SEPTEMBER
16, 2008
AGENDA
2:00 p.m. - City Council Meeting
2:00 p.m. - Redevelopment Agency
Meeting
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING – 2:00 P.M.
REGULAR REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING –
2:00 P.M.
AFTERNOON SESSION
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
CEREMONIAL ITEMS
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
PUBLIC COMMENT
CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY COUNCIL
Recommendation: That Council
waive the reading and approve the minutes of the regular meetings of August 26
and September 2, 2008 (cancelled due to lack of a quorum).
3.
Subject: Adoption Of Ordinance For Five-Year lease
Agreement With Sunset Kidd Yacht Sales (330.04)
Recommendation: That Council
adopt, by reading of title only, An Ordinance of the Council of the City of
Santa Barbara Approving a Five-Year Lease, with One Five-Year Option, With
Dennis Longaberger, Doing Business as Sunset Kidd Yacht Sales, Effective
October 2, 2008, for a 326 Square-Foot Office at 125 Harbor Way, Suites 13 and
24, at an Initial Base Rent of $708 per Month, Subject to Annual Cost of Living
Increases.
Recommendation: That Council
adopt, by reading of title only, An Ordinance of the Council of the City of
Santa Barbara Approving a Ten-Year Lease Agreement Between the City of Santa
Barbara and National Security Technologies, LLC, for 8,800 Square Feet of
Building 226 and 47,692 Square Feet of Adjacent Land at 6190 Francis Botello
Road, to Become Effective on October 15, 2008, to Conduct Research,
Development, and Light Production in Electronics and Photogrammetry, at the
Santa Barbara Airport.
5.
Subject: Approval Of Benefit Plans Effective January
1, 2009 (430.06)
Recommendation: That Council:
A. Approve
renewal of the Aetna and Kaiser Permanente medical plans; Delta Dental Plans;
Vision Service Plan; Employee Assistance Program (EAP); Flexible Spending
Accounts; Hartford Life and Disability Insurance Plans; Allstate Voluntary
Disability Plans; and Aliquant for benefits administration services; and
B. Authorize
the Administrative Services Director to execute any necessary contracts or
amendments to agreements or contracts.
Recommendation: That Council
award and authorize the Public Works Director to execute a contract with
Granite Construction in their low bid amount of $248,754, for construction of
the Pershing Park Multipurpose Path Extension, Bid No. 3479, and authorize the
Public Works Director to approve expenditures up to $24,875 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.
Recommendation: That Council
designate the Chair of the Finance Committee to serve as the liaison between
the City's independent auditors and City Council regarding matters associated
with the conduct of the annual audit of the City's financial statements.
8.
Subject: Fiscal Year 2008 Supplemental Appropriations
For Police And Fire Departments (230.05)
Recommendation: That Council:
A. Increase
Fiscal Year 2008 appropriations and estimated revenues by $210,000 in the
General Fund, Fire Department, to cover overtime costs incurred as a result of
mutual aid provided to other fire agencies;
B. Increase
Fiscal Year 2008 appropriations by $250,000 in the General Fund, Police
Department, to cover unbudgeted costs; and
C. Decrease
Fiscal Year 2008 appropriations by $250,000 in the General Fund, Finance
Department, where savings were realized due to staff vacancies, to fund the
proposed increased appropriations in the Police Department.
Recommendation: That Council
increase appropriations and estimated revenues by $220,000 in the Creeks
Division Capital Fund for the Laguna Water Quality Improvement Project to
reflect a recent grant agreement with the Clean Beaches Initiative Proposition
50 Grant Program of the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB).
10.
Subject: Initiative Petition To Amend The City Charter
- Building Height Limitations (110.03)
Recommendation: That Council
receive the Certificate of Sufficiency from the City Clerk's Office dated
September 10, 2008, indicating that the subject initiative petition does have
sufficient valid signatures.
11.
Subject: Notice Of Completion For Junipero Pedestrian
Bridge And Pathway Lighting Project (530.04)
Recommendation: That Council
accept the work completed by Lee Wilson Electric Company, Inc., Contract No.
22,712, for the Junipero Pedestrian Bridge and Pathway Lighting Project
(Project), Bid No. 3525, located south of Oak Park, between Calle Real and
Modoc Road, in the final contract amount of $43,542, including approved changes,
and approve filing of a Notice of Completion.
REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY
12.
Subject: Minutes
Recommendation: That the
Redevelopment Agency Board waive the reading and approve the minutes of the
regular meeting of July 15, 2008, and the special meeting of July 29, 2008.
Recommendation: That the
Redevelopment Agency Board and the City Council take the following actions
regarding the new low-income rental housing project to be developed at 421 East
Cota Street by Transition House:
A. That
the Agency Board approve a $120,000 loan for predevelopment;
B. That
the Agency Board appropriate $120,000 from the Redevelopment Agency Housing
Setaside Fund unappropriated reserves for the predevelopment loan;
C. That
the Agency Board authorize the Agency's Deputy Director to execute a loan
agreement and related documents in a form acceptable to Agency Counsel and to
make nonsubstantive changes; and
D. That
Council and the Agency Board adopt, by reading of title only, A Joint
Resolution of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara and the Redevelopment
Agency of the City of Santa Barbara Finding that the Use of Redevelopment
Agency Housing Setaside Funds as a Loan to Transition House for Developing
Affordable Housing Located Outside the Central City Redevelopment Project
(CCRP) Area at 421 East Cota Street Will be of Benefit to the CCRP.
NOTICES
14.
The City Clerk has on Thursday, September 11, 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.
15.
A City Council site visit originally scheduled for
Monday, September 22, 2008, at 1:30 p.m. to the property located at
This concludes the Consent Calendar.
CITY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE AND ATTORNEY REPORTS
CITY ADMINISTRATOR
16.
Subject: Changes To Disability Access Advisory
Committee (640.03)
Recommendation: That Council adopt,
by reading of title only, A Resolution of the Council of the City of
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Recommendation: That Council:
A. Review
and approve the City of
B. Authorize
the Community Development Director to execute a $530,047 contract with the
Santa Barbara County Arts Commission as approved in the Fiscal Year 2009
budget.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Recommendation: That Council
uphold the appeal of Those Guys Inc. represented by stockholders Diane and
Derek Harding, for a dance permit for Madison's Grill and Tavern at 525 State
Street, and subsequently issue a nightclub dance permit with conditions.
CITY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE AND ATTORNEY REPORTS
(CONT'D)
19.
Subject: Introduction Of Compatibility Review Criteria
Ordinance (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 Chapters 22.22, 22.68, 27.07,
28.05 and 28.06 of Title 28 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code Formalizing the
Project Compatibility Analysis Process for the Architectural Board of Review
and the Historic Landmarks Commission.
COUNCIL AND STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
COUNCILMEMBER COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT REPORTS
CLOSED SESSIONS
20.
Subject: Conference With Legal Counsel - Pending
Litigation (160.03)
Recommendation: That Council hold
a closed session to consider pending litigation pursuant to subsection (a) of
section 54956.9 of the Government Code and take appropriate action as needed. The pending litigation is Ampersand
Publishing, LLC, v. City of
Scheduling: Duration, 15 minutes; anytime
Report: None anticipated
(Continued From
September 9, 2008, Agenda Item No. 24)
ADJOURNMENT