May 22, 2007
NOTE: This wrap-up is not an
official record of Council action. The official record is
posted by the City Clerk on this website at
http://santa-monica.org/cityclerk/council/agendas/2007/
as soon as possible after the meeting. (Click on the
May 22 agenda link.)
Closed Session – Council
approved a $300,054.14 settlement related to a bus incident;
$30,000 for a separate bus incident; and $17,422.77 to
repair damage caused by tree roots.
Study Session – The Council
2007-08 Budget Study Sessions began with a presentation by
P. Lamont Ewell highlighting the current economic conditions
and highlighting the budget’s focus of translating
strategies into results illustrating how the restructuring
is beginning to yield tangible results. Also presented were
the Capital Improvement Project Budget and the departments
of City Council, City Manager, Airport, Records and Election
Services, City Attorney, Fire, Police, Human Resources,
Finance & Risk Management, Information Systems and Community
Maintenance.
Ordinances – Following second
readings, Council adopted the following ordinances:
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Amending Santa Monica Municipal
Code Section 2.24.073, increasing the dollar limit
threshold for professional services agreements requiring
Council approval to $70,000, in conformance with the
City Charter and keeping the limit in line with
inflation.
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Extending the authorization for
the issuance of preferential employee parking permits
for specific businesses. Staff will continue to identify
opportunities to modify the program as it continues and
will explore program expansion opportunities.
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Prohibiting the donation of
food, clothing or other property by leaving it in city
parks, parkways and sidewalks.
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Modifying the city’s Zoning
Ordinance to authorize a two-lot subdivision that
retains a single family residence with non-conforming
setbacks under specific circumstances.
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Extending an initial emergency
ordinance modifying the development review thresholds to
require that any development over 50 units obtain a
development review permit.
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An interim ordinance that
establishes fees for Fire Department response to
excessive false fire alarms. Council also adopted a
resolution setting the fee at $337.13 effective July 1,
2007.
ADJOURNMENT AND NEXT MEETING
- The meeting was adjourned at 11:30 p.m. The next meeting of the
Santa Monica City Council is a special meeting on Wednesday,
May 23, 2007 beginning at 5:45 p.m. in the
wheelchair-accessible Council Chamber at City Hall.
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