CC RES 2005-129RESOLUTION NO. 2005 -129
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 2005-53, THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2005 -2006, TO INCREASE THE BUDGET FOR PROFESSIONAL/TECHNICAL
SERVICES RELATED TO STATE LOBBYING EFFORTS TO SECURE FUNDING FOR THE
CITY'S PORTUGUESE BEND OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION.
WHEREAS, Section 3.32 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code provides that all
expenditures in excess of budgeted allocations must be by supplemental appropriation of the
City Council; and,
WHEREAS, on May 31, 2005, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes
adopted Resolution No. 2005 -53, approving a spending plan and authorizing a budget
appropriation for FY05 -06; and,
WHEREAS, on August 2, 2005, the City Council agreed to formally support the
proposed Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks and Coastal Protection Bond of
2006 (Senate Bill 153) since passage of the bond measure is needed to fund a portion of the
proposed Upper Filiorum open space acquisition; and,
WHEREAS, the City's partner in the open space acquisition effort, the Palos Verdes
Peninsula Land Conservancy (PVPLC), has retained the services of Joseph Caves, a state
lobbyist, to assist in its efforts in securing state funding for future acquisitions that are necessary
for completing the City's NCCP; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Caves has a pivotal role in the passage of a state bond measure, which
is needed to fund the City's proposed open space acquisitions, and as a result, Staff has
recommended that the City Council pay for half of the PVPLC's lobbyist costs for one year at a
cost of $18,000.
BE IT, THEREFORE, RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES:
The following adjustments be made to the FY05 -06 budget:
Increase the General fund budget as follows:
NCCP #101- 4005 - 441 -32 -00 Professional/Technical $ 18,000
Attest:
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED THI
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I, Carolynn Petru, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify that the above
Resolution No. 2005 -129 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at
regular meeting thereof held on December 6, 2005. OMNI
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