City of Santa Monica
City Council Meeting
AGENDA
SUE HIMMELRICH
MAYOR
LANA NEGRETE CHRISTINE PARRA
COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER
GLEAM DAVIS PHIL BROCK
COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER
KRISTIN MCCOWAN OSCAR DE LA TORRE
MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCILMEMBER
DAVID WHITE
CITY MANAGER
DOUGLAS SLOAN
CITY ATTORNEY
DENISE ANDERSON-WARREN
CITY CLERK
STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR THAT PROMOTE CIVILITY AT ALL PUBLIC MEETINGS:
• Treat everyone courteously; • Give open-minded consideration to all viewpoints; • Listen to others respectfully • Focus on the issues and avoid personalizing debate; • Exercise self-control • Embrace respectful disagreement and dissent as democratic rights, inherent components of an inclusive public process, and tools for forging sound decisions
Meetings are broadcast live on CityTV cable channel 16 and on the internet at santamonica.gov. Cable television re-broadcasts air on Thursday and Saturday at 11:30 AM. The agenda will air on CityTV on Saturday and Sunday at 11:00 AM and 6:00 PM, and on Monday and Tuesday at 12:30 PM and 6:00 PM.
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RULES OF ORDER FOR THE CONDUCT OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS (Resolution No.11427(CCS))
WAYS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT
If you are interested in providing public comment at a City Council meeting, there are several ways to participate:
(1) Written public comment. In lieu of oral public comment, the public is strongly encouraged to submit written public comment on agenda items via email to [email protected]. Written public comment submitted before 12:00 pm on the day of the meeting will be available for online viewing. Please note the agenda item number in the subject line of your written comments. (2) Oral public comment. Persons wishing to address the City Council regarding items on the agenda must be present and submit their name and address (optional) to the City Clerk before the public comment section is opened for that item or before the public hearing is opened where one is required by law. Register to speak at the Speaker Kiosk prior to the meeting. Remarks from the public are limited to a total of 6 minutes per City Council meeting, with a maximum of 2 minutes and a minimum of one minute per item. Except for the author of the request, public comment on 12-items are limited to 1 minute. Except on Public Input, speakers appearing at the meeting in person, may donate 2 minutes to another person present in-person at the meeting, who may speak for a total of 4 minutes on that item.
Both the donor of time and the designated speaker must register at the Speaker Kiosk in person together.
Oral public comment from any one individual is limited to a total of 6 minutes per City Council meeting, with a maximum of 2 minutes per agenda item; under some circumstances, Council may change the maximum to 1 minute per agenda item.
ORDER OF BUSINESS (may not be changed except by majority vote of the City Council.)
1. General Public Input
(members of the public may address the City Council
only on items not on the agenda, but within the
subject matter jurisdiction of the City).
2. Public Comment for Closed Session, Special
Agenda, and Consent Calendar Items Only
(Commendations and Proclamations presented).
3. Closed Session.
4. Special Agenda Items (City Manager’s Report,
Presentations, etc.).
5. Consent Calendar (All items considered in one
motion unless removed by a City Councilmember for
discussion. Public comment shall be heard prior
to City Council discussion).
6. Public Comment on remaining Agenda Items
7. Study Session.
8. Continued Items.
9. Administrative Proceedings.
10. Ordinances:
• 1
st Reading
• 2
nd Reading
11. Staff Administrative Item.
12. Public Hearings.
13. Reports of Boards and Commissions.
14. Resolutions.
15. Written Communications (other than
Reports of Commission and Officers).
16. Councilmember Discussion Items.
Agendas and reports are accessible on the City's webpage at smgov.net/council/agendas. They are also available at the City Clerk's Office and in alternate formats upon request. For a free email subscription to the City Council Agendas, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (310) 458-8211 or [email protected].
Si desea comunicarse con alguien en español, llame a nuestra oficina al (310) 458-8211 y pida hablar con Esterlina Lugo.
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AGENDAS
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
SPECIAL MEETING
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1685 MAIN STREET, ROOM 250,
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2022
MEETING BEGINS AT 6:00 PM
WAYS TO PROVIDE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT:
Written public comment can be submitted via email to [email protected].
Written comments received prior to 12:00 pm on the day of the meeting will be available online. Please note the agenda item number in the subject line of your written comments.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
(This is a special City Council meeting. Public comment is restricted to only items listed on the agenda.)
1. PUBLIC INPUT (NON-AGENDA ITEMS)
. Public input under this item will not be heard at this meeting. This is a special meeting and public input is limited to agenda items only.
2. PUBLIC INPUT (AGENDA ITEMS UNDER CLOSED SESSION, SPECIAL AGENDA
ITEMS, CONSENT CALENDAR ONLY)
3. CLOSED SESSIONS
3.A. Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation – Litigation has been initiated formally pursuant to Gov. Code Section 54956.9(d)(1): City of Santa Monica v. The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, et al., LASC Case No. 21STCV36027
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3.B. Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation – Litigation has been initiated formally pursuant to Gov. Code Section 54956.9(d)(1): John VMA Doe, et al. v. City of Santa Monica, et al., Case No. 22STCV30598; John TAU Doe, et al. v. Santa Monica PAL, et al., Case No. 22STCV19401; John Doe 1-4 v. Does 1-50, Case No. 21STCV34537; John Doe 5 and John Doe 6 v. Does 1-50, Case No. 22STCV08765; John JH Doe v. Police Activities League, et al., Case No. 21STCV24491; John Doe (D.C.) v. Santa Monica Police Activities League, et al., Case No. 21STCV47551; John Doe (MU) v. Santa Monica PAL, et al., Case No. 22STCV17022; John Doe #1, John Doe #2 and John Doe #3 v. Santa Monica PAL, et al., Case No. 22STCV03113; John Doe 142 v. Doe 1, Doe 2, and Doe 3, Case No. 22STCV01268; Jose Villaseñor v. City of Santa Monica, et al., Case No. 22STCV17835
(Please note that Agenda Items may be reordered during the Council meeting at the discretion of the City Council.)
6. PUBLIC INPUT ON REMAINING AGENDA ITEMS
. Public Input on the Continued Items listed on this agenda under 8-Items were heard at the 10/25/2022 meeting and is now closed. No additional public comment will be heard on these items.
8. CONTINUED ITEMS
8.A. Recommendation to accept Therese Kelly's resignation from the Architectural Review Board and authorize the City Clerk to publish the vacancy. (Continued from 10/25/2022)
8.B. Request of Mayor Himmelrich and Councilmember Davis that the City Council express its support for Los Angeles County Measure A. Measure A would amend the Charter of the County of Los Angeles to grant the Board of Supervisors authority to remove an elected Sheriff from office for cause by a supermajority (4 out of 5) of the Board. (Continued from 10/25/2022)
8.C. Request of Councilmembers Negrete and Brock that the City Manager evaluate options to enhance the maintenance and appearance of Lincoln Boulevard between Olympic Boulevard (north and south), inclusive of portions of Olympic Blvd east and west of Lincoln, as depicted roughly in the shaded area in the attached map. This is a highly trafficked and visible area of the City and serves as a gateway for visitors to Santa Monica and the City Manager is being asked to return to City Council with options to improve the area. (Continued from 10/25/2022)
8.D. Request of Councilmember Brock to direct the City Manager to evaluate the potential of programming the open space along Main Street adjacent to the City Hall North Parking Lot in partnership with the Santa Monica Sister City Association that would commemorate our five Sister Cities: Mazatlan, Mexico (1961), Hamm, Germany (1969), Fujinomiya, Japan (1974), Kizugawa, Japan (2017), and Brighton, England (2022). (Continued from 10/25/2022) City of Santa Monica Generated: 10/28/2022 3:38 PM Page 5
8.E. Request of Councilmember Negrete to direct the City Manager to develop construction and annual maintenance cost estimates and evaluate the impacts of constructing courts dedicated to pickleball on the Interim Open Space at Santa Monica Airport adjacent to Airport Park as soon as possible while supporting other current and planned uses on the Interim Open Space. The City Manager is also being asked to produce a schedule of permitted and open recreational use of the tennis / pickleball courts at Memorial Park and evaluate the potential to expand the use of the courts at Memorial Park for pickleball. (Continued from 10/25/2022)
8.F. Request of Councilmember Negrete that the City Council direct the City Manager and City Attorney to come back with a proposed Ordinance to the City’s Smoking Ordinance, Section 4.44.020(a) of the Santa Monica Municipal Code (“SMMC”), to prohibit smoking in multi-unit residential common areas, and the public right-of-way areas around multi-unit residential buildings. (Continued from 10/25/2022)
8.G. Request of Councilmembers Brock, Parra and de la Torre, in the wake of residents’ concerns about the “Builder’s remedy” permits just filed for 1,000s of new housing units, overwhelmingly market rate and up to 15 stories, that the Council ask the City Attorney to hire appropriate outside legal counsel to conduct a thorough review and write a report regarding the City’s legal options and remedies, including rejecting the applications under all applicable laws. The law firm hired to conduct this review shall be selected by the City Council and shall have the power to obtain documents it deems useful to its legal review and be given full cooperation by staff and elected and appointed officials. (Continued from 10/25/2022)
8.H. Request of Mayor Pro Tem McCowan that the City Council authorize use of her travel funds for costs incurred from her July 27-30, 2022 travel to Brighton, England for the official Friendship City signing ceremony in partnership with Santa Monica Travel and Tourism and the Santa Monica Sister City Association. (Continued from 10/25/2022)
ADJOURNMENT
Agendas and reports are accessible on the City's webpage at www.smgov.net/council/agendas. They are also available at the City Clerk's Office and in alternate formats upon request. For a free email subscription to the City Council Agendas, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (310) 458-8211 or [email protected].
Members of the public unable to attend a meeting but wishing to comment on an item(s) listed on the agenda may submit written comments prior to the meeting by meeting by mailing them to: City Clerk, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401 or to [email protected]. Written comments received from the public by 2 PM on the day of the City Council meeting will be distributed to the City Council prior to the meeting and posted online.
City Hall and the Council Chamber are wheelchair accessible. If you require any special disability related accommodations (i.e. sign language interpreting, access to an amplified City of Santa Monica Generated: 10/28/2022 3:38 PM Page 6 sound system, etc.), please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (310) 458-8211 or TDD: (310) 917-6626 at least 3 days prior to the scheduled meeting.
Si desea comunicarse con alguien en español, llame a nuestra oficina al (310) 458-8211 y pida hablar con Esterlina Lugo.
Santa Monica Blue Bus Lines #2, #3, #5, #9 and the EXPO Line serve City Hall. Parking is available on Main Street, on Olympic Drive, and in the Civic Center Parking Structure (validation free).