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,
DECEMBER 9, 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 October 15, 16, and 28, 2003, City Council meetings.
1-B: Mills
Act Contracts for: 2402 4th Street #3,
317 Georgina Avenue, 555 7th Street, 2607 3rd Street, 502 Raymond –
recommendation to adopt each of the five respective resolutions authorizing the
City Manager to negotiate and execute Mills Act Historic Property Preservation
Agreements between the City and property owners of five residential properties.
1-C: Purchase of trucks – recommendation to
award Bid No. 2868 to Sopp Chevrolet Truck Center, in the amount of
$129,564.43, to furnish and deliver two trucks with dump bodies for Community
and Cultural Services Department.
1-D: Administration of Low Income Residential
Repair Program – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to execute an
agreement with Comprehensive Housing Services, to administer $300,000 of funds
with a maximum of $60,000 in administrative fees, through June 30, 2004.
1-E: Final Tract Map No. 53630 for project at
923 20th Street – recommendation to adopt a resolution accepting
and approving a Final Subdivision Map for Tract No. 53630 to subdivide a
property at 923 20th Street.
1-F: Applications for various grant funds –
recommendation to adopt resolutions respectively approving applications for
grant funds for the Murray-Hayden Urban Parks and Youth Service Grant Program and
the Urban Park Act of 2001 Program established as part of the California 2002
Resources Bond Act.
1-G: Westside Cities Mobility Study – recommendation
to adopt resolution approving in concept the Westside Cities Mobility Study,
including Beverly Hills, Culver City, Santa Monica and West Hollywood, and
including support of the Westside Cities’ transportation needs.
1-H: Business License Tax Discovery and Audit
Services – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and
execute a professional services agreement with MBIA MuniServices Company to
provide business license tax discovery and audit services.
1-I: Rejection of bid to furnish dump truck
– recommendation to reject Bid No. 2861 to furnish and deliver one dump truck
and direct staff to research the open market for possible competitive bids.
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: Mahbobeh Ashrzadeh v.
City of Santa Monica, Case No. SS 068 384.
2-B: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: Santa Monica Housing
Council v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. SS 011 585.
2-C: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: City of Santa Monica v.
Shell Oil Company, Case No. 01CC04331.
2-D: Conference with Legal Counsel –
Anticipated Litigation.
Number of cases: Seven.
2-E: Conference
with Legal Counsel - In re Heard Communications, Inc., USBC, Case No. 02-32088
(DHS).
6:45 P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
4.
SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS:
4-A: Recognition of the Santa Monica Fire Department for
its assistance to other communities during the October 2003 Southern California
brushfires.
7.
ORDINANCES: (No public
discussion is permitted on ordinances for second reading and adoption.)
7-A: Introduction
and first reading of an interim ordinance authorizing businesses to place
furniture, portable landscaping, and cigarette disposal receptacles within the
public right-of-way, and the display of merchandise in private vestibules. (Continued from November 11, 2003.)
7-B: Introduction
and first reading of an ordinance amending Chapter 9 of the Santa Monica
Municipal Code to modify development review thresholds and to exempt certain
housing projects from the modified development review thresholds.
7-C: Introduction and first reading of an
ordinance adding Chapter 9.60 to the Municipal Code to require owners or
selling agents of real property to disclose when the property is designated as
a historic resource or listed on the City’s inventory of historic resources.
7-D: Introduction
and first reading of an ordinance to amend Chapter 9 of the Municipal Code to
authorize the addition of private dining facilities to existing restaurants on
Main Street under specific circumstances, pursuant to a Conditional Use
Permit.
7-E: Introduction and first reading of an interim
ordinance clarifying that business establishments with alcohol Conditional Use
Permits (CUP’s) must obtain new alcohol CUP’s if the establishment ceases
operating for a period in excess of one year.
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Recommendation
to consider adopting a formal position on the proposed Village at Playa
Vista, the second phase of development at Playa Vista.
SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
AND
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY:
8-B: Approval
of minutes for
December 19, 2000, January 9, February 27, May 22, June 12, June 19, July 10,
October 23, December 18, 2001, January 22, February 12, February 26, March 5,
and March 26, 2002.
(NOT
AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY. AVAILABLE AT
CITY CLERK’S OFFICE AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES.)
8-C: Development
of Village component of the Civic Center Specific Plan – recommendation that City Council and Redevelopment
Agency provide input on the proposed developer selection processes for the
Civic Center Village.
Adjournment of Special Meeting
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Appointment to one special vacancy on the
Commission on the Status of Women for a term ending June 30, 2007.
13-B: Acceptance
of James Rosenfield’s letter of resignation from the Landmarks Commission, and
authorization for City Clerk to publish vacancy.
13-C: Request
of Councilmember Feinstein that the City Council send a letter to the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other appropriate officials,
requesting that the U.S. EPA commit to further air pollution emission
reductions from Federally regulated sources and that the EPA delegate more
authority to Southern California to control emissions from
these sources. (Continued from November 25, 2003.)
13-D: Appointment to one special vacancy on
the Planning Commission for a term ending June 30, 2004. (Continued from November 25, 2003.)
13-E: Appointment to one special vacancy on the
Commission for the Senior Community for a term ending June 30, 2006. (Continued
from November 25, 2003.)
13-F: Appointment to one annual vacancy on the
Personnel Board for a term ending June 30, 2008, and one special vacancy for a
term ending June 30, 2006. (Continued from November 25, 2003.)
13-G: Appointment to one annual vacancy on the
Architectural Review Board for a term ending June 30, 2007. (Continued from
November 25, 2003.)
13-H: Appointment to one
special vacancy on the Social Services Commission for a term ending June 30,
2006. (Continued from November 25,
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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