CITY OF SANTA MONICA

 

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA

 

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 1685 MAIN STREET

 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 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 September 28, City Council meeting.

 

            MINUTES

 

1-B:     Purchase of two truck tractors for Solid Waste Management – recommendation to award Bid No. 2878 to Boerner Truck Center, in the amount of $224,030.35, to furnish and deliver two truck tractors for Solid Waste Management Division, Environmental & Public Works Management Department.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-C:     Computer support for Santa Monica Homeless Services Network – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Chris Fonner in the amount of $66,000, for computer support services for the Santa Monica Homeless Services Network.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-D:     Reduction of urban run-off pollution  – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with Los Angeles County Flood Control District to operate and maintain catch basin excluder devices to reduce urban runoff pollution.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-E:     Installation of Centinela urban run-off treatment system – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with the City of Los Angeles, to install the Centinela urban runoff treatment system at Mar Vista Park and to advance the City of Los Angeles funds in an amount not to exceed $180,000 for installation of an urban runoff diversion pipeline at the park.

 

            STAFF REPORT


1-F:     Environmental assessment and remediation activities at various City locations – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute three contracts with ICF Consulting in the amounts of $804,516, $1,273,977, and $157,228 for projects at the City Yards, the Big Blue Bus Yard, and the Municipal Airport, respectively.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-G:     Resolution authorizing the City to support the Community Energy Partnership’s implementation of “The Flex Your Power Now Alert System.”

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-H:     Resolution authorizing the City to support an energy innovations partnership and a memorandum of understanding between the City and Settimo, Torinese, Italy

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

2.   CLOSED SESSIONS:

 

2-A:     Conference with Labor Negotiator. 

City Negotiator:      Karen Bancroft, Director of Human Resources

Bargaining Unit:     Santa Monica Firefighters Local 1109 (SMFFA)

 

2-B:     Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation.

Number of cases:  Five.

 

2-C:     Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation:  City of Santa Monica v. Baron & Budd, P.C., Case No. BC 315 186.

 

2-D:     Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation:  Russell Barnard v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. BC 281 367.

 

2-E:     Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation:  Action Apartment Association, Inc., v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. BC 165 082.

 

2-F:     Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation:  City of Santa Monica v. Maria Stewart, Case No. SC 067 033.

 

6:45 P.M.  RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:


7.  ORDINANCES:  (No public discussion is permitted on ordinances for second reading and adoption.)

 

7-A:      Introduction and first reading of an ordinance amending various sections of the Santa Monica Municipal Code Relating to Street Performance and the Placement of Property or Materials on Sidewalks and Streets; Report On Uses Of The Promenade, Transit Mall, Pier and Adjacent Spaces For Expressive And Other Purposes And For The Display And Placement Of Objects; Discussion of Permits Being Issued for Sampling and Other Events by BDC and PRC Staff, Use of Public Spaces for Displays, Performance for Pay Only and Use of Wheels on the Transit Mall and Arizona Avenue.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

7-B:     Introduction and first reading of an ordinance amending Municipal Code Section 1.08.030 regarding rules for City libraries and meeting facilities.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:

 

8-A:     East/West Corridor Task Force recommendations – recommendation that the City Council conceptually approve the East-West Commercial Corridor Parking Task Force recommendations to improve parking opportunities along Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard, Pico Boulevard, Montana Avenue, and Ocean Park Boulevard; and authorize staff to proceed with the next steps toward implementation. (Continued from September 28, 2004)

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

10.  REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS:

 

10-A:   Request of Disabilities Commission to declare a Commissioner’s seat vacant due to absenteeism and lack of communication from the incumbent.  (Continued from October 26, 2004.)

 

12.  WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:

 

12-A:   Request of Sonja Wilson to address Council to request that the City adopt her husband, a Santa Monica resident who is currently serving in Iraq, and his unit for purposes of support, communication and donations from the community.   (Continued from October 26, 2004.)

 

12-B:   Request of Griselda de la Torre-Garces that Council schedule a public hearing in January 2005 to discuss public safety in the Pico Neighborhood relative to the September 28, 2004, shooting behind the Edison Language Academy.


12-C:  Request of Melissa Lawton, Public Counsel Law Center, that Council adopt a resolution in support of universal preschool.

 

            INFORMATION ITEM

 

13.  COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:

 

13-A: Annual and special vacancy appointments to the following boards and commissions:  (Continued from October 26, 2004.)

 

Commission for the Senior Community

            Special

 

1

 

Term ending 06/30/07

Personnel Board          

            Special

 

1

 

Term ending 06/30/06

Pier Restoration Corporation

            Annual

            Special

 

1

1

 

Term ending 11/11/08

Term ending 11/08/05

 

13-B:   Request of Councilmember Holbrook that the new transient occupancy tax rate not apply to pre-existing group stay contracts.

 

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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