CITY OF
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AND SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
OF THE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS -
TUESDAY, JUNE
14, 2005
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 May 10, and May 17, 2005, City Council meetings.
1-B: Overhaul
of Big Blue Bus engines – recommendation to award Bid No. 2882, in the
estimated amount of $216,500, to Harbor Diesel and Equipment, to provide
overhaul of diesel and natural gas engines for the Big Blue Bus.
1-C: Fire
Department Pumpers – recommendation to award a
purchase order to KME Fire Apparatus, in the amount of $725,653.58, to furnish
and deliver two pumpers for the Fire Department.
1-D: Landscape maintenance services –
recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a
five-year contract with TruGreen Landcare,
in the amount of $1,044,143 for FY 2005-2006, to provide landscape maintenance
services at parks, streetscapes and various public locations within the City.
1-E: Stanton
MacDonald Wright Mural Series – recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute a contract, in the amount of $267,708, with ConservArt Associates for the conservation and installation
of the mural series at the new Main Library.
1-F: Final
Tract Map No. 53583 for
1-G: Vending
Cart Program at Promenade – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute an agreement with Provenzano
Resources, Inc., under the proposed terms, for operation of the Third Street
Promenade Vending Cart Program.
STAFF
REPORT
1-H: Lease of space at 2121 Cloverfield – recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute a lease amendment with 2121 Cloverfield Boulevard Associates, LLC to lease office space
at the location for the City’s Housing and Redevelopment Agency office.
1-I: Traffic signal modifications –
recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a
contract with KDC Inc., dba Dynalectric,
in the amount of $312.208, for traffic signal modification at Ocean Park
Boulevard and 23rd Street, and Ocean Park Boulevard and Cloverfield Boulevard.
1-J: Groundwater modeling consulting services
– recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a
contract with GeoTrans, Inc., in the amount of
$1,571,076, to provide ground water consulting services to the City and the Charnock Engineering Committee.
1-K: Fiscal management of Sustainable Works
Programs – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and
execute a contract with Community Partners, for an approximate fee amount of
$29,490, for the fiscal management and administration of $215,600 in grant
funds for the Sustainable Works Residential and Business Programs.
1-L: Fire
Department Regional Fire Dispatch – recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with the City of
JOINT
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY:
1-M Possible
renegotiation of option to purchase improvements located at
ADJOURNMENT
OF SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Public
Employee Evaluation.
Title
of Employee: City Manager
2-B: Public Employee
Evaluation.
Title of
Employee: City Clerk
2-C: Conference with Legal Counsel
– Existing Litigation: First National
Bank v. Baird Company, et al., Case No. 02 CV 610.
2-D: Conference with Legal
Counsel – Existing Litigation: Aljean Harmetz v. City
of
2-E: Conference with Legal
Counsel – Existing Litigation: City
of
2-F: Conference with Legal
Counsel – Existing Litigation: City
of
2-G: Conference with Legal
Counsel – Existing Litigation: Edward
Bell v. City of
2-H: Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated
Litigation. Anticipate significant exposure to litigation
pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(b):
Four potential cases including one related to
real property located at
2-I: Conference with Real Property
Negotiator
Property:
City Negotiators:
Under Negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner of Record: Sears Roebuck & Company
2-J: Conference with Real
Property Negotiator
Property:
City Negotiator:
Under Negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner of Record: Associated International Marketing
2-K: Conference with Real
Property Negotiator
Property:
City Negotiator:
Under Negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner of Record: Jandy, LLC
2-L: Conference with Real
Property Negotiator
Property:
City Negotiator:
Under Negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner of
Record: Martin H. Waldman
Trust
2-M: Conference with real property negotiator:
Property:
City Negotiator: Jeff
Mathieu
Under Negotiation:
Interest in Real Property
Owner of Record: Neilson
Villa, a Limited Partnership
6:45
P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
4.
SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS:
4-A: Little League Champions Recognition.
7.
ORDINANCES: (No public
discussion is permitted on ordinances for second reading and adoption.)
7-A: Second
reading and adoption of an ordinance amending Chapter 8.24 of the Code to adopt
the 2004 edition of the
7-B: Second reading and adoption of an ordinance
adding Section 6.04.025 to the Municipal Code relating to business license tax
exemptions for small businesses.
(Introduced May 25, 2005.)
7-C: Introduction
and first reading of an interim ordinance allowing administra-tive
approval of the number and type of driveways required for parking structures
with over 40 parking spaces in multi-family, commercial, and industrial
districts in the city.
7-D: Introduction
and first reading of an interim ordinance extending and adjusting the
modifications to the development standards for parcels in the R-1 Districts
located in the
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Consideration of on-street permit parking
program for employees of business adjacent to preferential parking zones –
recommendation that Council consider public comment and direct staff to prepare
an implementation ordinance to allow an on-street business employee permit
parking program on a trial basis in parking zones along Montana Avenue, Pico
Boulevard, and Ocean Park Boulevard Commercial Corridors.
8-B: Recommendation
that Council approve the concept design for the
8-C: Discussion and direction
to staff regarding modification of Water and Solid Waste rates for adoption
with the FY 2005/06 budget and plans for Wastewater rate modification in FY
2006/07.
8-D: Santa
Monica College Bundy Campus and associated access and impact issues – recommendation
to authorize staff to enter into a
one-time interim pedestrian access agreement with Santa Monica College
(SMC) to facilitate the 2005 summer session and approve associated pedestrian
safety improvements on Airport property to be funded by SMC.
10.
REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS:
10-A: Request
of the Planning Commission that Council amend the schedule for the Land Use Element,
Circulation Element, and Zoning Ordinance update to allow more time for public,
Planning Commission and City Council review.
(MAY BE
CONSIDERED WITH 13-J.)
11.
RESOLUTIONS:
11-A: Resolution modifying Preferential Parking
Zone TT to reduce hours for restrictions on 24th and 25th
Streets between
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Special vacancy appointments to the
following boards and commissions:
(Continued from May 17, 2005.)
Commission for the Senior
Community |
1 |
Term ending
06/30/07 |
|
Commission on the Status
of Women |
1 |
Term ending 06/30/08 |
|
Pier Restoration Corporation |
1 |
Term ending 11/08/05 |
13-B: Appointment to one special vacancy on the
Convention & Visitors Bureau for a term ending June 30, 2006.
13-C: Recommendation to vacate seat on the Building
and Safety Commission and authorization for the City Clerk to publish the
vacancy.
13-D: Request of Councilmember Bloom that Council
support AB352 (Koretz) Firearm
Microstamping, and SB357 (Dunn), Hand Gun Ammunition Serialization Policy.”
13-E: Request of Mayor O’Connor
to appoint an alternate to the Exposition Light Rail Construction Authority, to
which she is the principal
13-F: Request of Mayor O’Connor to designate a Board and
Commission liaison from the City Council to the Commission on the Status of
Women.
13-G: Acceptance of Ruth Elwell’s letter of
resignation from the Bayside District Corporation, and authorization for City
Clerk to publish vacancy.
13-H: Request
of Councilmember Shriver to direct City
staff to work expeditiously with homeless agencies currently providing service
at the West Los Angeles Veteran’s Administration along with the West Side COG
cities to develop a proposed concept plan for long term therapeutic supportive
housing for homeless veterans on the north campus of the VA in
13-I: Request
of Mayor O'Connor and Councilmember Bloom that the Council allocate $25,000 of
remaining Council discretionary funds to Heal the Bay on the occasion of its
20th anniversary.
13-J: Request of Mayor Pro Tem Katz to amend the schedule for the
Land Use Element, Circulation Element, and Zoning Ordinance update to allow
more time for public review.
(MAY BE
CONSIDERED WITH 10-A.)
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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