CC AGD 20111018
AGENDA
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
OCTOBER 18, 2011
FRED HESSE COMMUNITY PARK, 29301 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD
REMOTE SITE:
Intercontinental Milwaukee
139 East Kilbourn Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53202
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7:00 P.M. REGULAR SESSION
CALL TO ORDER:
(10 mins)
ROLL CALL:NEXT RESOL. NO. 2011-83
NEXT ORDINANCE NO. 528
FLAG SALUTE:
MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS:
RECYCLE DRAWING:
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
NOT
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the agenda
CITY MANAGER REPORT:
Long Beach Airpace; Compass Blueprint Grant
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)
A. 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.
B. Approval of Minutes (Morreale)
Recommendation:
Approve the Minutes of the October 4, 2011 Regular
Meeting.
C. Notice of Completion – Hesse and Ryan Parks Athletic Field Improvements
Project (Motahari)
Recommendation:
1) Accept the project as complete; 2) Authorize the City
Clerk to file a Notice of Completion for the project 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
$45,716.68 to America West Landscape, 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.
D. Adoption of Ordinance No. 526 – Readopting Certain Revisions to the
Landslide Moratorium Ordinance (Lynch)
Recommendation:
ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 526, AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, REPEALING URGENCY ORDINANCE
NO. 459U, ORDINANCE NO. 427U AND URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 439U
AND AMENDING SECTION 15.20.040 AND SECTION 15.20.050 OF THE
RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE.
E. Rubberized Pavement Grant Program - FY11-12 & 12-13 (Ramezani)
Recommendation:
1) Authorize the submittal of a grant application to the
Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) for a
Rubberized Pavement (Pavement) Grant Program FY 11-12 & 12-13; and,
2) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2011- ___, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, AUTHORIZING
SUBMITTAL OF APPLICATION(S) FOR ALL CALRECYCLE GRANTS FOR
WHICH THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES IS ELIGIBLE.
F. Authorize Access Agreement with the Portuguese Bend Club (Dragoo)
Recommendation:
1) Approve the attached Right of Access Agreement by
and between the Portuguese Bend Club Homeowners Association and the City
of Rancho Palos Verdes; and, 2) Authorize the Mayor to execute the
Agreement.
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G.Register of Demands (McLean)
Recommendation:
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2011-__, 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.
H. Employee Health Insurance Premiums for 2012 (Mausser)
Recommendation:
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2011-__, A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
AMENDING THE CITY’S MAXIMUM MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS
FOR EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR CALENDAR YEAR
2012.
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PUBLIC HEARINGS:
1. Code Amendment to Revise the Current Program that Allows Non-Commercial
(15 mins)
Organizations to Place Temporary Special Event Banners in the City’s Right-of-
Way [Continued from October 4, 2011] (Harwell)
Recommendation:
REINTRODUCE ORDINANCE NO. 527, AN ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, AMENDING SECTION
17.76.050.D OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE TO
REVISE AND CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PLACEMENT OF
TEMPORARY NONCOMMERCIAL BANNERS WITHIN THE PUBLIC STREET
RIGHTS-OF-WAY.
2. Appeal of the Planning Commission’s Denial of a Height Variation and Site Plan
(40 mins)
Review for a Proposed Second Story Addition to the Existing Residence
located at 6530 La Garita (Case No. ZON2010-00331) [Continued from August
16, 2011] (Mikhail)
Recommendation:
Deny the appeal, thereby upholding the Planning
Commission’s decision to deny the requested Height Variation and Site Plan
Review at 6530 La Garita (Case No. ZON2010-00331), and direct Staff to
return to the next meeting with the appropriate Resolution.
3. Use of State Funding for Supplemental Police Services–CORE Police Team
(5 mins)
(Petru)
Recommendation:
Approve the continued use of COPS (Citizen Option for
Police Services) grant in FY11-12 to partially fund the CORE Police Team.
REGULAR NEW BUSINESS:
(20 mins) 4. Adoption of the Updated Zoning Map (Harwell)
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Recommendation: INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NO. ___, AN ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, APPROVING THE CITY’S
DIGITIZED UPDATED ZONING MAP AS THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP FOR
THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES.
(45 mins) 5. Initiate a Code Amendment to Revise RPVMC Chapter 17.90 (Interpretation
Procedure) (Harwell)
Recommendation: Initiate a Code Amendment to revise Title 17.90 of the
RPVMC to amend the Interpretation Procedures to allow the Community
Development Director to make adjustments of a zoning or special district
boundary line from thirty feet to one hundred feet without the processing of a
Zoning Map amendment.
6. Palos Verdes Nature Preserve – Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy
(20 mins)
Annual Management Reports (Mihranian)
Recommendation:
Receive and file the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land
Conservancy’s 2008-2009 and 2010 Annual Report on managing the City’s
Palos Verdes Nature Preserve.
7. Formal Recognition of Employee Organization and Designation of Management
(10 mins)
Representative (Lynch)
Recommendation:
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2011-___, A RESOLUTION
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
ACKNOWLEDGING THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES EMPLOYEE
ASSOCIATION AS AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION AND MAJORITY
REPRESENTATIVE IN A BARGAINING UNIT OF NON-MANAGEMENT
EMPLOYEES AND DESIGNATING THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
AS THE CITY’S PRINCIPAL MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVE, AND
DESIGNATING THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER AND THE CITY’S
LABOR COUNSEL AS THE CITY’S REPRESENTATIVES TO MEET AND
CONFER WITH THE ASSOCIATION.
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