*Revised Agenda – November 22, 2002
Added Items 8 -A, 12-A,
and 13-D
CITY OF SANTA
MONICA
REGULAR
ADJOURNED CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 1685 MAIN STREET
TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 26, 2002
MEETING BEGINS AT 5:45 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 September 24, and October 8, 2002, City Council meetings.
1-B: Award of Construction Contract for Woodlawn Cemetery Mausoleum Expansion Project – recommendation to award contract to Maher Dev. Inc., in the amount of $557,000, for Woodlawn Cemetery Mausoleum Expansion Project.
1-C: Approve modification to Agreement for Sewer Project 11 – recommendation to approve a modification to Agreement No. 8014 (CCS) with Tetra Tech, Inc., in the amount of $91,080, for construction management and inspection services on Sewer Project 11 – repair of earthquake-damaged sewer mains in the area bounded by the easterly City limits and Appian Way, between Colorado Avenue and Pico Blvd.
1-D: Contract For Web Design – recommendation to authorize the
City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Vision Internet
Providers, Inc., in the amount of $90,500, for technical services for the
design and enhancement of the City’s web site.
1-E: Award
of Contract for Urban Runoff Management Plan – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute
a professional services contract with Brown and Caldwell, in the amount of
$175,000, to develop a comprehensive Urban Runoff Management Plan.
2. CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference with Labor Negotiator:
City Negotiator: Karen
Bancroft, Director, Human Resources
Bargaining Units: PAU, STA
2-B: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Santa Monica Housing Council, et al. v.
City, et al., Case No. SC 074 683.
2-C: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: In re Heard
Communications, Inc., Case No. 02-32088 (DHS).
2-D: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: Heard
Communications, Inc. v. City of Santa
Monica, Case No. 02-3546 (DHS).
2-E: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation:
Number
of cases: Three.
6:45 P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
5.
CONTINUED ITEMS:
5-A: Design of new City Solid
Waste transfer station facility – recommendation to direct staff to proceed with the design
of a new solid waste transfer station facility. (Continued from November 12,
2002.)
5-B: Purchase of one trash loader – recommendation to award
Bid No. 2842, in the amount of $199,953.99, to Coastline Equipment to furnish
and deliver one loader for the Environmental & Public Works Management
Department (Continued from November 12, 2002.)
5-C: Purchase of one refuse-hauler truck tractor –
recommendation to award Bid No. 2849, in the amount of $145,572.44, to Boerner
Truck Center, to furnish and deliver one truck tractor for the Environmental
& Public Works Management Department (Continued from November 12, 2002.)
5-D: City Yards
Expansion Project – recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute a
contract with RNL Design, in the amount of
$5,915,000, for architectural and
engineering services for the Corporation Yards
Expansion Project. (Continued from November 12, 2002.)
6.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS:
6-A: Appeal of Planning Commission
denial for project at 2512 28th Street – recommendation to adopt the
Final Negative Declaration, and uphold the appeal and approve the Design
Compatibility Permit, Development Review Permit, and Tentative Tract Map, based
upon the findings listed in the report.
7.
ORDINANCES: (No public
discussion is permitted on ordinances for second reading and adoption.)
7-A: Second
reading and adoption of an interim ordinance modifying the development review
thresholds in the C-3, C3C, and BSC Districts to 7,500 square feet, and
exempting affordable housing projects of 50 units or less from a Development
Review Permit or a Conditional Use Permit Citywide. (First reading held on November 12, 2002).
7-B: Introduction and first reading of
interim ordinance extending a moratorium on new or expanded retail uses on the
Third Street Promenade with limited exceptions.
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Staff request for Council direction on the proposal from MBK Southern California Ltd. to jointly develop a commercial and recreational use at 1601 14th Street and for Council authorization to explore and negotiate a possible City purchase of that property if it becomes available upon expiration of the current option or otherwise.*
9.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
9-A: Public hearing and adoption of Historic
Preservation Element of the General Plan – recommendation to hold a public
hearing, adopt a resolution adopting the Historic Preservation Element Negative
Declaration, and adopt a resolution adopting the Historic Preservation Element
of the General Plan.
11.
RESOLUTIONS:
11-A: Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a
Memorandum of Understanding with the Supervisory Team Associates.
11-B: Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the Public Attorneys Union.
12.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Appointment
to three annual vacancies on the Pier Restoration Corporation with terms ending
November 14, 2006. (Continued from November 12, 2002.)
13-B: Request
of Mayor Feinstein and Councilmember O'Connor to direct staff to
prepare an ordinance to allow the City the option of conducting an
election by mail, and to also report back with the procedures for
ensuring the accuracy of the mail ballots as part of that process.
13-C: Acceptance of Jerry Greenwalt’s letter of resignation from the Pier Restoration Corporation, and recommendation to authorize the City Clerk to publish the vacancy.
13-D:
Request of Councilmember Genser
to discuss possible proposals for ballot measures to amend the City's landmark
ordinance.*
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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*Added Items 8 -A, 12-A, and 13-D