CITY OF
CITY COUNCIL
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
NOVEMBER
25, 2008
AGENDA
1:00 p.m. - Special Finance
Committee Meeting, Room 15
2:00 p.m. - City Council Meeting
Begins
2:00 p.m. - Redevelopment Agency
Meeting
5:00 p.m. - Recess
6:00 p.m. - City Council Meeting
Reconvenes
ORDINANCE COMMITTEE AND FINANCE
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
SPECIAL FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING - 1:00 P.M. IN
DAVID GEBHARD PUBLIC MEETING ROOM,
Subject: Special Finance
Committee Agenda
1.
Subject: October 2008 Investment Report (Dept. Head:
RDP)
Recommendation: That Finance Committee recommend that Council
accept the October 2008 Investment Report.
(See Council Agenda Item No. 2)
AFTERNOON
SESSION
AFTERNOON SESSION
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
PUBLIC COMMENT
CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY COUNCIL
Recommendation: That Council
waive the reading and approve the minutes of the regular meeting of November
11, 2008.
2.
Subject: October 2008 Investment Report (260.02)
Recommendation: That Council accept
the October 2008 Investment Report.
3.
Subject: Adoption Of Ordinance Temporarily Suspending
Certain Hedge Regulations (640.02)
Recommendation: That Council
adopt, by reading of title only, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City
of Santa Barbara Amending Santa Barbara M unicipal
Code Chapter 28.87 of the Title 28, the City's Zoning Ordinance, In Order to
Temporarily Suspend the Application of Certain Provisions of Section 28.87.170
Concerning the Height Of Hedges In Required Setbacks and Along the Front Lot
Line.
Recommendation: That Council
authorize the Parks and Recreation Director to execute an amendment to
Professional Services Contract No. 22,623 in an amount not to exceed $19,150
for a total contract amount of $139,743 for Wallace Group to provide final
design plans and construction specifications for the Santa Barbara Golf Club
Storm Water Management Project.
5.
Subject: Local Emergency Due To Fire (520.02)
Recommendation: That Council
adopt, by reading of title only, A Resolution of the Council of the City of
REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY
Recommendation: That the
Redevelopment Agency Board waive the reading and approve the minutes of the
regular meeting of November 11, 2008.
Recommendation: That the Agency
Board appropriate $330,000 from the Redevelopment Agency Capital Project
Contingency Account to fund hazardous material removal activities on
Agency-owned property at
NOTICES
8.
The City Clerk has on Thursday, November 20, 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.
9.
Cancellation of the regular City Council and
Redevelopment Agency meetings of December 2, 2008, due to lack of a quorum.
This concludes the Consent Calendar.
REPORT FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
CITY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE AND ATTORNEY REPORTS
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Recommendation: That Council:
A. Initiate an amendment to
City Charter Section 1506 and implementing ordinance with regard to the 60-foot
building height allowance for certain commercial zones, and standards for new
setbacks; and
B. Provide direction to
staff and the Ordinance Committee on the provisions to be included in the
amendments.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
11.
Subject: Environmental Preferred Purchasing
Policy (340.02)
Recommendation: That Council
adopt the proposed Environmental Preferred Purchasing Policy to assist City
departments in purchasing products and services that minimize the City's impact
on the environment.
PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT
12.
Subject: Capital Improvement Projects First Quarter
Report For Fiscal Year 2009 (230.01)
Recommendation: That Council
receive, for information only, the Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) First
Quarter Report for Fiscal Year 2009.
(Continued from
November 18, 2008)
PUBLIC HEARINGS
13.
Subject: Appeal Of The Single Family Design Board
Approval Of 1057 Arbolado Road (640.07)
Recommendation: That the Council deny
the appeal of Jacqueline M. Page and Joyce Siefker Searls, and uphold the
Single Family Design Board Preliminary Approval for proposed additions and
alterations to the existing one-story, single-family residence for Ann S. De
Bruyn Kops at
COUNCIL AND STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
COUNCILMEMBER COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT REPORTS
CLOSED SESSIONS
14.
Subject: Conference With Labor Negotiator (440.05)
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, and Supervisory
bargaining units, and regarding salaries and fringe benefits for unrepresented
management and confidential employees.
Scheduling: Duration, 30 minutes; anytime
Report: None anticipated
(Continued
from November 18, 2008)
RECESS
EVENING SESSION
EVENING
SESSION
RECONVENE
ROLL CALL
PUBLIC COMMENT
MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS
15.
Subject: Interviews For City Advisory Groups (140.05)
Recommendation: That Council
interview applicants to City Advisory Groups.
ADJOURNMENT