CITY OF
SPECIAL CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS -
TUESDAY, JULY
12, 2005
CLOSED SESSION BEGINS AT 5:00
P.M.
OPEN SESSION BEGINS AT 7:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
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: Public
Employee Evaluation.
Title
of Employee: City Attorney
2-D: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation:
City of
2-E: Anticipate
significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section
94956.9(b): three cases including two
disputes related to real property located at
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 24 and May 25, 2005, City Council meetings.
1-B: Improvements
to
1-C: Application
for grant funds for 415 Pacific Coast Highway – recommendation to authorize
the City Manager to submit all necessary documents to the Department of Housing
and Urban Development to accept grant funds, and execute all related agreements
to support the reuse of 415 Pacific Coast Highway; and approve the
appropriation of grant funds, and other proposed budgetary action.
1-D: Bacteria
reduction implementation plan – recommendation to approve the Santa Monica
Bay Beaches Bacteria Total Maximum Daily Load Implementation Plan to improve
ocean water quality, and for submittal in compliance with Regional Water
Control Board requirements.
1-E: Groundwater
modeling and engineering consulting services – recommendation to authorize
the City Manager to negotiate and execute an amendment to Contract No. 7816
with KOMEX H2O, in the amount of $91,000, for modeling and
engineering consulting services for the Charnock wells.
1-F: Purchase of motor oil and transmission fluid –
recommendation to award Bid No. 2888 as follows: Bid Items 1, 3, 4, and 6 to Rosemead Oil
Products; and Bid Items 2 and 5 to The Jankovich Company; at specified prices.
1-G: Lobbying Services –
7:00
P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
6.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS:
6-A: Appeal of Landmarks Commission designation of the property
located at 921 19th Street as a City Landmark, and associated discussion
of policy implications regarding appropriate breadth of application of landmark
criteria – recommendation that Council uphold the appeal and overturn the
Landmarks Commission’s decision to designate 921 19th Street as a
City Landmark. (Continued from February
22, 2005.)
7.
ORDINANCES: (No public
discussion is permitted on ordinances for second reading and adoption.)
7-A: Introduction and first reading of an interim ordinance
establishing new fence, wall, and hedge height standards including changes to
the hedge definition, allowable hedge heights, defined front yard area, front
yard ornamental structures, front yard safety guardrails, and terraced walls;
grandparenting existing nonconforming hedges, and establishing administrative
and discretionary hedge/wall/fence height modification procedures; and adoption
of a resolution setting fees for Planning Division review of applications for
administrative and discretionary hedge/wall/fence height modifications.
7-B: Introduction and first reading of an interim ordinance
extending a moratorium on new or expanded retail uses on the ground floor of
the Third Street Promenade, with limited exceptions.
7-C: Resolution revising the affordable housing unit base fee for
new market-rate multifamily development; and introduction and first reading of
an ordinance amending the Affordable Housing Production Ordinance (Chapter
9.56) to modify the calculation formula and adjustment and payment timing of
the affordable housing fee, to modify the affordable housing definitions and to
establish a mechanism to adjust or waive the requirements of Chapter 9.56.
12.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:
12-A: Request
of Linda Rider to discuss the matter of day laborers at the 11th
Street and Colorado intersection and to request that a “no loitering” zone be
established.
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Annual and special vacancy appointments to the following boards
and commissions: (Continued from June 28, 2005.)
|
Accessibility Appeals Board |
2 |
Term ending 06/30/09 |
|
Airport Commission |
1 |
Term ending
06/30/09 |
|
Architectural Review Board |
2 |
Term ending
06/30/09 |
|
Arts Commission |
2 |
Term ending 06/30/09 |
|
Bayside District Corporation |
3 |
Term ending 06/30/09 |
|
Building and Safety Commission |
3 |
Term ending
06/30/09 |
|
Commission for the Senior Community Special
(cont. from 06/14/05) |
2 1 |
Term ending
06/30/09 Term ending
06/30/07 |
|
Commission on the Status of Women Special
(cont. from 06/14/05) |
3 1 |
Term ending
06/30/09 Term ending
06/30/08 |
|
Convention & Visitors Bureau Special
(cont. from 06/14/05) |
2 1 |
Term
ending 06/30/09 Term ending 06/30/06 |
|
Disabilities Commission |
3 |
Term ending 06/30/09 |
|
Housing Commission Section
8 |
2 2 |
Term
ending 06/30/09 Term ending 06/30/07 |
|
Landmarks
Commission |
2 |
Term ending 06/30/09 |
|
Library Board |
1 |
Term ending 06/30/09 |
|
Personnel Board |
1 |
Term ending
06/30/10 |
|
Planning Commission |
1 |
Term ending 06/30/09 |
|
Recreation & Parks Commission |
1 |
Term ending 06/30/09 |
|
Social Services Commission |
2 |
Term ending 06/30/09 |
13-B: Request
of Councilmember Shriver to advance consideration of a planned discussion of
Code Compliance activity so that a timely determination can be made regarding
whether the three authorized currently vacant Code Compliance positions are
necessary and could finance other community priorities.
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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