CITY OF
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS -
TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 28, 2006
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: Operating Agreement for Santa
Monica State Beach – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute an operating agreement with the State of California
Department of Parks and Recreation for develop-ment, operation, control and
maintenance of Santa Monica State Beach.
1-B: Resolution approving a
final subdivision map for Parcel No. 061468 to subdivide a property for a
4-unit condominium project at
1-C: Big
Blue Bus UCLA fare agreement – recommendation to approve an average charge
of $.69 for local service and $1.67 for express service for each boarding by
UCLA students, faculty and staff.
1-D: Pier
Restroom Replacement – recommendation
that the City Council authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with AZ Architecture Studio, Inc., in the
amount of $248,000, for architectural and engineering services related to the
project.
1-E: Investment Policy, Delegation of Investment
Authority, and resolution related to Bank and Brokerage Accounts and persons
authorized to conduct transactions with the State Local Agency Investment Fund
- recommendation to approve the revised Investment Policy, extend delegation of
investment authority to the Chief Financial Officer; and adopt a resolution
authorizing the establishment and use of bank and brokerage accounts and
updating the list of persons authorized to conduct transactions with the State
Local Agency Investment Fund.
1-F: Sewer Easement at
1-G: Support of AB 359 -
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Property:
City Negotiator: Miriam Mack
Under Negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner of Record: Felcor Hotel Asset Company, LLC
2-B: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation:
City of
2-C: Conference
with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
Coalition for a Livable
2-D: Conference
with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
Stewart Lamle v. City of
2-E: Conference
with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
Betty Robinson v. City of
2-F: Conference with Legal Counsel: Anticipated
Litigation. Anticipate significant exposure to litigation pursuant to
Government Code Section 54956.9(b): Claim 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 adding Chapter 3.10 to the Municipal Code to authorize
the issuance of preferential parking permits for certain specified businesses;
resolution amending Preferential Parking Zones G, K. O. DD, TT, YY and ZZ and
amending Resolution 9344 (CCS).
7-B: Introduction and first reading of an ordinance
modifying development, design, and off-street parking standards for projects
developed within the BSCD, C3 and C3C zoning districts, including, but not
limited to design standards for ground floor heights, building streetfronts,
landscaping, sidewalls adjacent to historic resources, development review
thresholds, and off-street parking and access requirements.
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Downtown
Parking Program - recommendation to:
adopt resolution certifying the Final Program Environmental Impact
Report; adopt resolution making necessary CEQA findings, and adopting a
Statement of Overriding Considera-tions and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting
Program; approve the Downtown Parking Program; and authorize staff to proceed
with next steps to implement the Downtown Parking Program, including the
procurement of design services.
8-B: 415 Pacific
Coast Highway Design – recommendation that the City Council approve the
refined Schematic Design and operating parameters and provide policy direction
in developing the final Operating Plan for the site at 415 Pacific Coast
Highway.
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Appointment to one annual vacancy as the
13-B: Request of
Councilmember McKeown that, in support of "clean money" public
financing of candidates for state office, and pursuant to a request by the
Santa Monica Commission on the Status of Women, that the Council support AB
583, the "California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act," and convey
the City's support to the Governor and appropriate state legislators, meanwhile
directing staff to study the clean money campaign concept and other related
legislative efforts to assess how a similar voter-empowering public financing
system could be implemented in Santa Monica.
13-C: Appointment
to one annual vacancy on the Pier Restoration Corporation for a term ending
November 10, 2009. (Continued from February 14, 2006.)
13-D: Request
of Mayor Holbrook that the City Council waive customary fees for use of Council
Chambers to allow the
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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