Item 8B on tomorrow’s City Council agenda is approval of a $3.2-million contract (plus 10 percent contingency) with James Corner Field Operations for “the design and construction bid document preparation of the six-acre Palisades Garden Walk & Town Square project” in the Civic Center.
Several groups have become involved with the endangered Ballona wetlands in the last few years. Some are true environmental groups out to preserve and restore as much of the endangered wetlands as possible while others want them developed.
Last Tuesday, the City Council voted to subsidize the free summer Twilight Dance Series on the Santa Monica Pier by raising ticket prices for the famous carousel.
Mayor Pro Tem Pam O’Connor finally filed her July 1 to Dec. 31, 2009 campaign disclosure statement on March 17, 2010 — more than six weeks late. Her council re-election contributors included a number of developers, attorneys, architects, tourism industry donors and real estate interests.
Santa Monica has made international news again. The Hump, a sushi bar adjoining the Typhoon restaurant and owned by parent company, Typhoon Restaurant, Inc.
On Feb. 26, this newspaper ran a front page story about how City Hall failed to hold annual reviews of development agreements as required by law. DAs are made with a developer when his/her project exceeds the zoning codes.
Last Tuesday, former planning commissioner Terry O’Day was appointed by City Council as an interim replacement for the late Ken Genser on the council dais.
Tomorrow night, City Council will appoint someone to fill the late Ken Genser’s seat on the dais. The appointed one (as opposed to anointed one) will serve until November when the voters will elect a candidate to serve out Genser’s term which expires in November, 2012.
Former state Sen. Sheila Kuehl was hired a few weeks ago by the Santa Monica College Board of Trustees to create a public policy institute at the college.
There’s been much debate about how to fill the late Ken Genser’s vacant City Council seat. City Council will consider naming an interim appointee to fill Genser’s seat at their Feb.
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a two-part series on school finances. The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District is drowning in a sea of red ink.
Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part series on school district finances. The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District lurches from one fiscal crisis to another.
