CITY OF
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL
MEETING AGENDA
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS -
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 13, 2009
MEETING BEGINS AT 5:45 P.M.
RULES OF CONDUCT
FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS
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 September 22, 2009, regular City Council meeting, and the
September 22, 2009 Special City Council meeting.
1-B:
1-C: Civic
Center Site Survey services – recommendation to authorize the City manager
to negotiate and execute an amendment to Contract No. 1833 (CCS) with
Mid-Valley Engineering, in the amount of $67,350 for a total of $133,760, for
site preparation for upcoming projects.
1-D: BBB Short
Range Transit Plan and applications for funds – recommendation adopt a
resolution authorizing the City Manager to file the FY 2010-2012 Short Range
Transit Plan with the L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority; and to
submit grant applications, and to execute grant agreements and related
documents in furtherance of the plan.
1-E: Appropriation
of Grant Funds from the University of California Berkeley Traffic Safety Center
– recommendation to: 1) authorize the City Manager to accept a no match grant
in the amount of $22,270 from the University of California Berkeley Traffic
Safety Center in support of the “Click It or Ticket Mini-Grant” Program; and 2)
approve proposed budgetary changes.
1-F: Corporate
Yard Master Plan Design – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract RNL Interplan, Inc., in the amount of $230,000, for design
services of the Corporate Yard Master Plan.
1-G: Recission of purchase
of Fire Station Alerting System and purchase from different vendor –
recommendation to rescind past approval of the purchase of a fire Station
Alerting System from Westnet, and instead authorize
the City manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Advanced Electronics,
in the amount of $153,553, for purchase of the system.
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Chubna
et al. v. City
2-B: Anticipated Litigation: Initiation of
Litigation pursuant to Section 54956.9c California Regional Water Quality
Control Board, Clean Up and Abatement Order No. R4-2008-0034, the former
Gillette Paper Mate facility, 1681 26th Street, Santa Monica, CA.
2-C: Conference with Legal Counsel –
Anticipated Litigation: Anticipate significant exposure to litigation pursuant
to Government Code Section 54956.9 (b)(1): one case.
2-D: Conference with Legal Counsel –
Anticipated Litigation: Anticipate significant exposure to litigation pursuant
to Government Code Section 54956.9(b)(1): Claim by City of Los Angeles Moss
Avenue Coastal Interceptor Sewer System Payments.
2-E: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Martin v. City of Santa Monica,
Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No. SC 098 333.
2-F: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Powell v. City of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles Superior Court Case Number SC 098 205.
2-G: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Powell v. City of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles Superior Court Case Number SC 098 205.
2-H: Anticipated
Litigation: Anticipate significant exposure to litigation pursuant to
Government Code Section 54956.9 (b)(1): BOA
Restaurant,
2-I: Conference
with Real Property Negotiator
Property:
City
Negotiator: Andy Agle, Dir., Housing & Economic
Development
Under
Negotiation: Interest in Real Property
Owners of
Record: Verizon Communications, Santa
Monica Community College District
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: Study Session on
possible modifications to street performance regulations – recommendation to hold a public hearing and consider
whether or not to modify Municipal Code Section provisions governing street
performance, including Section 6.112.030(b), which requires a permit to perform
on the Third Street Promenade, the Pier, the Transit Mall and City sidewalks.
4.
SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS:
4-A: Proclamation
declaring October 2009 Disabilities
Awareness 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 ordinance establishing a new marathon route segment
and the parameters for authorizing and conducting a marathon utilizing this
marathon route segment. (Ordinance
introduced September 22, 2009.)
7-B: Second reading and adoption of ordinance amending Municipal Code Section
6.14.040(d) to allow fortunetelling as a permitted use on Ocean Front Walk
within the RVC District and on Lincoln and Santa Monica Boulevard in the C4
District. (Ordinance introduced
September 22, 2009.)
7-C: Introduction and first reading of an
ordinance amending Sections 9.04.10.02.090, 9.04.10.08.070, 9.04.10.08.100, and
9.04.10.08.190 related to the number and type of driveways required for parking
lots and structures with more than 40 spaces, hazardous visual obstruction
mitigations, allowable number of parking maneuvers, parking access in all
districts, and garage door width in the front one-half of parcels.
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Feasibility
of Potential Sites for Public Safety Storage Facilities – recommendation to
provide input and direction on proposed sites for Public Safety Storage
Facilities.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION (Given during the October 13, 2009 meeting)
10.
REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS:
10-A: Request
from the Santa Monica Pier Restoration Corporation that Council consider
extending the interim use of 1680 Main Street for temporary parking for a
period of six to twelve months commencing January 15, 2010.
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Annual Appointments to Boards and
Commissions. (Continued from September 22, 2009)
Board/Commission |
No. of Appts. |
Terms
Ending |
|
Accessibility
Appeals Board |
2 |
06/30/2013 |
|
Personnel
Board |
1 |
06/30/2014 |
13-B: Designation
of voting delegate and alternate for the National League of cities Annual Business
Meeting to be held on November 14, 2009, in San Antonio, Texas.
13-C: Recommendation
to accept
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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