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M-6/22/1993 (2) CITY OF SAJ.'JT A MONICA PARKING AUTHORlTY MI~lJTES JlJ'NE 22. 1993 A regular meetmg of the Santa Momca City COlU1cll was called to order by ~layor Abdo at 6 50 p ill on T uesday_ June 22, 1993 III the CouncIl Chambers Roll CaH Present I'vfayor Judy Abdo ~1ayor Pro Tempore AntonIo Vazquez CouncIlmember Ken Genser (arnved at 6'55 pm) Councllmember Asha Greenberg Councilmember Robert T Holbrook Councllmember Kelly Olsen Councllmember Paul Rosenstem Also Present CIty Manager John Jahh Actmg CIty Attorney Joe Lm,vrence CIty Clerk ClarIce E. Dykhouse Councllrnember Holbrook led the assemblage in the Pledge of AllegIance to the Flag of the Umted States of Amenca At 6 51 pm. a CIty CouncIl/Redevelopment Agency/Parkmg Authority/Housmg Authonty SpeCIal Jomt MeetIng was convened PARKING AUTHORITY Roll Call Present ChalT Judy Abdo ChalI Pro Tempore Antomo Vazquez Authonty Member Ken Genser (amved at 655 pm) Authonty Member Asha Greenberg Authonty Member Robert T, Holbrook Authonty Member Kelly Olsen Authonty Member Paul Rosenstem Also Present ExecutIve Secretary 10hn lahh Actmg Authonty Attorney Joe La\\Tence Authoritv Clerk Clarice E Dvkhouse . . June 22, 1993 "favor Abdo moved to consIder Item No lO-A m cOnjunctIOn '''1th CCiRA./PA/HA-2 Second by Mayor Pro Tempore Vazquez The motlon was unammously approved, CouncIlmember Genser absent COUllCllmemberfAgency Member/AuthorIty Member Genser reported present at 6.55 p m. CC!RAJPA/HA-2 BUDGETS/FISCAL YEAR 1993-94 Presented was a statT report recommendmg adoptIOn of resolutIOns and related documents adoptmg F ISCal Year 1993-94 Budgets for the CIty of Santa Momca, Redevelopment Agency. Parkmg Authonty. and Housmg Authonty and CouncIl Agenda Item No 10-A 1O-A COMIYllJNITY DEVELOPMENT PU\:!\f!FISCAL YEAR 1993-94 A)JD 1994-95!PROPOSED STATE~\/IENT OF COM!\.1L~ITY DEVELOPME.NT OBJECTIVES AND PROJECTED USE OF FUNDS- Presented was the publIc heanng and recommendation for approval of the proposed two-year CommunIty Development Plan for FY 1993-94 and FY 1994-95, approval of a resolutIOn authonzmg submIssIOn of the "Proposed Statement of Community Development ObJectives and ProJected Use of Funds 11 and authonzatIOn for the CIty Manager to negotIate the contracts \Vlth the grantees CouncIl asked questIOns of staff At 725 pm. :Mayor Abdo declared the publrc hearmg open \.1ember of the publ1c Jeanne Segal spoke m OppOSItIOn to proposed reductIOn to the Money Management Program at the Senior Health and Peer Counseling r,,'Iember of the pubhc Graham Pope dIscussed the procedures utIhzed 10 budget preparatIOn and spoke 10 support of the Santa MOllIca Area Chamber of Commerce Members of the publIc James DeSImone, Paul Tepper. and Kathy Weremmk urged CouncIl not to reduce fundmg for Westslde Legal SerVIces 1<lembers of the publIc \Vendy Schmelzer, Ava Shamban, PatncIa Bauer. Cheri Orgel. DaVId PettIt, Joan Swartz, Sonya Suttan. Demse Dukoff. Pam Brady. :\;lary Rammmg, A1ll1a Rogers. and Lmda Gross urged CouncIl to mamtam the current fundmg level that the CIty provIdes to the dlstnct schools Member of the pubhc Geraldme Moyle spoke III support of fundmg for Commumty CorporatIOn Members of the publIc Ken BreIsch, Bob SmIth. CeCe Bradley. and Joyce Fox spoke m support offundmg for NeIghborhood Support Center and requested that the proposed 20% reductIOn be reduced to 10% ivlember of the pubhc Joy Fullmer expressed her concerns Member of the pubbc Joanne LeaVItt spoke In support of fundmg of serVices for cluldren Member of the publIc Jenme Quan spoke III support offundmg for the ~ewstart program :V{ember of the publIc Tom Mayo spoke m support of the CLARE Foundation and urged full support of the program Members of the publIc Candy \Vasserman. Coos DeCarlo. JIll Burnhanl. and Roger Genser spoke m support of funding for the arts !'vlember of the publIc Lmda Wheatman spoke III support of fundmg for the ConventIon and V 15110rs Bureau :NJembers of the publIc Barbara Tenzer. Laune Romano. Adamm Gntlefeld. Greg Spless. and Ronald Cano spoke In support offundmg forme BaysIde DIStrIct CorporatIon ~1ember of the pubLIc John Duganne spoke m support offundmg for the Computer ASSIst Center :\Jembers of the publIc VIVian Rothstem and Rae iuchlbatd spoke III support offundmg tor Ocean Park CommunIty Center ~lember of the public Eduardo Grado spoke in support of full fundmg for the Latmo Resource OrganIzatIOn 2 June 22, 1993 At 8 52 pm, COunCI] adjourned for a short recess. COlmcll reconvened at 9 18 pm WIth all members present CC/RA!PJ\;'HA-2 & 10-A (RESUMED) Member of the publtc Bruna Fmkel spoke In support of fundmg for the arts Members of the public Bob ResnIck. Tony Palemlo. and BIll Imhoff spoke In support of fundmg for the Bayslde Dlstnct CorporatIOn !vfember of the publIc John Jurenka dIscussed problems bemg faced by the taxpayer. Members of the publIc Pam O'Connor. MareJa Carter. and Frank Gruber spoke m support of fundmg tor NeIghborhood Support Center and requested that the proposed 20% reductlOn be reduced to 10% Member of the publIc Laune Ke\\TIlan urged Counctl not to reduce fundmg for Westslde Legal SeD/Ices Nlember of the publrc. Leonard Gross spoke III support of fundmg for the Semor Health and Peer Counselmg Center Member of the publIc Stephen Alpert urged CouncIl to mamtam the current fimdmg level that the City provides to the rnstrict schools and restore full fundmg for \Vestslde Legal Services Member of the publIc Sara Faulds spoke III suppon oithe formatlOn ofa corporatIon to manage. admmlster, and coordmate the planned Improvements for Mam Street Member of the publIc Chns Reed urged CouncIl to reduce the budget to the pomt where they do not need to tax the cltlzens of the commulllty for the mumcIpal water utIhty and the mUlllclpal sev,;er utIlIty l'vlember of the publIc Merntt Coleman spoke m support of a zero-base budget process and encouraged CouncIl to form a task force to study this alternative Member of the publIc Lindsey Haley spoke in support of fundmg for the Launo Resource Orgaruzanon CounclImember Olsen moved to hear a late speaker Second by Councllmember Genser The motIon was approved. Councllmember Holbrook opposed ;\1ember of the publIc Dolores Press urged CouncIl not to reduc.e fundmg for \Vestslde Legal SerVIces Mayor Abdo closed the publIc hearmg at 9 57 P ill Mayor Abdo moved to adopt the budget for fIscal Year 1993-94 Second by CouncIlmemberGenser DISCUSSion \vas held Coullcdmember Genser moved to amend the motIon to mclude Attachments 2 through 9. Attachments 11 and 12, plus the addmonal resource management objectives The motton was accepted as fnendly C ounCIlmember Genser moved to amend the motlOn that the grant programs mc1ude a reqUIrement III the contract that grantees submit with their proposal a plan for how they will make yoter registration matenals aVailable and remove from the contract any prohlbItlOn on voter reglstratlOu The motIon \vas accepted as fnendly Councllmernber Genser moved to amend the motIOn to direct the Pollee Department to develop a program to deal .wIth aggreSSIve panhandlIng The motIOn \vas accepted as frIendly CounCIl asked questIOns of staff DISCUSSlOn was held 1vlayor Abdo moved to amend the motIon to dIrect staff to reevaluate the Westslde Legal SerVIce from the prospectIve of testimony which \...as heard tlus evening and If there IS an mequ1ty whlch IS happemng madvertently that staff return ""lth suggestIOns The motIOn was accepted as fnendly Councllmember Greenberg moved to amend the motlOn that III conjUnctIOn \Ylth CouncIlmember Crenser's amendment ,"VIth regard to the Pollee Department's plan for aggressive panhandlmg. that a SImIlar objective be mcluded m the CIty Attorney's budget The motIon was accepted as fnendly. DISCUSS} 011 \\'as held. Mayor Pro Tempore Vazquez moved to amend the motIon to request that the CIty Manager study a Total QualIty Management (TQ~1) program The motIon was accepted as '"l ,) June 22. 1993 fnendly Mayor Pro Tempore Vazquez moved to amend the motIon to develop a mechamsm to dISCUSS ho,v the school dlstnct and the CIty CouncIl can better communIcate and mteract on programs that are atTected by the fundmg and also that are mteractlVe but not mcluded ill the fundmg _ ,,,,hleh sho'\.vs tlus collaboratIOn DIScussIon \-vas held The motIon was accepted as frIendly DIscussion was held CounCllmember Holbrook moved to amend the motIOn to reduce the CIty Attorney's budget by 3%. whIch would result III a total reductIOn of $102.211 Second by Councllmember Greenberg DlscusslOn \\'as held The motIon failed by the follo\.'\i1ng vote CouncIl vote AffirmatlYe CouncIlmembers Greenberg. Holbrook I\egatlve Councllmembers GenseL Olsen. Rosenstem. Vazquez. Mayor Abdo Mayor Pro Tempore Vazquez requested that the record reflect that he voted "no" on thIs item because of the mIsrepresentatIOn of the facts ill that the CIty Attorney's office dId reduce Its staffby five attorneys. wluch represents 12% of Its workforce COUllCllmember Holbrook moved to amend the motIOn to reduce spendmg for homeless serVIces 10% across the board Second by CouncIlmember Greenberg DIscusslOn was held The motIOn failed by the followmg vote CouncIl vote Affirmatlve Councllmembers Greenberg, Holbrook "!'\egatlve CounCllmembers Genser, Olsen, Rosenstem, Vazquez, Mayor Abdo Councdmember Rosenstem requested that the record reflect that he voted "no" on thIS Item because he supports the findmgs of the Homeless Task Force and he also feels that he IS open to targeted reductIons when they are JustIfied but he WIll not make across the board reductIOns CouncIlmember Vazquez requested that the record reflect that he voted fino" on thIS item because he was a member of CouncIl at the tIme of the vote on the Homeless Task Force findmgs and, even though he dId not agree \vIth some of the recommendatIOns, and It \vas dIfficult to make the deCISIon, he feels that to reduect funds at thIS pomt would be mappropnate :Ylayor Abdo requested that the record reflect that she voted "no" on thiS Item because she feels that a comrmtment was made when the Task Force came forward 'vlth Its recommendatIons and she WIn stIck WIth that commItment for as long as the programs can pOSSIbly be funded CouncIlmember Holbrook moved to amend the motlOn to mcrease fundmg to the Latmo Resource Orgall1ZatlOn by $40,000 The motIOn dIed for lack of a second 4 June 22. 1993 Councllmember Holbrook moved to amend the motIOn to ehmmate the Kelghborhood Support Center Second by Councllmember Greenberg DIscuSSIOn was held The monon faIled by the followmg vote CouncIl vote AffirmatIve Councllmembers Greenberg. Holbrook NegatIve Councllmembers Genser. Olsen, Rosenstem. Vazquez. Mayor Abdo Councllmember Rosenstem requested that the record reflect that he WIll explam hIS vote on the prevIOUS motIOn. tills motIon, and the next motIOn when there IS a general dISCUSSIOn on the budget Councllmember Holbrook moved to mcrease the BaysIde DIstrIct CorporatIOn budget by $23,750 and set aSIde an addItional $23,750. and the Cny staff and Bayslde staffw1Il meet tlus fall to evaluate the perf0TI11anCe of the BaYSIde DIStrIct CorporatIOn City staff WI]} then recommend_ based upon theIr evaluatIOn. whether or not the CIty CounCIl should fund the addItIonal S23.750 whIch was set aSIde Second by Councllmember Greenberg DISCUSSIon was held Councllmember Greenberg moved a subsntute motIOn to CouncIlmember Holbrook's monon that the Bayslde DIStrIct budget be reVIewed III three months Second by Councllmemher Rosenstem The motIOn \-vas accepted as fnendly on the condItIOn that the reVle\.v be held no later than SIX months COUllCllmember Rosenstem maven to extend the meetmg to 11 30 P m Second by COUllcllmember Greenberg DISCUSSIOn \-vas held Councllmember Olsen moved a substItute motIon to extend the meetmg to 1200 "Yl1dmght Second by CouncIlmember Genser The motIon \vas approved CouncIlmembers Holbrook. Rosenstem. and Vazquez opposed DISCUSSIOn \vas held CounCllmember Olsen moved to reduce the budget for the )Jelghborhood Support Center by 20% Second by CouncIlmember Genser DiSCUSSIOn was held The motIon was accepted as friendly on the condltlO11 that CounCIl ask staff to study percentages of non-Santa MODIca reSIdents and study percentage of reductIon CouncIlmember Olsen moved to add a budget objective to the CIty ylanager's budget to dIrect staff to faCIlItate. through a process that they thmk Viable. to contact radIO statIOns to sohelt bids for broadcastmg the CouncIl meetmgs and to make recommendatlOlls to accomplIsh thIS wIthm the grant amount ofS67.700 DISCUSSIOn was held The monon \vas accepted as fnendly \hyor Pro Tempore Vazquez moved to amend the motIon that the CIty Manager ensure that the RFP for the Latmo Resource OrgaruzatIon be \\Tltten III accordance \-'lIth gmdelmes for educatIOnal programmmg and that dIalogue and dISCUSSIOn be held \\:1th the supenntendent and school board members to study methods of collaboratIOn The motlon was accepted as frIendly ~lavor Abdo moved to adopt ResolutIOn 1\0 8608(CC5) entItled "A RESOLUTION OF THE 5 June 22. 1993 CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA APPROVn-;G ITS BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1993-94," readmg by ntle only and Waivmg further readmg thereof Second by Councllmember Genser The roam man on. as amended, \.\'as approyed by the follO\vmg vote Councll vote. Affirmatrve Councllmembers Genser. Holbrook. Olsen. Rosenstem. Vazquez.. Mayor Abdo NegatIve Councllmember Greenberg C ouncdmember Greenberg requested that the record reflect that she voted "no" on thiS Item becauf>e she does not feel that Council made enough reductiOns and there are many portIOns of the budget that she does support. for example, fundmg of the schools Chalf Abdo moved. on behalf of the Parkmg Authont)'. to adopt ResolutIOn!'Jo 221(PAS). as amended. entItled "A RESOLUTION OF THE PARKING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF SAKIA MONICA APPROVll\G ITS BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1993-94." readmg by tale only and wmvmg further readmg thereof Second by Authont)' JVlember Genser The motlOn was approved by the followmg vote Parkmg Authonty vote Affirmatlve Authonty i\.1embers Genser. Greenberg, Holbrook. Olsen, Rosenstem. Vazquez. ChaIr Abdo Mayor Abdo moved to adopt ResolutlOn 1':"0 8609(CCS) enutled "A RESOLGTIOK OF THE CITY COVNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA ADOPTIXG AND REVISV\fG SALARY RA.NGES FOR THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF AIRPORT MAKAGER. CONSERVATI01\' COORDINA TOR ELECTRICAL AND PUBLIC FACILITIES SUPERINTE~DENT. E~VIRON"MENTAL COORDINATOR. ~ET\VORK AD~lINISTRATOR, PARKIXGCHECKER SCPERVISOR PARKS :-'1AINTENANCE SL'PERINTEKDENT. PARK ~1AINTEKANCE SUPERVISOR RECREATIONAL CE?-JTERADMINISTRATOR. SENIOR ANIMAL CO~TROL OFFICER. SE;-HOR SERVICES MANAGER, SOLID WASTE BUSINESS ASSISTANT. SOLID \VASTE OPERATIONS MANAGER. SYSTE}.:lS DEVELOPMENT SCPERVISOR. AND TECH~ICAL SERVICES SUPERVISOR." readmg by tItle only and walvmg further readmg thereof Second by Councllmember Greenberg The motlon was approved by the followmg vote CouncIl vote AffirmatIve Councllmembers Genser. Greenberg. Holbrook. Olsen. Rosenstem. Vazquez. Mayor Abdo Mayor Abdo moved to adopt ResolutlOn)..To 8613(CC5) entttled tlA RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COLTKCIL OF THE CITY OF SAKTA MONICA APPROVING COM~fL'NITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FeNDING FOR FY 1993-94 AKD AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF CDBG STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES fOR FY 1993-94." readlllg by tItle 6 June 22. 1993 only and Walvmg further readmg thereof. and authonze the CIty Manager to negotIate contracts WIth the grantees specIfied m the final Proposed Two-Year CD Plan Second by CouncIlmember Genser wIth the understandmg that It contams all amendments made thIS evellll1g The motIOn was approved by the follO\ving vote CouncIl vote AffirmatIve Councllmembers Genser. Greenberg. Holbrook. Olsen. Rosenstem. Vazquez, Mayor Abdo Councllmember Genser moved to thank. the CllY Manager. AssIstant Cuy Manager. F mance DIrector. and all the other department heads and staff members who ,vorked on the budget CouncIl approved by acclamatIon At 11 42 pm, the SpeCIal CIty CouncIlRedevelopment A.gency/Parkmg Authonty!Housmg Authont)' lomt "Yleetmg was adjourned and the Cny CouncIl Meetmg \vas reconvened ATTEST APPROVED ClarIce E Dykhouse Authonty Clerk Judy Abdo ChaIr 7 June 22, 1993