CITY OF SANTA MONICA

 

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDAS AND SPECIAL JOINT

 

MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

 

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 1685 MAIN STREET

 

TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 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 March 14, 2006, City Council meeting.

 

            MINUTES

 

1-B:     Financial software licensing and web-enable software upgrade - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an amendment to existing contract with Oracle USA, in the amount of $72,000, to upgrade the City's financial software, and in the amount of $17,000 a year, for each of three years, for related software maintenance. 

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-C:     Resolution accepting and approving a final subdivision map for Tract No. 54358 to subdivide a property at 1253 18th Street.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-D:     Appointments to Sustainable City Task Force - recommendation to make three appointments to fill three vacant positions on the Task Force. 

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-E:     City document imaging and content management system - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Laserfiche, in the amount of $120,000, for the purchase of a Document Imaging and Content Management System. 

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-F:     Water Conservation funding agreement - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California in order to receive conservation credits for related activities.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-G:     Purchase of 10 new Flyer Buses for the BBB - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an amendment to Contract No. 8274 (CCS) with New Flyer of America, in the amount of $941,900, to purchase 10 LNG replacement buses and spare parts.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-H:     Hydraulic system upgrades to buses - recommendation to award Bid No. 2905 to Delafield Fluid Technologies, in the amount of $146,628, to provide onboard hydraulic system upgrades to thirty six LNG buses.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-I        Liquefied Natural Gas for the Big Blue Bus - recommendation to award Bid No. 2896 to Clean Energy, and authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract in the amount of $10,000,000 for a period of four years.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-J:      City Hall Seismic Retrofit - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an amendment to Contract No. 8529 (CCS), with Black and Veatch, in the amount of $285,889, to expand engineering and architectural services for the seismic retrofit of City Hall.                 

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

 

1-K:     Dark fiber lease agreement with Google - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Google Inc., in the amount of $9,636, for the lease of dark fiber; and to negotiate and execute dark fiber lease agreements with other interested parties should those opportunities exist.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-L:     Groundwater modeling and engineering consulting services - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Worley Parsons Komex, in the amount of $304,000, for MTBE-related consulting services, well installation oversight and alternative dispute resolution.     

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-M:    Woodlawn Cemetery data conversion - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Ramaker & Associates, in the amount of $153,425, for professional data conversion services.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-N:     20th & Cloverfield Boulevard Street Improvements - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Ahbe, in the amount of $450,000, for design services for the project.

 

            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:  Joel Lipscher v. City of Santa Monica, Case No.  BC 323848.

 

2-C:     Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:  Haroun Mehdipour v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. SC 083 537.

 

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

 

2-E:     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-F:     Conference with Legal Counsel - 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.

 

 

6:45 P.M.  RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:

 

3.  STUDY SESSION:

 

3-A:     Homeless Update Report.  (This item will be heard at 8:05 p.m.)

 

            ATTACHMENT

 

3-B:     System and Program Evaluation of the City's Homeless Continuum of Care - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with The Urban Institute, in the amount of $126,000, for a system and program evaluation of homeless continuum of care.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

3-C:     Agreement for expansion of the Chronic Homeless Program - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with Community Partners, in the amount of $189,000, for the expansion of the City/s Chronic Homeless Program.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

4.  SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS:

 

4-A:     Proclamation declaring May 2006 as Older Americans Month in the City of Santa Monica.

 

4-B:     Introduction of Dr. Chui Tsang, President, Santa Monica College.

 

 

 

7.  ORDINANCES:  (No public discussion is permitted on ordinances for second reading and adoption.)

 

7-A:     Second reading and adoption 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 OP-3- Zone (Bayside Hotel, 2001 Ocean Avenue).  (Introduced April 11, 2006.)

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

7-B:     Second reading and adoption 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 second reading and adoption of

            an ordinance amending the Official Districting Map to establish the Transportation Preservation District in portions of the Former M1 and LMSD Districts.  (Introduced April 11, 2006.)

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

7-C:     Introduction and first reading of an ordinance amending Chapter 9 of the Municipal Code to allow modification of a side yard set back requirement in the R-1 District where the combination of contiguous parcels requires a greater side yard setback, and to allow the re-division of combined parcels.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:

 

8-A:     Third Street Promenade Outdoor Dining Standards - recommendation to approve the proposed amendments to the Dining Standards to expand allowable outdoor dining areas including pavilion sidewalk dining, center court dining, and sidewalk edge dining.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

8-B:     Update on solid waste efficiencies, adoption of FY 2006-07 rates, and approval of Phase II for development of alternative service delivery methods - recommendation to establish a Solid Waste rate for inclusion in the FY 2006-07 budget, and to authorize proceeding with Phase II of the scope of services of Agreement No. 8524 (CCS) with Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, for development of alternative service delivery methods.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY:

 

ROLL CALL OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

 

8-C:     Affordable Housing Development at 1944 20th Street - recommendation that the City Council and the Redevelopment Agency approve a housing trust fund loan and grant to Community Corporation of Santa Monica, in the amount of $3,010,789, for acquisition and rehabilitation of an 8-unit housing development; and authorize the City Manager and Executive Director to negotiate and execute all documents necessary to provide this funding.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

ADJOURNMENT OF SPECIAL JOINT MEETING.

 

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 April 11, 2006.)

 

13-B:   Appointment to one special vacancy on the Commission for the Senior Community for a term ending June 30, 2007.  (Continued from April 11, 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 April 11, 2006.)

 

13-D:  Request of Councilmember McKeown to direct staff to prepare amendments to current zoning code addressing anomalies pertaining to so-called "key lots," where current definitions of front and side yard conflict with adjacent parcels.

 

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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