12:30 p.m. - Finance
Committee Meeting, David Gebhard Public
Meeting Room,
2:00 p.m. - City Council Meeting
Begins
ORDINANCE COMMITTEE AND FINANCE
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING - 12:30 P.M. IN DAVID GEBHARD
PUBLIC MEETING ROOM,
Subject: Finance
Committee Agenda
Recommendation: That the Finance Committee review the request
from the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara and recommend that the
Redevelopment Agency Board forgive the remaining balance of the Agency loan to
the affordable apartments at 227 W. De la Guerra Street in the approximate
amount of $436,000.
Recommendation: That the Finance Committee recommend to
Council the appropriation of $600,000
from the Harbor Preservation Fund to the Breakwater Cap Repair Project to
enable the Waterfront Department to complete the third phase of the project in
Fiscal Year 2009.
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING – 2:00 P.M.
AFTERNOON SESSION
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
CEREMONIAL ITEMS
1.
Subject: Employee Recognition - Service Award Pins
(410.01)
Recommendation: That Council
authorize the City Administrator to express the City's appreciation to
employees who are eligible to receive service award pins for their years of
service through October 31, 2008.
2.
Subject: Proclamation Declaring October 6-12, 2008, As
Harbor and Seafood Week (120.04)
3.
Subject: Proclamation Declaring October 15, 2008, As
White Cane Safety Day (120.04)
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
PUBLIC COMMENT
CONSENT CALENDAR
This concludes the Consent Calendar.
CITY COUNCIL
Recommendation: That Council
waive the reading and approve the minutes of the regular meeting of September
23, 2008
5.
Subject: Adoption Of Ordinance Amending The City's
Inclusionary Housing Ordinance (640.09)
Recommendation: That Council
adopt, by reading of title only, An Ordinance of the Council of the City of
Santa Barbara Amending Title 28 of the Municipal Code to Revise Chapter 28.43
With Respect to Expanded Inclusionary Housing Requirements for Smaller
Residential Projects Approved for Construction Within the City.
Recommendation: That Council:
A. Find
that the Airline Terminal Improvement Project qualifies for designation as a
Economic Development Project that would continue to provide services that
enhance the standard of living for City and South Coast residents and
strengthen the local and regional economy; and
B. Grant
the project a Final Economic Development allocation of 44,648 square feet (sq.
ft.) of floor area.
Recommendation: That Council
authorize the Public Works Director to increase Agreement No. 22,544 with
Hamner, Jewell & Associates for extra services in the amount of $10,000,
for a revised contract total of $105,700 for the Haley Street Bridge
Replacement Project.
8.
Subject: Contract For Design Services For Zone 3
Pavement Maintenance (530.04)
Recommendation: That Council
authorize the Public Works Director to execute a contract with Flowers and
Associates, Inc. (Flowers), in the amount of $59,937 for design services for
the Zone 3 Pavement Maintenance Project (Project), and authorize the General
Services Manager to approve expenditures of up to $5,994 for extra services of
Flowers that may result from necessary changes in the scope of work.
NOTICES
10.
The City Clerk has on Thursday, October 2, 2008,
posted this agenda in the Office of the City Clerk, on the City Hall Public
Notice Board on the outside balcony of City Hall, and on the Internet.
11.
Cancellation of the regular Redevelopment Agency
meeting of October 7, 2008, due to lack of business.
12.
Received a memorandum advising of a vacancy created
on the Lower Westside Center Advisory Committee with the departure of Member
Carlos Hernandez; the vacancy will be part of the current City Advisory Group
recruitment.
REPORT FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Recommendation: That Council deny
the appeal of Julio Maganda, thereby upholding the Board of Fire and Police
Commissioners' appeal decision supporting the Police Department's denial of Mr.
Maganda's taxicab driver permit.
CITY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE AND ATTORNEY REPORTS
CITY ADMINISTRATOR
Recommendation: That Council
receive a status report on the City's Performance Management Program and a
summary of department performance highlights from Fiscal Year 2008.
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
14.
Subject: Rental Housing Mediation Task Force Program
Status Update (580.03)
Recommendation: That Council
receive a report on the status of the Rental Housing Mediation Task Force
Program (RHMTF).
COUNCIL AND STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
COUNCILMEMBER COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT REPORTS
CLOSED SESSIONS
15.
Subject:
Conference With Labor Negotiator (160.03)
Recommendation: That Council hold
a closed session, per Government Code Section 54957.6 to consider instructions
to City negotiator, Kristy Schmidt, Employee Relations Manager, regarding
negotiations with the General, Treatment and Patrol, Hourly, Police Management,
and Supervisory bargaining units and regarding salaries and fringe benefits for
unrepresented management and confidential employees.
Scheduling: Duration, 60 minutes; anytime
Report: None anticipated
ADJOURNMENT