By Daily Press staff
(Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures which appear on the upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agenda. Consent agenda items are routinely passed by the City Council with little or no discussion from elected officials or the public. However, many of the items have been part of public discussion in the past).
By Daily Press staff
CITY HALL — The question of how to properly dispose of used oil in an eastside neighborhood apparently has a $246,400 answer.
City officials are expected tonight to spend $151,228 — which is a portion of a $246,400 state grant — to teach Spanish-speaking residents in the Pico neighborhood how to properly dispose of their oil.
Last year, the Santa Monica City Council accepted a grant from the California Integrated Waste Management Board to develop a used oil survey project, which specifically targets Spanish speaking do-it-yourself auto mechanics, according to city documents.
The three-phase plan first involved surveying the residents of the neighborhood to see how many people change their own oil, or work on their own cars. The second phase will apply the survey results to create a marketing and public outreach campaign, designed to help Spanish do-it-yourself mechanics use environmentally preferable used-oil disposal practices, according to city documents. The final phase includes a follow-up survey to evaluate how effective the public outreach campaign was.
Real costs for City Hall expected tonight on the consent agenda total $21,980.
Fireworks bang up $9,500
This year’s Fourth of July fireworks at Santa Monica College will cost City Hall just under $10,000, an expense officials are expected to approve tonight.
“Celebrate America,” which will be held on Saturday, July 3, has been a tradition in Santa Monica for 21 years. The festivities are scheduled to take place at the SMC campus from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., with the fireworks being shot off starting at 9 p.m.
Crime does pay
The City Council is expected tonight to approve $12,480 in rent for office space at the Airport Courthouse through next year.
Because of cutbacks on the county level, all criminal misdemeanor cases will be moved out of the Santa Monica Courthouse and into the Airport Courthouse near LAX. As a result, the criminal division of the City Attorney’s Office will be required to do its daily work at the Airport Courthouse instead of Santa Monica. Civil deputies appearing on certain routine matters will be required to travel to the Airport Courthouse as well, according to city documents.
The proposed lease would allow the city to rent about 370 square feet of space and three non-reserved parking spaces, at $960 per month. The lease would begin in June and end in June of 2007. The amount of rent due for 2005-06 and 2006-07 is subject to a cost of living increase, which would most likely raise the rent, according to city documents.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 25, 2004. Read the original PDF.