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, 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.

 

            MINUTES

 

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.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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 1327 Euclid Street.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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. 

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

2.   CLOSED SESSIONS:

 

2-A:     Conference with Real Property Negotiator

            Property:  Three parcels seaward of the 1921 Mean High Tide Line

            and adjacent to 850 Palisades Beach Road

            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:  2640 Main Street, Santa Monica

            City Negotiator:  Andy Agle, Director, Housing and Economic Dev.

            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 Santa Monica, Case No. SC 088456.

 

2-D:     Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:  Abraham Supino v. City of Santa Monica (and consolidated cases), Case No. SC 080283.

 

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 Santa Monica’s Special Representative for Homeless initiatives.

 

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)

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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.)

 

Any documents produced by the City and distributed to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda will be made available at the City Clerk's Counter located at City Hall, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, during normal business hours.

 

Any member of the public unable to attend a meeting 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, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401. Comments may also be e-mailed to: clerk@smgov.net

 

ADJOURNMENT.

 

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