Culver City Observer -

Here are some highlights from the City Council meeting of November 10, 2014. At this

meeting, the City Council:

• Received a presentation from Southern California Gas Company.

• Presented a proclamation to and exchanged gifts with Culver City's Sister City of

Lethbridge, Alberta (Canada).

• Presented a proclamation to Culver City veterans in honor of Veterans Day 2014.

• Received a presentation from June Lehrman and Stephen Murray, the City's

Representative and Alternate Representative on the Los Angeles International

Airport/Community Noise Roundtable.

• Approved the BID Advisory Board's 2015 Annual Report as filed with the City Clerk

and adopted a Resolution of Intention setting December 8, 2014, as the date for a

public hearing to consider the continuation of the Downtown Culver City Business

Improvement District for calendar year 2015.

• Approved a Professional Services Agreement with CleanStreet to sweep City

streets using alternative fuel sweepers during a two-hour window for a term of five

years with an optional five-year extension in an amount not-to-exceed $381,620

annually.

• Approved an amendment to the existing professional services agreement with

Barry Kurtz to provide part-time support for the Traffic Engineering section on public

and private development projects, in an additional not-to-exceed amount of $47,000.

• Adopted an ordinance amending Chapter 5.05, Stormwater and Urban Runoff

Pollution Control to comply with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

(NPDES) Permit No. CAS004001, Order No. R4-2012-0175.

• Approved in-kind financial assistance of $3,700 to Share our Strength (with an

additional $1,450 of assistance from the Successor Agency) for its Taste of the

Nation Event on Sunday, June 7, 2015 at Media Park and designated the Taste of

the Nation Event as a City-sponsored event.

• Approved agreement(s) with the Carlyle Group and Placeworks for a visioning

process related to the proposed "Hospitality & Entertainment District Specific Plan"

(which includes a sign district component) subject to the conditions that (1) the City

shall not incur any costs that are not reimbursable by Carlyle and at such time as

the amount deposited by the Carlyle Group is nearing depletion, Carlyle may either

(a) deposit additional monies or (b) refuse to deposit additional monies, in which

case the visioning process would immediately terminate; and (2) such additional

terms as the City Attorney may deem appropriate.

• Appointed Kelly Kent Marin to Office No. 1 of the Parks, Recreation, and

Community Services Commission to complete an unexpired term, through June 30,

2016 and appointed N. John Hasegawa to Office No. 3 and Susan Osborne to Office

No. 9 of the Disability Advisory Committee, each to complete an unexpired term

through June 30, 2015.

• Directed the City Manager to pursue an agreement to proceed with planning and

design of the proposed Municipal Broadband Fiber Network project.

• Postponed discussion of two items to a future City Council meeting: 1)

establishment of parking meter fees/10 minute meters in the Downtown area and 2)

proposed audiovisual and broadcast systems upgrades for the Mike Balkman

Council Chambers.

You may view a complete web cast of the entire meeting by visiting

http://www.culvercity.org/agenda.aspx. The City Council meeting was adjourned

to Monday, November 24, 2014 at 4 PM. You may access the agenda for this

meeting by visiting http://www.culvercity.org/agenda.aspx.

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