SR 03-21-2023 16C
City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: March 21, 2023
Agenda Item: 16.C
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Denise Anderson Warren, City Clerk, Records and Election Services
Department
Subject: Request of Councilmembers Zwick, Torosis, and de la Torre that the Council
direct the City Manager to ensure that staff engage in meaningful consultation
with persons authorized to vend pursuant to SMMC sections 6.36.030(f) and
(g) regarding implementation of and proposed changes to sidewalk vending
policies in the City. Specifically, staff are to arrange for such consultation in a
culturally competent and linguistically appropriate manner to achieve
meaningful engagement and input when substantive changes to vending
policies are being considered that address time, place, and manner
regulations or alterations to permitting or enforcement policies and practices.
Such consultation should include, but not be limited to, in -person meetings,
notices and solicitation of feedback via e -mail and/or mail, and production of
outreach materials to be distributed by staff in the field. This consultatio n
should include advance written notice to all permitted vendors with at least a
20-day period of public comment following the solicitation of vendor input prior
to making substantive changes to Sidewalk Vending Administrative
Regulations or placing proposed changes on the Council agenda. Staff shall
ensure that engagement is conducted in English and Spanish through
bilingual written materials and presence of a Spanish language interpreter at
vendor engagement meetings and Council meetings when vending poli cies
are being considered. City staff is further directed to engage in ongoing
dialogue with its permitted sidewalk vending community regarding several
items of importance—including vending cart compliance, enforcement
practices, enhanced signage, expanded opportunities and zones for
permissible vending, and methods of allocating designated spaces to vend —
to ensure a thriving and inclusive Santa Monica for all.
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Prepared By: Denise Anderson Warren, City Clerk
Approved
Forwarded to Council
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