COMPLETED AGENDA
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 1685 MAIN STREET
TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 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 June 26 and July 8, 1997 City
Council meetings.
ACTION: Approved.
6-B: Resolution declaring the continuing existence of a local
emergency (January 1994 Earthquake Damage).
Staff Report
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9173 (CCS).
6-C: Recommendation to adopt a resolution establishing the
1997-98 maximum allowable rents and maximum allowable
purchase prices for the Inclusionary Housing Program.
Staff Report
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9174 (CCS).
6-D: Recommendation to award Bid No. 2646 to Frank Fargo Tire
and Rubber Co., at specified percentage discounts, to
provide tire recapping services for the Fleet Management
Division, Environmental and Public Works Management
Department.
Staff Report
ACTION: Approved.
6-E: Recommendation to award Bid No. 2650 to Livingston-
Graham/Blue Diamond Materials, at specified prices, to
furnish and deliver approximately 1200 tons of cold mix
(No. 23) for the repair of city streets and alleys, for
the Water Division, Environmental and Public Works
Management Department.
Staff Report
ACTION: Approved.
6-F: Recommendation to award Bid No. 2652 to R & S
Distributing, at specified unit prices, to furnish and
deliver cotton rags, for use by various City
departments.
Staff Report
ACTION: Approved.
6-G: Recommendation to award Bid No. 2660 to Waxie Sanitary
Supply, at specified unit prices, to furnish and deliver
100% recycled bath tissue for the Solid Waste and Beach
Maintenance Divisions of Environmental and Public Works
Management Department.
Staff Report
ACTION: Approved.
6-H: Recommendation to adopt resolution approving final tract
map number 51349 for tenant-participating conversion
TPC-248, at 1915-1925 10th Street, for six units.
Staff Report
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9175 (CCS).
6-I: Recommendation to adopt resolution approving final tract
map number 51384 for tenant-participating conversion
TPC-240, at 2625 4th Street, for five units.
Staff Report
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9176 (CCS).
6-J: Recommendation to adopt resolution approving final tract
map number 52099 for tenant-participating conversion
TPC-323, at 837 2nd Street, for six units.
Staff Report
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9177 (CCS).
6-K: Recommendation to adopt resolution approving final tract
map number 51362 for tenant-participating conversion
TPC-236, at 1021 5th Street, for twenty-one units.
Staff Report
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9178 (CCS).
6-L: Recommendation to adopt resolution approving final tract
map number 52256 for tenant-participating conversion
TPC-329, at 1846 Ninth Street, for five units.
Staff Report
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9179 (CCS).
6-M: Recommendation to adopt resolution approving final tract
map number 52163 for tenant-participating conversion TPC
326, at 1012 17th Street, for six units.
Staff Report
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9180 (CCS).
6-N: Recommendation to adopt resolution approving final tract
map number 51388 for tenant-participating conversion TPC
247, at 848-850 Euclid Street, for six units.
Staff Report
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9181 (CCS).
6-O: Recommendation to adopt resolution approving final tract
map number 51272 for tenant-participating conversion TPC
272, at 1432 Yale Street, for seven units.
Staff Report
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9182 (CCS).
6-P: Recommendation to adopt Local Implementation Report on
the City's congestion management goals, and to adopt a
resolution finding the City to be in compliance with the
1995 Los Angeles County Congestion Management Program.
Staff Report
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9189 (CCS).
6-Q: Recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a contract with C.T. & F., Inc.,
in an amount not to exceed $14,900, for the modification
of the traffic signal at the intersection of Montana and
Ocean Avenues.
Staff Report
ACTION: Approved Contract No. 6759 (CCS).
6-R: Recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a contract amendment with Arthur
D. Little, in an amount not to exceed $406,010, to
design and install an expanded interim landfill gas
extraction system, and $12,171 for related regulatory
and mitigation activities; and recommendation to
authorize an appropriation of $418,181 from the General
Fund into the Landfill Gas Mitigation account.
Staff Report
ACTION: Approved amendment to Contract No. 6642
(CCS).
6-S: Recommendation to authorize the City Manager to accept
up to $44,973 in grant funding from the South Coast Air
Quality Management District for participation in the
Electric Vehicle Corridor Community Program; to
authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an
agreement with Edison EV, in an amount not to exceed
$79,821 (excluding $10,125 expenditure for the City Hall
station), for the design and installation of six public
electric vehicle charging sites; and, approve the budget
recommendations as listed in the staff report.
Staff Report
ACTION: Approved Contract No. 6761 (CCS) and other
recommendations as amended.
6-T: Recommendation to adopt resolutions authorizing the
application for grant funds from the Los Angeles County
Regional Park and Open Space District Urban Tree
Planting Competitive Grant Program for Mid-City
Reforestation - Phase I; authorizing the application for
grant funds from the Los Angeles County Regional Park
and Open Space District Trail Acquisition & Development
Competitve Grant Program for the Santa Monica Beach
Trail Project - Phase B; approving a joint application
for grant funds from the Los Angeles County Regional
Park and Open Space District At-Risk Youth Recreation &
Service Facilities Competitve Grant Program for the
Santa Monica Youth Fitness Center; and authorization for
the City Manager to negotiate and execute all grant
documentation if funding is awarded.
Staff Report
ACTION: Adopted Resolutions Nos. 9183 (CCS) as
amended, 9184 (CCS), and 9185 (CCS) .
6-U: Recommendation to adopt a resolution establishing new
classifications and adopting salary rates for Code
Compliance Officer, Nutrition Site Specialist and
Community Services Specialist III.
Staff Report
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9186 (CCS).
6-V: Recommendation to authorize the City to donate two
retired police horses to "AHEAD with Horses," a disabled
children's program.
Staff Report
ACTION: Approved.
6-W: Recommendation to adopt resolutions declaring the policy
for the use and user fees for Ken Edwards Center, Park
facilities, recreational programs and services provided
by the Community and Cultural Services Department and
repeal Resolution Nos. 8363(CCS), 8417(CCS), and
appropriate sections of Resolution Nos. 8770(CCS),
9042(CCS) and 9150(CCS).
Staff Report
ACTION: Adopted Resolutions No. 9187 (CCS) and 9188
(CCS).
7. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS:
7-A: Recommendation to approve resolution amending the
General Plan Land Use Map to change the land use
designation for a portion of the site located at 2415
Main Street, commonly known as the Edgemar Project, from
Medium Density Residential to Service and Specialty
Commercial; introduction and first reading of an
ordinance amending the Official Districting Map to
rezone a portion of the site from OP-2, Low Density
Multi-Family Residential to CM 2, Main Street
Commercial; Deny Appeals 97-007, 97-008 and 97-009 of
Planning Commission approval of Development Review
Permit 96-001 amending the existing development review
permit conditions of approval and permitted uses for the
project; Planning Commission approval of Conditional Use
Permit 97-004 to permit a live performance theater with
164 seats; Planning Commission approval of Variance 96-
001 permitting valet tandem parking for the required
parking; Planning Commission approval of Conditional Use
Permit 96-011 to permit the restaurant seating to
increase from 75 seats to 101 seats with outdoor patio
seating.
Applicants: Ken Kutcher of Lawrence and Harding
representing Edgemar; Ken Kutcher of Lawrence and
Harding representing Loretta Theater.
Appellants: Ken Kutcher of Lawrence and Harding
representing Edgemar; Lou Ann Neill representing Ocean
Park Community Advocates; Hans Rockenwagner.
Staff Report
Considered with 8-A.
ACTION: Public input received applicant and
appellant rebuttal and action continued to
August 26, 1997.
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: Introduction and first reading of an Ordinance of the
City of Santa Monica amending subsection 9.04.08.28 of
the municipal code to modify the CM Main Street
Commercial District Permitted Uses, Development
Standards, and Special Project design and Development
Standards.
Staff Report
Considered with 7-A.
ACTION: Public input received applicant and
appellant rebuttal and action continued to
August 26, 1997.
13. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: (Public discussion permitted.)
13-A: Request of Kathleen Masser, representing herself and
other residents, to address Council regarding pedestrian
and motorist safety, parking, and commercial traffic in
the neighborhood of Pacific Street and Neilson Way.
ACTION: Continued to August 26, 1997.
13-B: Request of Lynne Bronstein, on behalf of herself and
other residents, to address Council regarding the
traffic situation at the intersections of Bay and
Nielsen and of Bay and Main Street.
ACTION: Continued to August 26, 1997.
13-C: Request of Madelynn Kopple to protest termination of
Personnel Board Member Melanie Newkirk by the City
Attorney and to request City Council to overrule the
decision.
ACTION: Continued to August 26, 1997.
14. COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS: (Public discussion
permitted.)
14-A: Appointments to the following boards and commissions for
terms expiring June 30, 1997, were continued to the
meeting of August 12, 1997.
Accessibility Appeals Board (2)
Airport Commission (1)
Architectural Review Board (2)
Arts Commission (2)
Bayside District Corporation (3)
Building & Safety (1)
Commission on Older Americans (2)
Commission on the Status of Women (3)
Convention and Visitors Bureau (2)
Housing Commission (4)
Landmarks Commission (2)
Los Angeles County West Vector Control (1)
Library Board (1)
Metropolitan Cooperative Library System
Advisory Board (1)
Personnel Board (3)
Planning Commission (1)
Recreation & Parks Commission (1)
Social Services Commission (2)
ACTION: Continued to August 26, 1997.
14-B: Request of Councilmember Rosenstein to request staff to
return to Council with a plan to improve traffic safety
in Santa Monica through a combination of public
education and enforcement.
ACTION: Continued to August 26, 1997.
14-C: Late item added: Authorization for Councilmember
Feinstein to use budgeted travel funds to attend Shasta
Bioregional Gathering 5, September 5-7, 1997, at
Patrick's Point State Park, Eureka, California.
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.)
ACTION: Heard. No action taken.
16. CLOSED SESSIONS:
16-A: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
Doreena's v. City of Santa Monica Case NO. SS 006976.
ACTION: Not heard.
16-B: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
City of Santa Monica v. Doreena's, Case No. LAMC 95
U0317.
ACTION: Not heard.
16-C: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
Ring Trading Corp. v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. BC
172 044.
ACTION: Heard. No action taken.
16-D: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation: Len
Doucette, et al., v. City of Santa Monica, et al., Case No. CV
95-1136 WDK (Mcx).
ACTION: Not heard.
16-E: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
City of Santa Monica v. Mobil Oil Corporation, Case No. SC
778141.
ACTION: Not heard.
16-F: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
Miriam Zhito v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. SC045124.
ACTION: Heard. No action taken
16-G: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
Cindy Luff v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. SC041742.
ACTION: Heard. No action taken.
16-H: Anticipated Litigation: One Case.
ACTION: Not heard.
ADJOURNMENT to August 26, 1997 at 6:30 p.m. in memory of Fulton
"Bill" Haight, Warren E. Clendening, and Sean Matthews