COMPLETED AGENDA
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
REGULAR ADJOURNED CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND
SPECIAL REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING AGENDA
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 1685 MAIN STREET
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1997 - 6:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INSPIRATION
ROLL CALL
4. SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS:
4-A: Commendations to David Costello and Christopher
Daugherty, Drum Majors of the Santa Monica Viking
Marching Band.
ACTION: The Mayor presented the commendations.
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY: (Public
discussion permitted.)
RA-1: Redevelopment Agency Annual Report - approval of Annual
Report for Fiscal Year 1996-1997 for the Redevelopment
Agency of the City of Santa Monica, and direction to
Executive Director to transmit the report to the
Controller of the State of California.
ACTION: Approved.
5-A: CONTINUED ITEMS:
Appointments to boards and commissions for terms
expiring June 30,1997, as follows: (Continued from
December 9, 1997.)
Airport Commission (1)
Commission on the Status of Women (1) (Continued from
September 23, 1997.)
Housing Commission (1)
Los Angeles County West Vector Control (1)
ACTION: Darlene Evans was appointed to the Commission
on the Status of Women for a term expiring June 30,
2001; the appointments to the Airport Commission and the
Housing Commission were continued to January 13, 1998,
as a 5-item; and staff was directed to re-advertise the
vacancy for the Los Angeles County West Vector Control
Board and return to Council thereafter.
5-B: Social Services Commission appointment to one
unscheduled vacancy for a term ending June 30, 1998.
(Continued from December 9, 1997.)
ACTION: Continued to January 13, 1998 as a 5-item.
5-C: Pier Restoration Corporation appointments (5) to annual
vacancies for two terms expiring November 8, 1999, and
for three terms expiring November 6, 2000. (Continued
from November 11, 1997.)
ACTION: Continued to January 13, 1998 as a 5-item.
5-D: Landmarks Commission appointment to one unscheduled
vacancy for a term ending June 30, 1998. (Continued
from December 9, 1997.)
ACTION: Continued to January 13, 1998 as a 5-item.
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 November 11, 1997, regular and
special City Council meetings.
ACTION: Minutes of the regular City Council meeting of
November 11, 1997 were continued to January 13, 1998;
minutes of the special City Council meeting of November
11, 1997 were approved.
6-B: Earthquake Recovery Resolution - resolution declaring
the continuing existence of a local emergency (January
1994 Earthquake Damage).
Staff Report
ACTION: Approved Resolution # 9228 CCS.
6-C: Transmittal of Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for
fiscal year ended June 30, 1997, and recommendation to
receive and file.
Staff Report
ACTION: Received and filed.
6-D: Statement of Official Action for 502 Georgina Avenue -
recommendation to approve the Statement of Official
Action for appeal of the Planning Commission approval of
Vesting Tentative Parcel Map 24847.
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: Inclusionary Housing Program in-lieu fees ordinance and
resolution - first reading and introduction of an
ordinance of the City Council amending municipal code
sections 9.28.030, 9.28.050, 9.28.060, and 9.28.070
relating to the in-lieu fee requirements of the City's
Inclusionary Housing Program, and adoption of resolution
establishing the inclusionary unit base price for a
moderate inclusionary unit.
Staff Report
ACTION: Motion to approve staff recommendation failed.
Staff directed to return at its earliest convenience with
various options which might be useful in addressing the
problems related to current law that might more broadly
take into effect having an interim ordinance that best
furthers the goals of maintaining and providing
affordable housing in the community.
8-B: Pedestrian-Oriented Design Standards ordinance - first
reading and introduction of an ordinance of the City
Council amending Section 9.04.02.030.645 (definition of
pedestrian orientation) and adding section
9.04.10.02.440 relating to pedestrian oriented design
standards and applying those design standards to
property developed in the following districts: RVC
Residential Visitor Commercial District, BCD Broadway
Commercial District, BASCD Bayside Commercial District,
C2 Neighborhood Commercial District, C3 Downtown
Commercial District, C3-C Downtown Overlay District, C4
Highway Commercial District, C6 Boulevard Commercial
District and the CM Main Street Commercial District.
(Continued from December 9, 1997.)
Staff Report
ACTION: Introduced ordinance for first reading, as
amended.
8-C: Moratorium on Subdivisions - adoption of emergency
ordinance enacting a moratorium on subdivisions in the
area bounded by Ocean Avenue, Seventh Street, Adelaide
Drive, and Montana Avenue pending revisions to the
Zoning Ordinance changing the minimum lot width from
fifty feet to one hundred feet for a lot within the
above-described area; and declaring the presence of an
emergency.
Staff Report
ACTION: Introduced and adopted emergency Ordinance #
1892.
9. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS: (Public discussion permitted.)
9-A: Off-Leash Dog Areas Report - recommendation to review a
report for off-leash dog areas and additional
enforcement needs citywide, and to direct staff to
construct recommended design features at Joslyn and
Pacific Street Parks and initiate recommended changes to
off-leash area operations, enforcement and maintenance,
including an appropriation of $13,934 for the pilot off-
leash monitoring program at Joslyn Park.
Staff Report
ACTION: Continued to January 13, 1998 as a 5-item.
Public hearing closed.
13. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: (Public discussion permitted.)
13-A: Homeless services - request of Jennafer Waggoner and
David Bush to address the City Council regarding
homelessness in Santa Monica.
ACTION: Continued to January 13, 1998.
14. COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS: (Public discussion
permitted.)
14-A: Request of Mayor Holbrook to consider amnesty for
parking meter violations during the holiday season, from
December 19-26, 1997, including the three-hour parking
limit at Santa Monica Place.
ACTION: Heard, no action taken.
14-B: Request of Councilmember Feinstein to direct staff to
install and operate ISDN phone lines in Council Chambers
and at the Ken Edwards Center, using the technology set-
aside provided in the adoption of the 1997-1998 budget.
ACTION: No action taken.
14-C: Request of Councilmember Greenberg to direct staff to
review the possibility of enacting an ordinance that
would make it unlawful for any person to wilfully
misrepresent their residence or circumstances regarding
their residency on any form submitted to the City of
Santa Monica, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School
District and the Santa Monica Community College
District.
ACTION: Continued to January 13, 1998.
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: Cancelled due to lack of quorum.
16. CLOSED SESSIONS:
16-A: Request for Closed Session - Conference with Legal
Counsel: David M. Rosman v. City of Santa Monica, Case
No. SS 007045.
ACTION: Not heard.
16-B: Request for Closed Session - Conference with Legal
Counsel: Jerry M. Rubin v. City of Santa Monica, Case
No. SS CV 97-8786.
ACTION: Not heard.
16-C: Request for Closed Session - Conference with Legal
Counsel: Mobil, Inc., v. City of Santa Monica, Case No.
SC 778141.
ACTION: Not heard.
ADJOURNMENT