CITY
OF
REGULAR
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
CITY
HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS -
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 12, 2010
MEETING BEGINS AT
5:30 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.
CLOSED SESSIONS:
(There are no
closed sessions scheduled for this meeting. The City Council will convene
the meeting at 6:30 p.m. to consider the remainder of this Agenda.)
The following is the order of business for items to be heard no earlier than 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter when Council returns from Closed Session.
3.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
(All items will be considered and approved in one motion unless removed
by a Councilmember for discussion.)
3-A: Approval
of minutes of the September 28, 2010, City Council meeting.
3-B: State
Homeland Security Grant Funds – recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to accept grant funds in the amount of $149,694 and execute related
agreements to fund training for the members of the Fire Department in hazardous
materials and urban search and rescue response; and authorize proposed budget
changes.
3-C: Purchase of Pay-By-Space Machines for Main
Street Parking Lots – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to award
a purchase order, in the amount of $340,000, to Digital Payment Technologies
for pay-by-space machines for the City’s Main Street parking lots.
3-D: Civic Center Joint Use Project with SMMUSD – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a Memorandum of Understanding between the City and the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District regarding the Civic Center Use Project to provide funding of $1,084,423 to the School District for planning, design and environmental review work related to the project.
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 first reading of ordinance
of the City of Santa Monica amending the Municipal Code regarding matchmaking
and escort services.
7-B: Introduction and first reading of an ordinance of the City of
Santa Monica amending Chapter 3.12 of the Municipal Code related to sidewalk
and driveway obstructions.
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Concept
Design for the Palisades Garden Walk and Town Square Project –
recommendation for City Council to review and provide direction on the proposed
design concept for the Palisades Garden Walk and Town Square Project, approve
the recommend design direction, and direct staff to move forward with Schematic
Design.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION (Given during the October 12, 2010 meeting)
9.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
9-A: Report on Water Quality and Public Health
Goals – recommendation to: Concur that the two recommended actions related
to the City’s 2010 report on water quality are exempt from review pursuant to
the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15061 (b); hold a
public hearing for purposes of receiving and accepting public comments on the Report on Water Quality Relative to Public
Health Goals, and accept the report.
11.
RESOLUTIONS:
11-A: Resolution of Intention to Grant Taxicab
Franchises –
recommendation to adopt a Resolution
of the City of Santa Monica declaring its intent to grant taxicab franchises to
Bell Cab Company, Independent Taxi Owners Association, Metro Cab Company, Taxi Taxi and Yellow Cab Company, and setting a public hearing
on November 9, 2010, at 5:30 p.m.
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Annual
appointment to one vacancy on the Commission on the Status of Women for a term
ending June 30, 2014. (Continued
from September 28, 2010.)
13-B: Annual
appointment to one position on the Pier Restoration Corporation for a term
ending on November 10, 2013. (Continued from September 28, 2010)
13-C: Appointment
to one unscheduled vacancy on the Recreation & Parks Commission for a term
ending on June 30, 2013. (Continued from September 28, 2010)
13-D: Appointment to one unscheduled vacancy on
the Commission for the Senior Community for a term ending on June 30, 2012. (Continued
from September 28, 2010)
13-E: Recommendation to accept Ryan
Kelley Wallace’s resignation from the Bayside
District Corporation and authorize the City Clerk to publish the vacancy.
13-F: Request of Mayor Shriver that Council author support letters to
United States Senators Daniel K. Akaka, Richard Burr, Daniel Inouye, and Tim
Johnson, regarding securing quick full funding for all three buildings (205,
208, and 209) on the West Los Angeles V.A. Campus for housing homeless
veterans.
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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