CITY OF
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 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 July 12, and July 25, 2006, City Council meetings.
1-B: Purchase
of cement concrete - recommendation to award Bid No. 2910, in an amount not
to exceed $198,750, to Standard Concrete Products, for provision of cement
concrete.
1-C: Big
Blue Bus line-by-line analysis and Service Improvement and Efficiency Program
- recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an
agreement with Perteet Engineering, in the amount of $159,346, to prepare a
line-by-line analysis of service and develop a service improvement and
efficiency program.
1-D: Digital
Storage System - recommendation to authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue
a purchase order to Nth Generation Computing, in the amount of $249,435, for a digital
storage system for video taken by cameras installed in the jail of the Public
Safety Facility.
1-E: Lease
of Space at
1-F:
1-G: Grant
funds for Homeless Community Court - recommendation that the City Council
accept County of Los Angeles grant funds in the amount of $458,000 over a
one-year period for supportive services and housing in conjunction with a
monthly Homeless Community Court; appropriate funds and make necessary budget changes; and authorize the City Manager
to execute any necessary grant agreements.
1-H: Resolution
supporting Propositions 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, and 1E on the November 2006 Statewide
Ballot - recommendation to adopt the proposed resolution in support of
Infrastructure Bonds; direct staff to send copies of the resolution to certain
State officials; and direct staff to educate the public on the City's support
via various methods.
1-I: Temporary
Relocation of Homeless Food Providers
to Facilities at 612 Colorado Avenue - recommendation to appropriate the amount of $197,000 for costs related
to the temporary relocation of homeless food providers to indoor facilities at
612 Colorado Avenue.
2. CLOSED
SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference with Labor
Negotiator.
City Negotiator: Karen Bancroft, Personnel Director
Bargaining Units: Municipal Employees Association (MEA)
Supervisors
Team Associates (STA)
2-B: Conference with real property negotiator:
Property:
City
Negotiator: Miriam Mack
Under
negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner of
Record: Jandy, LLC
2-C: Conference with real property negotiator:
Property:
1640 5th Street
City
Negotiator: Miriam Mack
Under
negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner of
Record: Martin H. Waldman, et. al.
2-D: Conference with real property negotiator:
Property:
City Negotiator: Miriam Mack
Under negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner of Record:
2-E: Conference with real property
negotiator:
Property:
City
Negotiator: Miriam Mack
Under
negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner of
Record: Mark S. Romney
2-F: Conference with real property
negotiator:
Property:
1437 5th Street
City
Negotiator: Miriam Mack
Under
negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner of
Record: PRU/JSM Trino
2-G: Conference with real property negotiator:
Property:
1334 5th Street
City
Negotiator: Miriam Mack
Under
negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner of
Record: Sunnyside Group, et. al.
2-H: Conference with real property negotiator:
Property:
City
Negotiator: Miriam Mack
Under
negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner of
Record: Bryan Family Trust
2-I: Conference with real property negotiator:
Property:
City Negotiator: Miriam Mack
Under negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner of Record: Richlar Partnership Lease
2-J: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing
Litigation: City of
2-K: 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-L: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing
Litigation: Action Apartment Association v. City of
2-M: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation: Fifth/Arizona Investors, LLC v. City of
2-N: Anticipated Litigation: Anticipate
significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section
54956.9(b): two matters involving real property
at
6:45
P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
3. STUDY
SESSION:
3-A: Homeless Update Report.
3-B: Report on
financial impact of City's Living Wage Ordinance and impact of adjusting City
employee pay rates consistent with the minimum wage set by the ordinance.
4. SPECIAL
AGENDA ITEMS:
4-A: Proclamation declaring October 2006 as Disabilities Awareness Month in the City of
7. ORDINANCES: (No public discussion is permitted on
ordinances for second reading and adoption.)
7-A: Supplemental
Report and introduction and first reading of an ordinance amending Article 9 of
the Municipal Code to modify project design and property development standards
for specified uses in certain residential, commercial and industrial districts
in the city including, but not limited to, standards related to permitted
building heights, exceptions to the height limit, unit density, parcel
coverage, floor area and architectural design review criteria. The City Council may also consider modifications
related to other administrative and discretionary review procedures and
possible changes to the City's Affordable Housing Production Program. (Continued
from September 12, 2006.)
7-B: Second reading and adoption of an ordinance
modifying the development standards and review processes in the R1 Sunset Park
and north of Wilshire neighborhoods including, but not limited to, standards
and review related to setbacks, stepbacks, maximum parcel coverage, second
floor parcel coverage, garages and garage doors, architectural projections,
balconies and porches, and architectural review of specified structures and
clarifying the second floor parcel coverage standard as it applies in these and
in the North of Montana neighborhoods.
7-C: Introduction
and first reading of an ordinance to amend Chapter 9 of the Municipal Code to
allow for modification of development standards and implementation of incentives
for projects that include the retention and preservation of a Designated
Landmark or Contributing Structure to an adopted Historic District.
7-D: Introduction
and first reading of an ordinance adding Chapter 1.20 to the Municipal Code
relating to priority for City service to confirm the sole propriety and
authority of the City Council to expedite City services and establish such
service priorities by resolution; adoption of a resolution revising user fees
in the Environmental and Public Works Management Department related to plan
review by the Green Building Program Advisor; and recommendation to review
proposed resolution setting the priority of city services related to
development activities, in anticipation of adopting the resolution at second
reading of the ordinance.
7-E: Introduction
and first reading of an ordinance adding Section 2.32.280 to the Municipal Code
to prohibit City employees from serving on legislative bodies whose members are
all appointed by the City Council.
9.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
9-A: Public
hearing and adoption of a Resolution of necessity to acquire a sewer easement
at
CONTINUED
TO DECEMBER 12, 2006.
11.
RESOLUTIONS:
11-A: Resolution
of the City of Santa Monica expressing the City's intentions as to the duration
of certain project conditions regarding the Public Recreation Facility to be
developed at 415 Pacific Coast Highway.
12.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:
12-A: Request
of Say Chin So to relocate the halfway house located at 1826-1828 Pearl Street
to another location as the site is a path used by students attending the nearby junior high and elementary
schools.
13. COUNCILMEMBER
DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Appointment to one special vacancy on the Social Services Commission
for
a term ending June 30, 2007. (Continued from September
12, 2006.)
13-B: Annual
appointments to the following boards and commissions: (Continued from September 12,
2006.)
|
Board/Commission |
No. of Appts. |
Term Ending |
|
Bayside District Corporation |
1 |
06/30/2010 |
|
Commission for the Senior Community |
2 |
06/30/2010 |
|
Commission on the Status of Women |
1 |
06/30/2010 |
|
Convention & Visitors Bureau |
1 |
06/30/2010 |
|
Recreation & Parks Commission |
1 |
06/30/2010 |
13-C: Request
of Councilmember Bloom that the City Council adopt the proposed resolution in
support Proposition 86, the Tobacco Tax Act of 2006 which if passed by voters
in November 2006 would raise the state’s tobacco tax by an additional
$2.60/pack to reduce smoking, especially among children, and fund critical
health care priorities, thereby reducing the healthcare cost burden on state
and local governments; and reduce tobacco use.
13-D: Request
of Councilmember McKeown that, at the strong recommendation of members of the
City's Task Force on the Environment, the Council direct staff to prepare an
ordinance setting specified air quality performance criteria for awarding
future taxi franchise agreements within the City of
13-E: Appointment to one annual
vacancy on the Arts Commission for a term ending June 30, 2010. (Continued from September 12, 2006.)
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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