CITY OF
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AND
SPECIAL
MEETING OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS -
TUESDAY, APRIL
28, 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 April 7 and April 14, 2009, City Council meetings.
1-B:
1-C: Resolution
authorizing the City Manager to execute an amendment to the Memorandum of
Understanding between the City and the Santa Monica Public Attorney’s Legal
Support Staff Union.
1-D: Urban
Area Security Initiative Grant Funds – recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to accept $63,750 of grant funds to further enhance local homeland
security efforts; and authorize budget appropriations and changes proposed in
the staff report.
1-E: Develop
Neighborhood Conservation Tools, Integrate Policy into Draft Land Use and
Circulation Element (LUCE) Plan and Assist with Development Review Services
– recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute
contracts with The Phipps Group for:
(1) a professional services
agreement, in the amount of $120,000, for development of measures to be
incorporated into a Neighborhood Conservation Program; (2) a contract amendment,
in the amount of $50,000, for services related to the integration of new
concepts in the Draft Land Use and Circulation Element Plan and for development
review customer service improvements.
1-F: Specialty
recreational camps and classes – recommendation to authorize the City Manager
to negotiate and execute an agreement with Surf Academy, in the amount of
$260,000, for Fiscal Year 2009-10; and with Socceropolis,
in the amount of $207,000, for Fiscal Year 2009-10, to provide specialty camps
and classes to the public.
1-G: Office
space lease at 525 Broadway – recommendation to authorize the City Manager
to negotiate and execute an amendment to Contract No. 7369 (CCS) with PRU/JSM Trino LLC, for lease of space at 525 Broadway.
1-H: Resolution
authorizing the City Manager to execute an amendment to the Memorandum of
Understanding between the City and the
1-I: Hazardous
Waste Transportation, Management and Recycling/Disposal Services –
recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a
contract with GEM, in the amount of $250,000 per fiscal year, for hazardous waste
transportation, management and recycling/disposal services from July 1, 2009
through June 30, 2011 with a renewal option through June 30, 2012.
SPECIAL
MEETING OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
ROLL
CALL
1-J: Replacement
Housing Plan for 1924 and 1930 Euclid Street, 1753 18th Street, and
1754 19th Street - recommendation that the Redevelopment Agency
adopt a resolution approving a Replacement Housing Plan in conjunction with the
proposed project at 1924 and 1930 Euclid Street, 1753 18th Street,
and 1754 19th Street.
ADJOURNMENT
OF SPECIAL MEETING
1-K: Request
to Authorize the City Manager to Submit Applications for Transportation/Transit
Projects Under the Upcoming Reauthorization of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible,
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) and to
Direct Staff to Prepare Mayoral Letters of Support.
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: Anticipated
Litigation: Initiation of Litigation pursuant to Section 54956.9c (
2-C: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Brogger et al. v. City of
2-D: 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: 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.
INSPIRATION:
3.
STUDY SESSION:
3-A: Briefing on Public Agency Debt Process,
Capacity and Potential Financing Mechanisms.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION (given during the
April 28, 2009 meeting)
3-B: Study
Session on the Pico Area Branch Library – recommendation to provide
direction as to the preferred location for a Pico area branch library.
4.
SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS:
4-A: Proclamation
declaring May 2009 as Older Americans
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 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. (Introduced
April 14, 2009)
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Zero Waste
Strategic Plan and Extended Producer Responsibility Resolution – recommendation to direct staff to develop a zero
waste strategic plan; and adopt a resolution
supporting the California Product Stewardship Council and extended producer
responsibility.
(Continued
to the June 9, 2009 meeting)
8-B: Long-term
business plan for Woodlawn Cemetery – recommendation to provide input on
proposed business plan; direct staff to prepare revisions to Municipal Code
Section 7.20.130 (Eligibility to Own Plots and Crypts); and direct staff to
incorporate a provision to provide a payment structure as part of a fee study.
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 April 8, 2009).
13-B: Appointment
to unscheduled vacancies to the following Boards and Commissions: (Continued from April 8, 2009)
|
Board/Commission |
No. of Appts. |
Term
Ending |
|
Airport Commission |
1 |
6/30/2009 |
|
Commission on the Status of Women |
1 |
6/30/2010 |
|
Pier Restoration Corporation |
1 |
11/10/2009 |
13-C: Request
of Mayor Genser that the City Council waive customary fees for use of Council Chambers
to allow the California State Lands Commission to hold its regular meeting on
Monday, June 1, 2009, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
13-D: Request of Mayor Genser
that the Council authorize the continued hearing and discussion of
Redevelopment Agency Capital Funding Priorities, continued from the April 14,
2009 Council meeting, to be placed on the May 12th, 2009, Council agenda as a
#5 Continued Item.
13-E: Request
of Councilmember Davis that the City Council oppose Propositions 1D and 1E in
the Statewide Special Election set for May 19, 2009. Proposition 1D will divert $1.7 billion over
the next 5 years from early childhood programs to the State's General Fund. Proposition 1E will divert $460 million over
the next 2 years from mental health programs that reduce incarceration,
homelessness, and emergency room visits to the State's General Fund.
13-F: Request of Mayor
Genser that the City Council allocate a total of $15,800 from the Council
Contingency Fund to the Ocean Park Association (OPA), North of Montana Association (NOMA), Pico
Neighborhood Association (PNA), and Wilshire/Montana Neighborhood Association (Wilmont) to support the production of the 2009 Main Street
Fourth of July Parade.
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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