CITY OF
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS -
TUESDAY,
JANUARY 13, 2009
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 July 22, July 23, and July 24, 2008, City Council
meetings. (Continued from September 23,
2008.)
1-B: Approval
of minutes of the November 25, December 2, December 9 and December 15,
2008, City Council meetings.
1-C: Professional
Services Agreement for Lobbying Services recommendation to authorize the
City Manager to negotiate and execute a professional services agreement with
Jordon & Associates, in the amount of $60,000, for Federal representative
and lobbying services on issues relating to bus transit for a period of three
years with an additional one year renewal option.
1-D: Automated Red Light Photo Enforcement
Program recommendation to receive report recommending that the Program
not be implemented.
1-E: Resolution approving Final Tract Map No.
065437 for a Five-Unit Condominium Project at
1-F: Resolution revising water rates and water
service charges related to the water fire line meter service charge.
1-G: Modification to Agreement with PMC for
Website Services recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate a modification to the agreement with PMC, in the amount of $47,300,
for the redesign of the Big Blue Bus website and creation of the Historic
Resources Inventory website.
1-H: Furniture purchase for the Civic Parking
Structure Tenant Improvement Project recommendation to award a purchase
order to Haworth Product under U.S. Communities Contract, in the amount of
$175,910 plus a 10% contingency, to furnish office furniture, furnishings and
equipment for the Civic Center Parking Structure.
1-I: Development of Traffic Controller Software
recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a
contract with McCain Inc., in the amount of $130,000, for the development of
traffic signal controller software.
1-J: Resolution accepting the assignment of the
right to apply for Proposition A 1992 Specified and Proposition A 1996 Per
Parcel Funds from the County of Los Angeles and approving the application for
grant funds from the Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District
for Third Supervisorial District Per Parcel, specified, and excess funding for
the Euclid Park Development Project.
1-K: Support of
Feed-In Tariff Legislation that supports the Goals of Solar
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference with Real Property Negotiators.
Property:
City Negotiator:
Under Negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner of Record: Sunnyside Group
2-B: Conference
with Real Property Negotiators.
Property:
City Negotiator:
Under Negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner of Record: Santa Monica Redevelopment
Agency
2-C: Conference
with Real Property Negotiators.
Property:
City Negotiator:
Under Negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner of Record: Waldman Family Trust, et. al.
2-D: Conference
with Real Property Negotiators.
Property:
City Negotiator:
Under Negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owner of Record:
2-E: Conference with Legal Counsel Existing Litigation
NMBroadway Studios, LLC v. City of
110077;
Case
No. BS 110079.
2-F: Conference
with Legal Counsel Existing Litigation: Brogger
v. City of
2-G: Anticipated
Litigation: Request that City participate in EPA Petition on behalf of
California Municipalities Supporting
2-H: Conference with Legal Counsel Existing
Litigation: City of
093502.
2-I: Conference with Legal Counsel Existing
Litigation: Friends of the Earth v. Mosbacher,
U.S.D.C. Case No. C02- 4106.
2-J: Conference
with Legal Counsel Existing Litigation: In the Matter of Compliance with Federal Obligations by the
City of
2-K: Conference
with Legal Counsel Existing Litigation:
Case No. CV08-02695 CW(Ex).
6:45
P.M. RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:
INSPIRATION:
3.
STUDY SESSION:
3-A: Discussion of Actions taken by the Santa
Monica-Malibu Unified School District to resolve Special Education issues and
to request the release of reserve account funds.
(May
be heard with Item 8-C.)
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 Chapter 7.68 to the
7-B: Introduction
and first reading of ordinance amending Chapter 4.44 of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code on Smoking to Regulate Smoking In Common Areas of Multi-Unit Residential
Properties; and recommendation for direction related to public education and
outreach.
7-C: Introduction
and first reading of an interim ordinance extending the current interim
ordinances modifying the development review thresholds to require that any
housing project in excess of fifty units obtain a development review permit and
to adjust the applicability provision of these ordinances.
7-D: Introduction
and first reading of ordinance prohibiting retail establishments from providing
single use plastic carryout bags and regulating the use of paper carry out bags
in
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Approval
of Bayside District Corporation Amended By-Laws, Appointment of Members to the
Board, and Amended Services Agreement recommendation to approve Second
Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Bayside District Corporation; appoint six
members to serve on the Board, three for two-year terms and three for four-year
terms; and, to provide direction on terms to include in an Amended and Restated
Services Agreement.
8-B: Fire Dispatch Comparative Study and Recommendations -
recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
terminate the fire dispatch agreement with the City of Los Angeles as soon as
practical and to reactivate the Fire Dispatch Center in the Public Safety
Facility with Santa Monica Fire Department dispatchers; and, recommendation
that Council approve the appropriations to initiate the process as part of the
2008/09 Midyear report and the FY 2009/10 budget.
8-C: Payment to the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified
School District (SMMUSD) consideration to authorize a $804,470 payment to
the SMMUSD under the Master Facilities Joint Use Agreement.
(May be heard with
Item 3-A.)
8-D: Preliminary
Concept Designs for the
(Continued to January 27, 2009.)
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Appointment to one annual vacancy on the
Pier Restoration Corporation for a term ending November 11, 2012. (Continued
from 12/02).
13-B: Appointment to one unscheduled vacancy on
the Disabilities Commission for a term ending June 30, 2010. (Continued
from 12/02).
13-C: Appointment to one
unscheduled vacancy on the Commission for the Senior Community for a term
ending June 30, 2011.
13-D: Request of Councilmember
to End Homelessness http://www.endhomelessness.org in
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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