Agenda packet — Santa Monica City Council, September 8, 2026 (part 4 of 6)

x Zoning variances
x Vacation of a public easement across private property x Pre-applications, such as for General Plan Amendment, considered by the legislative body prior to filing of formal application
x Contracts entered under the City Manager’s Authority
x Closed session items that may result in a contract/settlement agreement approved by Council (real estate or litigation)
It does not apply to:
x Contracts under $50,000
x Contracts where no party receives financial compensation x Contracts between two or more public agencies
x Competitively bid contracts that are required by law, agency policy, or agency rule to be awarded pursuant to a competitive process
x Purely ministerial decisions
x General policy decisions or rules where the interests affected are many and diverse
x Ordinances and resolutions (except items like development agreements adopted by ordinance)
x Ballot measures
x Departmental policies
x Council rules
x Labor contracts and project labor agreements
x Personal employment contracts
x Allocation of resources in the City budget

2. Who is required to disclose?
A “party” to a proceeding is any person who files an application for, or is the subject of, a proceeding. In general, a person or company who applies for a permit, license, or right to use property in a particular way, which requires the City’s discretionary approval, will qualify as a party.

Parties are also required to disclose contributions by their agents. An “agent” is someone who (1) represents a party to a proceeding for compensation; and (2) appears before or otherwise communicates with the City for the purpose of influencing the pending proceeding. This can include law firms, architects, engineers, consultants, and similar entities. Both the individual and their employer or firm are considered “agents.” A party should also disclose contributions of other entities majority owned by the party, as well as contributions of any other entity whose contributions it directs or controls.

3. What must be disclosed?
A party must disclose campaign contributions over $500 made in the prior twelve months.

A “contribution” is anything of value for which the party has not received full consideration, including money, nonmonetary items, payments made for advertising or

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other expenses coordinated with a candidate or committee, loans, tickets to political fundraisers, etc.

4. Who is considered an officer of the City?
An “officer” is anyone who may make, participate in making, or attempt to influence a decision in the proceeding or who exercises authority over officers who may do so. This includes elected officials, members of appointed boards and commissions, the City Manager, and any individual who is a candidate for elected office or who has been a candidate in the twelve months prior to the decision. This definition is included on the Disclosure Form.

5. When should the disclosure occur?
The Disclosure Form must be completed (1) by a party to a contract with the City (or that party’s agent) at the time the party submits a response to a Request for Proposal or other competitive solicitation, enters into contract negotiations with the City, or executes a contract with the City, whichever is earliest; or (2) by a party to a license, permit, or other entitlement proceeding before the City at the time the party (or their agent) submits the license, permit, or entitlement application to the City. The party (or their agent) must submit a supplemental form if they make any new reportable contributions while the same contract, license, permit, or other entitlement is being considered. The party (or their agent) must also use the form if they need to correct any previously submitted form.

Parties are solely responsible for completing the form accurately, and could face penalties for failure to do so. The California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) is the body who enforces violations of the Levine Act. If a party is uncertain about whether they are required to report or combine a contribution, they should consult with their attorney.

Nothing herein constitutes legal advice and individuals are urged to consult with their own attorney regarding the requirements of the law. To the extent there is any inconsistency, the language of the Levine Act and FPPC Regulations govern over this notice. Resources for officers, parties, participants, and agents, are available on the FPPC’s website at https://www.fppc.ca.gov/learn/pay-to-play-limits-and-prohibitions.html

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Report
City Council Meeting: September 8, 2026
Agenda Item: 4.M
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Oliver Chi, City Manager, City Manager's Office
Subject: Award Bids and Service Agreements for As-Needed Real Estate & Design Consulting Services

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Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of signification effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines;

2. Award RFP# 2026-RFP-00015 to AECOM Technical Services, Inc., BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group, CBRE, Cherry Tree Capital Partners, Eastdil Secured, Economic and Planning Systems Inc, Gensler, Kellenberg Studio, Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Inc., Michael Baker International, Robert Charles Lesser & Co, LLC d/b/a RCLCO, Sasaki Associates, Inc., Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill LLP, SWA Group, and The RAND Corporation for as-needed real estate & design consulting services for the City Manager’s Office, and;

3. Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with AECOM Technical Services, Inc in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for three years, with two additional one-year renewal options, on the same terms and conditions, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

4. Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for three years, with two additional one-year renewal options, on the same terms and conditions, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

5. Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with CBRE in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for three years, with two additional one-year renewal options, on the same terms and conditions, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

6. Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Cherry Tree Capital Partners in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for three years, with two additional one-year renewal options, on the same terms and conditions, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

7. Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Eastdil Secured in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for three years, with two additional one-year renewal options, on the same terms and conditions, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

8. Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Economic and Planning Systems Inc in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for three years, with two additional one-year renewal options, on the same terms and conditions, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

9. Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement Gensler in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for three years, with two additional one-year renewal options, on the same terms and conditions, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

10.Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Kellenberg Studio in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for three years, with two additional one-year renewal options, on the same terms and conditions, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

11.Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Inc in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for three years, with two

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additional one-year renewal options, on the same terms and conditions, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

12.Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Michael Baker International in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for three years, with two additional one-year renewal options, on the same terms and conditions, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

13.Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Robert Charles Lesser & Co, LLC in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for three years, with two additional one-year renewal options, on the same terms and conditions, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

14.Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Sasaki Associates, Inc in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for three years, with two additional oneyear renewal options, on the same terms and conditions, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

15.Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill LLP in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for three years, with two additional one-year renewal options, on the same terms and conditions, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

16.Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with SWA Group in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for three years, with two additional one-year renewal options, on the same terms and conditions, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

17.Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with The RAND Corporation in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for three years, with two additional one-year renewal options, on the same terms and conditions, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

Summary
The City is undertaking a realignment effort to modernize operations, improve project delivery, and strengthen capacity in areas critical to economic vitality, land use strategy, and redevelopment feasibility. To support this effort, staff conducted a competitive procurement process via RFP #2026-RFP-00015 to establish as-needed consultant agreements in various disciplines for on-call support related to planning, real estate, and economic development initiatives.

Staff recommends awarding RFP #2026-RFP-00015 to AECOM Technical Services, Inc., BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group, CBRE, Cherry Tree Capital Partners, Eastdil Secured, Economic and Planning Systems Inc, Gensler, Kellenberg Studio, Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Inc., Michael Baker International, Robert Charles Lesser & Co, LLC d/b/a RCLCO, Sasaki Associates, Inc., Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill LLP, SWA Group, and The RAND Corporation and executing agreements for as-needed consultant services in

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the following scopes: strategic planning, urban design & architectural services, real estate advisory & financial analysis services, and economic development services.

Work would be distributed based on availability, specialization, and pricing. Each agreement is proposed not to exceed $1,000,000 over three years, with two, one year options for renewal. The agreements would be utilized on an as-needed basis, and only if funding is available.

Discussion
Establishing an as-needed consultant pool is a widely used best practice among public agencies seeking to improve project delivery, reduce administrative burden, and ensure timely access to specialized expertise. Agencies routinely utilize as-needed consultant contracts to streamline procurement and accelerate implementation of priority initiatives.

This model is considered an industry standard for disciplines requiring intermittent, highly technical, or rapid-response support. This model enables the City to move swiftly as projects arise, eliminating delays associated with conducting individual procurements for each assignment. Traditional procurements often require several months for scoping, solicitation, evaluation, award, and contract execution. In contrast, as-needed agreements allows staff to activate services once a project is identified, significantly reducing lead time and enabling more responsive service delivery while maintaining compliance with the City Procurement Policies.

The agreements would be utilized on an as-needed basis, and only when funding is available. This ensures that the consultant bench provides flexibility without committing the City to ongoing expenditures.

Vendor/Consultant Selection
Bidder Recommendation
Best
Qualified
Firms
AECOM Technical Services, Inc., BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, CBRE, Cherry Tree Capital Partners, Eastdil Secured, Economic and Planning Systems Inc, Gensler, Kellenberg Studio, Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Inc., Michael Baker International, Robert Charles Lesser & Co, LLC, Sasaki Associates, Inc., Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill LLP, SWA Group, and The RAND Corporation

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Evaluation
Criteria
Specific plans or methodology, cost, and qualifications & experience.

Municipal
Code
SMMC 2.24.100(b)
RFPs Received
AECOM Technical
Services, Inc.

Agency Artifact Agora Partners Arcadis Inc.

BAE Urban
Economics, Inc.

BAR Architects &
Interiors
BIG – Bjarke
Ingels Group
Brookhurst
Development
Corporation
Carrier Johnson +
Culture
CBRE CBRE, Inc Cherry Tree
Capital Partners
CTY Housing, Inc Cushman &
Wakefield of
California, Inc.

Eastdil Secured Economic and
Planning Systems
Inc
Frederick Fisher and
Partners
Gensler HR&A Advisors,
Inc.

Johnson Favaro,
LLP
Jones Lang LaSalle
Americas, Inc.

Kellenberg Studio Koning Eizenberg
Architecture, Inc.

Michael Baker
International
Perkins Eastman
Architects, DPC
propertyworx LLC Retail Round
Robin, LLC
RJM Design
Group, Inc
Robert Charles
Lesser & Co, LLC
d/b/a RCLCO
Rootstock
Investment Group
RSG, Inc. Sasaki Associates,
Inc.

Skidmore, Owings, &
Merrill LLP
Stoss Landscape
Urbanism
Studio One Eleven SWA Group
Taylor DM Brands,
Inc.

Textbook
Warehouse, LLC
The RAND
Corporation
Tierra West
Advisors, Inc
Toole Design Group,
LLC
RFP Data
Posted On Posted On
Advertised In
(City Charter & SMMC)
Vendors
Downloaded
Date
Publicly
Opened
03/24/2026 City’s Online
Bidding Site Santa Monica Daily Press 129 04/19/2026

Justification to Award
The evaluation committee was comprised of staff from the City Manager’s Office, and evaluated based on the evaluation criteria of specific plans or methodology; cost; and qualifications and experience, of each proposal in accordance with the City’s Procurement Policy. Proposals were scored independently by each evaluator, and the combined scoring results reflect a consistent determination that all fifteen firms met

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the minimum qualifications and demonstrated strengths across all criteria.

All recommended firms presented well-defined methodologies responsive to the City’s needs, competitive cost proposals appropriate for as-needed work, and extensive qualifications supported by experienced multidisciplinary teams. Based on the aggregate scoring of 80 or more points, staff determined that all fifteen firms are best qualified to provide services under the solicited scopes and recommends awarding the RFP and executing agreements with each firm to ensure adequate capacity, coverage, and flexibility for future project demands.

Environmental Review
The agreement is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061(b)(3), which states that CEQA does not apply where there is no possibility that this project may have a significant effect on the environment. The agreement would provide for plan review services, and therefore, would have no physical impacts on the environment and no further environmental review is required.

Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
Staff seeks authority to approve available funding from various funds based on project needs, to award agreements with AECOM Technical Services, Inc., BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, CBRE, Cherry Tree Capital Partners, Eastdil Secured, Economic and Planning Systems Inc, Gensler, Kellenberg Studio, Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Inc., Michael Baker International, Robert Charles Lesser & Co, LLC d/b/a RCLCO, Sasaki Associates, Inc., Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill LLP, SWA Group, and The RAND Corporation for on-call consultant services.

While staff recommends executing contracts with all fifteen firms in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for each agreement over the initial three year term, and two, oneyear renewal options, expenses incurred during the performance period will be charged against the specific project budget and will not exceed adopted budget authority each fiscal year.

Future year funding is contingent on Council budget approval.

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Prepared By: Sergio Ramirez, Chief of Staff
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:

A. AECOM_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form
B. AECOM_OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM
C. BIG-LEVINE_ACT
D. BIG-OAKS_INITIATIVE
E. CBRE_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form
F. CBRE_OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM_Signed_4.15.26
G. Cherry Tree_Levine_Act_Disclosure
H. Cherry Tree_Oaks_Initiative_Disclosure
I. Eastdil_5.2.7_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form
J. Eastdil_OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM
K. EPS_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form
L. EPS_Oaks_Initiative_Form_Signed
M. Gensler_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form
N. Gensler_Oaks_Initiative
O. Kellenberg_Oaks_Disclosure
P. Kellenbger_Levine_Act
Q. Koning Eizenberg_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form
R. Koning Eizenberg_OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM
S. Michael Baker_Levine_Act_Disclosure
T. Michael Baker_OAKS_INITIATIVE
U. RAND_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form
V. RAND_Oaks_Initiative_Form
W. RC Lesser_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form
X. RC Lesser_OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM
Y. Sasaki_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form
Z. Sasaki_OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM
AA. Skidmore_Levine_Act_Disclosure
BB. Skidmore_Oaks_Initiative
CC. SWA_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form
DD. SWA_Oaks_Initiative_Form
EE. Written Comments

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City of Santa Monica Levine Act Disclosure Form

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

Section 84308(a)(4) of the Levine Act defines an "Officer" as follows: “Officer” means any elected or appointed officer of an agency, any alternate to an elected or appointed officer of an agency, and any candidate for elective office in an agency. The term “Officer” is further defined 2 Cal. Code Regs. Section 18438.1, which states:

An officer of an agency includes only those persons who make, participate in making, or in any way attempt to use their official position to influence a decision in the license, permit, or entitlement for use proceeding, or who exercise authority or budgetary control over the agency or officers who may do so, and:
(1) Serve in an elected position, including an official appointed to an elected position due to an interim vacancy or an election otherwise canceled because the official was the sole candidate for the position;
(2) Serve as a member of a board or commission;
(3) Serve as the chief executive of a state agency, or county, city or district of any kind; or
(4) Have decision making authority with respect to the proceeding involving a license, permit, or other entitlement for use and is also a candidate for elected office or has been a candidate for elective office in the 12 months prior to the proceeding.

Have you, your company, or any agent on behalf of you or your company, made any political contributions of more than $250 to any City Officer in the twelve months preceding the date of the submission of your application or proposal? ____YES ____ NO
Name of Councilmember or City Officer: _________________________________

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Name of Contributor: _________________________________________________ Date(s) of Contribution(s): ____________________________________________ Amount(s) ________________________________________________________ Please specify below and/or add additional sheet(s) to identify additional Councilmembers or City Officers to whom you and/or your agents made campaign contributions.

Answering YES does not preclude the City of Santa Monica from awarding a contract, license, permit, or entitlement or taking any subsequent action related to the item. It does, however, preclude the identified City Officer from participating in any actions related to such item.

By signing below, you certify you also agree to disclose to the City any future contributions made to Councilmembers or other City Officers by you or your agent(s) after the date of signing this disclosure form, and within 12 months following the approval, renewal, or extension of the requested contract, license, permit, or entitlement.

I HEREBY CERTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT.

Signed: ____________________________ Date: ____________________ Print Name: _________________________ Title: _____________________ Company: __________________________
Additional Disclosures:

Please note this form is a public record and subject to a California Public Records Act request.

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CITY OF SANTA MONICA

OAKS INITIATIVE NOTICE

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS, BIDDERS, PROPOSERS

AND OTHERS SEEKING DISCRETIONARY PERMITS, CONTRACTS,

OR OTHER BENEFITS FROM THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
Santa Monica’s voters adopted a City Charter amendment commonly known as the Oaks Initiative. The Oaks Initiative requires the City to provide this notice and information about the Initiative’s requirements. You may obtain a full copy of the Initiative’s text from the City Clerk.

This information is required by City Charter Article XXII—Taxpayer Protection. It prohibits a public official from receiving, and a person or entity from conferring, specified personal benefits or campaign advantages from a person or entity after the official votes, or otherwise takes official action, to award a “public benefit” to that person or entity. The prohibition applies within and outside of the geographical boundaries of Santa Monica.

All persons or entities applying or receiving public benefits from the City of Santa Monica shall provide the names of trustees, directors, partners, and officers, and names of persons with more than a 10% equity, participation or revenue interest. An exception exists for persons serving in those capacities as volunteers, without compensation, for organizations exempt from income taxes under Section 501(c)(3), (4), or (6), of the Internal Revenue Code. However, this exception does not apply if the organization is a political committee or controls political committees. Examples of a “public benefit” include public contracts to provide goods or services worth more than $25,000 or a land use approval worth more than $25,000 over a 12-month period.

In order to facilitate compliance with the requirements of the Oaks Initiative, the City compiles and maintains certain information. That information includes the name of any person or persons who is seeking a “public benefit.” If the “public benefit” is sought by an entity, rather than an individual person, the information includes the name of every person who is: (a) trustee, (b) director, (c) partner, (d) officer, or has (e) more than a ten percent interest in the entity. Therefore, if you are seeking a “public benefit” covered by the Oaks Initiative, you must supply that information on the Oaks Initiative Disclosure Form. This information must be updated and supplied every 12 months.

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CITY OF SANTA MONICA

OAKS INITIATIVE DISCLOSURE FORM
In order to facilitate compliance with the requirements of the Oaks Initiative, the City compiles and maintains certain information. That information includes the name of any person or persons who is seeking a “public benefit.” If the “public benefit” is sought by an entity, rather than an individual person, the information includes the name of every person who is: (a) trustee, (b) director, (c) partner, (d) officer, or has (e) more than a ten percent interest in the entity.

Public benefits include:

1. Personal services contracts in excess of $25,000 over any 12-month period;

2. Sale of material, equipment or supplies to the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

3. Purchase, sale or lease of real property to or from the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

4. Non-competitive franchise awards with gross revenue of $50,000 or more in any 12-month period;

5. Land use variance, special use permit, or other exception to an established land use plan, where the decision has a value in excess of $25,000;

6. Tax “abatement, exception, or benefit” of a value in excess of $5,000 in any 12- month period; or

7. Payment of “cash or specie” of a net value to the recipient of $10,000 in any 12- month period.

Name(s) of persons or entities receiving public benefit:

Name(s) of trustees, directors, partners, and officers:

Name(s) of persons with more than a 10% equity, participation, or revenue interest:

Prepared by: ____________________________Title: __________________________ Signature: ______________________________________ Date: ________________ Email: ____________________________________ Phone: ____________________ FOR CITY USE ONLY:

Bid/PO/Contract # ____________________________ Permit # ___________________________

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CITY OF SANTA MONICA

OAKS INITIATIVE NOTICE

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS, BIDDERS, PROPOSERS

AND OTHERS SEEKING DISCRETIONARY PERMITS, CONTRACTS,

OR OTHER BENEFITS FROM THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
Santa Monica s voters adopted a City Charter amendment commonly known as the Oaks Initiative. The Oaks Initiative requires the City to provide this notice and information about the Initiative s requirements. You may obtain a full copy of the Initiative s text from the City Clerk.

This information is required by City Charter Article XXII Taxpayer Protection. It prohibits a public official from receiving, and a person or entity from conferring, specified personal benefits or campaign advantages from a person or entity after the official votes, or otherwise takes official action, to award a public benefit to that person or entity. The prohibition applies within and outside of the geographical boundaries of Santa Monica.

All persons or entities applying or receiving public benefits from the City of Santa Monica shall provide the names of trustees, directors, partners, and officers, and names of persons with more than a 10% equity, participation or revenue interest. An exception exists for persons serving in those capacities as volunteers, without compensation, for organizations exempt from income taxes under Section 501(c)(3), (4), or (6), of the Internal Revenue Code. However, this exception does not apply if the organization is a political committee or controls political committees. Examples of a public benefit include public contracts to provide goods or services worth more than $25,000 or a land use approval worth more than $25,000 over a 12-month period.

In order to facilitate compliance with the requirements of the Oaks Initiative, the City compiles and maintains certain information. That information includes the name of any person or persons who is seeking a public benefit. If the public benefit is sought by an entity, rather than an individual person, the information includes the name of every person who is: (a) trustee, (b) director, (c) partner, (d) officer, or has (e) more than a ten percent interest in the entity. Therefore, if you are seeking a public benefit covered by the Oaks Initiative, you must supply that information on the Oaks Initiative Disclosure Form. This information must be updated and supplied every 12 months.

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Packet Pg. 848 Attachment: BIG-OAKS_INITIATIVE (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

OAKS INITIATIVE DISCLOSURE FORM
In order to facilitate compliance with the requirements of the Oaks Initiative, the City compiles and maintains certain information. That information includes the name of any person or persons who is seeking a public benefit. If the public benefit is sought by an entity, rather than an individual person, the information includes the name of every person who is: (a) trustee, (b) director, (c) partner, (d) officer, or has (e) more than a ten percent interest in the entity.

Public benefits include:

1. Personal services contracts in excess of $25,000 over any 12-month period;

2. Sale of material, equipment or supplies to the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

3. Purchase, sale or lease of real property to or from the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

4. Non-competitive franchise awards with gross revenue of $50,000 or more in any 12-month period;

5. Land use variance, special use permit, or other exception to an established land use plan, where the decision has a value in excess of $25,000;

6. Tax abatement, exception, or benefit of a value in excess of $5,000 in any 12- month period; or

7. Payment of cash or speci of a net value to the recipient of $10,000 in any 12- month period.

Name(s) of persons or entities receiving public benefit:

Name(s) of trustees, directors, partners, and officers:

Name(s) of persons with more than a 10% equity, participation, or revenue interest:

Bid/PO/Contract # ____________________________ Permit # ___________________________ Leon Rost
310-692-7280

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CITY OF SANTA MONICA

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Name of Contributor: _________________________________________________ Date(s) of Contribution(s): ____________________________________________ Amount(s) ________________________________________________________ Please specify below and/or add additional sheet(s) to identify additional Councilmembers or City Officers to whom you and/or your agents made campaign contributions.

I HEREBY CERTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT.

Signed: ____________________________ Date: ____________________ Print Name: _________________________ Title: _____________________ Company: __________________________
Additional Disclosures:

Please note this form is a public record and subject to a California Public Records Act request.

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Packet Pg. 851 Attachment: CBRE_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

OAKS INITIATIVE NOTICE

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS, BIDDERS, PROPOSERS

AND OTHERS SEEKING DISCRETIONARY PERMITS, CONTRACTS,

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Packet Pg. 852 Attachment: CBRE_OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM_Signed_4.15.26 (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

Public benefits include:

1. Personal services contracts in excess of $25,000 over any 12-month period;

2. Sale of material, equipment or supplies to the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

3. Purchase, sale or lease of real property to or from the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

4. Non-competitive franchise awards with gross revenue of $50,000 or more in any 12-month period;

5. Land use variance, special use permit, or other exception to an established land use plan, where the decision has a value in excess of $25,000;

6. Tax “abatement, exception, or benefit” of a value in excess of $5,000 in any 12- month period; or

7. Payment of “cash or specie” of a net value to the recipient of $10,000 in any 12- month period.

Name(s) of persons or entities receiving public benefit:

Name(s) of trustees, directors, partners, and officers:

Name(s) of persons with more than a 10% equity, participation, or revenue interest:

Bid/PO/Contract # ____________________________ Permit # ___________________________

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Packet Pg. 854 Attachment: Cherry Tree_Levine_Act_Disclosure (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

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Packet Pg. 855 Attachment: Cherry Tree_Levine_Act_Disclosure (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

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Packet Pg. 856 Attachment: Cherry Tree_Oaks_Initiative_Disclosure (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) City of Santa Monica Levine Act Disclosure Form

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

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Packet Pg. 857 Attachment: Eastdil_5.2.7_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) City of Santa Monica Levine Act Disclosure Form
Name of Contributor: _________________________________________________ Date(s) of Contribution(s): ____________________________________________ Amount(s) ________________________________________________________ Please specify below and/or add additional sheet(s) to identify additional Councilmembers or City Officers to whom you and/or your agents made campaign contributions.

I HEREBY CERTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT.

Signed: ____________________________ Date: ____________________ Print Name: _________________________ Title: _____________________ Company: __________________________
Additional Disclosures:

Please note this form is a public record and subject to a California Public Records Act request.

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Packet Pg. 858 Attachment: Eastdil_5.2.7_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

OAKS INITIATIVE NOTICE

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS, BIDDERS, PROPOSERS

AND OTHERS SEEKING DISCRETIONARY PERMITS, CONTRACTS,

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Packet Pg. 859 Attachment: Eastdil_OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

Public benefits include:

1. Personal services contracts in excess of $25,000 over any 12-month period;

2. Sale of material, equipment or supplies to the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

3. Purchase, sale or lease of real property to or from the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

4. Non-competitive franchise awards with gross revenue of $50,000 or more in any 12-month period;

5. Land use variance, special use permit, or other exception to an established land use plan, where the decision has a value in excess of $25,000;

6. Tax “abatement, exception, or benefit” of a value in excess of $5,000 in any 12- month period; or

7. Payment of “cash or specie” of a net value to the recipient of $10,000 in any 12- month period.

Name(s) of persons or entities receiving public benefit:

Name(s) of trustees, directors, partners, and officers:

Name(s) of persons with more than a 10% equity, participation, or revenue interest:

Bid/PO/Contract # ____________________________ Permit # ___________________________

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Packet Pg. 860 Attachment: Eastdil_OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) City of Santa Monica Levine Act Disclosure Form

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

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Packet Pg. 861 Attachment: EPS_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) City of Santa Monica Levine Act Disclosure Form
Name of Contributor: _________________________________________________ Date(s) of Contribution(s): ____________________________________________ Amount(s) ________________________________________________________ Please specify below and/or add additional sheet(s) to identify additional Councilmembers or City Officers to whom you and/or your agents made campaign contributions.

I HEREBY CERTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT.

Signed: ____________________________ Date: ____________________ Print Name: _________________________ Title: _____________________ Company: __________________________
Additional Disclosures:

Please note this form is a public record and subject to a California Public Records Act request.

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Packet Pg. 862 Attachment: EPS_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

OAKSINITIATIVE

DISCLOSURE FORM
In order to facilitate compliance with the requirements of the Oaks Initiative, the City compiles and maintains certain information. That information includes the name of any person or persons who is seeking a “public benefit.” If the “public benefit” is sought by an entity, rather than an individual person, the information includes the name of every person who is: (a) trustee, (b) director, (c) partner, (d) officer, or has (e) more than a ten percent interest in the entity.

Public benefits include:

1. Personal services contracts in excess of $25,000 over any 12-monthperiod;

2. Sale of material, equipment or supplies to the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

3. Purchase, sale orlease ofreal property to orfrom the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

4. Non-competitive franchise awards with gross revenue of $50,000 or more in any 12-month period;

5. Land use variance, special use permit, or other exception to an established land use plan, where the decision has a value in excess of $25,000;

6. Tax “abatement, exception, or benefit” of a value in excess of $5,000 in any 12- month period; or

7. Payment of “cash or specie” of a net value to the recipient of $10,000 in any 12- month period.

Name(s) of persons or entities receiving public benefit:

Name(s) of trustees, directors, partners, and officers:

Name(s) of persons with more than a 10% equity, participation, orrevenue interest:

Prepared by: Title:

Signature: Date:

Email: Phone:

FOR CITY USE ONLY:

Bid/PO/Contract # Permit #
Jamie Gomes, David Zehnder, Andrew Knudtsen, Darin Smith, Teifion Rice-Evans Jason Moody, Benjamin Signman
Jamie Gomes, David Zehnder, Andrew Knudtsen, Darin Smith, Teifion Rice-Evans, Jason Moody, Benjamin Signman
Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.

Jason Moody Managing Principal
April 17th, 2026
[email protected] 510-626-8452

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Packet Pg. 863 Attachment: EPS_Oaks_Initiative_Form_Signed (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) City of Santa Monica As-Needed Real Estate & Design Consulting Services | Gensler City of Santa Monica Levine Act Disclosure Form

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

CALIFORNIA LEVINE ACT DISCLOSURE
In 2022, California’s SB1439 extended requirements under Government Code Section 84308, also known as the "Levine Act", to prohibit City “Officers” from participating in any action related to a contract, license, permit, or entitlement if such Officer received campaign contributions totaling more than $250 within the previous twelve months, and for twelve months following the date of a final decision, from a party or participant to the proceeding, or their agent. Section 84308(a)(4) of the Levine Act defines an "Officer" as follows: “Officer” means any elected or appointed officer of an agency, any alternate to an elected or appointed officer of an agency, and any candidate for elective office in an agency. The term “Officer” is further defined 2 Cal. Code Regs. Section 18438.1, which states: An officer of an agency includes only those persons who make, participate in making, or in any way attempt to use their official position to influence a decision in the license, permit, or entitlement for use proceeding, or who exercise authority or budgetary control over the agency or officers who may do so, and: (1) Serve in an elected position, including an official appointed to an elected position due to an interim vacancy or an election otherwise canceled because the official was the sole candidate for the position; (2) Serve as a member of a board or commission; (3) Serve as the chief executive of a state agency, or county, city or district of any kind; or
(4) Have decision making authority with respect to the proceeding involving a license, permit, or other entitlement for use and is also a candidate for elected office or has been a candidate for elective office in the 12 months prior to the proceeding. A list of Santa Monica Elected Officials and members of boards and commissions can be found at the following links. The party making this certification is responsible for determining whether a recipient of a political contribution is a City Officer prior to completing this form. https://www.smgov.net/departments/council/ https://www.santamonica.gov/departments/rent-control https://www.smgov.net/ /boards/. Have you, your company, or any agent on behalf of you or your company, made any political contributions of more than $250 to any City Officer in the twelve months preceding the date of the submission of your application or proposal? ____YES ____ NO
Name of Councilmember or City Officer: _________________________________

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Packet Pg. 864 Attachment: Gensler_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) City of Santa Monica As-Needed Real Estate & Design Consulting Services | Gensler City of Santa Monica Levine Act Disclosure Form
Name of Contributor: _________________________________________________ Date(s) of Contribution(s): ____________________________________________ Amount(s) ________________________________________________________ Please specify below and/or add additional sheet(s) to identify additional Councilmembers or City Officers to whom you and/or your agents made campaign contributions.

I HEREBY CERTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT.

Signed: ____________________________ Date: ____________________ Print Name: _________________________ Title: _____________________ Company: __________________________
Additional Disclosures:

Please note this form is a public record and subject to a California Public Records Act request.

N/A
N/A
N/A
April 15, 2026
Peter barsuk Principal
M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc.

N/A

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Packet Pg. 865 Attachment: Gensler_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) City of Santa Monica As-Needed Real Estate & Design Consulting Services | Gensler

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

OAKS INITIATIVE NOTICE

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS, BIDDERS, PROPOSERS

AND OTHERS SEEKING DISCRETIONARY PERMITS, CONTRACTS,

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Packet Pg. 866 Attachment: Gensler_Oaks_Initiative (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) 29 Gensler

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

Public benefits include:

1. Personal services contracts in excess of $25,000 over any 12-month period;

2. Sale of material, equipment or supplies to the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

3. Purchase, sale or lease of real property to or from the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

4. Non-competitive franchise awards with gross revenue of $50,000 or more in any 12-month period;

5. Land use variance, special use permit, or other exception to an established land use plan, where the decision has a value in excess of $25,000;

6. Tax “abatement, exception, or benefit” of a value in excess of $5,000 in any 12- month period; or

7. Payment of “cash or specie” of a net value to the recipient of $10,000 in any 12- month period.

Name(s) of persons or entities receiving public benefit:

Name(s) of trustees, directors, partners, and officers:

Name(s) of persons with more than a 10% equity, participation, or revenue interest:

Bid/PO/Contract # ____________________________ Permit # ___________________________ N/A
N/A
N/A
M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc. Principal
[email protected] (213) 327-3743
April 15, 2026

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Packet Pg. 867 Attachment: Gensler_Oaks_Initiative (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

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Packet Pg. 868 Attachment: Kellenberg_Oaks_Disclosure (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

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Packet Pg. 869 Attachment: Kellenbger_Levine_Act (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

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Packet Pg. 870 Attachment: Kellenbger_Levine_Act (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) City of Santa Monica Levine Act Disclosure Form

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

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Packet Pg. 871 Attachment: Koning Eizenberg_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) City of Santa Monica Levine Act Disclosure Form
Name of Contributor: _________________________________________________ Date(s) of Contribution(s): ____________________________________________ Amount(s) ________________________________________________________ Please specify below and/or add additional sheet(s) to identify additional Councilmembers or City Officers to whom you and/or your agents made campaign contributions.

I HEREBY CERTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT.

Signed: ____________________________ Date: ____________________ Print Name: _________________________ Title: _____________________ Company: __________________________
Additional Disclosures:

Please note this form is a public record and subject to a California Public Records Act request.

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Packet Pg. 872 Attachment: Koning Eizenberg_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

OAKS INITIATIVE NOTICE

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS, BIDDERS, PROPOSERS

AND OTHERS SEEKING DISCRETIONARY PERMITS, CONTRACTS,

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Packet Pg. 873 Attachment: Koning Eizenberg_OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

Public benefits include:

1. Personal services contracts in excess of $25,000 over any 12-month period;

2. Sale of material, equipment or supplies to the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

3. Purchase, sale or lease of real property to or from the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

4. Non-competitive franchise awards with gross revenue of $50,000 or more in any 12-month period;

5. Land use variance, special use permit, or other exception to an established land use plan, where the decision has a value in excess of $25,000;

6. Tax “abatement, exception, or benefit” of a value in excess of $5,000 in any 12- month period; or

7. Payment of “cash or specie” of a net value to the recipient of $10,000 in any 12- month period.

Name(s) of persons or entities receiving public benefit:

Name(s) of trustees, directors, partners, and officers:

Name(s) of persons with more than a 10% equity, participation, or revenue interest:

Bid/PO/Contract # ____________________________ Permit # ___________________________

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Packet Pg. 874 Attachment: Koning Eizenberg_OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) City of Santa Monica Levine Act Disclosure Form

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

A list of Santa Monica Elected Officials and members of boards and commissions can be found at the following links. The party making this certification is responsible for determining whether a recipient of a political contribution is a City Officer prior to completing this form.
https://www.smgov.net/departments/council/
https://www.santamonica.gov/departments/rent-control
https://www.smgov.net/ /boards/. Have you, your company, or any agent on behalf of you or your company, made any political contributions of more than $250 to any City Officer in the twelve months preceding the date of the submission of your application or proposal? ____YES ____ NO
Name of Councilmember or City Officer: _________________________________

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Packet Pg. 875 Attachment: Michael Baker_Levine_Act_Disclosure (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) City of Santa Monica Levine Act Disclosure Form
Name of Contributor: _________________________________________________ Date(s) of Contribution(s): ____________________________________________ Amount(s) ________________________________________________________ Please specify below and/or add additional sheet(s) to identify additional Councilmembers or City Officers to whom you and/or your agents made campaign contributions.

I HEREBY CERTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT.

Signed: ____________________________ Date: ____________________ Print Name: _________________________ Title: _____________________ Company: __________________________
Additional Disclosures:

Please note this form is a public record and subject to a California Public Records Act request.

Richard Beck, CEP, P.W.S.,
CPESC®, CERP

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Packet Pg. 876 Attachment: Michael Baker_Levine_Act_Disclosure (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

OAKS INITIATIVE NOTICE

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS, BIDDERS, PROPOSERS

AND OTHERS SEEKING DISCRETIONARY PERMITS, CONTRACTS,

All persons or entities applying or receiving public benefits from the City of Santa Monica shall provide the names of trustees, directors, partners, and officers, and names of persons with more than a 10% equity, participation or revenue interest. An exception exists for persons serving in those capacities as volunteers, without compensation, for organizations exempt from income taxes under Section 501(c)(3), (4), or (6), of the Internal Revenue Code. However, this exception does not apply if the organization is a political committee or controls political committees. Examples of a public benefit include public contracts to provide goods or services worth more than $25,000 or a land use approval worth more than $25,000 over a 12-month period.

In order to facilitate compliance with the requirements of the Oaks Initiative, the City compiles and maintains certain information. That information includes the name of any person or persons who is seeking a public benefit. If the public benefit is sought by an entity, rather than an individual person, the information includes the name of every person who is: (a) trustee, (b) director, (c) partner, (d) officer, or has (e) more than a ten percent interest in the entity. Therefore, if you are seeking a public benefit covered by the Oaks Initiative, you must supply that information on the Oaks Initiative Disclosure Form. This information must be updated and supplied every 12 months.

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Packet Pg. 877 Attachment: Michael Baker_OAKS_INITIATIVE (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

OAKS INITIATIVE DISCLOSURE FORM
In order to facilitate compliance with the requirements of the Oaks Initiative, the City compiles and maintains certain information. That information includes the name of any person or persons who is seeking a public benefit. If the public benefit is sought by an entity, rather than an individual person, the information includes the name of every person who is: (a) trustee, (b) director, (c) partner, (d) officer, or has (e) more than a ten percent interest in the entity.

Public benefits include:

1. Personal services contracts in excess of $25,000 over any 12-month period;

2. Sale of material, equipment or supplies to the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

3. Purchase, sale or lease of real property to or from the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

4. Non-competitive franchise awards with gross revenue of $50,000 or more in any 12-month period;

5. Land use variance, special use permit, or other exception to an established land use plan, where the decision has a value in excess of $25,000;

6. Tax abatement, exception, or benefit of a value in excess of $5,000 in any 12- month period; or

7. Payment of cash or speci of a net value to the recipient of $10,000 in any 12- month period.

Name(s) of persons or entities receiving public benefit:

Name(s) of trustees, directors, partners, and officers:

Name(s) of persons with more than a 10% equity, participation, or revenue interest:

Bid/PO/Contract # ____________________________ Permit # ___________________________

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Packet Pg. 878 Attachment: Michael Baker_OAKS_INITIATIVE (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) Written Consent in Lieu of aMeeting of the Board of Directors of Michael Baker International,Inc. (F/K/A Michael Baker Jr., Inc.)
March 31, 2026
The undersigned, being the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Michael Baker International, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Corporation”), pursuant to Section 1727(b) of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law and the Corporation’s governance documents, hereby consent to and adopt the following resolutions in lieu of a Meeting:

Appointment of Officer(s)
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is in the best interest of the Corporation to ratify, confirm and approve the appointment of the person(s) to the position(s) set forth opposite their respective names on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof, and to remove any person(s) not named on Exhibit A attached hereto; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that such person(s) be and hereby are elected to the position(s) set forth opposite their respective names on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof, to hold such position(s) until the earlier election and qualification of their respective successors or until their earlier resignation or removal (collectively the “Appointed Officer(s)”), and any person(s) not named on Exhibit A attached hereto, be and hereby is, removed as an Officer of the Corporation;
FURTHER RESOLVED, that all acts previously, concurrently and subsequently taken by the Appointed Officers from the date of his or her assumption to the position to the date hereof in the capacity of the position set forth opposite their respective names are hereby expressly confirmed, ratified, approved and authorized in all respects as actions of the Corporation;
General Authorization
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Appointed Officer(s) of the Corporation, or any later designated Appointed Officer(s), be, and each of them hereby is, authorized, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to take such further actions and to execute and deliver such further instruments, certificates or documents in the name of the Corporation, and to retain such counsel, agents and advisors and to incur and pay such expenses, fees and taxes as shall, in the opinion of such Appointed Officer executing the same, be determined necessary or advisable in order to effectuate or carry out fully the purpose and interest of all of the foregoing resolutions (such determination to be conclusively, but not exclusively, evidenced by taking of such actions or the execution of such instruments, certificates or documents by any such Appointed Officer(s)); FURTHER RESOLVED, that Assistant Secretaries who have been given physical possession of the Corporation’s Corporate Seal under the authority of the Secretary of the Corporation are entitled to affix the Corporate Seal on proposal documents, contract documents, and certain other administrative forms that require attestation, provided, however, that such Assistant Secretaries are not authorized to affix the Corporation’s Corporate Seal to any stock certificates of the Corporation absent further written approval by the Secretary; FURTHER RESOLVED, that any actions taken by the Shareholder(s), Director(s), or Officer(s) of the Corporation on or prior to the date of the foregoing resolutions that are within the authority conferred hereby are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved as the act and deed of this Corporation;
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the execution of this Written Consent and delivery thereof by facsimile, PDF or electronic signatures shall be sufficient for all purposes and shall be binding upon any party who so executes; FURTHER RESOLVED, this Written Consent may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same Written Consent; and FINALLY RESOLVED, that an executed copy of this Written Consent shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board.

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Packet Pg. 879 Attachment: Michael Baker_OAKS_INITIATIVE (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Written Consent as of the date first above written.

DIRECTORS:

By:

Name: Thomas J. Campbell
By:

Name: Brian A. Lutes
By:

Name: Stephanie F. Long
By:

Name: Christopher L. Peters
By:

Name: John M. Tedder
[Signature page to Written Consent in Lieu of a Meeting of the Board of Directors of Michael Baker International, Inc.]

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Packet Pg. 880 Attachment: Michael Baker_OAKS_INITIATIVE (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Written Consent as of the date first above written.

DIRECTORS:

By:

Name: Thomas J. Campbell
By:

Name: Brian A. Lutes
By:

Name: Stephanie F. Long
By:

Name: Christopher L. Peters
By:

Name: John M. Tedder
[Signature page to Written Consent in Lieu of a Meeting of the Board of Directors of Michael Baker International, Inc.]

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Packet Pg. 881 Attachment: Michael Baker_OAKS_INITIATIVE (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

EXHIBIT A
Thomas J. Campbell Chairman
Brian A. Lutes Chief Executive Officer
Kevin Reed President
Cathy Carr Clinch Executive Vice President & President, Mitigation, Environmental, Resiliency, Response and Recovery (MER3)
Tanya Currie Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer Pankaj Duggal Executive Vice President & President, Integrated Design and Advisory Devendra Kumar Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer Stephanie Long Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Rod Malehmir Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer Brian May Executive Vice President & EVP, Federal Programs Eric Ostfeld Executive Vice President & EVP, Design Build Christopher Peters Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Joanna Robinson Executive Vice President & President, GovTech and Public Safety John Tedder Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer & Secretary Alexander Vickers Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer John Alberghini Senior Vice President & National Market Lead - Navy Jeffrey Baker Senior Vice President & Office Executive
Steven Barber Senior Vice President & Office Executive
Balram Bheodari Senior Vice President & National Practice Lead - Aviation Ronald Chaffin Senior Vice President & Practice Executive - Architecture John Dietrick Senior Vice President & Program Manager
Beth Drylie Senior Vice President & Director Business Development Eric Frary Senior Vice President & Office Executive
Andrew Gluck Senior Vice President & Regional Director
Magdy Hagag Senior Vice President & Regional Director
Todd Heino Senior Vice President & SVP Business Development Charles Hunley Senior Vice President & National Practice Lead - Bridge Services John Hurley Senior Vice President & National Market Lead - Army Trudi Lim Senior Vice President & Regional Director & Assistant Secretary Stephen McGaughey Senior Vice President & SVP, Finance & Assistant Treasurer Thomas Montgomery Senior Vice President & Regional Director Fredrick Muncy Senior Vice President & Technical Advisor - Water Mitchell Pinkston Senior Vice President & President, DATAMARK Technologies John Robinson Senior Vice President & Office Executive
James Rose Senior Vice President & National Market Lead - U.S. Air Force and Space Force
Jade Rung Senior Vice President & Regional Practice Lead - Bridge Lori Stump Senior Vice President & SVP Federal Operations Michael Tylman Senior Vice President & Technical Manager - Land Development Nicolaas Veraart Senior Vice President & National Practice Lead - Planning John Walsh Senior Vice President & Regional Director
Christopher Alberts Vice President & Office Executive
Iyad Alrabadi Vice President & Market Director - Southern California Allison Andrews Vice President & Regional Practice Lead - Water Michael Arens Vice President & Office Executive

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Packet Pg. 882 Attachment: Michael Baker_OAKS_INITIATIVE (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) Mohamed Amin Bagha Vice President & Office Executive
William Balentine Vice President & Office Executive
Joseph Bartorelli Vice President & VP, Engineering & Design Technology Richard Beck Vice President & Office Executive & Assistant Secretary Scot Becker Vice President & Director
Jill Bell Vice President & VP, SSC & Treasurer
Paula Boardman Vice President & National Geospatial Practice Executive Gilberto Bosque Vice President & Office Executive
Kirsten Bowen Vice President & National Practice Lead - Rail & Transit Albert Bowman Vice President & Office Executive
Elizabeth Bradford Vice President & VP, National Resilience Lead Christina Brickner Vice President & VP, Operations Transformation Jeff Broadwater Vice President & Office Executive
Leigh Brooks Vice President & VP Operations DATAMARK
Nathanael Brown Vice President & Sector Lead - Industrial & Defense OEMs Pernille Buch-Pedersen Vice President & VP, Director - Emergency Management and Response Ramez Butros Vice President & Regional Practice Lead - Aviation MaryAnne Buvens Vice President & Federal Program Manager - Architecture Ashley Buzzeo Vice President & VP Product Development DATAMARK Anthony Cabrera Vice President & Office Executive
Genevieve Cahill Vice President & Director - Business Development Christopher Caputi Vice President & Technical Manager - Environmental Compliance Lisa Carbonara Vice President & VP Talent Acquisition
Guy Carpino Vice President & Engineering Principal
Shara Castillo Vice President & Architecture Design Principal Richard Chisolm Vice President & Operations Manager
Kenneth Collins Vice President & Director - Transportation Joseph Danyo Vice President & Chief Engineer
David Dawson Vice President & Director, Business Systems & Analytics Kristy DeChicchis Vice President & Director - Business Development Scott Delesdernier Vice President & Office Executive
Alison Detar Vice President & Vice President - Marketing Jamie Dodd Vice President & Operations Manager - Business Development Patricia Dunaway Vice President & Office Executive
Craig Duppstadt Vice President & Director, Contracts
Ralph Eberhardt Vice President & Office Executive
Kurt Fritz Vice President & Office Executive - Architecture Joseph Gardiner Vice President & Director - Construction Services Louis Gies Vice President & VP Operational Services
Robin Godshall Vice President & Regional Operations Lead - Water Calvin Gordon Vice President & Assistant Program Manager Steven Gravlin Vice President & Regional Business Developer Dale Gray Vice President & Office Executive
Walter Gray Vice President & Office Executive
Christopher Grollnek Vice President & VP, Public Safety Indoor Mapping Lydia Grose Vice President & Office Executive
Russell Hall Vice President & Office Executive
Edward Hanbicki Vice President & Market Director - Southwest & Northwest Valorie Hargett Vice President & IDA Business Dev Lead

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Packet Pg. 883 Attachment: Michael Baker_OAKS_INITIATIVE (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) Kyle Harper Vice President & Director - Transportation
John Harris Vice President & Technical Manager - Water
Dean Hartman Vice President & National Market Lead - U.S. Air Force and Space Force Dwain Hathaway Vice President & Regional Practice Lead - Bridge James Haughey Vice President & Director of Engineering San Diego Edwin Hill Vice President & Regional Practice/Market Lead Anthony Hofmann Vice President & National Market Lead - Army Charles Hogeboom Vice President & Federal Program Manager William Hoose Vice President & Regional Practice Lead – Environmental Leslie Hopper Vice President & Technical Manager - Transportation Susan Howard Vice President & National Practice Lead - ICS/OT Cybersecurity Ford Hubbard Vice President & IDA Business Dev Lead
Jonathan Ishikawa Vice President & National Market Lead - Navy Eric Jorgensen Vice President & Digital Government Practice Lead James Katsafanas Vice President & National Connected and Automated VehicleTechnology Director
Fareeha Kibriya Vice President & Office Executive
Stephen Kiefer Vice President & Assistant General Counsel Mark Kistler Vice President & Regional Practice Lead - Aviation Kyle Kramer Vice President & Office Executive
Elizabeth Krousel Vice President & Operations Manager
Frederick Krumbhaar Vice President & Divisional CFO
Kevin Kugler Vice President & Director - Planning
Jeffrey Kupko Vice President & National Advanced Mobility and Vehicle Electrification Director
Edward La Guardia Vice President & National Director - Rail & Transit Denise Laferte Vice President & National Practice Lead - Water Patrick Leach Vice President & Practice Executive - Construction Services Jane Lehman Vice President & Assistant General Counsel
David Liebgold Vice President & Office Executive
Michael Lincheck Vice President & Federal Program Manager Timothy Little Vice President & Operations Manager - Infrastructure Richard Lucera Vice President & Department Manager - Water Anthony Marcello Vice President & Office Executive
Jeffrey May Vice President & Office Executive
Kermit Maynard Vice President & VP, Corporate Development GovTech Paul McGuinness Vice President & Program Manager - National Structures Inspection Meghan McPhee Vice President & Corporate Controller
Saul Mellman Vice President & Director - Transportation John Mentz Vice President & Federal Operations Manager
David Mercier Vice President & Practice Executive - Water Regan Miller Vice President & Director of Business Development Christopher Miller Vice President & VP Total Rewards
Farzad Moghbel Vice President & VP of Technology Product Aaron Morris Vice President & National LIDAR and Pavement Practice Executive Lois Muller Vice President & Federal Program Manager
Robert Murphy Vice President & VP Business Development DATAMARK John Nagle Vice President & Senior Project Manager - Water Rajendra Navalurkar Vice President & Regional Operations Lead - Bridge

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Packet Pg. 884 Attachment: Michael Baker_OAKS_INITIATIVE (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) Angela Nocera Vice President & National Market Lead - Army Brian Oliver Vice President & Project Manager - Land Development Kevin Olsavsky Vice President & IDA Sector Lead
Lorna Parkins Vice President & Office Executive
Snehalkumar Patel Vice President & Director of Engineering Brian Peiritsch Vice President & VP Corporate Communications Douglas Peterson Vice President & Office Executive
Sarat Peyyeti Vice President & Program Director
Edward Phillips Vice President & Director of Quality
Robert Pitchford Vice President & Office Executive
Shawn Plichta Vice President & Regional Practice Lead - Design Build Jeffrey Polenske Vice President & Office Executive
Philip Quillin Vice President & Technical Director
Patricia Quinn Vice President & Sector Lead - Aerospace & Healthcare Pedro Quintanilla Vice President & National Director - Design Hub Matthew Reed Vice President & Operations Manager
Rachael Richter Vice President & Practice Executive - Federal Planning Alfonso Riera Vice President & Regional Market Lead - Army Jeffrey Roberts Vice President & Office Executive
Scott Rodseth Vice President & Office Executive
Joseph Romano Vice President & Regional Practice Lead - Bridge Jacqueline Rooke Vice President & Director - Project Management Stephen Ross Vice President & Surface Transportation Lead Brian Russell Vice President & Office Executive
Joseph Salvadori Vice President & Practice Executive - Bridge Steven Savich Vice President & Practice Executive - Land Development and Infrastructure Curtis Schaffner Vice President & Assistant General Counsel Mohiuddin Shaik Vice President & Operations Manager
Jonathan Shimko Vice President & Practice Executive - Water Raymond Shrift Vice President & Director, Contracts and Procurement & Assistant Secretary Victor J Siaurusaitis Vice President & Business Developer - Transportation Maher Sidani Vice President & Chief Engineer
Sonja Simpson Vice President & Office Executive
Ankur Singh Vice President & Office Executive
David Sinz Vice President & IDA Market Director
Peter Sipes Vice President & Office Executive
Andrew Sorensen Vice President & VP Quality and Project Mgmt Leland Spicer Vice President & Divisional CFO
Joshua Sprowls Vice President & Practice Executive - Engineering Michael Stengel Vice President & Office Executive
Aaron Stover Vice President & Director Major Bridges
Christopher Tagert Vice President & Regional Practice Lead - Water Srinivas Talagadadeevi Vice President & Vice President - Business Applications Akila Thamizharasan Vice President & Office Executive
Timothy Thiele Vice President & Office Executive & Assistant Secretary Andrew Thomas Vice President & VP Design Build Delivery Daniel Thornhill Vice President & Office Executive
Scott Thornsberry Vice President & Office Executive
Helen Tison Vice President & Office Executive

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Packet Pg. 885 Attachment: Michael Baker_OAKS_INITIATIVE (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) Don Treude Vice President & Business Developer
John Tricini Vice President & Practice Executive - Transportation Lynn Truskie Vice President & Real Estate Acquisition Manager David Tudryn Vice President & Practice Executive - Infrastructure Architecture Joanne Tyler Vice President & Office Executive
Jonathan Updike Vice President & Senior Designer
Philip Walker Vice President & Technical Director - Complex Bridges Scott Wardle Vice President & Regional Operations Lead - Construction Services James Waters Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer & Enterprise Architect Quintin Watkins Vice President & Sr Regional Practice/Market Lead Kirk Weaver Vice President & Director Project Delivery Excellence Karen White Vice President & National Broadband Practice Executive Christy Whittaker Vice President & Director-Compensation Jennifer Wood Vice President & Regional Practice/Market Lead Katherine Wrenshall Vice President & Assistant General Counsel James Yeager Vice President & Director - Transportation Johann Aakre Associate Vice President & Regional Operations Lead – Bridge Angela Adam Associate Vice President & Proposal Manager Ryan Adams Associate Vice President & Department Manager – Structures Michael Anderson Associate Vice President & Senior Project Manager Timothy Armbrecht Associate Vice President & Load Rating Specialty Practice Lead Alan Ashimine Associate Vice President & Department Manager – Environmental Edward Barefield Associate Vice President & Department Manager – Geotechnical Douglas Barker Associate Vice President & Federal Program Manager John Bellas Associate Vice President & Technical Manager - Environmental Jessica Belowich Associate Vice President & Regional Practice Lead – Transportation Nicole Bennati Associate Vice President & Engineering Lead, IDA – Structural Joseph Bennett Associate Vice President & Department Manager Wendy Berrill Associate Vice President & Director - Railway and Civil Design Kashfia Billah Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Bridge Inspection Douglas Blank Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Transportation Joseph Blickenderfer Associate Vice President & Department Manager – Energy/Telecom Justin Bouscher Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Bridge Joseph Brenner Associate Vice President & Technical Director - Bridge Technologies Todd Buckner Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Roadway Charles Burke Associate Vice President & Surface Transportation Lead Jay Burton Associate Vice President & Project Manager - Highway Michael Butters Associate Vice President & Department Manager – Transportation Sarah Cathcart Associate Vice President & Director - Business Development Mujahid Chandoo Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Surface Water Yongxian Chen Associate Vice President & Assistant Department Manager – Senior Technical Manager-Structures
Benjamin Clopper Associate Vice President & Surface Transportation Manager Dayle Coburn Associate Vice President & Design Build - Senior Manager Christopher Conrad Associate Vice President & Practice Executive - Cost Management Audrey A Corrado Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Bridge Kenneth Corti Associate Vice President & Department Manager – Environmental Miles Costanza Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Water Resources Cynthia Coupe Associate Vice President & Senior Project Manager – Highway

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Packet Pg. 886 Attachment: Michael Baker_OAKS_INITIATIVE (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) Maria Cruickshank Associate Vice President & Proposal Manager Christopher Cummings Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Bridge Jeremy Curtis Associate Vice President & Project Manager – Transportation Scott Davis Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Land Development Gracia de la Pena Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Oil and Gas Mark DeSantis Associate Vice President & Quality Assurance Manager Deepananthan Dhanasekaran Associate Vice President & Director of Engineering Carlos Dizon Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Electrical Kevin Doyle Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Water James Duguay Associate Vice President & Project Manager - Aviation Shannon Dyer Associate Vice President & Contract Administrator Francis Eells Associate Vice President & Senior Project Manager Melissa Effinger Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Highway Lloyd Erikson Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Water David Fekete Associate Vice President & Program Manager - GIS John Craig Fennell Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Planning and Urban Design
Kathryn Field Associate Vice President & Program Manager - GIS Anthony Fitzpatrick Associate Vice President & Department Manager – Construction Services Mary Flynn Associate Vice President & Department Manager – Construction Services Christopher Fowlds Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Highway Stephen Fowler Associate Vice President & Regional Technical Manager – Bridge Eversley Francois Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Electrical Aarion Franklin Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Planning James A Frazier Associate Vice President & Department Manager – Transportation Planning Douglas Freudenrich Associate Vice President & Assistant Department Manager David Frey Associate Vice President & Director - Transportation Sylvester Fryc Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Highway Laurence Gale Associate Vice President & Department Manager – Environmental Vahid Ganji Associate Vice President & Department Manager – Pavement Engineering Claudia Garay Associate Vice President & Proposal Manager John Goldcamp Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Electrical Engineering Alicia Gonzalez Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Planning Amilyn Haas Associate Vice President & Business Developer James Hall Associate Vice President & Department Manager – Structures Robert Hans Associate Vice President & Office Executive Sean Hart Associate Vice President & Project Manager - Bridge Diana Hartman Associate Vice President & Federal Program Manager Octavio Hernandez Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Traffic Michael Hnat Associate Vice President & Senior Project Manager – Structures Elizabeth Hoekenga Associate Vice President & Director - Rail Bridges & Structures Thomas Holliday III Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Civil and Environmental Angela Howell Associate Vice President & Department Manager – Construction Inspection Chadwick Huffines Associate Vice President & Office Executive Hamid Ikram Associate Vice President & Department Manager – Structures Kevin James Associate Vice President & Director - Highway Cristin Johnson Associate Vice President & Engineering Lead, IDA – Mechanical James Jones Associate Vice President & Project Manager - Construction Services April Kaiser Associate Vice President & Director of Technical Management

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Packet Pg. 887 Attachment: Michael Baker_OAKS_INITIATIVE (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) Chadi Karam Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Civil Nagnath Kasbekar Associate Vice President & Department Manager – Structures Lindsay Kaufmann Associate Vice President & Project Manager - Design-Build Martin Kazmierczak Associate Vice President & Technical Director Nathan Kebede Associate Vice President & National Services Lead Matthew Kirby Associate Vice President & Director - Rail Public Projects & Programs Anna Klenke Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Bridge Matthew Klyszeiko Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Planning Shilpa Kodkani Associate Vice President & Department Manager – Structures William Kontess Associate Vice President & Senior Project Manager – Architecture Michael Kuchera Associate Vice President & Director of Architecture Sofia Landis Associate Vice President & Department Manager Bradley Losey Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Surface Water Marc Luiken Associate Vice President & Business Developer Joshua Lund Associate Vice President & Project Manager - Bridge Ryan Lynch Associate Vice President & Regional Director, Human Resources Rebecca Lyne Associate Vice President & Director of Quality Assurance and Quality Control
Christopher MacDougall Associate Vice President & Technical Manager - GIS Donald MacKay Associate Vice President & Engineering Lead, IDA – Electrical Andrew MacNeill Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Water Gary Madey Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Construction Services Joseph Maiorana Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Construction Services Saminur Majumder Associate Vice President & Project Manager George Manning Associate Vice President & Regional Operations Lead - Bridge Kerry Martin Associate Vice President & Technical Director – Mechanical/Environmental Compliance
Keely Matson Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Bridge Tammy McAllister Associate Vice President & Director, Payroll William McBride Jr Associate Vice President & Senior Project Manager - Highway Jeffrey McClure Associate Vice President & Director of Ports and Aviation Stephanie McCowat Associate Vice President & Business Development Associate Connor McKenzie Associate Vice President & Director of Corp Accounting & Financial Reporting & Asst Corporate Controller
Chad Menge Associate Vice President & Aviation Market Lead Brad Miller Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Traffic/ITS James Miller Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Transportation Louis Mittelman Associate Vice President & Senior Project Manager - Architecture Gerald Morris Associate Vice President & National Market Lead - Federal Civilian Programs
Jeff Murray Associate Vice President & Director of Project Management Muthukumar Narayanaswamy Associate Vice President & Operations Manager Daniel Natale Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Water William Neider Associate Vice President & National Mining and Reclamation Practice Manager
Mark J Nellas Associate Vice President & Sr Manager ERP Applications Kevin Nicholl Associate Vice President & Department Manager – Construction Management
Russell Ozmer Associate Vice President & Regional Practice Lead - Transportation

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Packet Pg. 888 Attachment: Michael Baker_OAKS_INITIATIVE (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) David Palumbo Associate Vice President & Project Manager - Environmental Compliance & Restoration
Toby Partridge Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Land Development Pawel Paszczuk Associate Vice President & Federal Program Manager Milton Peguero Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Construction Services Janine Pelekoudas Associate Vice President & Director, Proposal Development Aaron Pickering Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Construction Services Kristen Podnar Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Water Matthew Ponce Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Aviation William Pope Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Land Development Thomas Porter Associate Vice President & Director - Toll Roads Hans Probst Associate Vice President & Portfolio Program Manager - Architecture Jennifer Riddle Associate Vice President & Proposal Manager Amy Ross Associate Vice President & Proposal Manager
Steven Ross Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Architecture Oscar Rucker Associate Vice President & Technical Manager - Right of Way William Ruhsam II Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Traffic Jason Sadowski Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Bridge Vartan Sahakian Associate Vice President & Department Manager III PT-Temp Michael Salmon Associate Vice President & Regional Practice/Market Lead Jeffrey Scheick Associate Vice President & Director - Transportation Jon Schelkoph Associate Vice President & Office Executive Richard Schoedel Associate Vice President & Regional Technical Manager - Bridge Brian Searle Associate Vice President & Technical Manager - Architecture Peter Senus Associate Vice President & Assistant Department Manager - Senior Project Manager-Construction Services
Bradley Shelton Associate Vice President & Department Manager – Transportation Planning Savanmaly Shovlin Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Construction Services Andrew Sidor Associate Vice President & Department Manager Steven Slocum Associate Vice President & Director of Survey - California Andrew Smart Associate Vice President & Geospatial Technology Director Gregory Smay Associate Vice President & Director of Tax David Smith Associate Vice President & Office Manager
Paul Snead Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Water Resources Joseph Snyder Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Aviation James Spady Associate Vice President & Technical Consultant Eric Spangler Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Transportation Kevin Spangler Associate Vice President & Engineering Lead, IDA - Fire Protection Christopher Stanford Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Transportation Ashleigh Stansbury Associate Vice President & Proposal Manager Robert Stark Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Environmental and Planning
Michael Starr Associate Vice President & Director of Architecture David Stephens Associate Vice President & Technical Consultant Matthew Stewart Associate Vice President & Federal Planning Operations Manager Jason Stith Associate Vice President & Regional Technical Manager - Bridge Josh Stone Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Civil Steven Swygert Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Water Wieslawa Szumanski Associate Vice President & Sr Regional Practice/Mkt Lead

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Packet Pg. 889 Attachment: Michael Baker_OAKS_INITIATIVE (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) Andre Szumylo Associate Vice President & Project Manager - Construction Services Ying Tan Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Bridge Kyle Thomas Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Aviation Julie Thurman Associate Vice President & Director - Transportation Ryan Thurmes Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Federal Eddie Torres Associate Vice President & Technical Manager - Air Quality & Noise Todd Trautz Associate Vice President & Director - Technical Services Troy Truax Associate Vice President & Director - Planning Colleen Turner Associate Vice President & Planning Practice Lead Spencer Uminski Associate Vice President & Department Manager – Architecture Steven Vitas Associate Vice President & Senior Program Manager Martin Wade Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Planning Lori Wade Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Water Daniel Walden Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Highway Adam Walkowiak Associate Vice President & Director - Rail Construction Services Lance Wanamaker Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Aviation Sara Wander Associate Vice President & Director of Product Operations Kevin Western Associate Vice President & Technical Director - Complex Bridges Nicole Whitehead Associate Vice President & Director, Learning & Development Kenneth Wing Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Transportation Michael Yang Associate Vice President & Department Manager - Geotechnical Keith Yoder Associate Vice President & Project Manager - Bridge Ginger Herron Assistant Secretary
Denise McNamara Assistant Secretary
Terri A. Vojnovich Assistant Secretary
[Exhibit A to Written Consent in Lieu of a Meeting of the Board of Directors of Michael Baker International, Inc.]

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Packet Pg. 890 Attachment: Michael Baker_OAKS_INITIATIVE (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) City of Santa Monica Levine Act Disclosure Form

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

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Packet Pg. 891 Attachment: RAND_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) City of Santa Monica Levine Act Disclosure Form
Name of Contributor: _________________________________________________ Date(s) of Contribution(s): ____________________________________________ Amount(s) ________________________________________________________ Please specify below and/or add additional sheet(s) to identify additional Councilmembers or City Officers to whom you and/or your agents made campaign contributions.

I HEREBY CERTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT.

Signed: ____________________________ Date: ____________________ Print Name: _________________________ Title: _____________________ Company: __________________________
Additional Disclosures:

Please note this form is a public record and subject to a California Public Records Act request.

Emily Palumbo Director, Contract & Grant Services RAND Corporation Docusign Envelope ID: 72D9DACB-E23F-4447-8945-AD03CCAF433B Apr-15-2026

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Packet Pg. 892 Attachment: RAND_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

OAKS INITIATIVE NOTICE

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS, BIDDERS, PROPOSERS

AND OTHERS SEEKING DISCRETIONARY PERMITS, CONTRACTS,

Docusign Envelope ID: 72D9DACB-E23F-4447-8945-AD03CCAF433B

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Packet Pg. 893 Attachment: RAND_Oaks_Initiative_Form (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

Public benefits include:

1. Personal services contracts in excess of $25,000 over any 12-month period;

2. Sale of material, equipment or supplies to the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

3. Purchase, sale or lease of real property to or from the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

4. Non-competitive franchise awards with gross revenue of $50,000 or more in any 12-month period;

5. Land use variance, special use permit, or other exception to an established land use plan, where the decision has a value in excess of $25,000;

6. Tax “abatement, exception, or benefit” of a value in excess of $5,000 in any 12- month period; or

7. Payment of “cash or specie” of a net value to the recipient of $10,000 in any 12- month period.

Name(s) of persons or entities receiving public benefit:

Name(s) of trustees, directors, partners, and officers:

Name(s) of persons with more than a 10% equity, participation, or revenue interest:

Bid/PO/Contract # ____________________________ Permit # ___________________________ Emily Palumbo Director, Contract & Grant Services [email protected] (412) 683-2300 The RAND Corporation See attached list None
Docusign Envelope ID: 72D9DACB-E23F-4447-8945-AD03CCAF433B Apr-15-2026

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Packet Pg. 894 Attachment: RAND_Oaks_Initiative_Form (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) Officers, Presidents & Directors
Organizational Leadership
Jason Matheny, President and Chief Executive Officer, RAND Jim Mitre, Senior Vice President and Chief Research Officer Eric Peltz, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial and Operations Officer Lester Arnold, Sr., Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Catherine H. Augustine, Vice President, Workplace Services & Real Estate Robert M. Case, Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary Jennifer Gould, Vice President, Communications and External Affairs Ben Kucinski, Vice President, Finance
Christine Lanoie-Newman, Vice President, Development; Chief Development Officer Jennifer Sloan McCombs, Vice President and Director, Global Research Talent; Senior Policy Researcher
Nancy Staudt, Frank and Marcia Carlucci Dean, RAND School of Public Policy, and Vice President, RAND
Tim Winders, Vice President, Information Services and Chief Information Officer Research Division Management
Matan Chorev, Vice President and Director, RAND Global and Emerging Risks; Senior Policy Researcher
James S. Chow, Vice President and Director, RAND Project AIR FORCE; Senior Engineer Peter S. Hussey, Vice President and Director, RAND Health; Senior Policy Researcher, RAND; Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy Eric Landree, Acting Vice President, Homeland Security Research Division; Acting Director, Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center; Senior Engineer Anu Narayanan, Acting Vice President and Director, RAND National Security Research Division; Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy; Senior Engineer Docusign Envelope ID: 72D9DACB-E23F-4447-8945-AD03CCAF433B

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Packet Pg. 895 Attachment: RAND_Oaks_Initiative_Form (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) Christopher G. Pernin, Vice President, RAND Army Research Division; Director, RAND Arroyo Center; Senior Physical Scientist, RAND; Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy
Heather L. Schwartz, Vice President and Director, RAND Education, Employment, and Infrastructure; Senior Policy Researcher; Codirector, American School District Panel and American Youth Panel
Board of Trustees
Members of RAND's Board of Trustees are esteemed leaders from public service, business, and academia. The board helps ensure that RAND effectively pursues its mission, wisely manages its resources, and meets its obligations as a nonprofit. Trustees also support fundraising and outreach. This helps RAND have a positive impact on public policy and communities around the world.

Board Members
Michael E. Leiter (Chair), Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP; Former Director, U.S. National Counterterrorism Center
Teresa Wynn Roseborough (Vice Chair), Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, The Home Depot, Inc.

Carl Bildt, Former Prime Minister of Sweden; Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Kenneth R. Feinberg, Founder and Managing Partner, The Law Offices of Kenneth R. Feinberg, PC
Francis Fukuyama, Director, Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy, Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University
Pedro José Greer, Jr., Professor and Founding Dean, Roseman University College of Medicine Chuck Hagel, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense
Karen Elliott House, Former Publisher, The Wall Street Journal; Former Senior Vice President, Dow Jones and Company, Inc.

Joel Z. Hyatt, Cofounder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, Globality, Inc.; Cofounder and Former Chief Executive Officer, Current Media, LLC
Docusign Envelope ID: 72D9DACB-E23F-4447-8945-AD03CCAF433B

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Packet Pg. 896 Attachment: RAND_Oaks_Initiative_Form (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) Lionel C. Johnson, President, Pacific Pension & Investment Institute Raynard S. Kington, Head of School, Phillips Academy, Andover Philip Lader, Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley; Lead Director, AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.

Peter Lowy, Principal, LFG
Michael Lynton, Chairman, Snap Inc.

Jason Matheny, President and Chief Executive Officer, RAND Janet Napolitano, Founder and Faculty Director, Center for Security in Politics, The Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley; Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security
Soledad O'Brien, Journalist; Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Soledad O'Brien Productions Meghan L. O'Sullivan, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School Mary E. Peters, Principal, Mary Peters Consulting Group, LLC; Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation
David L. Porges, Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, EQT Corporation Matthew Pottinger, Former Deputy National Security Adviser Leonard D. Schaeffer, Founding Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, WellPoint Stefanie Tompkins, Provost, Colorado School of Mines; Former Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Trustee Emeritus
Richard Danzig, Senior Fellow, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; Former U.S.

Secretary of the Navy
Donald B. Rice, Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, Agensys, Inc.; Former U.S.

Secretary of the Air Force; Former President and Chief Executive Officer, RAND Docusign Envelope ID: 72D9DACB-E23F-4447-8945-AD03CCAF433B

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Packet Pg. 897 Attachment: RAND_Oaks_Initiative_Form (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) City of Santa Monica Levine Act Disclosure Form

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

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Packet Pg. 898 Attachment: RC Lesser_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) City of Santa Monica Levine Act Disclosure Form
Name of Contributor: _________________________________________________ Date(s) of Contribution(s): ____________________________________________ Amount(s) ________________________________________________________ Please specify below and/or add additional sheet(s) to identify additional Councilmembers or City Officers to whom you and/or your agents made campaign contributions.

I HEREBY CERTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT.

Signed: ____________________________ Date: ____________________ Print Name: _________________________ Title: _____________________ Company: __________________________
Additional Disclosures:

Please note this form is a public record and subject to a California Public Records Act request.

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Packet Pg. 899 Attachment: RC Lesser_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

OAKS INITIATIVE NOTICE

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS, BIDDERS, PROPOSERS

AND OTHERS SEEKING DISCRETIONARY PERMITS, CONTRACTS,

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Packet Pg. 900 Attachment: RC Lesser_OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

Public benefits include:

1. Personal services contracts in excess of $25,000 over any 12-month period;

2. Sale of material, equipment or supplies to the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

3. Purchase, sale or lease of real property to or from the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

4. Non-competitive franchise awards with gross revenue of $50,000 or more in any 12-month period;

5. Land use variance, special use permit, or other exception to an established land use plan, where the decision has a value in excess of $25,000;

6. Tax “abatement, exception, or benefit” of a value in excess of $5,000 in any 12- month period; or

7. Payment of “cash or specie” of a net value to the recipient of $10,000 in any 12- month period.

Name(s) of persons or entities receiving public benefit:

Name(s) of trustees, directors, partners, and officers:

Name(s) of persons with more than a 10% equity, participation, or revenue interest:

Bid/PO/Contract # ____________________________ Permit # ___________________________

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Packet Pg. 901 Attachment: RC Lesser_OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) City of Santa Monica Levine Act Disclosure Form

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

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Packet Pg. 902 Attachment: Sasaki_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) City of Santa Monica Levine Act Disclosure Form
Name of Contributor: _________________________________________________ Date(s) of Contribution(s): ____________________________________________ Amount(s) ________________________________________________________ Please specify below and/or add additional sheet(s) to identify additional Councilmembers or City Officers to whom you and/or your agents made campaign contributions.

I HEREBY CERTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT.

Signed: ____________________________ Date: ____________________ Print Name: _________________________ Title: _____________________ Company: __________________________
Additional Disclosures:

Please note this form is a public record and subject to a California Public Records Act request.

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Packet Pg. 903 Attachment: Sasaki_Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

OAKS INITIATIVE NOTICE

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS, BIDDERS, PROPOSERS

AND OTHERS SEEKING DISCRETIONARY PERMITS, CONTRACTS,

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Packet Pg. 904 Attachment: Sasaki_OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

Public benefits include:

1. Personal services contracts in excess of $25,000 over any 12-month period;

2. Sale of material, equipment or supplies to the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

3. Purchase, sale or lease of real property to or from the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

4. Non-competitive franchise awards with gross revenue of $50,000 or more in any 12-month period;

5. Land use variance, special use permit, or other exception to an established land use plan, where the decision has a value in excess of $25,000;

6. Tax “abatement, exception, or benefit” of a value in excess of $5,000 in any 12- month period; or

7. Payment of “cash or specie” of a net value to the recipient of $10,000 in any 12- month period.

Name(s) of persons or entities receiving public benefit:

Name(s) of trustees, directors, partners, and officers:

Name(s) of persons with more than a 10% equity, participation, or revenue interest:

Bid/PO/Contract # ____________________________ Permit # ___________________________

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Packet Pg. 905 Attachment: Sasaki_OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) Name(s) of trustees, directors, partners, and officers:

Fiske Crowell
Vinicius Gorgati
Greg Havens
Joseph Hibbard
Frederick Merrill
Dennis Pieprz
Christopher Sgarzi
Tamar Warburg
Alan Ward
Martin Zogran
Joshua Brooks
Anna Cawrse
Carla Ceruzzi
Ian Dickenson
Philip Dugdale
Victor Eskinazi
Marta Guerra
Andrew Gutterman
Douglas Larence
Margit Liander
Merideth McCarthy
Ivelisse Otero
Ian Scherling
Siqi Zhu
Emily Parris
Antonio Furukawa
Christopher Ng-Hardy
Elizabeth Knourenko
Matthew Englander
Romil Sheth
Zachary Chrisco
Caitlyn Clauson
Michael Grove
Mary Ocampo
Tyler Patrick
Pablo Savid-Buteler
Victor Vizgaitis
Tao Zhang

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Packet Pg. 906 Attachment: Sasaki_OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) City of Santa Monica Levine Act Disclosure Form

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

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Packet Pg. 907 Attachment: Skidmore_Levine_Act_Disclosure (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements) City of Santa Monica Levine Act Disclosure Form
Name of Contributor: _________________________________________________ Date(s) of Contribution(s): ____________________________________________ Amount(s) ________________________________________________________ Please specify below and/or add additional sheet(s) to identify additional Councilmembers or City Officers to whom you and/or your agents made campaign contributions.

I HEREBY CERTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT.

Signed: ____________________________ Date: ____________________ Print Name: _________________________ Title: _____________________ Company: __________________________
Additional Disclosures:

Please note this form is a public record and subject to a California Public Records Act request.
4/15/2026
Tannar Whitney, AIA, LEED AP Managing Principal
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Not Applicable

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Packet Pg. 908 Attachment: Skidmore_Levine_Act_Disclosure (7890 : Award Bids and Service Agreements)

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

Public benefits include:

1. Personal services contracts in excess of $25,000 over any 12-month period;

2. Sale of material, equipment or supplies to the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

3. Purchase, sale or lease of real property to or from the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

4. Non-competitive franchise awards with gross revenue of $50,000 or more in any 12-month period;

5. Land use variance, special use permit, or other exception to an established land use plan, where the decision has a value in excess of $25,000;

6. Tax “abatement, exception, or benefit” of a value in excess of $5,000 in any 12- month period; or

7. Payment of “cash or specie” of a net value to the recipient of $10,000 in any 12- month period.

Name(s) of persons or entities receiving public benefit:

Name(s) of trustees, directors, partners, and officers:

Name(s) of persons with more than a 10% equity, participation, or revenue interest:

Bid/PO/Contract # ____________________________ Permit # ___________________________ [email protected] (213) 327-2478
4/15/2026
Tannar Whitney, AIA, LEED AP Managing Principal
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Thomas Behr, Carrie Byles, Larry Chien, Leo Chow, Chris Cooper, Ryan Culligan, Michael Duncan, Scott Duncan, Laura Ettelman, Xuan Fu, Kent Jackson, Colin Koop, Peter Lefkovits, Eric Long, Vram Malek, Olin McKenzie, Carrie Moore, Emily Mottolese, Julia Murphy, Mark Sarkisian, Adam Semel, Douglas Voigt None - No SOM partner has greater than 7% ownership.

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CITY OF SANTA MONICA

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Name of Contributor: _________________________________________________ Date(s) of Contribution(s): ____________________________________________ Amount(s) ________________________________________________________ Please specify below and/or add additional sheet(s) to identify additional Councilmembers or City Officers to whom you and/or your agents made campaign contributions.

I HEREBY CERTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT.

Signed: ____________________________ Date: ____________________ Print Name: _________________________ Title: _____________________ Company: __________________________
Additional Disclosures:

Please note this form is a public record and subject to a California Public Records Act request.

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Sean O'Malley Contracting Agent
SWA Group
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CITY OF SANTA MONICA

OAKS INITIATIVE NOTICE

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS, BIDDERS, PROPOSERS

AND OTHERS SEEKING DISCRETIONARY PERMITS, CONTRACTS,

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CITY OF SANTA MONICA

Public benefits include:

1. Personal services contracts in excess of $25,000 over any 12-month period;

2. Sale of material, equipment or supplies to the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

3. Purchase, sale or lease of real property to or from the City in excess of $25,000 over a 12- month period;

4. Non-competitive franchise awards with gross revenue of $50,000 or more in any 12-month period;

5. Land use variance, special use permit, or other exception to an established land use plan, where the decision has a value in excess of $25,000;

6. Tax “abatement, exception, or benefit” of a value in excess of $5,000 in any 12- month period; or

7. Payment of “cash or specie” of a net value to the recipient of $10,000 in any 12- month period.

Name(s) of persons or entities receiving public benefit:

Name(s) of trustees, directors, partners, and officers:

Name(s) of persons with more than a 10% equity, participation, or revenue interest:

Bid/PO/Contract # ____________________________ Permit # ___________________________ SWA Group
SWA’s corporate officers are Gerdo Aquino (Co-CEO), David Thompson (Co-CEO), Riley Van Bebber (CFO) and Margaret Leonard (Controller and Secretary).

SWA has been a 100% employee-owned corporation since 1973. Ownership is organized as an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The ESOP is directed by seven committee members.

Sean O’Malley Contracting Agent & Managing Principal
[email protected] (949) 607-0157
4/14/2026

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From: Elisabeth Green <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 11:55 AM
To: councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick Cc: [email protected]; Kevin McKeown Fwd
Subject: Opposition to agenda item 4.M, Bids and Service Agreements

EXTERNAL
Will the City Council please table this item and publish the details of the "well-defined methodologies responsive to the City’s needs"?
Do "the City’s needs" include destroying the local wildlife and environment stewards? Can the city please find out why it will not approve any bid by a company owned and founded by women only?
Except for Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Inc. founded by Hank Koning and Julie Eizenberg, the list is nothing but male masterminds. To paraphrase Previn Karian, "Fascism is the use of the male psyche, and the male mind, where state and governmental institutional violence is acted out on mass populations. Why does the male brain have a psychological need to use and set up institutions in a way that violates, humiliates, and destroys other people, if it has to, for the protection of a few?" https://youtu.be/qyyU-JSsgE0
We have already seen the devastation proposed by James Miner, CEO at Sasaki Associates, Inc. already scheduled to clear-cut Memorial Park and destroy the hawk habitat there, while polluting the air for neighbors, for who knows how long. How many elders and babies will die for them? Have to wonder why a beach town would choose Louis Skidmore, Nathaniel Owings, John O. Merrill, notable for skyscraper design and construction, including several of the world's tallest buildings.

Has anyone researched how the rest of the "male brain" carriers would also succumb to being motivated by money to engage in a project where "governmental institutional violence is acted out on mass populations" including the local elders, babies, wildlife, and environment stewards? Troy Rudd is Chief Executive Officer, AECOM Technical Services, Inc.

Bjarke Ingels is a Danish architect, founder and creative partner of Bjarke Ingels Group.

Bob Sulentic is CEO & Chair of CBRE.

Chris Marsh is Founder & CEO, Cherry Tree Capital Partners.

CEO Roy Hilton March and President D. Michael Van Konynenburg head Eastdil Secured. Global brokerage Savills plc has agreed to buy real estate investment bank Eastdil Secured for approximately £900 million.

Walter Kieser is the founder and a Senior Principal of Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.

Gensler was founded by Art Gensler, Drue Gensler, and James Follett.

Kellenberg Studio founder was Steve Kellenberg.

Michael Baker International is self defined.

Robert Charles Lesser & Co, LLC is d/b/a RCLCO.

Jason Matheny is CEO of RAND.
/s/Elisabeth Green
1223 Wilshire Blvd #1656
Santa Monica CA 99403
Item 4-M
September 8, 2026
Item 4-M
September 8, 2026

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(NOT APPROVED)

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
JUNE 23, 2026
A regular and special meeting of the Santa Monica City Council was called to order by Mayor Pro Tem Zwick at 5:34 p.m., on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, at City Council Chambers, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA and a teleconference location in Nashville, TN 37219.

Roll Call: Present: Mayor Caroline Torosis (via teleconference) Mayor Pro Tem Jesse Zwick
Councilmember Lana Negrete
Councilmember Dan Hall
Councilmember Ellis Raskin
Councilmember Barry Snell
Councilmember Natalya Zernitskaya
Also Present: City Manager Oliver Chi
City Attorney Heidi von Tongeln
Interim City Clerk Denise Anderson-Warren
CONVENE/PLEDGE On order of the Mayor Pro Tem, the City Council convened at 5:34 p.m., with all members present, and Mayor Torosis via
teleconference. Councilmember Negrete led the assemblage in the Pledge of Allegiance.

STATEMENT OF

ACCOUNTABILITY
(LAND

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT)
The City of Santa Monica Statement of Accountability (Land Acknowledgement) was read into the record by Councilmember Hall.

LEVINE ACT

DISCLOSURE
No Councilmembers made disclosures regarding the Levine Act (Govt Code Section 84308).

AGENDA

MANAGEMENT
Motion by Councilmember Negrete, seconded by Councilmember Snell, to hear the City Manager’s Report, the Proclamation before receiving General Public comment, and to continue the Annual boards and commission appointments to the July 28, 2026, meeting.

Councilmember Zernitskaya proposed a friendly amendment to hear Closed Sessions for one hour, then return and hear any remaining items at the end of the meeting. The amendment was considered friendly by the maker and seconder.

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The motion, as amended was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Zernitskaya, Snell, Raskin, Hall, Negrete, Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, Mayor Torosis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None

PUBLIC INPUT ON

SPECIAL AGENDA
ITEMS:

There were no members of the public present for comment on Special Agenda items.

PROCLAMATIONS/

COMMENDATIONS/

SPECIAL AGENDA
ITEMS

2.A. Proclamation: Wallis Annenberg Day, was presented.

CITY MANAGER
REPORT
The City Manager Report was presented.

PUBLIC INPUT FOR

GENERAL PUBLIC

COMMENT
Members of the public Max Ehrman, Leo Morovati, Miller Levin, Milan Ramesh, Vivienne Shiao, Kelly O’Hara, Denise Barton, Sheila Morovati, Victoria McDowell, Joe Dirosa, Ty Forman, Morgan Hunter Green, Wade Kelley, Alexandra Dildine, John Medlin, Zoe Muntaner, Harvey Eder, Steven Price, Mike Montgomery, Aces Harris, and David Whatley commented on various local items.

PUBLIC INPUT FOR

CONSENT CALENDAR

AND CLOSED SESSION
ONLY:

Members of the public Morgan Hunter Gross and Zoe Muntaner commented on Consent Calendar items.

Members of the public Denise Barton and Brett Morrow commented on Closed Session items.

CONSENT CALENDAR: All items were considered and approved in one motion unless removed by a Councilmember for discussion.

At the request of Councilmember Zernitskaya, Items 4.I. and 4.K., and Mayor Torosis Items 4.D. and 4.H. were removed from the Consent Calendar.

Motion by Councilmember Hall, seconded by Councilmember Raskin, to approve the Consent Calendar except for Items 4.D., 4.H., 4.I and 4.K., reading resolutions by title only and waiving further reading thereof. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Zernitskaya, Snell, Raskin, Hall, Negrete, Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, Mayor Torosis

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NOES: None
ABSENT: None

PURCHASE OF

SWEEPERS AND FRONT

LOADERS

4.A. Authorization to Issue Purchase Orders with Various Vendors for Four Sweepers and Twelve Front Loaders for the Resource Recovery and Recycling Division, was approved.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15302 (Replacement or Reconstruction) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines;

2. Authorize the Procurement Manager to issue a purchase order with Municipal Maintenance Equipment for purchase of one Fayat Ravo E2 battery-electric bicycle lane sweeper (BEV Bicycle Lane Sweeper) for the Public Works Department. This recommended award is made as an exception to the competitive bidding process pursuant to Section 2.24.250(c) and is for a total amount not to exceed $432,268, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

3. Authorize the Procurement Manager to issue a purchase order with Tymco, Inc., for purchase of three compressed natural gas (CNG) Tymco Model 600 street sweepers (CNG Street Sweepers) for the Public Works Department. This recommended award is made as an exception to the competitive bidding process pursuant to Section

2.24.250(c) and is for a total amount not to exceed $1,511,941, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval;

4. Authorize the Procurement Manager to issue a purchase order with Los Angeles Truck Centers, LLC, dba Velocity Truck Centers, for purchase of eleven CNG front loader refuse vehicles for the Public Works Department. This recommended award is made as an
exception to the competitive bidding process pursuant to Section

2.24.250(c) and is for a total amount not to exceed $7,021,686, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval; and

5. Authorize the Procurement Manager to issue a purchase order with Haaker Refuse for purchase of one McNeilus Volterra ZFL batteryelectric front loader (BEV Front Loader) for the Public Works Department. This recommended award is made as an exception to the competitive bidding process pursuant to Section 2.24.250(c) and is for a total amount not to exceed $1,016,027, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

PIER BOLLARD

EMERGENCY REPIAR

4.B. Approval of Ratification of Issuance of Purchase Order to Jilk Heavy Construction, Inc. for the Pier Bollard Emergency Repair, was approved.

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Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of categorical exemptions pursuant to Section 15301 (Existing Facilities) and Section 15269 (Emergency Projects) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines; and

2. Ratify the Procurement Manager’s issuance of a purchase order with Jilk Heavy Construction, Inc. to repair stainless steel manual assist bollards at the Santa Monica Pier for the Public Works Department.

The emergency purchase was made as an exception to the
competitive bidding process pursuant to Section 2.24.250(i) and is for a total amount not to exceed $46,358.

HOMELESNESS

EMERGENCY

PROCLAMATION

4.C. Adoption of Resolution No. 11769 (CCS) Ratifying Homelessness Emergency Proclamation, was adopted.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines; and

2. Adopt proposed Resolution No. 11769 (CCS) ratifying the 2025 Proclamation of the City Council of the City of Santa Monica Declaring a Local Emergency on Homelessness.

PURCHASE OF SODIUM

HYPOCHLORITE

4.E. Approval of Modification to the Purchase Order with Univar Solutions USA, Inc. for Sodium Hypochlorite, was approved.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of categorical exemption pursuant to Section 15301 (Existing Facilities) of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines; and

2. Authorize the Procurement Manager to increase purchasing authority in the amount of $455,000 with Univar Solutions USA, Inc. for sodium hypochlorite for the Public Works Department. This would result in a revised purchasing authority total not to exceed $1,030,000, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

CHARNOCK

GROUNDWATER

MANAGEMENT

PROGRAM

4.F. Approval of the Second Modification to Agreement No. 10779 (CCS) with Ramboll America's Engineering Solutions, Inc. for Charnock Groundwater Management Program, was approved.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

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1. Adopt a finding of categorical exemption pursuant to Section 15301 (Existing Facilities) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines; and

2. 2Authorize the City Manager to execute a second modification to Agreement No. 10779 (CCS) in the amount of $350,000 with Ramboll America’s Engineering Solutions, Inc. to provide Charnock Well Field (Charnock) groundwater management program services for the Public Works Department. This will result in an amended agreement with a new total amount not to exceed $2,175,000, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

PURCHASE AND

DELIVERY OF

TURNOUTS

4.G. Authorization for Procurement Manager to Issue Purchase Order to Allstar Fire Equipment for Purchase and Delivery of Turnouts, was approved.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines; and

2. Authorize the Procurement Manager to issue a purchase order with Allstar Fire Equipment for the purchase of structural Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the Fire Department. This recommended award is made as an exception to the competitive bidding process pursuant to the City’s Procurement Policy and is for an amount not to exceed $801,846, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

BEACH PARKING LOT

PARKING PERMITS AND
HOURS

4.J. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2859 (CCS) Amending Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3.04.030 on Beach Parking Lot Parking Permits and Hours, was adopted.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached Ordinance.

TRANSIT RIDERSHIP

SOFTWARE

4.L. Award RFP #465 to Transit Ridership Software for National Transit Database (NTD) Reporting for the Department of
Transportation, was approved.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines;

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2. Award RFP 465 to Urban Transportation Associates, Inc. for Transit Ridership Software for National Transit Database Reporting for the Department of Transportation; and

3. Authorize the City Manager to execute Agreement No. 11866 (CCS) with Urban Transportation Associates, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $274,060 (for 3 years, with two (2) additional 1-year renewal options in the amount of $76,540, on the same terms and conditions), for a total amount not to exceed $350,600 over a 5-year period, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

COUNCIL MEETING

CANCELLATION

4.M. Adoption of Resolution No. 11770 (CCS) Cancelling August 25th Regular Meeting of the City Council, was adopted.

Recommended Action

1. Staff recommends that the City Council approve the following:

2. Cancel the August 25, 2026, Regular Meeting of the City Council, for the summer recess;

3. Adopt attached amended resolution approving changes to the 2026 City Council Regular Meeting schedule; and

4. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant environmental effects pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines
MINUTES 4.N. Minutes of City Council - Regular Meeting - Jun 9, 2026 5:30 PM, were approved.

MINUTES 4.O. Minutes of City Council - Regular Meeting - May 12, 2026 5:30 PM, were approved.

MARVBIN BRAUDE BIKE
TRAIL
Mayor Torosis was excused
at 6:39 p.m.

4.D. Approval of Extension of Cooperative Agreement No. 10042 (CCS), formerly #14093, with Los Angeles County for Maintenance of

2.9 Miles of the Marvin Braude Bike Trail Located Within the City of Santa Monica, was presented.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15301 (Existing Facilities) and a finding of no possibility of significant effects pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines; and

2. Authorize the City Manager to execute a first amendment to cooperative Agreement No. 11042 (CCS), formerly #14093, with Los Angeles County (County) for the City to sweep the Beach Bike Trail within Santa Monica, whereby the County would reimburse the

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City annually, based on an annual proration of TDA Article 3 Funds.

This will result in a twenty-year amended agreement.

Mayor Torosis recused herself from this item, out of an abundance of caution. This is an agreement with L.A. County, although this contract will not have any direct impact on her salary or employment with the county, she is recusing herself to avoid the appearance of a conflict.

Motion by Councilmember Snell, seconded by Councilmember Hall to approve the staff recommendation. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Negrete, Hall, Raskin, Snell, Zernitskaya, Mayor Pro Tem Zwick
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Torosis

OPERATION OF

VIRGINIA AVENUE

PARK COMMUNITY

KITCHEN
Mayor Torosis returned at
6:40 p.m.

4.H. Award Agreement No. 11864 (CCS) to Golden State Certified Development Corporation for Operation of the Virginia Avenue Park Community Kitchen, was presented.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines; and

2. Award and authorize the City Manager to execute Agreement No. 11864 (CCS) with Golden State Certified Development Corporation for operation of the Virginia Avenue Park Community Kitchen for the Housing and Human Services Department. This recommended award is made as an exception to the competitive bidding process, pursuant to SMMC Section 2.24.250(b) and is for a total amount not to exceed $825,000, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

Mayor Torosis pulled this item to ask questions of staff.

Questions asked and answered included: what is the contingency plan if the $500,000 federal earmark request isn’t funded; do we have the ability to rent this out as commissary space; how many individuals will go through the program cohort in one year; are there going to be metrics reported back, like jobs created, businesses started, and who is utilizing the program; are we prioritizing Santa Monica residents and especially Pico neighbors.

Motion by Councilmember Hall, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, to approve the recommended action. The motion was approved by the

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following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Zernitskaya, Snell, Raskin, Hall, Negrete, Mayor Torosis, Mayor Pro Tem Zwick
NOES: None
ABSENT: None

PIER CORPORATION FY
2026-27 BUDGET AND

WORK PLAN

4.I. Approval of the Pier Corporation Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budget and Work Plan and Authorization to Execute a Seventh Modification to Services Agreement No. 10101 (CCS) between the City and Santa Monica Pier Corporation, was presented.

Recommended Action
Staff recommend that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines;

2. Approve the Santa Monica Pier Corporation Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budget and Work Plan; and

3. Authorize the City Manager to execute a seventh modification to extend Services Agreement No. 10101 (CCS) between the City and the Santa Monica Pier Corporation through June 30, 2027.

This item was pulled by Councilmember Zernitskaya to get a better understanding of why this is only one year, instead of multi-year budget, and the work underway to reconfigure the city’s working relationship with the Pier and its constituents.

Motion by Councilmember Hall, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, to adopt the staff recommendation. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Zernitskaya, Snell, Raskin, Hall, Negrete, Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, Mayor Torosis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None

SWISS WINTER

VILLAGE

4.K. Adoption of Resolution No. 11770 (CCS) and Approval of License agreement with SWISS XMAS INC., in connection with the use of the Santa Monica Pier Deck as a temporary event space for the Swiss Winter Village - Santa Monica Pier, from November 2, 2026 through January 15, 2027, was presented.

Recommended Action
Staff recommend that the City Council:

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1. Adopt findings of categorical exemptions pursuant to Section 15301 (Class 1 – Existing Facilities), Section 15303 (Class 3 - New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures), Section 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land), and Section 15311 (Class 11 - Accessory Structures), Section 15323 (Normal Operations of Existing Facilities for Public Gathering), and Section 15061(b)(3) (common sense exemption) of the CEQA Guidelines for approval of the license agreement with SWISS XMAS INC., in connection with the use of the Santa Monica Pier Deck as a holiday market, from November 2. 2026 through January 15, 2027. as set forth in the staff report;

2. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute License Agreement No. 11865 (CCS) with SWISS XMAS INC., in
connection with the use of the Santa Monica Pier Deck as a temporary event space for the Swiss Winter Village - Santa Monica Pier, from November 2, 2026 through January 15, 2027; and

3. Adopt Resolution No. 11770 (CCS) authorizing an exemption from certain provisions of the Santa Monica Municipal Code to facilitate use of the Santa Monica Pier by SWISS XMAS INC., in accordance with the License Agreement during the Santa Monica Holiday Market, from November 2, 2026 through January 15, 2027.

This item was pulled by Councilmembers Zernitskaya and Hall to ask questions of staff, including: why is there such a strict closing time, when the Pier could potentially extend their hours; what are some of the community benefits as part of this project; in terms of partnering with the other businesses on the Pier, what are the plans; and, for cross referencing, is there any thought to communicate with Downtown Santa Monica during the same time as our ice skating rink is open.

Motion by Councilmember Hall, seconded by Mayor Torosis, to adopt the staff recommendation, with direction to redline the license agreement, stating a closing time of 11:00 p.m. or the Pier closing time, whichever is later at the discretion of the vendors. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Negrete, Hall, Raskin, Snell, Zernitskaya, Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, Mayor Torosis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
CLOSED SESSIONS On order of the Mayor, the City Council recessed at 7:01 p.m., to consider Closed Sessions and returned at 8:11p.m., with all members present, to report the following:

5.A. Conference with legal counsel - existing litigation - Gov. Code § 54956.9(d)(1): John U.N.B. Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC #

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23STCV12746; John Doe 1, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 23STCV15009; Hector Orozco v. John Doe: Does 1-2, LASC # 23SMCV03120; John JPC Doe v. Doe City, et al., LASC # 23STCV22020; John AD Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 23STCV26548; John CW Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 23STCV29623; John Doe (A.G.) v. Santa Monica Police Activities League, et al., LASC # 23SMCV06066; John GA DOE, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 24STCV06484; John U.L.W. Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 24STCV06768; Joseph Garcia v. Santa Monica Police Activities League, et al., LASC # 24SMCV01368; John Doe 15, et al. v.

City, et al., LASC # 24STCV07647; John Doe 18, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 24STCV08239; John RR Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 24STCV09398; John Doe 33, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 24STCV15580; John Doe 48 v. City, et al., LASC # 24STCV15420; John Doe 49 v. City, et al., LASC # 24STCV19296; John DD Doe v. City, et al., LASC # 24SMCV04421; Jane EB Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 24STCV24146; John Doe (V.D.) v. Santa Monica Police Activities League, et al., LASC # 24SMCV05049; John Doe (D.F.) v. Santa Monica Police Activities League, et al., LASC # 24SMCV05050; John Doe (D.G.) v. Santa Monica Police Activities League, et al., LASC # 24SMCV05051; Jane Doe 13, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 24STCV27233; John AM Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 24STCV28433; John Doe v. City, et al., LASC # 24SMCV05527; John Doe (Y.M.) v. Santa Monica Police Activities League, et al., LASC # 24SMCV06355; Jane Doe 16, et al. v. a Public Entity, et al., LASC # 25STCV02235; John Doe 62, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV04414; John Doe 23 v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV05850; John Doe (E.B.) v. Santa Monica Police Activities League, et al., LASC # 25STCV06354; Jane PB Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV06880; John Doe 67 v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV10142; John Doe 68 v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV12089; John Doe 69, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV14031; John OR Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV16251; John RD Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV24158; John Doe 71, et al. v. City of Santa Monica, et al., # 25STCV32120; John Doe 76 v. Roe 1, a public entity; et al., # 25STCV32032; John Doe 77 v. City of Santa Monica, et al., # 26STCV07769
The City Attorney advised this matter was heard with no reportable action taken.

5.B. Conference with legal counsel - existing litigation - Gov. Code § 54956.9(d)(1): City v. ICSOP, et al.; OCSC # 30-2022-01261243 The City Attorney advised this matter was heard with no reportable action taken.

5.C. Conference with legal counsel - existing litigation - Gov. Code § 54956.9(d)(1): Martha Garcia, et. al. v City, et. al., LASC #

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The City Attorney advised this matter was heard with no reportable action taken.

5.D. Conference with legal counsel - existing litigation - Gov. Code § 54956.9(d)(1): City of Santa Monica, et al. v. Waymo LLC et al., LASC # 25SMCV06581
The City Attorney advised this matter will be taken up at the end of the meeting.

5.E. Conference with legal counsel - existing litigation - Gov. Code § 54956.9(d)(1): Santa Monica EV Holdings, LLC et al. v. City, LASC # 25SMCV06681
The City Attorney advised this matter will be taken up at the end of the meeting.

5.F. Conference with legal counsel - existing litigation - Gov. Code § 54956.9(d)(1): Waymo LLC v. City, LASC # 25SMCV06541
The City Attorney advised this matter will be taken up at the end of the meeting.

5.G. Conference with real estate negotiator - Gov. Code § 54956.8; property: restrictive covenants at 1514 7th Street and 1238 7th Street, Santa Monica, California; City negotiators: Jing Yeo, Director of Community Development; owner of record: City of Santa Monica; persons to be negotiated with: Priyesh Bhakta, President of Hankey Capital; under negotiation: price and terms of payment.

The City Attorney advised this matter will be taken up at the end of the meeting.

5.H. Conference with real estate negotiator - Gov. Code § 54956.8; property: 256 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, California; City negotiator: Oliver Chi, City Manager; owner of record: City of Santa Monica; persons to be negotiated with: Sean Ahaus, California Roadhouse, Inc., a California corporation d.b.a. California Roadhouse; under negotiation: price and terms of payment for lease The City Attorney advised this matter will be taken up at the end of the meeting.

5.I. Conference with legal counsel - significant exposure to litigation - Gov. Code § 54956.9(d)(2) - 1 case (256 Santa Monica Pier/California

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Roadhouse, Inc.)
The City Attorney advised this matter will be taken up at the end of the meeting.

5.J. Public employee appointment - Gov. Code § 54957(b): consider public employee appointment; title: City Clerk; Gov. Code § 54957.6:
conference with labor negotiator; City negotiator: Mayor/Personnel Director; unrepresented employee: City Clerk.

The City Attorney advised this matter was heard with no reportable action taken.

COUNCIL TRAVEL Council had no reports on travel.

PUBLIC INPUT ON

REMAINING AGENDA
ITEMS:

Member of the public Denise Barton commented on item 11.A.

STAFF

ADMINISTRATIVE
ITEMS:

11.A. Adoption of Resolution No. 11772 (CCS) to Implement a Policy Addressing Disruption of Telephonic or Internet Service During Public Meetings and Encouraging Public Participation Pursuant to SB 707, Amending Government Code Section 54953.4, was presented.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt:

1. A finding that the resolution is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines; and

2. The attached resolution addressing disruption of telephonic or internet service and reasonable efforts to encourage participation in meetings pursuant to Senate Bill 707 (2025).

Motion by Mayor Torosis, seconded by Councilmember Hall, to adopt the staff recommendation. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Negrete, Hall, Raskin, Snell, Zernitskaya, Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, Mayor Torosis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None

SPECIAL JOINT

MEETING OF THE CITY

COUNCIL, HOUSING

AUTHORITY BOARD

AND PARKING
On order of the Mayor, the regular City Council meeting was recessed to convene to a special meeting of the Housing Authority Board and Parking Authority Board at 8:20 p.m., with all members present.

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AUTHORITY BOARD

REPORT ON MEETING

COMPENSATION
The Clerk conducted roll call and pursuant to State law, announced that Council will receive $50 compensation for meeting as the Housing Authority, and $50 compensation for meeting as the Parking Authority.

PUBLIC HEARINGS:
2025-27 BIENNIAL
BUDGET & 2026-28 CIP
BUDGET

12.A. Adoption of the Second Year of the FY 2025-27 Biennial Budget / Adoption of the First Year and Approval of the Second Year of the FY 2026-28 Biennial Capital Improvement Program Budget, was presented.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the Housing Authority:

2. Adopt Resolution No. 11773 (CCS) of the City Council of the City of Santa Monica adopting the FY 2026-27 Operating Budget and adopting the first year and approving the second year of the FY 2026- 28 Biennial Capital Improvement Program Budget at Attachment A, as amended by Attachment D; and

3. Adopt Resolution No. 265 (CCS) of the Parking Authority of the City of Santa Monica adopting the FY 2026-27 Operating Budget and adopting the first year and approving the second year of the FY 2026- 28 Biennial Capital Improvement Program Budget at Attachment C, amended by Attachment D.

Staff also recommends that the City Council:

4. Adopt Resolution No. 11774 (CCS) revising the Master Fee Schedule (Attachment E);

5. Adopt Resolution No. 11775 (CCS) revising the Master Fine Schedule (Attachment F);

6. Adopt Resolution No. 11776 (CCS) establishing parking rates and permit fees for all City facilities (Attachment G);

7. Adopt Resolution No. 11777 (CCS) establishing new classifications and salary rates (Attachment H) and approve related position and classification changes (Attachment I);

8. Adopt Resolution No. 11778 (CCS) establishing the Gann Appropriations Limit (Attachment J);

9. Adopt Resolution No. 11779 (CCS) incorporating an SB1-funded project: The Road Repair and Accountability Act (Attachment K);

10. Authorize staff to amend the City’s Fiscal Policies to incorporate updated Procurement Policies, as described in Attachment L; and

11. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California

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Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines and findings of categorical exemptions pursuant to Section 15301 (Existing Facilities), Section 15273 (Rates, Tolls, Fares, and Charges), and Section 15324 (Regulations of Working Conditions) and a finding of Statutory Exemption pursuant to Section 21080.20.5of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines.

Members of the public David Whatley, Denise Barton, Matt Goldenberg, Karen Melick, and Harvey Eger spoke to the recommended action.

Motion by Authority Member Hall, seconded by Chair Torosis, to separate

12.A.(1) to hear the Housing Authority portion of the budget along with

12.B. Housing Authority minutes. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Authority members Negrete, Hall, Raskin, Snell, Zernitskaya, HAB members Muqtasid St Clair, Eady,
Vice Chair Zwick, Chair Torosis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Recommended Action

12.A Staff recommends that the Housing Authority,

1. Adopt Resolution No. 101 (HAS) of the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Monica adopting the FY 2026-27 Operating Budget and adopting the first year and approving the second year of the FY 2026- 28 Biennial Capital Improvement Program Budget at Attachment B, as amended by Attachment D;
Considerable discussion ensued on topics including, but not limited to: start including quarterly meetings between RAB and the Housing Authority Board; request to staff to provide a minimum of quarterly communications from RAB representatives to RAB members, which should include all Santa Monica Housing Authority clients, not just HCV staff; would like to see regular communication from Housing and Human Services with our RAB, as we reconstitute our Housing Commission as part of the newly established HHS Commission; and, concerns expressed that there were some changes made to the administrative plan after the 45-day hearing period in April.

Motion by Authority member Hall, seconded by Authority member Snell, adopt the staff recommendation. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Authority members Negrete, Hall, Raskin, Snell, Zernitskaya, HAB members Muqtasid St Clair, Eady,
Vice Chair Zwick, Chair Torosis

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NOES: None
ABSENT: None
MINUTES 12.B. Minutes for the Housing Authority Board, were approved.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the Housing Authority Board approve the minutes for the April 14, 2026, Housing Authority Board meeting.

Members of the public Harvey Eger and David Whatley spoke to the recommended action.

Motion by Authority Member Hall, seconded by Authority Member Zernitskaya, to adopt the staff recommendation. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Authority members Zernitskaya, Snell, Raskin, Hall, Negrete, HAB members Muqtasid St. Clair,
Vice Chair Zwick, Chair Torosis
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: HAB member Eady

ADJOURNMENT OF

SPECIAL HOUSING

MEETING
On order of the Vice Chair, the special meeting with the Housing Authority was adjourned at 8:54p.m. and continued with the Special joint meeting between the City Council and Parking Authority.

Recommended Action
Staff also recommends that the City Council and Parking Authority:

1. Adopt Resolution No. 11773 (CCS) of the City Council of the City of Santa Monica adopting the FY 2026-27 Operating Budget and adopting the first year and approving the second year of the FY 2026- 28 Biennial Capital Improvement Program Budget at Attachment A, as amended by Attachment D; and

2. Adopt Resolution No. 265 (CCS) of the Parking Authority of the City of Santa Monica adopting the FY 2026-27 Operating Budget and adopting the first year and approving the second year of the FY 2026- 28 Biennial Capital Improvement Program Budget at Attachment C, amended by Attachment D.

Staff also recommends that the City Council:

3. Adopt Resolution No. 11774 (CCS) revising the Master Fee Schedule (Attachment E);

4. Adopt Resolution No. 11775 (CCS) revising the Master Fine Schedule (Attachment F);

5. Adopt Resolution No. 11776 (CCS) establishing parking rates and permit fees for all City facilities (Attachment G);

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6. Adopt Resolution No. 11777 (CCS) establishing new classifications and salary rates (Attachment H) and approve related position and classification changes (Attachment I);

7. Adopt Resolution No. 11778 (CCS) establishing the Gann Appropriations Limit (Attachment J);

8. Adopt Resolution No. 11779 (CCS) incorporating an SB1-funded project: The Road Repair and Accountability Act (Attachment K);

9. Authorize staff to amend the City’s Fiscal Policies to incorporate updated Procurement Policies, as described in Attachment L; and

10. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines and findings of categorical exemptions pursuant to Section 15301 (Existing Facilities), Section 15273 (Rates, Tolls, Fares, and Charges), and Section 15324 (Regulations of Working Conditions) and a finding of Statutory Exemption pursuant to Section 21080.20.5of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines.

City Manager Chi requested that Council consider deliberating the part of the budget that addresses discretionary funding in the amount of $20,000 that’s provided to Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School for High school Grad night be voted on separately, because a Councilmember needs to recuse themself from this portion of the budget.

Questions asked and answered of staff included: explain how the GANN limit is calculated; what is the city’s target cost recovery rate for adult recreation programs; what is Code Compliance’s current capacity to investigate and cite the same tenant protection during construction; what is happening with the reduction of one FTE from the Pier Fund; the transition from the real estate property manager role to the economic development role change in the FTE, what was the thinking behind that, and how is that going to help us achieve our goals that are laid out within the realignment plan; how will the changes to the procurement policy enable us to more effectively address the Community needs; does the parking fee changes include an extension of the quote downtown employee discount program for one additional year, and is that the same pilot parking program that we did for the downtown fitness and wellness businesses; what is the projection for the city of having a structurally balanced budget in the next year; to what extent will fees related to landmarks be able to be reviewed; how will all of the changes be tracked back to the community; how much money is in the Housing Trust fund; what was the original revenue forecast for 2027, before the Realignment Plan; and, how many positions were added to EDD (Economic Development Division).

Considerable discussion ensued on topics including, but not limited to: on landmarking issues, hopeful that the discussion can be addressed at a later

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Councilmember Negrete was
excused at 9:36 p.m.
date; with respect to parking fines, continue to evaluate whether those are sufficiently framed to disincentivize violations.

Motion by Authority/Councilmember Snell, seconded by Chair/Mayor Torosis, to adopt the FY 2026-27 Operating Budget the first year and approving the second year of the FY 2026-28 Biennial Capital Improvement Program Budget, and the staff recommendation.

The City Attorney read the following into the record for the Master Fee resolution: In light of concerns raised earlier in the day by arising out of an existing contractual relationship between a franchise-holding utility and the City, staff recommends that the following language be added as a notation to the bottom of page 2 of Exhibit E-1, Civil Engineering, of Attachment E, the Master Fee Resolution: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this schedule, terms and conditions of existing agreements between franchiseholding utilities and the City shall control.

Authority/Councilmember Hall inquired that the motion included the staff recommended actions inclusive of the City Attorney’s edits for Attachment E, as well as the recused section regarding the funding transfer to SMMUSD, so Authority/Councilmember Negrete could recuse herself.

Authority/Councilmember Snell agreed that is his motion.

The motion was approved, with the added language by the following vote:

AYES: Authority/Councilmembers Zernitskaya, Snell, Raskin, Hall, Negrete, Vice Chair/Mayor Pro Tem Zwick,
Mayor/Chair Torosis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Councilmember Negrete recused herself from the discussion on whether to approve Council discretionary funds to the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District for Santa Monica High School Grad Night out of an abundance of caution. SMMUSD purchases musical instruments, supplies and services from the Santa Monica Music Center, which Councilmember Negrete owns. The money used to purchase goods and services from the Music Center are not from the district’s general fund, but she recused herself to avoid the appearance of a conflict.

Motion by Councilmember Snell, seconded by Mayor Torosis, to approve the part of the budget that allocates $20,000 of Council discretionary funds for Santa Monica High’s Grad night. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Hall, Raskin, Snell, Zernitskaya,

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Councilmember Negrete
returned at 9:37 p.m.

Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, Mayor Torosis
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Negrete
Councilmember Hall proposed direction to staff regarding the Council discretionary funds. The allocations that were not spent roll over for up to a year to the same Councilmember. And for those up for reelection, they have the opportunity to spend that until they are either reseated or leave the dais, and that they get a prorated amount to December.

Mayor Torosis, seconded the motion with the caveat that for future consideration, if Councilmembers wanted to roll over their money for more than a year in order to fund something much bigger than what the current discretionary money allows to, in planning and conjunction with staff, contemplation for example major projects, she would be willing to revisit the conversation around only rolling over for one year.

Motion by Councilmember Hall, seconded by Mayor Torosis, to approve direction to allow Council to roll over unspent discretionary funds for up to a year. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Negrete, Hall, Raskin, Snell, Zernitskaya, Mayor Torosis, Mayor Pro Tem Zwick
NOES: None
ABSENT: None

ADJOURNMENT OF

SPECIAL PARKING

AUTHORITY MEETING
On order of the Chair, the special meeting with the Parking Authority was adjourned at 9:37 p.m., and the regular meeting of the City Council, was reconvened with all members present.
2025 URBAN WATER

MANAGEMENT PLAN

AND WATER SHORTAGE

CONTINGENCY PLAN

12.C. Public Hearing and Adoption of 2025 Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan, was presented.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of statutory exemption of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per California Water Code Section 10652 (Applicability of California Environmental Quality Act);

2. Hold a public hearing and receive public comment for the proposed 2025 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) and Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP); and

3. Approve attached Resolution No. 11780 (CCS) adopting the 2025 Urban Water Management Plan and the Water Shortage Contingency Plan.

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Members of the public Harvey Eder and David Whatley spoke to the recommended action.

Questions asked and answered of staff included: do we address local maintenance issues; when should we expect the shift to bring back more water locally after this plan is implemented; is this 2025 plan the most recent, and when should we expect data to be updated; and, is it correct that this is just adopting a plan and not adding any additional financial cost to the city.

Motion by Councilmember Raskin, seconded by Councilmember Negrete, to adopt the staff recommendation. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Negrete, Hall, Raskin, Snell, Zernitskaya, Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, Mayor Torosis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
RESOLUTIONS:

PERMIT PARKING ZONE
AAA

14.A. Approval of Establishment of Permit Parking Zone AAA and Adoption of Authorizing Resolution, was presented.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) and a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15301 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines;

2. Adopt attached Resolution No. 11781 (CCS) establishing Preferential Parking Regulations; and

3. Establish Preferential Parking Zone AAA on Larkin Place with the regulation:

4. “No parking from 8:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M., daily, except by permit.” Motion by Councilmember Hall, seconded by Councilmember Negrete, to waive receiving a staff report on this item. The vote was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Zernitskaya, Snell, Raskin, Hall, Negrete, Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, Mayor Torosis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Questions asked and answered of staff included; why is it necessary to create this zone; what happens if the problem individual moves to the next street; and, is there still plans to look at parking zones, and citywide permit options.

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Considerable discussion ensued on topics including, but not limited to, looking at a broader solution to address street parking, especially daytime parking in residential areas.

Motion by Councilmembers Raskin, seconded by Councilmember Negrete, to adopt the staff recommendation. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Negrete, Hall, Raskin, Snell, Zernitskaya, Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, Mayor Torosis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None

COUNCILMEMBER
DISCUSSION ITEMS:

In accordance with Council Rule 6(y), all Councilmember Discussion items were considered and approved in one motion unless removed by a Councilmember for discussion.
2026 ANNUAL BOARDS &

COMMISSIONS

APPOINTMENTS

16.A. Annual Appointments to the following Boards and Commissions, were continued to the July 28, 2026, meeting.

Board/Commission No. of
Appointm
ents
Term End
Date
Special Requirements
Airport Commission 1 6/30/2030
Resident of Santa Monica
(Term may be adjusted due to Airport
Conversion Project)
Architectural Review Board 2 6/30/2030
Persons qualified to: analyze architectural and
environmental trends/information; appraise
resource uses per Municipal Code; and be
responsive to needs of the community. Experts
in conservation, recreation, design, landscaping,
the arts, urban planning, cultural-historical
preservation, and ecological and environmental
science
Arts Commission 1 6/30/2030 Reside or work in Santa Monica and shall be actively involved in the arts
Clean Beaches & Ocean
Parcel Tax Citizens Oversight
Committee
2 6/30/2030 Resident of Santa Monica

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Commission on
Sustainability, Environmental
Justice and the Environment
2 6/30/2030
Reside or work in Santa Monica and must have
significant expertise in one of the following
areas: Energy, water, transportation,
stormwater, wastewater, coastal issues, waste
reduction and public health, land use and
sustainable development, public education
Disabilities Commission
1 6/30/2030
Resident of Santa Monica who self identifies
with a disability
1 Resident of Santa Monica with significant
experience in the disability community
Downtown Santa Monica.

Inc. 3 6/30/2030
Directors shall be City residents or persons who
are employed, own property or hold business
licenses in the City of Santa Monica.

Housing Authority Board
1 6/30/2028
Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8)
participant with a voucher issued by the Santa
Monica Housing Authority program
1 Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8)
participant with a voucher issued by the Santa
Monica Housing Authority program and be
formerly unhoused
L.A. County West Vector
Control District 1 6/30/2030 Registered Santa Monica voter Landmarks Commission
1 6/30/2030 Resident of Santa Monica over the age of 18 and an architect historian
1 6/30/2030
Resident of Santa Monica over the age of 18
with demonstrated interest and knowledge, to
the highest extent practicable, of local history
1 6/30/2030 Resident of Santa Monica over the age of 18 Personnel Board 1 6/30/2030
Either a resident of Santa Monica, resident of
Los Angeles County that is employed full-time
within Santa Monica, owns real property in
Santa Monica, or has been issued a business
license by Santa Monica
Planning Commission 1 6/30/2030 Resident of Santa Monica Public Safety Reform and
Oversight Commission
1 6/30/2027 Resident of Santa Monica between the ages of 18 and 25
(Pending legislation) 1 6/30/2029
Recreation and Parks
Commission 2 6/30/2030 Resident of Santa Monica
Santa Monica Library Board 2 6/30/2030 Resident of Santa Monica

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Santa Monica Pier
Corporation 4 6/30/2030
At least one shall be a resident of Santa
Monica, with the remaining being residents or
persons who do business or are employed in
Santa Monica
Santa Monica Travel and
Tourism, Inc. 3 6/30/2030 At least one shall be a resident of Santa Monica

RECREATION & ARTS

DEPARTMENT SUMMER

PROGRAMING

16.B. Request of Councilmember Hall and Mayor Torosis that Council approve use of $5,500 of discretionary funds to support summer programming with new equipment for the Recreation and Arts Department, was presented.

Motion by Councilmember Hall, seconded by Mayor Torosis, to adopt the staff recommendation. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Negrete, Hall, Raskin, Snell, Zernitskaya, Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, Mayor Torosis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None

CLOSED SESSIONS

CONTINUED
On order of the Mayor, the City Council recessed at 10:07 p.m., to consider Closed Sessions and returned at 11:24p.m., with all members present, except, Mayor Torosis to report the following:

5.F. Conference with legal counsel - existing litigation - Gov. Code § 54956.9(d)(1): Waymo LLC v. City, LASC # 25SMCV06541
The City Attorney advised this matter was heard with no reportable action taken.

5.G. Conference with real estate negotiator - Gov. Code § 54956.8;

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property: restrictive covenants at 1514 7th Street and 1238 7th Street, Santa Monica, California; City negotiators: Jing Yeo, Director of Community Development; owner of record: City of Santa Monica; persons to be negotiated with: Priyesh Bhakta, President of Hankey Capital; under negotiation: price and terms of payment.

The City Attorney advised this matter was heard with no reportable action taken.

5.I. Conference with legal counsel - significant exposure to litigation - Gov. Code § 54956.9(d)(2) - 1 case (256 Santa Monica Pier/California Roadhouse, Inc.)
The City Attorney advised this matter was heard with no reportable action taken.

ADJOURNMENT On order of the Mayor Pro Tem, the City Council meeting adjourned at 11:24 p.m.

ATTEST: APPROVED:

Denise Anderson-Warren Jesse Zwick
Interim City Clerk Mayor Pro Tem

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CITY OF SANTA MONICA

CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
JULY 14, 2026
A regular meeting of the Santa Monica City Council was called to order by Mayor Torosis at 5:35 p.m., on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at City Council Chambers, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA.

Roll Call: Present: Mayor Caroline Torosis
Mayor Pro Tem Jesse Zwick (arrived at 5:38 p.m.)
Councilmember Lana Negrete
Councilmember Dan Hall
Councilmember Ellis Raskin
Councilmember Barry Snell
Councilmember Natalya Zernitskaya
Also Present: City Manager Oliver Chi
City Attorney Heidi von Tongeln
Interim City Clerk Denise Anderson-Warren
CONVENE/PLEDGE On order of the Mayor, the City Council convened at 5:35 p.m., with all members present except Mayor Pro Tem Zwick. Councilmember Raskin led the assemblage in the Pledge of Allegiance.

STATEMENT OF

ACCOUNTABILITY
(LAND

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT)
The City of Santa Monica Statement of Accountability (Land Acknowledgement) was read into the record by Councilmember Hall.

LEVINE ACT

DISCLOSURE
No Councilmembers made disclosures regarding the Levine Act (Govt Code Section 84308).

AGENDA

MANAGEMENT
Motion by Councilmember Raskin, seconded by Councilmember Zernitskaya, to hear the City Manager's Report and Proclamations before General Public Input, and to continue Items 16.A. and 16.B. The motion was unanimously approved by voice vote, with Mayor Pro Tem Zwick absent.

CITY MANAGER
REPORT
Mayor Pro Tem Zwick
arrived at 5:38 p.m.

The City Manager Report was presented.

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PUBLIC COMMENT FOR

SPECIAL AGENDA
ITEMS:

Member of the public Zoe Muntaner commented on Special Agenda items.

PROCLAMATIONS/

COMMENDATIONS/

SPECIAL AGENDA
ITEMS

2.A. Proclamation: Disability Pride Month, was presented.

2.B. Proclamation: National Parks and Recreation Month, was presented.

GENERAL PUBLIC
INPUT ITEMS:

Members of the public Joe Dirosa, Bill Davids, John Medlin, Kelly Smith, Denise Barton, Claudio Cordero, Clarence McDowell, Laurence Cohen, Johnathan Foster, John Cyrus Smith, Zoe Muntaner, Elle Deja Connolly, Lydia Garcia, Jerry Rubin, Caylee Scott, David Whatley, Mike Montgomery, Harvey Eder, Brad Tonoff, and Cynthia Riddle commented on various local issues.

PUBLIC INPUT FOR

CONSENT CALENDAR

AND CLOSED SESSION
ONLY:

Members of the public Karen Melick, Zoe Muntaner, and Denise Barton, commented on Consent Calendar items.

Members of the public Jerry Rubin, Zoe Muntaner, commented on Closed Session items.

CONSENT CALENDAR: All items were considered and approved in one motion unless removed by a Councilmember for discussion.

At the request of Councilmember Zernitskaya, Item 4.D. was removed from the Consent Calendar.

Motion by Councilmember Zernitskaya, seconded by Mayor Torosis, to approve the Consent Calendar except for Item 4.D., reading resolutions by title only and waiving further reading thereof. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Zernitskaya, Snell, Raskin, Hall, Negrete, Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, Mayor Torosis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None

CAMERA OBSCURA

DESIGN SERVICES

4.A. Award Agreement with Omgivning for Design Services for the Reimagining Camera Obscura, was approved.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to Sections 15301 (Existing Facilities) and 15331 (Historical Resource

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Restoration/Rehabilitation) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines; and

2. Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Omgivning, Inc. for design services for the Public Works Department. This recommended award is made as an exception to the competitive bidding process pursuant to Section 2.24.250(g) and is for a total amount to exceed $613,838, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

L.A. AREA FIRE CHIEF’S

ASSOCIATION

REGIONAL TRAINING
GROUP

4.B. Approval of First Modification to Agreement No. 11613 (CCS) with Advanced Problem Solving LLC and Third Modification to Agreement No. 11339 No. (CCS) with Fire Resources LLC to Assist the Los Angeles Area Fire Chief's Association Regional Training Group Hosted by the Santa Monica Fire Department, was approved.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines;

2. Authorize the City Manager to execute a third modification to Agreement No. 11339 (CCS) in the amount of $200,000 with Fire Resources, LLC to assist the Los Angeles Area Fire Chief’s Association Regional Training Group for the Fire Department. This will result in a new total contract amount not to exceed $940,000, with future year funding contingent on the availability of grant funds and Council budget approval; and

3. Authorize the City Manager to execute a first modification to Agreement No. 11613 (CCS) in the amount of $203,600 with Advanced Problem Solving, LLC for video and curriculum Training Delivery development services for the Fire Department. This will result in a new total contract amount not to exceed $1,453,600, with future year funding contingent on the availability of grant funds and Council budget approval.

FY 2026-27 SMTT

BUDGET & WORK PLAN

4.C. Approval of the Santa Monica Tourism Marketing District Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budget and Work Plan, was approved.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061 (b)(3) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines; and

2. Receive and approve the Santa Monica Tourism Marketing District Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budget and Work Plan.

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LANGUAGE ACCESS

PROGRAM

4.E. Award Bid #4468 and Authorize City Manager to Enter into Agreement With Cal Interpreting & Translations for Citywide Language Access Program, was approved.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines;

2. Award Bid #4468 to Cal Interpreting and Translations Corporation for translation and interpretations services for the City Manager’s Office Citywide Language Access Program;

3. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with Cal Interpreting and Translations Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $500,000 for five years, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.

FY 2026-27 DTSM

BUDGET, WORK PLAN &

LICENSE AGREEMENT

4.D. Approval of the Downtown Santa Monica Inc.'s Fiscal Year 2026 -27 Budget and Work Plan and Community Event License Agreement for Lot 27, was presented.

Recommended Action
Staff recommend that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) and a finding of categorical exemption pursuant to Section 15301 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines; and

2. Receive and approve the Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. (DTSM) Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Budget and Work Plan; and

3. Approve a Community Events License Agreement for Lot 27 (1325 5th Street) for a term of two years, with three annual options to renew (through July 1, 2031), to allow DTSM to continue operating events and activations on the City-owned parking lot.

This item was pulled by Councilmember Zernitskaya to get clarification and to provide comments.

Questions asked included: how is the city working collaboratively with the various groups, what kind of successes are being seen, and what are we hoping to see in this coming year; what is the city doing with artist to help improve the look of the vacant properties in the downtown; and, have there been general improvements in the downtown, and what does that look like.

Considerable discussion ensued on topics including, but not limited to:
thanks to all who helped with all of the activation in the downtown and Promenade, acknowledging that this is not easy; continue looking for more

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opportunities to get people to visit downtown and the Promenade area; and, it would be helpful to include the average daily rate information, hotel occupancy rate on the city’s scorecard, in addition to the daily spending information.

Motion by Councilmember Zernitskaya, seconded by Councilmember Snell, to approve staff recommendation. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Negrete, Hall, Raskin, Snell, Zernitskaya, Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, Mayor Torosis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
CLOSED SESSIONS On order of the Mayor, the City Council recessed at 7:09 p.m., to consider Closed Sessions and returned at 8:26 p.m., with all members present, to report the following:

5.A. Conference with legal counsel - existing litigation - Gov. Code § 54956.9(d)(1) John U.N.B. Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 23STCV12746; John Doe 1, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 23STCV15009; Hector Orozco v. John Doe: Does 1-2, LASC # 23SMCV03120; John JPC Doe v. Doe City, et al., LASC # 23STCV22020; John AD Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 23STCV26548; John CW Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 23STCV29623; John Doe (A.G.) v. Santa Monica Police Activities League, et al., LASC # 23SMCV06066; John GA DOE, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 24STCV06484; John U.L.W. Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 24STCV06768; Joseph Garcia v. Santa Monica Police Activities League, et al., LASC # 24SMCV01368; John Doe 15, et al. v.

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League, et al., LASC # 25STCV06354; Jane PB Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV06880; John Doe 67 v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV10142; John Doe 68 v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV12089; John Doe 69, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV14031; John OR Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV16251; John RD Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV24158; John Doe 71, et al. v. City of Santa Monica, et al., # 25STCV32120; John Doe 76 v. Roe 1, a public entity; et al., # 25STCV32032; John Doe 77 v. City of Santa Monica, et al., # 26STCV07769
The City Attorney advised this matter was heard with no reportable action taken.

5.B. Conference with legal counsel - existing litigation - Gov. Code § 54956.9(d)(1): City v. ICSOP, et al.; OCSC # 30-2022-01261243 The City Attorney reported that the City Council approved a settlement in Mastroberte v. the City, a personal injury case involving a claim of dangerous condition of public property. The City denies liability and does not admit fault but agreed to settle for $160,000, and, in exchange, plaintiff agreed to release all claims against the City. The settlement was approved by a vote of 7-0.

5.C. Conference with legal counsel - existing litigation - Gov. Code § 54956.9(d)(1): Martha Garcia, et. al. v City, et. al., LASC # 24SMCV00971
The City Attorney advised this matter was heard with no reportable action taken.

5.D. Conference with legal counsel - existing litigation - Gov. Code § 54956.9(d)(1): Glen Mastroberte v. City of Santa Monica; LASC # 25SMCV02226
The City Attorney advised this matter was heard with no reportable action taken.

5.E. Conference with real estate negotiator - Gov. Code § 54956.8; property - 1855 Main Street (Civic Auditorium) (APN 4290-013-901); City negotiators: Oliver Chi, City Manager; owner of record: City of Santa Monica; parties to be negotiated with: Melissa Ormand, COO Goldenvoice, and Shawn Trell, EVP / COO & General Counsel of AEG Presents; under negotiation: price and terms of payment The Mayor reported that Council gave direction to the City Manager to engage in negotiations with AEG Presents / Goldenvoice on price and terms

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of payment for a potential multiuse entertainment venue. Staff anticipates returning to Council with an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement within the next two Council meetings.

COUNCIL TRAVEL Mayor Torosis reported that she attended the U.S. Conference for Mayors National Endowment for the Arts Mayor’s Institute on City Design in Nashville, TN, where she gathered with six other mayors from across the country, and some design professionals to challenge intrinsic urban design challenges in our city, specifically the airport and what to do when it is converted. She also traveled to the Local Progress National Convening in Baltimore, Maryland. They addressed working on issues like how to handle data centers in our jurisdiction, and what responsible AI looks like. She also chatted with other jurisdictions who have set up their own local housing authorities, and social housing models for both affordable home ownership and affordable rental.

Councilmember Negrete reported that she traveled to Coronado for Independent Cities Association, where she sits on their Executive Board as the Communications Director. She sat on two panels, one with Firefighters, consultants and Public Safety members where she shared what the city did with our system of care in terms of bringing ambulance services back inhouse; she did a session on communication with constituents, difficult information, and transparency; and, she attended policy sessions around AI, the flock cameras, data sharing, data centers, and litigation and how it impacts cities.

Councilmembers Raskin and Hall also attended the Local Progress National Convening Meeting, where there were more than 500 local and state elected officials across America. Councilmember Raskin shared he learned about models for a range of regulatory challenges and opportunities, tenant protections, municipal finance, and new revenue. Councilmember Hall shared how fortunate we are to live in California, specifically Santa Monica, where we have such strong tenant protection. Both the Mayor and Councilmember Hall attended the Local Progress National Convening meeting on a scholarship and there were no city funds used.

PUBLIC INPUT ON

REMAINING AGENDA
ITEMS:

Members of the public Jeff Peak, Karen Melick, Ted Winterer, Elizabeth van Denburgh, Brett Morrow, and Debbie Mulvaney commented on item 11.A.

Members of the public Joseph Ramos Aagla, Kelly Smith, Jerard, Denise Barton, Zoe Muntaner, and Brett Morrow commented on item 11.B.

There were no members of public present to comment on Item 16.C.

STAFF

ADMINISTRATIVE

11.A. Certification of Qualified an Initiative Measure Establishing a Parcel Tax Collected by the City of Santa Monica for Funding for the

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ITEMS:

NOVEMBER 3, 2026

BALLOT MEASURE
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District and Adoption of Resolution to place Measure on the November 3, 2026 Ballot, was presented.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding that the resolution below is not a “project” subject to the California Environmental Quality Act;

2. Receive and file the attached Certification of Qualification regarding an Initiative Measure Establishing a Parcel Tax Collected by the City of Santa Monica for Funding for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District by adding, Chapter 2.74 to the Santa Monica Municipal Code and establish an annual parcel tax of $495 per parcel of taxable real property located within the City of Santa Monica (“City”); and,

3. Adopt the attached resolution requesting and directing the actions necessary to place the measure on the November 3, 2026, General Municipal Ballot.

Motion by Councilmember Hall, seconded by Councilmember Raskin, to adopt the staff recommendation. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Negrete, Hall, Raskin, Snell, Zernitskaya, Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, Mayor Torosis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOVEMBER 3, 2026

BALLOT MEASURES

11.B. Adoption of Resolutions Placing Proposed Ballot Measures Amending Articles XVIII, Rent Control Law, and XXIII, Housing Policies, of the City Charter on the November 3, 2026 Ballot, was presented.

Recommended Actions

1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (common sense exemption) of the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines; and

2. Per Rent Control Board recommendation and staff recommendation, adopt the attached resolution (Attachment A) placing a measure on the November 3, 2026, ballot that would amend Articles XVIII and XXIII of the City Charter to reaffirm the application of local just cause eviction laws, update term limit provisions for Rent Control Board Commissioners, update and clarify procedures for increasing the maximum annual rent controlled rental unit registration fee, clarify Rent Control Board authority to regulate time limits for deciding individual rent adjustment petitions, and add requirements

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Mayor Pro Tem Zwick
excused at 9:01 p.m.
for owners to evict tenants for non-compliance with affordable housing deed restrictions; and

3. Per Rent Control Board and staff recommendation, adopt the attached resolution (Attachment B) placing a measure on the November 3, 2026 ballot that would amend Articles XVIII and XXIII of the City Charter to prohibit evictions based on non-payment of rent when the tenant owes less than a fair threshold amount of rent; and

4. Per Rent Control Board and staff recommendation, adopt the attached resolution (Attachment C) placing a measure on the November 3, 2026 ballot that would amend Articles XVIII and XXIII of the City Charter to revise requirements for owners to evict tenants for breach of a rental agreement based on the addition of new occupants, revise eviction protections for certain occupants remaining in a rental unit after the original tenant vacates, add just cause eviction protections to single-unit dwellings and condominiums, and modify
requirements for good faith owner move in evictions from non-rent controlled rental units; and

5. Authorize City Councilmembers to file written arguments for or against and direct the City Attorney to prepare an impartial analysis for each measure.

Mayor Pro Tem Zwick recused himself from this item due to his employment as a Southern California director at the Housing Action Coalition, which has previously advocated on the issue of rent control and tenant protections.

Councilmember Raskin made a public disclosure for the record that his wife is an elected member of the Rent Control Board. He has consulted with the City Attorney’s Office, and there is no conflict issues, and this will not impair his ability to consider this impartially, especially in light of the fact that this is a legislative item.

Questions asked and answered of staff included: in proposed resolution 3, if the original tenant leaves for some reason, does the rent stay the same, or does it reset to market rate, or does it depend on the situation; legally under state law the landlord would be able to reset to market rate for the vacant unit; in proposed resolution 3, what is a non-resident; could anyone move in and be considered a family member and move in as a tenant; if the original tenant moves out, and another occupant is living there for over a year, does this entitle that occupant to become the new renter, even if they don't have a rental agreement with the landlord; has the Rent Control Board considered that this will create more loopholes, for example illegal subleasing; was there any economic analysis done with regard to small landlords; does perpetual tenancy cause any problems for tenants who may want to break their lease or evictions; are there any limits on how many "family" members can live in a unit; how is this changing from what it is now, and how it will look with multiple people moving in; why are these three articles being cross4.O Packet Pg. 946 Minutes Acceptance: Minutes of Jul 14, 2026 5:30 PM (CONSENT CALENDAR) 10 July 14, 2026
referenced to each other; what is the policy genesis behind extending just cause protections to single unit dwellings, specifically for Article XXIII; are we concerned about the increasing presence of corporate buyouts of single family homes and condos, in that essentially renters are in these units with a corporate landlord; are there statutory definitions or case law surrounding what the definition of a household is; what process has these amendments gone through with discussions with community members, landlords and tenancy advocate groups to get to this point; asked for clarification on the limiting evictions based on new occupants and the maximum number per unit; and, do we still need to be in compliance with state rent control restriction rights where landlords are still entitled to a fair return.

Considerable discussion ensued on topics including, but not limited to: for the sake of transparency, is it possible to delay this for another meeting, giving more time for renters and landlords to get a better understanding of what is being presented; remember how badly things had gotten when the Council asked to find solutions to some of the problems that have occurred for rentals; and want to make sure that this does not cause any unintended consequences for landlords and tenants.

Motion by Councilmember Raskin, seconded by Mayor Torosis, to adopt all three proposed resolutions and place them on the ballot.

Substitute motion by Councilmember Snell, seconded by Councilmember Negrete, to vote on each resolution separately. The substitute motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Negrete, Raskin, Snell, Zernitskaya, Mayor Torosis
NOES: Councilmember Hall
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem Zwick
Motion by Councilmember Snell, seconded by Councilmember Raskin, to vote on recommended action items 1, 2, and 3. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Negrete, Hall, Raskin, Snell, Zernitskaya, Mayor Torosis
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem Zwick
Motion by Mayor Torosis, seconded by Councilmember Hall, to vote on recommended action items 4. The motion was approved by the following vote:

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AYES: Councilmembers Zernitskaya, Raskin, Hall, Mayor Torosis NOES: Councilmembers Snell, Negrete
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem Zwick
Motion by Mayor Torosis, seconded by Councilmember Snell, that Councilmember Hall write the Argument in Favor of recommended action item #2.

Motion by Councilmember Hall, seconded by Councilmember Raskin, that Mayor Torosis write the Argument in Favor of recommended action item #3.

Motion by Mayor Torosis, seconded by Councilmember Hall, that Councilmember Raskin write the Argument in Favor of recommended action item #4.

The motions were approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Negrete, Hall, Raskin, Snell, Zernitskaya, Mayor Torosis
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem Zwick
AGENDA

MANAGEMENT
Mayor Pro Tem Zwick
returned at 10:03 p.m.

Motion by Mayor Torosis, seconded by Councilmember Zernitskaya, to hear Item 12.C. before Items 12.A. and 12.B. The motion was unanimously approved by voice vote, with all members present.

LIGHT FLEET-BASED

SERVICE FOR

AUTONOMOUS

VEHICLES
.

12.C. Introduction and Adoption of Emergency Interim Zoning Ordinance Establishing Standards and Procedures for Light FleetBased Service for Autonomous Vehicles, was presented.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines; and

2. Introduce and Adopt an Emergency Interim Zoning Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Santa Monica to Establish Standards and Procedures of Approval for Light Fleet-Based Service for Autonomous Vehicles and Creation of a Use Classification for LightFleet Based Service for Autonomous Vehicles.

Members of the public Alex Brown, Harvin Melendez, Dylan Moore, and Jacob Wasserman, spoke to the recommended action.

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Questions asked and answered of staff included: why is this being done as an emergency ordinance; would this be in order to allow the three facilities to move forward in the process and allow the city time to create permanent standards; would there need to be an applicability clause to state that this is not retroactive; on the standard to have a minimum of two employees onsite, how is that calculated in time; does this apply to other autonomous vehicles regardless to what type of fuel they use; how will this interact with our current code dealing with mitigation issues and sound walls; is fueling different than charging; and, how does the city regulate non-autonomous vehicles.

Motion by Mayor Torosis, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, to adopt the staff recommendation. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Negrete, Hall Raskin, Snell, Zernitskaya, Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, Mayor Torosis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
PUBLIC HEARINGS:

DOWNTOWN

COMMUNITY PLAN

AMENDMENT
Mayor Pro Tem Zwick
excused at 10:35 p.m.

Councilmember Hall excused
at 10:36 p.m.

12.A. Adoption of a Resolution to Amend the Text of the Downtown Community Plan and Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance to Amend the Text of the Zoning Ordinance to Implement the City’s Realignment Plan by Increasing the Development Potential of CityOwned Sites in the Downtown and Sites Located Within the Gateway Master Plan Area, was presented.

Mayor Pro Tem Zwick recused himself from items 12.A. and 12.B. due to his employment as Southern California Director at the Housing action Coalition, which advocates for housing production, and both of these items do potentially touch on housing production in the city.

Councilmember Hall recused himself from item 12.A. because his residence is located between 500 and 1,000 feet of one of the Gateway Master Plan parcels, and one of the city-owned sites that is proposed for exemption from the zoning ordinance.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding that the potential environmental effects of the Ordinances have been previously analyzed as part of the certified Downtown Community Plan Environmental Impact Report, the 6th Cycle Housing Element Environmental Impact Report and
subsequent addendum, and a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines;

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2. Adopt a Resolution to Amend the Text of the Downtown Community Plan to Effectuate the Goals of the Realignment Plan by Increasing the Potential of City-Owned Sites in the Downtown Community Plan Area and Sites Located Within the Gateway Master Plan Area; and

3. Introduce for First Reading an Ordinance Amending the Text of the Zoning Ordinance to Effectuate the Goals of the Realignment Plan by Increasing the Potential of City-Owned Sites in the Downtown Community Plan Area.

Members of the public Jonah Breslau, Elizabeth Van Denburg, and Denise Barton spoke to the recommended action.

Questions asked and answered of staff included: why did the planning commission choose the 30,000 sq ft threshold; does the city have a public benefits policy for city owned parcels; is it true that if something is done on city-owned property, there is still a con; are hotels, motels exempt; what's being proposed does not undo the current development processes; for the Gateway sites is it only to update the FAR and height requirement; at what point does it become a housing project versus a commercial project; what was the Planning Commission's reasons and discussion that they came up with the 30,000 sq ft limit; how many properties could meet the 30,000 sq ft.; what is the benefit of doing this; and, even if we didn’t pass this, couldn’t someone that has a non-housing project still present something that’s beyond the current.

Considerable discussion ensued on topics including but not limited to: A straw poll to the policy questions presented by Planning. Policy question 1) what entitlement process should non-housing projects on Gateway sites be processed under. A strong support for Option 2, Permit process connected to existing DCP tier system and FAR limits; Policy question 2) on Gateway sites, should certain land uses exclude a project from a potential ministerial entitlement process regardless of size. Strong support for Yes, exclude hotel, motel, bed and breakfast, and other transient lodging uses from the ministerial path; Policy question 3) to ensure proportionate community benefits are provided, should a tiered community benefits system similar to what is currently in place in the DCP be implemented in order for nonhousing projects to be granted the proposed increases in height and FAR; Strong support for Yes, implement a tiered community benefits system for projects that exceed Tier 1 base standards (1.75 FAR/32’) similar to the current structure in the DCP in order for projects to access the proposed increased standards.

Motion by Mayor Torosis, seconded by Councilmember Snell, for any nonhousing projects in the Gateway sites administrative approval connected to the existing DCP tier system and FAR limits; exclude all hotel, motel, transient occupancy uses and policy question three, a tiered community

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benefit system is important, and findings, conclusions and those 3 policy directions. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Zernitskaya, Snell, Raskin, Negrete, Mayor Torosis
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Hall, Mayor Pro Tem Zwick
SENATE BILL (SB) 79
Councilmember Hall returned
at 11:34 p.m.

12.B. Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance to Amend the Text of The Zoning Ordinance to Exclude Certain Sites from Senate Bill (SB) 79 Implementation Until One Year Following Adoption of the 7th Cycle (2029-2037) Housing Element and to Increase Development Standards for Parcels Zoned Multi-Unit Residential That Are Located Within One-Half Mile of the Metro E/Expo Bundy Station, was presented.

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of statutory exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Government Code Section 65912.160(c); and

2. Introduce for First Reading an Ordinance to Amend the Text of the Zoning Ordinance to Exclude Certain Sites from Senate Bill (SB) 79 Implementation Until One Year Following the Adoption of the 7th Cycle (2029-2037) Housing Element and to Increase Development Standards for Parcels Zoned Multi-Unit Residential That Are Located Within One-Half Mile of the Metro E Expo/Bundy Station.

Members of the public Mati Fuchs-Lynch and Elizabeth van Denburgh spoke to the recommended action.

Questions asked and answered of staff included: would the proposal require the upzoning of all R1; how much would the R1s need to get upzoned to meet the requirement; how was the creep into Wilmont created with adding those three bus stops; for this part of the TOD zones, which of the current laws would produce the most housing; why didn't we just allow upzoning commercial or just allow SB 79 take effect in our commercial zones; when looking at R1 properties, do we know how many renters are in the R1 properties; is this not effectively just a paper upzone; what types of parcels have carried the majority of upzoning and displacement, is it the multifamily zones or the single family zones; aren’t there other state laws that would allow more housing on a parcel than SB79; do we have many R1 lots that are larger than roughly 5,500 sq. foot in this specific area; would we need to upzone all of the 212 parcels in the R1 to meet the number of parcels; when this was presented to the Planning Commission, were the options upzone R1, or upzone R2 and R3, or was there something that was a combination of the

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two within a specific area that was closer to the transit; if we could pick, could we pick the 52 parcels closest to the TOD stop; and, is it safe to say that in the R1 zones, there isn’t the same Ellis Act pressure.

Considerable discussion ensued on topics including but not limited to, there's a greater risk of displacement if upzoning occurs in R2 and R3 zones more than in R1 zones.

Motion by Councilmember Negrete, to approve the Planning Commission’s recommendation. The motion failed, due to a lack of a second.

Motion by Councilmember Raskin, seconded by Councilmember Hall, to introduce and hold the first reading for the ordinance that addresses the six TOD zones within Santa Monica, with direction to the Planning department to come back with options for the Expo Bundy TOD zone, to upzone R1 parcels, in order to qualify for exclusion.

AYES: Councilmembers Zernitskaya, Snell, Raskin, Hall,
Mayor Torosis
NOES: Councilmember Negrete
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem Zwick
Councilmember Negrete voted No because she wanted to go with the Planning Commission’s recommendation. Her concern that upzoning the R1 actually creates a more speculatory process, and properties become more vulnerable to be sold by corporate predators that come in and look at these properties as an opportunity to build much larger units.

COUNCILMEMBER
DISCUSSION ITEMS:

In accordance with Council Rule 6(y), all Councilmember Discussion items were considered and approved in one motion unless removed by a Councilmember for discussion.

RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

COMMISSION

16.A. Appointments to seven seats on the new Restorative Justice Commission - Four seats available for terms ending June 30, 2030 and three seats available for terms ending June 30, 2028. The members first appointed shall so classify themselves by lot that the term of three members shall expire in 2028. Thereafter, these seats would be for 4- year terms, was continued to the July 28, 2026, meeting.

HOUSING & HUMAN

SERVICES COMMISSION

16.B. Appointments to seven seats on the consolidated Housing & Human Services Commission with three 4-year terms ending on June 30, 2030, three 2-year terms ending on June 30, 2028, and one term ending on June 30, 2027, was continued to the July 28, 2026, meeting.

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS
EVENT

16.C. Request of Mayor Caroline Torosis that Council approve use of $5,000 of discretionary funds to support the Pico Business Improvement

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District for its Dia de los Muertos event at Woodlawn Cemetery, was presented.

Motion by Mayor Torosis, seconded by Councilmember Negrete, to adopt the staff recommendation, with additional donations in the amount of $5,000 each from Councilmembers Negrete, Raskin, Zernitskaya, and Snell, for a total of $25,000. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Negrete, Hall, Raskin, Snell, Zernitskaya, Mayor Torosis
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem Zwick
ADJOURNMENT On order of the Mayor, the City Council meeting adjourned at 12:40 a.m. in memory of Joey Bravo.

ATTEST: APPROVED:

Denise Anderson-Warren Caroline Torosis
Interim City Clerk Mayor

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CITY OF SANTA MONICA

CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
JULY 27, 2026
A special meeting of the Santa Monica City Council was called to order by Mayor Torosis at 5:33 p.m., on Monday, July 27, 2026, at City Council Chambers, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA.

Roll Call: Present: Mayor Caroline Torosis
Councilmember Lana Negrete
Councilmember Dan Hall (arrived at 5:34 p.m.)
Councilmember Ellis Raskin
Councilmember Barry Snell
Councilmember Natalya Zernitskaya

Absent: Mayor Pro Tem Jesse Zwick
Also Present: City Manager Oliver Chi
City Attorney Heidi von Tongeln
Interim City Clerk Denise Anderson-Warren
CONVENE/PLEDGE On order of the Mayor, the City Council convened at 5:33 p.m., with all members present except Councilmember Hall and Mayor Pro Tem Zwick. Councilmember Snell led the assemblage in the Pledge of Allegiance.

STATEMENT OF

ACCOUNTABILITY
(LAND

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT)
Councilmember Hall arrived
at 5:34 p.m.

The City of Santa Monica Statement of Accountability (Land Acknowledgement) was read into the record by Mayor Torosis.

LEVINE ACT

DISCLOSURE
No Councilmembers made disclosures regarding the Levine Act (Govt Code Section 84308)

PUBLIC INPUT FOR
CLOSED SESSION ONLY:

There were no members of the public present to comment on Closed Session items.

CLOSED SESSIONS On order of the Mayor, the City Council recessed at 5:35 p.m., to consider Closed Sessions and returned at 8:07 p.m., with all members present, except, Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, to report the following:

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5.A. Public employee appointment - Gov. Code § 54957(b): consider public employee appointment; title: City Clerk; Gov. Code § 54957.6:
conference with labor negotiator; City negotiator: Mayor/Personnel Director; unrepresented employee: City Clerk
The City Attorney reported that the Council has selected a final candidate, instructed the Mayor and HR Director to negotiate terms with the final candidate.

ADJOURNMENT On order of the Mayor, the special City Council meeting adjourned at 8:07 p.m.

ATTEST: APPROVED:

Denise Anderson-Warren Caroline Torosis
Interim City Clerk Mayor

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CITY OF SANTA MONICA

CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
JULY 28, 2026
A special meeting of the Santa Monica City Council was called to order by Mayor Torosis at 12:28 a.m., on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, at City Council Chambers, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA.

Roll Call: Present: Mayor Caroline Torosis
Mayor Pro Tem Jesse Zwick
Councilmember Lana Negrete
Councilmember Dan Hall
Councilmember Ellis Raskin
Councilmember Barry Snell
Councilmember Natalya Zernitskaya
Also Present: City Manager Oliver Chi
City Attorney Heidi von Tongeln
Interim City Clerk Denise Anderson-Warren
CONVENE On order of the Mayor, the City Council convened at 12:28 a.m., with all members present.

PUBLIC INPUT ON

REMAINING AGENDA
ITEMS:

Members of the public Zoe Muntaner and Harvey Eder commented on item

11.B.

STAFF

ADMINISTRATIVE
ITEMS:

BALLOT MEASURE

11.A. Adoption of Resolution Placing Proposed Ballot Measure Amending Chapter 6.68 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code on the November 3, 2026 Ballot to Maintain Existing Tax Rates; Authorize the City Council to Establish Major Event Periods When the Tax Will Apply to Corporate Bookings of More than 30 Days and to Adjust the Tax Rate During those Major Event Periods; Clarify When Returns Are Available; and Authorize the Adoption of Administrative Guidelines, was presented.

Motion by Mayor Torosis, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, to adopt the staff recommendation. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Negrete, Hall, Raskin, Snell, Zernitskaya, Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, Mayor Torosis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None

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Motion by Mayor Torosis, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, to nominate Councilmember Zernitskaya and Mayor Pro Tem Zwick to write the Argument in Favor of the ballot measure. The motion was unanimously approved by voice vote, with all members present.

BALLOT MEASURE

RESOLUTION

RECENSION
Mayor Pro Tem Zwick was
excused at 12:36 a.m.

11.B. Rescind Resolution Number 11785 (CCS) that was Adopted at the July 14, 2026 City Council Meeting, to Place a Proposed Ballot Measure Amending Articles XVIII and XXIII of the City Charter to Revise Requirements for Owners to Evict Tenants for Breach of a Rental Agreement Based on the Addition of New Occupants, Revise Protections for Certain Occupants Remaining in a Rental Unit After the Original Tenant Vacates, Expand Just Cause Eviction Protections to Single-Unit Dwellings, and Modify Requirements for Good Faith Owner Move-In Evictions from Non-Rent Controlled Rental Units; and Adopt a Resolution to Place a Proposed Ballot Measure Amending Only Article XXIII, Housing Policies, of the City Charter on the November 3, 2026 Ballot to Expand Just Cause Eviction Protections to Single-Unit Dwellings, and Modify Requirements for Good Faith Owner Move-In Evictions For Non-Rent Controlled Rental Units, was presented.

Mayor Pro Tem Zwick recused himself from this item due to his employment as Southern California Director of the Housing Action Coalition, which has previously advocated on the issue of rent control and tenant protections.

Question asked and answered of staff included the changes that are now being proposed to Article 23 are an exact word-for-word match to what is already in Article 18.

Motion by Mayor Torosis, seconded by Councilmember Hall, to adopt the staff recommendation. The motion was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Zernitskaya, Snell, Hall, Negrete, Mayor Torosis
NOES: Councilmember Raskin
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem Zwick
Councilmember Raskin stated his No vote was because this process has been in the works for a very long time. He is concerned that there are members in our community that need further protections and is concerned about the impacts over the next two years. This is an unprecedented action to remove a measure that has already been placed on the ballot. This was a matter that was vetted with a great deal of community input, a great deal of work into it, and he is hopeful that the city can continue to work collaboratively to find other avenues for protecting those vulnerable tenants over the next two years and hopefully get it right in 2028.

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Motion by Councilmember Raskin, seconded by Mayor Torosis, to have Councilmembers Raskin and Snell write the Argument in Favor of the ballot measure. The motion was unanimously approved by voice vote, with Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, absent.

ADJOURNMENT On order of the Mayor, the City Council special meeting adjourned at 12:45a.m.

ATTEST: APPROVED:

Denise Anderson-Warren Caroline Torosis
Interim City Clerk Mayor

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Report
City Council Meeting: September 8, 2026
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Dana Brown, Human Resources Director, Human Resources Department Subject: Approval of Offer Letter for Retired Annuitant Extra Help Services in the Records and Election Services Department – Denise Anderson-Warren Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council

1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15601(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines;

2. Approve the offer letter to Denise Anderson-Warren for her services as extra help during the transition to a new permanent Director of Records and Election Services (City Clerk); and

3. Authorize the Mayor to sign the offer letter on behalf of the City.

Summary
On January 15, 2026, the City Council appointed Denise Anderson-Warren to serve as Interim Director of Records and Election Services (City Clerk), commencing upon the departure of former Director of Records and Election Services (City Clerk) Nikima Newsome and continuing until the completion of recruitment for a permanent Director of Records and Election Services (City Clerk). Her services in this interim position will terminate as of September 21, 2026, when Mr. Walfred Solorzano will begin his employment as the City’s new permanent Director of Records and Election Services (City Clerk). However, to avoid disruption in services to the Santa Monica community and to support the continuing needs of public business during this transition in leadership with and the onboarding of Mr. Solorzano, staff recommends that Council reappoint Ms. Anderson-Warren as “extra help” on a part-time basis in the Records and Election Services Department, due to her specialized skills at this executive level. As a

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retired annuitant, Ms. Anderson-Warren’s appointment is subject to the requirements of Government Code Section 21221(g). In accordance with these requirements, under the terms of the offer letter, Ms. Anderson-Warren’s hourly rate will be $129.35 (which equates to an annual salary of $269,040); her services will be for a limited duration to commence on September 21, 2026, until October 1, 2026; and she will receive no additional benefits. Because she will be serving as a “local agency executive” as defined in Government Code section 3511.1(d), California law requires that Ms.

Anderson-Warren’s pay be approved at a regular meeting, with an oral summary provided before final action is taken. See Government Code sections 54953(c)(3), 54956(b).

Environmental Review
The offer letter for Ms. Anderson-Warren’s extra help services as a retired annuitant is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines, which states that CEQA does not apply, “where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.” The offer letter is administrative in nature. Therefore, it can be seen with certainty that the offer letter would not result in adverse physical impacts on the environment, and as such, is exempt from CEQA.

Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
There is no immediate financial impact or budget action necessary as a result of the recommended action. Salary for retired annuitants appointed for a limited duration as extra help are included in the FY 2026-27 budget.

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Prepared By: Dana Brown, Human Resources Director
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Attachments:

A. PERS Annuitant TempPTofferltr_D. Anderson Warren 2026 B. Written Comments

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Denise Anderson-Warren
Sent via Electronic Mail:

[email protected]
Re: Offer of Temporary, Part-Time Employment – Limited Duration Dear Denise:

It is my pleasure to extend this offer of temporary, part-time employment. The specific terms of your appointment are as follows:
• Your start date is Monday, September 21, 2026, and your end date is October 2, 2026, with the last day worked October 1, 2026. • Your rate of pay is $129.35 per hour.
• You will be scheduled to work approximately 20 hours a week. • You are not entitled to receive any additional benefits, incentives, compensation in lieu of benefits, or other forms of compensation. • Your appointment is “extra help” due to specialized skills that are needed to perform work of a limited duration in the Records and Election Services Department (City Clerk’s Office) to avoid disruption in services to the community and support the continuing needs of public business during the transition in leadership with and onboarding of a new Director of Records and Election Services (City Clerk); your appointment is not to be a vacant budgeted position.
• As a temporary, as-needed employee, your employment status is at will and may end with or without cause or advance notice at any time. • As a CalPERS retired annuitant, your hours of work may not exceed 960 hours in a fiscal year (July 1st through June 30th) for all combined CalPERS employers by whom you are employed.

This offer of employment is made with the City’s understanding and belief that it complies with State law governing employment of CalPERS retirees. However, the City cannot guarantee that CalPERS may otherwise determine in the future that your employment is not consistent with limitations on post-retirement employment. Therefore, your acceptance of this offer of employment is done so at your own risk. If CalPERS finds that your post-retirement employment with the City violates restrictions on employment of retirees, the City will not be responsible for, and you agree to waive any and all claims against the City for, any loss or damage occasioned by you because of any such findings. Please review A Guide to CalPERS Employment After Retirement (Pub 33) to ensure you understand the rules for working after retirement.

If you accept this offer of temporary, part-time employment, please sign below and return this letter to my attention.

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Sincerely,
Caroline Torosis
Mayor
Acknowledgement and Waiver:
“I, _______________________ (print full name), acknowledge receipt of this Offer of Temporary, Part-Time Employment – Limited Duration. I understand this employment is to perform work of a limited duration and subject to CalPERs’ rules for working after retirement. I have reviewed A Guide to CalPERs Employment After Retirement (Pub 33) and am aware of the rules for postretirement employment and the consequences for failure to comply. I confirm that I meet the prerequisites for a retired annuitant appointment with the City of Santa Monica. I agree that if CalPERS finds my employment with the City violates CalPERS’ restrictions on employment after retirement, the City will not be responsible for, and I agree to waive any and all claims against the City for, any loss or damage I incur because of any such finding.
_______________________________________ ______________________ Signature Date
Note: Upon acceptance, please retain original and return a signed copy of this letter to the Human Resources Department, City of Santa Monica, 1685 Main Street, Room 101, Santa Monica, CA 90401.
cc: Human Resources
Hiring Department

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From: Kevin McKeown <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2026 9:33 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Cc: Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Oliver Chi; Heidi von Tongeln; Denise Anderson-Warren Subject: Item 4-R — approve and extend

EXTERNAL
Please extend interim City Clerk Denise Anderson-Warren’s contract to overlap with the onboarding of new permanent City Clerk Walfred Solorzano. In an election year, this is clearly A Very Good Idea.

Given Denise’s experience and utter trustworthiness, might it make even more sense to keep her as an in-house mentor/advisor through the election, so that our incoming City Clerk doesn’t start his job having to oversee the campaigns of his new employers and their allies?
Thanks,
Kevin McKeown
Former Mayor, retired
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K e v i n M c K e o w n
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mckeown.net__;!!OfuUnHCITYtmmjM!rXW5txb7fphcw1Vfn0DJL8Gpha ZiADoMqRszWGNZUgnowJUd1JgNQMqdAiVrgV53ikC4X7lK-3JWFEgHB09QcAoq50c$ Choose to be conscious
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From: Heidi Von Tongeln, City Attorney, City Attorney's Office Subject: Conference with legal counsel - existing litigation - Gov. Code § 54956.9(d)(1):

John U.N.B. Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 23STCV12746; John Doe 1, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 23STCV15009; Hector Orozco v. John Doe: Does 1-2, LASC # 23SMCV03120; John JPC Doe v. Doe City, et al., LASC # 23STCV22020; John AD Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 23STCV26548; John CW Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 23STCV29623; John Doe (A.G.) v. Santa Monica Police Activities League, et al., LASC # 23SMCV06066; John GA DOE, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 24STCV06484; John U.L.W. Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 24STCV06768; Joseph Garcia v. Santa Monica Police Activities League, et al., LASC # 24SMCV01368; John Doe 15, et al. v.

City, et al., LASC # 24SMCV04421; Jane EB Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 24STCV24146; John Doe (V.D.) v. Santa Monica Police Activities League, et al., LASC # 24SMCV05049; John Doe (D.F.) v. Santa Monica Police Activities League, et al., LASC # 24SMCV05050; John Doe (D.G.) v. Santa Monica Police Activities League, et al., LASC # 24SMCV05051; Jane Doe 13, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 24STCV27233; John AM Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 24STCV28433; John Doe v. City, et al., LASC # 24SMCV05527; John Doe (Y.M.) v. Santa Monica Police Activities League, et al., LASC # 24SMCV06355; Jane Doe 16, et al. v. a Public Entity, et al., LASC # 25STCV02235; John Doe 62, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV04414; John Doe 23 v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV05850; John Doe (E.B.) v. Santa Monica Police Activities League, et al., LASC # 25STCV06354; Jane PB Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV06880; John Doe 67 v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV10142; John Doe 68 v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV12089; John Doe 69, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV14031; John OR Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV16251; John RD Doe, et al. v. City, et al., LASC # 25STCV24158; John Doe 71, et al. v. City of Santa Monica, et al., # 25STCV32120; John Doe 76 v. Roe 1, a public entity; et al., # 25STCV32032; John Doe 77 v. City of Santa Monica, et al., # 26STCV07769

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From: Heidi Von Tongeln, City Attorney, City Attorney's Office Subject: Conference with real estate negotiator - Gov. Code § 54956.8 2525 Michigan (“Bergamot Station Arts Center”), Santa Monica, California; City negotiators: Oliver Chi, City Manager; Aileen Reynolds, Director of Housing and Human Services; Natalie Verlinich, Housing Manager; owner of record: City of Santa Monica; persons to be negotiated with: Joey Hagen, Associate, Bridge Housing; Teresa Pakalski, Senior Development Manager, Community Development Partners et al; John Mimms, Vice President of Development, Michaels; Anup Patel, Director of Real Estate Development, West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation; under negotiation:
price and terms of payment. - New Item Received. 9/03/2026 Prepared By: Ivan Larios, Legal Assistant
Approved Forwarded to Council
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A. Written Comments

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From: Mathew Millen <[email protected]>
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Subject: Sept 8 item 5 F
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I am opposed to the City plan to perpetuate segregation of the Pico Neighborhood..Attached are my previous comments
that apply to item 5 F
The proponent of the segregation plan is no longer on the City Council, so it is time to stop this I am shocked, shocked our new City Attorney supports segregation mathew millen
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From: Mathew Millen <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 7, 2026 1:07 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Sept 8 #5 F
Attachments: HousingMay7.pdf

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From: Nathaniel Wilson <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 6, 2026 9:44 AM
To: Lana Negrete; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; [email protected]; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Oliver Chi; Jing Yeo; Ross Fehrman Cc: councilmtgitems
Subject: RE: September 8 City Council Meeting — Bergamot / Bundy TOD neighborhood plan.

EXTERNAL
City of Santa Monica Mayor and City Council,
The residents of the City of Santa Monica take pride in the Office of Sustainability and the Environment (OSE). This department does some original thinking regarding:
 Climate Action & Adaptation
 Building electrification and sustainable buildings
 Energy and green-building codes
 Water conservation and resilience
 Zero waste
 Coastal resilience
 EV charging and transportation electrification
 Green business programs
 Single-use plastics
 Watershed and urban-runoff issues.

The principals of Sustainable Design begin with adaptable reuse of existing buildings. For our R-1 neighborhood this means renovation and construction, including new Accessory Dwelling units up to 800sf. These types of projects are sustainable, the new 45’ 5 unit condominium project on Delaware is not sustainable. The same developer has already demolished an existing Single Family residential home on Delaware Avenue leaving a vacant lot which has no dust control or stormwater management in place. Please take legal action to stop this.

The OSE is within the City of Santa Monica Public Works Department. The responsibilities of this department include:
 Engineering & Street Services — infrastructure engineering, development-related plan review, right-of-way permits, streets, sidewalks, utilities, streetlights and EV charging. o Water is there capacity for the proposed upzoning? How much more water will the City have to purchase from MWD and what will it cost in 5 – 10 years. o Water independence? That is what the city says but what are they doing about it? Is City Hall the only place where toilets are not flushed with drinking water?? o Sewer Is there capacity for the proposed upzoning? Who will pay for the cost of new sewer? o Streetlights Why are there no streetlights along Virginia Avenue? This injustice dates from the 10 Freeway which should have been below grade and which first galvanized the PNA.  Water Resources — water supply, wastewater, recycled water, stormwater and urban runoff. Single family home with yard space can use graywater from showers and washing machines to irrigate, the proposes upzoning would make this impossible.
 Public Landscape — parks, beach, urban forest and more than 35,000 public trees. o Landscape in the Cal Trans Right of way along Virginia Avenue ?? Maybe engagement with Cal Trans will reduce the existing fire hazard. There is no reason for a fence since the Sound Wall protects the freeway from unauthorized access and the fence facilitates homeless encampments.

Why are Public Works and the OSE not included in the planning and drafting of the proposed ordinance. They are responsible for the city infrastructure.

Within the Public Works Department there is world class expertise in design and planning to address these issues.

Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1005 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 2 Has this expertise been intentionally sidelined? Please address these issues and concerns in your meeting.

Best Regards,
Nathaniel Wilson, AIA
Bergamot/Bundy R-1 TOD Resident.

Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1006 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 1 David Yakobson
From: JL H <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 7, 2026 7:18 PM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya
Cc: Oliver Chi; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox
Subject: Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bermagot for Homeless Housing

EXTERNAL
Dear Oliver Chi, Lana Negrete, Caroline Tsorsis, Jesse Zwick, Lana Negrete, Natalya Zernitzkaya, Dan Hall, Barry Snell,
Regarding the agenda item that you added on Saturday Sept 3 during Labor Weekend that you thought no one would notice for a closed door session for Tuesday September 8th to negotiate a real estate deal to SELL AND DEMOLISH THE BERGOT ARTS STATION in favor of a MASSIVE OPEN DOOR HOMELESS BRIDGE HOUSING FACILITY.

This would dramatically impact the neighborhood, the city, Crossroads School and the business at the Watergarden and which will also strain police and fire resources that will have to respond to the calls that inevitably skyrocket surrounding these projects.

We Demand that the Santa Monica City Council immediately halt negotiations to sell, lease, or turn over Bergamot Station to housing developers for affordable, bridge, supportive, or other homeless housing.

Last year when you tried to put two bridge housing projects on Ocean Avenue across from Palisades park –which we only shamed the county into thwarting – We asked that you  STOP EXPANDING HOMELESS SHELTERS and putting them in unvetted locations  STOP SELLING OFF CITY LAND (!) instead of leveraging our unique irreplaceable assets to generate revenue
 RESCIND THE EMERGENCY HOMELESS PROCLAMATION which excludes the public when LA Mayor Karen Bass already ended their emergency on November 5th of 2025.

No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility without full disclosure and public input.

Jennifer Happillon
SM Resident
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1007 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 2 David Yakobson
From: Louise DeCordoba <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 7, 2026 7:58 PM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Oliver Chi; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox
Subject: Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing

EXTERNAL
Dear Oliver Chi, Lana Negrete, Caroline Tsorsis, Jesse Zwick, Lana Negrete, Natalya Zernitzkaya, Dan Hall, and Barry Snell
Regarding the agenda item 5F that you added on Sept 3, 2026 over Labor Weekend that you thought no one would notice for a closed door session for Tuesday September 8th to negotiate a real estate deal to SELL AND DEMOLISH THE BERGAMOT ARTS STATION in favor of a MASSIVE OPEN DOOR HOMELESS BRIDGE and AFFORDABLE HOUSING FACILITY.

This would dramatically impact the neighborhood, the city, Crossroads School, the Watergarden businesses and strain police and fire resources that will have to respond to the calls that inevitably skyrocket surrounding these projects.

We demand that the Santa Monica City Council immediately halt negotiations to sell, lease, or turn over Bergamot Station to housing developers for affordable, bridge, supportive, or other homeless housing.

Last year when you tried to put two bridge housing projects on Ocean Avenue across from Palisades park –which we only shamed the county into thwarting – we asked that you  STOP EXPANDING HOMELESS SHELTERS and putting them in unvetted locations  STOP SELLING OFF CITY LAND (!) instead of leveraging our unique irreplaceable assets to generate revenue
 RESCIND THE EMERGENCY HOMELESS PROCLAMATION which excludes the public when LA Mayor Karen Bass already ended their emergency on November 5th of 2025.

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and public input.

Sincerely, Louise Decordoba
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1008 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 3 David Yakobson
From: Christine Thomas <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 7, 2026 8:25 PM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox Subject: Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and public input.

Christine Thomas
76 year Sunset Neighborhood Resident
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1009 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 4 David Yakobson
From: Larry Shapiro <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 7, 2026 8:43 PM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox Subject: Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and public input.

Lawrence Shapiro (Santa Monica Resident),
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1010 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 5 David Yakobson
From: lori brown <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 7, 2026 9:05 PM
To: Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Caroline Torosis; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Lana Negrete Cc: Oliver Chi; Jesse Zwick; Heidi von Tongeln; councilmtgitems; Council Mailbox; Attorney Mailbox
Subject: Subject line: Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and public input.

Your name,
Your Santa Monica Neighborhood Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1011 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 6 David Yakobson
From: Andra Bard <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 7, 2026 10:20 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Lana Negrete; Oliver Chi; [email protected] Subject: Leave Bergamot station as is

EXTERNAL
Please preserve Bergamot station and consider expanding its footprint as an Arts destination. Consider having events there, promote community events.

Not everything needs to be converted to generic, ugly, mixed use housing.

Thank you,
Andra Bard, Sunset Park
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1012 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 7 David Yakobson
From: spensive (null) <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 7, 2026 10:21 PM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya
Cc: Attorney Mailbox; Heidi von Tongeln; Oliver Chi
Subject: Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and public input.

Susan Newirth
North of Montana
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1013 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 8 David Yakobson
From: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:17 PM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox; Oliver Chi
Subject: **Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing!!! Without Resident Input!!
Importance: High

EXTERNAL
Subject line: Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing
Dear Oliver Chi, Lana Negrete, Caroline Tsorsis, Jesse Zwick, Lana Negrete, Natalya Zernitzkaya, Dan Hall, and Barry Snell
Regarding the agenda item 5F that you added on Sept 3, 2026 over Labor Weekend that you thought no one would notice for a closed door session for Tuesday September 8th to negotiate a real estate deal to SELL AND DEMOLISH THE BERGAMOT ARTS STATION in favor of a MASSIVE OPEN DOOR HOMELESS BRIDGE and AFFORDABLE HOUSING FACILITY.

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and public input.

Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1014 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 9 Chris and Amani Spielman, Santa Monica
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1015 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 10 David Yakobson
From: Marc Verville <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 1:31 AM
To: Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Oliver Chi
Cc: councilmtgitems
Subject: Cancel agenda item 5.F. - Closed Door Discussions on the Sale of Bergamot Arts Center Complex for conversion to Homeless Bridge Housing
Importance: High

EXTERNAL
Dear Oliver Chi, Lana Negrete, Caroline Tsorsis, Jesse Zwick, Lana Negrete, Natalya Zernitzkaya, Dan Hall, and Barry Snell
It is beyond the pale that this Council is engaging in discussions to negotiate a sale of the 5.6 acre Bergamot Arts Station in favor of a homeless bridge housing facility without ANY public input whatsoever.

This proposed action is defective on multiple dimensions:

1. If the land is to be sold, what is the competitive bidding data that indicates this is the best offer for the City? Where is that data and why has that not been presented to the residents?

2. The City cannot use one-time land sales to spearhead the city’s economic recovery. That recovery is entirely dependent on revitalizing the city’s visitor economy. These new actions reveal that the City is doubling down on its failed management of the homeless crisis. These failed policies have already destroyed our visitor economy.

3. This permanent impact of this initiative will serve to cement Santa Monica as the homeless destination of choice, increasing the thousands (if not in excess of 10,000) existing annual throughput of homeless individuals from LA City and LA County, and incentivizing them to stay in Santa Monica. This is guaranteed to ensure the permanent inability of our economy to ever recover.

4. The data is unequivocal that police and fire resources are strained by the skyrocketing calls for service that accompany such projects. The ensuing social chaos from this type of facility would dramatically impact the neighborhood, Crossroads School, Water Garden businesses, and the city at large.

5. Without economic recovery, and with the added services burden of these proposed facilities, the widening gap between City General Fund revenue and expenditure growth will accelerate rather than narrow and close.

These glaring deficiencies require that the Council (1) immediately cease all negotiations to sell, lease, or turn over Bergamot Station to housing developers for affordable, bridge, supportive, or other homeless housing and (2) present to the residents the actual scale of the homeless throughput in Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1016 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 11 Santa Monica, and (3) concrete evidence that whatever homeless plan that is driving these initiatives is massively reducing this throughput of the thousands of homeless individuals that are migrating through the City annually.

Combined with other irresponsible actions that include placing a homeless shelter in the Sunset Park neighborhood despite overwhelming resident opposition, and the resident pressure-driven abandonment of the closed-door deal for bridge housing projects on Ocean Avenue across from Palisades Park, these actions betray what can only be described as a comprehensive anti-resident, anti-economy agenda.

No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full and comprehensive disclosure, analysis, and public input.

Respectfully,
Marc Verville
Former Chair, Santa Monica Audit Subcommittee
Sunset Park
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1017 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 12 David Yakobson
From: Miles Freeman <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 7:27 AM
To: councilmtgitems; Council Mailbox; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya
Cc: Oliver Chi; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox
Subject: Agenda Item 5.F - Bergamot Arts Center

EXTERNAL
Dear City Council,
I recently learned, with alarm, that there will be a closed session item regarding potentially selling the Bergamot Arts Center to a homeless housing developer. PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS. As a resident of the neighboring Pico neighborhood, this would be an absolute disaster for our neighborhood. The Pico neighborhood already suffers from a large number of homeless individuals who frequently dump trash in our neighborhood and harass our families and children. I myself have been harassed on numerous occasions and my young child is regularly exposed to human waste and drug paraphernalia in our local parks.

Adding yet more homeless facilities in our neighborhood would only increase this and be an absolute disaster. Please, on behalf of all of the families in this neighborhood, do not do this. Construction of this facility would also make transit less popular, more dangerous, and be counterproductive to the goals of getting cars off the streets so more people take LA Metro.

Please look at the big picture here. There are so many incredible uses of the Bergamot property. Homeless housing is the one that benefits the least people and imposes the most costs on the neighboring communities.

Please please please do not do this. And particularly do not do this without consulting the neighborhood first.

Thank you.

Best,
Miles Freeman
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1018 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 1 David Yakobson
From: John Alle <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 7, 2026 10:54 PM
To: Santa Monica Coalition
Subject: Every City Council Candidate Should State Their Position on This Issue NOW. The Remaining Councilmembers Should Be Recalled

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HOW DARE THEY!
SM City Council Adds Agenda Item to Sell Bergamot Station Arts for Massive Open-Door Homeless Housing Project
ONCE AGAIN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, the City is negotiating to SELL Bergamot Station, the largest public arts complex on the West Coast, 5.6 contiguous acres (approx $120M) to West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation for a BRIDGE open-door homeless housing facility. This would dramatically impact Crossroads families, the Water Garden, local businesses and every surrounding neighborhood while placing additional demands on police, fire and 911 services.

HERE ARE THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING TO GIVE YET ANOTHER PIECE OF SANTA MONICA TO THE HOMELESS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX:

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Caroline Torosis
Works for
LA COUNTY Board of
Supervisors alongside Lindsay
Horvath. formative in the
development of the 2025
Ocean Avenue Homeless
Project. Up for re-election and
has been on the City Council
already for 4 years.

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Jesse Zwick
A housing
lobbyist, repeatedly
asked to recuse
himself for conflicts
of interest. Will not
seek re-election.

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Lana
Negrete
Up for reelection
and was
mayor
during
the
Ocean
Avenue
Homeless
Fiasco.

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Barry Snell
Gets FREE
RENT from the
low income and
affordable
housing
Developer called
“Cypress Equity”
and has to
repeatedly
recuse himself
as a result.

Wife’s nonprofit
receives city
money.

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Natalya
Zernitzkaya
The tiebreaking
vote
to keep the
homeless
projects in
Santa
Monica
instead of
the City of
Bell and
took
campaign
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Hal
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Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Concern,
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shelters at
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Center and
DTSM.

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Subject line: Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing
Dear Oliver Chi, Lana Negrete, Caroline Tsorsis, Jesse Zwick, Lana Negrete, Natalya Zernitzkaya, Dan Hall, and Barry Snell
Regarding the agenda item 5F that you added on Sept 3, 2026 over Labor Weekend that you thought no one would notice for a closed door session for Tuesday September 8th to negotiate a real estate deal to SELL AND DEMOLISH THE BERGAMOT ARTS STATION in favor of a MASSIVE OPEN DOOR HOMELESS BRIDGE and AFFORDABLE HOUSING FACILITY.

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Packet Pg. 1020 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 3  STOP SELLING OFF CITY LAND (!) instead of leveraging our unique irreplaceable assets to generate revenue
 RESCIND THE EMERGENCY HOMELESS PROCLAMATION which excludes the public when LA Mayor Karen Bass already ended their emergency on November 5th of 2025.

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and public input.

Your name,
Your Santa Monica Neighborhood
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MORE CRITICAL QUESTIONS TO ASK
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WHY DID THE CITY COUNCIL VOTE TO KEEP HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN

SANTA MONICA INSTEAD OF PAYING TO HOUSE THEM IN THE CITY OF BELL Santa Monica had an opportunity to pay the City of Bell to provide housing and services for homeless individuals who otherwise remain on Santa Monica’s streets. Instead, the City Council voted against using the funds for that purpose, effectively choosing to keep those individuals in Santa Monica rather than placing them in available housing elsewhere. Whatever rationale was offered for the decision, the practical result was extraordinary: housing was available, a mechanism existed to pay for it, and the Council chose not to use it.

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WHY DID THE 3RD STREET PROMENADE PARKING STRUCTURE #3 TURNED

PICKLEBALL COURTS BECOME YET MORE HOMELESS HOUSING UNDER THE SURPLUS LAND ACT?
Thanks to former Councilmember and current candidate PHIL BROCK, who championed the conversion of valuable downtown parking garage #3 into pickleball courts, it now qualifies under the requirements of California’s Surplus Land Act, opening the door to its planned redevelopment for housing, including more Homeless EAH housing, right in the heart of downtown where families are supposed to congregate and businesses try and operate. The City Council has the SAME PLANS FOR PARKING STRUCTURE #1.

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WHAT THE HECK IS THE SURPLUS LAND ACT: HOW BERGAMOT BECAME ONE OF ITS ROADKILL. THE AIRPORT AND CIVIC CENTER ARE NEXT.

The mechanism that put Bergamot Station on this path is California’s Surplus Land Act, strengthened by AB 1486 in 2019 to prioritize affordable housing when public land is sold Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
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Packet Pg. 1021 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 4 or leased. To initiate that process, Santa Monica formally declared Bergamot, 4th/5th/Arizona and Parking Structure 1 “surplus” and invited affordable-housing developers to respond. This is extraordinary in the case of Bergamot: it is not an abandoned lot but a functioning, 5.6-acre, publicly owned arts campus filled with galleries, artists and creative businesses. The City’s Housing Element has already assigned 707 affordable apartments to Bergamot, and once qualified developers responded to the Notice of Availability, the City entered the negotiation process required by state law. If the City ultimately accepts one of those proposals, its own description of the process says no subsequent RFP is required. The crucial question is therefore not simply what is happening in this week’s closed session. It is: How did one of Santa Monica’s most cherished public cultural assets come to be declared “surplus” in the first place—and how far has its redevelopment been allowed to advance before the public has had a meaningful say?

WHY ARE LA COUNTY PERSONNEL SO INVOLVED IN SANTA MONICA POLITICS? LAND, LAND AND MORE LAND.

Current Council Member and Santa Monica Mayor CAROLINE TOROSIS works for Los Angeles County as Policy Director for Supervisor Holly Mitchell and has advocated using public land for affordable housing. Council candidate BRETT MORROW ALSO works for LA County, in the Department of Public Health, while serving on Santa Monica’s Housing and Human Services Commission. DANNY IVANOV chairs Santa Monica’s Rent Control Board. Now TOROSIS, MORROW AND IVANOV ARE RUNNING TOGETHER FOR CITY COUNCIL. As City Hall declares Bergamot and other irreplaceable public properties “surplus” and targets them for housing, Santa Monicans should demand an answer:

WHY ARE SO THESE CANDIDATES TIED TO LA COUNTY AND HOUSING POLICY SEEKING CONTROL OVER SANTA MONICA’S LAND?
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BRETT MORROW
Works for LA County
Department of Public Health.

Serves on Santa Monica’s
Housing and Human Services
Commission.

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CAROLINE TOROSIS
On Santa Monica City Council
for 4 years and currently on the
LA County Board of
Supervisors, formative in the
development of the Ocean
Avenue Homeless Projects in
2025.

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DANNY IVANOFF
Chairs Santa Monica’s Rent
Control Board. Inexperienced,
just moved to Santa Monica 5
years ago.

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WHY IS SANTA MONICA PARKING $27 FOR TWO HOURS WHEN CENTURY CITY IS FREE? WHY DO THEY NOT WANT LOCALS TO USE CARS?
Activist council members trying to get us to stop using our cars continue the steady dismantling of the infrastructure that allows residents to use their own downtown. Parking spaces and structures disappear, curb parking becomes increasingly expensive, and local residents and families who want to drive downtown, shop, eat or take their children are the victims. Santa Monica continues making parking access more difficult and expensive, undermining the very local businesses it claims to be trying to save.

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Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
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Packet Pg. 1022 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 5 WHO DESTROYED THE 3RD STREET PROMENADE? IT HAPPENED JUST WHEN

CITY HALL TOOK GREATER CONTROL OF DOWNTOWN SANTA MONICA AS

THE THIRD STREET PROMENADE DECLINED
The deterioration of the Third Street Promenade can be directly correlated with of course the metro which drops off almost one hundred homeless people EVERY. SINGLE.

NIGHT. from around the city but also because of the well-paid, overstaffed Downtown Santa Monica Board structure which gave the City Council Veto Power in 2013. Since then, the City Council fundamentally altered the relationship between downtown stakeholders and City Hall. Since then, the Promenade has suffered extraordinary vacancies, declining foot traffic and the loss of businesses that once made it one of Southern California’s most successful pedestrian commercial districts.

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NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY TRIED TO DO TO OCEAN AVENUE ACROSS

FROM PALISADES PARK
LA County Supervisor Lindsay Horvath Approved a plan to place two OPEN DOOR 49-bed Facilities for the Severely Mental Ill, Homeless and Drug-addicted Individuals at 413 and 825 Ocean Avenue, directly overlooking Palisades Park in Santa Monica— one of California’s most iconic public spaces, just two weeks before it was to open. Mayor Negrete and Santa Monica Daily Press confirmed that The Santa Monica City Council HID IT FROM THE PUBLIC and knew since April. It was paused Oct 14 and then shelved Oct

27. Those plans did not disappear on their own; residents organized, objected and generated enough public outrage to stop or derail them. The city’s continuing strenuous efforts to fill the city with what they call “Bridge Housing” in Santa Monica makes one question who they’re really working for.
--
John E. Alle

JOHN ALLE COMPANY

THE SANTA MONICA COALITION / SAFE CITIES
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1023 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 6 David Yakobson
From: Julia Nicholls <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 7:59 AM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya
Cc: Oliver Chi; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox
Subject: Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing

EXTERNAL
Dear Oliver Chi, Lana Negrete, Caroline Tsorsis, Jesse Zwick, Lana Negrete, Natalya Zernitzkaya, Dan Hall, and Barry Snell
When I first came to Santa Monica over 30 years ago Bergamot Station was one of the first places I went to for an event and I thought it the coolest place. I said yo my friend that I would love to live near it so I could there whenever I wanted. It took me 25 years, a Masters degree and working 3 jobs to get here and you want to tear it down and sell it off behind closed doors. How dare you think that is the way to behave in your positions.

Regarding the agenda item 5F that you added on Sept 3, 2026 over Labor Weekend that you thought no one would notice for a closed door session for Tuesday September 8th to negotiate a real estate deal to SELL AND DEMOLISH THE BERGAMOT ARTS STATION in favor of a MASSIVE OPEN DOOR HOMELESS BRIDGE and AFFORDABLE HOUSING FACILITY.

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and public input.

Julia Nicholls
Working 3 jobs to stay in this neighborhood.

Bergamot Station neighborhood.

Sent from my iPhone
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1024 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 9 David Yakobson
From: Karen Croner <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 8:07 AM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Oliver Chi; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox
Subject: Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing

EXTERNAL
Dear Oliver Chi, Lana Negrete, Caroline Tsorsis, Jesse Zwick, Lana Negrete, Natalya Zernitzkaya, Dan Hall, and Barry Snell,
I am very disappointed that you would consider decimating Bergamot Arts Complex. You should be promoting it and using it as a
way to get more people to come to Santa Monica. It is a treasure. I know you were considering housing there, but now without any public
input you are going farther without public input and that is not OK. You like Vegas billboards but you hate art? Stop. Stand back. Think about how you are changing the character of this city and contributing to the cratering of what should be a jewel by the ocean.

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and public input.

Karen Croner
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1025 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 10 David Yakobson
From: Kati K <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 8:33 AM
To: councilmtgitems; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Lana Negrete; Oliver Chi; Council Mailbox
Subject: Keep your hands off Bergamont Station!

EXTERNAL
Dear Mayor Torosis, Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, and Councilmembers Hall, Raskin, Snell, Zernitskaya, and Negrete,
I am writing to oppose the closure of Bergamont Station. Santa Monica has always been a place where resident cliche is not going past the 405 but part of that is because Santa Monica has so much to offer we don’t need to go anywhere else. This incessant cash grab of creating more and more housing and just bulldozing whatever character is left of this former little beach town to create a Miami-like feel is not what residents want. You’re turning the arts zone into more housing when other recent builds are not even full after years of availability? With tons of daily traffic of residents that are here already, and by eliminating a wonderful area where families can spend the day and expose their children to the arts? You should be ashamed of yourselves for considering this and really assess what you’re doing to this city.

Thanks,
Kati Kelleher Sent from Gmail Mobile
DTSM resident
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1026 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 11 David Yakobson
From: Laurel Maddox <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 8:38 AM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya
Cc: Oliver Chi; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox
Subject: Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing

Last year when you tried to put two bridge housing projects on Ocean Avenue across from Palisades park –which we only shamed the county into thwarting – we asked that you STOP EXPANDING HOMELESS SHELTERS and putting them in unvetted locations STOP SELLING OFF CITY LAND (!) instead of leveraging our unique irreplaceable assets to generate revenue
RESCIND THE EMERGENCY HOMELESS PROCLAMATION which excludes the public when LA Mayor Karen Bass already ended their emergency on November 5th of 2025.

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and public input.

Thank you,
Laurel Maddox
From Your Santa Monica Neighborhood
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1027 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 12 David Yakobson
From: Chelsie Di Paola <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 8:41 AM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox; Oliver Chi
Subject: Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and public input.

Chelsie Di Paola
Your Santa Monica neighborhood
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1028 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 13 David Yakobson
From: Erick Brownstein <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 8:59 AM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox Cc: Oliver Chi
Subject: Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and public input.

Thank you
Erick Brownstein
Homeowner
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1029 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 14 David Yakobson
From: Ann Hoover <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 9:03 AM
To: councilmtgitems; Caroline Torosis; Dan Hall; Lana Negrete; Ellis Raskin; Natalya Zernitskaya; Jesse Zwick
Cc: Heidi von Tongeln; Susan Cola; Stelios Makrides; Amber Richane; Peter James; Christopher Dishlip; Jennifer Taylor; Jenny Rogers; Susan Cline Subject: September 8, 2026 Council Meeting - Closed Session Item 5.G. - Airport Leases

EXTERNAL
Dear Mr. Chi, Mayor Torosis, and Councilmembers -
I am concerned that with these opaque new leases the City is making deals that create possible "entitlements" or new stakeholders in the airport conversion process while at the same time, seriously disadvantaging others (typically those with less clout and capital), all without involving the public, which is the largest stakeholder of all.

This concern applies to these leases, including the eviction of artists from 2900 Airport Avenue next month, and proposing to relocate the private business trapeze school to the middle of one of our neighborhood parks without any public process.

Creating new stakeholders now, while simultaneously disenfranchising others, is a serious concern and the City Manager and Council owe the public - again, the largest stakeholder by far here - an explanation before anything becomes final.

Sincerely,
Ann Bowman
Santa Monica resident, 30 years
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
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September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1030 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 1 David Yakobson
From: Will Finch <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 8:36 AM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Item 5f: Build more affordable housing

EXTERNAL
I am writing in support of building affordable housing on the Bergamot site. This is directly adjacent to the Metro station so it makes an ideal location for housing and transit oriented housing, for affordable housing that Santa Monica desperately needs.

Thank you,
Will Finch
90405
Sent from my iPhone
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1031 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 1 David Yakobson
From: Alyssa <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 10:10 AM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: KEEP BERGAMOT STATION AS IS

EXTERNAL
Dear City Councilmembers,
Bergamot Station is a unique and valuable asset to the Santa Monica community. To even imagine tearing it down and replacing it with anything else is incredible to me. There is no other use, housing or otherwise, that should replace this precious cultural commodity.

LEAVE BERGAMOT ALONE.

Alyssa Ganezer
Santa Monica
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1032 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 2 David Yakobson
From: Kayla Carmichael <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 10:21 AM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya
Cc: Oliver Chi; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox; Doug Shaffer Subject: Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing

EXTERNAL
Dear Oliver Chi, Lana Negrete, Caroline Tsorsis, Jesse Zwick, Lana Negrete, Natalya Zernitzkaya, Dan Hall, and Barry Snell:

Regarding agenda item 5F, which was added on September 3, 2026, over Labor Day weekend, for a closed-door session on Tuesday, September 8, to negotiate a real estate deal to SELL AND DEMOLISH THE BERGAMOT ARTS STATION in favor of a MASSIVE OPEN-DOOR HOMELESS BRIDGE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FACILITY:

This would dramatically impact the neighborhood, the City, Crossroads School, the Watergarden businesses, and strain police and fire resources that will have to respond to calls that inevitably increase surrounding these projects.

Last year, when you tried to put two bridge housing projects on Ocean Avenue across from Palisades Park—which we only shamed the County into thwarting—we asked that you:

STOP EXPANDING HOMELESS SHELTERS and putting them in unvetted locations.

STOP SELLING OFF CITY LAND (!) instead of leveraging our unique, irreplaceable assets to generate revenue.

RESCIND THE EMERGENCY HOMELESS PROCLAMATION, which excludes the public, when LA Mayor Karen Bass already ended their emergency on November 5, 2025.

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and meaningful public input.

IN ADDITION: Why would Santa Monica reject an available and potentially cost-effective option to house homeless individuals in Bell? What financial relationships, contracts, or other interests were considered in making that decision, and can the City assure residents that no private parties or insiders benefited financially from keeping these services—and these expenditures—in Santa Monica? Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
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Packet Pg. 1033 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 3 The residents of Santa Monica deserve transparency, accountability, and a meaningful voice in decisions that fundamentally alter our community. Attempting to make consequential decisions behind closed doors and over a holiday weekend is unacceptable. Shame on you.

Kayla Carmichael
Santa Monica Resident
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
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September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1034 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 4 David Yakobson
From: Laura Vidal Leib <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 10:29 AM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox; Oliver Chi
Subject: No Closed Door Meeting: Bergamot Station Is A *Community* Space

EXTERNAL
Dear Oliver, Lana, Caroline, Jesse, Natalya, Dan, and Barry, There was an agenda item added on September 3 over the holiday weekend (item 5F) for a closed door session scheduled to take place today, Tuesday, September 8, to negotiate a real estate deal to sell and demolish Bergamot Station in favor of a BRIDGE open-door homeless housing facility and and an affordable housing facility.

I understand and sympathize with the need for more housing, particularly homeless and affordable housing in our community. That said, Bergamot Station is our only local arts facility that offers free access to galleries. It is a community space and "third space" that we do not have a replacement for if it is lost to new housing. Small businesses like The Crow and Le Grand Outdoor have done great work in our community and the surrounding area- I remember La Grand Outdoor giving away free meals to first responders and people impacted by the Palisades fire. The Crow offers free and affordable access to comedy in a way that's accessible to all ages, including kids. Bergamot Station is a resource that the city should be less quick to let go of, especially given the impact on the citizens during a time when people are struggling and need places to go and connect with one another.

I ask that the Santa Monica City Council immediately halt negotiations to sell, lease, or turn over Bergamot Station to housing developers. This should not be discussed behind closed doors, (and especially not last minute) but transparently with Santa Monica residents. There needs to be intentional work to build the trust of your constituents rather than closed door meetings that leave people feeling like you have something to hide.

Sincerely,
Laura Vidal Leib
518-926-0350
Mid-City Santa Monica resident, SMMUSD parent, and small business owner Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
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Packet Pg. 1035 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 5 David Yakobson
From: Popenoe <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 10:58 AM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya
Cc: Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox; Oliver Chi
Subject: Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and public input.

Cris Popenoe
1035 17th St /Wilmont
[email protected]
917-566-8770
Sent from my iPhone
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
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Packet Pg. 1036 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 6 David Yakobson
From: Irina Goosby <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 11:44 AM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox; Oliver Chi
Subject: Don’t sell Bergamot

Last year when you tried to put two bridge housing projects on Ocean Avenue across from Palisades park –which we only shamed the county into thwarting – we asked that you STOP EXPANDING HOMELESS SHELTERS and putting them in unvetted locations STOP SELLING OFF CITY LAND (!) instead of leveraging our unique irreplaceable assets to generate revenue RESCIND THE EMERGENCY HOMELESS PROCLAMATION which excludes the public when LA Mayor Karen Bass already ended their emergency on November 5th of 2025.

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and public input.

Thank you,
Irina Goosby
WILMONT Neighborhood
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1037 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 1 David Yakobson
From: Phil Brock <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 10:24 AM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: 5F. Conference with real estate negotiator - Gov. Code § 54956.8

EXTERNAL
Item
5F.

Conference with real estate negotiator -
Gov. Code § 54956.8
As you continue negotiating the term of a state-mandated affordable housing complex at Bergamot Station, please
consider the existing businesses at Bergamot. As an Arts Commissioner who was intimately involved with the art
purveyors, theatre and restaurant owners, and other affiliated businesses on the property, I know how tragic the loss would be for our city's cultural identity, the general public, and the merchants. We fervently hope the city would designate a successor facility to move the businesses to, rather than simply evicting them. As I left the city council, we hoped to form a new arts and cultural district on the south side of Airport Avenue. I would hope that Santa Monica is not cavalier about the potential loss of much of our art heritage that has existed for the past few decades.

Best
Phil Brock
Phil Brock / Mayor (ret)[email protected]
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Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
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Packet Pg. 1038 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 1 David Yakobson
From: Rebecca hogan <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 11:58 AM
To: councilmtgitems
Cc: Dan Hall; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Lana Negrete; Oliver Chi; Council Mailbox
Subject: 9/8/26 closed session agenda item 5-F re: Bergamot Station - Sept 8, 2026 City council meeting

EXTERNAL
Dear Mayor Torosis, Mayor Pro Tem Zwick, and Councilmembers Hall, Raskin, Snell, Zernitskaya, and Negrete,
I am writing to oppose the dismantling of our treasured Bergamot station.

Agenda Item closed session 5-F for the September 8, 2026 SM city council meeting.

Bergamot Station became our city's art destination decades ago.

It became world-famous for the quality and quantity of art available there. While the land has been designated for housing, it should not be destroyed without a suitable replacement campus designated for all Bergamot purveyors.

If a relocation site within Santa Monica, that is equally suited with the same space, accessibility (parking), comparable to and with and equal historic significance as The existing Bergamot Station can’t be found,
then the existing Bergamot art campus should be left intact.

Growing up as a 3rd Gen SM resident smmusd - SMC alum/ SM community member and arts contributor, Bergamot is very much a significant part of our history. Recognition and respect is due toward the art galleries, and associated businesses there.

Santa Monica is so much more that a town for visitors’ shopping, drinking and water play.

We have a heart and soul, and much of that is deeply connected to the arts.

Please preserve our soul, please respect our roots and foundation.

Please keep other’s “hands-off" Bergamot Station!!
There is so much art-life still to be lived there. Please be active in preserving the quality of life for SM residents and community.

Rebecca Hogan
Sunset Park resident
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
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Packet Pg. 1039 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 2 David Yakobson
From: Nikki Kolhoff <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 11:58 AM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: July 8 City Council Item 5F - Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing

EXTERNAL
Dear City Council and City Manager -
I am writing to oppose Item 5F, which is inappropriate to be agendized as a closed session item. It appears to be a real estate deal to SELL AND DEMOLISH THE BERGAMOT ARTS STATION in favor of a homeless and/or affordable housing facility.

There has been no public analysis of the impact to the neighborhood, and strain police and fire resources. More importantly this is an arts complex that is a vibrant part of the community and residents have been objecting to its removal.

Please also rescind the emergency homeless proclamation that you continue to use to exclude the public in Santa Monica, when LA Mayor Karen Bass already ended their emergency on November 5th of 2025.

No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No demolition of arts complex. No expansion of homeless facilities and services without full disclosure and public input.

Regards,
Nikki Kolhoff
Santa Monica Resident
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
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Packet Pg. 1040 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 1 David Yakobson
From: John Alle <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 9:15 AM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox; Oliver Chi
Subject: Santa Monica City Council Meeting Tonight -- Council Agenda Item 5.F

EXTERNAL
Dear City Attorney, City Manager and City Council:

Please pull the Items from the Agenda and allow for an open Town Hall discussion to present to the public
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If the land is to be sold, what is the competitive bidding data that indicates this is the best offer for the City? Where is that data and why has that not been presented to the residents? The City cannot use one-time land sales to spearhead the city’s economic recovery. That recovery is entirely dependent on revitalizing the city’s visitor economy. These new actions reveal that the City is doubling down on its failed management of the homeless crisis. These failed policies have already destroyed our visitor economy.

This permanent impact of this initiative will serve to cement Santa Monica as the homeless destination of choice, increasing the thousands (if not in excess of 10,000) existing annual throughput of homeless individuals from LA City and LA County, and incentivizing them to stay in Santa Monica. This is guaranteed to ensure the permanent inability of our economy to ever recover.

The data is unequivocal that police and fire resources are strained by the skyrocketing calls for service that accompany such projects. The ensuing social chaos from this type of facility would dramatically impact the neighborhood, Crossroads School, Water Garden businesses, and the city at large,
Without economic recovery, and with the added services burden of these proposed facilities, the widening gap between City General Fund revenue and expenditure growth will accelerate rather than narrow and close.

These glaring deficiencies require that the Council (1) immediately cease all negotiations to sell, lease, or turn over Bergamot Station to housing developers for affordable, bridge, supportive, or other homeless housing and (2) present to the residents the actual scale of the homeless throughput in Santa Monica, and (3) concrete evidence that whatever homeless plan that is driving these initiatives Item 5-F
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Packet Pg. 1041 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 2 is massively reducing this throughput of the thousands of homeless individuals that are migrating through the City annually.

No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full and comprehensive disclosure, analysis, and public input. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
You place the City at risk of another costly lawsuit. The Brown Act Section 54954.2 (a) (1) (B) has not been presented nor is it readable or availaable hidden away Review pages 51 and 52 https://www.certnaca.gov/files/d024c0ab8/2027_BrownActManual-011326- WEB.pdf
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Be open. Be open, be diligent, and follow the law.

John Alle 310 990 7124
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
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Packet Pg. 1042 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 3 --
John E. Alle

JOHN ALLE COMPANY

THE SANTA MONICA COALITION / SAFE CITIES
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
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Packet Pg. 1043 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 4 David Yakobson
From: Brent Thompson <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 9:12 AM
To: councilmtgitems; Caroline Torosis; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Council Mailbox
Subject: Item 5F — Bergamot Station: Do not give away the leverage tonight

EXTERNAL
Dear Mayor Torosis, Councilmembers Negrete, Zwick, Hall, Raskin, Snell, and Zernitskaya:

I live in the Gandara Park neighborhood with my wife and our two-year-old daughter. We rent a small SFH. I am writing about Item 5F, tonight's closed-session negotiation over Bergamot Station.

My family was attacked in Santa Monica by an unhoused man. That is not a policy position. It is something that happened to us, near our home. SMPD does what it can. It was not enough, and it is not enough on an ordinary day either. I am telling you this because every decision this Council makes about this corner of the city lands on families like mine first.

Three things.

First, declaring Bergamot surplus was a choice, and it was never debated in public. Bergamot is 5.6 acres, roughly thirty galleries and small businesses, and widely described as the largest gallery complex on the West Coast. When Council declared it surplus last year, it classified a working arts campus the same way it would an empty lot. That single vote is what made tonight possible, and it was never put to residents as a question.

Second, tonight is the last moment the city has leverage, and you are about to spend it behind a closed door. Whatever you are told about size, height, unit count, or who will live there describes current law, not a commitment. The Surplus Land Act was rewritten in 2019 to strip cities of exactly this discretion. AB 1763 gives 100% affordable projects near transit unlimited density and waivers of local standards; BRIDGE's own 2023 Santa Monica bid assumed those waivers. SB 35 and SB 423 make these projects ministerial: no hearing, no vote. SB 79 is doing this to R-1 lots on my street right now. A deal signed under 2026 rules and built out over seven years can end up larger and less reviewable than anything said tonight, without anyone breaking a promise. The only terms that survive a change in state law are recorded covenants in the ground lease. And once you select a developer, the city's own materials say no further solicitation is required. After that, your leverage is gone.

Third, this neighborhood is already carrying more than its share. The Expo corridor, the encampments along the right-of-way, the service calls, and now the SB 79 projects on Delaware. No one has ever added up what Pico and Gandara Park already absorb before asking them to absorb more.

I am asking Council to do the following before any disposition agreement is executed:

1. Bring the surplus designation back to a public hearing.

2. Commission a cumulative public-safety and service-demand analysis for the Pico/Gandara Park area.

Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
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Packet Pg. 1044 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 5 3. Commit that any deal will carry recorded covenants — maximum units, maximum height, population mix, service provider and staffing, and comparable replacement space for the arts center — and that those terms come to a public hearing before signature.

4. State on the record what population and unit mix the city is negotiating for. If this project is a good neighbor, it should be easy to say so in the open.

I am not asking you to abandon the city's housing obligations. I am asking you to stop meeting them by drawing repeatedly from the same neighborhood and selling off the assets that make Santa Monica worth living in.

I am one of many people in this neighborhood paying close attention to Item 5F, and we will be paying the same attention when this comes back for a vote. How each of you handles tonight will tell us whether this Council still considers this part of the city worth representing.

Respectfully,
Brent Thompson
Delaware Ave, Santa Monica 90404
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
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Packet Pg. 1045 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 1 David Yakobson
From: Elizabeth Lerer <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 12:01 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Item 5.F Bergamot Art Center

EXTERNAL
Please keep the places for the arts thriving in our community! Stop packing Santa Monica with homeless housing and homeless services that disregard our existing community.

Thank you
Resident Elizabeth Lerer
Sent from my phone
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1046 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 2 David Yakobson
From: TROY PARR <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 12:22 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Reject Sale of Bergamot Station

EXTERNAL
JoseGutIba Re-eval ID
I am against any sale or development of Bergamot Station. In recent years, almost everything that had made Santa Monica the charming beach community that attracted people from around the world, has been erased. Stores and restaurants have been replaced by nearly empty over-priced 5-story apartment buildings that are unaffordable. And you wonder why no one is coming to our city.

And now, one of the last remaining jewels of our community is threatened. Why would you get rid of something that brings people to our community and brings our community together. You should be helping the Bergamot Station, not destroying it.

Selling this treasured site for homeless development will devastate the city, and all the communities around the area. How do you expect to attract businesses, new residents, and visitors when the first stop on the Metro is a 5 acre homeless compound???

I urge you to reject the sale of Bergamot Station.

Sincerely,
Troy Parr – VOTER
Delaware Avenue
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1047 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 3 David Yakobson
From: DRG <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 12:22 PM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya
Cc: Oliver Chi; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox
Subject: Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing

EXTERNAL
Dear Oliver Chi, Lana Negrete, Caroline Tsorsis, Jesse Zwick, Lana Negrete, Natalya Zernitzkaya, Dan Hall, and Barry Snell:

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and public input.

Sincerely,
David and Dena Ginsburg
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1048 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 4 North of Montana
376 24th Street
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1049 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 5 David Yakobson
From: Duo Momentum <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 11:11 AM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Agenda item K in Support the Trapeze School's New Home

EXTERNAL
Dear Mayor and Members of the Santa Monica City Council, I am writing to urge you to vote in favor of relocating the Trapeze School to Clover Park.

This school is far more than just an athletic facility—it is a cherished community hub that brings immense value to Santa Monica. Over the years, it has empowered residents of all ages by fostering confidence, mental resilience, physical strength, and a genuine sense of connection. Preserving positive spaces that enrich our local culture is essential for keeping our city vibrant.

Moving to Clover Park represents an ideal solution that will allow this institution to continue serving our community for years to come. I strongly encourage the Council to approve this proposal tonight and support the future of the Trapeze School.

Best regards,
Alejandro Malfitani
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1050 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 6 David Yakobson
From: Molly Read <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 12:59 PM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya
Cc: Oliver Chi; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox
Subject: Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and public input.

Molly Read
Wilshire/Montana Neighborhood Resident
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1051 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 7 David Yakobson
From: Tricia Crane <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 1:35 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Oliver Chi
Subject: STOP THE SECRET SALE by City Council of Bergamot Station Arts Center

EXTERNAL
STOP THE SECRET SALE of our City asset tonight in Closed Session.

Santa Monica City Council is poised to destroy this historic arts center on City owned land and replace it with a housing project for the “formerly” homeless Dear Northeast Neighbors and friends,
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1052 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 8 Tonight City Council and the City Manager will negotiate in CLOSED SESSION a sale of the historic

5.6 acre Bergamot Arts Station in favor of a homeless bridge housing facility without ANY public input.

Why is this deal being rushed through in advance of the City Council election? Why is the public excluded from this decision of monumental importance to our economic recovery? The people of Santa Monica have a right to know the following:
1) If the land is to be sold, what is the competitive bidding data that indicates this is the best offer for the City?
2) Where is that data and why has it not been presented to the residents? 3) Where is the evidence that selling our public land will spearhead the city’s economic recovery, which we know depends on revitalizing the city’s visitor economy? This action reveals that the current City Council is doubling down on its commitment to making Santa Monica the homeless destination of choice, guaranteeing skyrocketing calls for service by police and fire that accompany such projects and ensuring that our economy will never recover.

What will the impact of such a housing project be on the neighborhood, Crossroads School, Water Garden businesses, and the city at large?
Tell the Council they must not proceed with negotiations to sell, lease, or turn over Bergamot Station to housing developers for affordable, bridge, supportive, or other homeless housing.

Tricia Crane
#
Here’s the link to today’s news story in the Santa Monica Daily Press detailing another gross error being pursued by the current Council:

Santa Monica Council Agenda: Red-Light Cameras, Housing, City Deals Agenda item 12-B targets 89 single-family homes in the Pico neighborhood for upzoning to satisfy the requirements of Senate Bill 79, the so-called “Abundant Homes Near Transit Act.” Residents are fighting this latest YIMBY assault on R-1 neighborhoods. Residents of the targeted neighborhoods are calling on Council to pivot and support Option 3 (upzoning in R2-R3) Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1053 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 9 instead of Option 1 (upzoning 89 R1 parcels). Option 3 was originally recommended by the Planning Commission and City Staff.

Here’s the link to tonight’s full City Council Agenda:

City Council - Regular Meeting - Sep 8, 2026 5:30 PM
You may attend the Council meetings via Zoom. Dial the phone number to access Zoom’s audio system and enter Zoom Meeting ID to join the meeting.

Zoom Dial-In Information: Phone Number (669) 900-6833 (US), Meeting ID: 978 8290 3006# Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1054 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 10 David Yakobson
From: Thea Phillips <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 1:49 PM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox Cc: Oliver Chi
Subject: Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing

EXTERNAL
Dear Oliver Chi, Lana Negrete, Caroline Tsorsis, Jesse Zwick, Lana Negrete, Natalya Zernitzkaya, Dan Hall, and Barry Snell,
Regarding the agenda item 5F that you added on Sept 3, 2026 over Labor Weekend that you thought no one would notice for a closed door session for Tuesday September 8th to negotiate a real estate deal to SELL AND DEMOLISH THE BERGAMOT ARTS STATION in favor of a MASSIVE OPEN DOOR HOMELESS BRIDGE and AFFORDABLE HOUSING FACILITY.

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and public input.

Sincerely,
Thea Phillips
NOMA Neighborhood
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1055 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 11 David Yakobson
From: Shari Phillips <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 1:51 PM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox Cc: Oliver Chi
Subject: Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and public input.

Sincerely,
Shari Phillips
NOMA Neighborhood
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1056 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 12 David Yakobson
From: Sean Phillips <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 1:56 PM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox Cc: Oliver Chi
Subject: Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and public input.

Sincerely,
Sean Phillips
NOMA Neighborhood
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1057 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 13 David Yakobson
From: Dennis Puri <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 1:59 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya
Subject: Fwd: STOP THE SECRET SALE by City Council of Bergamot Station Arts Center

EXTERNAL
Hi City Council,
I hope this finds all of you well. I don't know if the below is accurate but in case it is...

I really enjoy the Bergamots Art Center. It's such a great, cute feature of Santa Monica and so nice to have such a lovely art experience in our city.

Could we please keep it as is for our community to enjoy? Thank you,
Dennis Puri
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Tricia Crane <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Subject: STOP THE SECRET SALE by City Council of Bergamot Station Arts Center To: Tricia Crane <[email protected]>
To: councilmtgitems <[email protected]>, Lana Negrete <[email protected]>, Jesse Zwick <[email protected]>, Caroline Torosis <[email protected]>, Dan Hall <[email protected]>, Ellis Raskin <[email protected]>, Barry Snell <[email protected]>, Natalya Zernitskaya <[email protected]>, Oliver Chi <[email protected]> Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1058 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 14 STOP THE SECRET SALE of our City asset tonight in Closed Session.

Santa Monica City Council is poised to destroy this historic arts center on City owned land and replace it with a housing project for the “formerly” homeless Dear Northeast Neighbors and friends,
Tonight City Council and the City Manager will negotiate in CLOSED SESSION a sale of the historic

5.6 acre Bergamot Arts Station in favor of a homeless bridge housing facility without ANY public input.

5.F.a
Packet Pg. 1059 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 15 2) Where is that data and why has it not been presented to the residents? 3) Where is the evidence that selling our public land will spearhead the city’s economic recovery, which we know depends on revitalizing the city’s visitor economy? This action reveals that the current City Council is doubling down on its commitment to making Santa Monica the homeless destination of choice, guaranteeing skyrocketing calls for service by police and fire that accompany such projects and ensuring that our economy will never recover.

Tricia Crane
#
Here’s the link to today’s news story in the Santa Monica Daily Press detailing another gross error being pursued by the current Council:

Santa Monica Council Agenda: Red-Light Cameras, Housing, City Deals Agenda item 12-B targets 89 single-family homes in the Pico neighborhood for upzoning to satisfy the requirements of Senate Bill 79, the so-called “Abundant Homes Near Transit Act.” Residents are fighting this latest YIMBY assault on R-1 neighborhoods. Residents of the targeted neighborhoods are calling on Council to pivot and support Option 3 (upzoning in R2-R3) instead of Option 1 (upzoning 89 R1 parcels). Option 3 was originally recommended by the Planning Commission and City Staff.

Here’s the link to tonight’s full City Council Agenda:

City Council - Regular Meeting - Sep 8, 2026 5:30 PM
You may attend the Council meetings via Zoom. Dial the phone number to access Zoom’s audio system and enter Zoom Meeting ID to join the meeting.

Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1060 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 16 Zoom Dial-In Information: Phone Number (669) 900-6833 (US), Meeting ID: 978 8290 3006# Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1061 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 17 David Yakobson
From: Aleese Orr <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 2:58 PM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox; Oliver Chi
Subject: Stop The Closed Door Meeting about Selling Bergamot Station for Homeless Housing

Last year when you tried to put two bridge housing projects on Ocean Avenue across from Palisades park –which we only shamed the county into thwarting – we asked that you:
 STOP EXPANDING HOMELESS SHELTERS and putting them in unvetted locations  STOP SELLING OFF CITY LAND (!) instead of leveraging our unique irreplaceable assets to generate revenue
 RESCIND THE EMERGENCY HOMELESS PROCLAMATION which excludes the public when LA Mayor Karen Bass already ended their emergency on November 5th of 2025.

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and public input.

Aleese Orr
NOMA neighborhood
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1062 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 18 David Yakobson
From: David Yuguchi <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 4:43 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya
Cc: [email protected]; Oliver Chi
Subject: 5.F. Conference with real estate negotiator: 2525 Michigan (Bergamot Station)

EXTERNAL
Dear City Council,
I urge you to immediately stop and reconsider all City efforts to sell, lease, turn over or otherwise dispose of the Bergamot Station, a historically-treasured property and venue of our City, to housing developers. The future of this property as an important asset of Santa Monica cultural arts is an important subject of considerable concern for all of our residents and citizens. The prospects for this land should be the subject of a citywide task force to ensure maximum benefit to the City.

Please stop all negotiations for this property at this time.

Best regards,
David Yuguchi
Santa Monica, CA
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1063 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 19 David Yakobson
From: S Bracey <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 4:32 PM
To: Council Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Heidi von Tongeln; Attorney Mailbox; Oliver Chi
Subject: ITEM 5F - SM Resident requesting you to Vote NO on closed door session to sell Bergamont to developer for Homeless Shelter

EXTERNAL
Dear Oliver Chi, Lana Negrete, Caroline Tsorsis, Jesse Zwick, Lana Negrete, Natalya Zernitzkaya, Dan Hall, and Barry Snell
Please hear out cry on this -
Remember you work for us, the residents and taxpayers of Santa Monica! Stop destroying our city by voting in favor of developers who overdevelop and don’t care about the direction of our town.

We are repeating this request. No closed-door deal. No transfer of this land. No open-door homeless facility next to families and businesses without full disclosure and public input.

Sincerely,
Susan Bracey
Santa Monica Homeowner and Taxpayer
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1064 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 1 David Yakobson
From: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 12:56 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Please stop this project

EXTERNAL
To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.

SM City Council Adds Agenda Item to Sell Bergamot Station Arts for Massive Open-Door Homeless Housing Project
ONCE AGAIN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, the City is negotiating to SELL Bergamot Station, the largest public arts complex on the West Coast, 5.6 contiguous acres (approx $120M)to West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation for a BRIDGE open-door homeless housing facility. This would dramatically impact Crossroads families, the Water Garden, local businesses and every surrounding neighborhood while placing additional demands on police, fire and 911 services.

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Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1065 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) 1 David Yakobson
From: Steve Mount <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 2:53 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Bergamot Station

EXTERNAL
Dear City Council,
As a life long resident of Santa Monica and a frequent visitor to Bergamot, I wish to express my strongest feelings possible in opposition to this plan of selling off this cherished gem to develop housing of any kind.

This is not a good plan in any way, shape or form. Bergamot enhances our town, brings joy to both citizens and visitors alike. The loss of such is simply too great. Please give deep consideration to the value of Bergamot as it stands today and do not vote to destroy it.

Regards,
Steve Mount
2519 California Avenue
Santa Monica 90403
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026
Item 5-F
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1066 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7914 : Closed Session: Bergamot Station Arts Center) City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: September 8, 2026
Agenda Item: 5.G
1 of 1
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Denise Anderson Warren, Interim City Clerk, Records and Election Services Department
Subject: Conference with real estate negotiator - Gov. Code § 54956.8:

City property: 2900 & 3000 Airport Avenue, 3011 Airport Avenue, and 3021 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, California; City negotiator: Oliver Chi, City Manager; persons to be negotiated with: Tim Katt, Gradient Holdings, LLC; Larry Serota, Executive Managing Director, Transwestern; under negotiation: price and terms of payment of lease Prepared By: Priscilla Bouvet, Administrative Analyst
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:

A. Written Comments

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From: Elizabeth Whitney Bedford <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 7, 2026 9:43 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Dan Hall
Subject: Requesting. ITEM 5G, be "pulled” from the Consent Calendar and discussed publicly

EXTERNAL
Dear City council members,
As a tenant of 2900 Airport Ave.,
And a business owner in Santa Monica,
I’m requesting
ITEM 5G, be "pulled" from the Consent Calendar and discussed publicly tomorrow night.

Thankyou,
Whitney Bedford
www.whitneybedford.com
Item 5-G
September 8, 2026
Item 5-G
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1068 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7916 : 5.G. Closed Session: Conference with real estate negotiator) 1 David Yakobson
From: jody zellen <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 10:42 AM
To: councilmtgitems; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Dan Hall
Subject: Requesting. ITEM 5G, be "pulled” from the Consent Calendar and discussed publicly

EXTERNAL
Dear City Council Members,
As a tenant of 2900 Airport Ave.,
And a business owner in Santa Monica,
I’m requesting
ITEM 5G, be "pulled" from the Consent Calendar and discussed publicly tomorrow night.

Thank You,
Jody Zellen
www.jodyzellen.com
310-463-3819
Item 5-G
September 8, 2026
Item 5-G
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1069 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7916 : 5.G. Closed Session: Conference with real estate negotiator) 1 David Yakobson
From: Tanja Rector <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 12:33 PM
To: Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Dan Hall; councilmtgitems
Subject: Please ITEM 5G, be "pulled" from the Consent Calendar and discussed publicly

EXTERNAL
Dear City council members,
As a tenant of 2900 Airport Ave., and a professional artist working in Santa Monica since 1989 I’m requesting
ITEM 5G, be "pulled" from the Consent Calendar and discussed publicly Thank you, Tanja Rector
Www.tanjarector.com
Item 5-G
September 8, 2026
Item 5-G
September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1070 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (7916 : 5.G. Closed Session: Conference with real estate negotiator) City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: September 8, 2026
Agenda Item:
1 of 1
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Oliver Chi, City Manager, City Manager's Office
Subject: City Manager Report - Small Business Relief Microgrant Program Update Prepared By: Sergio Ramirez, Chief of Staff
Approved Forwarded to Council
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City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: September 8, 2026
Agenda Item: 10.A
1 of 6
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Christopher Dishlip, Director of Public Works, Mobility Division Subject: Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance Adding Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3.12.540 to Establish an Automated Traffic Enforcement System (ATES) Program
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines;

2. Introduce for first reading the attached ordinance adding Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3.12.540 to establish an Automated Traffic Enforcement System (ATES) Program to detect a violation of a traffic control signal; and

3. Direct staff to monitor state legislation related to automated speed enforcement and evaluate opportunities for implementation should Santa Monica become eligible under state law.

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Summary
On February 10, 2026, the City Council directed staff to further the City’s Vision Zero efforts and prioritize human life over vehicle throughput in design and engineering decisions regarding the city right-of-way. Subsequently, staff began advancing a variety of Vision Zero initiatives including an automated red-light camera enforcement program at two intersections. The proposed program utilizes the authority granted under California Vehicle Code Section 21455.9 (SB 720), which authorizes jurisdictions to implement Automated Traffic Enforcement Systems (ATES) for red-light violations through a civil administrative process.

The proposed ordinance establishes and authorizes the City’s use of ATES. Adoption of the ordinance allows staff to continue advancing an ATES program selection process through site selection, procurement, preparation of the required ATES Impact Report, development of operational and administrative procedures, and future expansion of the program as warranted by data and state law requirements. Staff is currently evaluating procurement options and will return to Council with an award recommendation and the aforementioned ATES program requirements at a future date.

Background
The City of Santa Monica is committed to achieving its Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and severe injuries while improving safety for all roadway users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and motorists. On February 10, 2026, the City Council directed staff to advance Vision Zero efforts that further prioritized human life over vehicle throughput in design and engineering decisions regarding the City rightof-way. This direction was refined to include an ATES program focused on red-light violations at two signalized intersections. The ATES program uses fixed cameras to capture images and video of vehicles for the purpose of enforcing red-light violations at signalized intersections. Red-light running is a significant contributing factor in severe right-angle and turning collisions at signalized intersections. ATES have been used throughout the United States as a tool to improve compliance with traffic signals and reduce serious crashes. Nearby Culver City has operated a traditional red-light camera

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program since 1999. In 2017, Culver City reported a 12.6 percent reduction in red-light violations. Citations issued under the traditional red-light camera program (California Vehicle Code Section 21455.5) are moving violations issued to the identified driver and carry a monetary fine as well as Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) points. In contrast, violations issued under the SB 720 program are civil violations issued to the registered owner of the vehicle, carry a comparatively lower penalty, and do not result in DMV points.

ATES may advance equity objectives by applying traffic laws consistently and predictably through objective, technology-based enforcement. Unlike traditional enforcement, ATES can be deployed based on documented safety needs and operate continuously without discretionary enforcement decisions. Senate Bill 720, known as the Safer Streets Act (2025), codified as California Vehicle Code Section 21455.9, authorizes designated jurisdictions to implement ATES for red-light violations under specified conditions. The legislation modernizes automated enforcement by establishing a civil administrative process in which violations are associated with the vehicle rather than the driver. Civil penalties are limited by state law, additional administrative fees are restricted, and jurisdictions must comply with requirements related to public notice, impact reporting, privacy protection, site selection, and ongoing program evaluation. For example, if no fine has been assessed for a violation within the preceding three years, the violation would be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars ($100).

The Legislature has also authorized automated speed enforcement in limited jurisdictions through Assembly Bill 645. While Santa Monica is not currently an eligible jurisdiction, staff will continue monitoring state legislation and evaluating opportunities to utilize automated speed enforcement technologies if future legislation expands eligibility.

Discussion

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This proposed enabling ordinance establishes the City’s authority to implement an Automated Traffic Enforcement System Program consistent with California Vehicle Code Section 21455.9 and represents a significant milestone in implementing a Council-directed Vision Zero priority.

Since receiving Council direction, staff has established a multidisciplinary project team consisting of internal representatives from the Mobility Division, Police Department, City Attorney’s Office, Finance Department, and Engineering Division. Staff has initiated site selection analysis, evaluated procurement pathways, and begun reviewing administrative and operational requirements associated with implementation of the program. The ordinance is intended to enable a citywide ATES Program rather than implement enforcement at a fixed number of locations. While the initial deployment is anticipated to focus on two intersections consistent with Council direction, the ordinance authorizes staff to evaluate, select, add, remove, or relocate enforcement locations based on established safety criteria, collision history, operational considerations, available funding, and the requirements of California Vehicle Code Section 21455.9.

Any future expansion of the program would remain subject to Council discretion and state law requirements, including findings supporting the need for automated enforcement at each location and preparation of any required reporting and public notification.

Prior to installation and operation of any ATES, the City must complete several additional requirements established by state law, including:
• Selection of candidate intersections based on objective safety criteria. • Adoption of findings demonstrating that automated traffic enforcement is needed at selected locations for safety purposes.
• Completion and adoption of an ATES Impact Report.
• Development of procedures governing citation review, hearings, payment plans, privacy protections, and records retention.
• Installation of required public notification signage. • Completion of a mandatory warning period prior to issuance of citations.

In addition, staff is proposing the following fines to deter traffic violations.

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Fines
In addition, staff is proposing fines to deter traffic violations. The fines and late fees would be capped by state law and presented to Council through an amendment to the Fines Resolution. The legislation establishes civil penalties under California Vehicle Code Section 21455.9 and is designed as a safety program, not a revenue source.

Revenues may be used to operate the ATES program, but the City must maintain its existing transportation safety funding. Any excess revenue is restricted by state law and must be spent only on approved transportation safety purposes. As a result, the program should be viewed primarily as a safety initiative rather than a revenue source.

Table 1. Proposed Fines for Automated Traffic Enforcement Violations (State-LawCapped) Category Amount
(Capped by State Law)
Applicability
First violation $100 No fine assessed within the previous 3 years Second
violation
$200 Within 3 years after one separate previous
violation
Third
violation
$350 Within 3 years after two separate previous
violations
Fourth of
subsequent
violation
$500 Within 3 years after three or more separate
previous violations
First late fee $50 Unpaid penalties
Staff will continue monitoring state legislation related to automated safety enforcement and evaluate opportunities to utilize such technologies if Santa Monica becomes eligible under state law. Any future deployment of automated safety enforcement would require compliance with applicable statutory requirements.

Environmental Review

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The proposed action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), (the common sense exemption) which states that CEQA does not apply, “where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.” The proposed ordinance establishes the legal framework for an ATES.

Accordingly, adoption of the ordinance will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable physical change in the environment and therefore, is exempt from CEQA.

Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
There is no immediate financial impact or budget action necessary as a result of the recommended action. Staff will return to Council if specific budget actions are required in the future. As discussed in the Fines section above, revenue would be restricted by state law.

Prepared By: Ariel Pepper, Transportation Planning Associate Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:

A. ORD-Traffic Enforcement System 09.08.26
B. Written Comments

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1 City Council Meeting: September 8, 2026 Santa Monica, California ORDINANCE NUMBER_______ (CCS)
(City Council Series)

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA ADDING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3.12.540 TO ESTABLISH AN

AUTOMATED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM PROGRAM TO DETECT A

VIOLATION OF A TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL
WHEREAS, in February 2026, the City Council directed City staff to further the City’s Vision Zero efforts and prioritize human life over vehicle throughput in design and engineering decisions regarding the city right-of-way and City staff subsequently studied a variety of Vision Zero initiatives including the use of an automated traffic enforcement system (“ATES”) at two intersections; and
WHEREAS, City staff’s research determined that violating traffic control signals is a significant contributing factor in severe right-angle and turning collisions at signalized intersections, and the State of California specifically recognizes that ‘red light running enforcement’ is critical to efforts in California to reduce factors that contribute to traffic collisions that result in fatalities or injuries; and
WHEREAS, the State of California also recognizes that traditional enforcement methods have had a well-documented disparate impact on communities of color, and implicit or explicit racial bias in police traffic stops puts drivers of color at risk; and WHEREAS, in 2025, to provide cities and counties with additional tools to combat red light running and related crashes, the State of California chaptered Senate Bill 720 (SB 720); and

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Packet Pg. 1078 Attachment: ORD-Traffic Enforcement System 09.08.26 [Revision 1] (7763 : Red Light Camera Program (Ordinance)) 2 WHEREAS, SB 720 allows cities and counties to implement ATES, a modernized, civil automated red-light camera program where, unlike traditional criminal red-light enforcement, civil citations are issued to the vehicle’s registered owner rather than the driver; and
WHEREAS, under SB 720, civil penalties are limited by state law, additional administrative fees are restricted, and jurisdictions must comply with requirements related to public notice, impact reporting, privacy protection, site selection, and ongoing program evaluation; and
WHEREAS, in adopting SB 720, the Legislature found that the use of ATES through SB 720 can advance equity by improving reliability and fairness in traffic enforcement while making enforcement of violations of traffic control signals more predictable, effective, and broadly implemented, all of which help change driver behavior; and
WHEREAS, this Ordinance authorizes the use of ATES and enables City staff to develop a SB 720-compliant ATES program utilizing fixed cameras to capture images and video of vehicles for the purpose of enforcing red-light violations at signalized intersections.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

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Packet Pg. 1079 Attachment: ORD-Traffic Enforcement System 09.08.26 [Revision 1] (7763 : Red Light Camera Program (Ordinance)) 3 SECTION 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3.12.540 is hereby added as follows:

3.12.540 Automated Traffic Enforcement System.
(a) Pursuant to California Vehicle Code section 21455.9, the City may operate an automated traffic enforcement system to detect a violation of a traffic control signal. (b) Subject to all requirements set forth in California Vehicle Code section 21455.9, the City Manager, or designee, is authorized to create, operate, and enforce an automated traffic enforcement system program to detect a violation of a traffic control signal.
(c) A violation of a traffic control signal that is recorded by the automated traffic enforcement system operated pursuant to this Section shall be subject only to the civil penalties and enforcement procedures specified in Vehicle Code section 21455.9.

SECTION 2. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to effect the provisions of this Ordinance.

SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.

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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_________________________

HEIDI VON TONGELN
City Attorney

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From: Peter <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2026 11:49 AM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Item 10A ATES ORDINANCE

EXTERNAL
Santa Monica no doubt has too many reckless and dangerous vehicle operators, including operators of cars, motorcycles, bicycles, and scooters. (Background: City data show about 5x more drivers and/or passengers fatally or seriously injured vs. bicyclists.) However, my understanding of ATES: it records front license plates and, when possible, motor vehicle drivers' faces. So how will the City's ATES program be enforced against currently unlicensed bicycle and scooter operators, too many of whom routinely violate state traffic safety laws? (City data also show bicyclists are found at fault in about half the fatal or severe injury collisions involving a bicycle.) Does the City's proposed ATES program design limit its enforcement to the single subgroup of licensed motor vehicle operators with valid plates?
Thank you,
Peter DiChellis
Santa Monica resident
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From: Stu Selonick <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2026 9:54 AM
To: Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; councilmtgitems
Subject: I Absolutely Support Safe Streets (11B and 10A)

EXTERNAL
Dear Mayor and Councilmembers,
I'm writing to ask you to support both safe streets items on your September 8 agenda: adopting the Safe System framework and Neighborhood Traffic Calming Toolkit, and introducing the ATES ordinance for red-light and stop-sign cameras.

These are practical steps that will make our streets safer for all Santa Monicans, especially kids, pedestrians, and cyclists. Please vote yes.

Stuart Selonick
90405
Item 10-A
September 8, 2026
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September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1083 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (7763 : Red Light Camera Program (Ordinance)) 2 David Yakobson
From: Karen Meyer-Roux <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2026 10:15 AM
To: Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; councilmtgitems
Subject: I Support Safe Streets (11B and 10A)

These are practical steps that will make our streets safer for all Santa Monicans, especially kids, pedestrians, and cyclists. Please vote yes.

Best wishes,
Karen Meyer-Roux
Item 10-A
September 8, 2026
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September 8, 2026

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Packet Pg. 1084 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (7763 : Red Light Camera Program (Ordinance)) 3 David Yakobson
From: Leonora <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2026 2:15 PM
To: Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; councilmtgitems
Subject: I Support Safe Streets (11B and 10A)

These are practical steps that will make our streets safer for all Santa Monicans, especially kids, pedestrians, and cyclists. Please vote yes.

Item 10-A
September 8, 2026
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Packet Pg. 1085 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (7763 : Red Light Camera Program (Ordinance)) 4 David Yakobson
From: Boris Suchkov <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2026 1:18 PM
To: Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; councilmtgitems
Subject: I Support Safe Streets (11B and 10A)

These are practical steps that will make our streets safer for all Santa Monicans, especially kids, pedestrians, and cyclists. Please vote yes.

There may be those who will claim that passing these items will create an instantaneous Pandora's Box where numerous and unvetted changes will be made disrupting transportation around the city. I know that is not true. A yes vote here is a vote for a thoughtful, intelligent, and comprehensive approach to study and potentially make future changes to our public right of way. These items will empower city residents to have better conversations around street safety that can benefit all transportation users across modes.

I think it is especially critically important to have the Traffic Calming Toolkit be available for safety improvements around schools. Many parents are already clamoring for changes, especially concerning morning drop-off. The Toolkit would help to channel safety discussions and standardize treatments, while reducing ad hoc requests and the workload on city staff.

Additionally, newer, faster and larger cars unfortunately have put us in an arms race, where if we stick with the status quo our streets will continue to get more dangerous. While the city can't control federal policy on vehicle weight, size, or safety features, both safe streets items, if passed, will help the city make better decisions over what we CAN control.

Thanks,
Boris Suchkov
Item 10-A
September 8, 2026
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From: Brodsky, Michael <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2026 2:33 PM
To: Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; councilmtgitems
Subject: Let's make our streets safer! Items 11B and 10A

EXTERNAL
Dear Mayor Torosis and Santa Monica City Council members, I support adopting the Safe Systems Framework update to Vision Zero a Safe System approach, as the next phase of roadway-safety implementation.

I also support adding Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3.12.540 to establish an Automated Traffic Enforcement System (ATES) Program.

There is nothing more important than making our streets safer for all people who walk, bike, ride scooters, and drive motorized vehicles of every kind.

These two items will help move us in the right direction.

Sincerely,
Michael Brodsky
Santa Monica
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From: Allon Percus <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2026 5:03 PM
To: Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; councilmtgitems
Subject: I Support Safe Streets (11B and 10A)

These are practical steps that will make our streets safer for all Santa Monicans, especially kids, pedestrians, and cyclists. Please vote yes.

Allon Percus
90403
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Allon G. Percus
Joseph H. Pengilly Professor of Mathematics
Director, Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Claremont Graduate University
E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 909-607-0744
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From: Santa Monica Forward <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2026 2:27 PM
To: Caroline Torosis; Dan Hall; Barry Snell; Ellis Raskin; Jesse Zwick; Natalya Zernitskaya; Lana Negrete; councilmtgitems
Subject: 10.A - Support ATES

EXTERNAL
Mayor and Councilmembers,
Please support item 10.A, establishing the Automated Traffic Enforcement System (ATES) Program.

Sincerely,
Sam Shapiro-Kline and Brad Ewing
Co-Chairs, Santa Monica Forward
--
We are working for a diverse, progressive, sustainable and equitable Santa Monica.

SantaMonicaForward.org
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From: Carlos Allende González <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 11:47 AM
To: Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; councilmtgitems
Subject: I Support Safe Streets (11B and 10A)

EXTERNAL
Dear Mayor and Councilmembers,
I have been carless and mainly riding my bike or taking the bus or train since I moved to Santa Monica in 2009. I am grateful for all the changes the city has made to make cycling safer.

I'm writing to ask you to support both safe streets items on your September 8 agenda: adopting the Safe System framework and Neighborhood Traffic Calming Toolkit, and introducing the ATES ordinance for red-light and stop-sign cameras.

These are practical steps that will make our streets safer for all Santa Monicans, especially kids, pedestrians, and cyclists.

Please vote yes.

I also hope you continue to enhance the safety of cycling paths by installing metal rods, concrete dividers, or other measures to prevent cars from riding or parking on them.

Carlos Allende González, PhD
310-463-2531
Item 10-A
September 8, 2026
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From: Juan Matute <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 9:06 AM
To: Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; councilmtgitems
Subject: Why I Support Safe Streets (4B, 11B and 10A)

EXTERNAL
Dear Mayor and Councilmembers,
I support items 4B, 10A, and 11B. 11B, to implement a customized safe systems approach, is a best practice for roadway safety for all people. I wrote about why I support implementation last week in Santa Monica Next, and I've copied the column below.

The Turn That Convinced Me Santa Monica’s
Safe System Approach Will Work
 JUAN MATUTE
 SEPTEMBER 3, 2026
 MOBILITY, NEWS, OPINION
The crossing guard at Chelsea Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard has been escorting McKinley kids across the street for almost twenty years, and for much of that time he’s had to watch out for left-turning drivers who didn’t see her or stop in time. I know this as a McKinley parent, a member of the school’s PTA Traffic Safety Committee who pushed for this redesign, and someone who studies transportation for a living. The city redesigned that left turn earlier this year. Conflicts dropped, drivers made better choices at the intersection, and the crossing guard is happy. So am I.

That intersection is item one on a list of nine near-term projects in a staff report that Council will take up on September 8, and it’s a big part of why I’m optimistic about the rest of the report. It’s honest about why Santa Monica didn’t hit the zero-fatality goal it set a decade ago, and it lays out a real plan for what comes next. I’ve written before about pieces of this story: declining traffic enforcement staffing after the Wilshire and Chelsea fatality, and new automated-enforcement authority last winter.

September 8 brings a lot of that together, and I support it.

The City missed its Vision Zero goal, but found a better framework In February 2016, the city committed to eliminating fatal and severe-injury crashes by 2026. That year is here, and the results are mixed. Total fatal and severe-injury crashes fell from 62 in 2024 to 52 in 2025. But pedestrian-involved crashes went up every year from 2021 to 2025, and pedestrians and cyclists made up 20 of the city’s 21 traffic deaths over that period. No single intersection had more than three of these crashes over five years, though Ocean Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard each had 26. The problem is spread across the city, not concentrated at a couple of bad corners.

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Staff wants to replace the old five-E model (engineering, education, encouragement, enforcement, evaluation) with a modified Safe System approach built around seven elements: Safe Speeds, Safe Roads, Safe Road Users, Safe Vehicles, Post-Crash Care and Learning, Safe Land Use, and Safe and Viable Transit. I like this framework, especially the last two additions. Safe Land Use and Safe and Viable Transit fit Santa Monica well because much of the danger on our streets comes down to how far people have to drive for everyday things, and how good the transit option is when they’d rather not drive.

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Santa Monica's modified safe systems approach.

A toolkit for empowering neighborhoods
The most concrete piece of the report is a Neighborhood Traffic Calming Toolkit paired with a new diverter pilot program. It gives residents a structured way to flag a safety problem on their street (e.g., daylighting, curb extensions, speed humps, diverters) and get it addressed on a predictable timeline instead of waiting years for a capital project to work its way through the budget.

The toolkit sets a reasonable line between two paths. Diverters that fit an already approved program go through administrative review: engineering analysis, interdepartmental review, public notice, and monitoring. New or nonstandard proposals need documented neighborhood support first: 51 percent of residents and businesses in areas zoned mostly R-1, 25 percent in more mixed zoning, the same threshold the city already uses for Block Party street closures. That keeps circulation changes accountable to the people who actually live with them, since a diverter redirects cut-through traffic rather than eliminating it.

This is also where the city’s grid matters. Santa Monica has real route redundancy because our streets are connected, but that only helps if diverters are evaluated at the network level, so a fix on one street doesn’t just push the same traffic onto the next one, and emergency responders keep the routes they need. The Michigan Avenue greenway shows this working as intended: the city set a target back in 2014 of 1,500 or fewer daily car trips on that street, but any actual diverter still needs Council approval, since Michigan absorbs cut-through traffic that Olympic, as the regional road, is supposed to handle instead. Washington Avenue is in earlier stages, with a quick-build greenway now funded.

Red light cameras, and why the fine amount doesn’t tell the whole story
Running a red light and driving at unsafe speed are two of the most dangerous things a driver can do, and state law treats them separately. AB 645 allows automated speed cameras, but only in a handful of pilot cities, including Los Angeles and Malibu. Santa Monica isn’t one of them. SB 720 provides the broader authority for red-light and stop-sign cameras, and the ordinance coming to Council for a first reading relies on it: cameras at two signalized intersections. I wish it were more, but two is a start.

Without state authorization for automated speed enforcement, Santa Monica is handling the speed side manually. SMPD expanded traffic enforcement staffing this year and has been putting officers at school sites in the morning, which I think has been good for children’s safety. For signals and stop signs, though, cameras are the tool state law actually gives us right now.

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Packet Pg. 1093 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (7763 : Red Light Camera Program (Ordinance)) 4 The fine schedule is $100 for a first violation, rising to $500 by a fourth, plus a $50 late fee. It’s civil rather than criminal, attached to the registered owner of the vehicle. Some people will look at that and assume it’s too small to matter. I don’t think that’s right. A fine only deters if people expect to get caught, and an officer working an intersection manually might cite fewer than two speeding drivers an hour. A camera catches almost everyone who runs the light. When the odds of getting caught go up that much, the fine doesn’t need to be as high to have the same effect.

Curb space is a safety issue too
I’m glad to see smart curb management included here, with a pilot planned for 2nd and 4th Streets.

This is something I’ve researched in the past: competition for curb space in our business districts pushes a lot of delivery and rideshare vehicles into double-parking, and a lot of that double-parking happens in bike lanes, which is dangerous for cyclists and makes it harder to see pedestrians at intersections. A pilot that uses data and defined zones to allocate that space more predictably addresses a real problem.

What Council is actually deciding
There’s no immediate budget action tied to this study session. Council is being asked for direction, not money, and any ATES fine revenue is meant to stay limited, since the program’s point is near-certain enforcement and putting any surplus into local roadway safety improvements rather than raising general fund revenue. What Council decides on September 8 is whether to adopt the Safe System framework, move the traffic calming toolkit and diverter process forward, advance the curb and parking pilots, and introduce the ATES ordinance.

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From: terencem terencemcfadden.com <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 11:35 AM
To: Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; councilmtgitems
Subject: I Support Safe Streets (11B and 10A)

EXTERNAL
Dear Mayor and Councilmembers,
I have been a resident of Santa Monica for thirty years. I really appreciate everything the City has done to make bicycling safer, with dedicated bike lanes, etc. (Please ignore all the naysayers on Nextdoor!) I'm writing to ask you to support both safe streets items on your September 8 agenda: adopting the Safe System framework and Neighborhood Traffic Calming Toolkit, and introducing the ATES ordinance for red-light and stopsign cameras.

These are practical steps that will make our streets safer for all Santa Monicans, especially kids, pedestrians, and cyclists. Please vote yes.

Terence McFadden
(310) 849-6595
2014 Cloverfield Blvd. #11
Santa Monica CA 90404
Item 10-A
September 8, 2026
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From: David Martinez <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 1:16 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Cc: Marc Vukcevich
Subject: SUPPORT of Item 10A
Attachments: Support 10A.pdf

EXTERNAL
Hello,
Please find attached a letter from Streets For All in support of Item 10A.

Best,
To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. David Martinez
State Policy Manager
Streets For All
(949) 307 9282
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Packet Pg. 1096 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (7763 : Red Light Camera Program (Ordinance)) 08 September 2026
Santa Monica City Council
1685 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
RE: SUPPORT of Item 10A - Establish an ATES Program
Dear Santa Monica City Council,
Streets For All is a transportation and land use advocacy organization that is engaged in work that promotes sustainable multi-modal transportation solutions, street safety, and smart land use decision making throughout California. We are committed to crafting policies that allow communities to benefit everyone. We support Item 10A.

Santa Monica's proposed Automated Traffic Enforcement System (ATES) is an important step toward advancing the City's Vision Zero commitment and improving safety for all roadway users.

More importantly, this program represents SB 720 in action. Streets For All sponsored SB 720 because we believe California communities should have access to effective, equitable, and accountable tools to improve traffic safety. We are particularly proud to see Santa Monica putting the framework established by our legislation into practice.

SB 720 established California Vehicle Code Section 21455.9 and created a new civil administrative framework for automated traffic enforcement that is substantially different from California's traditional red-light camera programs. Under SB 720, violations are associated with the registered vehicle rather than the driver, penalties are capped by state law, and violations do not result in DMV points. This means cities now have a new tool to address dangerous red-light violations while maintaining appropriate limits and safeguards.

We strongly support Santa Monica's implementation of the SB 720 program and look forward to seeing the results of our legislation in action. We hope Santa Monica's experience can serve as an example to other California jurisdictions considering how automated enforcement can be responsibly deployed as part of a broader Vision Zero strategy.

We are also encouraged by the City's interest in automated speed enforcement. As Santa Monica is currently not eligible to have automated speed enforcement under state law, we request that the City of Santa Monica send letters to the Assembly and Senate Transportation Committees and Privacy Committees expressing the City's interest in automated speed enforcement and in legislation that would allow Santa Monica to utilize this tool. A letter from a local government with a demonstrated commitment to Vision Zero would provide valuable Item 10-A
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Streets For All thanks the City Council and staff for continuing to prioritize safety and human life in the City's transportation policies. We urge the City Council to adopt the proposed ordinance and put SB 720's new traffic safety framework to work for Santa Monica residents and roadway users.

Sincerely,
Marc Vukcevich
Director of State Policy
Streets For All
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Packet Pg. 1098 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (7763 : Red Light Camera Program (Ordinance)) 1 David Yakobson
From: Connor Webb <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 12:17 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Dan Hall; Lana Negrete; Natalya Zernitskaya; Barry Snell; Ellis Raskin
Subject: Item 10A- Support Automated Traffic Enforcement System

EXTERNAL
Mayor Torosis and Councilmembers,
I strongly support the implementation of an Automated Traffic Enforcement System. The initial implementation should proceed as outlined. However, SB 720 also empowers us to deploy this enforcement at stop-controlled intersections and this item should permit this expansion to include stop-sign enforcement in the future.

Sincerely,
Connor Webb
Mid-city resident, 90404
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Packet Pg. 1099 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (7763 : Red Light Camera Program (Ordinance)) City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: September 8, 2026
Agenda Item: 11.A
1 of 7
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Aileen Reynolds, Director, Housing and Human Services Department Subject: Adoption of a Resolution Approving Membership in the Westside Cities Affordable Housing Trust (WSCAHT) Joint Powers Authority and Appointment of Council Member to Board of Directors
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines;

2. Adopt a resolution approving the City’s membership in the Westside Cities Affordable Housing Trust (WSCAHT);

3. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement establishing the WSCAHT; and

4. Appoint one (1) City Council member to serve as the City’s Director and one (1) City Council member to serve as the City’s Alternate Director on the Board of Directors of the Westside Cities Affordable Housing Trust.

Executive Summary
In collaboration with three other cities – West Hollywood, Culver City and Beverly Hills - of the Westside Cities Council of Governments (WSCCOG), staff recommends that the City of Santa Monica join the proposed Westside Cities Affordable Housing Trust (“WSCAHT” or “Trust”), a regional Joint Powers Authority (JPA) being considered by the member cities of the WSCCOG, to expand affordable housing financing opportunities through regional collaboration.

The Trust will provide a dedicated structure for receiving, managing, and deploying affordable housing funding resources, specifically Measure A funding, while preserving

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local control over land use and development decisions. The Trust is intended to help member cities access additional housing resources, leverage regional funding opportunities, provide technical assistance, and support affordable housing production and preservation activities throughout the region.

Membership in the Trust does not obligate the City to approve any housing development, contribute funding to any housing development, waive local land use authority, or assume liability for the Trust’s obligations. Measure A, by way of the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency (LACAHSA), will cover administrative costs of the Trust for an initial period. The JPA does anticipate that the member cities would be expected to share administrative costs on an annual basis should Measure A funding be insufficient, however that is not anticipated at this time.

BACKGROUND
The WSCCOG received Regional Early Action Planning (REAP 2.0) funding from the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) to evaluate the feasibility of creating a regional affordable housing trust.

Since the beginning of 2026, WSCCOG staff, housing finance consultants, a Steering Committee consisting of representatives from the four Westside member cities (West Hollywood, Culver City, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica), and local housing developers have evaluated regional housing needs, reviewed affordable housing trust best practices, assessed potential funding opportunities, conducted community and stakeholder outreach, and developed a Strategic Plan, Joint Powers Agreement, and Bylaws for the proposed Trust.

Following this process, the WSCCOG Board recommended formation of the WSCAHT and directed that the JPA be presented to teach member city for independent consideration and action by its respective City Council.

WESTSIDE CITIES AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST
The WSCAHT would be established as a separate public entity pursuant to the Joint

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Exercise of Powers Act (the “JPA”), California Government Code Sections 6500 et seq.

The mission of the Westside Cities Affordable Housing Trust is to expand affordable housing opportunities through financing, technical assistance, and regional collaboration that support participating cities and housing partners in creating, preserving, and improving housing opportunities throughout the Westside region.

The Trust would have authority to:
• Receive and administer public and private funding sources. • Provide grants and loans for affordable housing activities. • Support acquisition, predevelopment, construction, preservation, and homeownership programs.
• Provide technical assistance and project readiness support. • Pursue additional housing funding opportunities on behalf of member jurisdictions.
• Hire legal counsel and employees.
• Contract for professional services or staffing.

The Trust would operate independently from WSCCOG, maintain separate financial records, comply with the Brown Act, conduct annual independent audits, and provide annual public reporting.

GOVERNANCE
Following City Council feedback at its July 28th Meeting, the JPA was revised to address feedback received on the Trust’s governance. Under the revisions, the Trust will be governed by a Board of Directors consisting of:
• One elected official appointed by each member agency. • One alternate director appointed by each member agency. • One housing and homelessness policy expert appointed by the WSCAHT Board.

The number of seats was reduced to the minimum required by State law.

All Board members will have voting authority.

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This governance structure is intended to maintain direct local government oversight while incorporating affordable housing and housing finance expertise into Trust decision-making.

FUNDING CONTRIBUTIONS
The Trust Agreement requires each member agency to make annual contributions to fund the administrative costs of the Trust, though all administrative costs will be funded by Measure A funds for the first twelve (12) months following the formation of Trust, to the extent that such funds are available. If Measure A funding is not available, the member agencies will be required to contribute equally pursuant to a formula approved by the Board of Directors of the Trust.

Following City Council feedback at its July 28th Meeting, the JPA was revised to clarify and address feedback received on the Contributions by the Parties. Under the revisions, the Trust will not require administrative fees unless approved by each City Council of the member cities.

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STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
The Trust’s Strategic Plan establishes four initial Strategic Priorities:

1. Technical Assistance and Pipeline Development
a. Support member cities in identifying, evaluating, and advancing housing opportunities while building a pipeline of viable housing projects.

2. Capital Funding, Deployment and Growth
b. Deploy available funding resources effectively, support housing production and preservation, and pursue additional funding opportunities.

3. Systems, Data and Communications
c. Strengthen organizational transparency, performance measurement, reporting, and public communication regarding Trust activities and outcomes.

4. Regional Partnerships and Member Engagement
d. Strengthen collaboration among member cities, developers, lenders, nonprofit organizations, funding partners, and other housing stakeholders.

Together, these priorities are intended to support housing production, preservation, financing, and long-term organizational sustainability throughout the Westside region.

BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
Membership in the Trust provides several potential benefits:
• Access to regional housing financing programs and funding opportunities. • Increased competitiveness for State, County, Federal, and philanthropic funding resources.
• Technical assistance and housing finance expertise.
• Access to acquisition, predevelopment, and project financing resources. • Regional collaboration and shared best practices.
• Ability to leverage funding through a revolving capital structure. • Shared administrative infrastructure and economies of scale.

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Collectively, these benefits strengthen each member city’s ability to finance affordable housing, leverage external funding, and advance locally supported housing priorities through regional collaboration.

LOCAL CONTROL
Membership in the Trust does not alter the City’s authority over land use, zoning, planning, entitlement, environmental review, or project approval decisions.

The JPA expressly prohibits the Trust from regulating land use or requiring cities to approve housing developments. In addition, developments seeking Trust funding must first obtain preliminary written support from the host jurisdiction before being considered for funding.

Participation in the Trust does not obligate the City to approve any development, provide local funding, or modify existing land use policies.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This contract is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines, which states that CEQA does not apply, “where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.” The action involves approval of the City’s membership with a JPA, which is administrative in nature, and does not entail any physical change to the environment. Therefore, it can be stated with certainty that the action will not result in adverse physical environmental impacts and is consequently exempt from CEQA.

FINANCIAL IMPACTS AND BUDGET ACTIONS
There is no immediate financial impact or budget action necessary as a result of recommended action. Staff will return to Council if specific budget actions are required in the future.

Administrative costs are anticipated to be funded primarily through Measure A and other

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eligible funding sources during the Trust's first year of operation.

The JPA does not require member agencies to contribute capital funding to housing developments. If future administrative contributions become necessary, the Trust Board would establish a cost allocation methodology after accounting for available grants and other eligible administrative revenue sources. Any proposed administrative contribution would require Board approval and advance notice to member agencies, providing each agency an opportunity to consider the proposal through its normal budget and decisionmaking process.

The Trust is a separate legal entity, and its debts, liabilities, and obligations are not debts, liabilities, or obligations of its member agencies.

Prepared By: Natalie Verlinich, Acting Director
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:

A. Attachment A - Westside Cities Affordable Housing Trust Resolution B. Attachment B - Westside Cities Affordable Housing Trust Revised Joint Powers Agreement
C. Attachment C - Westside Cities Affordable Housing Trust Redlined Revised Joint Powers Agreement
D. PowerPoint Presentation
E. Written Comments

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1 City Council Meeting July 28, 2026 Santa Monica, California RESOLUTION NUMBER _________ (CCS)
(City Council Series)

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA APPROVING, AUTHORIZING, AND DIRECTING THE CITY’S

EXECUTION OF THE JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT (JPA)

RELATING TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE

WESTSIDE CITIES AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST (WSCAHT)
WHEREAS, the Westside Cities Affordable Housing Trust (WSCAHT) is proposed as a joint powers authority between cities throughout the Westside Cities subregion; and WHEREAS, WSCAHT is proposed for the purpose of funding affordable housing specifically assisting persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income within the County of Los Angeles; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica (the “City”) has determined through its 6th Cycle Housing Element Update that there is great need for the development of affordable housing in the City; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that there are limited financial resources for affordable housing development and that additional local financing increases the competitiveness of individual projects for the State, County, and Federal funding resources; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that it is in the public interest and for the public benefit to become a member of the WSCAHT to facilitate the development and financing of affordable housing within the City and throughout the region; and WHEREAS, by joining the WSCAHT, the City will collaborate with other member cities to increase funding resources for affordable housing; and

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Packet Pg. 1107 Attachment: Attachment A - Westside Cities Affordable Housing Trust Resolution (7860 : WSCCOG Housing Trust) 2 WHEREAS, the Agreement has been filed with the City, and the members of the City Council of the City (the “City Council”), with the assistance of its staff, have reviewed the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the WSCAHT is authorized to issue grants and loans to developers for the purpose, among others, of financing or refinancing the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, and permanent financing of affordable housing in accordance with applicable law; and
WHEREAS, the City anticipates that there will be affordable housing projects in need of financing located in the City that may benefit from participation in WSCAHT ; and NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City DOES HEREBY RESOLVE as follows:

SECTION 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.

SECTION 2. The City Council hereby authorizes the City’s membership in the Westside Cities Affordable Housing Trust (WSCAHT).

SECTION 3. The City Council has reviewed and approves the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement substantially in the form attached (Exhibit 1).

SECTION 4. The adoption of this Resolution shall not obligate the City or any department thereof to (i) provide any financing to acquire, construct or operate any Project or any refinancing of any Project; (ii) approve any application or request for or take any other action in connection with any planning approval, permit or other action necessary for the acquisition, improvement, rehabilitation or operation of any Project; (iii) require any contribution or advance any funds whatsoever to the WSCAHT other than approved membership fees for administrative costs as specified in the JPA; or (iv) except as

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SECTION 5. The Mayor, the City Clerk and all other proper officers and officials of the City are hereby authorized and directed to execute the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement and to perform such other acts and deeds, as may be necessary or convenient to affect the purposes of this Resolution and the transactions herein authorized.

SECTION 6. Pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement, the City Council hereby appoints the following representatives to serve on the Board of Directors of the Westside Cities Affordable Housing Trust:

Director: ______________________________________
Alternate Director: _______________________________
These appointments shall remain in effect until modified by subsequent action of the City Council.

SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall forward a certified copy of this Resolution and an originally executed Agreement to the WSCAHT:

Westside Cities Affordable Housing Trust
Attn: Riley O’Brien
801 S. Grand Ave. Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90017
SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.

APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_________________________

HEIDI VON TONGELN
City Attorney

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JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT
of the

WESTSIDE CITIES AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST
THIS JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made this ___ day of __________, 2026 (“Effective Date”), by and between the public agencies listed in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (each a “Party” and collectively the “Parties”).

RECITALS
A. The Parties are authorized to and have a strong interest in promoting the health, safety, and welfare of the residents within their geographic boundaries.

B. The Parties acknowledge that the State of California has declared the existence of an affordable housing crisis in communities and regions across the state due to the high cost of housing.

C. The Parties find it in their mutual interest to increase the availability of affordable housing, workforce housing, and supportive housing and to prevent and reduce homelessness in a coordinated manner on a regional level.

D. An adequate supply of housing throughout the Westside subregion of Los Angeles County will provide social and economic benefits to residents and taxpayers of the Parties.

E. California Government Code section 6500 et seq. (the “Joint Exercise of Powers Act”) permits two or more public agencies to create joint powers authorities to exercise powers common to the contracting parties.

F. In 2023, the Legislature amended the Joint Exercise of Powers Act by adding Government Code section 6539.1, which expressly authorizes the creation of regional housing trusts.

G. The Parties desire to create the Westside Cities Affordable Housing Trust (“WSCAHT”) as a regional housing trust pursuant to Government Code section 6539.1 for the purpose of receiving, managing, and deploying funds for the development, preservation, and financing of affordable housing.

H. WSCAHT shall perform governmental functions exclusively for public purposes and shall operate as a public entity separate and apart from the Parties.

I. The Parties intend that WSCAHT shall constitute a governmental entity and an instrumentality of its member public agencies, performing essential governmental functions on behalf of such agencies, and that all funds, assets, and activities of WSCAHT shall be used exclusively for public purposes in furtherance of affordable housing.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements contained herein, the Parties agree as follows:

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Section 1. Creation and Purpose.
(a) Creation of WSCAHT. Pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, including Government Code sections 6500 et seq. and 6539.1, the Parties hereby create a public entity known as the Westside Cities Affordable Housing Trust (“WSCAHT” or “Trust”).

WSCAHT shall be a public entity that is separate and apart from the Parties of this Agreement and is responsible for the administration of this agreement. (b) Purpose. The purpose of WSCAHT is to receive, manage, and deploy public and private funding to finance the development and preservation of affordable housing for persons and families of extremely low-, very low-, and low-income, as defined in Section 50093 of the California Health and Safety Code.

The Trust may support, finance, or facilitate housing, including but not limited to:
• Permanent supportive housing
• Affordable rental housing
• Affordable ownership housing
• Workforce housing
• Homeless housing solutions
The Trust may accomplish these purposes by engaging in activities including, but not limited to, the following (with further detail provided under Section 3(b)):
• making loans
• providing grants
• issuing bonds or other debt instruments
• entering into public-private partnerships
• preserving existing affordability restrictions.

WSCAHT is intended to operate as a governmental instrumentality of its member agencies, exercising essential governmental functions on their behalf. All activities, funds, and operations of WSCAHT shall be carried out exclusively for public purposes, and no activities shall be conducted for the benefit of any private individual or entity except as incidental to the accomplishment of such public purposes.

Section 2. Term and Termination
(a) Term. This Agreement shall become effective upon approval by the governing bodies of at least three eligible Parties.

The Agreement shall remain in full force until terminated as provided herein.

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(b) Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by agreement of a majority vote of the Parties. Upon termination of this Agreement, WSCAHT shall be dissolved and, after payment of or provision for payment of all liabilities of WSCAHT, the assets of WSCAHT shall be distributed to the Parties in proportion to the contributions of each Party to WSCAHT and the amounts paid by each Party in connection with WSCAHT’s activities.

Section 3. Powers and Duties of WSCAHT.
(a) General Powers. WSCAHT shall have all the powers common to the Parties to this Agreement which are necessary, convenient, specified, or implied, to accomplish the purpose of WSCAHT as set forth in Section 1 hereof, subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 3, subdivision (c) hereof. Said powers shall be exercised in the manner provided in the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, including without limitation as set forth in Government Code section 6539.1, and, except as expressly set forth herein, shall be subject only to such restrictions upon the manner of exercising such powers as are imposed upon the City of Santa Monica, a charter law city, in the exercise of similar powers provided however, that if the City of Santa Monica shall cease to be a member, then the WSCAHT shall be restricted in the exercise of its power in the same manner as the City of Culver City, a charter law city.
(b) Specific Powers. Without limiting the generality of the powers conferred in subdivision (a) of this Section 3, WSCAHT is hereby authorized, in its own name, to do all of the acts necessary or convenient to the accomplishment of the purposes of this Agreement and the full exercise of the powers conferred in subdivision (a) of this Section 3, including but not limited to the following:

1. to make and enter into contracts;

2. to hire employees or contract for staff assistance, including but not limited to contracting with other public agencies;

3. to sue and be sued in its own name;

4. to apply for, accept, and receive grants, loans, and other aids from any agency of the United States of America, the State of California, Los Angeles County, a Party to this Agreement, or any other agency providing funding related to the purposes of this Agreement;

5. to originate, fund, administer, and hold loans, lines of credit, or other financing instruments for the planning, development, preservation, or rehabilitation of affordable housing, including loans that may be secured or unsecured, and including loans secured by deeds of trust, affordability covenants, ground leases, or other security interests in real or personal property.

6. to invest any money in the treasury pursuant to Section 6505.5 of the Joint Exercise of Powers Act that is not required for the immediate necessities of WSCAHT, as

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WSCAHT determines is advisable, in the same manner and upon the same conditions as local agencies, pursuant to Section 53601 of the California Government Code;

7. to apply for letters of credit or other forms of financial guarantees in order to enter into agreements in connection therewith;

8. to incur and discharge debts, liabilities, and obligations, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement and to the extent permitted by law;

9. to assume ownership of and assume enforcement obligations and authority for affordability covenants governing a property from another entity in order to preserve the units as affordable;

10. to engage the services of private consultants to render professional and technical assistance and advice in carrying out the purposes of this Agreement;

11. to employ and compensate legal counsel determined appropriate by WSCAHT in carrying out the purposes of this Agreement;

12. to contract for engineering, construction, architectural, accounting, environmental, land use, or other services determined necessary or convenient by WSCAHT in connection with the accomplishment of the purposes of this Agreement;

13. for the purposes of enforcing affordable housing covenants or holding security interests for loans, to take title to, and transfer, sell by installment sale or otherwise, lands, structures, real or personal property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in real or personal property which WSCAHT determines are necessary or convenient in connection with the accomplishment of the purposes of this Agreement;

14. for the purposes of renting space for WSCAHT to operate, to lease to, and to lease from, a Party or any other person or entity, lands, structures, real or personal property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in real or personal property which WSCAHT determines are necessary or convenient in connection with the accomplishment of the purposes of this Agreement;

15. to solicit, accept, receive, administer, and expend donations, charitable contributions, gifts, endowments, or other voluntary financial support from public or private sources, including, without limitation, foundations, nonprofit organizations, corporations, and individuals, provided that all such funds are used exclusively for public purposes consistent with the mission of WSCAHT.

WSCAHT may accept restricted or project-specific donations, provided that:
(a) such restrictions are consistent with WSCAHT’s public purposes; (b) WSCAHT retains full and independent discretion over the ultimate use and allocation of such funds;
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(d) all funding decisions shall remain subject to approval by the Board of Directors in accordance with applicable law, including the Ralph M. Brown Act.

16. to acquire, hold, or dispose of property, contributions and donations of property, funds, services, and other forms of assistance from persons, firms, corporations, and government entities;

17. to partner with Parties on funding solicitations and other opportunities for the purposes set forth in this Agreement, including but not limited to jointly exercising powers with a Party pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act;

18. to authorize and issue bonds, certificates of participation, or any other debt instrument repayable from funds and financing received and pledged by the WSCAHT.

19. to propose amendments to this Agreement;

20. to the extent not herein specifically provided for, to exercise any and all other powers as may be provided for WSCAHT in the Joint Exercise of Powers Act or any other applicable law; and

21. to carry out and enforce all the provisions of this Agreement. (c) Limitation on Powers. This Agreement does not authorize WSCAHT to do any of the following:

1. Regulate land use within the jurisdiction of any of the Parties;

2. Levy, or advocate or incentivize the levying of, an exaction, including an impact fee, charge, dedication, reservation, or tax assessment, as a condition of approving the funding for or approval of a development project;

3. Require or incentivize inclusionary zoning requirements;

4. Require the Parties to dedicate or assign funding for any WSCAHT obligations or programs;

5. Fund a housing project or program that is not supported by the city or jurisdiction where the project will be sited. Prior to Trust funding consideration, the applicable city or jurisdiction shall have provided preliminary written support from the City Manager, Community Development Director, or equivalent authorized official acknowledging that the applicant may pursue Trust funding for the proposed project.

Such acknowledgment shall not constitute any land use, entitlement, environmental, or other project approval or any pre-commitment from that city or jurisdiction to approve or fund the project. ;

6. Require the Parties to accept or provide any number of housing units as a prerequisite to joining or remaining a member of WSCAHT; and

7. Affect the individual power of each Party separately to implement affordable housing projects and programs generated within its jurisdictional boundaries.

Section 4. Members

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The members of WSCAHT shall be the Parties to this Agreement, and such other public agencies as may join WSCAHT after execution of this Agreement. New members may join on the terms and conditions set forth in Section 10 hereof. Only the City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, and cities within the jurisdiction of the Westside Cities Council of Governments may be a party to this Agreement and a member of WSCAHT.

Section 5. Board of Directors
(a) Selection of Directors. WSCAHT shall be governed by a Board of Directors selected as follows:
a. The WSCAHT shall be governed by a Board of Directors constituted in accordance with applicable provisions of California law governing regional housing trusts, including Government Code 6539.1.
b. The Board of Directors shall consist of not fewer than five (5) members. The governance and control of WSCAHT shall at all times be vested in public officials or individuals appointed by public agencies in accordance with this Agreement, and no private entity shall have the authority to direct or control the actions or decisions of WSCAHT.
c. The Board of Directors shall consist of one (1) elected official appointed by each Member Agency that is a party to this Agreement. The Board shall at all times consist of not fewer than three (3) directors that are elected officials appointed by the Member Agencies, consistent with the minimum number of Member Agencies required for this Agreement to become effective pursuant to Section 2(a). The governance and control of WSCAHT shall at all times be vested in public officials or individuals appointed by public agencies in accordance with this Agreement, and no private entity shall have the authority to direct or control the actions or decisions of WSCAHT. Each Member Agency shall also appoint one of its elected officials as an Alternate Director, who may serve in the absence of the Party’s appointed Director.
d. All directors appointed directly by a Member Agency pursuant to subsection (c) shall be elected officials of a local agency that is a party to this Agreement. Each Member Agency shall determine its own method of appointment, replacement, and removal of its director.
e. In addition to the directors appointed pursuant to subsection (c), the Board shall include individuals with expertise in homeless or housing policy who are not elected officials of a local agency. The number of these appointed expert directors shall be one (1) less than the total number of elected official directors serving on the Board, but in no event fewer than two (2). These expert directors shall be appointed by a majority vote of the elected official directors serving on the Board. f. Any additional directors shall meet the eligibility requirements described above, provided that a majority of the Board of Directors shall remain elected officials from the member agencies.
g. Each Director shall have one (1) vote on matters before the Board.

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h. All Directors must represent a city or county that is a party to the Joint Powers Agreement, unless serving as a housing or homelessness policy expert appointed pursuant to this section.
(b) Board Powers. Subject to the limitations of this Agreement and the laws of the State of California, the powers of WSCAHT shall be vested in and exercised by, and its property and its affairs administered by, the Board of Directors. (c) Advisory Bodies. The Board of Directors may appoint advisory bodies that may include such persons as are designated by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall adopt bylaws that govern the appointment of advisory bodies, should it determine in its discretion to appoint such advisory bodies.
(d) Compensation. Members of the Board shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement for any expenses actually incurred in connection with serving as Director; provided such expenses have been approved by the Board of Directors before they are incurred, and incurred in accordance with any WSCAHT policies or procedures governing the same.
(e) Term. The Parties shall appoint the Directors for the WSCAHT Board of Directors no later than the Effective Date, or at such other time as the Board may determine. Any appointment made prior to the Effective Date shall become effective upon the Effective Date of this Agreement. Each Director shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing Party and may be removed or replaced at any time by that Party. Directors who are elected officials may not continue serving as Directors after ceasing to hold the elected office that qualified them for appointment.

In the event of a vacancy on the Board of Directors, the Party holding the appointment for that Director seat shall select a replacement Director within sixty (60) days of the vacancy. The Board of Directors shall thereafter ratify the appointment of the replacement Director, who shall serve the remainder of the applicable term, if any, unless otherwise determined by the appointing Party.

Each Party shall determine its own procedures for appointment, reappointment, replacement, and removal of its Director consistent with Government Code Section 6539.1 and this Agreement.
(f) Meetings of the Board of Directors.

1. Call, Notice and Conduct of Meetings. All meetings of the Board of Directors, including, without limitation, regular, adjourned regular, special meetings, and adjourned special meetings, shall be called, noticed, held, and conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act, Government Code sections 54950 et seq.

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fixed for a regular meeting shall fall upon a legal holiday, then such regular meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day at the same hour, unless otherwise determined by the Board. No notice of any regular meeting of the Board of Directors need be given to the individual Directors.

3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairperson of the Board or by a majority of the Directors. Notice of special meetings shall be provided to all Parties.

4. Quorum. A majority of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Board, except that less than a quorum may adjourn a meeting to another time and place. Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement or required by applicable law, actions and decisions of the Board of Directors may be taken by a majority of the quorum present at any meeting.

5. Minutes. The Board of Directors shall cause minutes of all regular, adjourned regular, and special meetings to be kept and presented to the Board for approval at a subsequent meeting.

6. Officers. The Board of Directors shall elect a Chairperson and a Vice Chairperson from among its Directors at the first meeting held in each calendar year. In the event that the Chairperson or Vice Chairperson so elected ceases to be a Director, the resulting vacancy shall be filled at the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors held after such vacancy occurs or at a special meeting called for that purpose. In the absence or inability of the Chairperson to act, the Vice Chairperson shall act as Chairperson. The Chairperson, or in the Chairperson’s absence, the Vice Chairperson, shall preside at and conduct all Board of Directors’ meetings.

7. Rules and Regulations. The Board of Directors may adopt, from time to time, by resolution, such rules, regulations, and bylaws for the conduct of its meetings and affairs as the Board determines are necessary or convenient.

Section 6. Staff and Treasurer
(a) Staff

1. WSCAHT may contract with a Party or the WSCCOG for staff services pursuant to Section 6(d), hire its own employees, or retain independent contractors, agents, or volunteers as the Board of Directors may deem necessary to carry out any of WSCAHT’s powers, upon such terms and conditions as the Board may require, including without limitation the retaining of professional and technical assistance, provided that adequate funds are available in WSCAHT’s budget and are appropriated by WSCAHT therefor.

2. None of the officers, agents, or staff, if any, directly contracted by WSCAHT shall be deemed, by reason of their roles or duties or contracted status, to be employed by the Parties.

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(b) Treasurer and Auditor/Controller. Pursuant to Government Code Sections 6505.5 and 6505.6, the Board of Directors shall appoint either one person to serve in both capacities, or separate persons, to serve as Treasurer and Auditor/Controller of WSCAHT. Such appointee or appointees may be officers or employees of WSCAHT, officers or employees of a Party, or certified public accountants, as authorized by the Government Code.

This provision is intended to be consistent with and implement the requirements of Government Code Sections 6505, 6505.1, 6505.5, and 6505.6, including any subsequent amendments thereto. The Treasurer and Auditor/Controller shall perform the duties required by applicable law, including maintaining strict accountability over WSCAHT funds and reporting all receipts and disbursements.

The Treasurer and Auditor/Controller shall file any bond required by the Board of Directors in the amount established by the Board. Any premiums attributable to such bond shall constitute an expense of WSCAHT.
(c) Attorney. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint one or more legal advisors to WSCAHT who shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Board. (d) Administrative Services and Reimbursement of Costs.

1. The Board of Directors may contract with a Party to provide necessary administrative services to WSCAHT, including the services described in Section 6(a), (b) and (c). The amount charged by the Party to provide such services to WSCAHT shall be fixed by agreement between the Board of Directors and the governing body of the Party providing such services. In the absence of an agreement on costs, the Party providing services to WSCAHT under this Section 6 may charge WSCAHT the amounts necessary to recover all direct and indirect costs of such services.

2. If WSCAHT contracts with a Party to provide WSCAHT with administrative services through persons who are employees and officers of the Party, then any retirement liabilities associated with that Party’s employees and officers shall not constitute a liability of WSCAHT or any other Party. This Section 6(d)(2) shall not preclude a Party providing administrative services to WSCAHT pursuant to a contract with WSCAHT from accounting for such salary and benefit costs when negotiating the rates that the Party will charge WSCAHT for providing such services.

Section 7. Financial Provisions
(a) Fiscal Year. The Fiscal Year of WSCAHT shall, unless and until changed by the Board of Directors, commence on the 1st day of July of each year and shall end on the 30th day of June of the succeeding year except that the initial Fiscal Year of WSCAHT shall commence on the Effective Date and end on the immediately following 30th day of June. (b) Budget.

1. General Budget. Within one hundred and twenty days (120) after the first meeting of the Board of Directors, a general budget for the first fiscal year shall be adopted by the vote

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of a majority of the total membership of the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and in order to align with the fiscal year schedule described in 7(a), the initial budget period may cover less than a full fiscal year or may be combined with the subsequent fiscal year, at the discretion of the Board. The budget shall distinguish between administrative costs (i.e., the cost of operating WSCAHT) and Program costs (i.e., the financing of the programs funded or sponsored by WSCAHT). Thereafter, at or prior to the last meeting of the Board of Directors for each fiscal year, a general budget shall be adopted for the ensuing fiscal year or years by a vote of at least a majority of the total membership of the Board.

2. Expenditures for the Approved Budget. The payment of all WSCAHT obligations is limited to the amount of appropriations allowed in WSCAHT’s approved budget, except as it may be revised with the approval of a majority of the total membership of the Board of Directors.
(c) Contributions by the Parties.

1. Administrative Cost Contributions. In consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, the Parties agree to make annual contributions (each a “Fee” and collectively, the “Fees”) toward the budgeted administrative costs of WSCAHT as set forth in a duly adopted resolution of the Board of Directors.

Initial Funding Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the first twelve (12) months following the formation of WSCAHT, all administrative costs shall be funded entirely from Measure A funds, to the extent such funds are available and eligible for such use, as determined by the Board of Directors.

Ongoing Cost Allocation. Thereafter, to the extent the Board of Directors determines that additional funding is necessary to support the administrative operation of the WSCAHT, the Parties shall share the administrative costs of WSCAHT remaining after accounting for all eligible administrative revenue, including but not limited to grants and other external funding sources available to WSCAHT. Such remaining costs shall be allocated among the Parties pursuant to a formula approved by the Board of Directors.

Annual Assessment. Fees and assessments, if any, shall be determined and assessed on an annual basis. The Board of Directors shall establish the amount and allocation of such Fees each fiscal year as it deems financially prudent and consistent with the adopted budget. WSCAHT shall provide member agencies with reasonable advance notice of any proposed Fees or assessments in order to allow sufficient time for consideration and incorporation into each member agency’s budget process. The Board of Directors may establish additional policies and procedures regarding the timing, calculation, adoption, and payment of Fees and assessments.

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Payment Terms. Payment of the Fees shall be due within thirty (30) days of receipt of an invoice from WSCAHT. Each invoice shall indicate the basis upon which the Fees were calculated.

2. Form of Contribution. A Party’s contribution shall be in the form of money unless the Board of Directors approves another form of contribution, including services, personal property, use of real or personal property, or other in-kind contributions. The acceptance and valuation of any non-monetary contribution, and the extent to which it offsets a Party’s Fee obligation, shall be determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the Board of Directors.

3. Program Cost Contribution. The particular programs and program budget, funded, sponsored, or operated by WSCAHT, as well as the level of and mechanisms for the involvement of WSCAHT and each Party, in such programs and program budget, shall be determined and approved by the Board of Directors.
(d) Accounts and Reports.

1. Books and Records. There shall be strict accountability of all WSCAHT funds and accounts, and a report of all WSCAHT receipts and disbursements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, WSCAHT shall establish and maintain such funds and accounts as may be required by good government accounting practice. The books and records of WSCAHT shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times by each Party and its duly authorized representatives.

2. Annual Audit. The person appointed by the Board of Directors to perform the auditor function for WSCAHT shall cause an annual independent audit of the accounts and records of WSCAHT and records to be made by a certified public accountant or firm of certified public accountants in accordance with Government Code section 6505. Such audits shall be delivered to each Party and shall be made available to the public. Any material audit findings or significant accounting deficiencies identified through the annual audit shall be presented to the Board of Directors and addressed in accordance with applicable law and generally accepted public agency financial and auditing practices.

3. Annual Financial Report. Pursuant to section 6539.9(d) of the Government Code, WSCAHT shall publish an Annual Financial Report that shall describe the funds received by WSCAHT and the use of such funds by WSCAHT. The Annual Financial Report shall describe how the funds received by WSCAHT have furthered the purposes of WSCAHT.
(e) Funds. Subject to the applicable provisions of any instrument or agreement which WSCAHT may enter into, which may provide for a trustee or other fiscal agent to receive, have custody of and disburse WSCAHT funds, the person appointed by the Board of Directors to perform the Treasurer function for WSCAHT shall receive, have the custody of and disburse WSCAHT funds in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, shall make the

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disbursements required by this Agreement in order to carry out any of the provisions or purposes of this Agreement.

Section 8. Amendments.
(a) This Agreement may be amended or modified with the approval of a majority of all the Parties through formal action approving such an amendment by the Parties’ respective governing bodies.
(b) No addition to, or alteration of, the terms of this Agreement, whether by written or oral understanding of the Parties, their officers, employees, or agents, shall be valid or effective unless made in the form of a written amendment which is formally adopted and executed by the Parties as provided in subparagraph (a) of this Section.

Section 9. Non-Liability for Obligations of WSCAHT.
(a) The debts, liabilities, and obligations of WSCAHT shall not be considered the debts, liabilities, and obligations of any of the Parties or their respective officers, employees, agents, or volunteers, or the personal debts, liabilities, and obligations or the Directors, officers or employees of WSCAHT.

1. Indemnification. The WSCAHT shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless each Party, and its respective officers, elected officials, agents, employees, representatives and volunteers (the “Indemnitees”) from and against any loss, injury, claim, lawsuit, liability, expense, or damages of any kind or nature (collectively, “Claims”) brought by a third party which arises out of or in connection with WSCAHT’s administration of or performance under this Agreement, including such third party claims arising out of or in connection with any Indemnitees acting within their authorized capacity as an officer, elected official, agent, employee, representative or volunteer of WSCAHT. The WSCAHT’s duty to defend and indemnify under this Section shall not extend to Claims otherwise arising out of the Indemnitees’ own gross negligence, or willful misconduct, whether in whole or in part. The WSCAHT shall maintain adequate liability protection, as determined by the Board of Directors through one or more of the following: (i) a liability reserve fund, (ii) purchasing commercial insurance, or (iii) by joining a joint powers insurance authority (JPIA). In the event the WSCAHT’s financial obligations to indemnify, defend and hold harmless, pursuant to this Subsection, exceed the liability reserve fund and/or the proceeds from any applicable insurance and/or JPIA coverage maintained by the WSCAHT (hereinafter “Unfunded Liability”), a Party or Parties may meet and confer with WSCAHT in good faith to negotiate alternative means or mechanisms by which WSCAHT may fund such Unfunded Liability; however, in no event shall the event of an Unfunded Liability relieve, limit or waive WSCAHT’s obligations of indemnity or defense to each Party as first set forth above in this Section.

Nothing herein shall obligate any Party to indemnify or hold harmless WSCAHT for any Unfunded Liability.

2. Assignment. Each Party shall assign to the WSCAHT its rights, title, and interest to recover damages from any third party for Claims arising out of this Agreement, to the

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extent that the WSCAHT has met its obligations to defend and indemnify such Party pursuant to this Section.

3. Survival. WSCAHT’s duty to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless shall survive and continue in full force and effect after withdrawal of any Party from this Agreement, including as to the withdrawing Party, or termination of this Agreement for any reason with respect to any Claims that occurred before the date of such withdrawal or termination.

Section 10. Admission and Withdrawal of Parties.
(a) Admission of New Parties. An eligible public agency may become a Party to the Trust upon approval by its governing body and adoption of the JPA.

If an eligible public agency joins more than one (1) year after the Effective Date, it shall be required to pay a late joining fee. The late joining fee shall be equal to the total amount of annual administrative contributions the entity would have paid had it been a Party since the Effective Date, in alignment with Section 7(c); provided, however, that such fee shall not exceed four (4) years' worth of cumulative administrative cost contributions.

For a period of twelve (12) months following admission of a late joining public agency, the Board of Directors may prioritize projects, programs, or funding allocations located within or benefiting existing Parties over projects, programs, or funding allocations located within or benefiting the late joining public agency. After such twelve (12) month period, the late joining public agency shall be eligible for participation in WSCAHT programs and funding opportunities on the same basis as all other Parties.

Payment shall be due within 30 days of receipt of an invoice from WSCAHT. (b) Withdrawal from WSCAHT. A Party may withdraw from WSCAHT at any time upon its governing body’s adoption of a resolution stating the Party’s intent to withdraw from WSCAHT and written notice of withdrawal accompanied by an executed copy of the resolution of intent to the WSCAHT. The withdrawal of any Party, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, shall be subject to the following prerequisites and conditions:

1. The withdrawal shall be effective immediately upon receipt by the WSCAHT of the written notice of withdrawal, subject to subsection (2) below.

2. If the withdrawal notice is received by the WSCAHT less than ninety (90) days before the start of a fiscal year or after the commencement of a fiscal year but before payment of that year’s Section 7(c) Fee, the withdrawal shall not be effective unless and until the withdrawing Party has fully paid that fiscal year’s contribution; otherwise, the notice of withdrawal shall be null and void.

3. Unless otherwise provided by a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors, withdrawal shall result in the forfeiture of that Party’s rights and claims relating to distribution of

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property and funds upon termination of WSCAHT as set forth in Section 2 above.

Withdrawn members shall not be entitled to any reimbursement of Fees.

4. Withdrawal of a Party will not relieve that Party of prior financial obligations of liabilities unless otherwise approved by the Board.

Section 11. Notices.
(a) Notices required or permitted hereunder shall be sufficiently given if made in writing and delivered either personally or by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the persons and entities listed at the addresses set forth in Exhibit A, or to such other address as may be designated in writing to WSCAHT for formal notice.

Section 12. Miscellaneous.
(a) Section Headings. The section headings herein are for convenience only and are not to be construed as modifying or governing or in any manner affecting the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions or language of this Agreement. (b) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all together shall constitute but one and the same Agreement.
(c) Laws Governing. This Agreement is made in the State of California under the Constitution and laws of such State and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of California.
(d) Severability. Should any part, term, portion or provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, be held to be illegal or in conflict with any law of the State of California, or otherwise be rendered unenforceable or ineffectual it shall be deemed severable, and the reminder of this Agreement or the application thereof to other persons or circumstances shall continue to constitute the Agreement the Parties intended to enter into in the first instance.
(e) Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the successors of the respective Parties. No Party may assign any right or obligation hereunder without the written consent of a majority of the other Parties.

IN WITNESS THEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and attested by their duly authorized officers as follows:

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(NAME OF CITY)
______________________________
BY: (NAME/TITLE OF CITY OFFICER)
Dated: ___________________________
ATTEST:
___________________________________________
(NAME) City Clerk Date
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

By: __________________________________________
(NAME) City Attorney Date

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EXHIBIT A
Parties to this Agreement and their Addresses for notice pursuant to Section 11 are as follows:

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JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT
of the

RECITALS
A. The Parties are authorized to and have a strong interest in promoting the health, safety, and welfare of the residents within their geographic boundaries.

B. The Parties acknowledge that the State of California has declared the existence of an affordable housing crisis in communities and regions across the state due to the high cost of housing.

D. An adequate supply of housing throughout the Westside subregion of Los Angeles County will provide social and economic benefits to residents and taxpayers of the Parties.

F. In 2023, the Legislature amended the Joint Exercise of Powers Act by adding Government Code section 6539.1, which expressly authorizes the creation of regional housing trusts.

H. WSCAHT shall perform governmental functions exclusively for public purposes and shall operate as a public entity separate and apart from the Parties.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements contained herein, the Parties agree as follows:

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Section 1. Creation and Purpose.
(a) Creation of WSCAHT. Pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, including Government Code sections 6500 et seq. and 6539.1, the Parties hereby create a public entity known as the Westside Cities Affordable Housing Trust (“WSCAHT” or “Trust”).

Section 2. Term and Termination
(a) Term. This Agreement shall become effective upon approval by the governing bodies of at least three eligible Parties.

The Agreement shall remain in full force until terminated as provided herein.

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(b) Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by agreement of a majority vote of the Parties. Upon termination of this Agreement, WSCAHT shall be dissolved and, after payment of or provision for payment of all liabilities of WSCAHT, the assets of WSCAHT shall be distributed to the Parties in proportion to the contributions of each Party to WSCAHT and the amounts paid by each Party in connection with WSCAHT’s activities.

1. to make and enter into contracts;

2. to hire employees or contract for staff assistance, including but not limited to contracting with other public agencies;

3. to sue and be sued in its own name;

6. to invest any money in the treasury pursuant to Section 6505.5 of the Joint Exercise of Powers Act that is not required for the immediate necessities of WSCAHT, as

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WSCAHT determines is advisable, in the same manner and upon the same conditions as local agencies, pursuant to Section 53601 of the California Government Code;

7. to apply for letters of credit or other forms of financial guarantees in order to enter into agreements in connection therewith;

8. to incur and discharge debts, liabilities, and obligations, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement and to the extent permitted by law;

9. to assume ownership of and assume enforcement obligations and authority for affordability covenants governing a property from another entity in order to preserve the units as affordable;

10. to engage the services of private consultants to render professional and technical assistance and advice in carrying out the purposes of this Agreement;

11. to employ and compensate legal counsel determined appropriate by WSCAHT in carrying out the purposes of this Agreement;

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(d) all funding decisions shall remain subject to approval by the Board of Directors in accordance with applicable law, including the Ralph M. Brown Act.

16. to acquire, hold, or dispose of property, contributions and donations of property, funds, services, and other forms of assistance from persons, firms, corporations, and government entities;

18. to authorize and issue bonds, certificates of participation, or any other debt instrument repayable from funds and financing received and pledged by the WSCAHT.

19. to propose amendments to this Agreement;

20. to the extent not herein specifically provided for, to exercise any and all other powers as may be provided for WSCAHT in the Joint Exercise of Powers Act or any other applicable law; and

21. to carry out and enforce all the provisions of this Agreement. (c) Limitation on Powers. This Agreement does not authorize WSCAHT to do any of the following:

1. Regulate land use within the jurisdiction of any of the Parties;

3. Require or incentivize inclusionary zoning requirements;

4. Require the Parties to dedicate or assign funding for any WSCAHT obligations or programs;

Such acknowledgment shall not constitute any land use, entitlement, environmental, or other project approval or any pre-commitment from that city or jurisdiction to approve or fund the project. ;

6. Require the Parties to accept or provide any number of housing units as a prerequisite to joining or remaining a member of WSCAHT; and

7. Affect the individual power of each Party separately to implement affordable housing projects and programs generated within its jurisdictional boundaries.

Section 4. Members

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The members of WSCAHT shall be the Parties to this Agreement, and such other public agencies as may join WSCAHT after execution of this Agreement. New members may join on the terms and conditions set forth in Section 10 hereof. Only the City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, and cities within the jurisdiction of the Westside Cities Council of Governments may be a party to this Agreement and a member of WSCAHT.

Section 5. Board of Directors
(a) Selection of Directors. WSCAHT shall be governed by a Board of Directors selected as follows:
a. The WSCAHT shall be governed by a Board of Directors constituted in accordance with applicable provisions of California law governing regional housing trusts, including Government Code 6539.1.
b. The Board of Directors shall consist of not fewer than five (5) members. The governance and control of WSCAHT shall at all times be vested in public officials or individuals appointed by public agencies in accordance with this Agreement, and no private entity shall have the authority to direct or control the actions or decisions of WSCAHT.
c. The Board of Directors shall consist of one (1) elected official appointed by each Member Agency that is a party to this Agreement. The Board shall at all times consist of not fewer than three (3) directors that are elected officials appointed by the Member Agencies, consistent with the minimum number of Member Agencies required for this Agreement to become effective pursuant to Section 2(a). The governance and control of WSCAHT shall at all times be vested in public officials or individuals appointed by public agencies in accordance with this Agreement, and no private entity shall have the authority to direct or control the actions or decisions of WSCAHT. Each Member Agency shall also appoint one of its elected officials as an Alternate Director, who may serve in the absence of the Party’s appointed Director.
d. All directors appointed directly by a Member Agency pursuant to subsection (c) shall be elected officials of a local agency that is a party to this Agreement. Each Member Agency shall determine its own method of appointment, replacement, and removal of its director.
e. In addition to the directors appointed pursuant to subsection (c), the Board shall include individuals with expertise in homeless or housing policy who are not elected officials of a local agency. The number of these appointed expert directors shall be two (2). These expert directors shall be appointed by a majority vote of the elected official directors serving on the Board.
f. Any additional directors shall meet the eligibility requirements described above, provided that a majority of the Board of Directors shall remain elected officials from the member agencies.
g. Each Director shall have one (1) vote on matters before the Board.

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h. All Directors must represent a city or county that is a party to the Joint Powers Agreement, unless serving as a housing or homelessness policy expert appointed pursuant to this section.
(b) Board Powers. Subject to the limitations of this Agreement and the laws of the State of California, the powers of WSCAHT shall be vested in and exercised by, and its property and its affairs administered by, the Board of Directors. (c) Advisory Bodies. The Board of Directors may appoint advisory bodies that may include such persons as are designated by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall adopt bylaws that govern the appointment of advisory bodies, should it determine in its discretion to appoint such advisory bodies.
(d) Compensation. Members of the Board shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement for any expenses actually incurred in connection with serving as Director; provided such expenses have been approved by the Board of Directors before they are incurred, and incurred in accordance with any WSCAHT policies or procedures governing the same.
(e) Term. The Parties shall appoint the Directors for the WSCAHT Board of Directors no later than the Effective Date, or at such other time as the Board may determine. Any appointment made prior to the Effective Date shall become effective upon the Effective Date of this Agreement. Each Director shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing Party and may be removed or replaced at any time by that Party. Directors who are elected officials may not continue serving as Directors after ceasing to hold the elected office that qualified them for appointment.

2. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such dates and times as the Board may fix by resolution from time to time. If any day so

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fixed for a regular meeting shall fall upon a legal holiday, then such regular meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day at the same hour, unless otherwise determined by the Board. No notice of any regular meeting of the Board of Directors need be given to the individual Directors.

5. Minutes. The Board of Directors shall cause minutes of all regular, adjourned regular, and special meetings to be kept and presented to the Board for approval at a subsequent meeting.

Section 6. Staff and Treasurer
(a) Staff

2. None of the officers, agents, or staff, if any, directly contracted by WSCAHT shall be deemed, by reason of their roles or duties or contracted status, to be employed by the Parties.

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(b) Treasurer and Auditor/Controller. Pursuant to Government Code Sections 6505.5 and 6505.6, the Board of Directors shall appoint either one person to serve in both capacities, or separate persons, to serve as Treasurer and Auditor/Controller of WSCAHT. Such appointee or appointees may be officers or employees of WSCAHT, officers or employees of a Party, or certified public accountants, as authorized by the Government Code.

1. General Budget. Within one hundred and twenty days (120) after the first meeting of the Board of Directors, a general budget for the first fiscal year shall be adopted by the vote

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of a majority of the total membership of the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and in order to align with the fiscal year schedule described in 7(a), the initial budget period may cover less than a full fiscal year or may be combined with the subsequent fiscal year, at the discretion of the Board. The budget shall distinguish between administrative costs (i.e., the cost of operating WSCAHT) and Program costs (i.e., the financing of the programs funded or sponsored by WSCAHT). Thereafter, at or prior to the last meeting of the Board of Directors for each fiscal year, a general budget shall be adopted for the ensuing fiscal year or years by a vote of at least a majority of the total membership of the Board.

3. Program Cost Contribution. The particular programs and program budgets funded, sponsored, or operated by WSCAHT, including the level and mechanisms of funding and cost allocation for such programs, shall be determined and approved by the Board of Directors.
(c) Contributions by the Parties.

1. Administrative Cost Contributions.

For the first twelve (12) months following the formation of WSCAHT, all administrative costs shall be funded entirely from Measure A funds, to the extent such funds are available and eligible for such use, as determined by the Board of Directors.

The Parties may adopt an annual contribution requirement (each a “Fee” and collectively, the “Fees”) toward the budgeted administrative costs of WSCAHT should Measure A or other non-Party funds not be available and eligible for such use. WSCAHT shall not require Fees without approval by the governing body of each of the Parties.

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budget. WSCAHT shall provide member agencies with reasonable advance notice of any proposed Fees or assessments in order to allow sufficient time for consideration and incorporation into each member agency’s budget process. The Board of Directors may establish additional policies and procedures regarding the timing, calculation, adoption, and payment of Fees and assessments.

Payment Terms. Payment of the Fees shall be due within thirty (30) days of receipt of an invoice from WSCAHT. Each invoice shall indicate the basis upon which the Fees were calculated.

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the Treasurer function for WSCAHT shall receive, have the custody of and disburse WSCAHT funds in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, shall make the disbursements required by this Agreement in order to carry out any of the provisions or purposes of this Agreement.

Nothing herein shall obligate any Party to indemnify or hold harmless WSCAHT for any Unfunded Liability.

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2. Assignment. Each Party shall assign to the WSCAHT its rights, title, and interest to recover damages from any third party for Claims arising out of this Agreement, to the extent that the WSCAHT has met its obligations to defend and indemnify such Party pursuant to this Section.

Section 10. Admission and Withdrawal of Parties.
(a) Admission of New Parties. An eligible public agency may become a Party to the Trust upon approval by its governing body and adoption of the JPA.

1. The withdrawal shall be effective immediately upon receipt by the WSCAHT of the written notice of withdrawal, subject to subsection (2) below.

2. If the withdrawal notice is received by the WSCAHT less than ninety (90) days before the start of a fiscal year or after the commencement of a fiscal year but before payment of that year’s Section 7(c) Fee, if any, the withdrawal shall not be effective unless and until the withdrawing Party has fully paid that fiscal year’s contribution; otherwise, the notice of withdrawal shall be null and void.

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3. Unless otherwise provided by a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors, withdrawal shall result in the forfeiture of that Party’s rights and claims relating to distribution of property and funds upon termination of WSCAHT as set forth in Section 2 above.

Withdrawn members shall not be entitled to any reimbursement of Fees.

4. Withdrawal of a Party will not relieve that Party of prior financial obligations of liabilities unless otherwise approved by the Board.

IN WITNESS THEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and attested by their duly authorized officers as follows:

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(NAME OF CITY)
______________________________
BY: (NAME/TITLE OF CITY OFFICER)
Dated: ___________________________
ATTEST:
___________________________________________
(NAME) City Clerk Date
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

By: __________________________________________
(NAME) City Attorney Date

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EXHIBIT A
Parties to this Agreement and their Addresses for notice pursuant to Section 11 are as follows:

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JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT
of the

RECITALS
A. The Parties are authorized to and have a strong interest in promoting the health, safety, and welfare of the residents within their geographic boundaries.

B. The Parties acknowledge that the State of California has declared the existence of an affordable housing crisis in communities and regions across the state due to the high cost of housing.

D. An adequate supply of housing throughout the Westside subregion of Los Angeles County will provide social and economic benefits to residents and taxpayers of the Parties.

F. In 2023, the Legislature amended the Joint Exercise of Powers Act by adding Government Code section 6539.1, which expressly authorizes the creation of regional housing trusts.

H. WSCAHT shall perform governmental functions exclusively for public purposes and shall operate as a public entity separate and apart from the Parties.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements contained herein, the Parties agree as follows:

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Section 1. Creation and Purpose.
(a) Creation of WSCAHT. Pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, including Government Code sections 6500 et seq. and 6539.1, the Parties hereby create a public entity known as the Westside Cities Affordable Housing Trust (“WSCAHT” or “Trust”).

Section 2. Term and Termination
(a) Term. This Agreement shall become effective upon approval by the governing bodies of at least three eligible Parties.

The Agreement shall remain in full force until terminated as provided herein.

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(b) Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by agreement of a majority vote of the Parties. Upon termination of this Agreement, WSCAHT shall be dissolved and, after payment of or provision for payment of all liabilities of WSCAHT, the assets of WSCAHT shall be distributed to the Parties in proportion to the contributions of each Party to WSCAHT and the amounts paid by each Party in connection with WSCAHT’s activities.

1. to make and enter into contracts;

2. to hire employees or contract for staff assistance, including but not limited to contracting with other public agencies;

3. to sue and be sued in its own name;

6. to invest any money in the treasury pursuant to Section 6505.5 of the Joint Exercise of Powers Act that is not required for the immediate necessities of WSCAHT, as

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WSCAHT determines is advisable, in the same manner and upon the same conditions as local agencies, pursuant to Section 53601 of the California Government Code;

7. to apply for letters of credit or other forms of financial guarantees in order to enter into agreements in connection therewith;

8. to incur and discharge debts, liabilities, and obligations, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement and to the extent permitted by law;

9. to assume ownership of and assume enforcement obligations and authority for affordability covenants governing a property from another entity in order to preserve the units as affordable;

10. to engage the services of private consultants to render professional and technical assistance and advice in carrying out the purposes of this Agreement;

11. to employ and compensate legal counsel determined appropriate by WSCAHT in carrying out the purposes of this Agreement;

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(d) all funding decisions shall remain subject to approval by the Board of Directors in accordance with applicable law, including the Ralph M. Brown Act.

16. to acquire, hold, or dispose of property, contributions and donations of property, funds, services, and other forms of assistance from persons, firms, corporations, and government entities;

18. to authorize and issue bonds, certificates of participation, or any other debt instrument repayable from funds and financing received and pledged by the WSCAHT.

19. to propose amendments to this Agreement;

20. to the extent not herein specifically provided for, to exercise any and all other powers as may be provided for WSCAHT in the Joint Exercise of Powers Act or any other applicable law; and

21. to carry out and enforce all the provisions of this Agreement. (c) Limitation on Powers. This Agreement does not authorize WSCAHT to do any of the following:

1. Regulate land use within the jurisdiction of any of the Parties;

3. Require or incentivize inclusionary zoning requirements;

4. Require the Parties to dedicate or assign funding for any WSCAHT obligations or programs;

Such acknowledgment shall not constitute any land use, entitlement, environmental, or other project approval or any pre-commitment from that city or jurisdiction to approve or fund the project. ;

6. Require the Parties to accept or provide any number of housing units as a prerequisite to joining or remaining a member of WSCAHT; and

7. Affect the individual power of each Party separately to implement affordable housing projects and programs generated within its jurisdictional boundaries.

Section 4. Members

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The members of WSCAHT shall be the Parties to this Agreement, and such other public agencies as may join WSCAHT after execution of this Agreement. New members may join on the terms and conditions set forth in Section 10 hereof. Only the City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, and cities within the jurisdiction of the Westside Cities Council of Governments may be a party to this Agreement and a member of WSCAHT.

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h. All Directors must represent a city or county that is a party to the Joint Powers Agreement, unless serving as a housing or homelessness policy expert appointed pursuant to this section.
(b) Board Powers. Subject to the limitations of this Agreement and the laws of the State of California, the powers of WSCAHT shall be vested in and exercised by, and its property and its affairs administered by, the Board of Directors. (c) Advisory Bodies. The Board of Directors may appoint advisory bodies that may include such persons as are designated by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall adopt bylaws that govern the appointment of advisory bodies, should it determine in its discretion to appoint such advisory bodies.
(d) Compensation. Members of the Board shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement for any expenses actually incurred in connection with serving as Director; provided such expenses have been approved by the Board of Directors before they are incurred, and incurred in accordance with any WSCAHT policies or procedures governing the same.
(e) Term. The Parties shall appoint the Directors for the WSCAHT Board of Directors no later than the Effective Date, or at such other time as the Board may determine. Any appointment made prior to the Effective Date shall become effective upon the Effective Date of this Agreement. Each Director shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing Party and may be removed or replaced at any time by that Party. Directors who are elected officials may not continue serving as Directors after ceasing to hold the elected office that qualified them for appointment.

2. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such dates and times as the Board may fix by resolution from time to time. If any day so

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fixed for a regular meeting shall fall upon a legal holiday, then such regular meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day at the same hour, unless otherwise determined by the Board. No notice of any regular meeting of the Board of Directors need be given to the individual Directors.

5. Minutes. The Board of Directors shall cause minutes of all regular, adjourned regular, and special meetings to be kept and presented to the Board for approval at a subsequent meeting.

Section 6. Staff and Treasurer
(a) Staff

2. None of the officers, agents, or staff, if any, directly contracted by WSCAHT shall be deemed, by reason of their roles or duties or contracted status, to be employed by the Parties.

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(b) Treasurer and Auditor/Controller. Pursuant to Government Code Sections 6505.5 and 6505.6, the Board of Directors shall appoint either one person to serve in both capacities, or separate persons, to serve as Treasurer and Auditor/Controller of WSCAHT. Such appointee or appointees may be officers or employees of WSCAHT, officers or employees of a Party, or certified public accountants, as authorized by the Government Code.

1. General Budget. Within one hundred and twenty days (120) after the first meeting of the Board of Directors, a general budget for the first fiscal year shall be adopted by the vote

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of a majority of the total membership of the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and in order to align with the fiscal year schedule described in 7(a), the initial budget period may cover less than a full fiscal year or may be combined with the subsequent fiscal year, at the discretion of the Board. The budget shall distinguish between administrative costs (i.e., the cost of operating WSCAHT) and Program costs (i.e., the financing of the programs funded or sponsored by WSCAHT). Thereafter, at or prior to the last meeting of the Board of Directors for each fiscal year, a general budget shall be adopted for the ensuing fiscal year or years by a vote of at least a majority of the total membership of the Board.

2. (c) Contributions by the Parties.

1. Initial Funding Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, fFor the first twelve (12) months following the formation of WSCAHT, all administrative costs shall be funded entirely from Measure A funds, to the extent such funds are available and eligible for such use, as determined by the Board of Directors.

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such costs. The governing body of each of the parties must approve the cost allocation for it to go into effect.approved by the Board of Directors.

Payment Terms. Payment of the Fees shall be due within thirty (30) days of receipt of an invoice from WSCAHT. Each invoice shall indicate the basis upon which the Fees were calculated.

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with applicable law and generally accepted public agency financial and auditing practices.

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powers insurance authority (JPIA). In the event the WSCAHT’s financial obligations to indemnify, defend and hold harmless, pursuant to this Subsection, exceed the liability reserve fund and/or the proceeds from any applicable insurance and/or JPIA coverage maintained by the WSCAHT (hereinafter “Unfunded Liability”), a Party or Parties may meet and confer with WSCAHT in good faith to negotiate alternative means or mechanisms by which WSCAHT may fund such Unfunded Liability; however, in no event shall the event of an Unfunded Liability relieve, limit or waive WSCAHT’s obligations of indemnity or defense to each Party as first set forth above in this Section.

Nothing herein shall obligate any Party to indemnify or hold harmless WSCAHT for any Unfunded Liability.

Section 10. Admission and Withdrawal of Parties.
(a) Admission of New Parties. An eligible public agency may become a Party to the Trust upon approval by its governing body and adoption of the JPA.

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resolution of intent to the WSCAHT. The withdrawal of any Party, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, shall be subject to the following prerequisites and conditions:

1. The withdrawal shall be effective immediately upon receipt by the WSCAHT of the written notice of withdrawal, subject to subsection (2) below.

2. If the withdrawal notice is received by the WSCAHT less than ninety (90) days before the start of a fiscal year or after the commencement of a fiscal year but before payment of that year’s Section 7(c) Fee, if any, the withdrawal shall not be effective unless and until the withdrawing Party has fully paid that fiscal year’s contribution; otherwise, the notice of withdrawal shall be null and void.

Withdrawn members shall not be entitled to any reimbursement of Fees.

4. Withdrawal of a Party will not relieve that Party of prior financial obligations of liabilities unless otherwise approved by the Board.

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(e) Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the successors of the respective Parties. No Party may assign any right or obligation hereunder without the written consent of a majority of the other Parties.

IN WITNESS THEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and attested by their duly authorized officers as follows:

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(NAME OF CITY)
______________________________
BY: (NAME/TITLE OF CITY OFFICER)
Dated: ___________________________
ATTEST:
___________________________________________
(NAME) City Clerk Date
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

By: __________________________________________
(NAME) City Attorney Date

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EXHIBIT A
Parties to this Agreement and their Addresses for notice pursuant to Section 11 are as follows:

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SANTA MONICA COUNCIL MEETING
JULY 28, 2026 - 5:30 PM
This Project is funded and managed by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) with Regional Early Action Program 2021 grant funding from the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development.

Westside Cities Affordable Housing Trust
Task 10.4 – City Informational Meetings
Item 11-A
July 28, 2026
Item 11-A
July 28, 2026

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PROPOSED TRUST MEMBER CITIES
Trust Member Cities
could include:
- Beverly Hills
- Culver City
- Santa Monica
- West Hollywood
Item 11-A
July 28, 2026
Item 11-A
July 28, 2026

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FORMATION

PROCESS
Resolution
Staff Report
& Resolution
• COG
Recommendation
• Cities Approval
JPA
Joint Powers
Agreement
• Purpose
• Term &
Termination
• Powers & Duties
• Members,
Admission, &
Withdrawal
• Board of
Directors
• Financial
Provisions
Bylaws
Trust Bylaws
• Board structure
• Terms &
vacancies
• Duties
• Meetings, Voting
• Code of
Conduct
Item 11-A
July 28, 2026
Item 11-A
July 28, 2026

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TRUST BOARD
SB 20 requires Trust board
include least three (3) elected
members from the Trust
member cities, and at least
two (2) technical board
member.

Santa Monica City CouncilSeptember 8, 2026

Santa Monica City Council
September 8, 2026