CITY OF
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDAS AND SPECIAL JOINT
MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS -
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.
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
1-C: Resolution
accepting and approving a final subdivision map for Tract No. 54358 to subdivide
a property at
1-D: Appointments
to
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1-N: 20th
&
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference
with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
Betty Robinson v. City of
2-B: Conference
with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
Joel Lipscher v. City of
2-C: Conference
with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
Haroun Mehdipour v. City of
2-D: Conference
with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
City of
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
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.)
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.
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.
4.
SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS:
4-A: Proclamation
declaring May 2006 as Older Americans
Month in the City of
4-B: Introduction
of Dr. Chui Tsang, President,
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.)
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.)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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