CC RES 2007-015 RESOLUTION NO. 2007-15
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,AMENDING
RESOLUTION NO. 2006-41, THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006-2007, TO
INCREASE THE BUDGET FOR PROFESSIONAL/TECHNICAL SERVICES RELATED TO STATE
LOBBYING EFFORTS TO SECURE FUNDING FOR THE CITY'S PORTUGUESE BEND OPEN
SPACE ACQUISITION.
WHEREAS, Section 3.32 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code provides that all
expenditures in excess of budgeted allocations must be by supplemental appropriation of the City
Council; and,
WHEREAS, on June 6, 2006, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes adopted
Resolution No. 2006-41, approving a spending plan and authorizing a budget appropriation for FY06-
07; and,
WHEREAS, the City's partner in the open space acquisition effort, the Palos Verdes Peninsula
Land Conservancy(PVPLC), has retained the services of Joseph Caves, a state lobbyist, to assist in its
efforts in securing state funding for future acquisitions that are necessary for completing the City's
NCCP; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Caves was seen as playing a pivotal role in securing passage of a state bond
act, which was needed to fund the City's proposed open space acquisitions, and as a result, the City
Council agreed to pay for half of the PVPLC's lobbyist costs for the calendar year 2006 at a cost of
$18,000.
WHEREAS, upon successful passage of a state bond act in 2006, Mr. Caves is seen as playing
a pivotal role in securing an allocation of state bond monies for the City, which are needed to fund the
City's proposed open space acquisitions, and as a result, the City Council is agreeing to continue to pay
for half of the PVPLC's lobbyist costs for the calendar year 2007 at a cost of$18,000.
BE IT, THEREFORE, RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES:
The following adjustments be made to the FY06-07 budget:
Increase the General fund budget as follows:
NCCP #101-4005-441-32-00 Professional/Technical $ 18,000
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED THE 20th DAY 0 F. : -UARY 2007
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Attest: Mayor
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State of California )
County of Los Angeles )ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Carolynn Petru, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify that the above
Resolution No. 2007-15 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at regular
meeting thereof held on February 20, 2007.
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