m-121873The City Manager advised John Adderley, who had spoken and City Manager to
requested that the necessary work be done as soon as possible so that the review Koebig and
Pier could be reopened for vehicular traffic, that he would review the Koebig report regar-
Koebig and Koebig report regarding the Pier's condition, that he had just ding Pier's condition
received, and would make his recommendation to the City Council on January
8, 1974.
Reverend Judson moved to instruct the Administration to light the Nativity scenes in
Nativity scenes in Palisades Park from sunset to 10:00 P.M. daily through- Palisades Park to be
out the Christmas Season. The motion was seconded by Mr. van den Steenhoven lighted from sunset
and carried with Councilman Trives "NOT VOTING ". to 10:00 P.M.
At 11:20 o'clock P.M., Mrs. Swink moved to adjourn until 2:00
o'clock P.M., Tuesday, December 18, 1973, in the Council Chamber, in
memory of Mrs. Laura Massaglia, long -time resident of the City of Santa
Monica. The motion was seconded by Mr. van den Steenhoven and carried
unanimously.
APPROVED. K. 0. GRUBB, -City Clerk
CLO HOOVER,
Mayor
COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
December 18, 1973 2:00 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 regularly scheduled meeting in the Council Chamber,
City Hall, Santa Monica, at 7:30 o'clock P.M. on December 11, 1973. The
pledge of allegiance was given.
PRESENT: Councilmen: C10 Hoover, Fred M. Judson,
Hilliard L. Lawson, John W. McCloskey,
Donna 0. Swink, Nathaniel Trives,
Pieter van den Steenhoven
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
ALSO PRESENT: James D. Williams, City Manager
Richard L. Knickerbocker, City Attorney
E. Douglas McAteer, City Engineer
K. 0. Grubb, City Clerk
The Clerk reported that the order of adjournment adopted at the
meeting held December 11, 1973 was posted on the Council Chamber door on
December 12, 1973 and that the affidavit of posting was on file in the
City Clerk's office.
Mr. Trives moved to accept the recommendation, dated December 11,
1973, of the Administration and authorize the City Manager to enter into
an agreement with Blue Cross of Southern California to provide health
insurance coverage for the City employees commencing January 1, 1974, in
accordance with its proposal (Alternate Aj, that being the most beneficial
to the City and its employees of the proposals received; and further that
$5,100.00 be appropriated from General Fund Unappropriated Surplus to
Account 8274 -308 to cover the cost of the plan for the current fiscal year.
The motion was seconded by Mr. van den Steenhoven.
Representatives of two of the companies submitting proposals
spoke, after which the motion was carried by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen: Judson, Lawson, McCloskey, Swink,
Trives, van den Steenhoven, Hoover
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
Contract No. 2096 (CCS)
Contract 2096
Blue Cross of Southern
California - City
employees health
insurance
Reverend Judson and Mr. Trives commented briefly on the City's Low cost housing
participation in the County's low -cost housing program and urged it to program
continue to do so.
Mr. McCloskey moved to instruct the City Attorney to prepare an .junk to be screened
ordinance to require junk or storage yards to be screened from public view. from public view
The motion was seconded by Mr. Lawson and carried unanimously.
ap< '
a.0 ;
Mr. McCloskey moved that the City Attorney do the necessary
things to effectuate the following:
1. Change the master plan to provide that the lot area sizes within
neighborhoods be homogenous.
2. Impose a time limit on the commencement of a project for which a
variance or "use" permit is approved.
3. Permit persons other than the developer to have the right of appeal
before the Council.
4. That the Planning Commission have forty -five days to study various
items, subject to the City Attorney's approval of the legality; also
that the Council have possibly thirty days in which to review or
decide on matters referred to it by the Planning Commission.
5. Consider modification of transitional zoning.
6. Prohibit condominiums in the single family district.
The motion was seconded by Reverend Judson and carried unanimously.
Discussion of expendi-
Mr. van den Steenhoven presented a report of Council members'
tures for conferences
expenditures for conferences and other meetings and suggested that the
and other meetings
City Charter be amended to alter the form of.compensation for Council
continuted until the
members. He then moved that a Council Charter Review Committee, composed
nest meeting.
of Mr. McCloskey, Mr. Trives and himself, be appointed to study or
recommend Charter amendments for a vote by the people. The motion was
seconded by Mr. Trives.
Councilman McCloskey objected to the appointment.
Mr. Trives moved that the matter be continued until the next
meeting. The motion was seconded by Mr. van den Steenhoven and carried
with Reverend Judson voting "NO ".
opinion regarding
City Attorney Knickerbocker indicated that he had sent an opinion
Tract 31885 sent to
to each Council member regarding the action by the Council at its meeting
each Council member.
held November 27, 1973 in sustaining the action of the Planning Commission
in approving Tentative Condominium Tract Map No. 31885 for property known
as 2618 -2718 Pearl Street.
At 4:45 o'clock P.M., Mr. Trives moved to adjourn. The motion
was seconded by Mrs. Swink and carried unanimously.
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APPROVED: ��'J-= ''''- y "'--%� K. 0. CRUBB, City Clerk
CLO HOOVER,
Mayor
COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
December 26, 1973 7:30 o'clock P.M.
PRESENT: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: C10 Hoover, Fred M. Judson,
Hilliard L. Lawson, John W. McCloskey,
Donna 0. Swink, Nathaniel Trives
Pieter van den Steenhoven
Due to the absence of all Council members, the Assistant City
City adjourned the meeting.
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APPROVED: J. L WILBUR, Assistant
CLO HOOVER, City Clerk
Mayor