NOTICE – COMMUNITY MEETING

 

CITY OF SANTA MONICA AGENDAS

 

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND SPECIAL JOINT MEETING

 

OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

 

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 1685 MAIN STREET

 

TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 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 March 20, 2007, City Council meeting.

 

            MINUTES

 

1-B:     Resolution approving Final Tract Map No. 54355 for a 5-Unit affordable housing condominium project at 2018 19th Street.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-C:     Resolution approving Final Tract Map No. 63166 for a 4-Unit condominium project at 907 18th Street.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-D:     Resolution approving Final Tract Map No. 63167 for a 4-Unit condominium project at 919 17th Street.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-E:     Extension of Dial-A-Ride Paratransit Contract – recommendation to extend the current Dial-A-Ride Paratransit contractor’s agreement on a month-to-month basis, in the amount of $410,000, for a period not to exceed eight months.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-F:     Specialty Sports Camps and Classes – recommendation to authorize City Manager to negotiate and execute agreements with Surf Academy, for a total not to exceed $240,000, and Socceropolis, for a total not to exceed $125,000, for the fiscal year 2007-08 to conduct specialty sports camps and classes.

 

            STAFF REPORT


1-G:     Cemetery Management System – recommendation to approve purchase order with FPA Software, in the amount of $82,005, for licensing associated with the installation of a data management system for Woodlawn Cemetery and to appropriate an additional $41,005 from the Cemetery Fund balance to fund the purchase.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-H:     Implementation of best management practices to reduce urban runoff pollution – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Agreement with neighboring municipalities who are parties to the Bacterial Total Maximum Daily Load Implementation Plan, to implement best management practices to comply with the Plan requirements at an annual cost of $283,195.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-I:       Provision of legal services for implementation of Aircraft Conformance Program – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an amendment to the agreement with Kaplan, Kirsch & Rockwell LLP, in the amount of $195,500, for the implementation of the Airport Conformance Program.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-J:      Recommendation to adopt legislative position regarding SB 2 (Cedillo) relative to fair share homeless housing and shelters.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

2.   CLOSED SESSIONS:

 

2-A:     Public Employee Evaluations.

            Title of Employees:  City Attorney, City Clerk

 

2-B:     Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation.  Brian Lane v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. SC 090 918a.

 

2-C:     Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation.  Dorothy Stallone v. City of Santa Monica,  Case No. SC 089 899.

 

2-D:     Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation.  Leopold Laine v. City of Santa Monica, Federal District Court Case No. CV06-4933.

 

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

 

2-F:     Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation.  Shopper Shuttle, LLC v. City of Santa Monica, et al., Case No. CV 06-07977 SVW (FFMx).

 

2-G:     Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation.  City of Santa Monica, et al. v. City of Los Angeles (Playa Vista), Case No. B189630.

 

2-H:     Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation:  Malibu Broadbeach     LLC v. City of Santa Monica, Case No.  SS        013394.

 

2-I:       Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation.  Anticipate significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(b):  one dispute involving real property at 843 4th St.

 

2-J:      Existing Litigation.  Two requests for the City to participate as amicus in pending litigation: In re [Same Sex] Marriage Cases (First Dist. Nos. A110449-51); Garden Grove v. Superior Court (4th Dist. No. G036250 - medical marijuana case).     

 

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

 

3.  STUDY SESSION:

 

3-A:     Homeless Update

 

4.  SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS:

 

4-A:     Proclamation declaring May 2007 as Older Americans Month in the City of Santa Monica.

 

6.  ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS:

 

6-A:     Appeal of Landmarks Commission Designation of property at 2219 Ocean Avenue as a City Landmark – recommendation that City Council uphold the appeal and deny the Landmark designation of the property at 2219 Ocean Avenue.  Appellant:  University of Illinois Foundation

 

            (This matter will not be heard.  It will be continued to a future Council meeting.)

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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

 

7-A:     Second reading and adoption of an ordinance of the City of Santa Monica amending Sections 9.04.14.080 and 9.04.02.030.370 of the municipal Code to allow the Planning Commission, or City Council on appeal, to modify the special conditional use permit standards for existing nonconforming neighborhood markets. (Introduced on April 10, 2007)

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

7-B:     Resolutions and ordinance for Development Agreement to allow a 73-room hotel at 1333-1337 Ocean Avenue - recommendation to adopt resolution certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report; adopt resolution adopting a Statement of Overriding Considerations after making necessary CEQA findings, and adopting a Mitigation Monitoring Plan; and introduction and first reading of an ordinance approving a Development Agreement to allow development of a 73-room hotel at 1333-1337 Ocean Avenue which includes the adaptive re-use of two landmark properties, subject to recommended amendments to the building design; and amendments to the Development Agreement as proposed in the report.   The project will contain a total of approximately 41,810 square feet over an approximately 129 space subterranean garage. The project includes the demolition of two commercial buildings on site and the re-location of one of the landmark buildings, the Victorian, to create a publicly accessible plaza in the center of the site.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

7-C:     Introduction and adoption of emergency ordinance adding Chapter 6.109 to the Santa Monica Municipal Code to implement provisions of the Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act of 2006, Public Utilities Code Section 5800 et seq. which authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to issue statewide video service franchises that include the City of Santa Monica.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

7-D:     Introduction and adoption of emergency interim ordinance to modify the Development Review thresholds, including establishing a discretionary review process for single room occupancy developments throughout the City and for all development projects in the Light Manufacturing and Studio District, that meet certain criteria, consideration of Conditional Use Permit process for single room occupancy development, and consideration of pedestrian-oriented design standards and/or uses for projects located in the Broadway Commercial District.

 

            STAFF REPORT AND DRAFT ORDINANCE

 

            REVISED ADOPTED ORDINANCE

 

8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:

 

8-A:     Recommendation to adopt support positions on various State bills related to preservation and provision of affordable housing and protection of tenant rights.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

8-B:     Master Facility Use Agreement with Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District - recommendation that City Council review and approve the recommendations of the Adjustment Conference Committee to increase the City’s base payment to the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District by $750,000, for a total of $7.2 million next fiscal year.

 

            STAFF REPORT


8-C:     Big Blue Bus Maintenance Building and Site Improvements - recommen-ation to activate phase two of the design build Contract No. 8592 (CCS) with Morley Construction Company for construction of the project; and approve a guaranteed maximum price amendment to the contract in the amount of $57,711,124 plus a 10% contingency.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

8-D:     Proposed changes to Bayside District Corporation Structure (BDC), Downtown Management and Business Assessments and proposed Loan to BDC- recommendation to review draft Downtown Management Framework and provide direction to staff and BDC; direct staff to assist the BDC in implementing the new strategy for assessment and governance; and authorize the City Manager to negotiate a loan agreement with BDC in the amount of $80,000, to retain a consultant to prepare studies and documents needed to implement the program.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

8-E:     Sale of partnership interests in Supermarine of Santa Monica LP at Santa Monica Airport - recommendation to direct the City Manager to review the proposed sale of the partnership interests and approve the sale if the transaction meets the lease guidelines; and review and approve the Commercial Operations Permits for Supermarine of Santa Monica, Supermarine Investors and Aviation Contract Services as recommended in the report.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY:

 

ROLL CALL OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

 

8-F:     Mid-term Report of the Redevelopment Agency’s FY 2004-05 through FY 2008-09 Five Year Implementation Plan – recommendation  to hold a public hearing on the Mid-term Report for the Agency's Five-Year Implementation Plan; receive and file the mid-term report; and conceptually approve the proposed long-term prioritization of Agency resources.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

ADJOURNMENT OF JOINT MEETING

 

13.  COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:

 

13-A:   Request of Councilmember McKeown that the City Council endorse the peace education activities of Veterans for Peace Los Angeles, organizers of the Arlington West memorial at Santa Monica Pier, and their upcoming "Americans for Peace 2007" tour of the West Coast.  No financial support is requested.

 

13-B:   Request of Mayor Pro Tem Katz and Councilmember O'Connor to create an Exposition Light Rail Working Group to provide unified City input to the Exposition Light Rail Construction Authority regarding planning issues.  As the Exposition Construction Authority's Boardmember/Alternate from Santa Monica, Councilmember O'Connor and Mayor Pro Tem Katz would be appointed to lead this Working Group.  The Working Group would focus on local issues such as placement of stations (proposed for Bergamot and downtown), location of a 3rd station, transit connectivity, pedestrian connectivity, parking, and other related issues. 

 

13-C:  Request of Mayor Bloom that City Staff review the "Olympic/Pico One-Way Pair Initial Feasibility Report" prepared by Allyn D. Rifkin, P.E. for Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, provide initial analysis and comment and proceed to obtain public review and comment.

 

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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