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AGENDA
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
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. REGULAR SESSION (INTERVIEWS- FIRESIDE ROOM)
7:00 P.M. REGULAR SESSION (COUNCIL CHAMBERS)
(20 mins) CALL TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL:
FLAG SALUTE:
NEXT RESOL. NO. 2009 -66
NEXT ORDINANCE NO. 499
CEREMONIAL: Presentation of City tiles to former Equestrian Committee Members
MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mayor's Business Recognition of the Month — Ralph's
Market; Recognition of Emergency Response Volunteer Organizations
RECYCLE DRAWING:
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
PUBLIC COMMENTS: (This section of the agenda is for audience comments for items NOT on the
agenda.)
CITY MANAGER REPORT:
NEW BUSINESS:
30940 Hawthorne Boulevard / Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 -5391 / (310) 544 -5208 / Fax (310) 544 -5291
www.palosverdes.com/rpv
(5 mins) APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR:
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 July 7, 2009 and July 21, 2009
Regular Meetings.
3. New Five -Year Contract with Los Angeles County for Law Enforcement Services
(Petru)
Recommendation: 1) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2009 -_, A RESOLUTION
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
REQUESTING ADDITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES FROM THE
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT UNDER THE CITY -
COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT; and, 2) Authorize
the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute the 2009 City- County Law Enforcement
Services Agreement on behalf of the City.
4. Claim Against the City by Jane Bowers (Gyves)
Recommendation: Reject the claim and direct staff to notify the claimant.
5. State of California Recreational Trails Program Grant — Palos Verdes Nature
Preserve at the Forrestal Reserve (Mihranian)
Recommendation: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2009 -_, A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
AUTHORIZING STAFF TO FILE A STATE RECREATIONAL TRAILS
PROGRAM (RTP) GRANT FOR TRAIL AND TRAILHEAD IMPROVEMENTS AT
THE FORRESTAL RESERVE AND COMMITTING THE ALLOCATION OF 12%
MATCHING FUNDS FOR THE GRANT PROJECT, IF APPROVED.
6. State of California Habitat Conservation Fund Project Grant — Palos Verdes
Nature Preserve at the Portuguese Bend Reserve (Mihranian)
Recommendation: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2009- _, A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
AUTHORIZING THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA LAND CONSERVANCY
(PVPLC), ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, TO
SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE STATE'S HABITAT
CONSERVATION FUND FOR TRAIL AND HABITAT RESTORATION TO THE
AREA DAMAGED BY THE RECENT FIRE AT THE PORTUGUESE BEND
RESERVE.
7. Item removed from the Agenda.
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8. Register of Demands (McLean)
Recommendation: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2009 -_, 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.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
(5 mins) 9. Appeal of the Planning Commission's Denial of Case No. ZON2001 -00213
(Grading and Site Plan Review) for Property Located at 2700 1/2 San Ramon
Drive (Schonborn)
Recommendation: Take no action on the appeal and remand the appellant's
revised project to the Planning Commission for reconsideration.
(20 mins) 10. Revision "SS" to the Trump National Golf Course Project [Continued from July
21, 2009] (Pfost)
Recommendation: 1) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2009 -_, A RESOLUTION
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
ADOPTING ADDENDUM 39 TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO. 36;
2) ADOPT URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. , AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO THE
TRUMP NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AUTHORIZING AN
EXTENSION TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO MARCH 17, 2010,
AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF; 3) Authorize the Mayor and the
City Clerk to execute the documents on behalf of the City; 4) Extend Vesting
Tentative Tract Map No. 50666 consistent with the term of the Development
Agreement; and, 5) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2009 -_, A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
AMENDING GRADING PERMIT NO. 1541 TO ALLOW AN EXTENSION TO
THE OPERATION OF THE DRIVING RANGE TO MARCH 17, 2010.
PAUSE TO CONSIDER THE REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA:
REGULAR NEW BUSINESS:
(15 mins) 11. Request to Waive a Portion of the Penalty Fee for an After - the -Fact Extreme
Slope Permit and Site Plan Review (Case No. ZON2009- 00317) for a Property
Located at 6842 Crest Road (Kim)
Recommendation: Approve a modification of the applicant's fee waiver request,
thereby agreeing to waive $817 in penalty fees as opposed to the applicant's
request to waive $2,299 in penalty fees associated with the submittal of a current
after - the -fact planning application.
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(15 mins) 12. Pilot Program Status Report on the Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR)
System (Petru /Lehr)
Recommendation: 1) Receive a status report on the initial six -month operation
of the Automatic License Plate Recognition System; and, 2) Direct staff to
present the findings at the Regional Law Enforcement Committee meeting on
November 12, 2009 to determine if there is interest in expanding the program
regionally.
(15 mins) 13. Planning Case No. ZON2009 -00007 (Code Amendment and Environmental
Assessment): 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'
Undeveloped Lots in Zone 2 (Fox)
Recommendation: 1) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2009 -_, A RESOLUTION
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
CERTIFYING THE MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND MITIGATION
MONITORING PROGRAM; and, 2) ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 498, AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, ADOPTING
AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 15.20 (MORATORIUM ON LAND USE
PERMITS) OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE TO
ESTABLISH AN EXCEPTION CATEGORY TO ALLOW FOR THE FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SIXTEEN (16) MONKS PLAINTIFFS'
UNDEVELOPED LOTS IN ZONE 2.
(5 mins) 14. Code Amendment to Chapter 17.11 "Affordable Housing" and Chapter 17.96
"Definitions" (Case No. ZON2009- 00125) (Schonborn)
Recommendation: REINTRODUCE ORDINANCE NO. 495, AN ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, AMENDING CHAPTER 17.11
(AFFORDABLE HOUSING) AND CHAPTER 17.96 (DEFINITIONS) OF THE
CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE TO CONFORM TO STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW.
(5 mins) 15. East Tract 16540 Portuguese Bend Club Zone Change (Case No. ZON2009-
00053) (Mikhail)
Recommendation: REINTRODUCE ORDINANCE NO. 496 AND ADOPT
ORDINANCE NO. 4960, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES, APPROVING A "CLEAN -UP" ZONE CHANGE FOR EAST
TRACT 16540 — PORTUGUESE BEND CLUB — TO MAINTAIN
CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY'S LOCAL COASTAL SPECIFIC PLAN
AND TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SPECIFIC
PROPERTIES THAT ARE ZONED SINGLE— FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (RS -2)
OR DUAL -ZONED SINGLE - FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (RS -2 AND RS -5) TO
SINGLE - FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (RS -5) WITH NO CHANGES TO
PORTIONS OF LOTS THAT ARE ZONED OPEN SPACE HAZARD (OH),
AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF.
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(5 mins) 16. Amended and Restated Agreement to Purchase Additional Acreage to be
Included in the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve (Rojas /Lynch)
Recommendation: 1) Approve the Amended and Restated Purchase, Sale and
Donation Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions between the City, the Palos
Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy (PVPLC), and York Long Point Associates
(YLPA) to purchase 161 acres of open space and accept 30 acres of donated
open space; 2) Authorize the Mayor to execute the Agreement and its
attachments on behalf of the City; and, 3) Find that the purchase and donation is
consistent with the City's General Plan.
(5 miss) 17. Grant Applications for Acquisition of Open Space (Ramezani /Rojas)
Recommendation: 1) Approve the submission of an application for grant funds
from the State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, Bond Act of
2002 for Per Capita Grant in an amount up to $220,000, for the acquisition of
critical natural lands and wildlife habitat in the Portuguese Bend area for
preservation as open space; 2) Approve the submission of an application for
grant funds from the County of Los Angeles, Regional Park and Open Space, for
Proposition A (Measure A) Grant in the amount of $15,913 for the acquisition of
critical natural lands and wildlife habitat in the Portuguese Bend area for
preservation as open space; 3) Approve the use of up to $419,087 of Capital
Improvement Project Fund Reserves for the acquisition of critical natural lands
and wildlife habitat in the Portuguese Bend area for preservation as open space;
and, 4) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2009- _, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, AMENDING
RESOLUTION 2009 -40, THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION FOR FISCAL YEAR
2009 -10, FOR A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TO THE CITY'S MEASURE A
CAPITAL FUND, AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FUND.
(10 mins) 18. Proposed Amendment of City Council Policy No. 37 (Stern)
Recommendation: 1) Direct Staff to approach the Annenberg Foundation on
the feasibility of designing and incorporating the Wall of Honor as part of the
current joint enhancement program for Lower Point Vicente Park; and, 2) Modify
Policy No. 37 to provide that when naming a City facility after an individual, a
period of at least two years shall have passed following the death of such
person, to allow perspective and a period of reflection before the City Council
acts to name a facility after that individual. That passage of time will increase
the likelihood that decisions comply with the standards of our Policy No. 37.
(10 mins) 19. Ordinance Adopting a City Council Salary In Lieu of the Current Monthly
Expense Reimbursement (Lynch)
Recommendation: INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CODIFYING THE COMPENSATION
POLICY FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS' EXPENSES
AND AMENDING THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE.
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(5 mins) 20. Appointments to the Finance Advisory Committee (Morreale)
Recommendation: Appoint two members to the Finance Advisory Committee
to fill vacancies, each with an unexpired term of office until December 6, 2010.
(10 mins) CITY COUNCIL ORAL REPORTS: (This section of the agenda is designated for oral
reports from Council Members to report action taken at outside committee and
association meetings.)
(5 mins) COUNCIL DISCUSSION & SUGGESTION OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS:
ADJOURNMENT: Adjourn to Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 7:00 P.M. at Hesse
Park for an Adjourned Regular Council Meeting /Joint Planning Commission Workshop.
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