CITY OF
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AND
SPECIAL
MEETING OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS -
TUESDAY, APRIL
11, 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 28, 2006, City Council meeting.
1-B: On-street
business employees parking permit fees - recommendation to adopt resolution
setting fees for providing employee on-street parking permit of $30 per quarter
year, and approve the proposed budget changes.
1-C:
1-D: City
Hall Courtyard design contract - recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Pima Corporation, in the amount
of $271,200, for the courtyard construction phase of the Police Building
Demolition project.
1-E: 2005
Urban Area Security Initiative grant funds
- recommendation to authorize the City Manager to accept $1,570,055 in grant
funds for costs associated with the State's Homeland Security Strategy, and
approve the proposed budget changes and appropriations.
1-F: Recommendation
to award Bid No. 2903 to
1-G: Certification
of underground storage tanks - recommendation to award Bid No. 2901 to
SunWest Engineering Constructors, in the amount of $133,500 for a three-year
term, to provide annual certification, testing and maintenance of underground
storage tanks at various locations within the City.
1-H:
1-I: Staff
report withdrawn.
1-J: General
Services Agreement with Los Angeles County - recommendation to authorize
the City Manager to negotiate and execute a general services agreement for a
five-year period for services including, but not limited to, street
maintenance, animal control, tract map checking, health services, and
engineering and emergency services.
2. CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference
with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
Betty Robinson v. City of
2-B: Conference
with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
City of
2-C: Conference
with Legal Counsel - Existing
Litigation: City adv. Shell Oil Company (arbitration regarding
compliance with settlement agreement in City of Santa Monica v. Shell Oil Co.,
Case No. 01CC4331).
2-D: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation: Morley Construction Company v. URS
Corporation dba Cleveland Wrecking Company, et al., and related and
consolidated actions, Lead Case No. SC 080 605 (settlement by and among Watson
Land Company and Watson Partners, L.P., Morley Construction Company and City of
2-E: Anticipated
Litigation. Anticipate significant exposure to litigation pursuant to
Government Code Section 54956.9(b): one dispute related to real property
located at 161 Ocean Park Boulevard and claim of Palisades Beach Road Property
Owners’ Association that proposed renovation of 415 PCH conflicts with
Proposition S and CEQA.
2-F: Conference
with real property negotiator:
Property:
402
City
Negotiator:
Under
negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner
of Record: Sears Roebuck and Company
2-G: Conference
with real property negotiator:
Property:
430
City
Negotiator:
Under
negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner
of Record: Associated International Marketing
2-H: Conference
with real property negotiator:
Property:
City
Negotiator:
Inder
negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner
of Record: Waldman Family Trust, Jill Spector Kurtzrock, Scott Ian
Spector, Stacie Ann Spector and Wells Fargo Bank, Trustee of the Julia Spector
Trust
2-I: Conference
with real property negotiator:
Property:
1636 5th StreetC
City
Negotiator:
Under
negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner
of Record: Jandy LLC
2-J: Conference
with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
Coalition for a Livable
6:45
P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
4.
SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS:
4-A: Recognition of Sylvia Anderle, Recipient of the New York Times
Librarian of the Year Award.
5.
CONTINUED ITEMS:
5-A: Discussion
of analysis and recommendation regarding a Child Care Linkage Program and
Developer Cultural Arts Requirements - recommendation to give direction to
staff relating to the drafting of two ordinances for a Childcare Linkage
Program and Developer Cultural Arts Requirement. (Continued from March 28, 2006.)
7.
ORDINANCES: (No public
discussion is permitted on ordinances for second reading and adoption.)
7-A: Second
reading and adoption of an interim ordinance modifying regulations related to
automobile dealerships, associated automobile parking structures and storage
lots, including allowing development of automobile parking structures, storage
facilities, and related uses associated with an adjacent dealership on certain
residentially zoned sites, establishing development standards, design standards,
review processes and operational standards, authorizing automobile dealerships
in the M1 District, adjusting the FAR calculation methodology, authorizing
employee parking on existing inventory lots in the BCD Zoning District, and
modifying the temporary use permit provisions for dealerships. (Introduced March 28, 2006.)
7-B: Second
reading and adoption of an interim ordinance extending, with modifications and
clarifications, the interim ordinance modifying the City's Density Bonus and
Affordable Housing Incentives in accordance with State Density Bonus Law. (Introduced March 28, 2006.)
7-C: Introduction
and first reading of an ordinance amending Municipal Code Section 9.04.18.040
to allow for the continuation of existing non-conforming hotel and motel uses
in residential districts within the Coastal Zone (Bayside Hotel, 2001 Ocean
Avenue).
7-D: Recommendation to adopt a resolution
approving the Final Negative Declaration for the Transportation Preservation
District Zoning Ordinance Amendment; introduction and first reading of an
ordinance amending Chapter 9 of the Municipal Code to establish a
Transportation Preservation District and to establish performance standards for
surface parking lots, film and video production, and commercial nurseries
authorized in the Transportation Preservation District; and introduction and
first reading of an ordinance amending the Official Districting Map to
establish the Transportation Preservation District in portions of the Former M1
and LMSD Districts.
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Update
on the City’s Financial Status and proposed budgeting and finance principles
- recommendation to direct staff to prepare a resolution adopting six
Principles of Budgeting and Finance; defer appropriation of certain funds until
the adoption of FY 2006-07 budget; authorize a payment in the amount of $24,807
for Meals on Wheels West relocation expenses; and direct staff to continue to
work with the 18th Street Arts Center to
assist in finding options to develop their property.
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE HOUSING
AUTHORITY:
ROLL
CALL OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY
9.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
9-A: Public
hearing and approval of Public Housing Agency Plan 2006-2007 - recommendation
to hold a public hearing, receive public comment, and certify compliance with
the FY 2005-2010 Consolidated Plan.
ADJOURNMENT OF SPECIAL
MEETING.
11.
RESOLUTIONS:
11-A: Resolution
expanding Preferential Parking Zones G, K. O, and TT by 150 feet, and amending
Resolution No. 9344 (CCS) by replacing Exhibit A.
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 March 28, 2006.)
13-B: Appointment
to one special vacancy on the Commission for the Senior Community for a term
ending June 30, 2007. (Continued from March 28,
2006.)
13-C: Appointment
to one special vacancy on the Commission on the Status of Women for a term
ending June 30, 2007. (Continued from March 28,
2006.)
13-D: Request
of Councilmember McKeown and Mayor Holbrook, on behalf of the Santa Monica
Child Care and Early Education Task Force, that the City Council endorse
Proposition 82, the Preschool for All Act, and urge a yes vote on June 6, 2006
for high-quality, voluntary preschool education for every four-year-old in
California.
13-E: Request
of the Social Services Commission to remove a current member due to
non-participation, declare the seat vacant, and direct the City Clerk to
publish the vacancy.
13-F: Request
of Mayor Holbrook and Councilmember Katz to adopt a Resolution in Support of
Survivors and Victims of Genocide.
13-G: Request of Councilmember Pam O’Connor for Council approval of two nominees for the Expo Construction Authority’s urban design committee. In order to receive community input into the aesthetic features of the Exposition Light Rail line, the authority will form an urban design committee to work with staff and the design-build contractor to provide input into landscaping, station design, soundwalls and art along the alignment. Nomination of Jessica Cusick and Father Mike Gutierrez.
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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