CITY OF SANTA
MONICA AGENDAS
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AND SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
OF THE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 1685 MAIN STREET
TUESDAY, APRIL
22, 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: Approval
of minutes of the February 25, 2003, City Council meeting.
1-B: Recommendation to approve Statement of
Official Action taken on project located at 1719 Ocean Front Walk.
1-C: Promotion
and booking of special events and the Santa Monica Pier Carousel –
recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an
agreement with Kids Play, to promote, book and monitor special events and
filming at the Pier.
1-D: Operation and maintenance of the Santa
Monica Pier Carousel - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a two-year agreement with Roth Management Company to
operate and maintain the Santa Monica Pier Carousel.
1-E: Olympic Drive Construction Project –
recommendation to appropriate $140,000 Proposition C – Local Return interest
for use on the construction of Olympic Drive and approve proposed related
budget changes.
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Public
Employee Evaluations.
Title
of Employees: City Manager; City
Attorney; City Clerk
2-B: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: City of Santa Monica v.
Shell Oil Co., Case No. 01CC4331.
2-C: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: 2000 Main Street, LLC v.
City of Santa Monica, Case No. SC 067 899.
2-D: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: Santa Monica Food Not
Bombs v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. 03-0032 JTLX.
2-E: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: Santa Monica Airport
Association v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. SC 059 450.
2-F: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: City of Santa Monica v.
Maria Stewart, Case No. SC 067 033.
2-G: Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation:
Number
of cases: Four.
6:45 P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
4.
SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS:
4-A: Proclamation declaring April 2003 as Older
American’s Month in the City of Santa Monica.
6.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS:
6-A: Appeal
of Planning Commission’s denial to allow auto rental operations within auto
repair facilities and introduction and first reading of an ordinance –
recommendation to uphold the appeal in part, overturn the Planning Commission’s
denial of text amendments to allow accessory auto rental operations within auto
repair facilities; and introduce and hold first reading of an ordinance
modifying Chapter 9 of the Municipal Code to allow accessory auto rental
operations in the M1 Industrial Conservation District and LMSD Light
Manufacturing and Studio District with a Performance Standards Permit, and
adding performance standards for auto rental operations within auto repair
facilities.
Applicant/Appellant:
Enterprise Rent-a-Car
STAFF REPORT
7.
ORDINANCES: (No public
discussion is permitted on ordinances for second reading and adoption.)
7-A: Second reading and adoption of an ordinance amending Chapter 4 of the Municipal Code relating to permit criteria, parade routes, temporary signage, departmental charges, and indemnification provisions, and repealing Chapter 6.44 relating to the Cultural Arts and Crafts Shows. (Introduced on April 8, 2003.)
7-B: Introduction and first reading of an
ordinance amending Chapter 3 and Chapter 6 of the Municipal Code relating to
street performance and vending on the Third Street Promenade, the Transit Mall,
and The Pier, including sections on performance staging/location, noise,
penalties, exemptions from the vending ordinance, and the placement of
materials on public property.
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Downtown Special Vending Program Lottery
– recommendation to approve the proposed performance standards and license
fees, and direct staff to proceed with the re-implementation of the vending
cart lottery system for the five vacant Downtown Special Vending District cart
locations.
8-B: Proposed code amendments relating to the
status of “bootlegged” controlled rental units – recommendation to direct
staff to prepare Municipal Code amendments which would waive certain
development standards for bootlegged units.
AGENCY:
8-C: Madison Theater Project – analysis of
alternative parking scenarios – recommendation that City Council and the
Redevelopment Agency provide direction to staff regarding discussions with the
School District and the College, to add alternative(s) for analysis in the
Project’s EIR; if additional analysis is desired, authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute an agreement with the College in the amount of $20,000
for analysis of additional parking scenarios; and, approve the proposed budget
changes.
ADJOURNMENT OF SPECIAL MEETING
9: PUBLIC HEARINGS:
9-A: Public Hearing and Resolution Adopting a
Rate Order regarding the Basic Cable Television Service Tier and the Equipment
and Installation Rates for Century-TCI California, L.P. dab Adelphia
Communications Corporation.
10.
REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS:
10-A: Request
of the Commission on Older Americans to change the name of the Commission to
“Commission for the Senior Community.”
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 April 8, 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 April
8, 2003.)
13-C: Request of Councilmember Feinstein to
consider Henna Tattoos as a permitted performance under the City's Street
Performance Ordinance.
13-D: Request
of Mayor Bloom to discuss the option of directing staff to return with information on
possible modification of the preferential parking ordinance(s) to create
full or partial exemptions, or provide a certain number of permits, for
designated non-residential historic landmarks located in residential zones.
13-E: Request of Councilmember Feinstein that Council support
SB 981 (Soot) which would enact the Children's Health and Petroleum
Pollution Remediation Act of 2003 and require refinery operators to pay a
fee per barrel of California-refined crude oil to fund mitigation programs
addressing adverse health impacts.
13-F: Request of Councilmember Feinstein to direct
staff to investigate participation with other California cities to require the
completion of Environmental Impact Reports for energy production projects in
foreign countries which are funded by the United States government.
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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