Consent calendar – Among matters not requiring extensive discussion, Council:

• Adopted a resolution approving final parcel map 68232 for a three unit condominium at 1038 21st Street;

• Approved a Statement of Official Action denying the appeal of Planning Commission’s approval of a development review permit and tentative map for construction of a condominium project at 1433-37 Fourteenth Street;

• Authorized a contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates in the amount of $660,000 or design services for phases II and III if the Advanced Traffic Management System project;

• Authorized a contract with Trapeze Software Group, in the amount of $1,570,000 for a Motor Coach Operator Management software system;

• Adopted a resolution authorizing the City Manager to submit applications and execute grant agreements in furtherance of transit security projects;

• Authorized a $50,000 amendment with Zimmer Gunsul Frasca for additional design services for the pedestrian improvements on 2nd and 4th Streets;

• Approved a $900,000 contract with Worley Parsons Komex to provide technical oversight and support services for the Charnock Well Field restoration project;

• Approved an amendment with Black & Veatch in the amount of $223,894 and $84,848.50 for additional scope for the City Hall Seismic Retrofit and Heating, Ventilation and  Air Conditioning (HVAC) projects;

• Authorized an interim contract with Aon Consulting & Insurance Service in the amount of $25,000 to provide ongoing service until a competitive process is completed;

• Adopted a resolution authorizing the City Manager to submit and execute agreements to implement the Above Ground Petroleum Storage Tank Act Program; and

• Supported the Westside Cities Council of Governments legislative platform for 2008-09.

After discussion, Council requested additional information regarding the request for an authorization for a $150,000 contract with Southard Communications for development and implementation of a comprehensive branding and public education program for the city’s non-smoking ordinances.

Closed Session – Council took no reportable action.

Ordinances-

Council adopted the following ordinances on second readings:

• amending Sections 9.04.08.32.010 and 9.04.08.32.020 of the Municipal Code to allow mixed use housing and neighborhood serving uses in the Civic Center District and approving the Development Agreement between the City of Santa Monica and Related/Santa Monica Village, LLC for the mixed use project known as The Village at Santa Monica;

• modifying Municipal Code Section 9.04.08.28.040 to permit the incidental sale of merchandise at the Main Street Farmers Market by individual businesses in the CM Main Street Commercial District;

• extending the interim ordinances modifying regulations pertaining to automobile dealerships, automobile parking structures and automobile storage lots, including allowing development of automobile parking structures and automobile storage facilities associated with an adjacent dealership on certain residentially zoned sites, establishing development standards, design standards, review processes and operational standards, authorizing automobile dealerships in the M1 District, adjusting the F.A.R. calculation methodology, authorizing employee parking on existing inventory lots in the BCD Zoning District and modifying the temporary use permit provisions for dealerships, until August 8, 2010; and

• amending Municipal Code Chapter 6.104 to clarify and update the City’s massage regulations to better conform them to community needs and current case law.

Council also introduced for first reading or an ordinance amending sections of Chapter 7.16 of the Municipal Code related to water conservation.

Proposed Main Street Sidewalk and Lighting Assessment District – Council adopt a Resolution of Intention setting a public hearing on July 22, 2008, to consider forming an assessment district in the Main Street area; recommendation that the City Council and the Parking Authority authorize respectively the City Manager and the Executive Director to sign ballots in support of formation of the Assessment District for the properties that will be assessed within the new district. 

Update on the Status of Measure V (Clean Beaches and Ocean Parcel Tax) and adoption of Resolution establishing duties and responsibilities of the Citizens Oversight Committee – Council adopted a resolution defining the membership, scope and responsibilities for the Measure V Citizens Oversight Committee, and direct staff to proceed with a process to identify eligible applicants for the Committee to be considered and appointed by City Council.

Qualification of Initiative Petition for Proposed Ordinance Entitled Residents’ Initiative to Fight Traffic (RIFT) – Council directed staff to return with the results of that study within 30 days.

Creation of Preferential Parking Zone X between Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards at the east City limits – Council adopted a resolution creating Preferential Parking Zone X on Stanford, Berkeley and Franklin Streets between Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards, and on Arizona Avenue between Yale Street and Centinela Avenue. Council directed staff to review effectiveness of preferential parking at the College streets, determine the number of available parking spaces and to identify other parking issues in the area. Council also directed that the Police aggressively enforce the two hour limit.  Council also directed staff to return with the enforcement policy of parking time limits.

Other Matters– Council continued an appointment to the Pier Restoration Corporation.

Council also voted to support AB 811 (Levine and Beall), a bill to assist in financing the upfront costs of solar power and other energy efficiency improvements through an existing public improvement assessment program, by authorizing cities and counties to provide low interest loans to free and willing property owners with long-term repayments added to their annual property taxes bills.

ADJOURNMENT AND NEXT MEETING - The meeting was adjourned at 8:58 p.m.  The next meeting of the Santa Monica City Council is a regular meeting on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 beginning at 5:45 p.m. in the wheelchair-accessible Council Chamber at City Hall.   Council meetings are aired live on CityTV Channel 16 and on the Netcast on the city's website and, for regularly scheduled meetings, from 8 p.m. to midnight on KCRW 89.9 FM.