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RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
JANUARY 5, 2010
The meeting was called to order at 7:03 P.M. by Mayor Wolowicz at Fred Hesse
Community Park, 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard.
City Council roll call was answered as follows:
PRESENT: Campbell, Long, Misetich, Stern, and Mayor Wolowicz
ABSENT: None
Also present were Carolyn Lehr, City Manager; Carolynn Petru, Deputy City Manager;
Carol Lynch, City Attorney; Dennis McLean, Director of Finance/Information Technology;
Joel Rojas, Director of Community Development; Tom Odom, Interim Director of
Recreation and Parks/Parks, Open Space and Trails Manager; Ron Dragoo, Senior
Engineer; Nicole Jules, Senior Engineer; and, Carla Morreale, City Clerk.
FLAG SALUTE:
The Flag Salute was led by Interim Director of Recreation and Parks Odom.
MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Knox provided a report and PowerPoint
presentation regarding the December 20, 2009 accident on Hawthorne Blvd. which
resulted in a fatality.
Director Rojas provided a report and PowerPoint presentation regarding the City's recent
purchase of the Upper Filiorum Property.
RECYCLE DRAWING:
Mayor Wolowicz announced Recyclers of the Month from the December 15, 2009 City
Council meeting: Betty Coull and Vivian Brownell. He indicated that all winners receive a
check for $250 representing a year of free refuse service and urged everyone to
participate in the City's Recycling Program.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA:
Councilman Stern moved, seconded by Councilman Misetich, to approve the agenda, as
presented.
Without objection, Mayor Wolowicz so ordered.
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
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Ken Dyda, Rancho Palos Verdes, stated that the misuse of the City Official's badge in the
past has been a problem with the person using it, not a problem with the badge, noting
that the misuse has been insignificant. He spoke in support of the City's current style of
badge, noting that it was recognizable from a distance in an emergency.
CITY MANAGER REPORT:
Interim Director of Recreation and Parks/Parks, Open Space and Trails Manager Odom
provided an update status report and PowerPoint presentation regarding the Park
Rangers and Park Improvements for Lower Hesse and Grandview Parks.
NEW BUSINESS:
APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR:
City Clerk Morreale reported that late correspondence was distributed prior to the
meeting regarding Item No. 6 (Award Contracts for On-Call Professional Services) and
No. 7 (All American Asphalt Change Order for Median Improvements on Palos Verdes
Drive West (PVDW) and Hawthorne Blvd); and there was one request to speak regarding
Item No. 4 (Adoption of Ordinance No. 502- Revision to Planning Case No. ZON2009-
00007 [Code Amendment and Environmental Assessment]: Further Revisions to the
Landslide Moratorium Ordinance [Chapter 15.20 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal
Code] to Establish an Exception Category to Allow for the Future Development of the
Sixteen (16) Monks Plaintiffs' Lots in Zone 2 to Increase the Maximum Permitted Quantity
of Grading per Lot from Less than 50 Cubic Yards to Less than 1,000 Cubic Yards).
In response to a question from Mayor Wolowicz, City Attorney Lynch explained the
content of the late correspondence materials regarding Item Nos. 6 and 7.
Mayor Wolowicz requested that there be a split vote taken regarding Item No. 8 (Appeal
of the Planning Commission's Approval of Case No. ZON2007-00253, a Revised
Interpretation Regarding the Coastal Setback Line on Properties in the City's Coastal
Zone).
Mayor Pro Tem Long moved, seconded by Councilman Stern, to approve the Consent
Calendar, as amended, with a separate vote for Item No. 8 and with Item No. 4 removed
from the Consent Calendar to follow immediately after the Consent Calendar.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Campbell*, Long, Misetich*, Stern, and Mayor Wolowicz
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
*Council Members Campbell and Misetich abstained from the Approval of the Minutes.
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Mayor Pro Tern Long moved, seconded by Councilman Stern, to approve the staff
recommendation on Item No. 8.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Campbell, Long, and Stern
NOES: Misetich and Mayor Wolowicz
ABSENT: None
Motion to Waive Full Reading
Adopted a motion to waive reading in full of all ordinances presented at this meeting with
consent of the waiver of reading deemed to be given by all Council Members after the
reading of the title.
Approval of the Minutes
Approved the Minutes of the November 17, 2009 Regular Meeting, with Councilman
Campbell and Councilman Misetich abstaining.
Border Issues Status Report
Received and filed the current report on the status of border issues.
Adoption of Ordinance No. 502 - Revision to Planning Case No. ZON2009-00007
(Code Amendment and Environmental Assessment): Further Revisions to the
Landslide Moratorium Ordinance (Chapter 15.20 of the Rancho Palos Verdes
Municipal Code) to Establish an Exception Category to Allow for the Future
Development of the Sixteen (16) Monks Plaintiffs' Lots in Zone 2 to Increase the
Maximum Permitted Quantity of Grading per Lot from Less than 50 Cubic Yards to
Less than 1,000 Cubic Yards
This item was removed from the Consent Calendar for separate consideration
immediately following the Consent Calendar.
Adoption of Ordinance No. 504-- Code Amendment, a Request to Amend Chapter
15.34 of Title 15 (Building and Construction Code) of the City's Municipal Code to
Implement a New Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance
ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 504, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES, TO AMEND MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 15.34 TO IMPLEMENT
THE STATE'S REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPING ON
SPECIFIC PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
Award Contracts for On-Call Professional Services
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1) Authorized awarding a contract, as amended, for on-call professional services to LRM,
Ltd.; Withers and Sandgren, Ltd.; Masoud Dejban, Inc.; and, Richie Bray, Inc.; and; 2)
Authorized the expenditure of up to $60,000 with each of these firms, with a not to
exceed amount of$25,000 for a single project.
All American Asphalt Change Order for Median Improvements on Palos Verdes
Drive West (PVDW) and Hawthorne Blvd.
Approved the staff recommendation, as amended, and approved the plans and
specifications and authorized a change order in the amount of$433,181.20 for median
improvements along Palos Verdes Drive West and Hawthorne Boulevard to All American
Asphalt Residential Roadway Rehabilitation contract.
Appeal of the Planning Commission's Approval of Case No. ZON2007-00253, a
Revised Interpretation Regarding the Coastal Setback Line on Properties in the
City's Coastal Zone
1) ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 2010-01, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, DENYING THE APPEAL BY MS.
PAMELA SIMES AND FURTHER REVISING THE DIRECTOR'S INTERPRETATION
(CASE NO. ZON2007-00253) DETERMINING THAT THE LOCATION OF THE CITY'S
COASTAL SETBACK LINE ON INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES WITHIN THE COASTAL
ZONE SHALL BE BASED ON THE CITY'S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP; and, 2) Directed
staff to initiate a Code Text Amendment clarifying that there is a 25-foot minimum setback
from the Coastal Setback Line.
Register of Demands
ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 2010-02, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND
DEMANDS AND SPECIFYING FUNDS FROM WHICH THE SAME ARE TO BE PAID.
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ITEM REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR:
Adoption of Ordinance No. 502 - Revision to Planning Case No. ZON2009-00007
(Code Amendment and Environmental Assessment): Further Revisions to the
Landslide Moratorium Ordinance (Chapter 15.20 of the Rancho Palos Verdes
Municipal Code) to Establish an Exception Category to Allow for the Future
Development of the Sixteen (16) Monks Plaintiffs' Lots in Zone 2 to Increase the
Maximum Permitted Quantity of Grading per Lot from Less than 50 Cubic Yards to
Less than 1,000 Cubic Yards
City Clerk Morreale reported that there was one request to speak regarding this item.
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Robert Maxwell, Portuguese Bend Community Association (PBCA) Liaison, Rancho
Palos Verdes, stated that the PBCA was earnestly opposed to the approval of the
grading of up to 1,000 cubic yards of earth in the unstable landslide area.
Councilman Stern moved, seconded by Mayor Wolowicz, to ADOPT ORDINANCE NO.
502, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, ADOPTING
FURTHER REVISIONS TO THE LANDSLIDE MORATORIUM ORDINANCE (CHAPTER
15.20 OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE) TO ESTABLISH AN
EXCEPTION CATEGORY TO ALLOW FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
SIXTEEN (16) MONKS PLAINTIFFS' LOTS IN ZONE 2 TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM
PERMITTED QUANTITY OF GRADING PER LOT FROM LESS THAN 50 CUBIC
YARDS TO LESS THAN 1,000 CUBIC YARDS.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Campbell, Long, Misetich, Stern, and Mayor Wolowicz
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
PAUSE TO CONSIDER THE REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA:
REGULAR NEW BUSINESS:
Planning Case No. ZON2009-00314 (Code Amendment Initiation Request): A
Request to Consider Initiating a Code Amendment to Revise the City's Exotic
Animal Keeping Regulations
Director of Community Development Rojas provided a brief staff report regarding the
consideration of initiating a Code Amendment to revise the City's Exotic Animal Keeping
Regulations.
Council and staff discussion ensued.
Mayor Wolowicz moved to initiate a Code Amendment to preclude allowing Exotic
Animals within City limits other than in the RS-1 and RS-2 Zones. The motion died for
the lack of a second.
Councilman Stern moved, seconded by Councilman Misetich, to receive and file the Staff
report.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Campbell, Long, Misetich, and Stern
NOES: Mayor Wolowicz
ABSENT: None
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Future Agenda Items — Status Update and Request for Direction
Mayor Wolowicz stated that he believed the staff report addressed the issues.
City Manager Lehr provided an update regarding the Animal Control services and the
possibility of the development of a Regional Animal Control option with the other cities on
the Peninsula. She suggested the retention of the Animal Control topic on the Future
Agenda Items List until staff works through a few issues related to the contract to provide
a dedicated Animal Control Officer for the region.
Council and staff discussion ensued regarding several of the topics on the Future Agenda
Items List.
Councilman Misetich requested that the following two items be added to the Future
Agenda Items List: 1) Conducting an objective analysis of the feasibility of a Zero-Based
Budget for the City; and, 2) Consideration of the feasibility of re-establishing the
Committee and Commission Membership back to seven members.
Mayor Pro Tem Long requested that the following two items be added to the Future
Agenda Items List: 1) Possible amendments to the View Ordinance; and 2) The initiation
of a process to consider a Floor Area Ratio.
Mayor Pro Tem Long moved, seconded by Councilman Campbell, to approve the staff
recommendation, as amended, to retain the Animal Control item on the Future Agenda
list; and with the addition of the following new items to the Future Agenda Item List:
Performing an Analysis to Consider Adoption of Zero-Based Budget Process; Increasing
the number of Commission/Committee Members to seven; Possible amendments to the
View Ordinance; and, Consideration of a Floor Area Ratio.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Campbell, Long, Misetich, Stern, and Mayor Wolowicz
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Mayor's Appointment of City Council Members to Intergovernmental Organizations
and Associations and City Subcommittees
City Clerk Morreale reported that late correspondence was distributed prior to the
meeting regarding this item. She explained that late correspondence consisted of emails
from residents and a memorandum update to Council regarding no appointment to
Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) being necessary since that
appointment was made on a regional basis through the South Bay Cities Council of
Governments (SBCCOG).
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Councilman Misetich withdrew his name from the Ponte Vista Development Liaison
assignment and stated that he would like to serve on a committee to address the
Tarapaca Roadway Stabilization Project.
Councilman Stern withdrew his name from the West Basin Water Association assignment
due to his inability to attend the meetings.
Mayor Wolowicz appointed Councilman Campbell and Councilman Misetich to the
SBCCOG Transportation Committee.
Mayor Pro Tem Long moved, seconded by Councilman Stern, to adopt the amended list
of appointments of the members of Council to the various intergovernmental
organizations and associations and City Subcommittees, with the following amendments:
1) Designating Councilman Campbell and Councilman Misetich to the SBCCOG
Transportation Committee; 2) Replacing Councilman Stern with Mayor Pro Tem Long as
alternate on the West Basin Water Association; 3) Creating a Tarapaca Roadway
Stabilization Project and appointing Councilman Misetich and Councilman Stern to that
Committee; and, 4) Replacing Councilman Misetich as Ponte Vista Development Liaison
with Councilman Campbell.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Campbell, Long, Misetich, Stern, and Mayor Wolowicz
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
CITY COUNCIL ORAL REPORTS:
Each Council Member reported on his attendance at various organization and association
meetings since the last City Council Oral Reports were provided on December 1, 2009.
ADJOURNMENT:
Mayor Wolowicz adjourned the meeting at 8:42 P.M. to Saturday, January 9, 2010, at
9:30 A.M. at Hesse Park for a City Council Team Building Workshop.
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