CITY OF SANTA
MONICA
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 1685 MAIN STREET
TUESDAY, MARCH
25, 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: Adoption
of resolution authorizing submittal of grant application and the signing of a
contract to provide meal and telephone reassurance services for elderly persons.
1-B: Seismic retrofit for Parking
Structure 7 – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and
execute: a contract with G.B. Cooke, in
the amount of $3,635,057, for construction of seismic retrofit; an amendment to
Contract No. 7861 (CCS) with Black and Veatch Corporation, for
Engineer-of-Record services, in an amount not to exceed $142,600; and a
contract with Black and Veatch Corporation, in the amount of $557,750, for
construction management services for the project.
1-C: Street and park parking lot resurfacing
and sidewalk repair project – recommendation to approve the proposed
appropriation of funds and budget adjustments; authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a contract with Security Paving Company, in the amount of
$5,778,000, for construction services; and a contract with Caltrop Engineering,
in the amount of $455,400, for construction management services.
1-D: Street and park lighting project –
recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a
contract with C.T.&F., Inc., in the amount of $780,095, for construction
services for the project.
1-E: Parking
citation processing and adjudication services – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute
a five-year contract with ACS State and Local Solutions for parking processing
and adjudication services.
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference with Legal Counsel –
Existing Litigation: Adib Saghizadeb v. City of Santa
Monica, Case No. SC 070 956.
2-B: Conference with Legal Counsel –
Existing Litigation: City of Santa
Monica v. Shell Oil Company, Case No. 01 CC4331.
2-C: Conference with Legal Counsel –
Anticipated Litigation:
Number
of cases: Six.
2-D: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: Action v. City of Santa
Monica, Case No. LASC BC 271062
6:45 P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
4.
SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS:
4-A: Recognition
of Women’s History Month.
7.
ORDINANCES: (No public
discussion is permitted on ordinances for second reading and adoption.)
7-A: Second reading and adoption of Interim Ordinance
extending Ordinance No. 2012 (CCS) concerning a moratorium on the development
of and conversion to short-term housing.
(Introduced on March 11, 2003.)
7-B: Introduction and first reading of ordinance to change
Municipal Code Section
2.04.520 relating to physical examinations for City employees.
7-C: Introduction and first reading of
an ordinance adding Section 4.44.040 to the Municipal Code prohibiting smoking
in City parks.
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Capital
Improvement Project Deferrals to fund the Main Library Project –
recommendation that Council affirm diversion of funds from specified capital
projects to the Main Library expansion project, or select funds from
alternative capital projects; and adopt a resolution declaring the City’s
intent to reimburse certain expenditures from proceeds of indebtedness.
8-B: Recommendation
to authorize staff to seek inclusion of the City in AB 1412 which seeks State
legislative authority to allow City voters to increase a city’s sales tax rate,
and advocate for passage of the bill.
12.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:
12-A: Request of William Thornton to
ask Council to take action to prevent the interference of his participation in
City public facilities for the purpose of doing research.
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Appointment to one special vacancy on the
Commission on Older Americans for a term ending June 30, 2003. (Continued from March 11, 2003.)
13-B: Appointment to one annual vacancy on the
Commission on Older Americans for a term ending June 30, 2006, due to a
previous appointee’s withdrawal from the position. (Continued from March
11, 2003.)
13-C: Request of Councilmember O'Connor
to waive associated fees for, and authorize the City to co-sponsor with
Assemblymember Pavley and Board of Equalization Chair John Chiang, a free tax
seminar for nonprofit and exempt organizations to be held at Marine Park
Auditorium on June 27,2003.
13-D: Request
of Councilmember Pam O'Connor that City Council support SB 504 (Kuehl) which
establishes a Joint Powers Authority for the purposes of awarding and
overseeing contracts for the Los Angeles to Santa Monica light rail on the
Exposition Right of Way and would require a governing board of 5 voting members.
13-E: Request of Mayor Pro Tem
McKeown that the Santa Monica City Council support state housing and tenant
protection bills SB 345 (Kuehl), SB 90 (Torlakson), AB 647 (Nunez), AB 831
(Goldberg), AB 1059 (Lieber), and SB 178
(Cedillo), and that Santa Monica's support be promptly communicated to
appropriate legislators and Governor Davis.
13-F: Request of Mayor pro tem McKeown that the Santa Monica
City Council support our Assemblymember Fran Pavley's bill AB 907, setting
environmental education standards for the State of California, and that Santa
Monica's support be promptly communicated to appropriate legislators and
Governor Davis.
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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