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2005 APR 19 CC MINREGULAR MEETING OF THE EL SEGUNDO CITY COUNCIL TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2005 — 5 00 P M 5 00 P M SESSION CALL TO ORDER — Mayor McDowell at 5 00 p m ROLL CALL Mayor McDowell Mayor Pro Tern Gaines Council Member Boulgandes Council Member Busch Council Member Jacobson SPECIAL MATTERS Present - Present Present Present - arrived at 5 03 p m - Present 1 Consideration and possible action regarding the appointment of the Assistant City Manager Jeff Stewart as the Labor Negotiator with respect to all City employees who are not members of collective bargaining units MOVED by Council Member Jacobson, SECONDED by Mayor McDowell appoint Assistant City Manager Jeff Stewart as the Labor Negotiator with respect to all City employees who are not members of collective bargaining units. MOTION PASSED BY UNANIMOUS VOICE VOTE 4i0 COUNCIL MEMBER BUSCH ABSENT City Attorney Mark Hensley announced that Council would be meeting in closed session pursuant to item identified on the agenda and that the 54956 9(b) item is a threat of litigation regarding 916 Sheldon Street CLOSED SESSION The City Council moved into a closed session pursuant to applicable law, including the Brown Act (Government Code Section §54960, et sue) for the purposes of conferring with the City's Real Property Negotiator, and /or conferring with the City Attorney on potential and /or existing litigation, and /or discussing matters covered under Government Code Section §54957 (Personnel); and /or conferring with the City's Labor Negotiators, as follows MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING Apnl 19„ 2005 PAGE NO 1 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL — EXISTING LITIGATION (Gov't Code §54956 9(a)) — 2 matters 1 City of El Segundo v City of Los Angeles, et al , LASC No BS094279 2 Re Variance Application of City of Los Angeles, Department of Airports for Los Angeles International Airports, Department of Transportation, State of California, Case No. 2009060244 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL — ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code §54956 9(b). -1- potential case (no further public statement is required at this time), Initiation of litigation pursuant to Government Code §54956 9(c) -1- matter DISCUSSION OF PERSONNEL MATTERS (Gov't Code §54957) — None CONFERENCE WITH CITY'S LABOR NEGOTIATOR (Gov't Code §54957 6) -2- matters 1 Labor Negotiator Mayor Kelly McDowell and Council Member Carl Jacobson Unrepresented Employee City Manager Appointee Jeff Stewart 2 Labor Negotiator Jeff Stewart Unrepresented Employees All Unrepresented City Employees (All City Employees that are not members of collective bargaining units) CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR (Gov't Code §54956 8) -0- matter SPECIAL MATTERS — None Council moved to open session at 6 55 p m MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING April 19„ 2005 PAGE NO 2 REGULAR MEETING OF THE EL SEGUNDO CITY COUNCIL TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2005 — 7 00 P M 7 00 P M SESSION CALL TO ORDER — Mayor McDowell at 7 00 p m INVOCATION — Deputy City Clerk Cathy Domann PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE — Council Member Jim Boulgandes PRESENTATIONS — (a) Council Member Jacobson presented a Proclamation recognizing El Segundo Police Officer Aaron Corkins and El Segundo Firefighter Andrew Powell as recipients of the 2004 Distinguished Medal Award, and proclaiming April 28, 2005 as Medal of Valor Day in El Segundo to commemorate the heroism and self - sacrifice of past and present recipients of this prestigious award (b) Mayor Pro Tern Gaines presented Commendations to the recipients of the 2004 Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP) Chevron, El Segundo Refinery, Northrop - Grumman Integrated Systems Sector, and, Raytheon Company, Space & Airborne Systems (c) Mayor McDowell presented Commendations to six Boy Scouts from Troop 762 in El Segundo Christopher Donahue, Stephen Gardner, Bradley Howell, Brett Kagy, Sean McCormick and Brandon Warner, on having earned the highest rank in Boy Scouts, the Eagle Scout honor (d) Council Member Boulgarides presented a Proclamation recognizing Richmond Street Music Teacher, Kara Baldino, as Teacher of the Year and proclaiming May 2 -6, 2005 Teacher Appreciation Week ROLL CALL Mayor McDowell - Present Mayor Pro Tern Gaines - Present Council Member Boulgarides - Present Council Member Busch - Present Council Member Jacobson - Present MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING April 19„ 2005 PAGE NO 3 PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS — (Related to City Business Only — 5 minute limit per person, 30 minute limit total) Individuals who have received value of $50 or more to communicate to the City Council on behalf of another, and employees speaking on behalf of their employer, must so identify themselves prior to addressing the City Council Failure to do so shall be a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of $250 While all comments are welcome, the Brown Act does not allow Council to take action on any item not on the agenda The Council will respond to comments after Public Communications is closed Lilly Craig, representing Rotary, spoke regarding Item 5 and requested Council waive fees for the upcoming Movie in the Park Event A PROCEDURAL MOTIONS Consideration of a motion to read all ordinances and resolutions on the Agenda by title only MOVED by Council Member Busch, SECONDED by Council Member Jacobson to read all ordinances and resolutions on the Agenda by title only MOTION PASSED BY UNANIMOUS VOICE VOTE 5/0 B SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS C UNFINISHED BUSINESS D REPORTS OF COMMITTEES, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS Consideration and possible action regarding a presentation by the Senior Housing Board of the 2005 Budget for the Park Vista Senior Citizen Housing Complex Carol Wingate and Peter Freeman from the Senior Housing Board were available for Council questions MOVED by Council Member Jacobson, Seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Gaines to approve the 2005 approve the 2005 Budget for Park Vista Senior Citizen Housing. MOTION PASSED BY UNANIMOUS VOICE VOTE. 5/0 2 Consideration and possible action regarding establishing a procedure for each Committee, Commission and Board (CCB) to give an annual report to the City Council regarding the state of the CCB, Including any Issues that should be considered by Council MOVED by Mayor Pro Tern Gaines, SECONDED by Council Member Busch to direct staff to set the procedure for each Committee, Commission and Board (CCB) to give an annual report to the City Council regarding the state of the CCB, including any issues that should be considered by Council MOTION PASSED BY UNANIMOUS VOICE VOTE 510 Deputy City Clerk Domann noted for the record that regarding Consent Item 4, there were no Special Meeting Minutes for April 5, 2005 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING Apnl 19„ 2005 PAGE NO 4 E CONSENT AGENDA All items listed are to be adopted by one motion without discussion and passed unanimously. If a call for discussion of an item is made, the item(s) will be considered individually under the next heading of business. 3 Approved Warrant Numbers 2546680 to 2546926 on Register No 13 in the total amount of $636,684 84 and Wire Transfers from 3/25/2005 through 4/712005 in the total amount of $281,194 19 Authorized staff to release Ratified Payroll and Employee Benefit checks, checks released early due to contracts or agreement; emergency disbursements and /or adjustments, and wire transfers 4 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes of April 5, 2005 5 Waived fees for city services associated with Movie In the Park (Fiscal Impact $3,200) 6. Authorized the City Manager to amend professional services agreement number 3451 on behalf of the City for temporary professional accounting services with CBIZ for an amount not to exceed $60,000, Authorized the City Manager to amend a professional services agreement number 3430 on behalf of the City for temporary professional accounting services with Moreland & Associates, Inc for $20,000 7 Approved the Engineering Technician class specification and Examination Plan for Engineering Technician 8 Approved request to utilize necessary city services and the El Segundo Police /Fire Department's facilitation of activities related to the "Every 15 Minutes " program MOVED by Council Member Jacobson, SECONDED Mayor Pro Tern Gaines to approve Consent Agenda Items 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 MOTION PASSED BY UNANIMOUS VOICE VOTE 5/0 CALL ITEMS FROM CONSENT AGENDA F NEW BUSINESS — G REPORTS — CITY MANAGER — NONE H REPORTS — CITY ATTORNEY — NONE REPORTS — CITY CLERK — NONE REPORTS — CITY TREASURER — NONE K REPORTS — CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS Council Member Boulgandes — MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING April 19„ 2005 PAGE NO 5 Consideration and possible action regarding revising portions of the Site Development Standards in the R -1 Zone text Council directed staff to agendize appointment of a sub - committee, consisting of two Council Members and Planning staff, to make recommendations to changes of the R -1 Zone Site Development Standards Council Member Boulgandes also requested to agendize a presentation by the Surf Rider Foundation on "Smoke Free Beaches" Council Member Busch — NONE Council Member Jacobson — NONE Mayor Pro Tern Gaines — Spoke regarding MAX Policy Board meeting and stated that the new MAX contract was awarded to MV Transit Noted that Lt Col. Arnold of Air Force Base Space and Missile Systems, will be retuning Also stated he would not be attending the next City Council meeting but wanted to express his support for the establishment of a zoning sub - committee task force to look at recommended changes of the R -1 Zone Site Development Standards Mayor McDowell — NONE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS — (Related to City Business Only — 5 minute limit per person, 30 minute limit total) Individuals who have receive value of $50 or more to communicate to the City Council on behalf of another, and employees speaking on behalf of their employer, must so identify themselves prior to addressing the City Council. Failure to do so shall be a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of $250 While all comments are welcome, the Brown Act does not allow Council to take action on any item not on the agenda. The Council will respond to comments after Public Communications is closed Liz Garnholz, resident, spoke in favor of smoke free beaches but was against dog beaches Also spoke regarding the upcoming meeting on Smokey Hollow and asked if the Club House had been renamed She also stated that she was in favor of R -1 development restrictions and submitted a letter for the record to the Deputy City Clerk MEMORIALS — John Merkovsky, owner of Allegro Music Store CLOSED SESSION - NONE Mayor Pro Tern Gaines requested the City Attorney report back at either of the two meetings in May to give a status on the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Committee (ASNAC) ADJOURNMENT at 7 47 p m A WV �. U MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING April 19„ 2005 PAGE NO 6