CITY OF
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AND SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
OF THE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS -
TUESDAY,
JANUARY 23, 2007
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 November 14, November 28, and December 5, 2006, City
Council meetings.
1-B: Engine
Overhaul Services on Transit Buses – recommendation to award Bid No. 2915 to
Valley Power Systems, Inc. and Service Motor Parts/Ironman
Renewal, for an estimated three-year expenditure of $1,500,000, to provide
engine overhaul services on transit buses.
1-C: Award
of Bid for Replacement Parts for Buses – recommendation to award Bid No.
2918 to Valley Power Systems, Inc., for an estimated three-year
expenditure of $930,000, to provide replacement parts for Detroit Diesel Allison
engines and transmissions.
1-D: Design
of
1-E: Civic
Center Parking Structure – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a second amendment
to Agreement No. 8436 (CCS), with Smith Emery Company, in an amount not to
exceed $50,000, for additional deputy inspection services for the Civic Center
Parking Structure.
1-F:
1-G: Hazardous
Waste Management and Transportation Services - recommendation to authorize
the City Manager to execute a contract with General Environmental Management,
Inc., in the amount of $47,110.19, for provision of services.
1-H: Lobbying
Services for Federal representative and Municipal Transit Operators Coalition -
recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a
contract with The Ferguson Group, to represent the Big Blue Bus in
1-I: Recommendation
to approve the Statement of Official Action taken for the appeal of the
Planning Commission's approval of a Tentative Parcel Map for a proposed
three-lot subdivision at 939 San Vicente Boulevard.
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Public
Employee Evaluations.
Title of Employees: City Manager, City Attorney, City Clerk
6:45
P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
3. STUDY
SESSION:
3-A: Study
session on the evaluation of
6.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS:
6-A: Appeal of Certificate of Appropriateness,
approving alterations to the residence located at 2617 Third Street, a
contributor to the Third Street Neighborhood Historic District –
recommendation to uphold the Landmarks Commission’s approval of Certificate of
Appropriateness, and deny the appeal.
6-B: Appeal of Planning
Commission’s denial of a Development Review Permit for the conversion of an
existing manufacturing building into a two-level self-storage facility at 1707 Cloverfield Boulevard – recommendation to adopt
resolution approving the mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for the
project; and grant appeal to overturn the decision of the Planning Commission
to approve Development Review Permit, subject to certain findings and conditions.
7.
ORDINANCES: (No public
discussion is permitted on ordinances for second reading and adoption.)
7-A: Second
reading and adoption of an ordinance (text amendment) amending various sections
of the Municipal Code to exempt certain affordable rental housing projects from
the development review requirement in all multi-family districts, and CUP
requirements in the CM, C5, and M1 Districts.
(Ordinance introduced on January 9, 2007.)
7-B: Resolution
of intention to approve an amendment to contract between CalPERS
and the City to provide Section 21354.5 (2.7% @ 55) for active local
miscellaneous members; and introduction and first reading of an ordinance
authorizing an amendment to the contract between CalPERS
and the City of
7-C: Introduction
and first reading of an ordinance amending Code Section 9.32.170 to correct the
inadvertent deletion of a recent amendment to this section through the adoption
of Ordinance No. 2207 (CCS).
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY:
ROLL CALL OF THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
8-A: Activation
of phase two of Design-Build contract for adaptive reuse of 415 Pacific Coast
Highway - recommendation that City Council activate phase II of the
design-build Contract No. 8491 (CCS) with Pankow
Special Projects; approve a guaranteed maximum price in the amount of
$25,457,720; appropriate grant funds as proposed; authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute an amendment to the existing contract with the Annenberg
Foundation to accept $6,488,000, in additional grant funds and incorporate
specific project conditions of approval; approve site nomenclature; adopt a
resolution finding the use of funds to be of benefit to the Earthquake Recovery
Redevelopment Project Area; and authorize the City Manager to execute a
cooperation agreement for the purpose of rehabilitation 415 PCH for an adaptive
reuse. Recommendation that the
Redevelopment Agency adopt a resolution finding the use of funds to be of
benefit to the Earthquake Recovery Redevelopment Project Area; and authorize
the Executive Director to negotiate and execute an agreement between the City
and the Agency to grant funds for the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of 415
PCH.
ADJOURNMENT
OF JOINT MEETING
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Recommendation
to accept Amanda Rowan's letter of resignation from the Commission on the
Status of Women, and authorize the City Clerk to publish the vacancy.
13-B: Request of Councilmember Holbrook and Mayor Pro Tem Katz to
direct staff to analyze the current impact of exempting and/or not requiring
pedestrian oriented ground floor retail on major Boulevards for multifamily
housing projects and return to Council with options and recommendations.
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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