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WRk., RANCHO PALOS VERDES
AGENDA
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
NOVEMBER 20, 2007
FRED HESSE COMMUNITY PARK, 29301 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD
REMOTE SITE:
The Princeville Resort
5520 Kahaku Road
Princeville, Kauai, HI 96722
6:00 P.M. CLOSED SESSION: SEE ATTACHED BROWN ACT CHECK LIST FOR
DETAILS.
7:00 P.M. REGULAR SESSION
CALL TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL:
FLAG SALUTE:
NEXT RESOL. NO. 2007 -115
NEXT ORDINANCE NO. 465
CEREMONIAL: Recognition of Pam Emerson on her retirement from the California
Coastal Commission
MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS: Recruitment for Planning Commission and
Finance Advisory Committee
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: Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy Annual
Report for Management of the Nature Preserve
30940 Hawthorne Boulevard / Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 -5391 / (310) 544 -5208 / Fax (310) 544 -5291
www.palosverdes.com/rpv
NEW BUSINESS:
APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR:
A. EMERGENCY STORM DRAIN PROJECT
Mossbank Storm Drain Rehabilitation (Bell)
Recommendation: Review and reconfirm by a four /fifths (4/5) vote, the
Council's previous action on August 21, 2007, authorizing staff to proceed with
emergency repairs to the Mossbank Drive Storm Drain.
B. OTHER CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS:
2. 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.
3. Approval of the Minutes (Morreale)
Recommendation: Approve the Minutes of the July 17, 2007 and August 7,
2007 Regular Meetings and the September 4, 2007 and September 26, 2007
Adjourned Regular Meetings.
4. Border Issues Status Report (Fox)
Recommendation: Review the current status of border issues.
5. Claim Against the City by Ingrid Mazsick (Gyves)
Recommendation: Reject the claim and direct staff to notify the claimant.
6. Side Fund (Pension) Liability Refinancing (McLean /Gyves)
Recommendation: 1) Direct Staff to proceed with restructuring the City's $2.43
million Side Fund Liability by using $691,500 in excess funds in the Employee
Benefits fund and using a pooled financing program offered by California
Statewide Communities Development Authority to refinance the remaining $1.74
million; 2) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2007- , A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, AUTHORIZING THE
ISSUANCE OF ONE OR MORE SERIES OF PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS,
APPROVING THE FORM OF AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND
DELIVERY OF A TRUST AGREEMENT AND A PURCHASE AGREEMENT,
AND AUTHORIZING A VALIDATION ACTION AND OTHER MATTERS
RELATING THERETO; and, 3) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2007- , A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES, AMENDING RESOLUTION 2007 -70, THE BUDGET
APPROPRIATION FOR FY07 -08, TO INCREASE EXPENDITURES IN THE
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND.
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7. Purchase of Tax Defaulted Property (Petru)
Recommendation: Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign an Agreement to
Purchase Tax - Defaulted Property for a vacant parcel in Windport Canyon.
8. Register of Demands (McLean)
Recommendation: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2007- 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:
9. Extension to the Trump National Development Agreement (Pfost)
Recommendation: 1) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2007 -_, A RESOLUTION
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
ADOPTING ADDENDUM 30 TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO. 36;
(2) ADOPT URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. , AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, AUTHORIZING AN EXTENSION TO THE
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT; (3) Authorize the Mayor and the City Clerk to
execute the documents on behalf of the City; and (4) Extend Vesting Tentative
Tract Map No. 50666 consistent with the term of the Development Agreement.
PAUSE TO CONSIDER THE REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA:
REGULAR NEW BUSINESS:
10. Approve Grant Application for Proposition 12, 2000 Resource Bond Funds
(Ramezani)
Recommendation: 1) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2007- _ , A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES, APPROVING THE APPLICANT TO APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDS
FOR THE PER CAPITA GRANT PROGRAM UNDER THE SAFE
NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, CLEAN WATER, CLEAN AIR, AND COASTAL
PROTECTION BOND ACT OF 2000; and, 2) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO.
2007- _ , A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, AMENDING RESOLUTION 2007 -70, THE
BUDGET APPROPRIATION FOR FY 07 -08, ADJUSTING THE GENERAL
FUND REVENUE BUDGET.
11. Approve Median Improvement Projects (Ramezani)
Recommendation: Approve two center median improvement projects at the
northern and western gateway /entrances to the City.
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12. Public Use Master Plan (PUMP) — City Council Public Workshop to Review
the PUMP Committee's Recommended Preserve Trails Plan (Rojas)
Recommendation: Select a date, time and location in early 2008 to conduct a
City Council public workshop to review and receive public feedback on: 1) The
PUMP Committee's Preserve Trails Plan (PTP) recommendations; and, 2) A
proposed temporary ban on certain trail uses in certain portions of the City's
Preserve until the PUMP is ultimately approved by the City Council.
13. Employee Health Saving Accounts (Petru)
Recommendation: The City Health Insurance Council Committee recommends
implementation of employee Health Savings Accounts as part of the City's health
insurance renewal package for 2008.
14. Ordinance Clarifying that the City's Redevelopment Plan Does Not Include the
Power of Eminent Domain (Lynch)
Recommendation: INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES CLARIFYING THAT THE
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY'S
PROJECT AREA DOES NOT INCLUDE THE POWER TO ACQUIRE REAL
PROPERTY BY EMINENT DOMAIN.
15. Channel 33 Transition (Lehr /McLean)
Recommendation: 1) Approve Expense Report reimbursement requests totaling
$10,141 submitted by Gabriella Holt, dated October 22, 2007, November 5,
2007, and November 9, 2007, in the amounts of $7,727, $1,203, and $1,211
respectively; 2) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2007- , A RESOLUTION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, AMENDING
RESOLUTION NO. 2007 -71, MODIFYING THE SALARY RANGE FOR THE
POSITIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE /PUBLIC WORKS /CABLE TELEVISION
INTERN; and 3) Approve the performance of a subscriber survey to be
conducted by Telecommunications Management Corp. to ascertain viewership
and interest in educational and government access programming (Channels 33
and 35) in Rancho Palos Verdes for an amount not to exceed $15,750.
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.)
COUNCIL DISCUSSION & SUGGESTION OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS:
CLOSED SESSION REPORT:
ADJOURNMENT: Adjourn to a time and place certain only if you wish to meet prior to
the next regular meeting.
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CLOSED SESSION AGENDA CHECKLIST
Based on Government Code Section 54954.5
(All Statutory References are to California Government Code Sections)
Conference with Real Property Negotiators
G.C. 54956.8
Potential purchase of open space:
Property: Filiorum: APN 7572 - 012 -024, 7572 - 012 -028, 7572 - 012 -029, 7573-
003 -016, 7581 - 023 -031, 7581 - 023 -029, 7572 - 002 -022
City Negotiators: City Manager; City Attorney; Mayor Pro Tern Stem; Director of
Planning, Building and Code Enforcement; Mike Kilroy; Barbara
Dye, Bill Swank, and Henry Jurgens
Negotiating Parties: York Long Point Associates
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment
Public Employee Performance Evaluation
G.C. 54957
Personnel
Title: City Manager
Specify Position /Title of Employee Being Reviewed
Conference with Legal Counsel
The City Council /Agency finds, based on advice from legal counsel, that discussion in
open session will prejudice the position of the local agency in the litigation:
Existing Litigation:
G.C. 54956.9(a)
Name of Case: Sturgeon v. City of Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles Superior
Court. Case No. SB07CO3818
American with Disabilities Act: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, if you require a
disability - related modification or accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting, including auxiliary aids or
services, please call the City Clerk's Office at 310 544 -5208 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.
NOTE: Staff reports are available for inspection at City Hall, 30940 Hawthorne Boulevard during regular business
hours, 7:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Monday — Thursday and 7:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. on Friday. The agenda and staff
reports can also be viewed at Hesse Community Park, 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard during regular business hours:
Monday — Friday from 9 :00 A.M. until dusk; Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 A.M. until dusk.
You can also view the agenda and staff reports at the City's website www.palosverdes.com /RPV.
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