CITY
OF SANTA MONICA AGENDAS
REGULAR
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND
SPECIAL
MEETING OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CITY
HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS -
TUESDAY,
AUGUST 23, 2011
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:
1-A: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing
Litigation: Sweeten v. City of Santa Monica, Los Angeles Superior
Court Case Number BC 437073.
1-B: Conference with Legal
Counsel – Existing Litigation: Agnese v. City of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles Superior Court Case Number SC 110568.
1-C: Conference
with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation: Anticipate significant exposure to
litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (b): Claim of Michael
McKinsey – Development Agreement for 2834 Colorado (Colorado Creative Studios).
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 August 9, 2011, City Council meeting.
3-B: Analysis
and consulting services for air space management effecting Santa Monica Airport
and surrounding communities – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and
execute an amendment to existing contract with ARSC Research and Technology to
extend consulting services until June 30, 2012 and increase the amount from
$65,000 to $75,000 for air space analysis and consulting services.
3-C: Integrated
library computer system – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a contract with Polaris Library Systems, in the amount of
$400,000, to provide software licensing, data migration services, training,
computer hardware, and peripherals and first year maintenance for an integrated
library computer system.
3-D: Resolution
eliminating on a trial basis plan review and inspection permit fees of the
Building and Safety Division for the installation of retrofitted grey water and
rainwater harvesting systems.
3-E: Solar Santa Monica Program – recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with EcoMotion, for an annual
cost of $75,000, to provide project development and implementation services to
the Solar Santa Monica program.
3-F 223
Broadway Lease modification – recommendation to authorize the City Manager
to negotiate and execute an amendment to Lease No. 8549 (CCS), with Third
Street Limited, for the Big Blue Bus transit customer information center, to
modify the term, increase the rental rate, and rate for annual adjustments.
3-G: Print Shop and Mail Room lease at 1630 17th Street – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a lease agreement with STG Three Properties, LLC at 1630 17th Street, for occupancy by the Print Shop and Mail Room for a ten-year term, with one five-year option, and approve the proposed budget changes.
3-H: Urban
Forest Maintenance Program – recommendation to authorize the City Manager
to negotiate and execute an amendment to Contract No. 9370 (CCS) with West
Coast Arborist, Inc., in the amount of $1.7 million to include funding for
urban forest renewal for a total amount of $7,986,926 over five years.
3-I: Pier
emergency gangway and Phase 4 Structural Upgrade Project – recommendation
to adopt a resolution adopting the Mitigated Negative Declaration and
Mitigation Monitoring Program for the Pier Gangway and Phase 4 Structural
Upgrade Project; and authorize the Director of Public Works to proceed with the
development bidding documents for implementation of the project.
3-J: Groundwater
assessment services – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a contract with Richard C. Slade and Associates, in the
amount of $89,870 to perform groundwater assessments of groundwater basins from
which the City currently pumps.
3-K: 15th
Street Streetlight Assessment Project – recommendation to authorize the
City Manager to negotiate and execute a construction contract with Freeway
Electric, Inc. in the amount of $144,144 for the Streetlight Assessment
Project.
3-L: Promotional
campaign services for the Big Blue Bus – recommendation to authorize the
City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Trailer Park in the total
amount of $226,000 for promotional campaign development and production for the
Big Blue Bus to improve the rider experience and increase ridership for the
next two years, with a one-year option.
3-M: Graphic
Design Services for the Big Blue Bus – recommendation to authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Robin O’Connell Design, in the
total amount of $120,000, for graphic design services used to produce public
information materials for the next two years, with a one-year option.
3-N: Landscape
maintenance services – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute an amendment to Contract No. 8479 (CCS) with TruGreen
Landcare in the amount of $220,464, for a total contract amount of $1,817,434,
to perform a variety of on-going and one-time landscape maintenance services,
including seven additional City sites.
3-O: Big Blue
Bus Administration Building Improvements – recommendation to authorize the
City Manager to negotiate and execute an amendment to Agreement No. 8956 (CCS)
with Harley Ellis Devereaux Corporation, in the amount of $76,544, for a total
contract amount of $487,423, for additional design and construction
administration services; and amendment to Contract No. 9258 (CCS) with Thomco
Construction, Inc. in the amount of $462,000, for a total contract of
$3,427,328, for additional construction services for the tenant improvements;
and, an amendment to Agreement No. 9260 (CCS) with Design Space Modular, in the
amount of $28,922, for a total contract amount of $338,722, for a trailer lease
extension to house staff on-site in temporary trailers during the construction.
3-P: Resolution
approving Final Tract Map No. 63695
for a 5-Unit Condominium Project at 818 Lincoln Boulevard.
3-Q: FY 2008 Supplemental State Homeland Security
Grant Program – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to accept
supplemental grant funds from The Department of Homeland Security in the amount
of $118,840 and execute related agreements to fund purchases for urban search
and rescue equipment, and for terrorism liaison training for Fire Department
members; and, authorize budget changes as outlined in the Financial Impacts and
Budget Actions section of this report.
3-R: Big Blue Bus Unlimited Ride Program with
Santa Monica College – recommendation to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute an agreement to renew the unlimited transit pass program
with Santa Monica College for an annual amount of $1,219,480.
SPECIAL
MEETING OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY:
ROLL CALL
3-S: Redevelopment Agency Enforceable Obligation
Payment Schedule – recommendation to adopt a resolution approving the Redevelopment Agency’s
Enforceable Obligation Payment Schedule.
ADJOURNMENT
OF SPECIAL MEETING
4.
STUDY SESSION:
4-A: Draft Bike Action Plan – recommendation
to review the Draft Bike Action Plan and provide input and direction on key
programs, facilities, and five-year implementation priorities.
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: Development Agreement and Final EIR for
proposed 4-story, 191,982 square foot creative arts/entertainment production
facility at 2834 Colorado Avenue (Lionsgate) - Second reading and adoption of an ordinance
approving the Development Agreement between the City of Santa Monica, a
municipal corporation, and Colorado
Creative Studios, LLC, a California limited liability company. (Introduced on July 26,
2011.)
7-B: Continuation of the Santa Monica Redevelopment Agency, and Supplemental Report regarding the ordinance’s consistency with pending State litigation – Second reading and adoption of an ordinance to authorize the City of Santa Monica to participate in the Alternative Voluntary Redevelopment Program allowed under AB1X 27. (Introduced on August 9, 2011.)
7-C: Introduction and adoption of an ordinance
of the City of Santa Monica setting the 2011/12 tax rate for the Library
General Obligation Bonds.
8. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS:
8-A: Relinquishment of Lincoln Boulevard –
recommendation to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a
Cooperative Agreement with the State of California to relinquish to the City
the portion of Lincoln Boulevard from the Santa Monica Freeway to the southern
City limit.
8-B: Development Agreement (DA) float up for new
mixed-use project at 1681 26th Street by Hines (former Papermate
site) – recommendation to discuss the Applicant’s DA proposal and determine
whether sufficient progress has been made; discuss the proposal in the broader
context of the LUCE and draft principles and plan underway for the Bergamot
Area Plan and provide direction to staff on priority issues; and, direct staff
to initiate the DA negotiation and review process.
13.
COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION ITEMS:
13-A: Annual Appointments to
the following Boards and Commissions (Continued from the June 28, 2011
meeting.):
|
Board/Commission |
No. of Appts. |
Term Ending |
|
Airport Commission |
2 |
06/30/2015 |
|
Architectural Review Board |
1 |
06/30/2015 |
|
Arts Commission |
3 |
06/30/2015 |
|
Commission
for the Senior Community |
2 |
06/30/2015 |
|
Commission
on the Status of Women |
2 |
06/30/2015 |
|
Disabilities
Commission |
2 |
06/30/2015 |
|
Housing
Commission |
2 |
06/30/2013 |
|
Library
Board |
1 |
06/30/2015 |
|
Personnel Board |
1 |
06/30/2016 |
|
Planning Commission |
3 |
06/30/2015 |
|
Recreation and Parks Commission |
1 |
06/30/2015 |
|
Social Services Commission |
3 |
06/30/2015 |
13-B: Appointment
to one unscheduled vacancy on the Commission
on the Status of Women for a term ending on June 30, 2012. (Continued
from the June 14, 2011 meeting)
13-C: Appointment
to one unscheduled vacancy on the Social Services Commission for a term ending on June 30, 2013. (Continued from
the June 14, 2011 meeting)
13-D: Appointment
to one unscheduled vacancy on the Commission
on the Status of Women for a term ending on June 30, 2014. (Continued
from the July 12, 2011 meeting)
13-E: Appointment
to one unscheduled vacancy on the Planning Commission for a term ending on June 30, 2012. (Continued from
the July 26, 2011 meeting)
13-F: Recommendation
to accept Asuka Hisa’s resignation from the Arts Commission and authorize the
City Clerk to publish the vacancy.
13-G: Request of Mayor Richard Bloom that the City Council adopt a
resolution supporting AB 376, a bill that would ban the sale of shark fin
products in California in an effort to reverse the near collapse of shark
populations worldwide, including California and to stop cruelty to sharks whose
fins are severed and then, unable to swim, left to die.
13-H: Request of Councilmember McKeown that the Council support SB490
(Hancock), which would allow California voters to decide whether to change
death penalty sentences to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole,
and direct staff to convey the City of Santa Monica's support to state
legislators and Governor Brown.
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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