CITY OF SANTA
MONICA
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 1685 MAIN STREET
TUESDAY, JUNE
08, 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: Final Tract Map for 2512 28th
Street – recommendation to adopt a resolution accepting and approving a
final subdivision map for Tract No. 53464 for a 10-unit condominium project at
2518 28th Street.
1-B: Parking equipment for Main Library –
recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a
contract with Sentry Control Systems, in the amount of $240,123.76, to furnish,
deliver, and install parking equipment for the Main Library.
1-C: Purchase of One Asphalt Truck –
recommendation to award Bid No. 2877 to Reynolds Buick/GMC, in the amount of
$169,990.39, to furnish and deliver one asphalt truck for the Street
Maintenance Division of the Environmental & Public Works Management
Department.
1-D: Evaluation of permit, plan check, and inspection
and code enforcement services – recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute an amendment to Contract No. 8329 (CCS) with
Matrix Consulting Group, in the amount of $2,250, for evaluation of Planning
Department services.
1-E: Live and long-term disability insurance
– recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an
amendment to Contract No. 8041 (CCS), in the amount of $30,000, to provide
continued coverage to City employees.
1-F: Transportation of prisoners to the LAX
County Courthouse – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a contract with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department,
in the amount of $70,000, for the transportation of City prisoners to the LAX
Courthouse for criminal proceedings.
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Cornerstone Music Conservatory v.
Planning Commission, City of Santa Monica, Case No. SS 012 048.
2-B: Conference with Legal
Counsel – Existing Litigation: AB
Cellular LA, LLC, dba AT&T Wireless v. City of Santa Monica, Case No.
CV 03-9129.
2-C: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: David Levy, et al. v. City of Santa Monica,
Case No. 063147.
2-D: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Action Apartment Association v. City of
Santa Monica, Case No. B 165082.
2-E: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Larry Ochoa v. City of Santa Monica,
Case No. SC 075 968.
2-F: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: City of Santa Monica v. Baron & Budd,
P.C., et al., Case No. BC 315 186.
2-G: Conference with Legal Counsel –
Anticipated Litigation.
Number of cases:
Two.
6:45 P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
5.
CONTINUED ITEMS:
5-A: Request of Councilmember Holbrook and Councilmember Katz to
request staff to report on regulations regarding fences, hedges and flag poles
and enforcement practices relating to those regulations, and possible direction
to staff to amend the regulations related to those issues. (Continued from May 11, 2004.)
7.
ORDINANCES: (No public
discussion is permitted on ordinances for second reading and adoption.)
7-A: Introduction and first reading of an
interim ordinance extending, with modifications, the interim ordinances
allowing administrative approval of sidewalk cafes and waiving the parking requirement
for sidewalk cafes of a specified size.
7-B: Introduction and first reading of an
ordinance of the City of Santa Monica Amending Chapter 6 of the Municipal Code
relating to Taxicab Owners and Drivers.
7-C: Introduction and first reading of an
ordinance amending Chapter 9 of the Municipal Code to eliminate the numerical
cap on restaurants in the Bayside District and on the Promenade and to expand
the types of establishments that can conduct alcohol sales in the Bayside
District subject to Conditional Use Permit, to allow new restaurants with
alcohol service in specified Bayside Districts to be administratively approved
rather than requiring a CUP, to limit the Promenade Frontage of any new or
expanding retail use to fifty linear feet unless a use permit is obtained, and
expanding the vending cart program in the City subject to a license agreement;
and resolution amending the Bayside District Specific Plan to eliminate the
numerical cap on restaurants in the Bayside District, allowing expanded outdoor
dining areas on the Promenade, and adding signage standard to allow for signage
for upper-level restaurants.
7-D: Introduction and first reading of an
ordinance of the City of Santa Monica amending Chapter 10 of the Municipal Code
relating to diving off of and swimming near the Santa Monica Pier.
7-E: Introduction and adoption of an
emergency ordinance of the City of Santa Monica adding Section 4.08.025 to the
Municipal Code requiring permits for large group use of Santa Monica beaches
for water activities and amending Section 4.08.020 to clarify its provisions
and declaring the presence of an emergency.
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Adoption of Resolutions for the Regular Municipal Election to be
held on November 2, 2004 –
recommendation that the City Council adopt resolutions calling the General
Municipal Election to be held on November 2, 2004; requesting consolidation
with the Statewide General Election; requesting services from the L.A. County
Registrar-Recorder for the General Municipal Election; and authorizing the City
Clerk to obtain consultant services and supplies required for the conduct of
the Election.
8-B: Adoption
of resolution designating smoking areas on the Santa Monica Pier.
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Appointment to two special vacancies on
the Commission for the Senior Community for a terms ending June 30, 2007. (Continued from May 11, 2004.)
13-B: 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 May 11, 2004.)
13-C: Appointment to one special vacancy on the
Pier Restoration Corporation for a term ending November 8, 2005.
13-D: Appointment to one special vacancy on the
Social Services Commission for a term ending June 30, 2004.
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
to June 15, 2004, at 5:45 p.m.
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