COMPLETED AGENDA
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 1685 MAIN STREET
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1997 - 6:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INSPIRATION
ROLL CALL
STUDY SESSION
SS-1: Study Session regarding conceptual alternative
revisions to the City's Inclusionary Housing Program
Guidelines (Ordinance No. 1615). (Continued from
October 14, 1997.)
ACTION: Discussion held.
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 September 23, and October 7,1997,
City Council meetings.
ACTION: Approved minutes for September 23. Minutes
for October 7, 1997 were continued to
November 11, 1997.
6-B: Resolution declaring the continuing existence of a local
emergency (January 1994 Earthquake Damage).
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9208 (CCS).
6-C: Recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a professional services contract
with HdL Coren & Cone to conduct property tax auditing
and information reporting services for the City and the
Redevelopment Agency.
ACTION: Approved Contract No. 6821 (CCS).
6-D: Recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a three-year contract with
Community Arts Resources, in an amount not to exceed
$60,000 annually, to produce the 1998, 1999, and 2000
Santa Monica Festival "A Celebration of Community Roots,"
to authorize the City Manager to amend the contract, for
an amount not to exceed $30,000, to include additional
services for expanded festival programming; and request
to approve recommended budget changes.
ACTION: Approved Contract No. 6822 (CCS).
6-E: Recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a contract amendment with Arthur
D. Little, Inc., for an amount not to exceed $78,400, to
conduct additional environmental, monitoring and cleanup
services at the Transportation Yard.
ACTION: Approved amended Contract No. 7149 (CCS).
6-F: Recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a contract with Soltis, in an
amount not to exceed $290,975, for the construction of a
central irrigation control system.
ACTION: Approved Contract No. 6823 (CCS).
6-G: Recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a contract amendment with Rachlin
& Rachlin Architects, for an amount not to exceed
$60,000, for the design of the Facilities Maintenance
Project, 1997-1998, at various city buildings.
ACTION: Approved amended Contract No. 6593 (CCS).
6-H: Adoption of resolution authorizing the City Manager to
submit and execute the Local Government Subvention Fund
Match Program Grant application to the South Coast Air
Quality Management District to fund projects which
reduce pollution from mobile sources.
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9209 (CCS).
6-I: Recommendation to appoint new members to the City's Task
Force on the Environment.
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 adding
Chapters 6.112.6.116 and Section 3.12.375 to the
Municipal Code and amending Chapter 6.36 and Section
3.36.150 relating to street performers and persons,
including vendors utilizing tables, carts, blankets, or
similar items with the purpose of displaying or
distributing merchandise, goods, written materials or
food, or placing objects on public sidewalks.
(Introduced October 7, 1997. Continued from October
14,1997.)
ACTION: Adopted Ordinance No. 1888 (CCS).
8-B: Second reading and adoption of an Ordinance of the City
of Santa Monica amending Section 9.04.18.020(c) to allow
the replacement of non-conforming architectural features
which have been removed from any existing building which
is designated as a City of Santa Monica Landmark or is
listed on either the California Register of Historical
Resources or the National Register of Historic Places.
(Introduced October 15, 1997.)
ACTION: Adopted Ordinance No. 1889 (CCS).
8-C: Introduction and first reading of an ordinance of the
City of Santa Monica amending Sections 4.08.091,
4.08.180 and 4.55.020 to reflect the renaming of Lincoln
Park to Christine Emerson Reed Park.
ACTION: Introduced and held first reading.
8-D: Introduction and first reading of an ordinance of the
City of Santa Monica amending Municipal Code Sections
2.24.090 and 2.24.100 and replacing Ordinance No.
1762(CCS) to delete the 1% bidding preference for Santa
Monica businesses submitting informal and formal bids.
ACTION: Staff to confer with Chamber of Commerce
and return to Council November 25, 1997.
9. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS: (Public discussion permitted.)
9-A: Resolution certifying a Mitigated Negative Declaration
for the Moss Avenue Sewer Pumping Station;
recommendation to waive competitive bidding
requirements; recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute a contract, in an
amount not to exceed $2,395,600, for the construction of
the Moss Avenue Pumping Station; recommendation to
negotiate and execute a contract, in an amount not to
exceed $160,000, for management of the construction of
the Moss Avenue Pumping Station structural shell; and,
recommendation to negotiate and execute an agreement
with Project New Hope in an amount not to exceed
$720,000 for costs associated with Project New Hope
delayed construction.
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9210 (CCS) and
approved Contracts Nos. 6824 (CCS)
(construct Pumping Station), 6825 (CCS)
(management of construction), and 6826
(CCS)(Project New Hope).
10: PUBLIC HEARINGS:
10-A: Recommendation to hold a public hearing on the Tax and
Equity Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) on the
inclusion of the Ken Edwards Center and the Airport
Administration Building into Phase Two of Southern
California Edison ENVEST's Energy Efficiency
Demonstration Project and the use of tax-exempt
financing for improvements on both sites, and to
authorize the City Manager to execute TEFRA
documentation necessary to record results of the TEFRA
hearing.
ACTION: Approved
12. RESOLUTIONS: (Public discussion permitted.)
12-A: Resolutions authorizing the City Manager to execute a
Memorandum of Understanding with the Management Team
Associates (MTA).
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9211 (CCS) and
Contract No. 6827 (CCS).
12-B: Resolution amending Resolution No. 8283 to amend the
Executive Pay Plan (EPP).
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 9212 (CCS).
13. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: (Public discussion permitted.)
13-A: Request from Christopher Harding, of Lawrence & Harding,
to address Council regarding elimination of the City's
fees, set by Resolution No. 8770, for soil nail permits
as applicable to nonprofit agencies developing 100%
affordable housing projects.
ACTION: Staff to confer with Upward Bound Project
representatives and return on November 11,
1997 with recommendations.
13-B: Request of Christopher Harding, of Lawrence & Harding,
to address Council on the City's Inclusionary Housing
Program and to request Council to adopt an interim
ordinance to bring the Program into compliance with
Costa-Hawkins.
ACTION: Continued to November 11, 1997.
14. COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS: (Public discussion
permitted.)
14-A: Request of Mayor Pro Tem Holbrook and Councilmember
Rosenstein to reconsider the July 22, 1997 decision
regarding appeal 97-001 of Planning Commission approval
of Conditional Use Permit 96-023 to allow the addition
of a fast-food restaurant with outdoor seating and a
convenience store to an existing self-service gas
station located at 1410 Pico Boulevard, relative to the
existing 14th Street driveway. Applicant/Appellant:
Texaco Refining and Marketing Inc. Note: If
reconsideration is granted, the matter will be heard at
the November 18, 1997, Council meeting. (Continued from
October 14, 1997.)
ACTION: Continued to November 11, 1997 as a 5-item.
14-B: Request of Mayor Pro Tem Holbrook to direct staff to
purchase and install, in Council Chambers, an automatic
system(s) for counting the votes and displaying the
results of City Council motions, that can identify the
order of Councilmembers wishing to speak, and that is
equipped with a countdown timer for individual
Councilmembers. In addition, to direct staff to develop
a system or display to notify members of the public
arriving to the meeting which item on the agenda is
being considered. Any other ideas or suggestions for
streamlining and simplifying Council's parliamentary
procedures will be considered.
ACTION: Continued to November 11, 1997 as a 5-item.
14-C: Appointments to the following boards and commissions for
terms expiring June 30, 1997. (Continued from October
14, 1997.)
Airport Commission (1)
Architectural Review Board (2)
Building & Safety (1)
Housing Commission (2)
Los Angeles County West Vector Control (1)
ACTION: Continued to November 11, 1997.
14-D: Request to rescind appointment made on September 9,
1997, to the Architectural Review Board due to appointee
moving out of the State. (Continued from October 14,
1997.)
ACTION: Continued to November 11, 1997.
14-E: Appointment to one unscheduled vacancy on the Social
Services Commission for a term ending June 30, 1998.
(Continued from September 23, 1997.)
ACTION: Continued to November 11, 1997.
14-F: Appointments to annual vacancies on the Pier Restoration
Corporation for two terms expiring November 8, 1999, and
for three terms expiring November 6, 2000.
ACTION: Continued to November 11, 1997.
14-G: Request of Councilmember Feinstein to approve travel
funds to attend "Alliance for Municipal Power
Conference," relative to options in the utilities
deregulation field, on Saturday, November 8, 1997, in
San Francisco, 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: Held.
16. CLOSED SESSIONS:
16-A: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
City of Santa Monica v. Mobil Oil Corporation, Case No.
778141.
ACTION: Heard. No action taken.
16-B: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
Mark Miskey v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. CV 97-
4325.
ACTION: Not heard.
16-C: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
Santa Monica Housing Council v. City of Santa Monica,
Case No. SS 0051.
ACTION: Not heard.
16-D: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
Wil-Fourth Partnership v. City of Santa Monica, Case No.
BS 045458.
ACTION: Not heard.
16-E: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
Charmont Partners, Ltd., v. City of Santa Monica, Case
No. SS 007397.
ACTION: Not heard.
16-F: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
City of Santa Monica v. Atlantic Richfield, Co., et al.,
Case No. BC 121317.
ACTION: Not heard.
16-G: Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation:
Number of Cases: Two.
ACTION: Councilmember Greenberg moved to approve
settlement of the disputed Transient
Occupancy Tax due from the Pritikin
operating company in the amount of
$300,000, with $150,000 to be paid to the
City immediately and $50,000 per year, for
three years, plus interest on the three
payments of $50,000 at the rate the City
receives on its investments. Staff was
directed to take appropriate measures to
ensure that those amounts are secured.
16-H: Conference with Labor Negotiator:
City Negotiator: Karen Bancroft, Personnel
Director.
Bargaining Units: Management Team Associates
(MTA)
Executive Pay Plan (EPP)
ACTION: Both approved on item 12-A and 12-B.
ADJOURNMENT in memory George Mundy, Valerie Castille and Dianne
Bambrick.