CITY OF SANTA
MONICA
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 1685 MAIN STREET
TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 11, 2003
MEETING BEGINS AT 5:45 P.M.
ALL-MAIL BALLOT
SPECIAL ELECTION -MARCH 21, 2003
LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO
VOTE – MARCH 6, 2003
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 the December 17, 2002, January 9, and January 14, 2003, City
Council meetings.
1-B: Appropriation
of California Law Enforcement Equipment Program (CLEEP) Grant funds – recommendation that Council appropriate the 2002
CLEEP allocation of $29,557 and designate fund use for purchase of Cal Photo
system licenses and equipment.
1-C: Education and outreach services regarding environmental
protection and support of operation of Ocean Discovery Center –
recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a
contract with Baykeeper and contract with Heal the Bay to provide outreach and
educational services to Santa Monica students and support operation of the
Ocean Discovery Center at the Santa Monica Pier.
1-D: Recommendation
for the City Council to reject all responses received for Transit Bus
advertising concession and direct staff to re-issue a modified Request for
Proposals.
1-E: Purchase of dispatch radio frequency for
the Big Blue Bus – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a contract with Mobile Relay Associates, in the amount of
$302,100, to purchase the radio frequency.
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: Santa Monica Housing
Council v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. SC 074 683.
2-D: Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation.
Number of cases: Five.
6:45 P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
4.
SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS:
4-A: Recognition of Santa Monica AYSO Girls
Under 12 for winning the 2002 League Championship.
7.
ORDINANCES: (No public
discussion is permitted on ordinances for second reading and adoption.)
7-A: Second reading and adoption 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. (Ordinance
introduced on January 28, 2003.)
7-B: Introduction and adoption of an
ordinance amending Chapter 11 of the Municipal Code relating to the
distribution of newsletters during campaigns and declaring the presence of an
emergency.
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Adoption of the Santa Monica Sustainable
City Plan and consideration of governance structure.
8-B: Proposed “Smoke Free Parks” Policy and
Direction to staff to prepare necessary ordinance and resolution changes.
12.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:
12-A: Request of Bernadette Scully to address
Council regarding distribution of parking permits and requesting an amendment
to requirement that a vehicle registration address must match the owner’s
residential address.
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. (Continued from January 28, 2003.)
(TO BE CONSIDERED BEFORE ITEM
12-A.)
13-B: Request of Mayor Pro Tem McKeown and Councilmember
Genser that in response to the USA Patriot Act the Council adopt a resolution
affirming Santa Monica's commitment to civil liberties and supporting unabrogated
City protection for Constitutional rights.
13-C: Request of Mayor Bloom, Mayor Pro Tem McKeown and
Councilmember O'Connor that the Council adopt a resolution urging the full
legal recognition of same-sex marriages under California law.
13-D: 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 January 28, 2003.)
13-E: Appointment to one special vacancy on the
Commission on Older Americans for a term ending June 30, 2003. (Continued from January 28, 2003.)
13-F: Request of Mayor Pro Tem McKeown that the Council go on record opposing possible war with Iraq because of numerous negative local impacts.
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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