CITY OF
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING, SPECIAL MEETING OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND SPECIAL JOINT
MEETING
OF THE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS -
TUESDAY, APRIL
14, 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: Resolution
providing for extended time for military reserve training and continuation of
salary and benefits for Permanent City Employees called to active military duty
since September 14, 2001.
1-B: Remanufacturing
of Allison Transmissions – recommendation to award Bid No. 2963 to United
Transmission Exchange, for a total expenditure for the three and one-quarter
year term of $630,000, to provide re-manufacturing service of Allison
transmissions for a three-month period with three additional one-year renewal
options.
1-C: Body
Repair and Painting of Transit Coaches – recommendation to award Bid No.
2968 to Carlos Guzman Inc., for a total annual estimated expenditure of $300,000,
to provide body repair and painting of transit coaches for a one-year period
with three additional one-year renewal options.
1-D: Prevailing
Wage Monitoring Contracts – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute agreements, in the sum of $250,000, with Comprehensive
Housing Services, Inc. and with AmeriNational
Community Services, Inc. for Federal/State prevailing wage monitoring and
Section 3 compliance for various City-funded affordable housing developments
and parking structures.
1-E: 5th
and 6th Streets, and Santa Monica Boulevard Improvement Projects –
recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a
contract with Silvia Construction, Inc., in the amount of $552,413, to resurface Fifth and Sixth Streets from
Colorado Avenue to Wilshire Boulevard, and Santa Monica Boulevard from Fifth
Street to Lincoln Boulevard.
1-F: Landscape
Services for Woodlawn Cemetery – recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute a six-month contract extension from January 1,
2009 to June 30, 2009, with ValleyCrest Landscape
Maintenance, Inc., in the amount of $225,487, for grounds landscape maintenance
services at Woodlawn Cemetery, with an option to extend annually for up to four
fiscal years beginning July 1, 2009, with amounts adjusted each year to reflect
the then current Living Wage.
1-G: Proposition 1-C Infill Infrastructure Grant Funds –
recommendation to adopt a resolution authorizing submittal of an application to
the California State Department of Housing and Community Development for
funding under the Proposition 1C Infill Infrastructure Grant Program; the
execution of a standard agreement if selected for such funding and any
amendments thereto; and any related documents necessary to participate in the
Infill Infrastructure Grant Program, for Palisades Garden Walk.
1-H: Permit
and Plan Document Imaging – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute an amendment to Contract Number 8843 (CCS) with PC
Imaging, in the amount of $75,000 for a new total not to exceed of $225,000, to
convert paper property records into digital format.
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY:
ROLL CALL OF THE HOUSING
AUTHORITY
1-I: Housing
Authority Annual Plan and Five-Year Plan – recommendation to adopt the
Santa Monica Housing Authority 2009-2010 Annual Plan and 2009-2014 Five Year
Plan and authorize the Executive Director to submit the Plans to the United States
Housing and Urban Development Agency.
ADJOURNMENT
OF SPECIAL MEETING
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: 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-B: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Hunter v. City of
2-C: Anticipated
Litigation: Initiation of Litigation pursuant to Section 54956.9c (
2-D: 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-E: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: United States of America and
Peters v. City of Santa Monica, USDC, Case No. CV08-02695 CW(Ex).
The following is the order of business for items to be heard no earlier than 6:45 p.m., or as soon thereafter when Council returns from Closed Session.
3.
STUDY SESSION:
3-A: 2009
3-B: Homeless
Update: Report on successful strategies for reducing homelessness, options
for the Santa Monica Homeless Community Court, and selection of
developer/service provider for Building 209 on the West LA VA Campus.
(Please
note that the order of agenda items may change in order to consider this matter
at approximately 8:00 p.m.)
6.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS:
6-A: Appeal
of Landmarks Commission designation of the Commercial Building located at 3030-3060
Nebraska Avenue as a City Landmark – recommendation to deny the appeal and
designate the subject property as a City Landmark based on revised findings.
(This
matter will be continued to a future date.)
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: Introduction and adoption of an emergency
interim ordinance extending Interim Ordinances No. 2238 and 2242 (CCS)
modifying the development standards in the Light Manufacturing Studio (LMS) and
the Industrial Conservation Zoning (M1) Districts to only authorize development
that does not exceed 7500 square feet or 15 units in the LMSD or 5 units in the
M1 unless the development is undertaken pursuant to a development agreement or
is a city project, to require a development agreement to authorize changes of
use greater than 7500 square feet in floor area on parcels in the LMSD that
exceed 32,000 square feet and on parcels in the M1 that exceed 15,000 square
feet, and to establish exceptions and declaring the presence of an emergency.
7-B: Introduction
and first reading of an interim ordinance amending Municipal Code Sections
9.04.08.18.020 and 9.04.08.20.020 to permit pawnbrokers as permitted uses in
the C3 Downtown Commercial and C3-C Downtown Overlay Districts.
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Bayside
District Corporation Amended and Restated Services Agreement and Amended
By-Laws
– recommendation to authorize the City Manager to execute the Amended and
Restated Services Agreement with the Bayside District Corporation (BDC)
reflecting the new roles and responsibilities to be delegated to the Downtown
Property-Based Assessment District; updated indemnification provisions,
base-level of services to be provided by the City; and standards relating to
the functions and oversight of private contractors; and to execute and approve
BDC’s Third Amended and Reinstated By-Laws clarifying eligibility of members to
serve on the Board.
SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY:
ROLL
CALL OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
8-B: Redevelopment
Agency Capital Funding Priorities – recommendation to approve the
redevelopment funding priorities for capital improvement programs.
ADJOURNMENT
OF SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Appointment to one unscheduled vacancy to
the Planning Commission for a term ending on June 30, 2011.
13-B: Request
of Councilmember McKeown that, consistent with its earlier endorsement of
then-Senator Sheila Kuehl's universal single-payer
health bill, the City Council endorse SB810 (Leno) and HR676 (Conyers).
13-C: Recommendation to accept John Whitbread’s
resignation from the Accessibility Appeals Board and authorize the City Clerk
to publish the vacancy.
13-D: Request of Mayor Pro Tem O’Connor to appoint an alternate member
to the Exposition Authority Board.
13-E: Request
of Councilmember McKeown that the City Council take the following positions on
housing bills in the current State Legislative session, and convey our support
or opposition to the appropriate legislators and the Governor: Support SB290, AB590, AB1171, AB1108, SB595;
Oppose AB1084, SB763.
13-F: Request
of Councilmember Bloom that the City Council support AB 1177 (Fong) that would
create the California Interagency Council on Homelessness to construct cross-agency
and community cooperation in responding to homelessness.
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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