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CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
Council Chamber
455 North Rexford Drive
Beverly Hills,
CA
90210
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AND PARKING AUTHORITY MEETING June 6, 2023
6:59 PM*
Please be advised that pre-entry metal detector screening requirements are now in place at City Hall. Members of the public are requested to plan visits accordingly.
Members of the public may participate in the meeting by attending in-person or telephonically, and may view the meeting through live webcast or BHTV Channel 10 on Spectrum Cable.
City Council/Parking Authority meetings are broadcast on local Beverly Hills television and on other media platforms. Anyone who participates at the meeting and/or enters the City Council Chamber is subject to having their image displayed. These recordings will remain publicly accessible in perpetuity.
Public Comment Participation:
- Oral Comment/Listen only: (310) 288-2288
- Email: [email protected]
- Video (during public comment only): http://beverlyhills.org/comment
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- In-Person: Submit a Speaker Card to the City Clerk at the meeting
How to Submit Public Comment (Email/Video):
It is recommended that public written comments be submitted to the City Clerk’s office by 12:00 p.m. on the meeting date. Public comments will also be taken during the meeting when the topic is being reviewed by the City Council/Parking Authority. Written comments should identify the Agenda Item Number or Topic in the subject line of the email. In order to be read at the meeting, written comments will be allowed with a maximum of 350 words, which corresponds to approximately 3 minutes of speaking time.
If a comment is received after the agenda item is heard, it will not be a part of the record. Public comment via video conference will be 3 minutes per each individual comment, subject to City Council/Parking Authority discretion. In-person speaker cards may be submitted to the City Clerk directly during the meeting.
The City Council/Parking Authority may act on any item listed on the agenda.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
A.
ROLL CALLS
B.
PRESENTATIONS
1. PRESENTATION – Certificates of Recognition - The Teen Advisory Committee
2. 60 SECOND SHOUT-OUT – People Helping People: Giving a Smile
3. TEXT BH – Text messages on any City-related topic may be sent to (310) 596-4265. City staff will acknowledge receipt of the text message within one business day, however, resolution of issues may take longer. If you would like to receive updated text alerts from the Beverly Hills Police Department, please text “BHPDalert” to 888777. Text alerts will keep you informed of any Police activity within the City.
C.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
1. TELEPHONE CALL-IN: (310) 288-2288 Members of the public are invited to listen to the meeting telephonically or share oral communications on this phone line.
2. AUDIENCE COMMENTS. Any person wishing to address the City Council/Parking Authority on any matter may do so through email or in-person. However, the State open meetings law (Government Code Section 54950 et seq.) prohibits the City Council/Parking Authority from providing a detailed response or acting upon any item not contained on the agenda posted 72 hours before a regular meeting and 24 hours before a special meeting. If you wish to address the City Council/Parking Authority at this time, please email or provide an in-person speaker card to the City Clerk prior to or during the meeting. Please limit your email remarks to three (3) minutes in length (350 words) that can be read, so others may have the opportunity to participate as well.
WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT READ INTO THE RECORD
D.
PARKING AUTHORITY CONSENT CALENDAR
Any item may be removed from the Consent Calendar by a member of the Parking Authority or by a person in attendance, with the concurrence of the Parking Authority.
FISCAL IMPACT REPORT
MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA:
“I move the adoption of the Consent Agenda, as follows” Minutes
1. CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES of the Parking Authority Meeting of June 14, 2022.
Item D-1
2. CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES of the Parking Authority Meeting of July 19, 2022.
Item D-2
Other Business
APPROVAL OF:
None
E.
CITY COUNCIL CONSENT CALENDAR
Any item may be removed from the Consent Calendar by a member of the City Council or requested by a person in attendance, with the concurrence of the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT REPORT
MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA:
“I move the adoption of the Consent Agenda, as follows” Minutes
1. CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE MINUTES of the Adjourned Study Session Meeting of June 14, 2022.
Item E-1
2. CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE MINUTES of the Regular Meeting of June 14, 2022.
Item E-2
3. CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE MINUTES of the Study Session Meeting of June 21, 2022.
Item E-3
4. CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE MINUTES of the Regular Meeting of June 21, 2022.
Item E-4
5. CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE MINUTES of the Regular Meeting of July 12, 2022.
Item E-5
6. CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE MINUTES of the Regular Meeting of July 19, 2022.
Item E-6
Demands Paid
7. REVIEW OF BUDGETED DEMANDS PAID, covering dates May 9, 2023 to May 30, 2023 Item E-7
8. PAYROLL DISBURSEMENT REPORT, covering dates May 9, 2023 to May 30, 2023 Item E-8
Other Business
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS:
9. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS ESTABLISHING PROHIBITIONS ON FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND AMENDING NOTICING REQUIREMENTS. - Second Reading for Adoption Comment: Second reading of a draft ordinance to prohibit fractional ownership of residential and commercial property and amending noticing requirements. Pursuant to the provisions set forth in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the City Council will also consider finding the project exempt from further review under CEQA.
Item E-9 Agenda Report
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS:
None
APPROVAL OF:
10. AGREEMENT WITH BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP FOR LITIGATION SERVICES.
Comment: The City Attorney recommends that the City Council move to approve a new Agreement between the City of Beverly Hills and Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP, for litigation services.
Item E-10 Agenda Report
11. AGREEMENTS AND AMENDMENTS WITH VARIOUS VENDORS FOR PROVISION OF ANNUAL SERVICES; AND
APPROVAL OF BLANKET PURCHASE ORDERS FOR SUPPLIES AND SERVICES FOR THE CITY’S DEPARTMENTS IN THE TOTAL NOT-TO-EXCEED AMOUNT OF $57,172,325.68 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-24.
Comment: Requests City Council approval of agreements and blanket purchase orders for supplies and services on an as-needed basis for Fiscal Year 2023-24 for various City departments.
Item E-11 Agenda Report
12. A. AGREEMENT WITH DAVID N.M. TURCH DBA DAVID TURCH & ASSOC. FOR FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY SERVICES; AND
APPROVAL OF A FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 PURCHASE ORDER FOR DAVID N.M. TURCH DBA DAVID TURCH & ASSOC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $76,000.
B. AGREEMENT WITH SHAW YODER ANTWIH SCHMELZER & LANGE, INC. FOR STATE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY SERVICES; AND
APPROVAL OF A FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 PURCHASE ORDER FOR SHAW YODER ANTWIH SCHMELZER & LANGE, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $76,000.
Comment: This is a five-year agreement with David Turch and Associates for federal legislative advocacy services in Washington, D.C. and a five-year agreement with Shaw Yoder Antwih Schmelzer & Lange, Inc. for state legislative advocacy services in Sacramento, California for promoting the City's legislative agenda and key initiatives. The annual not to exceed amount of each Agreement is $76,000 with a total not to exceed amount of $380,000 with each firm.
Item E-12 Agenda Report
13. AN AGREEMENT WITH AUTHENTIC AGENCY, INC. FOR AS NEEDED SPECIAL EVENT MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION SERVICES;
APPROVAL OF A FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 PURCHASE ORDER FOR AUTHENTIC AGENCY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $214,880 FOR THE BEVERLY HILLS NEXT NIGHT STREET FESTIVAL EVENT; AND
APPROVAL OF CHANGING THE DATE OF NEXT NIGHT FROM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2023, TO SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2023, AND THE CORRESPONDING STREET CLOSURE ON SOUTH BEVERLY DRIVE.
Comment: This item requests the City Council approve executing an agreement between the City of Beverly Hills and Authentic Agency for as needed event management services for Next Night 2023, approve a Fiscal Year 2023-2023 purchase order to Authentic Agency in an amount not to exceed $214,880, and approve changing the date of Next Night from Saturday, September 9, 2023, to Saturday, September 23, 2023, along with the corresponding street closure on South Beverly Drive.
Item E-13 Agenda Report
14. RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL LIAISON/HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION COMMITTEE FOR ALLOCATION OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT FUNDING (CAGF) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024;
AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 CAGF AGREEMENTS; AND
APPROPRIATION FROM THE GENERAL FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $167,500 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-24; AND
AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO ISSUE PURCHASE ORDERS.
Comment: The Community Assistance Grant Fund Program provides a social services safety-net to address community and regional challenges faced by at-risk populations, frail and elderly adults, disabled individuals, and the unhoused. Maintaining a social service safety network is a public service priority stated in the City's General Plan. The City's Community Assistance Grant Funding (CAGF) enables the City to secure partnerships with local social service agencies to support the quality of life of Beverly Hills' residents in the following categories: homeless services, food insecurity and nutrition, senior services, health & wellbeing, education, legal services, lending, and cultural enhancement. The Community Services Department's Human Services Division administers the CAGF program.
Item E-14 Agenda Report - Part 1 of 3
Item E-14 Agenda Report - Part 2 of 3
Item E-14 Agenda Report - Part 3 of 3
15. A. RECOMMENDATION TO CONTINUE SAFETY AND HOSPITALITY SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF BEVERLY HILLS AND ENHANCE SERVICES TO FURTHER ASSIST THE UNHOUSED.
B. AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE AGREEMENT WITH NASTEC INTERNATIONAL, INC. FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE UNHOUSED IN BEVERLY HILLS; AND
APPROVAL OF A CHANGE PURCHASE ORDER FOR NASTEC INTERNATIONAL, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $363,000 FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $783,836 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023; AND
APPROVAL OF AN APPROPRIATION FROM THE GENERAL FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $363,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 FOR NASTEC INTERNATIONAL, INC. FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE UNHOUSED.
C. AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH BBB-CA, INC. DBA BLOCK BY BLOCK, CALIFORNIA FOR SAFETY AND HOSPITALITY AMBASSADOR SERVICES IN THE NOT-TO-EXCEED AMOUNT OF $1,437,643 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024; AND
APPROVAL OF A PURCHASE ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,437,643 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 FOR BBB-CA, INC. DBA BLOCK BY BLOCK, CALIFORNIA.
Comment: Staff recommends approval of the agreement and purchase order with BBB-CA, Inc. DBA Block by Block, California for safety and hospitality services and an amendment and change purchase order to the agreement with Nastec International, Inc. The Block By Block Beverly Hills Ambassador team provides 24 hour safety and hospitality services in the City's business triangle, South Beverly Drive and other designated areas. Ambassadors provide permit, field and facility management at the four Beverly Hills Unified School District school campuses that have available fields and athletic facilities. Ambassadors assist residents, merchants, tourists and individuals in need. Nastec International, Inc. provides outreach services and assistance with the unhoused assistance line in Beverly Hills.
Item E-15 Agenda Report
16. ACCEPTANCE OF THE CONTRACT WORK FOR EQUIPPING OF LA CIENEGA WELL NO. 1 BY MEHTA MECHANICAL COMPANY, INC. DBA MMC, INC., IN THE FINAL AMOUNT OF $2,819,933.89; AND
AUTHORIZATION OF CITY CLERK TO RECORD NOTICE OF COMPLETION.
Comment: Staff recommends that City Council move to accept the described work by Mehta Mechanical Company, Inc. dba MMC, Inc. in the final amount of $2,819,933.89 and authorize the City Clerk to record the Notice of Completion.
Item E-16 Agenda Report
F.
CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING
TO SET:
None
TO CONSIDER:
1. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 3, ARTICLE 23 OF THE BEVERLY HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHING A LIST OF CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED USES FOR PROPERTIES LOCATED IN THE T-1 AND T-2 TRANSPORTATION ZONES AND FINDING THE AMENDMENTS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
Comment: The proposed project is a City-initiated Zone Text Amendment (ZTA) to add surface parking lots, film production staging, construction staging and related storage of materials and partial assembly of temporary model building components and temporary construction offices and related structures as allowable conditionally permitted uses within the City's T-1 and T-2 Transportation Zones. The establishment of such uses would require the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) by the Planning Commission.
Item F-1 Agenda Report
2. CITY COUNCIL REVIEW OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION’S APRIL 12, 2023 ISSUANCE AND CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 910 NORTH BEDFORD DRIVE.
Comment: City Council will review the subject Certificate of Appropriateness and render a decision to approve, modify or deny the Certificate.
Item F-2 Agenda Report
G.
CITY COUNCIL CONTINUED AND NEW BUSINESS
1. REQUEST FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE CERTIFIED RESULTS OF THE BEVERLY HILLS SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON MAY 23, 2023.
Comment: The City Council will be provided with the certification and election results from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk regarding the May 2023 Special Municipal Election for ballot measures B and C (Cheval Blanc Hotel Project) in Beverly Hills.
Item G-1 Agenda Report
2. REPORT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
3. REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER
4. CITY COUNCILMEMBER AND COMMITTEE REPORTS AND COMMENTS H.
COMMISSION SYNOPSIS
1. RECREATION AND PARKS COMMISSION - Regular Meeting of April 25, 2023 TRAFFIC AND PARKING COMMISSION - Regular Meeting of May 4, 2023 DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION - Regular Meeting of May 4, 2023 ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION - Regular Meeting of May 9, 2023 PLANNING COMMISSION - Regular Meeting of May 11, 2023
HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION - Regular Meeting of May 18, 2023 Item H-1
I.
OTHER BUSINESS
J.
ADJOURNMENT
The next City Council regular meeting is scheduled for June 27, 2023. *Time is approximate - Live City Council meeting coverage will be available via BHTV Channel 10 on Spectrum Cable and webcast live at www.beverlyhills.org/live
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