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CITY OF SANTA MONICA
HOUSING AUTHORITY MEETING MINUTES
JANUARY 26, 2021
A special meeting of the Santa Monica Housing Authority was called to order by Chair Himmelrich at
8:17 p.m., on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, via teleconference pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order
N-29-20 at https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/tzszchdr.
Roll Call: Present: Chair Sue Himmelrich
Vice Chair Kristin McCowan
Commissioner Phil Brock
Commissioner Gleam Davis
Commissioner Oscar De La Torre
Commissioner Kevin McKeown
Commissioner Christine Parra
Also Present: Interim Secretary Lane Dilg
Interim Authority Attorney George S. Cardona
Authority Clerk Denise Anderson-Warren
CONVENE On order of the Chair, the Housing Authority convened to a special joint
meeting with the City Council and Parking Authority at 8:17 p.m., with all
members present.
REPORT ON MEETING
COMPENSATION
Pursuant to State law, Secretary Denise Anderson-Warren announced that
the members will receive $50 for meeting as the Housing Authority.
STAFF
ADMINISTRATIVE
ITEMS:
HOUSING AUTHORITY
PARKING AUTHORITY
MINUTES
8.A. Approval of minutes for Housing and Parking Authority
meetings, was presented.
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the:
1. Housing Authority approve the minutes of the February 25, 2020,
October 13, 2020 and October 27, 2020 meetings; and
2. Parking Authority approve the minutes of the February 25, 2020 and
October 27, 2020 meetings.
There were no members of the public present to speak on this item.
Motion by Commissioners/Authority Member McKeown, seconded by
Commissioner/Authority Member Brock, to approve the recommended
action. The motion was approved by the following vote:
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AYES: Commission/Authority Members Parra, Davis, McKeown,
Brock, Vice Chair/Chair Pro Tem McCowan, Chair
Himmelrich
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: Commissioner/Authority Member de la Torre
MID-YEAR BUDGET
8.B. Financial Status Update and FY 2020-21 Midyear Budget, was
presented.
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council, Housing Authority, and Parking
Authority:
1. Appropriate Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-21 midyear revenue and
expenditure budget adjustments (Attachment A).
Staff also recommends that the City Council:
1. Receive the FY 2021-22 through FY 2025-26 Five-Year Financial
Forecast;
2. Adopt Resolution No. 11313 (CCS) entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
ESTABLISHING A NEW CLASSIFICATION AND ADOPTING A
SALARY RATE FOR ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICES
ADMINISTRATOR” (Attachment B);
3. Approve position and classification changes (Attachment C);
4. Adopt Resolution No. 11314 (CCS) entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
REGARDING TRAVEL BY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO INCLUDE
CITY COUNCIL GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS REGARDING
COUNCIL TRAVEL, STAFF ASSISTANCE FOR, CITY ISSUED
TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT AND ACCEPTED USE, AND
OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO COUNCILMEMBERS”
(Attachment D);
5. Adopt Resolution No. 11315 (CCS) entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
ESTABLISHING A BLS PARAMEDIC ASSESSMENT FEE AND
A DISPOSABLE MEDICAL SUPPLIES FEE” (Attachment E);
6. Extend the current Human Services Grant Program (HSGP) grant
cycle for two years through FY 2022-23, to ensure staff and grantees
can continue the critical work they are doing to address the pandemic,
and postpone the next grant cycle to begin FY 2023-24;
7. Extend the current Organizational Support Program (OSP) grant cycle
for two years through FY 2022-23, to ensure staff and grantees can
continue the critical work they are doing to address the pandemic and
postpone the next grant cycle to begin FY 2023-24;
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8. Authorize the City Manager to accept a grant award in the amount of
$42,430 from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Edward Byrne
Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) for implementation of the
JAG 2020 Project “Overtime Operations to Keep Neighborhoods
Safe” and execute all necessary documents to accept the grant and all
grant renewals;
9. Authorize the City Manager to accept a grant award in the amount of
$2,681 from the California Department of Justice for the Sexual
Assault Evidence Grant Program, to accept all grant renewals, and to
execute all necessary documents to accept the grant and all grant
renewals;
10. Authorize the City Manager to accept a grant award in the amount of
$24,276 from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) for the
2020 Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) Grant for the purchase of
bulletproof vests by the Police Department, to accept all grant
renewals, and to execute all necessary documents to accept the grant
and all grant renewals;
11. Provide direction to the Interim City Manager to publicly announce
and designate a 30-day application timeline for seats on the We Are
Santa Monica Fund Advisory Board to be appointed by the Interim
City Manager to provide community engagement and advice to the
Interim City Manager with respect to the We Are Santa Monica Fund;
12. Provide direction to staff on whether to proceed with developing a
digital Out-of-Home (OOH) advertising and wayfinding program by
(1) issuing a request for proposals (RFP) for a digital OOH advertising
vendor for the construction, installation and management of
advertising space for an initial phase of 25 digital OOH kiosks, and a
possible subsequent second phase of 25 additional kiosks in highly
trafficked areas of the City; and (2) returning to Council with
proposed kiosk locations and recommendations for new policies
and/or changes to existing City policies and municipal codes to guide
the successful implementation and operation of this program
consistent with the goals of maintaining community aesthetics and
enhancing overall engagement with and value for the community; and
13. Provide direction to staff on whether to return with additional
information regarding public-private partnership opportunities to
support programs.
Members of the public Phuong Bui, Meredith Kim, Tara Barauskus, Denise
Barton, John Medlin, Matt Stauffer, and Michael Soloff spoke to the
recommended action.
Questions asked and answered of staff included: could the city reorder its
priorities and instead of taking next year’s GSH fund, take some of the
other revenues to restore the housing fund money that was taken last year;
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how did staff come up with the recommendation to have corporate
advertising in public spaces; is there anyway to extend grant approvals one
month until staff comes back with the homeless and grant overview; are the
biannual grant reports publicly available; have the amount of funds been
shifted between grants, or has the same amount stayed with the original
grantees; what account would fund recovery go to for the fire assessment
fee; what is the amount of residents this fee will affect; for the commercial
insurance, is there a sense of typically what insurance will cover; what’s the
average length of time for the current grantees; are some of the kiosk going
to replace those currently on the Promenade, so it wouldn’t actually be 25
new kiosk; why are we funding Verizon’s upgrades; are new jobs being
offered to previous employees; why not contract out property leasing at the
Airport, instead of hiring a permanent position; is there somebody now
who is performing that job; how do we get community broadband out of the
agreement with Verizon; on the 311 system, since it’s a 5 day system, why
can’t there just be 1.5 FTE, and revisit in July to see if there is a need to
increase to 2.5, and maybe they could go to 7 days; is there any opportunity
to potentially increase the hours of the 311 system for weekends and after
hours; what’s the average cost for L.A. County for ambulance fees; has
there been any discussion on pulling the revenue from the kiosk to pour into
the BIDs to encourage buying locally or business enhancements; if Council
ask staff to perform a new RFP for the grants to be determined in June,
won’t that take time from what staff is currently doing to complete that
process; if money is moved from the grant programs and using it for staff to
oversee the grant program, what impact would that have; is it true that the
demand for services for our grantees have increased significantly, as well
as the donations to non-profits have decrease during this pandemic; does
staff understand that affordable housing is one of the city’s primary goals
and areas of priority; how does cleanliness work into priorities of recovery;
how can we hold grantees accountable; is data gathered on the clients of the
non-profits based on gender, race, and ethnicity; and, how are CBDG funds
used.
Considerable discussion ensued on topics including, but not limited to: for
the We Are Santa Monica fund, the allocation should be designated toward
racial equity generally, instead of the Black Agenda; concern about
allowing corporate advertising taking over in town, and what is the
long-term effect; if the community service grants aren’t extended, it could
significantly hurt a lot of these non-profits to the point that they won’t be
able to provide services; and, if Council wants to add something to this
budget, they would need to decide where in the budget they would need to
cut, in order to make up the difference.
Motion by Commission/Authority/Councilmember McKeown, seconded
by Commission/Authority/Councilmember Davis, to appropriate Fiscal
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Year (FY) 2020-21 midyear revenue and expenditure budget adjustments.
Councilmember Brock proposed a friendly amendment to remove the Sr.
Homeless Coordinator now, and bring it back in June, after the Homeless
report in March. The motion was not considered friendly by the maker
and seconder.
The original motion was approved by the following vote:
AYES: Commission/Authority/Councilmembers de la Torre, Brock,
McKeown, Davis, Parra, Vice Chair/Chair/Mayor Pro Tem
McCowan, Chair/Mayor Himmelrich
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Motion by Mayor Pro Tem McCowan, seconded by Councilmember
Brock, to receive the FY 2021-22 through FY 2025-26 Five-Year Financial
Forecast. The motion was approved by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Parra, Davis, McKeown, Brock, de la
Torre, Mayor Pro Tem McCowan, Mayor Himmelrich
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Motion by Councilmember Davis, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem McCowan,
to adopt Resolution No. 11313 (CCS) of the City of Santa Monica
establishing new classifications and adopting salary rates for various listed
positions (Attachment B); and, approve position and classification changes
(Attachment C). The motion was approved by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers de la Torre, Brock, McKeown, Davis,
Parra, Mayor Pro Tem McCowan, Mayor Himmelrich
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Motion by Councilmember Brock, seconded by Councilmember
McKeown, to adopt Resolution No. 11314 (CCS), regarding Travel by
Council Members and City-Issued Technology (Attachment D). The
motion was approved by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Parra, Davis, McKeown, Brock, de la
Torre, Mayor Pro Tem McCowan, Mayor Himmelrich
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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Mayor Pro Tem McCowan
excused at 11:52 p.m.
Motion by Councilmember Davis, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem McCowan,
to adopt Resolution No. 11315 (CCS), setting the Fire Basic Life Support
(BLS) Paramedic Assessment Fee and the Disposable Medical Supplies
Fee (Attachment E). The motion was approved by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers de la Torre, Brock, McKeown, Davis,
Parra, Mayor Pro Tem McCowan, Mayor Himmelrich
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Mayor Pro Tem McCowan recused herself to avoid any potential conflict
of interest because her brother is working for one of the non-profits listed as
a grantee.
Motion by Councilmember Davis, seconded by Councilmember
McKeown, to extend the current Human Services Grant Program (HSGP)
grant cycle for two years through FY 2022-23, to ensure staff and grantees
can continue the critical work they are doing to address the pandemic, and
postpone the next grant cycle to begin FY 2023-24; and, extend the current
Organizational Support Program (OSP) grant cycle for two years through
FY 2022-23, to ensure staff and grantees can continue the critical work they
are doing to address the pandemic and postpone the next grant cycle to
begin FY 2023-24.
Councilmember Brock proposed a friendly amendment to change the
timeline to 2021-2022. The motion was not considered friendly by the
maker.
Councilmember Davis, proposed an amendment to her motion. Extend the
grants cycle for 2 years, but should not increase grants to any of the current
grantees, with the understanding that any new monies that come into the
city would go to new grantees, and those funds be used for mental health
and homeless services in Santa Monica, with the determination before
Council in a timely manner. The motion was considered friendly by the
seconder.
The motion failed by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Davis, McKeown, Mayor Himmelrich
NOES: Councilmembers Parra, Brock, de la Torre
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem McCowan
Motion by Councilmember de la Torre, seconded by Councilmember
Brock, to extend the current Human Services Grant Program (HSGP) grant
cycle for one year through FY 2021-2022, with an RFP process available in
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Mayor Pro Tem McCowan
returned at 12:28 a.m.
the next six months.
Councilmember Brock, withdrew his second on the motion, so the motion
failed due to a lack of a second.
Motion by Councilmember McKeown, seconded by Councilmember
Davis, to extend the current Human Services and Organizational Support
Program for 2 years, with the understanding that any new monies that
come into the city would go to new grantees, and those funds be used for
mental health and homeless services in Santa Monica, with the
determination before Council in a timely manner.
Councilmember de la Torre, proposed a friendly amendment to have the
Human Service reports be made available to the public. The motion was
not considered friendly by the maker.
The main motion was approved by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers de la Torre, Brock, McKeown, Davis,
Parra, Mayor Himmelrich
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem McCowan
Motion by Councilmember McKeown, seconded by Councilmember de la
Torre, to give direction to staff to make these reports available to the
Council and public as appropriate. The motion was approved by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Parra, Davis, McKeown, Brock, de la
Torre, Mayor Himmelrich
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem McCowan
Motion by Councilmember Brock, seconded by Councilmember Parra, to
authorize the City Manager to accept a grant award in the amount of
$42,430 from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Edward Byrne
Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) for implementation of the JAG
2020 Project “Overtime Operations to Keep Neighborhoods Safe” and
execute all necessary documents to accept the grant and all grant renewals;
authorize the City Manager to accept a grant award in the amount of $2,681
from the California Department of Justice for the Sexual Assault Evidence
Grant Program, to accept all grant renewals, and to execute all necessary
documents to accept the grant and all grant renewals; and, authorize the
City Manager to accept a grant award in the amount of $24,276 from the
United States Department of Justice (DOJ) for the 2020 Bulletproof Vest
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Partnership (BVP) Grant for the purchase of bulletproof vests by the Police
Department, to accept all grant renewals, and to execute all necessary
documents to accept the grant and all grant renewals. The motion was
approved by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers de la Torre, Brock, McKeown, Davis,
Parra, Mayor Pro Tem McCowan, Mayor Himmelrich
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Motion by Councilmember McKeown, seconded by Councilmember
Davis, to provide direction to the Interim City Manager to publicly
announce and designate a 30-day application timeline for seats on the We
Are Santa Monica Fund Advisory Board to be appointed by the Interim
City Manager to provide community engagement and advice to the Interim
City Manager with respect to the We Are Santa Monica Fund. The motion
was approved by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Parra, Davis, McKeown, Brock, de la
Torre, Mayor Pro Tem McCowan, Mayor Himmelrich
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Motion by Councilmember Davis, seconded by Councilmember de la
Torre, to Provide direction to staff on whether to proceed with developing a
digital Out-of-Home (OOH) advertising and wayfinding program by (1)
issuing a request for proposals (RFP) for a digital OOH advertising vendor
for the construction, installation and management of advertising space for
an initial phase of 25 digital OOH kiosks, and a possible subsequent second
phase of 25 additional kiosks in highly trafficked areas of the City; and (2)
returning to Council with proposed kiosk locations and recommendations
for new policies and/or changes to existing City policies and municipal
codes to guide the successful implementation and operation of this program
consistent with the goals of maintaining community aesthetics and
enhancing overall engagement with and value for the community.
The motion was approved by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers de la Torre, Brock, McKeown, Davis,
Parra, Mayor Pro Tem McCowan, Mayor Himmelrich
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Motion by Councilmember Brock, seconded by Councilmember de la
Torres, to provide direction to staff on whether to return with additional
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information regarding public-private partnership opportunities to support
programs. The motion was approved by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Parra, Davis, McKeown, Brock, de la
Torre, Mayor Pro Tem McCowan, Mayor Himmelrich
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ADJOURNMENT: On order of the Chair, the special Housing Authority meeting was
adjourned at 12:38 a.m.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
Denise Anderson-Warren Sue Himmelrich
Authority Clerk Chair
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