CITY OF SANTA
MONICA
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 1685 MAIN STREET
TUESDAY,
AUGUST 10, 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 June 15, 2004, City Council meeting.
1-B: Antenna
Site Lease Agreement – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute an amendment to the agreement with American Tower
Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $140,200, for an antenna site lease
over a period of five years, and authorize four additional renewal options.
1-C: Adoption of
resolution approving Final Tract Map No. 49708 to subdivide a property for a
17-unit project at 2101 Ocean Avenue.
1-D: Recommendation to set a public hearing
on September 28, 2004 to determine necessity of establishing an Underground
Utility District along 18th Street Court to Ashland Court North.
1-E: Public hearing and adoption of
resolution finding the City to be in compliance with the 2004 Congestion
Management Program and adopting the Program’s local development report.
1-F: Adoption of resolution authorizing the
City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the City’s
Miscellaneous Bargaining Units to provide death benefits offered by CalPERS.
1-G: Adoption
of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of
Understanding with the Administrative Team Associates and the Public Attorneys’
Legal Support Staff, and a resolution amending the Executive Pay Plan.
1-H: Recommendation to cancel the August 24, 2004, Council
Meeting
due to a lack of quorum.
2. CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference
with Labor Negotiator.
Bargaining
Units: ATA, Executive Pay Plan, PALSSU and STA
2-B: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Eddie Johnson v. City of Santa Monica,
Case No. SC 080 263.
2-C: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Santa Monica Housing Council v. City of
Santa Monica, Case No. SC 074 683.
2-D: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: David Levy v. City of Santa Monica,
Case No. 063147.
2-E: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: Abraham Supino v. City
of Santa Monica, Case No. SC 080 283 and related cases.
2-F: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: City of Santa Monica v. Baron & Budd,
PC, et al., Case No. BC 315 186.
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 – Anticipated Litigation.
Number of cases:
Two.
2-I: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Amalia Hernandez v. City of Santa Monica,
Case No. SC 078 840.
2-J: Conference
with Legal Counsel
Conference with real property negotiator:
Property: 1601 14th Street
City negotiator: Jeff Mathieu
Under negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner of Record: Riverstone LLC
6:45 P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
6.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS:
6-A: Appeal of Planning Commission’s denial
of text amendment, development review permit and conditional use permit for
project at 2834 Colorado Avenue – recommendation to deny appeal of the
Planning Commission’s denial of Text Amendment, Development Review Permit and
CUP, and consideration of environmental impact report to allow the construction
of 145-apartment units, and to provide direction as to whether a development
agreement should be pursued for the project.
Applicant & Appellant: Colorado Creative Studios, LLC.
7.
ORDINANCES: (No public
discussion is permitted on ordinances for second reading and adoption.)
7-A: Introduction and first reading of an
ordinance 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 the Municipal Code to establish a procedure for appealing certain
environmental determinations to the City Council. (Continued from July 13, 2004.)
7-B: Second
reading and adoption of an ordinance of the City of Santa Monica amending
Chapter 11 of the Municipal Code relating to campaign finance reporting
requirements. (Introduced August 3,
2004.)
7-C: Second reading and adoption of an
interim ordinance of the City of Santa Monica modifying the threshold at which
a structure is determined to be substantially remodeled and thereby subject to
all current applicable zoning code regulations, establishing exceptions to the
substantial remodel requirements, and authorizing zoning administrator
adjustments in specified circumstances.
(Introduced August 3, 2004.)
7-D: Second reading and adoption of an
ordinance of the City of Santa Monica amending Sections 4.04.150 and 4.04.160,
and adding Sections 4.04.155, 4.04.165, 4.04.166 and 4.04.415 to the Municipal
Code and repealing Municipal Code Section 3.04.110 restricting animals at
large, regulating dogs on public property, prohibiting dogs in specified areas
and feeding in off-leash areas, and modifying provisions on vicious dogs. (Introduced August 3, 2004.)
13. COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Annual vacancy appointment to the Bayside
District Corporation, for a term ending June 30, 2008. (Continued from August 3, 2004.)
13-B: Request of Councilmember Feinstein to
direct staff to prepare comments on the Department of Homeland Security's draft
procedures to implement the National Environmental Policy Act, expressing
concern about the breadth of "categorical exemptions" from
environmental review proposed in the draft procedures.
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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