CITY OF
REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS -
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 27, 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 October 6, 2009, special City Council meeting and October 13,
2009, regular City Council meeting.
1-B: State
Homeland Security Grant Funds – recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to execute grant agreements to accept no match FY2008 State Homeland
Security Grant Program and 2008 Urban Area Security Initiative grant funds;
authorize proposed appropriation of funds; and establish revenue accounts for
receipt reimbursements.
1-C: Mills
Act Contracts at 514 and 405 Palisades Avenue, 2219 Ocean Avenue, 236 Adelaide Drive and 3018 3rd Street; and,
an amendment to existing Mills Act Contract at 2612 3rd Street –
recommendation to adopt resolutions authorizing the City Manager to negotiate
and execute Historic Property Preservation Agreements (Mills Act Contracts)
between the City and the property owners of four designated City Landmarks at
514 and 405 Palisades Avenue, 2219 Ocean
Avenue, and 236 Adelaide Drive; one Structure of Merit at 3018 Third Street,
and an amendment to an existing Mills Act Contract for a Contributing Structure
at 2617 Third Street.
1-D: Temporary
Staffing Services – recommendation to authorize
centralizing the issuance of purchase orders for staffing services supplied by
temporary staffing agencies.
1-E: Advanced
Traffic Management System Project -
recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Iteris,
Inc., in the amount of $320,000, for project design services for the
preparation of plans, specifications and estimates for the installation of the
communication infrastructure for the Advanced Traffic Management System, Phases
4a and 4b.
1-F: Santa
Monica Boulevard Resurfacing Phase 2 – recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with All American Asphalt, in the
amount of $613,307; a construction management agreement with Tetra Tech in the
amount of $61,000; and authorize budget changes to establish budget in revenue
account and appropriate funding in capital project expenditure account.
1-G: City
Hall Seismic Retrofit and Jail Tenant Improvement and New Data Center Projects
– recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute: a
contract with West Valley Investment
Group, Inc., in the amount of $3,834,325, for the City Hall Seismic Retrofit and Jail Tenant
Improvement (TI); an amendment to Contract No. 8529 (CCS) with Black and
Veatch for the City Hall Seismic Retrofit Project in the amount of $580,429 for
a revised contract total of $2,783,048; an amendment to Contract No. 8725 (CCS) with Black and
Veatch for the HVAC Replacement Project for $55,938 for a revised contract
total of $461,453; and a Design/Build contract with
Data Specialties, Inc., in the amount of $727,504 for the new City Hall Data Center.
1-H: Statement
of Official Action taken for appeals related to property
located at 1012 2nd Street
– recommendation
to approve Statement of Official Action denying Appeals 09APP-004, 09APP-005,
and 09APP-006 and upholding the decision of the Planning Commission to approve Variance and Vesting Tentative Parcel Map to allow
the construction of a four-unit condominium project at 1012 Second Street.
1-I: Sale
of City’s FY2009-10 Property Tax Receivable from the State – recommendation
to adopt a resolution approving the form of and authorizing the execution and
delivery of a purchase and sale agreement and related documents with respect to
the sale of the seller’s proposition 1-A Receivable from the State; and
directing and authorizing certain other actions in connection therewith.
1-J: Bond
Counsel Services – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate
and execute an amendment to the existing agreement with Stradling,
Yocca, Carlson, and Rauth,
in the amount of $150,000 for a total of $220,000, for legal services related
to the issuance of debt financing by the City.
1-K: Annual
Premiums to Prudential Insurance Company of America for Employee Insurances - recommendation to approve payment of annual
premiums for the City’s group life and long-term disability insurance plan with Prudential Insurance Company of America.
2.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
2-A: Public
Employee Appointment.
Title: City
Manager
2-B: Anticipated Litigation: Anticipate
significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9
(b)(1): Makai Restaurant, 101 Broadway, Case Number
BS-09COM0078 (Administrative Proceeding)
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): one case.
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.
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 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.
(Ordinance introduced October 13, 2009)
7-B: Introduction
and first reading of an interim ordinance extending the interim ordinance that modifies
property development standards in the OP-4 Ocean Park High Multiple Residential
District relating to sideyard setback and open space
requirements until November 10, 2011.
7-C: Introduction
and first reading of an ordinance adding section 4.04.275 to the Municipal Code
banning onychectomy and flexor tenonectomy
(declawing) procedures on cats.
8.
STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Exposition
Light Rail Phase 2 Maintenance Facility Update – recommendation to
authorize the City Manager to further explore and mitigate the effects of the
proposed Exposition Light Rail maintenance facility including the proposed
alternative concept hybrid maintenance facility site; request the Exposition
Construction Authority (Expo) work with the City to ensure that any
environmental impacts associated with the hybrid concept are fully mitigated;
to work with Expo and other agencies on layout and financial issues associated
with the newly proposed hybrid alternative; work with SMC on the identification
of property on Airport residual land as replacement parking and possible terms
for a land swap; and to work with Expo to develop any necessary agreements
regarding the hybrid site if adopted by the Expo Board, and adjust the final
budget for the Expo Phase 2 project as appropriate.
8-B: Grant Transfer for Downtown Storefront Bicycle Center -
recommendation to direct staff to request approval from the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority to apply grant funds awarded for a Downtown Storefront
Bicycle Center in Parking Structure 2 to a comparable facility in Parking Structures
7 and 8 to ensure grant funding is retained and to fully fund the Santa Monica
Place Facility.
8-C: Acquisition
of property at 1654 19th Street – recommendation to authorize
the City Manager to exercise the purchase option of the lease between the City
and Guntram and Liane Ossa
Trust for the property located at 1654 19th Street, to negotiate and
execute the purchase documents relating to the acquisition of the property for
$3.2 million, plus closing costs; and approve budget actions and appropriates
as proposed.
12. WRITTEN
COMMUNICATIONS:
12-A: Request
of Judith Cooper Eton that Council grant a zoning variance or a conditional use
permit to operate an herbal and holistic medicine pharmacy.
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Annual Appointments to Boards and
Commissions. (Continued from October 13, 2009)
Board/Commission |
No. of Appts. |
Terms
Ending |
|
Accessibility Appeals Board |
2 |
06/30/2013 |
|
Personnel Board |
1 |
06/30/2014 |
13-B: Appointment
to one unscheduled vacancy on the Housing Commission for a term ending on June
30, 2012.
13-C: Recommendation
to rescind previous appointment to the Urban Forest Master Plan Task Force and
make new appointment to vacancy.
13-D: Request
of Councilmember McKeown, on behalf of Heal the Bay, that the Council adopt a
resolution by which the City of Santa Monica would join the City and County of
Los Angeles in declaring December 17, 2009 the third annual "A Day Without
a Bag," encouraging holiday shopping with reusable tote bags rather than
single-use plastic and paper carry-out bags, in the interest of sustainability,
reduction of landfill and protection of the marine environment.
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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