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M-6/22/1993 (3) RA/HA- J A!lg 1 0 1993 CITY OF SANTA MONICA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MINUTES ruNE 22, 1993 A regular meetmg of the Santa Momca CIty CouncIl was called to order by Mayor Abdo at 6 50 pm. on Tuesday, June 22, 1993 III the CouncIl Chambers Roll Call Present Mayor Judy Abdo Mayor Pro Tempore Antomo Vazquez CouncIlmember Ken Genser (arrIved at 6'55 pm) CouncIlmember Asha Greenberg CouncIlmember Robert T Holbrook Councllmember Kelly Olsen CouncIlmember Paul Rosenstem Also Present: CIty Manager John Jalili Acting CIty Attorney Joe Lawrence CIty Clerk Clarice E Dykhouse CouncIlrnember Holbrook led the assemblage III the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the Umted States of Amenca At 651 pill, a CIty CouncIl/Redevelopment Agency/Parkmg Authonty/Housing Authonty Special Jomt Meeting was convened REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Roll Call: Present ChaIr Judy Abdo ChaIr Pro Tempore Antonio Vazquez Agency Member Ken Genser (arnved at 6:55 pm) Agency Member Asha Greenberg Agency Member Roben T Holbrook Agency Member Kelly Olsen Agency Member Paul Rosenstem Also Present ExecutIve Director John Jahli Actmg Agency Attorney Joe Lawrence Secretary Clarice E Dykhouse 1 June 22, 1993 RA/HA - I AUG 1 0 1993 PARKING AUTHORITY Roll Call: Present ChaIr Judy Abdo Chair Pro Tempore Antomo Vazquez AuthorIty Member Ken Genser (arrived at 6.55 pm) Authority Member Asha Greenberg AuthorIty Member Robert T Holbrook AuthorIty Member Kelly Olsen Authority Member Paul Rosenstem Also Present ExecutIve Secretary John Jalih Acting AuthorIty Attorney Joe Lawrence Authority Clerk Clarice E. Dykhouse HOUSING AUTHORITY Roll Call: Present Chair Judy Abdo Vice ChaIr Antomo Vazquez ComnllsslOner Ken Genser (arrIved at 655 pm) COInImSSlOner Asha Greenberg COInImSSlOner Robert T. Holbrook Commissioner Kelly Olsen CommIssIoner Paul Rosenstem Also Present' Secretary John Jahh Actmg AuthorIty Attorney Joe Lawrence AuthorIty Clerk ClarIce E Dykhouse Mayor Abdo moved to consIder Item No. lO-A m conjunctIon WIth CC/RA/PA/HA-2 Second by Mayor Pro Tempore Vazquez The motIon was unammously approved, CouncIlmember Genser absent. RA/HA-1 MINUTES APPROVAL' Chair Pro Tempore/VIce ChaIr Vazquez moved to approve the Redevelopment Agency and Housmg AuthorIty mmutes of February 23. 1993 l as submItted Second by Agency/Authority Member Greenberg The motion was unanImously approved. Agency Member/AuthorIty Member Genser absent Councllmemher/ Agency Member/Authority Member Genser reported present at 6 55 P m 2 June 22, 1993 CC/RA/PA/HA-2 BUDGETS/FISCAL YEAR 1993-94 Presented was a staff report recommendmg adoptIon of resolutIOns and related documents adoptmg Fiscal Year 1993-94 Budgets for the City of Santa Mornca, Redevelopment Agency, ParkIng Authority, and Housmg Authonty and CouncIl Agenda Item No. IO-A. IO-A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN/FISCAL YEAR 1993-94 AND 1994-95/PROPOSED STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES AND PROJECTED USE OF FUNDS' Presented was the publIc heanng and recommendatIOn for approval of the proposed two-year Commumty Development Plan for FY 1993-94 and FY 1994-95, approval of a resolutIOn authorIZing submissIOn of the "Proposed Statement of CommunIty Development Objectives and Projected Use of Funds" and authorIZatIOn for the CIty Manager to negotiate the contracts WIth the grantees Council asked questIOns of staff At 7.25 p.m., Mayor Abdo declared. the publIc heanng open Member of the public Jeanne Segal spoke In OppOSItIon to proposed reductIon to the Money Management Program at the Senior Health and Peer Counselmg Member of the publIc Graham Pope dIscussed the procedures utIlIzed m budget preparatIOn and spoke m support of the Santa Momca Area Chamber of Commerce. Members of the public James DeSimone, Paul Tepper, and Kathy Weremmk urged Council not to reduce fundmg for Wests ide Legal ServIces Members of the publIc Wendy Schmelzer, Ava Sharnban, Patncla Bauer, Chen Orgel. DaVId PettIt, Joan Swartz, Sonya Sultan, Demse Dukoff, Pam Brady, Mary Rammmg, Anna Rogers, and LInda Gross urged CouncIl to mamtam the current fundmg level that the City provides to the dlstnct schools Member of the publIc GeraldIne Moyle spoke In support of fundmg for Commumty CorporatIon Members of the publIc Ken Breisch, Bob Smith, CeCe Bradley, and Joyce Fox spoke in support of fundmg for NeIghborhood Support Center and requested that the proposed 20 % reductIon be reduced to 10 %. Member of the public Joy Fullmer expressed her concerns Member of the publIc Joanne LeaVItt spoke m support of fundIng of servIces for children Member of the publIc Jenme Quan spoke In support of fundmg for the Newstart program Member of the publIc Torn Mayo spoke In support of the CLARE Foundation and urged full support of the program Members of the publIc Candy Wasserman, ChrIs DeCarlo, JIll Burnham, and Roger Genser spoke m support of fundmg for the arts Member of the publIc Lmda Wheatman spoke III support of fundmg for the ConventIOn and VIsitors Bureau Members of the public Barbara Tenzer, Laune Romano, Adamm Gntlefeld. Greg Spiess, and Ronald Cano spoke III support of fundIng for the Bayslde DIStnct CorporatIOn Member of the publIc John Duganne spoke m support of fundmg for the Computer Assist Center Members of the publIc VIVIan Rothstem and Rae Arclubald spoke In support of funding for Ocean Park CommunIty Center Member of the publIc Eduardo Grado spoke In support of full fundmg for the Latmo Resource OrganIZation At 8 52 pm, Council adjourned for a short recess CounCIl reconvened at 9 18 P m WIth all members present. Councllmember Genser moved to contmue Item Nos 8-A and 9-A Second by CouncIlmember RosensteIn The mohon was unannnously approved 3 June 22, 1993 CC/RAJP A/HA-2 & lO-A (RESUMED) Member of the public Bruna Fmkel spoke m support of fundmg for the arts. Members of the publIc Bob Resnick, Tony Palermo, and BIll Imhoff spoke m support of fundmg for the Bayslde DIstnct CorporatIon Member of the publIc John Jurenka dIscussed problems bemg faced by the taxpayer Members of the publIc Pam O'Connor, Marcia Carter, and Frank Gruber spoke In support of funding for NeIghborhood Support Center and requested that the proposed 20 % reductIon be reduced to 10 % Member of the publIc Laune Newman urged CouncIl not to reduce funding for Westslde Legal ServIces Member of the public Leonard Gross spoke m support of funding for the Semor Health and Peer Counseling Center Member of the public Stephen Alpert urged Council to mamtaIn the current fundmg level that the CIty provIdes to the dIStnCt schools and restore full fundIng for Westslde Legal ServIces Member of the publIc Sara Faulds spoke m support of the formatIon of a corporatIon to manage, admimster, and coordInate the planned Improvements for Main Street Member of the publIc ChrIS Reed urged Council to reduce the budget to the pomt where they do not need to tax the citIzens of the communIty for the mumclpal water utIlity and the mumclpal sewer utIlIty Member of the publIc MerrItt Coleman spoke In support of a zero-base budget process and encouraged CouncIl to form a task force to study tlus alternatIve. Member of the publIc LIndsey Haley spoke In support of funding for the Latmo Resource OrganizatIOn CouncIlmember Olsen moved to hear a late speaker Second by Councllmember Genser. The motIon was approved, CouncIlmember Holbrook opposed Member of the publIc Dolores Press urged CounCIl not to reduce fundIng for Westslde Legal ServIces Mayor Abdo closed the publIc hearIng at 9 57 p m Mayor Abdo moved to adopt the budget for Fiscal Year 1993-94. Second by Councilmember Genser DISCUSSIOn was held Councilmember Genser moved to amend the motion to include Attachments 2 through 9, Attachments II and 12, plus the addItIOnal resource management objectIves The motIon was accepted as fnendly CouncIlmember Genser moved to amend the motIon that the grant programs include a requirement in the contract that grantees submIt WIth theIr proposal a plan for how they WIll make voter regIstratIOn matenals avaIlable and remove from the contract any prOhIbItIon on voter regIstratIon The motIon was accepted as fnendly Councllmember Genser moved to amend the motIon to dIrect the PolIce Department to develop a program to deal WIth aggreSSIve panhandlmg The motIon was accepted as fnendly CounCIl asked questIOns of staff. DISCUSSIOn was held Mayor Abdo moved to amend the motIon to dIrect staff to reevaluate the Westslde Legal Service from the prospectIve of testnnony WhICh was heard this evemng and If there is an meqUIty which IS happemng madvertently that staff return with suggestIons. The motIon was accepted as fnendly Councilmember Greenberg moved to amend the motIOn that In conjUnctIOn WIth CouncIlmember Genser's amendment WIth regard to the PolIce Department's plan for aggreSSIve panhandlmg, that a snnIlar objectIve be Included m the City Attorney's budget. The motion was accepted as friendly. DiSCUSSIon was held Mayor Pro Tempore Vazquez moved to amend the motIon to request that the CIty Manager study a Total QualIty Management (TQM) program The motion was accepted as friendly Mayor Pro Tempore Vazquez moved to amend the motIon to develop a mechanism to dISCUSS how the school distrIct and the City CounCIl can better commumcate and mteract on programs that are affected by the 4 June 22, 1993 fundmg and also that are mteractive but not Included In the fundmg and that there be a collaborative repon to the community which shows thiS collaboratIon Discussion was held The motion was accepted as fnendly. DISCUSSion was held Councllmember Holbrook moved to amend the motIon to reduce the City Attorney's budget by 3%, which would result in a total reductIOn of $102,211 Second by Councilmember Greenberg Discussion was held. The motion falled by the following vote Councll vote Affmnatlve Councllmembers Greenberg, Holbrook Negative: Councilmembers Genser, Olsen, Rosenstein, 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 In that the CIty Attorney's office dId reduce its staff by five attorneys, which represents 12% of its workforce CouncIlmember Holbrook moved to amend the motIon to reduce spendIng for homeless servIces 10 % across the board Second by Councllmember Greenberg DIscussIOn was held. The motion faued by the followmg vote CounCil vote. AffmnatIve Councilmembers Greenberg, Holbrook NegatIve. CouncIlmembers Genser, Olsen, RosensteIn, Vazquez, Mayor Abdo CouncIlmember Rosenstein 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 Councllmember Vazquez requested that the record reflect that he voted "no" on thiS item because he was a member of Council at the time of the vote on the Homeless Task Force fmdmgs and, even though he did not agree With some of the recommendations, and It was difficult to make the deCISIOn, he feels that to redirect funds at this point would be Inappropnate Mayor Abdo requested that the record reflect that she voted "no" on tills Item because she feels that a COlllImtment was made when the Task Force came forward With its recommendatIons and she Will stIck With that commitment for as long as the programs can possibly be funded. Councllmember Holbrook moved to amend the motIon to Increase fundIng to the LatInO Resource OrgamzatIOn by $40,000. The motion died for lack of a second Councllmember Holbrook moved to amend the motIOn to ehmmate the Neighborhood Support Center. Second by Councllmember Greenberg DiscusslOn was held The motion faded by the followmg vote 5 June 22, 1993 CouncIl vote. AffIrmatIve Councilmembers Greenberg, Holbrook Negative' Councllmembers Genser, Olsen, Rosenstem, Vazquez, Mayor Abdo Councllmember Rosenstein requested that the record reflect that he will explain his vote on the prevIous motion, thIS motIon, and the next motion when there IS a general discussIOn on the budget. Councilmember Holbrook moved to mcrease the Bayslde DIStrIct CorporatIOn budget by $23,750 and set aside an additional $23,750, and the City staff and BaysIde staff wIll meet thIS fall to evaluate the performance of the Bayside DIStrIct CorporatIon CIty staff wIll then recommend, based upon theIr evaluation, whether or not the City Council should fund the addItiOnal $23,750 whIch was set aSIde Second by Councllmember Greenberg Discussion was held CouncIlmember Greenberg moved a substltute motIon to Councilmember Holbrook's motion that the Bayslde Dlstnct budget be reviewed in three months Second by CouncIlmember Rosenstem. The motIon was accepted as friendly on the conditIon that the review be held no later than six months . CouncIlmember Rosenstem moved to extend the meetmg to 11. 30 P m. Second by CouncIlmember Greenberg DIscussion was held. Councllmember Olsen moved a substitute motion to extend the meetmg to 1200 MIdnight Second by Councilmember Genser The motIon was approved. Councllmembers Holbrook, Rosenstein, and Vazquez opposed DIScussIon was held CouncIlmember Olsen moved to reduce the budget for the NeIghborhood Support Center by 20%. Second by CouncIlmember Genser Discussion was held. The motIon was accepted as fnendly on the condltlon that CouncIl ask staff to study percentages of non-Santa Moruca reSIdents and study percentage of reductIon. CouncIlmember Olsen moved to add a budget objective to the City Manager's budget to dIrect staff to faCIlItate, through a process that they thmk VIable, to contact radIO stations to solIcit bIds for broadcasting the CouncIl meetings and to make recommendatIons to accomplish tlus withm the grant amount of $67,700 DiscussIOn was held The motIon was accepted as fnendly. Mayor Pro Tempore Vazquez moved to amend the motion that the City Manager ensure that the RFP for the Latmo Resource Orgamzatlon be wntten m accordance with guIdelines for educational programnung and that dIalogue and dIScussIon be held with the supenntendent and school board members to study methods of collaboratIOn The motion was accepted as frIendly Mayor Abdo moved to adopt ResolutIon No 8608(CCS) entItled. tI A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA APPROVING ITS BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1993-94," readmg by title only and waivmg further readmg thereof 6 June 22, 1993 Second by Councilmember Genser. The maIn motIon, as amended, was approved by the follOWIng vote: Councll vote Affirmative: Counctlmembers Genser, Holbrook, Olsen, RosensteIn, Vazquez, Mayor Abdo NegatIve: Councllmember Greenberg Councllmember Greenberg requested that the record reflect that she voted "no" on this Item because she does not feel that Council made enough reductions and there are many portions of the budget that she does support, for example, funding of the schools Chair Abdo moved, on behalf of the Redevelopment Agency, to adopt ResolutIon No 438(RAS), as amended, entItled. "A RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA APPROVING ITS BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1993-94," readIng by tItle only and waiving further readIng thereof. Second by Agency Member Genser The motion was approved by the follOWIng vote Redevelopment Agency vote Affirmative' Agency Members Genser, Greenberg, Holbrook, Olsen, RosensteIn, Vazquez, Chair Abdo Chair Abdo moved, on behalf of the ParkIng Authonty, to adopt Resolution No 222(PAS), as amended, entItled "A RESOLUTION OF THE PARKING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA APPROVING ITS BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1993-94," readmg by title only and waiving further reading thereof Second by Authority Member Genser. The motIon was approved by the followmg vote Parkmg Authonty vote AffIrmative Authonty Members Genser, Greenberg, Holbrook, Olsen, Rosenstein, Vazquez, Chair Abdo ChaIr Abdo moved, on behalf of the Housing Authonty, to adopt ResolutIOn No 57(HAS), as amended, entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA APPROVING ITS BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1993-94," reading by tItle only and waIvmg further readmg thereof. Second by Authonty Member Genser The motIOn was approved by the follOWIng vote HOUSIng Authonty vote. Affrrmative Authonty Members Genser, Greenberg, Holbrook, Olsen, Rosenstein, Vazquez, Charr Abdo 7 June 22, 1993 Mayor Abdo moved to adopt ResolutlOn No 8609(CCS) entItled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA ADOPTING AND REVISING SALARY RANGES FOR THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF AIRPORT MANAGER, CONSERVATION COORDINATOR, ELECTRICAL AND PUBLIC FACILITIES SUPERINTENDENT, ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR, NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR, PARKING CHECKER SUPERVISOR, PARKS MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT, PARK MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR, RECREATIONAL CENTER ADMINISTRA TOR, SENIOR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, SENIOR SERVICES MANAGER, SaUD WASTE BUSINESS ASSISTANT, SOLID WASTE OPERATIONS MANAGER, SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT SUPERVISOR, AND TECHNICAL SERVICES SUPERVISOR," readmg by tItle only and waIvmg further reading thereof Second by Councllmember Greenberg. The motion was approved by the followmg vote. Council vote' Afrrrmative: CouncIlmembers Genser, Greenberg, Holbrook, Olsen, Rosenstein, Vazquez, Mayor Abdo Mayor Abdo moved to adopt Resolution No 8613{CCS) entItled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA APPROVING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FUNDING FOR FY 1993-94 AND AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF CDBG STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES FOR FY 1993-94," reading by title only and walvmg further readmg thereof, and authorIZe the CIty Manager to negotiate contracts with the grantees speCIfied in the final Proposed Two-Year CD Plan Second by CouncIlmember Genser WIth the understandmg that It contains all amendments made this evemng. The motIOn was approved by the followmg vote: CounCIl vote: Affrrmatlve: Councilmembers Genser, Greenberg, Holbrook, Olsen, Rosenstem, Vazquez, Mayor Abdo CouncIlrnember Genser moved to thank the CIty Manager, ASSIStant City Manager, Fmance DIrector, and all the other department heads and staff members who worked on the budget, CouncIl approved by acclamatIon At 11 42 P m., the SpeCIal CIty CouncIl/Redevelopment Agency IParkmg AuthOrIty /Housmg Authonty Jomt MeetIng was adjourned and the City CouncIl Meetmg was reconvened. ATTEST- APPROVED Clance E. Dykhouse Secretary Judy Abdo Chair 8 June 22, 1993