CITY OF SANTA
MONICA AGENDAS
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING; SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
OF THE CITY
COUNCIL, THE PARKING AUTHORITY AND THE
REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY; AND SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 1685 MAIN STREET
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 22, 2002
MEETING BEGINS AT 5:45 P.M.
Early voting using touchscreen
Oct. 22 to
Nov. 1 (including weekends)
Monday-Thursday 12:00 to 8:00 P.M.
Friday-Saturday 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Sunday 1:00 to 5:00 P.M.
Santa Monica Main Public Library
1343 6th Street, Santa
Monica
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 July 17, July 23, August 6, and August 13, 2002, City Council
meetings.
1-B: Purchase of Advanced Fleet Management
System – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and
execute two agreements with Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc., in the amount
of $6,311,245.90, for purchase of the system; and in the amount of $939,547,
for a five-year maintenance agreement.
1-C: Resolution amending Resolution No. 9639
(CCS) to conform to State Guidelines regarding the administration and
collection of local sales and use taxes.
1-D: Police/Fire Dispatch furnishings for the
Public Safety Facility – recommendation to award a purchase order to Evans Consoles,
Inc., in the amount of $267,315, to furnish, deliver, and install dispatch
furnishings in the new Safety Building, and approve proposed appropriation.
1-E: Material testing and inspection services for the Public
Safety Facility construction – recommendation to authorize the City Manager
to negotiate and execute an amendment to Contract No. 7969, with Twinings
Laboratories, in the amount of $40,000, to provide material testing and
inspection services for the Public Safety Building.
1-F: Provision of various technical services
for the Planning Department – recommendation to authorize the City Manager
to negotiate and execute: an amendment
to Contract No. 7742 (CCS) with Bing Yen and Associates, in the amount of
190,000; an amendment to Contract No. 7740 (CCS) with Esgil Corporation, in the
amount of $300,000; and a contract with JAS Pacific, in the amount of $300,000.
1-G: Adoption of Resolution of the City of
Santa Monica Establishing a Recycled Water Rate.
1-H: Recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to execute a purchase order for provision of imported water supply by
the Metropolitan Water District.
1-I: Citywide co-mingled recycling program
- recommendation to expand the existing pilot program of commingled recycling
citywide.
1-J: Authorization
to open preliminary discussions for possible acquisition of real property
located at 312-316 Santa Monica Boulevard.
1-K: Adoption of Resolution endorsing Proposition 46
(Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002).
2. CLOSED
SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference with Real
Property Negotiator.
Property: 312-316
Santa Monica Boulevard
Owner of Record: Serious
and Debra Moini
City Negotiator: Mark
Richter, Real Estate Manager
2-B: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: U-Liner West v. Clark
Construction, Case No. SC 067 081.
2-C: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation:
Jaime Cruz v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. CV 01-03261
2-D: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Peter Boules v. City of Santa Monica,
Case No. SC 074 042.
2-E: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: City of Santa Monica v. Shell Oil Co.,
Case No. 01CC04331.
2-F: Conference with Legal
Counsel – Anticipated Litigation:
Number of cases: Four.
3.
STUDY SESSION:
3-A: Main
Library Design Update.
6:45 P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
4.
SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS:
4-A: Commendation for Santa Monica Little League
Girls Softball team and the Santa Monica Little League Boys team.
7.
ORDINANCES: (No public discussion
is permitted on ordinances for second reading and adoption.)
7-A: Second
reading and adoption of an ordinance specifying requirements for
the distribution of food on public property. (Introduced on October 8,
2002.)
7-B: Second
reading and adoption of an ordinance prohibiting sitting or lying in
downtown doorways during late night and early morning hours. (Introduced
on October 8, 2002.)
7-C: Second reading and
adoption of an ordinance amending Chapters 1 and 8 of the Municipal Code,
expanding the requirements for tenant protection during construction, expanding the scope of
administrative citations, and
amending and expanding the requirements for the placement of underground
utilities. (Introduced on October 8, 2002.)
7-D: Introduction and first reading of an
ordinance amending Chapter 13 relating to vehicles displaying clean air vehicle
decals and waiving of parking meter fees.
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
SPECIAL JOINT
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE PARKING AUTHORITY AND THE REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY:
8-A: Recommendation to Adopt FY
2001-02 and Fiscal Year 2002-03 Budget
Changes, Adopt a Resolution Revising Various Building and
Safety and
Planning related Fees, and Adopt a Resolution
Establishing Various New
Classifications and Salary Rates - Recommendation to Adopt
Fiscal Year 2001-
02 and Fiscal Year 2002-03 Budget Changes; Adopt a
Resolution Revising Various
Permit and User Fees Related to Development Review,
Records, Inspection and
General Services in Environmental and Public Works
Management, Fire, Planning
and Community Development Departments and Setting New
User Fees in the
Community and Cultural Services Department Related to
Development Review and
Establishing the Costs of Staffing for Code Enforcement;
and Adopt a Resolution
Establishing Various New Classifications and Salary
Rates.
ADJOURNMENT
8-B: Resolutions
authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute Cooperation Agreement for
acquisition of Mountain View Mobile Home Park, and finding acquisition to be of
benefit to the Earthquake Recovery Project Area - recommendation that the City
Council and the Redevelopment Agency resolutions approving a cooperation
agreement, accepting grant funds; placing affordability covenants on the
Mountain View Mobile Home Park, and finding that the project is of benefit to the
Earthquake Recovery Project Area.
ADJOURNMENT
8-C: Establishment of East-West Commercial
Corridor Parking Task Force and authorization to transmit to Santa Monica City
College alternative parking scenarios and issues to be evaluated in the Madison
Campus Environmental Impact Report.
8-D: Revisions
to the Planning and Community Development Department Work Program Prioritiesrelated to
preparing Downtown Design Standards. (Continued
from September 24, 2002.)
9.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
9-A: Public hearing for the formation of Assessment District A on Princeton
Street (Montana to Washington Avenues) and
District B on Washington Avenue (Princeton to Harvard Streets) – recommendation to hold public hearing, receive
public comment, close public hearing and continue to November 12, 2002, to
receive certified results on the assessment election, and take action.
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Appointment to two special vacancies on the
Landmarks Commission with terms ending June 30, 2004. (One is continued from September 10, 2002.)
13-B: Appointment to one annual vacancy on the
Commission on the Status of Women for a term ending June 30, 2006, and to one
special vacancy for a term ending June 30, 2004. (Continued from September 24, 2002.)
13-C: Appointment to
one special vacancy on the Commission on the Status of Women for a term ending
June 30, 2003. (Continued from September 24, 2002.)
13-D: Appointment to one special vacancy on the
Commission on the Status of Women for a term ending June 30, 2005. (Continued from September 24, 2002.)
13-E: Appointment
to three annual vacancies on the Pier Restoration Corporation with terms ending
November 14, 2006.
13-F: Request of Councilmember Katz to direct
staff to prepare an ordinance modifying the housing exemption in Ordinance No.
1999 (CCS) that lowered development review thresholds in most commercial zoning
districts to 7,500 square feet of floor area, which currently exempts housing
projects with 25% affordable housing, to instead include the same housing
exemption as it contained in the recently enacted ordinance lowering the
development review threshold for Santa Monica’s downtown.
13-G: Acceptance of Audrey Parker’s letter of resignation
from the Accessibility Appeals Board of the Building and Safety Commission, and
recommendation to authorize the City Clerk to publish the vacancy.
13-H: Request of Mayor Feinstein to support Proposition 47, the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2002, which will provide $13 billion in facilities and maintenance bonds for California's public schools, colleges and universities.
13-I:
Request
of Mayor Feinstein to discuss and take action on the process for nominating City
of Santa Monica representatives to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority Sector Governance Council for the West-Central region,
with a target date for nominations of November 12, 2002.
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.
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