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PURCH:PW:br:sr2470.word.purch Santa Monica, California
Council Meeting: November 23, 1993
TO: Mayor and city Council
FROM: city staff
SUBJECT: Recommendation to Award Bid to Furnish and Deliver
Recycled paper, Bid #2470
Introduction
This report concerns award of bid to furnish and deliver
miscellaneous recycled paper at specified unit prices, plus
applicable sales tax.
Background
In response to published Notices Inviting Bids (published October
5 and 6, 1993) to furnish and deliver miscellaneous recycled
paper in accordance with city specifications, bids were received
and publicly opened and read on October 20, 1993. Proposal forms
were mailed to sixteen vendors and notices were advertised in
accordance with City Charter and Municipal Code provisions. Four
proposals were received as followed:
Cost of a Representative Array of Miscellaneous Recycled Paper
Nationwide Papers - $29,376
Kirk Paper - $31.,788
Ingram Paper - $31,824
Boise Cascade - $32,256
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BUdget/Financial Impact
Fiscal Year 1993/94 appropriation authority for this purchase is
budgeted in the supply accounts of various departments. As the
materials are drawn out of inventory, they will be expensed
against available FY1993j94 appropriation authority.
Recommendation
staff recommends Council reject the bid submitted by Nationwide
Papers which is non-responsive and award Bid #2470 to Kirk Paper
Company at specified unit prices plus applicable sales tax as the
best bidder.
Prepared By: Pam Wortham, Purchasing Agent
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City council Meeting 11-23-93 Santa Monica, California
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RESOLUTION NUMBER
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(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
APPROVING THE ADOPTION OF THE CIVIC CENTER SPECIFIC PLAN AND
ADOPTING A STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS
WHEREAS, a Notice of Preparation of an Environmental
Impact Report was issued in August 1989; and
WHEREAS, a Notice of Completion of a Draft
Environmental Impact Report was published in April 1992; and
WHEREAS, the Draft Environmental Impact Report was
circulated for a 30 day period; and
WHEREAS, in August 1992, the Final Environmental Impact
Report was published; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed and
considered the contents of the Final Environmental Impact Report in
its decision-making process; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has recommended
certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report; and
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WHEREAS, subsequent to completion of the Final
Environmental Impact Report, an Urban Design Plan was prepared at
the request of the Planning commission and has been incorporated
into the civic Center Specific Plan, an Addendum to the Final
Environmental Impact Report has been prepared to assess the impacts
of the changes incorporated into the civic Center Specific Plan by
the Urban Design Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Final Environmental Impact Report and
Addendum contains a full discussion of the environmental
consequences of the civic Center Specific Plan with the
incorporated Urban Design Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Civic Center Specific Plan with the
incorporated Urban Design Plan has the same basic environmental
impacts as the project did before incorporation of the Urban Design
Plan, but are fewer in number and of lesser magnitude; and
WHEREAS, the Environmental Impact Report and Addendum
and all notices were prepared in compliance with the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and the City of
Santa Monica CEQA guidelines; and
WHEREAS, the City council has reviewed and considered the
contents of the Final Environmental Impact Report and Addendum in
its decision-making process; and
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WHEREAS, on February 17 and 24, 1993, March 24, 1993 and
April 14, 1993, the Planning Commission reviewed the Draft Civic
Center Specific Plan and recommended approval subject to the
preparation of an Urban Design Plan; and
WHEREAS, on May 25, 1993 the City Council authorized the
preparation of an Urban Design Plan; and
WHEREAS, on October 12, 1993, the City Council reviewed
a preliminary Urban Design Plan and authorized staff to amend the
Civic Center Specific Plan to incorporate the Urban Design Plan;
and
WHEREAS, on November 23, 1993, the city council conducted
a public hearing and approved the Civic Center Specific Plan as
amended by the incorporation of the Urban Design Plan,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council finds that the Civic Center
Specific Plan as amended by the incorporation of the Urban Design
Plan is consistent with the General Plan as amended and adopts the
Civic Center Specific Plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit A
and incorporated herein.
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SECTION 2. The city Council finds that the Final
Environmental Impact Report and Addendum adequately reviews and
analyzes the potential environmental effects of the proposed
project and project alternatives.
SECTION 3. The city council makes the following
findings, consistent with Article VI, Sections 12 and 13 of the
city of Santa Monica CEQA Guidelines and sections 15091 and 15093
of the State of California CEQA Guidelines.
(1) The city Council finds that the Civic Center
Specific Plan is consistent with the City's General Plan and
Local Coastal Program.
(2) The City Council finds that the Civic Center
Specific Plan provides for development policies and standards
that allow for governmental, institutional, residential and
commercial growth at a level that will not adversely impact the
health and welfare of City residents and maintain quality of life
in the area.
(3) The City Council finds that while increases in
vehicle trips as a result of full bui ldout under the civic
Center Specific Plan would create significant impacts at 14
intersections, the new circulation network crea ted by the civic
Center Specific Plan, physical mitigation measures, a centralized
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signal control system, and compliance with the City's
Transportation Management Program would reduce the impacts to
insignificant levels at those intersections.
(4) The City council finds that while increases in
vehicle trips generated as a result of full build-out under the
civil Center Specific Plan would, in turn, produce air quality
impacts from mobile emissions, compliance with the Air Quality
Management Plan would minimize air quality impacts. In fact,
even without any additional emissions generated from
development under the Specific Plan the South Coast Air Basin
will still exceed federal air quality standards.
(5) The City council finds that while the proposed
civic Center Specific Plan project would allow more employment
opportunities than housing units thus increasing the City's
jobs/housing ratio, the development permitted by the Specific
Plan will provide for the expansion of institutions located
within the Civic Center Specific Plan area which contribute to
the professional, cultural, social, and fiscal life of the
community.
SECTION 4. The City Council finds that the impacts
resulting from the civic Center Specific Plan can be reduced to
an acceptable level. All significant environmental effects as
identified below can feasibly be avoided and have been eliminated
or substantially lessened.
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(a) The Final Environmental Impact Report and Addendum
determined that without mitigation the proposed project could
result in significant adverse impacts on shade and shadow. The
project allows for the addition of structures in the project area.
Acknowledging that shadows vary by time of day and season of year,
the significance of shadow impacts measured by the extent,
duration and resulting functional effect (the extend and duration
combined with the use and design of the affected premises) of
project generated shadow patterns. The residential uses proposed
to be allowed in the civic Center Specific Plan would be
potentially affected by shadows created by other structures on the
project site. Consistent with Article VI, section 12 of the City
CEQA Guidelines and Section 15091 of the state of California CEQA
Guidelines, the city Council finds that changes have been
incorporated into the project which require individual development
projects to implement mitigation measures that avoid or
substantially lessen the potential significant environmental
effects identified with respect to shade and shadow. These
mitigation measures may include but are not limited to the
following:
(1) During the design phase of developments allowed
under the project, consideration should be given to the siting
and the design of the residential units to minimize any potential
shadow impacts. These measures will mitigate or avoid the
potential for significant adverse impacts on shade and shadow and
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thus mitigate or avoid the significant environmental effects
identified in the Final Environmental Impact Report and Addendum.
(b) The Final Environmental Impact Report determined that
without mitigation the project could result in significant
impact to water demand, requiring an additional 60.2 million
gallons per year. However, city water conservation ordinances are
expected to reduce the net increase in water consumption to zero.
Consistent with Article VI, section 12 of the city CEQA Guidelines
and Section 15091 of the state of California CEQA Guidelines,
the City Council finds that changes have been incorporated
into the project which require individual development projects
to implement mitigation measures that avoid or substantially
lessen the potential significant environmental effects
identified with respect to water demand. These mitigation
measures may include but are not limited to the following:
(1) Developments allowed within the Civic Center
Specific Plan area utilize water efficient plumbing fixtures in
accordance with City ordinances.
(2) Sections of title 20 and 24 of the California
Administrative Code regarding water consumption and conservation
are enforced.
(3) Drought-tolerant plan species are utilized in
landscaped areas.
(4) Low-flow irrigation systems are utilized in
landscaped areas.
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These measures will mitigate or avoid the
potential for significant adverse impacts on water demand and
thus mitigate or avoid the significant environmental effects
identified in the Final Environmental Impact Report and Addendum.
(c) The Final Environmental Impact Report and Addendum
determined that without mitigation the project could result in
significant short-term impact on noise during construction related
activities allowed under the project. During construction
activities, noise impacts will result from the use of heavy
equipment to excavate, load and transport earth materials
off-site and during the construction process.
Construction-related activities will generate short-term noise
impacts. Heavy machinery and hand-held equipment will be capable
of generating noise levels ranging from 70 to 96 DBA at a
distance of 50 feet, impacting the Loews and Hyatt Hotels and
residential units to the west, the Guest Quarters Hotel and Santa
Monica High School to the east and palisades Park to the
northwest. Consistent with Article VI, Section 12 of the City
CEQA Guidelines and Section 15091 of the state of California CEQA
Guidelines, the city Council finds that changes have been
incorporated into the project which require individual
development projects to implement mitigation measures that avoid
or substantially lessen the potential significant environmental
effects identified with respect to construction-related
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activities. These mitigation measures may include but are not
limited to the following:
(1) All developments allowed by the Civic Center
Specific Plan project shall be required to submit a construction
plan to the City in sufficient detail to determine the duration of
construction activities and the specific types of equipment to be
used and their approximate location.
(2) During construction, project contractors shall
muffle and shield intakes and exhaust, shroud and shield impact
tools and use electric-powered rather than diesel-powered
construction equipment.
(3 ) Temporary walls and noise barriers shall be placed
around the site and/or locations of noisy activities to block and
deflect noise from the nearby residential areas.
(4) Pile-drilling and not pile-driving techniques
shall be used to minimize noise impacts.
These measures will mitigate or avoid the potential for
significant adverse impacts on noise during construction related
activities allowed by the project and thus mitigate or avoid the
significant environmental effects identified in the Final
Environmental Impact Report and Addendum.
SECTION 5. The City Council finds that the impacts
resulting from the Civic Center Specific Plan can be reduced to
an acceptable level. All significant environmental effects as
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identified below can feasibly be avoided and have been eliminated
or substantially lessened.
In the Addendum. to the Final Environmental Impact Report,
additional analysis was performed by the City's traffic consultant,
Kaku Associates, to examine the traffic-related impacts associated
with the revised Specific Plan within the study area bounded by
California Avenue, Lincoln Boulevard, Ocean Park Boulevard, and
Appian Way. Thirty intersections were analyzed in the traffic
study conducted for the original Final Environmental Impact Report,
where seventeen were found to have significant impacts associated
with development allowed by the Specific Plan under Alternative
Development Scenario 2 and eighteen under Alternative Development
Scenario 3. A total of twenty-three intersections were studied in
the Addendum, including the seventeen significantly impacted
intersections analyzed under scenario 2 in the original
Environmental Impact Report plus four additional intersections
located on the perimeter streets to the Specific Plan area
(including the one additional intersection impacted under
Alternative 3). In addition, two new intersections associated with
the new street network as proposed in the Specific Plan, which were
not analyzed in the original study, were also studied.
Seven of the original thirty intersections were not
studied because they did not originally have significant impacts
and are located away from the project site. Plus, the modified
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Specific Plan includes reduced development potential for the civic
Auditorium site, and a new circulation network in the area, so it
is unlikely that significant impacts would be found at these seven
intersections.
The Final Environmental Impact Report and Addendum, with the
revised traffic analysis, found that maximum development allowed
under the project would result in significant impacts on cumulative
peak hour operating conditions at the fOllowing intersections: 1)
Pacific Coast Highway and the California Incline (both peak hours);
2) Ocean Avenue and the California Incline (PM peak hour); 3) Ocean
Avenue and peH ramps (PM peak hour); 4) Neilson Way and Ocean Park
Boulevard (both peak hours); 5) 4th street and Colorado Avenue (AM
peak hour); 6) 4th street and Olympic Boulevard/I-I0 westbound off-
ramp (PM peak hour); 7) 4th street and Civic Center Drive (PM peak
hour); 8) 4th Street and pico Boulevard (AM peak hour); 9) Lincoln
Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard (PM peak hour); 10) Lincoln
Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard (PM peak hour); 11) Lincoln
Boulevard and Colorado Avenue (AM peak hour); 12) Lincoln Boulevard
and pico Boulevard (both peak hours); 13) Lincoln Boulevard and
Ocean Park Boulevard (both peak hours); and 14) 4th street and 1-10
eastbound on-ramp/ new Olympic Boulevard (both peak hours) .
Consistent with Article VI, section 12 of the City CEQA Guidelines
and section 15091 of the State of California CEQA Guidelines, the
city Council finds that changes have been incorporated into the
project which require individual development projects to implement
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mitigation measures that avoid or substantially lessen the
potential significant environmental effects identified with
respect to traffic and circulation.
These mitigation measures may include but are not limited to the
following:
(a) street Improvements
(1) 4th street from I-10 westbound off-ramp to civic
Center Drive: widen the 4th street bridge over the 1-10 freeway
and the west side of 4th street by about 12 feet to provide a third
southbound lane/exclusive right-turn lane on the southbound
approach to New Olympic Boulevard and an exclusive right-turn lane
at civic Center Drive on the southbound approach.
(b) Intersection Improvements
(1) PCH and California Incline: implement centralized
signal control system.
(2) Ocean Avenue and the California Incline:
implement centralized signal control system.
(3) Ocean Avenue and the Pacific Coast Highway ramps:
implement centralized signal control system.
(4) Neilson Way and Ocean Park Boulevard: implement
centralized signal control system.
(5) 4th street and Colorado Avenue: implement
centralized signal control system.
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(6) 4th street and I-10 westbound off-ramp: implement
centralized signal control system.
(7) 4th street and civic Center Drive: implement
centralized signal control system 4
(8) 4th street and pico Boulevard: implement
centralized signal control system.
(9) Lincoln Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard:
implement centralized signal control system.
( 10) Lincoln Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard:
implement centralized signal control system.
( 11) Lincoln Boulevard and Colorado Boulevard:
implement centralized signal control system.
(12) Lincoln Boulevard and Pico Boulevard: implement
centralized signal control system; also restripe Lincoln to provide
dual left-turn lanes on both the northbound and southbound
approaches.
(13) Lincoln Boulevard and Ocean Park Boulevard:
implement centralized signal control system;
(14) 4th Street and I-10 eastbound on-ramp/New Olympic
Boulevard: implement centralized signal control system; stripe to
provide a third southbound lane from the I-l0 westbound off-ramp to
the eastbound on-ramp terminating as a forced exclusive right-turn
lane at new Olympic Boulevard; stripe the southbound 4th Street
approach as follows: one exclusive right-turn lane, one shared
through/right-turn lane, one exclusive through lane, and one
exclusive left-turn; provide two westbound departure lanes on new
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Olympic Boulevard between 4th street and the parking alley to the
west to accommodate the two lanes of southbound right-turning
traffic.
These measures will mitigate or avoid the
potential for significant adverse impacts on noise during
construction related activities allowed by the project and thus
mitigate or avoid the significant environmental effects
identified in the Final Environmental Impact Report and Addendum.
SECTION 6. The Final Environmental Impact Report
and Addendum found that maximum development allowed under the
project would impact air quality even after mitigation.
While increases in vehicle trips generated by development as
permitted by the project would produce air quality impacts
from mobile emissions, compliance with the Air Quality Management
Plan would minimize air quality impacts. Any additional emissions
which result from any of the development alternatives would be
considered significant as the South Coast Air Basin already
generally exceeds federal air quality standards.
SECTION 7. The Final Environmental Impact Report
and addendum found that maximum development allowed under the
project would result in significant impacts even after mitigation
to housing and employment. The project would allow for the
creation of more employment opportunities than residential units
thus increasing the City's jobs/housing ratio; however, it is
necessary to provide for the expansion of the institutions
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located within the civic Center Specific Plan area who
contribute to the professional, cultural and social life of the
community.
SECTION 8. The Final Environmental Impact Report and
Addendum found that the project would result in significant
impacts to air quality and the jobs/housing balance even after
mitigation measures have been implemented. consistent with Article
VI, section 13 of the city CEQA Guidelines and Sections 15091 and
15093 of the State of California CEQA Guidelines, the city
council hereby makes a Statement of overriding considerations
and finds that the benefits of the project outweigh its
unavoidable environmental impacts based on the following reasons:
(a) The project will provide for multi-season
utilization of the civic Center area by a greater diversity of
people;
(b) The project will provide for increased pedestrian
access and activity throughout the Specific Plan areaj
ec) The project will allow for the enhancement of the
scenic corridor along Ocean Avenue through required setbacks and
stepbacks;
(d) The project will allow for the preservation of
viewsheds from the intersection of 4th street and pico Boulevard
and from City Hall to the Santa Monica Pier and will create
viewsheds in an east/west direction from the Specific Plan area to
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the ocean along the Autoway and from Main street to the ocean along
an extension to Vicente Terrace.
( e) The project will encourage the interaction of
visitors, employees and residents of Santa Monica in the Civic
Center area through the creation of passive and recreational open
spaces and by providing links to such facilities as the Pier,
downtown, the beach, Palisades Park and the civic Auditorium;
(f) The project will allow for development
opportunities which will preserve existing jobs and create new
job opportunities and produce new market-rate and affordable
housing units;
(g) The project provides for circulation elements,
design elements and open spaces in the area to organize the land
uses and create a consistent design theme in the civic Center area;
(h) The project allows for the maintenance and
expansion of cultural facilities in the area;
(i) The project will provide circulation and access
improvements to the Civic Center area which also benefit areas
outside of the Specific Plan area;
(j) The project will allow for the expansion of
existing facilities in the Civic Center area;
(k) The project will allow for neighborhood-serving
and visitor-serving commercial and retail uses in the Civic
Center area;
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(1) The project will provide for the maintenance of
the existing employment base and the production of new revenue
sources in the city.
(m) Policies have been incorporated into the project
which require individual development projects to implement
mitigation measures that avoid or substantially lessen the
potential significant environmental effects identified during
environmental review.
SECTION 9. In the event that any of the adverse
environmental impacts in the areas of air quality and
jObs/housing balance identified in the Final Environmental Impact
Report and Addendum are not considered substantially mitigated
within the meaning of Article VI, Section 13 of the City CEQA
Guidelines, and Section 15093 of the state of California CEQA
Guidelines, the City Council finds that the benefits of the
project outweigh its unavoidable environmental effects for the
reasons stated in section 7.
SECTION 10. 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:
SANTA MONICA CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
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TIN T. TACHIJI
Deputy City Attorney
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