Santa Monica — 2025-04-08

City Council

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A. Introduction and First Reading of Ordinance Updating Public Nuisance Abatement and Administrative\nCitation Codes\nRecommended Action\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3)\n(Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\nGuidelines; and\n2. Introduce for first reading an Ordinance amending the text of the Santa Monica Municipal\nCode by amending Chapter 13.06, Abatement of Nuisances, to add new classes of\nviolations which may be deemed public nuisances, and amend Chapter 1.09.\nAdministrative Citations, adding a new definition of responsible party, making clear the\nrequirements for certain steps to be taken to align with Government Code 53069.4,\ndefining required service procedures for administrative citations, and providing new\nincentives for violators to bring correctable violations into compliance.\na. Attachment A - Ch. 1.09 and 13.06 Ordinance\nb. Attachment B - August 23, 2023 City Council Staff Report\nc. Attachment C - March 7, 2017 City Council Staff Report\nd. Attachment D - November 1, 2016 City Council Staff Report
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A. Public Hearing and Adoption of Santa Monica Housing Authority Draft 5-Year Plan Fiscal Year 2025,\nthe 2025-26 Annual and Administrative Plans\nRecommended Action\nStaff recommends the Santa Monica Housing Authority Board:\n1. Hold a public hearing and receive public comment\n2. Adopt the Santa Monica Housing Authority 5-Year Plan Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 for FY\n2025-2030\n3. Adopt the FY 2025-2026 Annual Plan for the previous 5-Year Plan FY 2020-2025\n4. Adopt the FY 2025-2026 Santa Monica Housing Authority Administrative Plan\n5. Authorize the Submission of the FY 2025-2026 PHA plan which consists of the 5-Year\nPlan FY 2025, the Annual Plan FY 2025-26, and Administrative Plan to the United States\nDepartment of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)\n6. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3)\n(Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\nGuidelines.\na. Draft 5-Year Plan Fiscal Year 2025-2030\nb. Annual Plan Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Revised Attachment 04/03/2025\nc. Draft Administrative Plan FY 2025-2026 Revised Attachment 04/03/2025\nd. Summary of Proposed Discretionary Changes for FY 2025-2026\nRevised Attachment 04/03/2025\ne. Public Comments and Input
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A. Recommendation to rescind the March 25, 2025, appointment of Yolanda Mickens to the Housing\nAuthority Board; and, consider new appointment to the vacancy on the Board with a term ending\nJune 30, 2026 New Item Received 04/03/2025\na. Applicant List
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B. Request by Mayor Negrete and Councilmember Zwick for the City Attorney and City Manager to\nanalyze using Measure K/PSK funds to aggregate and produce a dashboard on the City’s website for\nthe public to view the CAO criminal prosecution data. New Item Received 04/03/2025
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C. Request of Mayor Negrete and Councilmembers Zwick and Zernitskaya that the City Council direct\nthe City Manager and City Attorney, due to public safety concerns, to explore the ability of the City\nof Santa Monica to establish a night time curfew for Santa Monica State Beach with California State\nParks and the California Coastal Commission and report back to Council with options for closure.\nNew Item Received 04/03/2025
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D. Request by Mayor Negrete and Councilmember Zwick to build on direction provided by Council at the\nMarch 8, 2025 budget workshop to direct the City Manager and City Attorney to provide information\nto the Council concerning the City’s Hybrid Workplace Policy, including what positions are permitted\nto do hybrid work, how many and to what extent employees utilize hybrid work, and how the city\nensures its remote workforce remains collaborative, productive, and responsive to residents’ needs,\nand provide information on what the hybrid work policies are for comparable jurisdictions, and report\nback on changes the city has made to its policy based on this review.\nNew Item Received 04/03/2025
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E. Request of Councilmember Zwick that the City Council approve the City taking a support position on\nSB 79 (Wiener) Planning and zoning: housing development: transit-oriented development and direct\nthe City Manager to notify the City’s contract lobbyist and ensure a letter stating the City’s position\non the legislation is prepared to inform state Assemblymember Rick Zbur and state Senator Ben\nAllen. (Attachment: SB 79 text) New Item Received 04/03/2025\na. SB 79
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F. 5. Request of Councilmember Zwick that the City Council approve the City taking a Support position\non SB 677 (Wiener) Housing development: streamlined approvals, which seeks to streamline\napprovals for housing development, and direct the City Manager to notify the City’s contract lobbyist\nand ensure a letter stating the City’s position on the legislation the state Assemblymember Rick Zbur\nand state Senator Ben Allen. (Attachment: SB 677) New Item Received 04/03/2025\na. SB 677
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A. Proclamation: Earth Day
#B Order of Business 2
B. Commendation: Holocaust Survivors Continued to next regular meeting
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A. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for Year Ended June 30, 2024\nRecommended Action\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Adopt a finding that the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report is not a “project” subject\nto the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and\n2. Receive and file the City’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), the Auditors’\nLetter to Council, and the Independent Auditors’ Report on Internal Control Over\nFinancial Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters Based on an Audit of\nFinancial Statements Performed in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards for\nthe City’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.\na. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (Web Link)\nb. Independent Auditors' Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and on\nCompliance with Other Matters Bsed on an Audit of Financial Statements\nc. Auditors' Communication Letter to Council
#B Order of Business 4
B. Adoption of Sustainable Communities Planning Grant Resolution for the Santa Monica Neighborhood\nGreenways Quick-build project\nRecommended Action\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Adopt a finding of categorical exemption pursuant to Section 15301 of the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act Guidelines.\n2. Adopt the attached resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept a grant awarded in\nthe amount of $875,552, with no required local match, from the Southern California\nAssociation of Governments’ (SCAG) Sustainable Communities Program – Active\nTransportation and Safety, and authorize the Interim City Manager to negotiate and\nexecute a Memorandum of Understanding with SCAG for the Santa Monica\nNeighborhood Greenways Project.\na. Grant Acceptance Resolution
#C Order of Business 4
C. Approval of First Modification to Agreement with Genuine Parts Company (dba NAPA Auto Parts) for Parts Room Inventory and Logistics Management\nRecommended Action\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3)\n(Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\nGuidelines; and\n2. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a first modification to Agreement\n#11110 in the amount of $11,220,000 (including a 10% contingency) over five years with\nGenuine Parts Company, dba NAPA Auto Parts (NAPA), for Vendor Managed Inventory\nand Logistics Management Solution for the Public Works Department. This will result in a\nten-year amended agreement with a new total amount not to exceed $19,470,000\n(including a 10% contingency) with future year funding contingent on Council budget\napproval.\na. November 24, 2020 Staff Report\nb. NAPA - Oaks Initiative\nc. NAPA - Levine Act\nd. NAPA - Original Agreement #11110
#D Order of Business 4
D. Adoption of a Resolution Approving Final Parcel Map No. 84333 for the Subdivision of 1230 Ashland\nAvenue\nRecommended Action\nStaff recommends that the City Council take the following actions:\n1. Adopt a finding of Statutory Exemption (Approval of Final Subdivision Map) pursuant to\nSection 15268(b)(3) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines; and\n2. Adopt the attached resolution approving Final Parcel Map No. 84333.\na. Senate Bill 9 (Web Link)\nb. Senate Bill 9 - PDF\nc. 25ENT-0041 (1230 Ashland Ave) Final Map Resolution
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E. Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Municipal Code Section 11.04.050\nConcerning Limitations on Campaign Contributions\nRecommended Action\nStaff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached Ordinance.\na. CC-Campaign Contributions-Ord 2d
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F. Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Municipal Code Section 2.32.290\nProhibiting Acceptance of Gratuities\nRecommended Action\nStaff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached Ordinance.\na. CC-Council Gratuities-Ord 2d
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G. Award As-Needed Agreement to CBRE Brokerage Services to Sell City-Owned Properties at 1632-40\n5th Street and 1654 19th Street\nRecommended Action\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Adopt a finding of no significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense\nExemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines; and\n2. Award RFP# 434 to CBRE for real estate brokerage services for the Community\nDevelopment Department; and\n3. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a multi-year agreement with CBRE\nfor disposition of real property services, for a total fee amount not to exceed $2 million,\nbased on a sliding commission fee schedule determined by the final price of each\ntransaction with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.\na. Resolution Declaring Surplus Property II (Web Link)\nb. Resolution Declaring Surplus Property I (Web Link)\nc. Resolution Declaring a surplus property for APN 4290-011-906 (Web Link)\nd. Resolution Declaring a surplus property for APN 4290-011-903, -904, -905, -909 (Web\nLink)\ne. Levine Act Disclosure Form\nf. Oaks Initiative Form
#H Order of Business 4
H. Second Reading and Adoption of an Interim Zoning Ordinance Amending Interim Zoning Regulations\nEstablished to Promote Economic Recovery by Increasing Land Use Flexibility in the City’s Downtown\nArea and Establishing a Pilot Program to Allow for Exclusively Commercial Outdoor Uses in the Office\nCampus District to Allow Additional Flexibility Related to Community Assembly Uses in the Bayside\nConservation District\nRecommended Action\nStaff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached Ordinance.\na. CDD-Ord- Promenade IZO Amendment + Outdoor Markets (Community Assembly) 2d
#I Order of Business 4
I. Authorize the Procurement Manager to Issue Purchase Orders to Temporary Staffing Agencies\nNew Item Received 04/03/2025\nRecommended Action\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Adopt a finding that the purchase orders are not a “project” subject to the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (CEQA)\n2. Award RFP #403 to 22nd Century Technologies, Inc.; Abacus Service Corporation;\nAppleOne, Inc. DBA AppleOne Employment Services; CathyJon Enterprises, Inc. DBA\nHB Staffing; Compunnel Software Group, Inc. DBA Compunnel, Inc.; and Tryfacta, Inc.\nfor temporary staffing services;\n3. Authorize the Procurement Manager to issue purchase orders with 22nd Century\nTechnologies, Inc.; Abacus Service Corporation; AppleOne, Inc. DBA AppleOne\nEmployment Services; CathyJon Enterprises, Inc. DBA HB Staffing; Compunnel Software\nGroup, Inc., DBA Compunnel, Inc.; and Tryfacta, Inc., for temporary staffing for five\nyears, for a total aggregate amount not to exceed $12,210,200.\n4. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3)\n(Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\nGuidelines.\na. OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM (Compunnel)\nb. OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM (HB Staffing)\nc. Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form (Abacus)\nd. OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM (AppleOne)\ne. Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form (AppleOne)\nf. OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM (Tryfacta)\ng. Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form (Tryfacta)\nh. Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form (Compunnel)\ni. OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM (Abacus)\nj. Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form (TSTCI)\nk. OAKS_INITIATIVE_FORM (TSCTI)\nl. Levine_Act_Disclosure_Form (HB Staffing)
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A. Public employee appointment - Gov. Code § 54957(b): consider public employee appointment; title:\nCity Manager; Gov. Code § 54957.6: conference with labor negotiator; City negotiator:\nMayor/Personnel Director; unrepresented employee: City Manager\nNew Item Received 04/03/2025
#B Order of Business 5
B. Conference with legal counsel – initiation of litigation – Gov. Code § 54956.9(d)(4): 1 case\nNew Item Received 04/03/2025
#C Order of Business 5
C. Conference with labor negotiator – Gov. Code § 54957.6: agency designated representatives:\nInterim City Manager Elaine Polachek, Human Resources Director Dana Brown, and Human\nResources Manager Sarah Rebensdorf; bargaining units: Administrative Team Associates (ATA),\nAFSCME Local 4819- Management Team Association (MTA), California Teamsters Local 911 (IBT),\nMunicipal Employees Association (MEA), Public Attorney’s Legal Support Staff Union (PALSSU), Public\nAttorney’s Union (PAU), Santa Monica Fire Executive Management Association (FEMA), Santa Monica\nFirefighters Local 1109 (LOCAL 1109), Police Officers Association (POA), Supervisory Team\nAssociation (STA) and SMART TD - International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and\nTransportation Workers - Transportation Division, Local 1785 (SMART TD)\nNew Item Received 04/03/2025\nThe following is the order of business for items to be heard no earlier than 7:00 p.m.\nCITY MANAGER REPORT\nTRAVEL ANNOUNCEMENT AND MAYOR'S HIGHLIGHT