CITY OF SANTA
MONICA
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 1685 MAIN STREET
TUESDAY, MARCH
9, 2004
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 January 27, 2004, City Council meeting.
1-B: Recommendation to affirm expenditures
for restoration of Lincoln Boulevard and Colorado Avenue following the January
1, 2004, Water Main break.
1-C: Permit, Plan Check, and Inspection
Process evaluation services -
recom-mendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a
contract with Matrix Consulting Group, in the amount of $62,000, to conduct an
evaluation of the City’s permit, plan check and inspection process and the code
enforcement process.
1-D: Resolution for paying and reporting the
value of employer paid member contributions to the California Public Employees’
Retirement System.
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: City of Santa Monica v.
Shell Oil Co., Case No. 01CC4331.
2-B: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: David Levy, et al. v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. B
157587.
2-C: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Robert Holbrook and Herb Katz, et al. v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. BS 086 908.
2-D: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: Patricia Gordon v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. BC 286
030.
2-E: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: Pendragon North American
Automotive, Inc. v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. SS 012 287.
2-F: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation:
Number of Cases: One.
6:45 P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
6.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS:
6-A: Recommendation to reject appeal of
Planning Commission’s Technical Denial of Proposed Text Amendment; and,
introduction and first reading of an ordinance amending Chapter 9 of the Santa
Monica Municipal Code to establish a definition of short-term rental housing,
conditionally permissible zones for short-term rental housing, and appropriate
design and development standards and conditions. Applicant: City of
Santa Monica; Appellant: Planning
Commissioner Jay P. Johnson.
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 2 of the Municipal Code
clarifying the authority and responsibilities of the Finance Director and the
Risk Manager to settle disputes. (Introduced
February 24, 2004.)
7-B: Resolution of Intention to amend
contract between the California Public Employees’ Retirement System and the
City; and introduction and first reading of an ordinance of the City of Santa
Monica authorizing an amendment to the contract between the California Public
Employees’ Retirement System and the City.
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Recommendation to name the connector road between
Palisades Beach Road (Pacific Coast Highway) and Ocean Avenue (former State
Route 187).
8-B: Resolution governing commemorations and tributes in the
City’s parks and open spaces -
recommendation that Council approve changes to the City’s park commemoration
policies; approve budget changes
proposed; adopt proposed resolution replacing No 8758(CCS).
8-C: Consideration
of options for responding to request made by proponents of animal guardianship.
12.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:
12-A: Request of Gigi Snyder to address Council
asking that the existing litter law have a $1000 fine and that it be posted
throughout the City.
13. COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Request
of Councilmember Feinstein to direct staff to conduct research on past trends
and the current amount of formula retail on the Promenade; to consider the
definition of formula retail from the November 11, 2003, staff report, and
return to Council with recommendations, with the process timed so that the
Bayside District can review the recommendations before returning to
Council. (Continued from February
10, 2004.)
13-B: Request
of Councilmember Feinstein to direct staff to cross-reference the list of
buildings on the Historic Inventory with the list of rent-controlled housing
units, and to include this information in the analysis when incentives to
designate structures as landmark buildings are examined this Spring. (Continued from February 10, 2004.)
13-C: Appointment to one 2002 annual vacancy on
the Commission for the Senior Community for a term ending June 30, 2006 and to
one special vacancy for a term ending June 30, 2007. (Continued from February 24, 2004.)
13-D: 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 February 24, 2004.)
13-E: Appointment to one special vacancy on
the Social Services Commission for a term ending June 30, 2007. (Continued from February 24, 2004.)
13-F: Appointment to one special vacancy on the Recreation and Parks Commission for a term ending June 30, 2005. (Continued from February 24, 2004.)
13-G: Request of Mayor Bloom for a status report from staff regarding council direction given on December 17, 2003 (Items 8H & 13I), particularly with respect to city payments for public use of school facilities.
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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