MINUTES

OCTOBER 11, 2004 MEETING OF THE

CITY OF SANTA MONICA

SUSTAINABLE CITY TASK FORCE

 

The meeting was convened at 7:10 p.m.  SCTF members in attendance: Jennifer Wolch, Christina Erickson, Euripedes De Oliveira, Dennis Woods, Sandy Grant, Genevieve Bertone, Roe Johnston and Terry O’Day (SCTF members Mark Olson, Leonard Mitchell and Jim Ries were unable to attend).  Santa Monica City staff in attendance: Dean Kubani, Beth Rolandson and Betsy Wheeler Kollgaard.  Others: Mayor Pro Tem Kevin McKeown and Louisa Fish.

 

Public Input on Agenda Items

Louisa Fish recommended that the City should put some thought into the scheduling of the public meetings for the Circulation Element update, particularly with respect to time and location, to make it easy for people without cars to attend.

 

Minutes

The minutes of the September 14, 2004 meeting were unanimously approved.

 

Presentation on Circulation Element Update

Beth Rolandson and Betsy Wheeler Kollgaard from the city’s Transportation Management Division presented information on the history and the update process for the Circulation Element of the city’s General Plan.  The current CE was adopted in 1984, and a process to update it has been underway since May 2004.  They noted that the current CE is not being revised, but rather it is being completely redrafted from scratch.  They distributed a survey to all SCTF members to obtain their input and described the ongoing public input process.  Current information regarding the update process can be found at http://www.smgov.net/planning/transportation/CirculationElement/. The SCTF requested that staff provide periodic progress updates to keep them in the loop.  They also recommended that the new CE should address urban design issues that impact traffic and circulation and explore ways to facilitate the use of more sustainable modes of transportation.

 

 

 

Review of Status on Timeline for Development of SCP Implementation Plan

Sandy Grant presented a timeline for development of the Implementation Plan and led a discussion about next steps.

 

Review and Discussion of Revised Draft “Gap Analysis”

Dean Kubani presented  updated information in the draft gap analysis showing the current involvement of various community stakeholder groups in addressing the SCP goal and outlined priorities for future action.  Following discussion, SCTF members agreed that the Resource Conservation, Environmental and Public Health, and Economic Development goal areas should receive priority for action in the implementation plan.

 

Reports from SCTF Subcommittees

Terry O’Day agreed to chair the “Experts” subcommittee and Christina Erickson agreed to chair the “POI” subcommittee.  Both groups plan to meet prior to the next SCTF meeting to 1) identify experts and members of the community to engage in discussions about the implementation plan, 2) determine what information is needed from each group, and 3) develop a plan of action on how to proceed.

 

Discussion and Adoption of Rules of Conduct for the SCTF Regarding Establishment of Regular Meeting Time and Location

 

The SCTF agreed that henceforth they will meet regularly on the second Monday of each month at 7:00pm at the Ken Edwards Center.

 

Public Input on Non-Agendized Items

Louisa Fish recommended that the SCTF include private schools in the list of community stakeholders to be involved in the discussions about the implementation plan.

 

 

The meeting was adjourned at 9:35 pm