CITY OF SANTA MONICA
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 1685
MAIN STREET
TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2001
CLOSED SESSION FROM 6:15 TO 7:00
P.M.
OPEN SESSION BEGINS AT 7:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INSPIRATION – Santa Monica High
School Madrigals
ROLL CALL
6.
CONSENT CALENDAR: (All items will be considered
and approved in one motion unless removed by a Councilmember for discussion.)
6-A: Approval
of minutes of the September 26, 2000, City Council meeting. (Not available electronically. Available at the City Clerk’s Office or at
City public libraries.)
6-B: Earthquake
Recovery Resolution declaring the continuing existence of a local emergency
(January 1994 Earthquake Damage).
6-C: Main
Library Expansion and Renovation Project - recommendation to authorize the
City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Moore Ruble Yudell
Architects and Planners, in the amount of $3,448,000, for design, construction documents,
and construction administration services for the Main Library Expansion and
Renovation Project.
6-D: 4th
Street Traffic Plan between Pico and the south City limits, and Colorado
Boulevard median - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a contract with Kabbara Engineering, in the amount of
$194,400, for project design services for the 4th Street Traffic
Plan between Pico Boulevard and the south City Limits, and a landscaped median
along Colorado Boulevard between Stewart Street and Centinela Avenue.
6-E: Light
Emitting Diode (LED) Retrofit Program for vehicle signal heads and installation
of LED traffic signal modules - recommendation to appropriate $293,000 to
the City’s LED Retrofit Program; award Bid No. 2825 to Synchronex, in the
amount of $367,744.46 to furnish and deliver LEDs for vehicle signal heads;
approve purchase order to Peek Traffic/Signal Maintenance Inc., in the amount
of $73,000, for the installation of LED traffic signal modules; and establish
budget as proposed.
6-F: Setting
of a public hearing for Streetlight Assessment Districts, approval of type of
style for streetlights, and approval of costs option - recommendation to:
set a public hearing on March 27, 2001, to receive public comment on the
formation of street light assessment districts on Ozone Avenue, Dewey Street,
Robson Street, Marine Street, Strand Street, and on Frederick Street, approve
an ornamental street light standard for all residential installations, and
approve proposed option for funding of project.
6-G: Resolution
authorizing City Manager to submit a proposal to the California Arts Council
“Arts in Education” Demonstration Project and to execute all related documents,
including but not limited to applications and agreements.
6-H: Resolution
authorizing destruction of certain records of the Police Department, pursuant
to Government Code Section 34090.
6-I: Purchase
of parking enforcement scooters - recommendation to award purchase order to
Municipal Maintenance Equipment, Inc., in the amount of $211,050.30, for eight
three-wheel Parking Enforcement scooters for the Police Department.
6-J: Purchase
of front loading refuse bins - recommendation to award Bid No. 2819 to
Consolidated Fabricators Corp, in the amount of $75,000, to furnish and deliver
two, three and four cubic yard front loading refuse bins for the Environmental
& Public Works Management Department.
6-K: Purchase
of two half-ton pickup trucks - recommendation to award Bid No. 2823 to
Miracle Ford, in the amount of $52,692.00, to furnish and deliver two half-ton
pickup trucks for the Community & Cultural Services Department.
8.
ORDINANCES: (No public discussion is permitted on
ordinances for second reading and adoption.)
8-A: Introduction
and first reading of Interim Ordinance extending the modifications to the
Development Review Thresholds in the following districts: RVC Residential Visitor Commercial District;
BCD Broadway Commercial District; C2 Neighborhood Commercial District; C4
Highway Commercial District; C5 Special Office Commercial District; C6
Boulevard Commercial District; CM Main Street Commercial District; CP
Commercial Professional District; M1 Industrial Conservation District; and,
LMSD Light Manufacturing and Studio District, to 7500 square feet.
9.
STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
9-A: Recommendation
to review and approve workload priorities for Planning and Community
Development Department in fiscal year 2000/01.
9-B: Establishment
of working group for the Civic Center Planning Process, appointment of three
Councilmembers to working group, and adoption of guidelines for the Update to
the Civic Center Specific Plan.
9-C: Proposed
prohibition of vehicular camping on public property - recommendation to
direct the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance amending Municipal Code
Section 3.12.670 to prohibit vehicular camping on public property, and to establish
misdemeanor penalties for violations of the ordinance.
9-D: Contracts
for construction of Transit Mall Project and 4th Street Improvements
Project - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and
execute contract with Valley Crest, in the amount of $11,936,815, for
construction of the Transit Mall and 4th Street Improvement
Projects; to negotiate and execute a contract with Black and Veatch, in the
amount of $1,032,000, for construction management of the projects; and,
negotiate and execute an amendment to Contract No. 7230(CCS) with Amphion
Environmental Inc., for $65,000, for additional design services during
construction.
9-E: Recommendation
to direct the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance regulating valet parking
and establishing a franchise for valet parking in the downtown area, and to
prepare a resolution establishing fees for valet parking.
9-F: Recommendation
to consider an earlier start time for City Council meetings, discuss potential
changes in the categories and order of business, and adopt a resolution
effecting changes as recommended or direct staff to return with a resolution
reflecting Council preferences.
10.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
10-A: Resolution amending Preferential Parking Zone TT and creating Preferential
Parking Zone YY - recommendation to
adopt a resolution amending Preferential Parking Zone TT on 20th, 21st,
23rd, 24th Streets, Chelsea Avenue, and 25th
Street between Wilshire Boulevard and Washington Avenue; and California and
Washington Avenues between 20th and 26th Streets; 6th
Street, and Wilshire Boulevard; creating Preferential Parking Zone YY in 26th
and Princeton Streets, Harvard and Yale Streets, and Arizona and Washington
Avenues; approval of proposed budget revenue adjustment; and, amending City
Council Resolution 9344(CCS).
13.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:
13-A: Request of Rose Kendall and Greg Duvall to direct staff to
replace electrical meters for 2930 Colorado Avenue at their original location
on the site.
14.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
14-A: Appointment to one unscheduled vacancy on the Landmarks
Commission for a term ending June 30, 2002. (Continued from January 9, 2000.)
14-B: Appointment to one full term on the Pier Restoration
Corporation for term ending November 10, 2004. (Continued from January 9, 2000.)
14-C: Appointments to the Pier Restoration Corporation - Appointments
to the following terms on the Pier Restoration Corporation: One
appointment for a term ending November 2001; three appointments for terms
ending November 2002; three appointments for terms ending November 2003; and 2
appointments for terms ending November 2005, as recommended by the Pier
Restoration Corporation. (Continued
from January 9, 2000.)
14-D: Request of Councilmembers Genser and McKeown that Council direct
staff to accelerate the planning and implementation of crosswalk and pedestrian
safety improvements for the intersection of Washington Avenue and 26th Street.
14-E: Request of Councilmember Genser that Council direct staff to
explore the possibilities of incorporating the entire Stanton MacDonald Wright
mural that was in the former Santa Monica library at 5th Street and Santa
Monica Boulevard in the proposed expansion of the existing main library.
14-F: Request of Mayor Feinstein that Council approve Councilmember
Pam O’Connor’s nomination for re-election to serve as the Westside Cities
Sub-Region Representative to the Southern California Association of
Governments.
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: Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce v. City of Santa
Monica, LASC Case No BS 066 516.
16-B: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation: U-Haul
Co., et al. v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. CV 00-10225 NM (Rzx).
16-C: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation: Alice Cole,
et al. v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. SC 055 183.
16-D: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Southern California
Water
Company v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. SC 064 682.
16-E: Conference with Legal Counsel
- Existing Litigation: David
Levy, et al, v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. SC 063 147.
16-F: Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation.
Number of cases: Three.
ADJOURNMENT.