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CITY OF SANTA MONICA
l\:HNUTES OF SPECIAL JOINT ~IEETING OF CITY corNelL A:\'J)
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
JANUARY 21, 1997
A regular adJ oUIDed meetmg of the Santa -:\10mca CIty CouncIl was called to order by Mayor
a.Connor at 6 41 pm, on Tuesday, January 21. 1997. III the CouncIl Chambers
Roll Call
Present
Mayor Pamela O'Connor
Mayor Pro Tern Robert T Holbrook
CouncIlrnember Ruth Ebner
CouncIlmember MIchael Femstem
CouncIlmember Ken Genser
COUllcllmember Asha Greenberg
Councllmember Paul Rosenstem
Also Present CIty Manager lohn Jahh
CIty Attorney ylarsha Jones Moutne
CIty Clerk Mana M Ste\vart
CouncIlmember Greenberg led the assemblage In the Pledge of AllegIance to the Flag of the
"Cmted States of Amenca
At 11 lOp ill , a SpecIal CIty CouncIl Redevelopment Agency SpecIal Jomt Meetmg was
convened
Redevelopment Agency
Roll Call Present
ChaIr Pamela O'Connor
VIce Chalr Robert T Holbrook
AQencv Member Ruth Ebner
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Agency Member MIchael Femstem
Agency Member Ken Genser
Agency ~lember Paul Rosenstem
Absent
Agency Member Asha Greenberg
Also Present Executlye DIrector John Jal1l1
Agency Attorney Marsha Jones Moutne
Agency Secretary Mana M Ste\vart
RAfCC-l: PICO BOULEVARD STREETSCAPE PLANIEARTHOUAKE RECOVERY I
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT/COMMERCIAL STREETSCAPE PROJECT Presented
was the staff report recommendmg that the Redevelopment Agency authorIze the ExecutIve
DIrector to negotIate and execute a contract '\-"Ith Katherme SpItz Associates to (l) prepare the
PICO Boulevard Streetscape Plan, (2) adopt a resolution findmg that the commercial streets cape
financmg program IS of benefit to the Earthquake Recovery Redevelopment ProJect, and (3)
approve the ReImbursement Agreement between the City and the Redevelopment Agency for the
CommercIal Streetscape Project and authonze the ExecutIve DIrector to Execute the agreement,
and that the Cny CounCIl (1) adopt a resolutiOn findmg that the commercIal streetscape program
IS of benefit to the Earthquake Recovery Redevelopment Project. (2) approve the reImbursement
agreement between the Cny and the Redevelopment Agency for the CommercIal Streetscape
Project and authonze the Cny Yfanager to execute the agreement, and (3) authorIze the CIty
Manager to negotIate and execute a contract wIth Katherme Spitz ASSOCiates to DeSIgn the Curb
extenslOns and MedIans for the MId-CIty and Sunset Park Traffic Plans
Councllmember/Agency Member Rosenstem declared a potentIal conflIct of rnterest and
requested that the PICa Boulevard Streetscape Plan and Sunset Park Issues be bIfurcated from the
1-1Id-Cmes portlOn of the plan Mayor Pro TemiVlce Charr Holbrook declared a potential
conflIct of mterest
On order of the Mayor/Chatr, the pubhc heanng was opened
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Member of the publIc JOI Fullmer expressed her concerns
There beIng no other speakers. the Mayor/Chmr closed the publIc heanng
The remamder ofthIS Item was contmued to the meetmg of January 28. 1997. In order to allow
clarIficatIon on the potentlal conflIct of mterest CIted above
At 11 16 pm, the SpeCIal CIty CouncIl/Redevelopment Agency Specml Jomt Meetmg was
adjourned and the Cny CounCIl Meetmg 'vas reconvened
ATTEST
APPROVED
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~amela OTonnor
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"Mana Iv1 Ste\vart
Agency Secretary/CIty Clerk
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