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# Council countdown
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/council-countdown-20051013/
- Published: 2005-10-13T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:56:48.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Promenade, #archive-import

The following is a summation of what went on in Santa Monica City Council chambers during the City Council’s Oct. 11 meeting, including a timeline, notable public comments and excerpts taken.

The Santa Monica City Council meeting began at 5:45 p.m. with the pledge of allegiance and role call. 5:50 p.m.: The council begins the meeting by pulling items on the consent calendar concerning the replacement of a water main, the Yale Street Improvement project, and the fluoridation of city water in the Northwest portion of the city, spurning debate among elected officials and the public. 7:34 p.m.: The council finishes the consent calendar and breaks for closed session to discuss legal and personnel matters. 8:37 p.m.: The council returns from closed session and the public portion of meeting resumes. For the sake of time management, the council re-evaluates the agenda and some topics of discussion, such as the composition of Convention and Bureau Board of Directors and code enforcement program priorities are bumped to a future meeting. 8:40 p.m.: There’s an update on the search for a new city manager along with an invitation for the public to advise the council on what qualities they would like to see in the city’s top administrator. 9:10 p.m.: An amendment to increase developer “in-lieu” fees in order to increase the amount of affordable housing is discussed and approved (4-3). 10:05 p.m.: Introduction and first reading of an ordinance to make modifications to development standards in Sunset Park and North of Wilshire neighborhoods. 10:20 p.m.: Introduction and first reading of an ordinance amending the city code related to sexually oriented businesses, followed up with an approved proposal to tighten the laws to make illicit massage parlors an opportunity to stay in business. 10:55 p.m.: Schematic designs to make pedestrian and street improvements on Second and Fourth streets are discussed and approved (6- 1). 11:39 p.m.: Current vending cart operators ask the council questions about the new management company overseeing the Promenade’s cart program. The council sympathizes with the cart operators’ concerns and decides to extend the program for six weeks, as well as open up an investigation into the appropriateness of the new operation. T

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 13, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/101305.pdf?ref=smdp.com)