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m-051573Upon a query by Councilman van den Steenhoven, the Traffic 'Construction of fence !Engineer reported that the construction of the fence in the center of Pico !center of Pico 'Boulevard from 4th Street to Lincoln Boulevard had been approved by the ',City Council in 1971, the construction of which has just gotten underway. Keith Swink and Richard Palmer urged that fence and divider as ;presently planned not be constructed. !I At 11:50 o'clock P.M., Reverend Judson moved to adjourn until !7:30 o'clock P.M., May 15, 1973. The motion was seconded by Mr. Trives and carried unanimously, 1 !il APPROVED:�R?f'07r�k -�L��' K. R B, ity Clerk i� 0 HOOVER Mayor COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA May 15, 1973 7:30 o'clock P.M. The City Council of the City of Santa Monica met in adjourned !regular session at the above named time and place which meeting was !adjourned from the regular meeting held in the Council Chamber, City Hall,' '!Santa Monica, at 7:30 o'clock P.M. on May 8, 1973. The pledge of allegiance ',was given, after which Reverend Fred M. Judson, Trinity Baptist Church, 'gave the invocation. PRESENT: Councilmen: C10 Hoover, Anthony L. Dituri, Fred M. Judson, John W. McCloskey, Donna 0. Swink, Nathaniel Trives ABSENT: Councilmen: Pieter van den Steenhoven ALSO PRESENT: Perry Scott, City Manager Richard L. Knickerbocker, City Attorney E. Douglas McAteer, City Engineer K. 0. Grubb, City Clerk The minutes of the meeting held May 8, 1973 were approved as mailed. The Clerk reported that the order of adjournment adopted at the meeting held May 8, 1973 was posted on the Council Chamber door on May 9, 1973 and that the affidavit of posting was on file in the City Clerk's office. Mayor Hoover stated that Councilman Pieter van den Steenhoven was attending a conference in Sacramento for newly elected Council members.:. The public hearing was opened to remove and replace sidewalks, 'Public hearing to driveway apron and curbing at the following properties: 428 and 444 - 14ttremove and replace Street and 2024 and 2102 Arizona Avenue. ',sidewalks, driveway As there were no protests received, Mr. Dituri moved to close apron and curbing at the hearing. The motion was seconded by Reverend Judson and carried 1428 and 444 - 14th st. unanimously. land 2024 and 2102 Reverend Judson moved to confirm the assessments. The motion'grizona Ave. was seconded by Mr. Trives and carried by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen: Dituri, Judson, McCloskey, Swink, Trives, Hoover NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: van den Steenhoven The Clerk read the title to an ordinance entitled: " Mr. Trives moved to waive further reading and introduce the ordinance. The motion was seconded by Reverend Judson and carried by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen: Dituri, Judson, McCloskey, Swink, Trives, Hoover NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: van den Steenhoven '(Eliminate unlimited R -4 density) Mr. McCloskey moved to request the Planning Commission to review Planning Commission the R -4 density regulations to consider a height limit and some effective to review R-4 method of guaranteeing green space and setbacks. The motion was seconded ',density regulations by Mrs. Swink and carried unanimously. The report, dated May 7, 1973, regarding parking restrictions ;for street sweeping submitted by the Director of Public Works was reviewed! Leonard M. C. Clunes suggested that some thought be given to 'beginning a daily street sweeping program at 8:00 A.M. rather than 7:00 A.M. as it is currently, due to the parking problem. Council approved Mr. Trives moved to accept the recommendation, dated May 10, improvements at '1973, of the City Manager and authorize the acceptance of the improvements'. Airport �,at no cost to the City in liew of restoration of the premises at the Airport under lease (Contract No. 179 CCS) to the Naval Reserve. The .motion was seconded by Mr. Dituri and carried unanimously. Mr. Trives moved to accept for file the Administration's report,' !dated April 30, 1973, outlining the amounts budgeted in recent years for ('the street repair program and the current problems involved in maintaining' ',the streets due to the restrictions imposed on the use of certain type of ',heater -mix equipment by the Air Pollution Control District (APCD). The !,motion was seconded by Mr. Dituri and carried unanimously. Purchase casings and Mr. Dituri moved to accept the recommendation of the Adminis- tubes from Daniels :,tration and purchase casings and tubes from Daniels Tire Co. and Tire - Tire Co. and Tire ISupply Co. which companies submitted the low bids of $12,250.00 and Supply Co. ',$9,550.00 respectively on various sizes. The motion was seconded by Mr. '.. Trives and carried by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen: Dituri, Judson, McCloskey, Swink, Trives, Hoover NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: van den Steenhoven Purchase chlorine from 1l Mr. Dituri moved to purchase chlorine from Jones Chemical, as Jones Chemical .recommended by the Administration, which company submitted the low bid ($7,252.00). The motion was seconded by Reverend Judson and carried !unanimously. Purchase hot and cold Reverend Judson moved to purchase hot and cold asphalt mixes asphalt mixes from from Sully- Miller Co. and Industrial Asphalt Co., as recommended by the Sully-Miller Co. and (Administration, which companies submitted the low bids of $56,850.00 and Industrial Asphalt Co.l$6,940.00 respectively on the various items. The motion was seconded by Mrs. Swink and carried by the following vote:, AYES: Councilmen: Dituri, Judson, McCloskey, Swink, Trives, Hoover NOES: Councilmen: None, ABSENT: Councilmen: van den Steenhoven A. F. Rentfro (United Postage Service) requested that the business tax for a multiple coin intake slot type postage stamp vending ,machine be the same ($2.00) as for a single coin slot type vending machine: Mr. Trives moved that an ordinance be prepared establishing a !$2.00 tax for each vending machine regardless of the number coin intake Ilslots. The motion was seconded by Mrs. Swink and carried unanimously, Medical Assistants' Mrs. Sandra Hogan , President, Beverly Hills Medical Assistants' discussed ',Association) discussed the duties and responsibilities of medical !assistants. She also thanked the Mayor for proclaiming May 13 - 20 as Medical Assistants' Week in Santa Monica. ! Keith Swink (who submitted a brief accident report of selected areas) and Larry Barber urged that the construction of a concrete median land chain link fence in Pico Boulevard from 4th Street to Lincoln '.. Boulevard, recommended as a safety measure to prevent jaywalking by the high school students by the Traffic Engineer and approved by the former City Council, be halted. A letter from Jack Sikking.opposing the work was also filed. Mr. McCloskey moved that the matter be deferred so that certain 1 'accident reports, maps and response regarding the proposed work from the - ;high school administrators could be obtained and submitted to the Council members. The motion was seconded by Mr. Trives and carried unanimously. Mark Baker and Garth Sheriff expressed their concern regarding present zoning laws and the impact they might have on the present as as future residents. Vermont McKinney, Director, Venice Drug Coalition, Inc., asked at the City be a sponsoring delegate agency of the Venice -UCLA Compre- nsive Drug Abuse Project at an estimated cost of $10,000.00, submitted report of the Project's program. Mr. Trives moved that the Administration meet with represen- tives of the Venice Drug Coalition, Inc. to work out a feasibility plan sponsor the Project in its third and terminal year of funding from the lifornia Council on Criminal Justice. The motion was seconded by verend Judson and carried with Mr. Dituri voting "NO ". Don Steers, President, and John Rossi, Director, John Rossi Youth Foundation, requested that $21,000.00 of Federal Revenue Sharing (Funds be made available to them to assist in the employment of Santa Monica youths for the summer. After the City Manager stated that youths were hired last summer by the Recreation and Parks Department under a similar program, Mr. Dituri 'moved that $21,000.00 be appropriated and that the Administration work with the Foundation officials toward a plan that would be equitable to the City and Foundation. The motion was seconded by Mr. Trives and jcarried by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen: Judson, McCloskey, Swink, Trives, Hoover NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: van den Steenhoven NOT VOTING: Councilmen: Dituri I Nathan Tropper (Ocean State Bank) requested that the alley '',bisecting its property at Lincoln Boulevard and Pearl Street be vacated. Mr. Trives moved to refer the matter to the Administration for review and report. The motion was seconded by Reverend Judson and carried) ,unanimously. Mr. McCloskey requested that Ordinance No. 889 (CCS) be amended' to designate the Office of Mayor as Executive Director of the Redevelopment Agency rather than the City Manager. '. A letter, dated May 14, 1973, was presented from the City 'Manager demanding that the Redevelopment Agency's action of May 1 to remove ;him as Executive Director and instructions to employ special counsel to review and investigate the Ocean Park Redevelopment contract be rescinded..' Mr. Trives moved that the Redevelopment Agency meet June 5, 11973, to discuss the Ocean Park Redevelopment Project with the Executive I .Director, the builder, and special counsel to the Agency. The motion was 'seconded by Mr. Dituri and carried unanimously. Mr. Trives moved to authorize the Mayor to appoint, with the '.Council's approval, an Executive Director to the Redevelopment Agency. 'The motion was seconded by Mr. McCloskey. At the suggestion of the City Attorney, Mr. Trives moved to :adjourn to an executive session to consider a personnel matter. The motion was seconded by Mr. McCloskey and carried. After the meeting reconvened with all Council members returning, Mr. Trives, with the consent of the second, withdrew his motion. At 12:15 o'clock A.M., Wednesday, May 16, 1973, Reverend Judson moved to adjourn. The motion was seconded by Mr. Dituri and carried. APPROVED: / RUBB,� -ty Clerk CLO H VER Mayor COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA May 22, 1973 7:30 o'clock P.M. The City - Council of the City of Santa Monica met in regular session at the above named time and place. The pledge of allegiance was given, after which Reverend Robert Richards, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, gave the invocation. PRESENT: Councilmen: C10 Hoover, Anthony L. Dituri, Fred M. Judson, John W. McCloskey, Donna 0. Swink, Nathaniel Trives, Pieter van den Steenhoven ABSENT: Councilmen: None ALSO PRESENT: Perry Scott, City Manager Richard L. Knickerbocker, City Attorney E. Douglas McAteer, City Engineer K. 0. Grubb, City Clerk The minutes of the meeting held May 15, 1973 were approved as mailed. $21,000.00 appropria- ted to assist in the employment of Santa Monica youths for the summer