CITY OF
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AND SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
OF THE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS -
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 11, 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 October 30, 2007, City Council meeting.
1-B. Parking
citation hearing examiner services - recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute a two-year agreement with Sherman and Levine
Law Offices, to provide parking adjudication services from 1/1/08 through
12/31/09, with an option to extend for two additional two-year terms.
1-C: Recommendation
to cancel regular meeting scheduled for Tuesday, December 25, 2007.
1-D: Resolution
accepting and approving the Final Subdivision Map for Tract No. 063074 to
subdivide a property into five units at
1-E: Provision of services related to the Land Use and
Circulation Element Concept Plan –
recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an
amendment to existing contract with: Nelson/Nygaard
Consulting Associates, in the amount of $250,000, to provide transportation
planning services; and Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc., in the amount of $375,000, for workshop
preparation and facilitation and preparation; negotiate and execute a contract
with Whitney & Whitney, Inc., in the amount of $145,000, for an economic
feasibility and market study and other related services; and approve proposed
budgetary actions, including an appropriation of funds.
1-F: City
Hall Seismic Retrofit Project – recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute contract modifications with Black and Veatch
for Contract No. 8529(CCS), in the amounts of $213,826 and $377,626 for a total
amount of $1,902,401, modifying the existing scope, schedule, cost and adding
the new scope of Jail Area Tenant Improvement, elevator addition, restroom
addition and electric room addition to the existing Seismic Retrofit
Project.
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference with Real Property Negotiator
Property: Three parcels seaward of the 1921 Mean High
Tide Line
and adjacent to
City Negotiator: Andy Agle,
Director, Housing and Economic Dev.
Under Negotiation: Modification of Lease Terms
Lessee: Jonathan Club
2-B: Conference with Real Property Negotiator
Property:
City Negotiator:
Under Negotiation: Modification of Lease Terms
Owner/Lessee of Record: City of
Santa Monica/Ocean Park Restaurant
2-C: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Richard
Schneider v. City of
2-D: Conference
with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
Abraham Supino v. City of
2-E: Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
In the Matter of Compliance with Federal Obligations by the City of Santa
Monica, California, FAA Docket No. 16-02-08.
6:45
P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
3.
STUDY SESSION:
3-A: City
Hall Seismic Retrofit Project – Alternative Elevator Locations and Electrical
Room Additions – recommendation that Council provide direction as to the
preferred location of the required elevator and electric room additions to City
Hall.
STAFF REPORT POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION AT COUNCIL MEETING
4.
SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS:
4-A: Commendation to Ed Edelman
for his commitment to tirelessly pursuing regional and local solutions to
address homelessness as
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Proposed
amendment to Anti-smoking Ordinance - recommendation that Council direct
staff to prepare an amendment to the anti-smoking ordinance to create liability
for business owners and managers who knowingly allow smoking in outdoor dining
areas. (Continued from November 27,
2007)
8-B: 20th Street & Cloverfield
Street Improvements Project Conceptual Design – recommendation to approve in concept the design
for the Project; and authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an
amendment to Contract No. 8581 (CCS) with Ahbe
Landscape Architects, in the amount of $99,100, for design of street light
conversions and traffic signal modifications for the Project.
STAFF REPORT POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FROM COUNCIL MEETING
8-C: Shotgun House –
recommendation to select the Santa Monica Conservancy to relocate, rehabilitate
and operate the Shotgun House as Preservation Resource Center; and approve
major terms for a 20 year lease agreement and authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute the lease agreement with Santa Monica Conservancy.
8-D: Civic
Center Village Development Agreement Design Update – recommendation to hear public
testimony, discuss updated design concepts for the Civic Center Development
Agreement and determine whether the proposed revised design, including a shared
parking program, meets the intent of Council’s authorization to negotiate a
development agreement as discussed at the August 14, 2007, public hearing.
12.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:
12-A: Request
of Nathan Crowe that the City Council require, as a result of a pattern of
chronic and flagrant code violations, that Izzy’s
deli restaurant be closed during the hours of 12:00 a.m., and 8:00 a.m., or
alternately, that the parking lot north and adjacent to the restaurant be
required to be physically closed and not be used for any purpose other than
fire and emergencies between the hours of 12:00 a.m., and 8:00 a.m. (Continued
from November 13, 2007.)
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Appointment to two annual vacancies on the
Pier Restoration Corporation with terms ending November 8, 2011. (Continued from November 27, 2007.)
13-B: Appointment to one
unscheduled vacancy on the Pier Restoration Corporation Board of Directors for
a term ending November 13, 2010.
(Continued from November 27, 2007).
13-C: Appointment to unscheduled vacancies for
the following Boards/Commission:
|
Board/Commission |
No. of Appts. |
Term Ending |
|
Bayside District Corporation |
1 |
6/30/2008 |
|
Commission on the Status of Women |
1 |
6/30/2008 |
|
Personnel Board |
1 |
6/30/2010 |
|
Pier Restoration Corporation |
1 |
11/10/2009 |
13-D: Appointment
to one annual vacancy on the Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors for
a term ending December 31, 2011.
13-E: Recommendation
to accept Joan Charles resignation from the Architectural Review Board and
authorize the City Clerk to publish the vacancy.
13-F: Request of Mayor Katz for reassurance from staff that local
law prohibits removal of the ficus trees on 2nd
and 4th Streets in the Downtown during the pendency
of the landmark proceeding now ongoing as to those trees and that the
prohibition also applies during any appeal which may be taken from the
Landmarks Commission’s decision.
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.)
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the City and distributed to a majority of the City Council regarding any item
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City Hall, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, during normal business hours.
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but wishing to comment on an item(s) listed on the agenda may submit written
comments prior to the meeting by mailing them to: City Clerk,
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