(Printable Agenda)

 

DECEMBER 9, 2008

AGENDA

 

 

ORDER OF BUSINESS

                          

         11:30 a.m.   -     Special Finance Committee Meeting, David Gebhard Public Meeting Room, 630 Garden Street

         12:00 p.m.   -     Special Ordinance Committee Meeting, Council Chamber

           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 - 11:30 A.M. IN THE DAVID GEBHARD PUBLIC MEETING ROOM, 630 GARDEN STREET (120.03)

Special Finance Committee Agenda

1.         Subject:  Fiscal Year 2009 First Quarter Interim Financial Statements

Recommendation:  That the Finance Committee recommend that Council accept the Fiscal Year 2009 Interim Financial Statements for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2008.

            (See Council Agenda Item No. 4)

2.         Subject:  Redevelopment Agency Fiscal Year 2009 Interim Financial Statements For The Three Months Ended September 30, 2008

Recommendation:  That the Finance Committee recommend that the Redevelopment Agency Board accept the Redevelopment Agency Fiscal Year 2008 Interim Financial Statements for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2008.

            (See Council Agenda Item No. 13)

3.         Subject:  Redevelopment Agency Fiscal Year 2009 Capital Program

Recommendation:  That the Finance Committee:

A.        Consider Funding Allocations to the Redevelopment Agency Capital Program; and

B.        Recommend that the Agency Board reprogram $3,125,000 from various project accounts to assist in funding current and future Redevelopment Agency capital projects.

4.         Subject:  Comprehensive Annual Financial Report For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2008

Recommendation:  That the Finance Committee recommend that Council:

A.        Receive a report from staff on the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2008; and

B.        Accept the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2008.

                        (See Council Agenda Item No. 17)

SPECIAL ORDINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING - 12:00 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER (120.03)

Ordinance Committee Agenda

Subject:  Regulation Of Parking Of Recreational Vehicles Ordinance

Recommendation:  That the Ordinance Committee review and comment upon a draft ordinance to amend Title 10 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code to allow the regulation of the parking of recreational vehicles and forward it to City Council with a recommendation for introduction and adoption.

 

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:  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 December 31, 2008.

 

2.                  Subject:  Proclamation Declaring December 10, 2008, As Human Rights Day And The 60th Anniversary Of The 1948 Universal Declaration Of Human Rights (120.04)

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 November 18, 2008, the adjourned regular meeting of November 24, 2008, and the regular meeting of November 25, 2008.

4.                  Subject:  Fiscal Year 2009 First Quarter Interim Financial Statements (250.02)

Recommendation:  That Council accept the Fiscal Year 2009 Interim Financial Statements for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2008.

5.                  Subject:  Adoption Of Ordinance To Approve Licenses To Southern California Gas Company For The Airport Runway Safety Project (330.08)

Recommendation:  That Council adopt, by reading of title only, An Ordinance of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara Approving a License (Right-of-Way) and an Amendment to Right-of-Way with Southern California Gas Company, to Provide for the Realignment at Santa Barbara Airport of Certain Portions of an Existing Gas Pipeline.

6.                  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 Santa Barbara Declaring the Continuance of a Local Emergency Due to the Tea Fire.

7.                  Subject:  Certification Of The Election Results Of The Official Canvass For The Special Municipal Election Of November 4, 2008 (110.03)

Recommendation:  That Council adopt, by reading of title only, A Resolution of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara Certifying the Election Results of the Official Canvass for the Special Municipal Election held in the City on November 4, 2008.

8.                  Subject:  Grant From California Department Of Boating And Waterways For Abandoned Vessel Removal (570.03)

Recommendation:  That Council:

A.        Adopt, by reading of title only, A Resolution of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara Authorizing the Waterfront Director to Execute an Agreement with the California Department of Boating and Waterways Accepting a $15,000 Grant for Removal, Storage and Disposal of Abandoned Vessels and Related Hazards to Navigation; and

B.        Increase Fiscal Year 2009 estimated revenue in the amount of $15,000 and appropriate the funds to the Waterfront Department's Fiscal Year 2009 Capital Budget.

9.                  Subject:  Approval Of Proposition 1B Local Streets And Roads Fund Expenditure In The Fiscal Year 2009 City Budget (230.01)

Recommendation:  That Council adopt, by reading of title only, A Resolution of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara Approving a $1,329,833 Proposition 1B Local Streets and Roads Improvement, Congestion Relief, and Traffic Safety Account Funds Expenditure in the City's Fiscal Year 2009 Capital Improvement Program Budget.

10.             Subject:  Approval Of Map And Execution Of Agreements For 222 West Alamar Avenue (640.08)

Recommendation:  That Council approve and authorize the City Administrator to execute and record Parcel Map No. 20,771 for a subdivision at 222 West Alamar Avenue, (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.

11.             Subject:  Airport Commission Liaison (560.03)

Recommendation:  That Council invite the City of Goleta to appoint a non-voting Liaison to attend Airport Commission meetings.

REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

12.             Subject:  Minutes

Recommendation:  That the Redevelopment Agency Board waive the reading and approve the minutes of the regular meeting of November 18, 2008, and the special meeting of November 25, 2008.

13.             Subject:  Redevelopment Agency Fiscal Year 2009 Interim Financial Statements For The Three Months Ended September 30, 2008

Recommendation:  That the Redevelopment Agency Board accept the Redevelopment Agency Fiscal Year 2008 Interim Financial Statements for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2008.

14.             Subject:  Santa Barbara Center For The Performing Arts Grant Subordination Request

Recommendation:  That the Redevelopment Agency Board approve and authorize the Executive Director to execute, subject to approval by Agency Counsel, the subordination of existing Agency subordinate grants and deeds of trust that secure a $5 million Agency grant on property located at 1214 State Street (The Granada Theatre) for The Santa Barbara Center For the Performing Arts to restructured and increased senior financing.

NOTICES

15.             The City Clerk has on Thursday, December 4, 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.

 

This concludes the Consent Calendar.

REPORT FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE

REPORT FROM THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE

CITY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE AND ATTORNEY REPORTS

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

16.             Subject:  Introduction Of Ordinance To Allow For Temporary Occupancy Of Trailers While Rebuilding Homes Damaged Or Destroyed In The Tea Fire (640.04)

Recommendation:  That Council introduce and adopt, by reading of title only, An Ordinance of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara Temporarily Amending 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 Dwelling for Those Homes Damaged in the November 2008 Tea Fire.

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

17.             Subject:  Comprehensive Annual Financial Report For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2008 (250.02)

Recommendation:  That Council:

A.        Receive a report from staff on the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2008; and

B.        Accept the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2008.

18.             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.

            (Continued from November 25, 2008, Agenda Item No. 11)

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

19.             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, Agenda Item No. 18)

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 City of Santa Barbara v. Joyce Marie Eggers,Trustee of the Living Trust,  Santa Barbara Superior Court Case Number 1302955.

            Scheduling:  Duration, 15 minutes; anytime

            Report:  None anticipated

RECESS

EVENING SESSION

EVENING SESSION

 

RECONVENE

ROLL CALL

PUBLIC COMMENT

CITY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE AND ATTORNEY REPORTS

PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT

21.             Subject:  Tree Preservation And Landscape Plan Maintenance Policies And Enforcement Procedures Recommendations (570.05)

Recommendation:  That Council:

A.        Receive a presentation on the Tree Preservation and Landscape Plan Maintenance Policies and Enforcement Procedures Review; and

B.        Refer the proposed revisions to the City's Municipal Code and enforcement procedures related to the protection of trees and the maintenance of landscape plans to the Ordinance Committee for further consideration.

ADJOURNMENT