CITY OF SANTA MONICA

 

SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA

 

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 1685 MAIN STREET

 

TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 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 March 3 and March 24, 2009, City Council meetings.

 

            MINUTES

 

1-B:     Role of Council Liaisons to Boards, Commissions and Taskforces - recommendation to review and approve proposed letter to Board, Commission and Taskforce members conveying information about the role of Council liaisons and opportunities for Board, Commission and Task Force members to provide input to Council. 

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-C:     Brake Reline Kits – recommendation to award Bid No. 2960 to American Moving Parts, in the annual estimated amount of $160,000, to furnish and deliver Brake Reline Kits as required by the Big Blue Bus.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-D:     Low-Emission Parking Enforcement Vehicles – recommendation to award a purchase order to Municipal Maintenance Equipment, Inc., in the amount of $237,762, to furnish and deliver nine new and unused low-emission single occupant three wheeled parking enforcement vehicles.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-E:     Resolution approving Final Tract Map No. 065523 for a five-unit Condominium Project at 2005 Nineteenth Street.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-F:     Resolution Approving Final Parcel Map No. 067057 for a 4-Unit Condominium Project at 941 Eleventh Street.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

1-G:     Parking management services - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a 37-month contract with Central Parking Corporation, in the proposed amounts subject to approval of one-year renewal options and appropriation of funding in future year operating budgets.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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 – Anticipated Litigation: Initiation of litigation pursuant to Section 54956.9c (initiation of 1 case to collect transient occupancy taxes owing from on-line booking companies; retention of counsel).

 

2-D:     Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation: Anticipate significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (b): two matters involving signage at: 1547 7th Street and 1844 Lincoln Boulevard.

 

6:45 P.M.  RETURN TO AGENDA ACTION ITEMS:

 

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 of the City of Santa Monica updating Chapter 1.10 of the Municipal Code to clarify code enforcement rights and efforts by the City. (Introduced March 24, 2009.)

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:

 

8-A:     Recommendation to Establish an Urban Forest Master Plan Task Force – recommendation to establish an urban forest master plan task force to advise staff on the development of a long-range urban forest master plan, review specific urban forest issues related to the master plan, and serve in an advisory capacity to City Council. 

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

8-B:     School District Master Facilities Use Agreement - recommendation to approve recommendations of the Adjustment Conference Committee and extend the Master Agreement and supplemental agreements with the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District for an additional 3 years and increase the City's base payment as proposed.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

8-C:     Neighborhood Impacts of Group Exercise on 4th Street Median at Adelaide Drive – recommendation to provide direction to staff as follows: 1) explore restricting commercial and/or group use; 2) consolidate and update signage to also direct people to available public restrooms and parking; 3) schedule regular trash pickup; 4) explore restricting access to the stairs during nighttime hours; 5) explore further parking restrictions; 6) encourage residents and users to form a Good Neighbor Work Group; and 7) look into grant opportunities to explore feasibility of alternative recreational stairs at Palisades Park with possible access to the Annenberg Community Beach House. 

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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 March 24, 2009).

 

13-B:   Appointment to unscheduled vacancies to the following Boards and Commissions:  (Continued from March 24, 2009)

 

            Board/Commission

No. of Appts.

Term Ending

Airport Commission

1

6/30/2009

Pier Restoration Corporation

1

11/10/2009

 

13-C:  Request of Councilmember Shriver that the homeless update scheduled for the City Council meeting of April 14, 2009, be scheduled so it will be heard as close to 8:00 p.m., as possible.

 

(Because this is a special meeting, public comment is permitted only on items listed on the agenda.  No other matters may be considered.)

 

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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