CITY OF SANTA
MONICA AGENDAS
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AND SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
OF THE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE PARKING AUTHORITY
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 1685 MAIN STREET
TUESDAY, APRIL
13, 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: Purchase of two rear trash loaders –
recommendation to award Bid No. 2859 to Boerner Truck Center, in the amount of
$376,454.53, to furnish and deliver two rear trash loaders for the
Environmental and Public Works Management Department.
1-B: Purchase of two front trash loaders
– recommendation to award Bid No. 2864 to Boerner Truck Center, in the amount
of $397,061, to furnish and deliver two front trash loaders for the
Environmental and Public Works Management Department.
1-C: Purchase of environmentally preferable
cleaning products – recommendation to award Bid No. 2853 to Royal Paper, at
specified unit prices, to furnish and deliver environmentally preferable
cleaning products.
1-D: Resolution approving Final Parcel Map
No. 26252 for a 4-unit condominium project at 1455-57 Berkeley Street.
1-E: Recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with Santa Monica-Malibu Unified
School District for operation of an institutional fiber optic network, and
approve proposed budget changes.
1-F: Final Tract Map No. 53246 for 1027 10th
Street – recommendation to adopt a resolution accepting and approving a
final subdivision map for Tract No. 53246 for a 5-unit condominium project at
1027 10th Street.
1-G: Recommendation to authorize $25,000 as a
reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of any person(s)
responsible for a September 2, 2003, homicide.
1-H: Grant funds to support the reuse of 415
Pacific Coast Highway – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
submit necessary applications for obligating the grant funds and to negotiate
and execute all related agreements; and approve the proposed appropriation and
budget actions.
SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE PARKING AUTHORITY:
ROLL CALL
1-I: Easement Agreement for 2434 Main
Street and Lot 11 – recommendation that the City Council authorize the City
Manager and the Parking Authority authorize the Executive Director to negotiate
and execute an Easement Agreement for continued ingress and egress to Lot 11
and parking for 2434 Main Street with Perloff-Webster.
ADJOURNMENT
OF SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference with Labor Negotiator:
City Negotiator: Karen Bancroft, Director of Human Resources
Bargaining Units: Municipal Employees Association (MEA)
Administrative
Team Association (ATA)
Public
Attorney’s Legal Support Staff Union (PALSSU).
Management
Team Associates (MTA)
Public
Attorneys Union (PAU)
Santa
Monica Firefighters Local 1109 (SMFFA)
Supervisors
Team Associates (STA)
2-B: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: 2000 Main St. v. City of
Santa Monica, Case No. SC 067899.
2-C: Conference with City Council, Existing Litigation: City of Santa Monica v. Shell Oil Company,
Case No. 01CC4331.
2-D: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Levy v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. 063147.
2-E: Conference with Legal
Counsel – Existing Litigation: Robert
Holbrook and Herb Katz, et al. v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. BS 086908.
2-F: Conference with Legal
Counsel – Existing Litigation: SMHC v. City of Santa Monica, Case No., Case No. SC
074683.
2-G: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: James Huber v. City of
Santa Monica, Case No. SC 073 243.
2-H: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation:
Karen King v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. BC 291272.
2-I: Conference with Legal
Counsel – Existing Litigation: Russell
Barnard v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. 281 367.
2-J: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation:
Jean Prosser v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. SC 077 183.
2-K: Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation.
Number
of cases: Three.
6:45 P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
4.
SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS:
4-A: Proclamation
for the Santa Monica Citywide Reads Program.
7.
ORDINANCES: (No public
discussion is permitted on ordinances for second reading and adoption.)
7-A: Second reading and adoption 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. (Introduced March 9, 2004.)
7-B: Introduction and first reading of an Ordinance of the City of Santa Monica that modifies Development
Standards and establishes Design Standards for properties in The R2 Low Density
Multiple Family Residential, R3 Medium Density Multiple Family Residential and
R4 High Density Multiple Family Residential Districts, amends the Application
Review Requirements for the R2 Low Density Multiple Family Residential, R3
Medium Density Multiple Family Residential and R4 High Density Multiple Family
Residential Districts, BSCD Bayside Commercial District, C3 Downtown Commercial
and C3C Downtown Commercial Overlay Districts, establishes exemptions for
single family dwellings in all districts from design review, modifies the
Demolition Permit Requirements, deletes the NW North of Wilshire Overlay
District, Modifies Project Design and
Development Standards Pertaining to Fences, and modifies the definitions of
basement, building height, fence height, finished first floor,
semi-subterranean garage and theoretical grade.
7-C: Introduction and first reading of an
Ordinance of the City of Santa Monica modifying the Development, Design, and
Application Review Standards for projects developed within the BSCD, C3, and
C3D Zoning Districts; and direct staff to study the possibility of modifying
the off-street parking requirements for multi-family residential uses and small
pedestrian oriented uses in the downtown; investigate the feasibility of shared
parking facilities where different uses share a parking facility during
different times; study feasibility of extending the Parking Assessment District
to allow the option of a similar in-lieu parking fee for commercial uses in the
C3 and C3C districts; update the Downtown Urban Design Plan to reflect proposed
streetscape improvements for 6th and 7th Streets, and investigate
possible funding mechanisms to ensure that the proposed streetscape
improvements would not have a significant financial funding impact on the City.
11.
RESOLUTIONS:
11-A: Resolution of the City of Santa Monica authorizing the
City Manager to execute an amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding with
the Municipal Employees Association.
REPORT NOT
AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY.
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 March 23,
2004.)
13-B: Appointment to one special vacancy on the
Commission for the Senior Community for a term ending June 30, 2007. (Continued from March 23, 2004.)
13-C: 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 March 23, 2004.)
13-D: Appointment to one special vacancy on
the Social Services Commission for a term ending June 30, 2007. (Continued from March 23, 2004.)
13-E: Appointment to one special vacancy on the
Recreation and Parks Commission for a term ending June 30, 2005. (Continued from March 23, 2004.)
13-F: Appointment to one special vacancy on
the Commission on the Status of Women for a term ending June 30, 2005. (Continued from March 23, 2004.)
13-G: Acceptance
of Earnestene Cleaver’s letter of resignation from the Social Services Commission,
and authorization for City Clerk to publish vacancy.
13-H: Acceptance
of Linda Waade’s letter of resignation from the Pier Restoration Corporation,
and authorization for City Clerk to publish vacancy.
13-I: Request of Mayor Pro Tem McKeown to
direct staff to prepare an ordinance extending relocation benefits to all
residents displaced by Ellis Act evictions.
13-J: Request of Mayor Pro Tem McKeown that the
City Council acknowledge May as national "Clean Air Month" by
authorizing staff to send a letter to the California Air Resources Board
supporting the maximum feasible and cost effective vehicle emission reduction
regulations under our Assemblymember Fran Pavley's 2002 global warming bill, AB
1493.
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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