CC AGD 20060815
RPV
ANCHOALOS ERDES
AGENDA
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
AUGUST 15, 2006
FRED HESSE COMMUNITY PARK, 29301 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD
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5:00 P.M. CLOSED SESSION: THE MAYOR HAS CALLED A SPECIAL MEETING
TO BEGIN THE CLOSED SESSION AT 5:00 P.M. AND ANTICIPATES
THE POSSIBLE NEED TO TAKE UP THE CLOSED SESSION AFTER
THE CONCLUSION OF THE REGULAR MEETING AGENDA. SEE
ATTACHED BROWN ACT CHECK LIST FOR DETAILS.
7:00 P.MREGULAR SESSION
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CALL TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL:NEXT RESOL. NO. 2006-60
NEXT ORDINANCE NO. 442
FLAG SALUTE:
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS:
RECYCLE DRAWING:
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
NOT
(This section of the agenda is for audience comments for items on the
.)
agenda
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.)
CITY MANAGER REPORT:
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:
30940 Hawthorne Boulevard / Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275-5391 / (310) 544-5208 / Fax (310) 544-5291
www.palosverdes.com/rpv
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 (Petru)
Recommendation:
Approve the minutes of December 6, 2005 and May 6,
2006.
3. Adoption of Ordinance No. 441 – Adopting Floodplain Regulations and Adding
Chapter 15.42 to Title 15 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code (Petru)
Recommendation:
ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 441; AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES ADOPTING FLOODPLAIN
REGULATIONS AND ADDING CHAPTER 15.42 TO TITLE 15 OF THE
RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE.
4. City Manager Recruitment (Petru)
Recommendation:
1) Authorize the Mayor to execute the professional services
agreement with Avery Associates; and, 2) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2006- ,
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES AMENDING
RESOLUTION NO. 2006-41, THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION FOR FISCL
YEAR 2006-07, FOR A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TO THE CITY’S GENERAL
FUND.
5. Contract Amendment for Additional Sheriff Traffic Enforcement Services (Petru)
Recommendation:
Authorize the City Manager to sign the City’s Service Level
Authorization for FY 06-07 to add an additional Los Angeles County Sheriff’s
Department regional traffic enforcement deputy during the p.m. and weekends
shift.
6. Register of Demands (McLean)
Recommendation:
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2006- , 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:
7. Planning Case No. ZON2004-00265: Amendment to Various Sections of Title 17
(Zoning) to Regulate the Use of Cargo Containers on Public and Private Property
(Fox)
Recommendation:
INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NO. , AN ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES ADOPTING ADDENDUM NO. 13 TO
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT/NEGATIVE DECLARATION (EA/ND) NO.
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694 AND APPROVING THE CARGO CONTAINER CODE AMENDMENT (CASE
NO. ZON2004-00265).
8. Proposed View Restoration Ordinance and Preservation Guideline Revisions
[Continued from August 1, 2006] (Alvarez)
Recommendation:
1) Review and approve the recommended revisions to the
City’s View Restoration and Preservation Guidelines that have been forwarded
from the Planning Commission; and 2) Conduct the public hearing and
INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NO. , AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, AMENDING SECTION 17.02.040(C)(2) OF THE
RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE, TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT
THE CITY MAY UTILIZE THE PROCESS SET FORTH IN TITLE 8, CHAPTER
24 OF THE CODE TO RECORD ASSESSMENTS OR LIENS AGAINST
PROPERTIES IN ORDER TO COVER UNPAID COSTS TO TRIM OR REMOVE
FOLIAGE TO RESTORE AND PRESERVE VIEWS, AS ORDERED BY THE
COMMISSION AND/OR THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, BUILDING AND
CODE ENFOCEMENT.
PAUSE TO CONSIDER REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA
REGULAR NEW BUSINESS:
9. Trails Status Report and Trail Connections at Conestoga Drive and PVIC/Ocean
Front Estates (Holland)
Recommendation:
1)Receive and file Trails Status Report dated 8/15/06; 2)
Change the classification of the trail section between Conestoga Drive and the
hairpin bend on Palos Verdes Drive East 900 feet from the City’s northern city
boundary (also known as A-29 in the Conceptual Trails Plan), from “easy” to
“challenging;” 3) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2006- , A RESOLUTION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES AMENDING
RESOLUTION NO. 2006-41, THE BUDGET APPRRPIRATION FOR FISCL
YEAR 2006-07, FOR A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT OF $8,500 TO THE CITY’S
GENERAL FUND AND CIP FUND FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
OF THE CONESTOGA TRAIL; 4) Approve the Plans for the construction of the
connection of the trail at PVIC and the trail at Ocean Front Estates; 5) Award a
Construction Contract to Montecito Landscape Construction in the amount of
$19,000, for the clearing of brush, construction of a culvert over the storm drain
and the construction of a DG path to connect the concrete walkway on the east
with the DG walkway on the west and authorize staff to spend up to $1,000 for
possible extra work; thereby approving a $20,000 construction budget; 6)
Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a construction contract with
Montecito Landscape Construction; 6) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2006- , A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 2006-41, THE BUDGET
APPROPRIATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006-07, FOR A BUDGET
ADJUSTMENT OF $20,000 TO THE CITY’S GENERAL FUND AND CIP FUND
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FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONNECTION OF THE TRAIL AT PVIC
AND THE TRAIL AT OCEAN FRONT ESTATES; and 7) ADOPT RESOLUTION
NO. 2006- , A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANNCHO PALOS VERDES, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 2006-41, THE
BUDGET APPROPRIATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006-07, FOR A BUDGET
ADJUSTMENT OF $2,000 TO THE CITY’S GENERAL FUND FOR TRAILS
MAINTENANCE.
10. Request for Waiver of the Application Fee for a Landslide Moratorium Exclusion
Request for Sixteen (16) Vacant Lots in the “Zone 2” Area of the Portuguese
Bend Community (Planning Case No. ZON2002-00043) (Fox)
Recommendation:
Deny the requested fee waiver.
11. Minutes of Closed Sessions (Lynch/Evans/Petru)
Recommendation:
Give direction regarding whether the City Council would like
the City Attorney to prepare a resolution directing the City Clerk to deputize one
or more individuals as deputy City Clerks and designating the individuals as the
persons who will attend closed session meetings of the City Council to prepare
verbatim minutes of the closed sessions.
12. Proposition 84 - Clean Water, Parks and Coastal Protection Bond(Park)
Recommendation:
Consider taking a position on Proposition 84, Clean Water,
Parks and Coastal Protection Bond.
13. Assignment to the Finance Advisory Committee – Alternative Sources of
Revenue and Funding (McLean)
Recommendation:
1) Provide any additional direction to Staff and the Finance
Advisory Committee regarding the City Council assigned task of studying
alternative sources of revenue and funding, including the investigation of
borrowing and debt financing; and, 2) Task the Infrastructure Financing Team
with analyzing the fiscal impact of the potential repeal of the Storm Drain User
Fee to coincide with the FY 07-08 User Fee Rate Review to be conducted by the
Finance Advisory Committee prior to the Public Hearing that will be conducted
before the City Council in June 2007.
14. Consideration of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 3.30 of the Rancho Palos
Verdes Municipal Code Relating to the Application of the City’s Telephone User
Tax (Lynch)
Recommendation:
1)Read Ordinance No. , “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES AMENDING CHAPTER 3.30 OF THE RANCHO
PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE APPLICATION OF
THE CITY’S TELEPHONE USER TAX” by title only, waive further reading, and
introduce the ordinance; and 2) Read Ordinance No. –U, “AN ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES AMENDING CHAPTER 3.30 OF THE
RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE
APPLICATION OF THE TELEPHONE USER TAX AND DECLARING THE
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URGENCY THEREOF” by title only, waive further reading, and adopt the
ordinance.
COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS & SUGGESTION OF FUTURE
AGENDA ITEMS:
CLOSED SESSION REPORT:
ADJOURNMENT:
Adjourn to Tuesday, August 29, 2006 at 7:00 P.M. at Fred Hesse
Community Park, 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard, for a joint workshop with the
Emergency Preparedness Committee.
CLOSED SESSION AGENDA CHECKLIST
Based on Government Code Section 54954.5
(All Statutory References are to California Government Code Sections)
Potential Litigation:
G.C. 54956.9(b)
Concerning the house located at 40 Cherry Hill Lane that have moved onto Redevelopment
Agency property located seaward of Palos Verdes Drive South. Potential Number of Cases: 1
Conference with Real Property Negotiator
G.C. 54956.8
Property: APN #7572-004-030 (vacant lot on Cherry Hill Lane)
City Negotiators: City Manager, Assistant City Manager and City Attorney
Negotiating Parties: Ms. Terry Turner
Under Negotiation: To give directions to negotiators regarding price and terms of payment
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: Protus Taniform V. City of Rancho Palos Verdes and Transnation Title
Insurance Company, Los Angeles County Superior Court. Case No.
BC356116.
Name of Case: Monks V. City of Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Case No. YS010425.
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
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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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