CC AGD 20100720
AGENDA
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
JULY 20, 2010
FRED HESSE COMMUNITY PARK, 29301 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD
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amount of time that will be spent during the meeting on that particular item.
Accordingly, these estimates should not be relied on in determining when a
matter will be heard, especially since agenda items are often re-ordered during a
meeting and may be discussed at any time.
6:00 P.M. CLOSED SESSION: SEE ATTACHED BROWN ACT CHECK LIST FOR
DETAILS.
7:00 P.M. REGULAR SESSION
CALL TO ORDER:
(15 mins)
ROLL CALL:NEXT RESOL. NO. 2010-60
NEXT ORDINANCE NO. 512
FLAG SALUTE:
MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Announcement ofAPA Special Award of Merit for
Planning Excellence in Implementation – Small Jurisdiction for Terranea Project
RECYCLE DRAWING:
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
NOT
(This section of the agenda is for audience comments for items on the
.)
agenda
CITY MANAGER REPORT:
Overview of Enhanced Recreation Programming; Update
on San Ramon Canyon Stabilization Project
NEW BUSINESS:
30940 Hawthorne Boulevard / Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275-5391 / (310) 544-5208 / Fax (310) 544-5291
www.palosverdes.com/rpv
APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR:
(5 mins)
1. Motion to Waive Full Reading
Recommendation:
Adopt 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.
2. Approval of the Minutes (Morreale)
Recommendation:
Approve the Minutes of the May 22, 2010 Adjourned
Regular Meeting/Budget Workshop.
3. Notice of Completion for the Residential Street Overlay and Slurry Seal (Area 6
and a Portion of Area 8), Median Modification and Median Landscape
Improvement Projects (Vaish)
Recommendation:
1) Accept the work as complete; 2) Authorize the City Clerk
to file a Notice of Completion with the LA County Registrar-Recorder Office; and
if no claims are filed within 35 days after recordation, and upon the contractor
posting an acceptable warranty bond, notice the surety company to exonerate
the Payment and Performance bonds; and, 3) Authorize the Director of Public
Works to release the 10% retention payment, in the amount of $144,793.51 to
All American Asphalt, Inc., 35 days after recordation of the Notice of Completion
by the County Recorder contingent upon no claims being filed on the project and
the contractor posting an acceptable warranty bond.
4. Notice of Completion for the Arterial Street Resurfacing Project: ESPL-5413(010)
(Vaish)
Recommendation:
1) Accept the work as complete; 2) Authorize the City Clerk
to file a Notice of Completion with the LA County Registrar-Recorder Office and if
no claims are filed within 35 days after recordation, and upon the contractor
posting an acceptable warranty bond, notice the surety company to exonerate
the Payment and Performance bonds; and, 3) Authorize the Director of Public
Works to release the 10% retention payment in the amount of $203,683.95 to All
American Asphalt, Inc., 35 days after recordation of the Notice of Completion by
the County Recorder contingent upon no claims being filed on the project, and
the contractor posting an acceptable warranty bond.
5. Notice of Completion for City Hall Campus Generator System Installation Project
(Motahari)
Recommendation:
1) Accept the work as complete; 2) Authorize the City Clerk
to file a Notice of Completion with the County Recorder; and if no claims are filed
within 35 days after recordation, and upon the contractor posting an acceptable
warranty bond, notice the surety company to exonerate the Payment and
Performance bonds; and, 3) Authorize the Director of Public Works to release
the 10% retention payment in the amount of $23,824.80 to Unique Performance
Construction Inc. 35 days after recordation of the Notice of Completion by the
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County Recorder contingent upon no claims being filed on the project, and the
contractor posting an acceptable warranty bond.
6. City of Rancho Palos Verdes Accessibility Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan
(Motahari)
Recommendation:
1) Award contract to BOA Architecture to provide a Citywide
Accessibility Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan in the amount not to exceed
$73,812 with an allowance of $15,000 for unforeseen items of work which may
be added to the scope of work, for a total of $88,812; and, 2) Authorize the
Mayor and the City Clerk to execute the contract with BOA Architecture.
7. Register of Demands (McLean)
Recommendation:
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2010-__, 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.
7A. Used Oil Payment Program (Holland)
Recommendation:
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2010-___, A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF A USED OIL PAYMENT PROGRAM
APPLICATION TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCES
RECYCLING AND RECOVERY, AND AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF
PUBLIC WORKS TO EXECUTE ANY AGREEMENTS, CONTRACTS, AND
REQUESTS FOR PAYMENT AS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE
PROGRAM, UNTIL RESCINDED.
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PUBLIC HEARINGS:
8. Proposed View Restoration and Preservation Guideline Revisions (Alvarez)
(30 mins)
Recommendation:
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2010-__, A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, THEREBY
APPROVING A NUMBER OF MINOR AMENDMENTS TO CLARIFY THE
CITY’S VIEW RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION GUIDELINES AND
PROCEDURES.
9. Conformance with the 2010 Annual Los Angeles County Congestion
(5 mins)
Management Program (CMP) (Kim)
Recommendation:
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2010-__, A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, THEREBY
ADOPTING THE CITY’S 2010 LOCAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT (LDR) AND
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SELF-CERTIFYING THE CITY’S CONFORMANCE WITH THE 2004
CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (CMP) FOR LOS ANGELES
COUNTY.
PAUSE TO CONSIDER THE REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA:
REGULAR NEW BUSINESS:
10. Proposed Stadium Lighting at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (Fox)
(30 mins)
Recommendation:
Receive this report on a proposal to add lighting to the existing
stadium at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, and provide direction to Staff as
deemed appropriate.
11. Planning Case No. ZON2010-00223 (Code Amendment Initiation Request): A
(10 mins)
Request to Consider Initiating a Clean-Up Code Amendment to Correct the
Omission of Specific Plan District VII from Chapter 17.38 (Specific Plan Districts)
of the Development Code (Fox)
Recommendation:
Receive the request from Staff to initiate a Code
Amendment to clean up an omission in Chapter 17.38 (Specific Plan Districts) of
the Rancho Palos Verdes Development Code (RPVDC), and provide direction as
deemed appropriate.
12. Initiation Request to Amend Conditional Use Permit No. 68 (Lunada Point –
(20 mins)
Tract No. 40640) (ZON2010-00185) (Trester)
Recommendation:
Authorize Staff to process an amendment to Conditional
Use Permit (CUP) No. 68 that would modify the existing conditions in the CUP
regarding foliage height to be consistent with the provisions of the City’s View
Restoration process.
13. Resolution Opposing Marymount College Initiative (Stern/Misetich)
(45 mins)
Recommendation:
COUNCILMAN MISETICH AND COUNCILMAN STERN
RECOMMEND THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO. 2010-__, A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
TAKING A POSITION IN OPPOSITION TO THE MARYMOUNT INITIATIVE
CERTIFIED FOR THE NOVEMBER 2, 2010 BALLOT.
14. Amendments to Administrative Penalty Ordinance and Resolution Establishing
(10 mins)
the Administrative Penalty Citation Schedule (Odom/Lynch)
Recommendation:
1) INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NO. ___, AN ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, AMENDING CHAPTER 1.08
(GENERAL PENALTY) AND CHAPTER 1.16 (ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES)
OF TITLE 1 (GENERAL PROVISIONS) OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION
ORDINANCE; and, 2) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2010-__, A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
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ESTABLISHING ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES AND AMENDING THE
ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION PENALTY SCHEDULE FOR CERTAIN
VIOLATIONS OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE.
CITY COUNCIL ORAL REPORTS:
(This section of the agenda is designated for oral
(10 mins)
reports from Council Members to report action taken at outside committee and
association meetings.)
CLOSED SESSION REPORT:
ADJOURNMENT:only
Adjourn to a time and place certain if you wish to meet prior to
the next regular meeting.
CLOSED SESSION AGENDA CHECKLIST
Based on Government Code Section 54954.5
(All Statutory References are to California Government Code Sections)
Existing Litigation:
G.C. 54956.9(a)
Name of Case: VH Property Corp. and VHPS LLC v. City of Rancho Palos Verdes,
et al., Los Angeles County Superior Court. Case No. BC404048.
Potential Litigation:
G.C. 54956.9(b)
A point has been reached where, in the opinion of the City Council on the advice of its
legal counsel, based on the below-described facts and circumstances, there is a
significant exposure to litigation against the City:
Based on a threat of litigation received from Andrea Joannou on January 9, 2008
regarding 40 Cherry Hill in a meeting with City Manager Lehr, City Attorney Lynch and
Director of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement Rojas; and based on a threat of
litigation received in a letter from Douglas W. Beck, Esq. dated February 25, 2009. A
copy of the memorandum from the City Attorney documenting the threat of litigation and
a copy of the letter from Douglas W. Beck, Esq. are on file in the City Clerk’s Office.
Number of Potential Cases (1)
Potential Litigation:
G.C. 54956.9(b)
A point has been reached where, in the opinion of the City Council on the advice of its
legal counsel, based on the below-described facts and circumstances, there is a
significant exposure to litigation against the City:
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Based on a threat of litigation in a letter dated January 19, 2010, to City Attorney Carol
Lynch from Richard C. Greenberg of Greenberg, Whicombe & Takeuchi, LLP, a copy of
which is on file in the City Clerk's office.
Number of Potential Cases (2)
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