CITY OF SANTA
MONICA AGENDAS
FOR REGULAR
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND SPECIAL JOINT
MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 1685 MAIN STREET
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 12, 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 August 10, 2004,
City Council meeting.
1-B: Statement of Official Action – 2834 Colorado Avenue –
recommendation to certify the Statement of Official Action for Appeal 04-003 to
amend the zoning ordinance to allow for the construction and use of the
property as a 145-unit apartment complex.
1-C: Prevailing wage monitoring contract – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with Comprehensive Housing Services, in the amount of $100,000, for prevailing wage monitoring and Section 3 compliance for affordable housing developments.
1-D: Drunk Driving Safety Program grant funds – recommendation to accept $350,000 in California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) grant funds and authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with OTS to implement the “Law Enforcement Against Drunk Driving” traffic safety enforcement and education program; and appropriate the grant funds and approve budget changes as proposed.
1-E: Automated staff scheduling and notification system for the Police and Fire Departments – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a sole source contract with Principal Decision Systems, International, in the amount of $111,518, for the purchase of an automated staff scheduling and notification system for the Police And Fire departments.
SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY :
ROLL
CALL OF REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
1-F: Funding
increase for affordable housing development projects at 2601 Santa Monica
Boulevard and 1424 Broadway – recommendation that the Council and the
Redevelopment Agency approve an increase in housing trust funds sponsored by
the Community Corporation of Santa Monica for affordable housing units at 2601 Santa Monica Boulevard and 1424
Broadway Boulevard.
ADJOURNMENT
OF JOINT MEETING
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: Karen King v. City of
Santa Monica, Case No. BC 281 277.
2-B: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Los Angeles SMSA Limited Partnership v.
City of Santa Monica, Case No. CV 04-3051 DSF.
2-C: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: City
of Santa Monica v. Baron & Budd, P.C., et al., Case No. BC 315 186.
2-D: Conference with Legal Counsel –
Anticipated Litigation:
Number of cases:
Five.
2-E: Conference with Labor Negotiator.
City Negotiator: Karen Bancroft, Director of Human Resources
Bargaining Units: Administrative Team Association (ATA)
Executive
Pay Plan
Public
Attorney’s Legal Support Staff Union (PALSSU).
Management
Team Associates (MTA)
Municipal
Employees Association (MEA)
Public
Attorneys Union (PAU)
Santa
Monica Firefighters Local 1109 (SMFFA)
Supervisors
Team Associates (STA)
United Transportation Union (UTU)
2-F: 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:
INSPIRATION:
Recognition of Santa Monica CityTV and Kathy Murphy for
Emmy-winning documentary, "The Lucky Man."
5.
CONTINUED ITEMS:
5-A: Request of Councilmember Feinstein to direct staff to prepare an interim ordinance for return on October 12th regarding hedge heights for front, back and sideyards; to take into account the potential differences in single family and multi-family neighborhoods as well as the transitions between them; to develop a process to ‘grandparent’ existing front yard hedges up to a certain height; and to include an array of options on these issues reflecting the diversity of opinion expressed by the community at the June 8th public hearing, as well as any other options recommended by staff. (Continued from September 14, 2004.)
5-B: Request of Mayor Bloom and Councilmember Genser that staff provide an update on the hedge ordinance revisions and that the City Council direct staff to incorporate the proposed ideas and principles into the draft revised ordinance for public comment. (Continued from September 14, 2004.)
7.
ORDINANCES: (No public
discussion is permitted on ordinances for second reading and adoption.)
7-A: Second reading and adoption of an ordinance authorizing an amendment to the contract
between the City Council and the Board of Administration of the California
Public Employees' Retirement System to provide miscellaneous employees with
Pre-Retirement Optional Settlement 2 Death Benefit and Fourth Level of 1959
Survivor Benefits. (Introduced September 14, 2004.)
7-B: 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 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, and expanding the vending cart program subject to a
license agreement; and resolution amending the Bayside District Specific Plan
to eliminate the numerical cap on restaurants, allowing expanded outdoor dining
areas on the Promenade, and adding signage standard to allow for signage for
upper-level restaurants. (Continued
from September 14, 2004.)
STAFF REPORT SUPPLEMENTAL
REPORT
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Acquisition of real property located at
1601 14th Street – recommendation to adopt a resolution
approving a Negative Declaration for the purchase of property located at 1601
14th Street; to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute
a purchase and sale agreement with Riverstone/KC Limited Partnership for
acquisition of said property; to adopt a resolution of intent allowing future
bond proceeds to be used to reimburse the City for costs associated with the
project; and to approve the proposed appropriation of funds, and revenue
changes.
9.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
9-A: Public
hearing and recommendation to adopt a resolution adopting a Rate Order regarding
the Basic Cable Service Tier and Equipment and Installation Rates for
Century-TCI California, L.P. dba Adelphia Communications Corporation.
12.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:
12-A: Request from Wade Killefer to address
Council regarding an alleged discrepancy in allowable heights for artist
studios in the M-1 and LMSD Zones and requesting an interim ordinance allowing
three stories and 45’ in the LMSD Zone.
13. COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Annual and special vacancy appointments to
the following boards and commissions:
(Continued from September 28, 2004.)
|
Building
and Safety Commission |
1 |
Term ending
06/30/08 |
|
Commission for the Senior Community Special |
1 |
Term ending
06/30/07 |
|
Commission
on the Status of Women |
1 |
Term ending 06/30/08 |
|
Personnel Board Special
|
1 |
Term ending
06/30/06 |
|
Pier Restoration Corporation Special |
1 |
Term ending
11/08/05 |
13-B: Appointment
to one special vacancy on the Disabilities Commission for a term ending June
30, 2006. (Continued from September 28, 2004.)
13-C: Report
to City Council by Mayor Bloom regarding the draft plan of Bring L.A. Home,
the partnership to end homelessness. (Continued from September
28, 2004.)
13-D: Request of Mayor Pro Tem McKeown that the
Council authorize staff to gather information regarding the non-therapeutic
declawing of domestic cats.
13-E: Request of Mayor Pro Tem McKeown that the Santa
Monica City Council urge the California Department of Fish and Game to
implement the state's Marine Life Protection Act, to better protect the natural
diversity and abundance of marine life, as well as the structure, function and
integrity of marine ecosystems in California.
13-F: Request of Mayor Bloom that the City
Council oppose Proposition 68 (The Gaming Revenue Act of 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.
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