CITY OF SANTA
MONICA
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 1685 MAIN STREET
TUESDAY, JUNE
26, 2001
MEETING BEGINS AT 5:15 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
1.
CONSENT CALENDAR: (All items will be
considered and approved in one motion unless removed by a Councilmember for
discussion.)
1-A: Approval
of minutes of April 24, 2001, City Council meeting.
1-B: Earthquake
Recovery Resolution declaring the continuing existence of a local emergency
(January 1994 Earthquake Damage).
1-C: Fiscal Year 2000-2001 Street Improvement Project - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Palp, Inc., dba Excel Paving Company, in the amount of $3,367,450 for construction of street improvements; a contract with Caltrop Engineering, in the amount of $250,000, for construction management of the project; and, approve recommended appropriation of funds.
1-D: Fiscal
Year 2000-2001 Water Main Replacement – recommendation to authorize the
City Manager to: negotiate and execute a contract with Williams Supply Company,
in the amount of $1,199,832, for construction of the water main replacement
project; negotiate and execute a contract with DMR Team Inc., in the amount of
$140,000, for construction management project for the contract; and, approve
recommended appropriation of funds.
1-E: Study
of the City’s water wastewater rates and fees - recommendation to authorize
the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with The Keese Company/The
Reed Group, Inc., in the amount of $53,995, to prepare a study of water and
wastewater rates and fees.
1-F: Provision
of code enforcement and inspection services – recommendation to authorize
the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with JAS Pacific
Corporation, in the amount of $ $200,000, for inspection and enforcement
services for the Building and Safety Division, Planning and Community
Development Department.
1-G: Material
testing and inspection services for the Santa Monica Public Safety Facility
– recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a
contract with Twinings Laboratories of Southern California Inc., in the amount
of $181,175, for materials testing and inspection services for the Santa Monica
Public Safety Facility.
1-H: Authorization
to submit applications for grant funds for the Big Blue Bus –
recommendation to authorize the City Manager to submit applications for
operating and capital funds available to the Big Blue Bus from the Los Angeles
County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for Fiscal Year 2001-2002.
1-I: Recommendation
to direct staff to solicit applications from interested members of the public
to serve on a Citizens’ Advisory Committee to the Lincoln Corridor Task Force.
2. CLOSED
SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Tino Degen v. City of Santa Monica,
Case No. SC 060 575.
2-B: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation:
Chateau 16th Street Villas, LLC and Norman Salter v. City
of Santa Monica, Case No. BS 065 985.
2-C: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Michael Duffy v. City of Santa
Monica, Case No. SC 061 611.
2-D: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation:
Alice Cole, et al., v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. SC 055 183.
2-E: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Pico Neighborhood Association v.
City of Santa Monica, Case No. SC
063 874.
2-F: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: City of Santa Monica v. Maria
Stewart, Case No. SC 067 033.
2-G: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation:
Ring Trading Corp. v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. BC 172 044
(consolidated with Mountain View Mobile Inn Residents Association, Inc. v.
City, Case No. SC 052 672).
2-H: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation.
Number
of cases: Four.
6:45
P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
6.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS:
6-A: Appeal
of Landmarks Commission decision designating 1333 Ocean Avenue as a City
Landmark – recommendation to uphold the Landmarks Commission decision
designating the structure located at 1333 Ocean Avenue as a City Landmark, and
deny the appeal. Appellant: Sherman Stacey, Esq.
Continued
to July 24, 2001.
7.
ORDINANCES: (No public discussion
is permitted on ordinances for second reading and adoption.)
7-A: Introduction
and first reading of an ordinance adding Chapter 4.65 to the Santa Monica
Municipal Code creating minimum wage requirements applicable to certain
businesses located in the coastal zone and extended downtown core and to the
City and its Service Contractors.
11.
RESOLUTIONS:
11-A: Resolution
of Intention to elect to be subject to the Public Employees’ Medical and
Hospital Care Act (Domestic Partners) - recommendation to adopt a
resolution declaring the City’s intention to elect to be subject to the Public
Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act.
11-B: Resolution
of Intention to elect to be subject to the Public Employees’ Medical and
Hospital Care Act (Elected Officials) - recommendation to adopt a
resolution declaring the City’s intention to elect to be subject to the Public
Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act only with respect to non-PERS elected
officials category and fixing the employer’s contribution for annuitants at
different amounts.
12.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:
12-A: Request
of Jerry Rubin to address Council requesting that representatives of
City-recognized neighborhood organizations (The Neighborhood Council) do not
bar the public from attending and observing the Neighborhood Council Meetings. (Continued
from June 12, 2001)
12-B: Request
of Ron Pickard to address Council requesting a waiver of fees for the U.S.
Constitutional Day Parade and to approve an alternate route. (Continued
from June 12, 2001)
12-C: Request
of Naia Sheffield to address Council requesting review of the leasing
guidelines procedures, and requesting that the bidding on the Pier leases be
reopened. (Continued from June 12, 2001)
12-D: Request
of David Ganezer to address Council requesting that The Santa Monica Observer be appointed as the Official Newspaper of
the City, pursuant to Charter Sections 6.09 and 6.17.
(Continued
from June 12, 2001)
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Request
of Mayor Pro Tem Bloom to request Council direct staff to prepare an ordinance:
(a) banning the sale of small, easily concealable handguns known as “pocket
rockets”; (b) requiring thumb printing on dealer record of sales for purchase
of firearms and requesting the State to require all prospective firearm buyers
in California to be fingerprinted; and (c) requiring an annual criminal
background clearance for the purchase of ammunition. (Continued from June
12, 2001.)
13-B: Request of Councilmember Holbrook to direct
staff to define the term “affordable department stores” and explore incentives
to encourage development of the use.
Incentives may include, but not be limited to, revised development standards,
financial assistance, and modifications to zoning districts. (Continued from June 12, 2001.)
13-C: Annual vacancy appointments to the
following boards and commissions: (Continued from June 12, 2001)
|
Airport Commission |
(1) |
Term ending
06/30/05 |
|
Architectural Review Board |
(2) |
Term ending
06/30/05 |
|
Arts Commission |
(2) |
Term ending 06/30/05 |
|
Bayside District Corporation |
(3) |
Term ending 06/30/05 |
|
Building & Safety Commission Accessibility
Appeals Board |
(3) (2) |
Term ending
06/30/05 Term ending
06/30/05 |
|
Commission on Older Americans Commissioners
Emeritus |
(2) (1) |
Term ending
06/30/05 Term ending
06/30/03 |
|
Commission on the Status of Women |
(3) |
Term ending
06/30/05 |
|
Convention & Visitors Bureau |
(2) |
Term ending
06/30/05 |
|
Housing Commission |
(2) (2) |
Term ending
06/30/05 Term ending
06/30/03 |
|
Landmarks Commission |
(2) |
Term ending
06/30/05 |
|
Library Board |
(1) |
Term ending
06/30/05 |
|
Metropolitan
Cooperative Library System Advisory Board |
(1) |
Term ending
06/30/03 |
|
Personnel
Board Unscheduled Vacancy |
(1) (1) |
Term ending
06/30/06 Term ending
06/30/04 |
|
Planning
Commission |
(1) |
Term ending
06/30/05 |
|
Recreation
& Parks Commission Unscheduled Vacancy (Continued from 05/22/01) |
(1) (1) |
Term ending
06/30/05 Term ending 06/30/04 |
|
Social
Services Commission |
(2) |
Term ending 06/30/05 |
13-D: Three
appointments to full terms on the Pier Restoration Corporation; one with a term
ending November 09, 2004 (continued
from April 10, 2001), and two with terms ending November 08, 2005. (Continued
from June 12, 2001)
14.
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.)
ADJOURNMENT.