CITY OF SANTA MONICA AGENDAS

 

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND

 

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY

 

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 1685 MAIN STREET

 

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.

 

            MINUTES

 

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.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-C:     20th Street and Cloverfield Boulevard Streetscape design contract - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Amphion Environmental, in the amount of $450,000, for the design of the project.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-F:     Recommendation to award Bid No. 2903 to Boerner Truck Center, in the amount of $1,864,359.44, to furnish and deliver eight automated refuse trucks.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-H:     Woodlawn Cemetery Data Conversion and Management System - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Intera U.S.A., in the amount of $12,735, for provision of services and installation of an information management software system.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

2.   CLOSED SESSIONS:

 

2-A:     Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:  Betty Robinson v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. SC 086 327.

 

2-B:     Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:  City of Santa Monica v. Baron & Budd, P.C., Case No. BC 315 186.

 

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 Santa Monica).

 


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 Colorado

           City Negotiator:  Jeff Mathieu

           Under negotiation:  Interest in Real Property

           Owner of Record:  Sears Roebuck and Company

 

2-G:    Conference with real property negotiator:

           Property:  430 Colorado

           City Negotiator:  Jeff Mathieu

           Under negotiation:  Interest in Real Property

           Owner of Record:  Associated International Marketing

 

2-H:    Conference with real property negotiator:

           Property:  1640 5th Street

           City Negotiator:  Jeff Mathieu

           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:  Jeff Mathieu

           Under negotiation:  Interest in Real Property

           Owner of Record:  Jandy LLC

 

2-J:      Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:  Coalition for a Livable Santa Monica v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. SS 013 463.

 

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.)

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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.)                     

 

            STAFF REPORT

           

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.)

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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).

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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.

 

             STAFF REPORT

 

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.

 

            STAFF REPORT

           

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.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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.

 

            Info

 

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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