CITY OF
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS -
TUESDAY,
AUGUST 11, 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 28, 2009, City Council meeting.
1-B: Community
Sustainability Liaison – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute an agreement with Community partners, in the amount of
$87,500, for the Community Sustainability Liaison.
1-C: Recommendation
to cancel the regular August 25, 2009, City Council meeting due to a lack of a
quorum.
1-D: Interior
design for the
1-E: Street
resurfacing project – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute an amendment to Contract No. 9054 (CCS) with Silvia
Construction, in the amount of $70,818 for a total of $685,555, for the
federally-funded project.
1-F: Measure
V Priority Projects – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate
and execute an amendment to existing contract with Black & Veatch, in the
amount of $153,000 for a total of $503,000, to provide additional concept
studies and expenditure analysis for Measure V priority projects; and
appropriate $153,000 as proposed.
1-G: Pier
Restoration Corporation (PRC) work plan and budget – recommendation to
approve the PRC’s Fiscal Year End 2010 budget and
work plan.
1-H: Grant
funding to offset vehicle replacement costs – recommendation to authorize
the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Mobile Source Air
Pollution Reduction Review Committee Alternative Fuels Local Government Match
Program of the South Coast Air Quality Management District to obtain funds to
offset vehicle replacement costs.
1-I: Maintenance
of City’s Human Resource and Payroll System – recommendation to approve a sole
source purchase order with Oracle USA, Inc. for the purchase of software
maintenance and support services for a total amount not to exceed $578,695 over
the next four years.
1-J: Tax-Exempt
Bonds for Three Affordable Housing Developments – recommendation to adopt
resolution approving the issuance by the California Statewide Communities
Development Authority of Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds to assist in the
financing of three mixed-use developments at Lincoln Walk Apartments, Quonset
Court Apartments, and
1-K: Big
Blue Bus Washington Representative/Lobbying Services - recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a professional services agreement with The Ferguson
Group, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $35,000, for Federal representative and
lobbying services as part of the Municipal Transit Operators Coalition.
1-L: Recommendation
to support Senate Bill 546 (Lowenthal) Waste Oil
Re-Refined Oil and direct staff to take appropriate actions.
1-M: Recovery
Act Justice Assistance Grant MOU – recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Los Angeles,
which will allow the City of Santa Monica to accept grant funding from the
Department of Justice for the amount of $248, 354.25.
1-N: Purchase
of Outdoor Furniture – recommendation that Council increase the existing
purchase order with JANUS et Cie by $6600 for a new total
amount of $163,759 for furniture for Beach House pool area at the Annenberg
Community Beach House.
1-O: Purchase
of Biodiesel Fuel – recommendation to approve an extension of the current
purchase order issued to General Petroleum, in the amount of $1,240,000, for
the Big Blue Bus and Community Maintenance Departments, for the purchase of
biodiesel fuel blend mixtures that are in full compliance with current
requirements and regulations through November 30, 2009 or until award of formal
bid.
1-P: Contract
for Circulation Study – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a contract with Fehr & Peers, in the amount of
$89,100, to analyze proposed circulation alternatives to accommodate the light
rail transit station at
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Chubna
et al. v. City of
2-B: 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-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
2-E: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation:
2-F: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Brogger,
et al. v. City of
2-G: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Powell v. City of
2-H: Public Employee Evaluations.
Title of Employee: City Manager
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: State
of California, Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Projects -
recommendation that City Council review and provide comments on: the proposed
revisions to the project scope of work and schedule for the California Incline
Project; the status of the Palisades Bluffs Project; and the proposed
relinquishment of Lincoln Boulevard from the Santa Monica Freeway to the
Southerly City Limits.
POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION – Given during the August 11, 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: Introduction and adoption of an ordinance of the City of Santa Monica
setting the 2009/2010 tax rate for the Library General Obligation Bonds.
7-B: Introduction
and first reading of an ordinance establishing speed limits pursuant to
Engineering and Traffic Survey and the
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Exposition Light Rail Phase 2 Maintenance Facility
Update – Exposition Construction Authority Consideration of Verizon Site and
Exploration of Possible New Hybrid Site within the City of Santa Monica –
recommendation to: 1) authorize the City manager to work with the Exposition
Construction Authority (Expo) to further explore a new hybrid site consisting
of the Verizon property, the Santa Monica College parking lot and a portion of
the City Yard for the maintenance facility; 2) request Expo to continue working
with the City and community to ensure that any environmental impacts associated
with the new hybrid Verizon site are fully mitigated; 3) direct staff to work
with Expo and other agencies on layout and financial issues associated with the
newly proposed alternative; 4) direct City staff to analyze option and work
with Expo to meet applicable relocation needs and the exploration of joint use
and/or co-location of facilities; 5) direct staff to work with Santa Monica
College on the identification and acquisition of a parcel(s) acceptable to them
that will at a minimum make them whole; 6) direct staff to work with Expo to
minimize the visual and environmental impacts of the maintenance facility and
enhance its aesthetic interface with the community; and, 7) direct staff to
work with Expo to develop any necessary agreements regarding the
co-location/joint use of the City Yard site if the new hybrid site is
recommended and adjust the final budget for the Expo Phase 2 project as
appropriate.
POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION – Given during the August 11, 2009 meeting
POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION (Maxima Group) – Given during the August 11, 2009
meeting
8-B: Future use of beach property leased by Jonathan Club and
Supplemental Reports –
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 July 28,
2009)
8-C: Council
Travel Policy – recommendation to consider suggested revisions to existing
Policy and direct staff to return with a resolution approving any necessary
amendments. (Continued
from July 28, 2009)
9.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
9-A: Public
Hearing and Adoption of a Resolution Finding the City to be in Compliance with
the Congestion Management Program – recommendation to hold a public
hearing, receive public comment, and adopt a resolution stating that the City
is in compliance with the 2004 Los Angeles County Congestion Management Program
(CMP), including adoption of the annual Local Development Report.
12.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:
12-A: Request
of Andrea Curl that the Council review the no touching ordinance for vendors in
the City of Santa Monica to allow for free 1 minute chair massages by a
licensed and insured masseuse on the Third Street Promenade.
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Annual Appointments to Boards and
Commissions. (Continued from June 23, 2009)
|
Board/Commission |
No. of Appts. |
Terms
Ending |
|
Accessibility
Appeals Board |
2 |
06/30/2013 |
|
Commission for the Senior Community |
2 |
06/30/2013 |
|
Convention
& Visitors Bureau |
2 |
06/30/2013 |
|
Disabilities
Commission |
1 |
06/30/2013 |
|
Personnel
Board |
1 |
06/30/2014 |
|
Recreation
and Parks Commission |
1 |
06/30/2013 |
|
Social
Services Commission |
2 |
06/30/2013 |
13-B: Appointment
to one unscheduled vacancy to the Pier Restoration Corporation for a term ending on November 10, 2009: (Continued
from June 23, 2009)
13-C: Appointment to one unscheduled vacancy on
the Arts Commission for a term ending on June 30, 2011.
13-D: Request of Mayor Genser
that Council approve funds for travel to the Mayor’s Ocean Summit to be held August 28, 2009, in
13-E: Request of Mayor Genser
that the City Council waive customary fees for use of Council Chambers to allow
the
13-F: Recommendation to accept Terry O’Day’s
resignation from the Planning Commission and authorize the City Clerk to
publish the vacancy.
14. PUBLIC INPUT: (Public
comment is permitted only on items not on the agenda that are within the
subject matter jurisdiction of the City.
State law prohibits the City Council from taking any action on items not
listed on the agenda, including issues raised under this agenda item.)
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