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CITY OF SANTA MONICA
HOUSING AUTHORITY MEETING MINUTES
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
A special meeting of the Santa Monica Housing Authority was called to order by Chair McKeown at 8:55
p.m., on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, at City Council Chambers, 1685 Main Street.
Roll Call: Present: Chair Kevin McKeown
Vice Chair Terry O’Day
Commissioner Gleam Davis
Commissioner Sue Himmelrich
Commissioner Ana M. Jara
Commissioner Greg Morena
Commissioner Ted Winterer
Also Present: Secretary Rick Cole
Authority Attorney Lane Dilg
Authority Clerk Denise Anderson-Warren
CONVENE On order of the Chair, the Housing Authority convened to a joint meeting
with the Redevelopment Successor Agency and the Parking Authority at
8:55 p.m., with all members present.
REPORT ON MEETING
COMPENSATION
Pursuant to State law, Authority Clerk Denise Anderson-Warren
announced that the members will receive $50 meeting as the Housing
Authority.
MINUTES
8.A. Minutes for Housing Authority, Parking Authority, and
Redevelopment Successor Agency meetings, were presented.
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the:
1. Housing Authority approve the minutes of the November 12, 2019
and December 10, 2019 meetings; and
2. Parking Authority approve the minutes of the November 27, 2018
and June 25, 2019 meetings; and
3. Redevelopment Successor Agency approve the minutes of the
November 12, 2019 meeting.
Motion by Vice Chair/Chair/Mayor Pro Tem O’Day, seconded by
Commissioner/Authority/Agency Member Davis, to approve minutes for
the Housing Authority, Parking Authority, and Redevelopment Successor
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Agency meeting. The motion was approved by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner/Authority/Agency Members Jara, Winterer,
Davis, Himmelrich, Morena, Vice Chair/Chair/Mayor Pro
Tem O’Day, Chair/Mayor McKeown
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ADJOURNMENT OF
MEETING WITH THE
REDEVELOPMENT
SUCCESSOR AGENCY
On order of the Chair, the joint meeting with the Redevelopment Successor
Agency adjourned at 8:56 p.m.
MIDYEAR BUDGET
Vice-Chair O’Day left at 8:57
p.m.
8.B. Financial Status Update and FY 2019-20 Midyear Budget, was
presented.
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council, Housing Authority, and Parking
Authority:
1. Appropriate FY 2019-20 midyear revenue and expenditure budget
adjustments and approve corresponding adjustments to the FY
2020-21 budget plan (Attachment A).
Staff also recommends that the City Council:
1. Receive the FY 2019-20 through FY 2028-29 Financial Status
Update;
2. Adopt Resolution No. 11227 (CCS) entitled “A RESOLUTION
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
ESTABLISHING NEW CLASSIFICATIONS AND ADOPTING
SALARY RATES FOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TRANSIT
SERVICES, CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER – AIRPORT
DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
ADMINISTRATOR, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE MANAGER, CUSTOMER
EXPERIENCE AND INNOVATION ADMINISTRATOR, EMS
COORDINATOR, TRANSIT MAINTENANCE MANAGER,
UNDERGROUND UTILITY SAFETY COORDINATOR, AND
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR.”;
3. Adopt Resolution No. 11228 (CCS) entitled “A RESOLUTION
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
SETTING FORTH THE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION
SCHEDULE OF FINES FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS OF THE
SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE, SETTING CIVIL
PENALTIES FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS AND FOR THE
LATE PAYMENT OF PENALTIES, SETTING FINES FOR
POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSES TO
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EXCESSIVE FALSE ALARMS, AND SETTING FINES FOR
THE SANTA MONICA PUBLIC LIBRARY”;
4. Adopt Resolution No. 11229 (CCS) entitled “A RESOLUTION
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA,
CALIFORNIA, ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF A REPORT
ON THE STATUS OF STATE MANDATED ANNUAL FIRE
INSPECTIONS IN THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 13146.4.”;
5. Authorize the City Manager to accept a grant awarded in the
amount of $250,000 from Metro’s Open Streets Grant Program
2020 Mini-Cycle for the City of Santa Monica’s 5th annual COAST
Open Streets Celebration on Sunday, September 20, 2020;
6. Direct staff to proceed with research and analysis on various
potential tax revenue measures;
7. Award RFP 255 to TBWBH Strategies, a San Francisco-based
company, for strategic advisory and communications services for
the Finance Department;
8. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute Agreement
No. 11004 (CCS) with TBWBH Strategies in an amount not to
exceed $165,000 over a five-year period, with future year funding
contingent on Council budget approval; and
9. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a sixth
modification to agreement 10141(CCS) in the amount of $62,000
with Goodwin Simon Strategic Research (GSSR) for polling for
Santa Monica’s potential revenue measures. This will result in a
five-year amended agreement for a total not to exceed $385,800,
with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.
Members of the public Denise Barton, Caron Block, Kim Sidoriak, and
Dominick Bei (time donated by Walter Gonzales) spoke on the
recommended action.
Questions asked and answered of staff included: do we have to go to the
voters for any Tax Revenue Measures; the business license tax, is there any
thought about creating a package to get a better result; is there any sense on
where we will fall in the best, baseline, worse scenario; any idea why the
large taxpayers have left; are we actively recruiting businesses to replace
those big companies when they leave; how do we consider growth in the
corporate sector; have there been a consideration as how the proposed taxes
would impact businesses and tourism; is there a proposal for an additional
retailers business license tax; regarding parking, has there been a look at the
correlation between what is being charged for parking and the impact it has
on businesses; how is the CIP budgets get considered; should we be seeing
the budget more often; what is the maximum service tax being charged;
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what areas other than services are we not capturing for taxing purposes; is
there any thought that maybe we’ve reached the point of saturation with
hotels; how do we raise some of the revenue without hearing from the
public; for the vacancy rate, has there been any thought on increasing the
commercial tax; would it be possible since we’re doing a rate study for
RRR that we incorporate the possibility of returning to that extra $110,000
a year for Stericycle which spread among all of our users would not be that
much of an increase; is a carbon tax being looked at separately as part of
sustainability, and is that being considered; and, who is going to access the
funds that are supposed to go to the Police Officers.
Considerable discussion ensued on topics including, but not limited to:
public safety is high on the list to the community; going through the list, it
is obvious that outreach needs to be done to the public to explain the budget
process; taxes should be increased; and, concern about a parcel tax.
Motion by Commissioner/Authority/Councilmember Winterer, seconded
by Commissioner/Authority/Councilmember Himmelrich, to appropriate
FY 2019-20 midyear revenue and expenditure budget adjustments and
approve corresponding adjustments to the FY 2020-21 budget plan. The
motion was approved by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner/Authority/Councilmembers Morena,
Himmelrich, Davis, Winterer, Jara, Chair/Mayor McKeown
NOES: None
ABSENT: Vice Chair/Mayor Pro Tem O’Day
Motion by Councilmember Jara, seconded by Councilmember Davis, to
receive the FY 2019-20 through FY 2028-29 Financial Status Update and
to adopt Resolution No. 11227 (CCS) establishing new classifications and
adopting salary rates for various positions (Attachment B) and approve the
position and classification changes (Attachment C). The motion was
approved by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Morena, Himmelrich, Davis, Winterer, Jara,
Mayor McKeown
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem O’Day
Motion by Councilmember Morena, seconded by Councilmember
Winterer, to adopt Resolution No. 11228 (CCS) setting forth the
administrative citation schedule of fines for certain violations of the Santa
Monica Municipal Code, setting civil penalties for parking violations and
for the late payment of penalties, setting fines for Police and Fire
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Department responses to excessive false alarms, and setting fines for the
Santa Monica Public Library. The motion was approved by the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Jara, Winterer, Davis, Himmelrich, Morena,
Mayor McKeown
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem O’Day
Motion by Councilmember Jara, seconded by Councilmember
Himmelrich, to adopt Resolution No. 11229 (CCS) acknowledging receipt
of a report on the status of state mandated annual fire inspections in the City
of Santa Monica pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section
13146.4.
The motion was approved by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Morena, Himmelrich, Davis, Winterer, Jara,
Mayor McKeown
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem O’Day
Motion by Councilmember Winterer, seconded by Councilmember Jara, to
authorize the City Manager to accept a grant awarded in the amount of
$250,000 from Metro’s Open Streets Grant Program 2020 Mini-Cycle for
the City of Santa Monica’s 5th annual COAST Open Streets Celebration on
Sunday, September 20, 2020. The motion was approved by the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Jara, Winterer, Davis, Himmelrich, Morena,
Mayor McKeown
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem O’Day
Motion by Councilmember Himmelrich, seconded by Councilmember
Jara, to: direct staff to proceed with research and analysis on various
potential tax revenue measures; award RFP 255 to TBWBH Strategies for
strategic advisory and communications services for the Finance
Department and authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an
agreement with TBWBH Strategies in an amount not to exceed $165,000
over a five-year period, with future year funding contingent on Council
budget approval; and, authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute
a sixth modification to agreement 10141(CCS) in the amount of $62,000
with Goodwin Simon Strategic Research (GSSR) for polling for Santa
Monica’s potential revenue measures. This will result in a five-year
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amended agreement for a total not to exceed $385,800, with future year
funding contingent on Council budget approval. The motion was approved
by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Morena, Himmelrich, Davis, Winterer, Jara,
Mayor McKeown
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem O’Day
ADJOURNMENT: On order of the Chair, the Housing Authority meeting was adjourned at
10:36 p.m., with Vice-Chair O’Day absent.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
Denise Anderson-Warren Kevin McKeown
Authority Clerk Chair
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