CITY OF
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS -
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.
1-B: Purchase
of two truck tractors for Solid Waste Management – recommendation to award
Bid No. 2878 to
1-C: Computer
support for
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.
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.
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
1-G: Resolution
authorizing the City to support the Community Energy Partnership’s
implementation of “The Flex Your Power Now Alert System.”
1-H: Resolution
authorizing the City to support an energy innovations partnership and a
memorandum of understanding between the City and Settimo,
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference with Labor
Negotiator.
City Negotiator: Karen
Bancroft, Director of Human Resources
Bargaining Unit:
2-B: Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation.
Number of
cases: Five.
2-C: Conference with Legal
Counsel – Existing Litigation: City
of
2-D: Conference with Legal
Counsel – Existing Litigation: Russell
Barnard v. City of
2-E: Conference with Legal
Counsel – Existing Litigation: Action
Apartment Association, Inc., v. City of
2-F: Conference with Legal
Counsel – Existing Litigation: City
of
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.
7-B: Introduction and first reading of an
ordinance amending Municipal Code Section 1.08.030 regarding rules for City
libraries and meeting facilities.
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)
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
12-C: Request
of Melissa Lawton,
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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