CITY OF SANTA MONICA

 

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA

 

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 1685 MAIN STREET

 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2010

 

 

MEETING BEGINS AT 5:30 P.M.

 

RULES OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING

 

 

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.

 

            MINUTES

 

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.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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.

 

STAFF REPORT

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.

 

            STAFF 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.

 

            STAFF REPORT

 

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.

 

            INFORMATION

 

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.)

 

ADJOURNMENT.

 

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