CITY OF
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING; SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
OF THE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY; AND
SPECIAL JOINT
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE
REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY AND THE PARKING AUTHORITY
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS -
TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 25, 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 November 11, 2008, City Council meeting.
1-B: Justice
Assistance Grant Funds - recommendation to appropriate $19,948 grant fund
award under the 2008 Justice Assistance Grant Program, designate use of the
funds for the DNA/Advanced Forensic Evidence project and approve the proposed
budget changes.
1-C: Proposal
to amend State Water Code - recommendation to direct staff to work with
Sacramento lobbyist, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and
other interested parties to amend the State's Water Code to include more
aggressive strategies for local water sufficiency and sustainability.
1-D: Civic
Parking Structure Tenant Improvements Project -
recommendation that the City Council: Activate phase two of the design-build
Contract No. 8960 (CCS) with T.L.D. Construction, Inc. for construction of the
Civic Parking Structure Tenant Improvements Project; Appropriate funding and
approve Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP)
amendment not to exceed $1,850,000.00 plus a 10% contingency $185,000.00 in the
event unforeseen conditions should arise, for a total of $2,035,000; approve
proposed appropriation changes; and authorize the Director of Public Works to
issue any necessary change orders to complete additional work within budget
authority.
JOINT MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY:
ROLL
CALL
1-E: Recommendation
to adopt resolutions designating City and Redevelopment Agency authorized
representatives in dealing with the
ADJOURNMENT
OF SPECIAL MEETING.
2. CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: 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.
2-B: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: United States of America and
Peters v. City of Santa Monica, USDC, Case No. CV08-02695 CW(Ex).
2-C: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: Smiley v. City of Santa Monica, Case No. BC394492.
2-D: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Larry Gulihur
v. City of Santa Monica, Superior Court Case Number SC 095055.
2-E: Anticipated
Litigation: Anticipate significant exposure to litigation pursuant to
Government Code Section 54956.9(b):
2-F: Initiation of litigation pursuant to
subdivision (c) of Section 54956.9: one case.
2-G: Conference with Legal Counsel regarding
Claim No. 08-4942 - Claimant's name: Allstate/Talaee.
2-H: Conference with Legal Counsel regarding
Claim No. 08-4554 – Claimant’s name: Semyon Karlik.
2-I: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: People v. Isaac Gabriel, Case No. SC 082050.
6:45
P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
3. STUDY SESSION:
3-A: City Manager update on efforts related
to special education program reforms in the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District.
(This
item may be heard later in the meeting.)
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
amending Municipal Code Sections 9.04.02.030.825 and 9.04.20.34.030 and adding
9.04.18.085 to modify the threshold at
which a structure is determined to be substantially remodeled and establishing
the procedures for exceptions and adjustments in specified circumstances.
7-B: Second reading and adoption of an interim
ordinance extending interim Ordinance Nos. 2250 and 2256 (CCS) clarifying that
only one new multi-family construction project is allowed within a 500-foot
radius in the City's multi-family residential districts and modifying these
interim ordinances to establish the maximum length of time that projects
subject to the construction rate program can be delayed.
8. STAFF ADMINISTRAVIE ITEMS:
SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF
THE CITY COUNCIL, THE PARKING AUTHORITY, AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY:
8-A: FY 2007-08 year-end appropriations and
budget adjustments, and transmittal of Capital Improvement Program and Year-End
Departmental Performance Review status reports - recommendation to
authorize the City Manager to make budget expenditure adjustments between
departments and major account groups within funds; and that the City Council,
the Redevelopment Agency and the Parking Authority approve proposed year-end
budget appropriations to departments.
(This
item may be heard earlier in the meeting.)
ADJOURNMENT OF THE PARKING AUTHORITY
SPECIAL MEETING.
8-B: Adoption of FY2008-09 budget, personnel
changes, new classifications and salary rates, and adoption of fee schedule
- recommendation that the City Council and the Redevelopment agency approve the
proposed FY 2008-09 budget changes. Recommendation that the City Council
adopt a resolution revising salaries for various positions; approve proposed
personnel changes; and adopt resolution affirming various permit and user fees,
and creating new fees in Planning and Community Development.
(This item may be heard earlier in the meeting.)
ADJOURNMENT
OF SPECIAL JOINT MEETING.
8-C: Charnock Well Field
Restoration Project - recommendation
to adopt a resolution certifying the Final Environmental Impact report; adopt a
resolution making necessary CEQA findings and approving a Mitigation Monitoring
Program; and approve the proposed Charnock Well Field
Restoration Project.
POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION (Presented during the November 25, 2008 meeting)
8-D: Public/private
partnership for transfer of recycling services - recommendation to
authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with Southern
California Disposal to provide transfer and self haul drop off services; to
negotiate and execute an agreement with Cedarwood-Young,
Inc. dba Allan Company to provide recycling services;
negotiate and execute an agreement with J.R. Miller & Associates for design
and bid preparation documents for the Recycling Drop-off facility in the amount
of $1,450,000; and appropriate funds as proposed.
8-E: Carob
Tree removal and replacement - recommendation to authorize the removal and
replacement of 202 carob trees; 189 identified as high risk trees with a
potential for failure, and an additional trees that have poor viability.
8-F: Extended
Commercial Events Policy - recommendation to approve revisions to the
policy regarding extended commercial use of the beach parking lot at
9.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
9-A: 15th
Street and Urban Avenue Streetlight Assessment District Election Results -
recommendation to accept the certified canvass of the streetlight assessment
district election as tabulated by the City Clerk; approve the formation of an
assessment district along 15th Street, from Alta Avenue to Montana Avenue,
based upon the results of the election; and adopt a resolution to assess
property owners for the construction cost of streetlight improvements and issue
bonds as security for unpaid assessments in conformance with Proposition 218.
9-B:
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Annual
Appointments to Boards and Commissions for terms ending June 30, 2008. (Continued
from 11/11.)
|
Board/Commission |
No. of Appts. |
Term Ending |
|
Architectural
Review Board |
1 |
6/30/2012 |
13-B: Appointment
to one unscheduled vacancy on the Social Services Commission for a term ending June 30, 2012. (Continued from 11/11.)
13-C: Appointment to one annual vacancy on the
Pier Restoration Corporation for a term ending November 11, 2012. (Continued
from 11/11.)
13-D: Appointment to one unscheduled vacancy on
the Disabilities Commission for a term ending June 30, 2010. (Continued
from 11/11.)
13-E: Request
of Councilmembers McKeown and Genser that the Council
adopt a resolution in support of legal efforts to overturn the passage of Prop
8 on constitutional grounds, and restore equality and fairness with respect to
civil marriage for same-sex couples.
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
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