CITY OF
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS -
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 14, 2008
MEETING BEGINS AT 5:45 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
(Please note that Agenda Items may
be reordered during the Council meeting at the discretion of the City Council.)
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 September 16 and September 23, 2008, Council meetings.
1-B:
1-C: Grant funds for water efficiency internship - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate
and execute a contract with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California to accept grant funding in the amount of $15,000 for a water
efficiency internship; and authorize proposed budget changes to appropriate
funding in expenditure accounts and establish budget in revenue account.
1-D: Recommendation
to approve proposed changes to the Water-Efficiency Competitive Landscape Grant
Program.
1-E: Acceptance
of water conservation grant funds - recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute two contracts with the Department of Water
Resources in the amounts of $250,000 for Sustainable Landscape Grant Program,
and $70,000 for the Rain Harvest Rebate Program; authorize budget changes to
appropriate funding in expenditure accounts and establish budget in revenue
account.
1-F: Tax-exempt
Bonds for
1-G: Landscape
Maintenance Services – authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute
an amendment to Contract No. 8479 with TruGreen Landcare to include 11 additional sites requiring monthly maintenance
in the amount of $217,147.
1-H: Pier
Storm Drain Improvements - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a professional services agreement with RBF Consulting in
an amount not to exceed $350,000, to provide design services for the Pier Storm
Drain Improvement Project; and authorize the proposed budget changes as
outlined in the staff report.
1-I: Recommendation
to adopt resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an amendment to the
MOU between the City and Santa Monica Firefighters Local 1109 IAFF.
1-J: Pilot
County Channel provided by CityTV -
recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an
amendment to a Delegated Authority Agreement with Los Angeles County for the
City to receive up to $305,000 from the County in exchange for CityTV providing the County with programming and video services.
1-K: Parking
Operations Audit - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to execute
an amendment to Contract No. 8864 (CCS) with Walker Parking Consultants to modify
the scope of work and to increase the total contract amount to $270,000.
1-L:
2. CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation – NMBroadway
Studios, LLC v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. BS 110077; Lincoln
Studios, LLC v. City of
2-B: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Ellen Potts v. City of
2-C: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: In the Matter of Compliance with
Federal Obligations by the City of
2-E: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation:
2-F: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Smiley v. City of
2-G: Anticipated
Litigation: Anticipate significant exposure to litigation Pursuant to
Government Code Section 54956.9(b):
2-H: Anticipated
Litigation: Anticipate significant exposure to litigation Pursuant to
Government Code Section 54956.9(b): 2300 Wilshire.
2-I: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Amy
Strong and Christopher Peterson v. City of
2-J: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Larry Gulihur
v. City of
2-K: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Anticipate significant exposure to litigation Pursuant to
Government Code Section 54956.9(b): Mladen Buntich Construction Co. Inc. (Contract No. 8595 CCS).
6:45
P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
3.
STUDY SESSION:
3-A: Progress report on
Homeless Initiatives including Service Registry;
3-B: Design
concepts for the "No- Smoking" ordinance outreach campaign -
recommendation to review proposed design concepts for the
"no-smoking" ordinance outreach campaign, provide input on the
branding and messaging models, and based upon the review and input, direct
staff to proceed with the public education campaign.
4.
SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS:
4-A: Proclamation
declaring October 2008 as Disability
Awareness Month in the City of
7.
ORDINANCES: (Public comment is permitted
on ordinances for introduction and first reading. No public discussion is permitted on
ordinances for second reading and adoption.)
7-A: Second
reading and adoption of an ordinance adding Section 2.12.155 to the Municipal
Code to create the position of Commissioner Emeritus on the Recreation and
Parks Commission.
7-B: Second
reading and adoption of an ordinance amending Municipal Code Chapter 6.28
relating to publication vending machines (newsracks).
7-C: Second
reading and adoption of an ordinance establishing standards to ensure public
safety for all structures equipped with solar photovoltaic systems.
7-D: Second
reading and adoption of an ordinance amending Municipal Code Sections 9.52.020,
9.52.030, 9.52.120, 9.52.130, 9.52.140, 9.52.150, and 9.52.200 and adding Code
Sections 9.52.125, and 9.52.135 updating the form of the City’s Sign Code to conform
to current legal requirements and to clarify certain of the Sign Code’s
provisions.
7-E: Introduction and first reading of an
ordinance modifying the Municipal Code to modify fence, wall, and hedge standards,
to grandparent existing nonconforming fences, walls and hedges that have been
properly registered; to clarify/establish criteria for the repair and
replacement of registered nonconforming fences, walls and hedges; to establish
administrative and discretionary height modification procedures; to require the
maintenance of hedges; and to specify a self-help remedy for overhanging
hedges.
POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION (Presented during the October 14, 2008 meeting)
7-F: Resolution supporting local and statewide
laws that prohibit the sale and promotion of tobacco products in pharmacies and
drugstores in California; and urging all local pharmacies and drugstores not to
sell or promote tobacco products; and introduction and first reading of an
ordinance amending Chapter 4.44 of the Municipal Code on smoking to prohibit
smoking in common areas of multi-unit residential properties; and adding
Chapter 4.45 to the Municipal Code to create a tobacco retailer licensing
program.
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Appointments
to Measure V Oversight Committee - recommendation to appoint at least three
members to the Oversight Committee.
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Annual Appointments
to Boards and Commissions for terms ending June 30, 2008. (Continued
from September 23, 2008.)
|
Board/Commission |
No. of Appts. |
Term Ending |
|
Architectural
Review Board |
1 |
6/30/2012 |
|
Arts
Commission |
1 |
6/30/2012 |
13-B: Appointment to two unscheduled vacancies on
the Commission on the Status of Women for
terms ending June 30, 2011 (Continued from September 16, 2008)
13-C: Request of Mayor Katz and Mayor Pro Tempore
Bloom that Council make a $15,000 donation on behalf of the City to
13-D: Request
of Councilmember Pam O'Connor and Mayor Pro Tem Richard Bloom that the City of
Santa Monica sign the Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action
& Sustainability Charter and instruct the City Manager to support and
participate in this worthwhile effort and, further, that the City of Santa
Monica encourage other local jurisdictions and key stakeholders throughout Los
Angeles County to formally participate in this Collaborative.
13-E: Request
of Mayor Pro Tem Bloom that the City Council urge the State Legislature and
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to restore full funding for the Emergency
Housing and Assistance Program (EHAP) to the 2009-2010 state budget. Without this funding, which was vetoed by
Governor Schwarzenegger, armories in
13-F: Request
of Mayor Pro Tem Bloom and Mayor Katz that the City Manager present the City
Council and community with an update on economic matters of concern to the City
of Santa Monica, including analysis of short and long term economic trends and
their impact on the City's economy, recent Federal legislation to address the
banking and credit industries and the recently adopted State budget.
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,
ADJOURNMENT.
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