CC AGD 20050315
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ANCHOALOS ERDES
AGENDA
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
MARCH 15, 2005
FRED HESSE COMMUNITY PARK, 29301 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD
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6:00 P.M. CLOSED SESSION: SEE ATTACHED BROWN ACT CHECK LIST FOR
DETAILS.
6:30 P.M. ADVISORY BOARD CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS
7:00 P.MREGULAR SESSION
.
CALL TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL
(1 min) :
NEXT RESOL. NO. 2005-21
() FLAG SALUTE:NEXT ORDINANCE NO. 417
2 min
MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS:
(5 min)
RECYCLE DRAWING:
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
(2 min)
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
NOT
(This section of the agenda is for audience comments for items
(15 min)
.)
on the agenda
CITY MANAGER REPORTS:
(2 min)
OLD BUSINESS:
(For items previously discussed and continued to a future meeting go to the City’s website at
www.palosverdes.com/rpv)
NEW BUSINESS:
APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR:
(5 min)
1. Motion to waive full reading.
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www.palosverdes.com/rpv
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. (Petru)
Recommendation:
Approve the Minutes of February 1, 2005 Adjourned
Regular Meeting (Advisory Board Chair Interviews), February 15, 2005
Adjourned Regular Meeting (Advisory Board Interviews) and February 19, 2005
(Emergency Meeting).
3. Tarapaca Storm Drain (Allison)
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Recommendation:
Review and reconfirm with a 4/5 vote, the City Council’s
action on December 21, 2004, to authorize staff to conduct an informal bid
process to repair the Tarapaca Storm Drain.
4. Code Amendment (Case No. ZON2004-00530), Draft Geologic Disclosure
Ordinance (Introduced on March 1, 2005) (Fox)
Recommendation:
ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 416, THEREBY ENACTING THE
GEOLOGIC DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE.
5. 2004-2005 Rainy Season Storm Damage Fee and Permit Waiver Resolution
(Fox)
Recommendation:
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2005- ; THEREBY WAIVING
CERTAIN FEE AND PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REPAIR OF
DAMAGE TO SLOPES AND RETAINING WALLS RESULTING FROM THE
RAINSTORMS OF THE 2004-2005 RAINY SEASON.
6. Best of the Northwest – Judging Panel (Evans)
Recommendation:
Endorse the selection of Councilman Gardiner, Gabriella
Holt and Ted Vegvari as a Judging Panel for the “Best of the Northwest;” or
appoint an alternate panel.
7. Storm Cleanup (Allison)
Recommendation:
1)Authorize the expenditure of up to $300,000 on activities
related to clean up from the storms of December 2004, January 2005 and
February 2005; 2) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2005 – ; A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 2004-45, THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003 -2004, TO INCREASE THE STORM DRAIN
MAINTENANCE BUDGET FOR ACTIVITIES RELATED TO STORM CLEANUP
IN THE AMOUNT OF $300,000; and 3) Authorize expenditures with the firms
Savala Equipment Rental for equipment rental services, Coastal Traffic Systems
Inc. for Traffic Control Services, National Plant Services for storm drain video
inspection and Advanced Geoscience to conduct a sub-surface exploration at
Summerland Drive.
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8. Claims Against the City by Arturo Morales (Park)
Recommendation:
Reject the claims and direct staff to notify the claimant.
9. Register of Demands. (McLean)
Recommendation:
ADOPT RESOL. NO. 2005- , 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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PUBLIC HEARINGS:
10. Case No. ZON2004-00409 (Revision to Height Variation No. 884 and
(60 min)
Amendment No. 2 to Tract No. 31617) Applicant/Property Owner: Sal
Ahamed; Subject property: 6270 Ocean Terrace Drive (Schonborn)
Recommendation:
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2005- ; APPROVING
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO TRACT NO. 31617 AND A REVISION TO HEIGHT
VARIATION NO. 884.
9:30 PAUSE TO CONSIDER REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL ORAL REPORTS:
(This section of the agenda is designated for
(15 min)
oral reports from Council Members to report action taken at outside committee and
association meetings.)
REGULAR NEW BUSINESS:
11. City Advisory Boards (Petru)
(30 min)
Recommendation:
1) Appoint seven members to the Traffic Safety
Commission, each with a two year term of office until February 2007; 2)
Set a date to interview candidates for chair of the newly appointed Traffic
Safety Commission; 3) Make an appointment to the Planning Commission
to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Susan Cote; said term of office
until March 2006; 4) Make an appointment to the Finance Advisory
Committee to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Lori Zorn; said term
of office until January 2008; and 5) Reappoint seven current members of
the Equestrian Committee for an additional one year term, until March
2006; 6) Set a date to interview candidates for chair of the Equestrian
Committee; 7) Authorize staff to begin the recruitment to fill four expiring
terms on the Emergency Preparedness Committee, and, 8) Consider
conducting interviews during the 6:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. timeframe before
the May 3, May 17 and June 7, 2005 meetings.
12. Sixteen-Month Expenditure Plan for the Water Quality & Flood Protection
(45 min)
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Program and Enterprise Fund (Allison)
Recommendation:
1) Approve a 16-month expenditure plan for the
Water Quality & Flood Protection Program; 2) Establish a Water Quality &
Flood Protection Program Enterprise Fund to renewal and improvement of
the City’s storm drain infrastructure; 3) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2005-
; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 2004-45, THE
BUDGET APPROPRIATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004-2005, TO PLACE
FUNDING IN THE CITY’S WATER QUALITY AND FLOOD
PROTECTION ENTERPRISE FUND; 4) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO.
2005- ; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 2004-45,
THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004-2005, TO
INCREASE THE CITY’S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND; 5) Authorize
the expenditure of $445,000 from the Capital Improvement Fund for FY
04-05; and, 6) Authorize the expenditure of $100,000 from the Water
Quality and Flood Protection Enterprise Fund for FY 04-05.
13. Forrestal Management Plan (Mihranian)
(60 min)
Recommendation:
1) Review the Steering Committee’s recommended
amendments to the Forrestal Management Plan, and if deemed
acceptable, adopt the Forrestal Management Plan; 2) Review the Steering
Committee’s recommended draft ordinance language regulating bicycle
use within City parkland, and if deemed acceptable, direct Staff to initiate
the Code Amendment proceedings; 3) Review the Memorandum of
Understanding between the City, Palos Verdes Peninsula Land
Conservancy, Concerned Off-Road Bicyclists Association, and the Palos
Verdes Peninsula Horsemen’s Association to develop an Educational
Trails Unit led by a team of volunteers, and if deemed acceptable, direct
Staff to execute the Agreement; 4) Receive and file the 2001-2002 and
2002-2003 Annual Reports submitted by the Palos Verdes Peninsula
Land Conservancy; and, 5) Review the proposed amendments to the
Management Agreement between the City and the Palos Verdes
Peninsula Land Conservancy, and if deemed acceptable, execute the
Agreement.
14. Western Avenue Task Force (Evans)
(10 min)
Recommendation:
Consider the need for, and what the purpose would
be, of a Joint Rancho Palos Verdes/City of Los Angeles Western Avenue
Task Force.
15. Senate Bill 274 (Romero) (Evans)
(5 min)
Recommendation:
Consider taking a position on Senate Bill 274.
16. Proposed Elimination of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
(5 min)
Program (Park)
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Recommendation:
CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION NO. 2005- ;
OPPOSING PRESIDENT BUSH’S PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM AND
URGING CONGRESS TO RETAIN THE CDBG PROGRAM AS A
SEPARATE, DISTINCT PROGRAM WITH A FY 2006 BUDGET AT THE
LEVEL OF FY 2005 ALLOCATIONS; and, 2) Consider authorizing the
Mayor to send letters to California Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara
Boxer opposing the elimination of the CDBG program.
17. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes,
(5 min)
Amending Resolution No. 2004- 45, the budget appropriation for FY04-
05, to increase the RPV TV Channel 33 Budget for Memberships and
Dues (Evans)
Recommendation:
1) ADOPT REDOLUTION NO. 2005 - ; AMENDING
THE FY 04-05 BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT
OF $1,100 FOR MEMBERSHIP IN NATOA AND $25 FOR MEMBERSHIP
IN SCAN NATOA; and 2) Appoint NATOA representatives.
COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS & SUGGESTION OF FUTURE
AGENDA ITEMS:
CLOSED SESSION REPORT:
ADJOURNMENT:
Adjourn to 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, March 29, 2005, at Fred Hesse
Community Park for a City Council Workshop regarding the Draft Open Space Planning
and Recreation & Parks Strategic Plan.
CLOSED SESSION AGENDA CHECKLIST
Based on Government Code Section 54954.5
(All Statutory References are to California Government Code Sections)
CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
G.C. 54956.8
Potential purchase of open space
Property
: Filiorum: 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; and, Director of Planning, Building
and Code Enforcement, Barbara Dye, Mike Kilroy and Bill Swank
Negotiating Parties:
York Long Point Associates
Under Negotiation
: Price and Terms of Payment
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
G.C. 54957
Personnel
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Title: City Manager
Specify Position/Title of Employee Being Reviewed
Consider contract extension.
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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 on the City’s website at
www.palosverdes.com/RPV .
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