CITY OF
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS -
TUESDAY, MARCH
14, 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: Approval
of minutes of the February 14, 2006, City Council meeting.
1-B: Exposition
Corridor Bike and Pedestrian Path - recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Crain & Associates, in the
amount of $558,000, for design, bid preparation and construction monitoring of
the project,
1-C:
1-D: Memorial
sign in memory of Officer Ricardo A. Crocker - recommendation to authorize
the City Manager to request that California State Senator Kuehl carry
legislation to post a memorial sign along the Santa Monica Freeway or
1-E: Groundwater
Modeling and Engineering Services - recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute an amendment to Contract No. 6539, with KOMEX H20
Science, in the amount of $78,000, for groundwater modeling and engineering
services related to the MTBE treatment facility.
WITHDRAWN AT REQUEST OF STAFF
1-F: Grant
funds to support reuse of
1-G: Management
for operation of Santa Monica Pier Carousel - recommendation to authorize
the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Roth Management, for
an annual fee of $88,500 plus reimbursement of staff salaries and maintenance,
for operation and routine maintenance of the Pier Carousel.
1-H: Use
of grant funds for purchase of mobile computers from Motorola - recommendation
to waive competitive bidding, appropriate proposed uses for State COPS funding
of $270,405, and the purchase of 25 mobile computers on a sole source basis
from Motorola, Inc.
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation. City of
2-B: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation. Coalition
for a Livable
2-C: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation. Haroun
Mehdipour, Parvin Mehdipour v. City of
2-D: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation. Stewart
Lamle v. City of
2-E: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation. Conference
with Legal Counsel: Anticipated Litigation. Anticipate significant
exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(b):
claim of JSM relating to state housing law and the City’s Affordable Housing
Production Ordinance, one dispute related to real property at 161 Ocean Park
Boulevard, and claim of SKS Construction Company.
2-F: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation. Russell Barnard v. City of
6:45
P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
3.
STUDY SESSION:
3-A: Study Session on Solid Waste Rate Structure and options for Solid Waste Operations.
PowerPoint Presentation Slides
4.
SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS:
4-A: Proclamation declaring March 2006 Mayors for Meals Month in the City of
7.
ORDINANCES: (No public
discussion is permitted on ordinances for second reading and adoption.)
7-A: Second reading and
adoption of an ordinance adding Chapter 3.10 to the Municipal Code to authorize
the issuance of preferential parking permits for certain specified
businesses. (Ordinance introduced
February 28, 2006.)
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Redesign
of police patrol vehicles - recommendation to approve a new design for
police patrol vehicles incorporating the City logo and a "black and
white" color scheme.
8-B: Community Energy
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Appointment
to one annual vacancy on the Pier Restoration Corporation for a term ending
November 10, 2009. (Continued from February
28, 2006.)
13-B: Request from Councilmember Bloom that the
City Council receive an update from the City Manager and the Chief of Police
regarding city response to the homicide that took the life of Santa Monica
resident and Santa Monica High School student Eduardo "Eddie" Lopez;
and, that the City Council receive information from staff regarding REGIONAL
efforts to prevent gang violence and apprehend gang violence suspects,
including inter-agency cooperation.
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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