AGENDA
CITY OF SANTA
MONICA
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AND SPECIAL JOINT
MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 1685 MAIN STREET
TUESDAY,
JANUARY 28, 2003
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: Certification of Statement of Official Action taken for the condominium
project located at 2512 28th Street.
1-B: Authorization to donate used
police bicycles to Santa Monica High School.
1-C: Resolution approving a
consolidated City-wide Records Retention Schedule.
1-D: Santa Monica Playhouse and Santa Monica
Historical Society Project Funding – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate
and execute contracts with the Santa Monica Playhouse and the Santa Monica
Historical Society Museum for funds approved during the Fiscal Year 2002-03
Budget approval process.
1-E: Provision of moving services for
the Main Library – recommendation to award Bid No. 2854 to Beltmann Group,
in the amount of $136,845, to provide moving services for the Main Library.
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference with
Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation:
Anthony Maxwell v.
City of Santa Monica, Case No. BC 268 069
2-B: Conference with
Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: City
of Santa Monica
v. Shell Oil Company, Case No. 01 CC04331.
2-C: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: Observer Newspaper v.
City of Santa Monica, Case No. 2 Civil B 155576.
2-D: Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated
Litigation.
Number
of cases: Four.
6:45 P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA
ACTION ITEMS:
7.
ORDINANCES: (No public discussion
is permitted on ordinances for second reading and adoption.)
7-A: Introduction and first reading of
an interim ordinance modifying development standards for parcels in the R-1
Districts located in the Sunset Park and North of Wilshire Neighborhoods.
7-B: Introduction and first reading of
an ordinance amending the City’s Landmarks and Historic Districts Ordinance to
clarify Landmark Commission’s jurisdiction and the standard for reviewing
certificates of appropriateness, to make procedural changes to the process for
reviewing landmark and historic district applications, to modify the process
for designating a structure of merit, and to provide additional incentives for
designated historic properties.
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
SPECIAL JOINT
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY.
ROLL CALL:
8-A: Santa Monica Main Library Expansion
Project – recommendation to approve guaranteed maximum price of
$56,063,066, for demolition and construction of the Main Library Expansion
Project; authorization to the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract
with Morley Builders; that City Council and Redevelopment Agency adopt a resolution
determining and finding that the Supplemental Public Parking Project is of
benefit to the Earthquake Recovery Redevelopment Project Area; that City
Council and Redevelopment Agency authorize, respectively, the City Manager and
the Executive Director to execute a Reimbursement Agreement between the City
and the Agency for the project; and approve the various proposed budget changes
and financing sources.
ADJOURNMENT
8-B: Recommendation to appoint three
Councilmembers to the East-West Corridor Parking Task Force.
8-C: Funding guidelines and selection
criteria, and authorization to release a “Request for Proposals” for the FY
2003-2006 Community Development Grant Program
8-D: Funding Guidelines and Selection
Criteria, and authorization to release a “Request for Proposals” for the FY
2003-06 Cultural/Arts Organizational Support Grants.
12.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:
12-A: Request of B.A. Gray to address
Council regarding concerns related to the Big Blue Bus.
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Request of Councilmembers Feinstein and O'Connor to review, and
potentially modify, city policies related to outdoor restaurant seating
and outdoor merchandise, displays and signs.
13-B: Appointment to one special vacancy on the Accessibility Appeals Board
of the Building and Safety Commission, for a term ending June 30, 2005.
(Continued from December 10, 2002.)
13-C: Appointment
to one special vacancy on the Pier Restoration Corporation, with a term ending
November 8, 2005. (Continued from January 14, 2003.)
13-D: Appointment to one annual vacancy on the
Commission on Older Americans for a term ending June 30, 2006, and appointment
to one special vacancy for a term ending June 30, 2003. (Continued from January 14, 2003.)
13-E: Appointment
to one special vacancy on the Arts Commission, with a term ending June 30,
2006. (Continued from January 14, 2003.)
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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