DECEMBER
23, 2008
AGENDA
12:30 p.m. - Finance
Committee Meeting, David Gebhard Public Meeting Room,
2:00 p.m. - City Council Meeting
2:00 p.m. - Special Financing
Authority Meeting
ORDINANCE COMMITTEE AND FINANCE
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING - 12:30 P.M. IN DAVID GEBHARD
PUBLIC MEETING ROOM,
2.
Subject: November 2008 Investment Report
Recommendation: That the Finance Committee recommend that Council
accept the November 2008 Investment Report.
(See Council
Agenda Item No. 1)
3.
Subject:
Comparative Indicators Report
Recommendation: That the Finance Committee receive a report on
Comparative Indicators.
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING – 2:00 P.M.
SPECIAL FINANCING AUTHORITY MEETING –
2:00 P.M.
AFTERNOON SESSION
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
PUBLIC COMMENT
CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY COUNCIL
1.
Subject: November 2008 Investment Report (260.02)
Recommendation: That Council
accept the November 2008 Investment Report.
Recommendation: That Council
adopt, by reading of title only, An Ordinance of the Council of the City of
Santa Barbara Approving a Seven-Year Lease With The Santa Barbara Sailing Club,
Effective January 22, 2009, for an 8,677 Square-Foot Boat Storage Yard at 118
Harbor Way, at an Initial Base Rent of $1,443 per Month, Subject to Annual Cost
of Living Increases.
3.
Subject: Adoption Of Ordinance Regulating Parking Of
Recreational Vehicles (550.01)
Recommendation: That Council
adopt, by reading of title only, An Ordinance of the Council of the City of
4.
Subject: Downtown Parking Proposed Changes To Hours Of
Operation (550.01)
Recommendation: That Council
adopt, by reading of title only, A Resolution of the Council of the City of Santa
Barbara Amending Resolution No. 08-060, Establishing Certain City Fees,
Including Water and Wastewater Rates, and Rescinding Resolution Nos. 07-052,
07-085, and 08-013, by Adjusting Downtown Parking Hours for Which Fees are in
Effect, Effective February 1, 2009.
5.
Subject: Adjustment To The 90-Day MyRide Bus Pass Fee
To Offset Program Cost Increases
(150.05)
Recommendation: That Council
adopt, by reading of title only, A Resolution of the Council of the City of
Santa Barbara Amending Resolution No. 06-105, Amending Resolution No. 06-056,
Establishing Certain City Fees, Including Water and Wastewater Rates, Creating
a 90-Day Bus Pass Fee Administered by Downtown Parking, by Adjusting the 90-Day
Bus Pass Fee Administered by Downtown Parking Effective January 2, 2009.
Recommendation: That Council
adopt, by reading of title only, A Resolution of the Council of the City of
7.
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
Recommendation: That Council
approve a grant of $200,000 in Federal Home Investment Partnerships Program
(HOME) funds for additional rehabilitation of the Housing Authority of Santa
Barbara's affordable housing project located at 418 Santa Fe Place, and
authorize the Community Development Director to execute a grant agreement in a
form approved by the City Attorney.
Recommendation: That Council
authorize the Public Works Director to execute a contract with Brown and
Caldwell Engineering (Brown and Caldwell) for $156,760 to conduct professional
engineering analysis of and recommend rehabilitation procedures for the
influent pump station at El Estero Wastewater Treatment Plant (El Estero), and
authorize the Public Works Director to approve expenditures up to $15,676 to
cover any cost increases that might result from change orders for extra work.
10.
Subject: Approval Of Map And Execution Of Agreements
For 1115 Quinientos Street (640.08)
Recommendation: That Council approve
and authorize the City Administrator to execute and record Parcel Map No.
20,766 for a subdivision at 1115 Quinientos 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.
Recommendation: That Council:
A. Find
it in the City's best interest to waive the bidding process as provided by
Municipal Code Section 4.52.080 (k) and authorize the General Services Manager
to issue Purchase Orders to Santa Barbara Natives, Inc., in the amount of
$37,500 and to Growing Solutions Restoration Education Institute in the amount
of $37,500, for a total cost of $75,000; and
B. Authorize
the General Services Manager to issue Purchase Orders for native plants from
Growing Solutions Restoration Education Institute and Santa Barbara Natives,
Inc., for four subsequent consecutive fiscal years in amounts approved by City
Council in the annual budget process.
12.
Subject: Acceptance And Appropriation Of Traffic
Solutions' Commute Challenge Prize
(670.08)
Recommendation: That Council
increase Public Works' estimated revenues by the Santa Barbara County
Association of Governments (SBCAG) Traffic Solutions Commute Challenge prize in
the amount of $1,120, and appropriate this amount to the Fiscal Year 2009
Streets Capital Fund for Alternative Modes Marketing.
FINANCING
AUTHORITY
13.
Subject: Minutes
Recommendation: That the
Financing Authority Board waive the reading and approve the minutes of the
special meeting of June 8, 2004.
NOTICES
14.
The City Clerk has on Thursday, December 18, 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.
Cancellation of the regular City Council meeting of
December 30, 2008, and of the regular City Council and Redevelopment Agency
meetings of January 6, 2009, due to lack of a quorum.
This concludes the Consent Calendar.
REPORT FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
FINANCING AUTHORITY REPORTS
16.
Subject: Airport Terminal Project Bond Issuance (240.03)
Recommendation: That Council and
Board Members:
A. Adopt,
by reading of title only, A Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Santa
Barbara Financing Authority Authorizing the Issuance of Not to Exceed $65,000,000
of Santa Barbara Financing Authority Lease Revenue Bonds (Airport Project),
Series 2009, Approving the Execution and Delivery of Various Related Documents
in Connection with the Offering and Sale of Such Bonds and Other Matters
Related Thereto; provided, however, that with respect to the Series 2009A
Bonds, the true interest cost shall not exceed 8.0% per annum, and that with
respect to the Series 2009B Bonds, the true interest cost shall not exceed 9.0%
per annum;
B. Adopt,
by reading of title only, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Santa
Barbara Approving the Issuance by the Santa Barbara Financing Authority, in One
or More Series, of Not to Exceed $65,000,000 of Santa Barbara Financing
Authority Lease Revenue Bonds (Airport Project), Series 2009, Approving the
Execution and Delivery of Various Related Documents in Connection with the
Offering and Sale of Such Bonds and Other Matters Related Thereto; provided,
however, that with respect to the Series 2009A Bonds, the true interest cost
shall not exceed 8.0% per annum and that with respect to the Series 2009B
Bonds, the true interest cost shall not exceed 9.0% per annum;
C. Approve
and authorize the Airport Director to execute, subject to City Attorney review
of the form of the agreement, an Amendment to Contract 22,644 with Jacob
Consultancy, for the preparation of the Report of the Airport Consultant,
Airport Feasibility Report, on the proposed issuance of debt for the Airline
Terminal Improvement Project, increasing the contract by $99,000 for a total
not-to-exceed amount of $225,000;
D. Authorize
the City Attorney to execute an agreement with Orrick, Herrington &
Sutcliff, LLP, for Bond Counsel services in the amount of $62,500 and
Disclosure Counsel services in the amount of $35,000, together with reimbursed
expenses not to exceed $5,000, for the Airport Revenue Bond Financing payable
from bond proceeds at such time as the bonds are issued;
E. Approve
and authorize the Finance Director to execute, subject to City Attorney review
of the form of the agreement, an agreement with KNN Public Finance for
financial advisory services for the Airport Revenue Bond Financing in an amount
not to exceed $115,000, together with reimbursed expenses not to exceed $5,000,
payable from bond proceeds at such time as the bonds are issued; and
F. Authorize
the Airport Director to execute, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, an
amendment to the Airport Promissory Note dated July 1, 2008, in the amount of
$7,800,000 to extend the maturity date of said promissory note to June 30,
2009.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS
Recommendation: That Council
consider the appointment of a Mayor Pro Tempore, Chairs and Members of the
Ordinance and Finance Committees, and Liaisons to Advisory Boards and
Commissions.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
18.
Subject: Appeal Of Planning Commission Decision For
101 E. Victoria Street (640.07)
Recommendation: That Council:
A.
Deny the appeals filed by Trevor Martinson, agent for Mr. and Mrs. Rolf
Kowal, and Virginia Rehling, adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration, and
uphold the Planning Commission approval of the Parking Modification, Tentative
Subdivision Map, Development Plan and Preliminary Economic Development
Designation for the proposed 50-unit commercial condominium development
proposed at 101 E. Victoria Street (MST2006-00758), making the findings and
subject to the conditions of approval contained in the Council Agenda Report;
and
B. Approve
a Final Economic Development Designation for 2,703 square feet of
non-residential floor area for the proposed project.
COUNCIL AND STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
COUNCILMEMBER COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT REPORTS
CLOSED SESSIONS
19.
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, 45 minutes; anytime
Report: None anticipated
ADJOURNMENT