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Upon a query from Mr. Cohen, Jim Wrenn, City Traffic
Engineer presented a report regarding the traffic conditions at
the Cloverfield on-ramp due to the turn restrictions imposed, for
a six months trial basis, in connection with the diamond lane
created on the Freeway by Cal-Trans.
Mr. Cohen moved to instruct the Traffic Engineer to .
negotiate with Cal-Trans for the removal of the signs due to the
hazardous condition created as well as the inconvenience to the
motorists and submit a report to the Council in two weeks of the
status of removal of the signs. The motion was seconded by Mrs,
Swink and carried unanimously.
EXTRA- Mr. Gerald Condon reviewed the events and circumstances
regarding the United States Air Force Academy Catholic Choir's
appearance here recently and the change in the entertainment plans
for its members at one of the local beach clubs since one of its
members (Cadet Livingston Holder) was black.
Mrs. Reed moved, that in concert with Mr. Con don's
suggestion, that the Mayor be authorized to select two Council
members to assist him in drafting a letter to the Director and
members of the Air Force Academy Catholic Choir along with Cadet
Holder expressing our sense of regret and shame at this incident
and urging a return visit of the choir so that we can express our
true hospitality in the open and friendly spirit of the community
and further that the committee might consider drafting a resolution
to communicate with other churches and groups in this city.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Cohen and carried unanimously.
Mayor Trives appointed Councilmembers Swink and Cohen to assist him.
At 9:20 P.M. Mrs. Swink moved to adjourn in memory of
Dr. Louis Zeldis and Ruth Ann Brownsberger, long-time bay area
residents who passed away recently. The motion was seconded by Mrs.
Reed and carried,
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APPROVED; ~/ .- y ~ 2."'_' ~wyi..~~ ~•w{,(i
Nathaniel Trives, Mayor Kenne~h 0. Grubb, Cit/~i Clerk
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COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
June 8, 1976 7:30 o'clock P.M.
The City Council met in regular session at the above named
time and place. The pledge of allegiance was given after which
Reverend Ron Shackelford, Brentwood Presbyterian Church, gave the
invocation.
PRESENT: Councilmen: Nathaniel Trives, Seymour A. Cohen,
Fred M. Judson, John W. McCloskey,
Christine E. Reed, Donna 0. Swink,
Pieter van den Steenhoven
ABSENT: Councilmen: None •
ALSO PRESENT: James D. Williams, City Manager
Richard L. Knickerbocker, City Attorney
E, Douglas McAteer, City Engineer
Kenneth 0. Grubb, City Clerk
The minutes of the regular meeting held May 25, 1976 were
approved as mailed.
tayor Trives moved to nominate Barbara Jean Tillmon to
the Library Board for the term expiring June 30, 1977. The motion
was seconded by Mrs. Reed and carried unanimously.
Reverend Judson moved to nominate Leonard Snodgrass to
the Citizens Advisory Board for General Plan far an indefinite
term. The motion was seconded by Mr. McCloskey.
Mr. McCloskey moved to hold over the item until the
next council meeting. The motion was seconded by Mr. Cohen and
carried with Councilmembers Cohen, McCloskey, Reed and Swink
voting "AYE".
Mr. van den Steenhoven moved to nominate Neil Stone and
Mr. Cohen moved to nominate Syd Rose to the Housing Commission for
the term expiring January 1980. Mr. Rose was nominated with Council-
members Cohen, Judson, McCloskey, Swink and Trives voting for Mr. •
Rose and Councilmembers Reed and van den Steenhoven voting for Mr.
Stone.
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The public hearing on the proposed 1976-77 fiscal year budget
was opened and the following persons spoke: Dr. Gerald Shaw, John
Philbin, Sharon Levin, John Hutt, Ken Edwards, Father Kevin Dunn,
Helen Wallace, Susan Rice, Cliff Watkins, Sam Porter, John Jurenka,
Joe Hutchins, David Durst, Ellen Starr, J. Ray Gallagher, Eleanor
Heartwell, Marjorie Braude, Louis Montes, Eileen Lindblad, Miriam
Congera, Leslie Bragg, Steven Silver, David Avadon and Ulysses Gibson.
At 9:25 P.M. as no one else caished to be heard, Mr. van den
Steenhoven moved to close the hearing. The motion caas seconded by
Reverend Judson and carried unanimously.
The title was read to a resolution entitled "A RESOLUTION
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA APPROVING THE BUDGET
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1976-77, AS AMENDED". The motion was seconded
by Mrs. Swink.
Mr. van den Steenhoven moved to waive further reading and
adopt the resolution. The motion was seconded by Mrs. Swink.
Motions to amend the budget were as follows:
Cohen - BUD 201 {Contractual Services) add $4000
van den Steenhoven Retain an outside consultant to perform a
review of the management systems and con-
trols in the City Attorney's office.
Carried - Cohen, Reed, Swink, van den
Steenhoven, Trives "AYE".
Reed-Scaink BUD 231 (Specific Program Goals)-
Amend Item 4 as follows: Full avail-
ability of attorneys to the individual
members of the City Council, and to the
Boards and Commissions of the City (at
any chairman's request when instructed
to do so b a majority of such Board ro
Commission in order that needed action
can be taken without delay in such areas
as tax reform, crime control, planning
and zoning, environmental quality control,
consumer protection, Building Code enforce-
ment and nuisance abatement, personnel and
labor relations, licensing, election
activities.
Carried - unanimously.
McCloskey-Judson BUDGET SUMMARY (Supplies & Expense)
Reduce by $123,000; (Capital Outlay)
Reduce by $40,000; (Salaries & Wages)
Reduce by $343,000 - total $506,000.
Lost - Judson, McCloskey "AYE",
Trives- Staff to inquire into the feasibility of
van den Steenhoven leasing out space above the top floor of
the parking structures to commercial inter-
ests to construct tennis facilities.
Carried - unanimously
Cohen-McCloskey BUD 251 (Contractual Services) Line 14.
Delete $30,000 - retain specialized
economic financial consultants.
Lost - Cohen, Judson, McCloskey "AYE",
van den Steenhoven BUD 301 (Capital Outlay) delete $12,000-
(No Second) Upgrade Jail Video Security Equipment.
Lost
Cohen-Reed BUD 511 (Capital Outlay) delete $4,500-
Soundproof Rifle Range
Carried - unanimously
McCloskey-Reed BUD 611 (Capital Outlay) delete $8,000-
Architectural Engineering Analysis-Ocean
Yark Library Building
Lost - Judson, McCloskey, Reed "AYE",
Cohen- BUD 522 (Temporary Employees)
van den Steenhoven Reduce to $40,000.
Carried - Cohen, Judson, Reed, Swink,
van den Steenhoven, Trives "AYE",
McCloskey "ABSTAIN".
van den Steenhoven- BUD 451 (Capital Outlay) delete $2,015-
Reed 1 Vocal Soundmaster System.
Carried - unanimously
Resolution 4748
Budget Adoption
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van den Steenhoven - BUD 271 (Sister City Promotion) delete
$1,800.
Lost - Reed, van den Steenhoven "AYE".
Judson-Reed BUD 271 (Symphonies by the Sea) increase
to $3,000; (Santa Monica Youth Orchestra)-
increase to $3,000; (Navy League) delete
$2,500.
Carried - unanimously.
Reed - (No Second) BUD 271 (Tournament of Roses Parade)
delete $10,000 (set it aside for "In
City" Parade Support).
van den Steenhoven- Create a sub-committee, to be appointed
Swink by the Mayor, to review Christmas decor-
ations in conjunction with the Chamber
of Commerce.
Carried - unanimously.
Judson - BUD 271 (Santa Monica Civic Ballet)
van den Steenhoven increase to $2,750.
Carried-Judson, Scaink, van den Steenhoven,
Trives
Reed - (No Second) BUD 271 (Santa Monica Mounted Police)
delete
Judson - BUD 602 (Y.M.C.A.) decrease by $7,100.
van den Steenhoven Carried - unanimously
Judson-Trives BUD 602 (Ocean Park Community Center)
increase to $20,000.
Carried-Judson, McCloskey, Reed, Swink,
Trives "AYE".
Judson - BUD 602 (Welfare Appropriation Undesignated-
van den Steenhoven $5,000)
Transfer to Bonfield Ecology Inc.
Lost-Judson, van den Steenhoven "AYE".
van den Steenhoven- BUD 602 (Y.M.C.A.)
Reed Transfer $19,662 to S.PI. Bay Area Drug Abuse
Council (to be the last year for funding).
Carried-Judson, Reed, Swink, van den
Steenhoven "AYE".
van den Steenhoven- BUD 602 (Neighborhood Youth Assoc.)
Cohen Delete
Lost - unanimously
Reed-Swink BUD 602 (Welfare Appropriation Undesignated)
Reduce to $3,800 and transfer $1,200 to
EXhelps.
Carried - unanimously.
At Mayor Trives' suggestion Mr. van den Steenhoven moved
that the staff obtain a State of California travel form and adapt
it to the City's reporting procedures for use by any of the council-
members wishing to use it. The motion, seconded by Mrs. Reed,
carried with Reverend Judson voting "NO".
Reed-Swink Approve a general policy statement as
follocas: Full availability of all depart-
ments be made to the individual members
of the City Council, and to the Boards
and Commissions of the city (at any chair-
man's request when instructed to do so by
a majority of such Board or Commission)
in order that needed action can be taken
without delay in such areas as tax reform,
crime reform, crime control, planning and
zoning, environmental quality control,
consumer protection, Building Code enforce-
ment and nuisance abatement, personnel and
labor relations, licensing, election
activities.
Carried - unanimously.
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The motion to adopt the resolution was carried by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmen: Cohen, Reed, Swink,
van den Steenhoven, Trives
NOES: Councilmen: Judson, McCloskey
ABSENT: Councilmen: None Resolution No. 4748(CCS)
(The budget as adopted and shown in the Budget Summary on
Page 5 is $33,460,380 that is a reduction of $8,265 from the budget
that was submitted to the Council.)
The title was read to a resolution entitled "A RESOLUTION Resolution 4749
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA WAIVING BID PROCEDURE Air Conditioning
AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE DIRECTLY FOR THE PURCHASE System Repair
OF AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM REPAIR".
Mr. van den Steenhoven moved to waive further reading and
adopt the resolution. The motion was seconded by Mr. Cohen and carried
by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen: Cohen, Judson, McCloskey, Reed,
Swink, van den Steenhoven, Trives
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None Resolution No. 4749(CCS)
• Mayor Trives moved to authorize the preparation of a
resolution commending the Montana Avenue Merchants Division
of the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce for it's Bicentennial
Tree Planting Program.
The City Attorney reported briefly on the status of
the ordinance regarding communes after which Mrs. Reed moved
to table the matter until such time as the subcommittee pre-
viously appointed to study the matter could report its findings
and recommendations to the Council. The motion was seconded
by Mr. Cohen and carried with sir. McCloskey voting "NO".
Mr, van den Steenhoven withdrew his request for the
Council to consider having only one meeting in July.
At 12:20 o'clock A.M. Mrs. Swink moved to adjourn
until 2:00 P,M. Monday, June 14, 1976, in the Council Chamber,
City Hall, to consider personnel matters, in memory of Mrs.
Caroline Jelinek, beloved daughter of Mrs. and Mr. Nick Schmitz
(retired Chief ELectrical Inspector for the City) and Dr. William
L. Sumption, both of whom passed away recently. The motion was
seconded by Mrs. Reed and carried unanimously.
APPROVED: ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ - ~. G~ L~~ ~' c,~z
Nathaniel Trives, Mayor K nneth 0. Grubb,/C~'ty Cler~c~
COUNCIL CHAMBER CITY HALL SANTA MONICA CALIFI`ORNIA
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June 14, 1976 2:00 o'clock P.M,
The City Council met in adjourned regular session that was
adjourned from the meeting held at 7:30 o'clock P,M. on June 8.
The order of adjournment was posted on the Council Chambers door
as required by law. The pledge of allegiance was given.
PRESENT: Councilmen: Nathaniel Trives, Seymour A. Cohen,
Fred M. Judson, John W. McCloskey,
Christine E, Reed, Donna 0. Swink,
Pieter van den Steenhoven
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
ALSO PRESENT: James D. Williams, City Manager
Richard L. Knickerbocker, City Attorney
Kenneth 0. Grubb, City Clerk
• The staff report, dated June 11, was reviewed regarding
the proposed Bicentennial Parade on July 4 that will extend along
Wilshire Boulevard beginning in Los Angeles, continuing through
Beverly Hi11s, and ending at Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica.
Mr. van den Steenhoven moved that the City Manager, jointly
with the Mayor, be authorized to write a letter to the County Board