CITY OF
CITY COUNCIL /
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
NOVEMBER
18, 2008
AGENDA
12:30 p.m. - Finance
Committee Meeting, David Gebhard Public Meeting Room,
2:00 p.m. - City Council Meeting
Begins
2:00 p.m. - Redevelopment Agency
Meeting
4:00 p.m. - Interviews for City
Advisory Groups (Estimated Time)
5:00 p.m. - Recess
6:00 p.m. - City Council Meeting
Reconvenes
ORDINANCE COMMITTEE AND FINANCE
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING - 12:30 P.M. IN DAVID
GEBHARD PUBLIC MEETING ROOM,
Subject: Finance
Committee Agenda
1.
Subject: Police Department Building Infrastructure And
Locker Room Upgrade Project Status
Recommendation: That the Finance Committee receive a status
report on the Police Department building infrastructure and locker room upgrade
project and recommend that Council authorize staff to solicit bids.
AFTERNOON
SESSION
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 November 30, 2008.
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 4,
2008 (cancelled due to lack of a quorum).
3.
Subject: Cancellation Of Certain Council And
Redevelopment Agency Meetings (120.09)
Recommendation: That Council and
the Redevelopment Agency cancel the meetings scheduled for the following
dates: January 20, February 17, May 26,
July 7, September 1, September 8, December 1, and December 29, 2009, and
January 5, 2010.
Recommendation: That Council
introduce and subsequently adopt, by reading of title only, An Ordinance of the
Council of the City of
Recommendation: That Council
adopt, by reading of title only, An Ordinance of the Council of the City of
Santa Barbara Approving a Facilities Lease by and Between the Santa Barbara
Financing Authority, a Joint Exercise of Powers Agency, as Lessor, and the City
of Santa Barbara, a Municipal Corporation, as Lessee, and a Site Lease by and
Between the City of Santa Barbara, a Municipal Corporation, as Lessor, and the
Santa Barbara Financing Authority, as Lessee, for Property Located at the City
of Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, for Concurrent Terms Commencing no Sooner
than December 18, 2008, and Ending no Later than August 1, 2045.
6.
Subject: Adoption Of The 2008-2010 Police Management
Memorandum Of Understanding (440.02)
Recommendation: That Council
ratify the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Santa Barbara and
the Santa Barbara Police Management Association for the period of July 1, 2008,
through June 30, 2010, by adoption of, by reading of title only, An Ordinance
of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara Adopting the 2008-2010 Memorandum
of Understanding Between the City of Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara Police
Management Association.
7.
Subject: Approval Of Map And Execution Of Agreements
For 320 East Victoria Street (640.08)
Recommendation: That Council approve
and authorize the City Administrator to execute and record Parcel Map No.
20,763 for a subdivision at 320 East Victoria Street, finding the Parcel Map in
conformance with the State Subdivision Map Act, the City's Subdivision
Ordinance, and the Tentative Subdivision Map (and other standard agreements
relating to the approved subdivision), and authorize the City Engineer to
record a removal document for the Land Development Agreement when the public
improvements are complete.
8.
Subject: Lease Amendment With Stratman Aero Service,
Inc. (330.04)
Recommendation: That Council
approve and authorize the Airport Director to execute a Lease Amendment with
Stratman Aero Service, Inc., a California Corporation, amending the Premises
and Rental provisions of Lease No. 20,369 to adjust the square footage to
83,241 with a proportionate reduction in the rent to $5,084 per month.
9.
Subject: Purchase Order For Construction Of Sidewalk
At 21 East Anapamu (530.04)
Recommendation: That Council
authorize an increase in the reimbursement to Peoples' Self-Help Housing
Corporation (PSHH) in the amount of $31,166 for completed construction services
associated with the Anapamu Sidewalk adjacent to the recently completed El
Jardin De Las Granadas (Garden).
10.
Subject: Professional Services For Land Use Database
(640.01)
Recommendation: That Council
authorize the General Services Manager to increase Purchase Order No. 379563 in
the amount of $13,200, to a total of $34,200, with Diaz and Associates to
assist in completing forecasted future land use databases needed for Plan Santa
Barbara policy development and environmental review, wastewater pipeline
modeling, traffic modeling, and water supply/demand analysis.
Recommendation: That Council
appropriate $16,000 from the Capital Outlay Fund to the Community Development
Department's Building and Safety Division's budget to purchase Questys
Solutions conversion services and software for their Records Management
Program.
REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY
12.
Subject: Proposed Grant Of Easement From MHA Garden
Street Apartments To Agency
Recommendation: That the Agency
Board:
A. Accept the real property
described in the Grant of Easement and Agreement Thereon from MHA Garden Street
Apartments, LP, to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Barbara, and
authorize the Executive Director to execute a Certificate of Acceptance for
attachment to the Easement authorizing its recordation in the Official Records
of Santa Barbara County; and
B. Authorize the Agency
Executive Director to execute the Grant of Easement and Agreement Thereon in a
form acceptable to Agency Counsel.
NOTICES
13.
The City Clerk has on Thursday, November 13, 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.
14.
A City Council site visit is scheduled for Monday,
November 24, 2008, at 1:30 p.m. to the property located at
This concludes the Consent Calendar.
REPORT FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
CITY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE AND ATTORNEY REPORTS
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
15.
Subject: Update On The Airport Terminal Project And
Financing Plan (560.04)
Recommendation: That the Council
hear an update on the status of the Airport Terminal Project and financing
plan.
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
16.
Subject: Introduction Of Ordinance Temporarily
Suspending Certain Hedge Regulations
(640.02)
Recommendation: That Council
introduce and subsequently adopt, by reading of title only, An Ordinance of the
Council of the City of Santa Barbara Amending Santa Barbara Municipal Code
Chapter 28.87 of 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.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
(CONT'D)
17.
Subject: Status Of Conversion Technology Project (630.01)
Recommendation: That Council:
A. Hear
a report from staff on the status of the joint effort between the City of Santa
Barbara and the County of Santa Barbara to investigate the feasibility of
siting a facility to convert residual municipal solid waste (MSW) into energy
at the County-owned and -operated Tajiguas Landfill;
B. Approve
the issuance of a letter of interest, signed by the Mayor, to the
Multi-Jurisdictional Solid Waste Task Group's Conversion Technology Sub-Group,
conveying the City of Santa Barbara's intent to commit its residual MSW to the
proposed conversion technology (CT) facility; and
C. Approve
a cost-sharing arrangement among participating jurisdictions to fund costs
associated with the preparation of a request for proposals (RFP) from CT
vendors, including the procurement of: (1) a waste characterization study of
the MSW currently disposed at Tajiguas Landfill, (2) a geo-technical study of
the potential location for a CT facility at Tajiguas, and (3) outside legal
counsel to assist in the development of key terms and conditions to be included
within the RFP.
PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT
18.
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.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS
19.
Subject: Interviews For City Advisory Groups (140.05)
Recommendation: That Council:
A. Interview applicants to
City Advisory Groups; and
B. Continue interviews to
November 25, 2008, at 6:00 p.m.
(Continued
from November 11, 2008)
(Estimated Time: 4:00 p.m.)
COUNCIL AND STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
COUNCILMEMBER COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT REPORTS
CLOSED SESSIONS
20.
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 11, 2008)
RECESS
EVENING SESSION
EVENING
SESSION
RECONVENE
ROLL CALL
PUBLIC COMMENT
CITY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE AND ATTORNEY REPORTS
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (CONT'D)
21.
Subject: Alternative Building Heights Charter
Amendment (110.01)
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.
ADJOURNMENT
To Monday, November 24, 2008, at 1:30 p.m. at