Meeting
Santa Monica City Council
July 8, 2025
- Date
- July 8, 2025
- Time
- 5:30 PM
- Location
- City Hall Council Chambers 1685 Main Street, Room 250, Santa Monica, CA 90401
- Documents
- 75
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Documents
- Agenda
- Agenda packet
- 2024 Downtown Santa Monica Audit Report
- 20250708 16 Item - Quinquennial Boards and Commissions Review Guidance - Hall Torosis Zwick
- 20250708 16 Item - Reforming Conditions for Official Recognition of Community Organizations and Participation in Grant Programs - Hall Raskin Torosis
- 2025_Pier Leasing Guidelines_Redline
- 6638_AttachmentH_HRA_Financials
- 7.12.22 Staff Report (Attachment B)
- 7.25.17 Staff Report (Attachment A)
- AAAdvantage - Levine_Act_Disclosure
- AAAdvantage Oaks_Initiative
- agenda-report Adoption of a Resolution Accepting the Tentative Agreements and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Memoranda of Understanding with the California Teamsters Local 986 (Teamsters), and the Santa Monica Police Officers Association (POA) New Item Received. 9/17/2026
- agenda-report Annual Appointments to the following Boards and Commissions: New Item Received. 9/17/2026
- agenda-report Approval of Offer Letter for Retired Annuitant Extra Help Services in the City Manager’s Office – Elaine Polachek
- agenda-report Approval of the DTSM Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget and Work Plan and License Agreement with DTSM
- agenda-report Approval of the Pier Corporation Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget and Work Plan; Approval of Updates to Pier Leasing Guidelines; and Authorization to Execute a Sixth Modification to Services Agreement between the City and Santa Monica Pier Corporation
- agenda-report Approval of the Santa Monica Tourism Marketing District Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget and Work Plan
- agenda-report Approval to Ratify Issuance of Purchase Order to Jilk Heavy Construction, Inc. for the Pier Pile Emergency Repair
- agenda-report Authorization to Accept Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) 2024 Grant for Homeland Security Projects
- agenda-report Award Bid to AAAdvantage Concrete Coatings for the Resurfacing of Parking Structure 5 Stairs
- agenda-report Award Contracts for Seismic Retrofit Program Engineering Reviews
- agenda-report Award Request for Proposal No. 427 and Agreement to Insight Strategies for Leadership Training
- agenda-report Award Request for Proposal to Intercare Holdings Insurance Services, Inc. for Workers' Compensation Claims Administration Services
- agenda-report Award RFP No. SP2740 to Craftwater Engineering, Inc. to Prepare a Permeable Surface Alley Master Plan
- agenda-report Introduction and Adoption of Emergency Ordinance Amending SMMC 4.08.780 to Include Additional Prohibited Items at Public Assemblies and Community Events
- agenda-report Proclamation: National Parks and Recreation Month
- agenda-report Recommendation to accept Laurie Yehia's resignation from the Arts Commission and authorize the City Clerk to publish the vacancy. New Item Received. 9/17/2026
- agenda-report Recommendation to rescind the appointment of Larissa Shadchina to the Housing Commission seat for an affordable housing program participant who is or was unhoused, for a term ending on June 30, 2027 New Item Received. 9/17/2026
- agenda-report Request of Councilmembers Hall, Raskin, and Mayor Pro Tempore Torosis that in order to ensure taxpayer dollars are used transparently, lawfully, and for the benefit of all residents, the City Council direct Staff to schedule a Council study session no later than September 30, 2025 and present options to reform the conditions for official recognition of community organizations and participation in grant programs. New Item Received. 9/17/2026
- agenda-report Request of Councilmembers Hall, Zwick, and Mayor Pro Tempore Torosis that the City Council direct the City Clerk, as part of her quinquennial boards and commissions review, to return with a study session by September 30, 2025 that examines possibilities to reorganize, consolidate, and deprecate where necessary to streamline processes for residents and businesses and reduce duplicative workstreams and additional costs to the taxpayer. New Item Received. 9/17/2026
- agenda-report Request of Councilmembers Zwick and Hall that the City Council direct the City Manager and Community Development Department to report back within 30 days on how the City plans to change its processes to comply with new timing mandates for housing approvals contained within budget trailer bill AB 130, under which ministerial housing development project entitlements must be approved or denied within two months of application completeness or are otherwise deemed approved. New Item Received. 9/17/2026
- agenda-report Request of Mayor Pro Tempore Torosis, Councilmember Raskin and Councilmember Zwick to direct the City Attorney to return with right to recall and labor peace ordinances to protect both workers and the City’s proprietary and financial interest in revenue-generating City-owned property. New Item Received. 9/17/2026
- agenda-report Santa Monica Airport Conversion Project (SMACP) Preferred Scenarios Review
- agenda-report Written Comments
- Applicant List
- Attachment D - FY 2025 - 26 Annual Report
- AttachmentA_3aEngagementDetail
- AttachmentB-LOIs
- Boards & Commissions 2025 Voluntary Self-Identification Survey
- COLA FY25-26 IBT - POA Salary Schedule 7.8.25
- FY2025-2026 Work Plan
- FY25-26 DTSM Adopted Budget
- FY25-26 DTSM Annual Work Plan FINAL
- Insight Strategies - LEVINE ACT
- Insight Strategies - OAKS
- Letter of Interest
- Levine 2025
- Levine Act - Degenkolb Engineers
- Levine Act - Forell/Elsesser Engineers
- Levine Act - IDS Group
- Levine Act Disclosure Form (Attachment D)
- Levine Form
- LevineAct
- Oaks 2025
- OAKS Degenkolb
- OAKS Forell
- Oaks Form
- OAKS IDS Group
- Oaks Initiative Form (Attachment C)
- OaksInitiative
- ORD-PD-Prohibited Items Community Events
- PERS Annuitant TempPTofferltr_EPolachek 07.2025
- Powerpoint Presentation
- Powerpoint Presentation
- Resignation Email
- Resolution_7.8.25_Final
- Right to recall 16 item (1)
- SMPC Budget 2025-26
- Written Comments
- Written Comments
- Written Comments
- Written Comments
- Written Comments
- Written Comments
- Written Comments
On the agenda
- 1.A.Written Comments
- 2.A.Proclamation: National Parks and Recreation Month
- 4.A.Award Bid to AAAdvantage Concrete Coatings for the Resurfacing of Parking
- 4.B.Award RFP No. SP2740 to Craftwater Engineering, Inc. to Prepare a Permeable
- 4.C.Award Request for Proposal to Intercare Holdings Insurance Services, Inc. for
- 4.D.Award Request for Proposal No. 427 and Agreement to Insight Strategies for
- 4.E.Approval of the Pier Corporation Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget and Work Plan;
- 4.F.Authorization to Accept Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) 2024 Grant for
- 4.G.Award Contracts for Seismic Retrofit Program Engineering Reviews
- 4.H.Approval to Ratify Issuance of Purchase Order to Jilk Heavy Construction, Inc.
- 4.I.Approval of Offer Letter for Retired Annuitant Extra Help Services in the City
- 4.J.Approval of the Santa Monica Tourism Marketing District Fiscal Year 2025-26
- 4.K.Approval of the DTSM Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget and Work Plan and License
- 4.L.Adoption of a Resolution Accepting the Tentative Agreements and Authorizing
- 4.M.City Council - Regular Meeting - May 27, 2025 5:30 PM - New Item Received.
- 5.A.Conference with labor negotiator - Gov. Code § 54957.6: City negotiator:
- 5.B.Conference with labor negotiator - Gov. Code § 54957.6: agency designated
- 5.C.PUBLIC EMPLOYEE - Government Code Section 54957(b): Consider the
- 7.A.Santa Monica Airport Conversion Project (SMACP) Preferred Scenarios
- 10.A.Introduction and Adoption of Emergency Ordinance Amending SMMC 4.08.780
- 16.A.Annual Appointments to the following Boards and Commissions: - New Item
- 16.B.Recommendation to rescind the appointment of Larissa Shadchina to the
- 16.C.Recommendation to accept Laurie Yehia's resignation from the Arts
- 16.D.Request of Mayor Pro Tempore Torosis, Councilmember Raskin and
- 16.E.Request of Councilmembers Hall, Raskin, and Mayor Pro Tempore Torosis
- 16.F.Request of Councilmembers Zwick and Hall that the City Council direct the
- 16.G.Request of Councilmembers Hall, Zwick, and Mayor Pro Tempore Torosis that