CITY OF SANTA
MONICA
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
27, 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 March 9, 2004, City Council meeting.
1-B: Skate Park at Memorial Park Contract –
recommendation to activate phase II of Design-Build Contract No. 8192(CCS) with
California Skate Parks, in the amount of $458,750, plus $46,250 in contingency,
for construction of the Skate Park at Memorial Park.
1-C: Federal
Street Improvement Project, Phase IV – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a contract for the project with Silvia Construction,
Inc., in the amount of $318,207; authorize the City Manager to negotiate and
execute a contract for construction management with DMR Team in the amount of
$40,000; and, approve appropriation of funds as proposed.
1-D: Dial-A-Ride Contract – recommendation to reject other
bids and award Bid No. 2870 to Transportation Concepts at specified prices and
authorize the City Manager to execute a three-year contract with Transportation
Concepts to provide Dial-A-Ride paratransit services.
1-E: Criteria for Water Efficiency Competitive Grant Program –
recommendation to approve the criteria for the Water Efficiency Competitive
Grant Program to help fund exterior water efficiency projects throughout the
community.
1-F: Purchase
of Police sedans – recommendation to award Bid No. 2876 to Villa Ford, in
the amount of $198,422.16, to furnish and deliver nine gasoline powered sedans
for the Police Department.
1-G: Bus
Advertisement Services – recommendation to award Bid No. 2872 to J. Perez
Associates, Inc., in the amount of $451,691, to provide bus advertisement
posting services and on-board schedule rack stocking; and to authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute a three-year contract.
1-H: Purchase
of one mainline truck for tools and equipment – recommendation to reject
other bid and award Bid No. 2866 to Los Angeles Freightliner, in the amount of
$127,809.70, for one mainline truck for the Water Division.
1-I: Acceptance
of grant funds from California Office of Traffic Safety – recommendation to
accept $28,488 of California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) Seat Belt Compliance Campaign mini-grant funding; authorize
the City Manager to execute a revised grant agreement with OTS to accept the
grant funds and continue the California Seat Belt Compliance Campaign; and
approve the appropriation of funds, as proposed.
1-J: Designation
of uses for COPS grant funds – recommendation to approve the proposed uses
for $312,770 of State Citizens’ Option for Public Safety (COPS) funds;
approve acquisition of fifty new mobile data computers from Motorola, Inc., on
a sole source basis; and approve the appropriation of funds, as proposed.
1-K: Authorization to negotiate terms and
conditions for possible purchase of real properties located at 1301 4th
Street, 1333 4th Street, and 1324-26 5th Street.
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference
with real property negotiator:
Property:
1601 14th Street
City negotiator: Jeff Mathieu
Under negotiation: Interest in
Real Property
Owner of Record: Weyerhaeuser Company
2-B: Conference
with real property negotiator:
Property: 1310 11th Street
City negotiator: Jeff Mathieu
Under negotiation: Interest in
Real Property
Owner of Record: SMMUSD
2-C: Conference
with real property negotiator:
Property: 1707 - 1717 4th Street
City negotiator: Jeff Mathieu
Under negotiation: Interest in
Real Property
Owner of Record: SMMUSD
2-D: Conference
with real property negotiator:
1630 - 1648 17th Street
City negotiator: Jeff Mathieu
Under negotiation: Interest in
Real Property
Owner of Record: SMMUSD
2-E: Conference
with real property negotiator:
Property: High School Property @
4th & Pico
City negotiator: Jeff Mathieu
Under negotiation: Interest in
Real Property
Owner of Record: SMMUSD
2-F: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: Karen King v. City of
Santa Monica, Case No. BC 291 272.
2-G: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: City of Santa Monica v.
Shell Oil Co., Case No. 01CC4331.
2-H: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: David Levy, et al. v.
City of Santa Monica, Case No. 063147.
2-I: Conference with Legal Counsel –
Existing Litigation: Robert Holbrook
and Herb Katz v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. BS 086 908.
2-J: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: Russell Barnard v. City of
Santa Monica, Case No. BC 281 367.
2-K: Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation.
Number of cases: One.
2-L: Conference with
Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Amalia Hernandez v. City
of
Santa Monica, Case No. SC 078 840.
6:45 P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
3. SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS:
3-A: Commendation to Clarence Crites and Mary
Ruth Newman, Santa Monica residents, for their intervention in assisting a
heart attack victim.
3-B: Proclamation declaring May as “Older
Americans Month” in the City of Santa Monica.
4. STUDY SESSION:
SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY:
ROLL CALL
4-A: Palisades Bluff Improvement Project
– study session describing findings of geotechnical study for the project and
presentation of mitigation strategies.
(Continued from March 23, 2004.)
ADJOURNMENT OF SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
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 amending Chapter 4.44 of the Municipal
Code to prohibit smoking on the beach and the Pier, in waiting areas for public
services and within 20 feet of an entrance or exit to a public facility. (Introduced March 23, 2004.)
7-B: Introduction and first reading of an ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance; introduction and first reading of an ordinance amending Municipal Code Section 6.36 regarding vending; and adopt a resolution amending the Bayside Specific Plan, as recommended by the Promenade Uses Task Force.
(CONTINUED TO A FUTURE MEETING AT THE REQUEST OF STAFF)
7-C: Introduction and first reading of an ordinance of the City Of Santa Monica Amending Chapter 9 of the Municipal Code to conform the City's hearing and processing requirements for discretionary land use Permits with the California Permit Streamlining Act and to modify or clarify the time for issuing temporary use permits and administrative approvals and adding Chapter 9.64 to establish a procedure for appealing certain environmental determinations to the City Council.
(CONTINUED TO A FUTURE MEETING AT THE REQUEST OF STAFF)
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Big
Blue Bus Facility Expansion – recommendation that Council approve the
revised Expansion Plan for the Big Blue Bus Campus Expansion Project.
10. REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS:
10-A: Request from Bayside District to discuss formula business on the Promenade.
(May be heard with Item 13-A)
12.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:
12-A: Request of Jerry Rubin to address Council
requesting that closed sessions be held on a different day from the regularly
scheduled Council meeting.
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 April 13, 2004.)
(May be heard with Item 10-A)
13-B: Appointment to one special vacancy on the
Commission for the Senior Community for a term ending June 30, 2007 (continued from April 13, 2004) and Appointment
to a second special vacancy, for a term ending June 30, 2007.
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 April 13, 2004.)
13-D: Appointment to one special vacancy on the Social Services Commission for a term ending June 30, 2007. (Continued from April 13, 2004.)
13-E: Request of Mayor Pro Tem McKeown to authorize City of Santa Monica response to the Playa Vista Phase II (“Village”) Environmental Impact Report.
13-F: Request of Mayor Bloom for an update from staff on school funding discussions and possible direction to the City’s Liaison Committee members.
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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