CITY OF
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AND SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
OF THE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS -
TUESDAY, JULY
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: Approval of minutes of the June 23, 2009,
City Council meeting.
1-B: Recommendation
to adopt resolution accepting and approving Final Parcel Map No. 065549 to
subdivide a property for a 4-unit condominium project at
1-C: Recommendation
to adopt a resolution supporting the research, polling, and focus group
activities of the
1-D: Fire
and Police Departments’ computer aided dispatch and records management systems –
recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an
agreement with Public Safety Systems, Inc., in the amount of $560,000 over the
next five years, to begin and to continue software maintenance for the Fire
Department’s and Police Department’s Computer Aided Dispatch and Records
Management systems, respectively.
1-E: Recommendation
to adopt a resolution establishing an Identity Theft Prevention Program to comply
with the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003.
1-F: Bayside
District Corporation’s Work Plan and Budget for FY 2009-10, and Annual Report
for FY 2008-09 – recommendation to approve the Bayside District
Corporation’s (BDC) FY 2009/10 work plan and budget; authorize the City Manager
to enter into a contract with the BDC for the performance of certain
maintenance services; and, authorize a one-time transfer of accrued interest
collected on the Downtown Santa Monica Property Based Assessment District funds
to the BDC.
1-G: Mini
Blue TIDE Ride Service – recommendation to authorize the continuation of
existing TIDE Ride service through Labor Day and the elimination of weekday
service beginning September 8, 2009, while staff continues to obtain business
and community input on options for downtown community transit services.
1-H: Compliance
with bacterial, metals and toxics total maximum daily load requirements for
Ballona Creek – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate
and execute two memoranda of agreement (MOA) with the City of Los Angeles to
implement cost-share monitoring plans to comply with the L.A. Regional Water
Quality Control Board’s maximum daily load requirements for the Ballona Creek
Watershed; and, to authorize $8,000 expenditure to cover the cost of the MOA
for three years and appropriate $2,700 from the Measure V account.
1-I: Convention
& Visitors Bureau Funding – recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute an amendment to existing agreement with the
Santa Monica Convention and Visitors Bureau in the amount of $2,495,743 for FY
2009/10.
SPECIAL
JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY:
ROLL CALL OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY
1-J: Licensed
Clinical Social Worker and Fraud Investigator Services – recommendation
that the Housing Authority authorize the Executive Director to negotiate and
execute a contract with Program Compliance Solutions, in the amount of $218,400
($72,800 annually) for three years, for fraud investigation services;
recommendation that the City Council and the Housing Authority authorize the
City Manager/Executive Director to negotiate and execute a contract with Ms.
Dorothy Berndt, LCSW, in the amount of $237,057 ($78,019 annually), to provide
clinical support for the Housing Authority and the Human Services Division.
ADJOURMENT OF
JOINT MEETING.
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference with Real Property
Negotiators
Property:
City Negotiator:
Under
Negotiation: Interest in Real
Property
Owner of
Record: Viola S. Thomas Trust
2-B: Conference with Real Property
Negotiators
Property:
City Negotiator:
Under Negotiation: Interest
in Real Property
Owner of Record: Tom
Turner Trust
2-C: Anticipated
Litigation: Initiation of Litigation pursuant to Section 54956.9c (
2-D: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation: Anticipate significant exposure to
litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (b) (1): three
cases.
2-E: Conference
with real property negotiator (Govt. Code section 54956.8):
Property: (3 parcels seaward
of the 1921 Mean High Tide Line and adjacent to
City negotiator:
Negotiating parties: City and Jonathan Club
Under negotiation: Lease pricing and terms
2-F: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation: Initiation of litigation pursuant to
Government Code Section 54956.9[c]: regarding the vacant property at 521
Marine.
2-G: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Oshiro
v. City of
2-H: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: City of
2-I: 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-J: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation:
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: Update
on Progress Made Towards a Revised Land Use and Circulation Element for City
Council Feedback and Direction.
POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION (given during the July 14, 2009 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 Chapter 6.104 of the Municipal Code relating to massage
regulations to comply with new State law. (Introduced
June 23, 2009)
7-B: Second
reading and adoption an ordinance amending Santa Monica Municipal Code Sections
9.04.10.02.220, 9.04.10.02.030, 9.04.10.02.070, 9.04.10.02.140, and
9.04.10.02.180 pertaining to Solar Energy Systems Design Standards and related
provisions to facilitate the installation of Solar Energy Systems. (Introduced June 30, 2009)
7-C: Second reading and adoption of ordinance amending Chapter 6.48 of
Article VI of the Municipal Code relating to vehicles for hire; adding Chapter
6.49 to establish taxicab franchises; and amending Sections 6.04.110, 6.04.160,
6.04.170, 6.04.220, 6.08.210, 6.12.010, and 6.14.080 regarding taxicabs. (Introduced June 30, 2009)
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Exposition
Light Rail Phase 2 - Recommendation for Alternative Siting
of Maintenance Facility within the City of Santa Monica and Supplemental Report
– recommendation to authorize the City Manager to work with the Exposition
Construction Authority (Expo) to continue to explore an alternate location for
the required Phase 2 light rail maintenance facility; request
the Expo to include this alternate site in the final EIR analysis and continue
negotiations related to mitigating community adjacency issues; direct staff to
work with the Expo and other agencies on grade crossing, layout and financial
issues associated with the newly proposed sites; direct staff to analyze
options and work with Expo to meet the applicable relocation needs of
businesses and Santa Monica College, including exploration of joint use and/or
co-location of facilities; direct staff to work with the Expo to minimize the
visual and environmental impacts of the maintenance facility and enhance its
aesthetic interface with the community; and direct staff to work with the Expo
to ensure the final budget for the Expo Phase 2 project includes compensation
to the City for use of the City-owned property on 1800 Stewart Street as
applicable as well as for private parties and Santa Monica College, as
necessary. Recommendation
to direct staff to continue to work with the college to resolve site needs.
POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION (given during the July 14, 2009 meeting)
8-B: Future use of beach
property leased by Jonathan Club –
recommendation to determine whether, in accordance with the permit and lease
(Permit for Improvements and Lease Option Agreement by and between State of
California, City of Santa Monica and Jonathan Club) executed in 1984, between
the State of California, City of Santa Monica and Jonathan Club, there has been
a material change in the need for public use of the three beach parcels leased
to the Jonathan Club for private use; authorize and direct staff to take action
consistent with the determination and the lease terms. (Continued from June 9,
2009.)
8-C: Parking Structures 7 and
8 Façade Improvement and Attendant Parking Program Project Update –
recommendation to approve a phased approach to implementation of the Program to
enable the Project to move forward with available resources.
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
14. PUBLIC INPUT: (Public
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