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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

 

JUNE 2, 2009

AGENDA

 

 

ORDER OF BUSINESS

 

       12:00 Noon   -     Special Finance Committee Meeting, David Gebhard Public Meeting Room, 630 Garden Street

           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

SPECIAL FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING - 12:00 NOON IN DAVID GEBHARD PUBLIC MEETING ROOM, 630 GARDEN STREET (120.03)           

Subject:  Special Finance Committee Agenda

1.         Subject:  Redevelopment Agency Fiscal Year 2009 Interim Financial Statements For The Nine Months Ended March 31, 2009

Recommendation:  That the Finance Committee recommend that the Redevelopment Agency Board accept the Redevelopment Agency Fiscal Year 2009 Interim Financial Statements for the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2009.

            (See Council/Redevelopment Agency Agenda Item No. 16)

2.         Subject:  Redevelopment Agency Fiscal Year 2009 Interim Financial Statements For The Ten Months Ended April 30, 2009

Recommendation:  That the Finance Committee recommend that the Redevelopment Agency Board accept the Redevelopment Agency Fiscal Year 2009 Interim Financial Statements for the Ten Months Ended April 30, 2009.

            (See Council/Redevelopment Agency Agenda Item No. 17)

3.         Subject:  Fiscal Year 2009 Interim Financial Statements For The Ten Months Ended April 30, 2009

Recommendation:  That the Finance Committee recommend that Council accept the Fiscal Year 2009 Interim Financial Statements for the Ten Months Ended April 30, 2009.

            (See Council/Redevelopment Agency Agenda Item No. 4)

4.         Subject:  Fiscal Year 2010 Recommended Operating And Capital Budget

Recommendation:  That the Finance Committee:

A.        Receive staff-recommended adjustments to the Fiscal Year 2010 recommended budget; and

B.        Consider making recommendations to the City Council regarding the Fiscal Year 2010 recommended budget, if any.

 

 

 

 

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING – 2:00 P.M.

REGULAR REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING – 2:00 P.M.

AFTERNOON SESSION

 

AFTERNOON SESSION

CALL TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

CEREMONIAL ITEMS

1.                  Subject:  Proclamation Declaring June 9, 2009, As The 40th Anniversary of Special Olympics Santa Barbara  (120.04)

2.                  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 June 30, 2009.

 

CHANGES TO THE AGENDA

PUBLIC COMMENT

CONSENT CALENDAR

CITY COUNCIL

3.                  Subject:  Minutes

Recommendation:  That Council waive the reading and approve the minutes of the regular meeting of May 5, 2009, the special meeting of May 6, 2009, the adjourned regular meeting of May 11, 2009 (cancelled), and the regular meeting of May 12, 2009.

 

4.                  Subject:  Fiscal Year 2009 Interim Financial Statements For The Ten Months Ended April 30, 2009  (250.02)

Recommendation:  That Council accept the Fiscal Year 2009 Interim Financial Statements for the Ten Months Ended April 30, 2009.

 

5.                  Subject:  Introduction Of An Ordinance Allowing The Temporary Occupancy Of Trailers While Rebuilding Homes Severely Damaged Or Destroyed In The Jesusita Fire  (640.04)

Recommendation:  That Council introduce and subsequently adopt, by reading of title only, An Ordinance of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara Amending Ordinance No. 5473 that Temporarily Amended Section 28.87.180 of Title 28 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code in Order to Allow the Use of Trailer Coaches, Recreational Vehicles, and Mobile Homes as Temporary Dwellings for Those Homes Damaged in the November 2008 Tea Fire.

 

6.                  Subject:  Amendment To Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Loan Application To Include The Ortega Groundwater Treatment Plant  (540.10)

Recommendation:  That Council adopt, by reading of title only, A Resolution of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara Designating the City Administrator as the Individual Authorized to Apply for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Loan on Behalf of the City, Authorizing the City Administrator to Execute the DWSRF Loan Application, and Identifying the Water Fund as the Dedicated Source of Funding for Repayment of the DWSRF Loan.

 

7.                  Subject:  Authorization For The Allocation Of Transportation Development Act Funds  (670.05)

Recommendation:  That Council adopt, by reading of title only, A Resolution of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara Authorizing the Filing of a Claim with the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments for Allocation of Transportation Development Act (TDA) Funds for Fiscal Year 2010.

 

8.                  Subject:  Contract For Construction Of Zone 3 Slurry Seal And Construction Services  (530.04)

Recommendation:  That Council:

A.        Award and authorize the Public Works Director to execute a contract with Valley Slurry Seal in their low bid amount of $2,204,366.64, for construction of the Zone 3 Slurry Seal Project (Project), Bid No. 3567, authorize the Public Works Director to approve expenditures up to $220,000 to cover any cost increases that may result from contract change orders for extra work and differences between estimated bid quantities and actual quantities measured for payment, and authorize the Public Works Director to accept the final contract amount, with approved changes, and file all Notices of Completion with the County Clerk-Recorder's Office;

B.        Authorize the General Services Manager to issue a Purchase Order with Flowers and Associates (Flowers) in the amount of $249,460, for construction support services, and approve expenditures of up to $24,946 for extra services of Flowers that may result from necessary changes in the scope of work; and

C.        Accept Proposition 1B Local Street and Road, Congestion Relief, and Traffic Safety Account grant funding in the amount of $1,329,883.49, and appropriate this amount to the Fiscal Year 2009 Streets Capital Fund Revenues and Operating Budgets.

9.                  Subject:  Contract For Construction Of Santa Barbara Golf Club Safety Plan Implementation And Upper Las Positas Creek Restoration And Storm Water Management Project (570.02)

Recommendation:  That Council:

A.        Award and authorize the Public Works Director to execute a contract with Shaw Contracting, Inc. (Shaw), waiving a minor bid irregularity, for $1,771,524.50, for construction of the Santa Barbara Golf Club Safety Plan Implementation and Upper Las Positas Creek Restoration and Storm Water Management Project (Combined Project), Bid No. 3463B, which includes their low bid of $1,632,080.25, and expenditures to construct Bid Alternate 1 in the amount of $47,444.25, and Bid Item 68 in the amount of $92,000; and authorize the Public Works Director to approve additional expenditures up to $218,627 to cover any cost increases that may result from contract change orders for extra work and differences between estimated bid quantities and actual quantities measured for payment; and authorize the Public Works Director to accept the final contract amount, with approved changes, and filing all Notices of Completion (NOC) with the County Clerk-Recorder's Office;

B.        Authorize the Public Works Director to execute a contract with Wallace Group (Wallace), in the amount of $41,500, for design support services during construction, and to approve expenditures of up to $4,150 for extra services of Wallace that may result from necessary changes in the scope of work;

C.        Authorize the Public Works Director to execute a contract with Fugro West, Inc. (Fugro), in the amount of $28,280 for material testing and inspection services, and approve expenditures of up to $2,820 for extra services of Fugro that may result from necessary changes in the scope of work; and

D.        Approve the allocation of $1,421,027.08 from the Creeks Reserve Fund to the Creek Restoration/Water Quality Improvement Capital Fund to cover the cost of construction for the Upper Las Positas Creek Restoration and Storm Water Management portion of the Combined Project.

10.             Subject:  Youth Watershed Education Program Contract With Art From Scrap  (540.14)

Recommendation:  That Council authorize the Parks and Recreation Director to execute a 12-month professional services contract with Art From Scrap (AFS) in the amount of $56,309 in Measure B funds for the provision of Creeks Program youth and community watershed education programs in Fiscal Year 2010.

 

11.             Subject:  Mission Street Bikeway Project, Caltrans Construction Agreement Amendment No. 2  (530.04)

Recommendation:  That Council approve Amendment No. 2 to Contribution Agreement No. 21,812 with Caltrans for the Mission Street Bikeway Project (Project), and authorize the Public Works Director to extend the Agreement term to January 31, 2011.

 

12.             Subject:  Increase In Professional Services For Subdivision Map Review And Approval  (640.08)

Recommendation:  That Council increase Purchase Order No. 379227 with MNS Engineers, Inc. (MNS), by $15,047.94 for a total amount of $37,547.94, for professional services to assist in development review of projects in the public right-of-way.

 

13.             Subject:  Human Services Contract Assignment For The Youth CineMedia Program (610.05)

Recommendation:  That Council authorize the assignment of Zona Seca Human Services Contract No. 22,773 in the remaining amount of $2,667 for the period of January 1 - June 30, 2009, to the Parks and Recreation Community Foundation (PARC) for operation of the Youth CineMedia Program.

            (Continued from May 19, 2009, Item No. 8)

 

14.             Subject:  Set A Date For Public Hearing Regarding Renewal Of Levy For Fiscal Year 2009-2010 For The Wildland Fire Suppression Assessment (290.00)

Recommendation:  That Council adopt, by reading of title only, A Resolution of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara Declaring its Intention to Renew the Wildland Fire Suppression Assessment Within the Foothill and Extreme Foothill Zones; Declaring the Work to be of More Than General or Ordinary Benefit and Describing the District to be Assessed to Pay the Costs and Expenses Thereof; Preliminarily Approving the Updated Engineer's Report; Stating Intention to Levy Assessments for Fiscal Year 2009-2010; and Establishing a Time of 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, June 16, 2009, in the City Council Chambers for a Public Hearing on the Wildland Fire Suppression Assessment.

            (Continued from May 19, 2009, Item No. 13)

 

REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

15.             Subject:  Minutes

Recommendation:  That the Redevelopment Agency Board waive the reading and approve the minutes of the regular meeting of May 12, 2009.

 

16.             Subject:  Redevelopment Agency Fiscal Year 2009 Interim Financial Statements For The Nine Months Ended March 31, 2009

Recommendation:  That the Redevelopment Agency Board accept the Redevelopment Agency Fiscal Year 2009 Interim Financial Statements for the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2009.

 

17.             Subject:  Redevelopment Agency Fiscal Year 2009 Interim Financial Statements For The Ten Months Ended April 30, 2009

Recommendation:  That the Redevelopment Agency Board accept the Redevelopment Agency Fiscal Year 2009 Interim Financial Statements for the Ten Months Ended April 30, 2009.

 

NOTICES

18.             The City Clerk has on Thursday, May 28, 2009, 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.

19.             Received letters of resignation from Community Development & Human Services Committee Member James Kyriaco, Jr., and Fire and Police Commissioner John Lauritsen; the vacancies will be included in a special City Advisory Group recruitment.

 

This concludes the Consent Calendar.

REPORT FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE

CITY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE AND ATTORNEY REPORTS

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

20.             Subject:  Agreement With County Of Santa Barbara For Sharing Costs For Legal Services In Connection With The Conversion Technology Project  (630.01)

Recommendation:  That Council approve and authorize the Finance Director to execute an agreement between the City of Santa Barbara and the County of Santa Barbara, in an amount not to exceed $32,250, to share costs for legal services in connection with the preparation of a request for proposals from qualified vendors for the potential siting of a facility at the Tajiguas Landfill that would convert the municipal solid waste currently being disposed at Tajiguas Landfill into energy or some other beneficial byproduct.

 

MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS

21.             Subject:  Interviews For City Advisory Groups  (140.05)

Recommendation:  That Council:

A.        Hold interviews of applicants to various City Advisory Groups; and

B.        Continue interviews of applicants to June 9, 2009, at 6:00 p.m.

                        (Estimated Time:  4:00 p.m.)

COUNCIL AND STAFF COMMUNICATIONS

COUNCILMEMBER COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT REPORTS

RECESS

EVENING SESSION


EVENING SESSION

 

RECONVENE

ROLL CALL

PUBLIC COMMENT

PUBLIC HEARINGS

22.             Subject:  Appeal Of The Architectural Board Of Review Preliminary Approval Of 1298 Coast Village Road  (640.07)

Recommendation:  That Council deny the appeals of Save Coast Village Road and Anthony Fischer, Attorney, representing Protect Our Village, and uphold the Architectural Board of Review's Preliminary Approval of the mixed-use development at 1298 Coast Village Road.

 

ADJOURNMENT