize the City Manager to execute a
subdivision improvement agreement, and adoption of
resolution approving Final Parcel Map No. 52119 for a five-unit condominium project at 1117 18th Street.
Staff Report
ACTION: Approved Contract No. 6656 (CCS) and adopted
Resolution No. 9145 (CCS).
6-D: Adoption of resolution authorizing the City Manager to
submit application and execute all necessary documents for
grant funds in the amount of $20,000 from the California
Arts Council Local Arts Education Partnership Program.
Staff Report
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9146 (CCS).
6-E: Recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate
and execute an amendment to Standard Agreement No. 5-061-140-0 with the State Water Resources Control Board to extend
the completion deadline of the grant funded project to
evaluate the effectiveness of catch basin retrofits for
pollutants from entering the Santa Monica Bay.
Staff Report
ACTION: Approved amendment to Contract No. 7156 (CCS).
6-F: Recommendation to approve Santa Monica College's request to
include fireworks in their 15th annual "Celebrate America"
concert program on June 28, 1997, and to allocate budgeted
funds for that purpose.
Staff Report
ACTION: Approved.
6-G: Recommendation to authorize the City Manager to exercise
option to renew a contract with MedTrans/ Goodhew Ambulance
Service for emergency ambulance services within the City of
Santa Monica for a term of two years.
Staff Report
ACTION: Approved Contract No. 6657 (CCS).
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: Six-month review of the implementation of an ordinance
prohibiting sitting and lying on sidewalks in the Third
Street Promenade, and recommendation to introduce and hold
first reading of an Ordinance amending Section 3.12.350
which would unambiguously prohibit lying on benches in the
Third Street Promenade, sitting on railings around the
topiary statues and sitting or lying on the foliage around
the statues.
Staff Report
ACTION: Introduced and held first reading.
9. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS: (Public discussion permitted.)
9-A: Recommendation to consider alternatives for a site to be
named for Former Mayor Christine Emerson Reed.
Staff Report
ACTION: Staff directed to change the name "Lincoln Park"
to "Christine Emerson Reed Park," and return with
necessary implementation action (resolution,
ordinance, etc.).
10: PUBLIC HEARINGS:
10-A: Recommendation to hold a public hearing to receive
public input from affected property owners, and
recommendation to adopt a resolution confirming the
assessment costs for the FY 1995-96 Annual Street
Resurfacing Program and Appurtenant Work on various
City streets including the assessment of non-profit
organizations.
Staff Report
ACTION: Public hearing held. Continued to June 10, 1997.
13. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: (Public discussion permitted.)
13-A: Request of Terry Ann Retzinger to present a petition
signed by residents of the neighborhood surrounding a
proposed structure at 708 Pico, in opposition of the
project.
ACTION: Continued to June 10, 1997.
13-B: Request of Marc D. Miskey, Westwood resident, to
address Council regarding the constitutionality,
sensibility and enforcement of Municipal Code Section
6.36 (Vending).
ACTION: Not present, received and filed correspondence.
14. COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS: (Public discussion
permitted.)
14-A: Appointment to an unscheduled vacancy on the Convention
and Visitors Bureau (1) for a term ending June 30,
1998. (Continued from May 13, 1997.)
ACTION: Appointed Rodney Punt to the Convention and
Visitors Bureau for a term ending June 30, 1998.
14-B: Request of Councilmember Feinstein to approve travel
expenses to speak on a panel on the subject of
"Sustainable Municipal Planning" at "The Other Economic
Summit" in Denver, Colorado, from June 19 to June 22,
1997.
ACTION: Approved.
14-C: Request of Councilmember Feinstein for Council to
approve distribution and discussion of FY'97-98 budget
information with the public, at the Farmer's Markets
during the June 1997 budget discussion period,
involving staff from the Finance Department and any
Councilmembers who wish to attend.
ACTION: Approved.
14-D: Request of Councilmember Rosenstein and Mayor O'Connor
to discuss directing staff to analyze the impacts of
Santa Monica adopting a Living Wage Ordinance.
ACTION: Approved.
15. PUBLIC INPUT: (Public comment is permitted only on items
not on the agenda that are within the subject matter jurisdiction
of the City. Please note that State law prohibits the City
Council from taking any action on items not listed on the agenda,
including issues raised under this agenda item.)
16. CLOSED SESSIONS:
16-A: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, McNally, et
al. v. James Butts, et al., Case No. CV 95-8634.
ACTION: Heard. No action taken.
16-B: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
City of Santa Monica v.
Mobil Oil, Case No. SC045788.
ACTION: Heard. No action taken.
16-C: Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation:
Number of cases: Two.
ACTION: Heard. No action taken.
ADJOURNMENT in memory of Janet Larkin.