May 24, 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 24 agenda link.)
Consent Calendar – Among
matters not requiring extensive discussion, the Council
approved an amendment to a contract with Encorp
Environmental Management Services for additional
environmental assessment at the Annenberg Community Beach
Club at Santa Monica State Beach and a modification to an
agreement with Black & Veatch related to the seismic
retrofit of City Hall.
Study Session – The Council
2007-08 Budget Study Sessions, begun at the
Council meeting of May 22 and
continued on May 23, concluded
with 24 public speakers and Council discussion related to
grant funding recommendations included in the proposed
community development plan and cultural/arts support program
plan. The plans will be presented to Council for adoption on
June 12.
Ordinances – Council
introduced an ordinance, as amended, modifying Municipal
Code provisions related to the amount of permanent
relocation fees, governing remedies for relocation
violations and governing rights and responsibilities related
to temporary relocation benefits.
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified
School District Master Facility Use Agreement –
Following an extensive public hearing and lengthy
discussion, regarding increasing the
city’s base payment to the school district by $530,000 for a total of $7.2
million, including CIP, Council directed that the proposed increase
in base funds is to be held in reserve until various
unresolved issues are addressed.
Adjournment and Next Meeting -
The meeting was adjourned at 11:53 p.m. in memory of
Yolanda King, who was involved in the Santa Monica community
and daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. The next meeting of
the Santa Monica City Council is on Tuesday, June 12, 2007
beginning at 5:45 p.m. in the wheelchair-accessible Council
Chamber at City Hall.
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