CC AGD 20140819
AGENDA
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
AUGUST 19, 2014
FRED HESSE COMMUNITY PARK, 29301 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD
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Time Estimates: The time noted next to an agenda item is only an estimate of the
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. CLOSED SESSION: SEE ATTACHED BROWN ACT CHECK LIST FOR
(30 mins)
DETAILS.
6:00 P.M. STUDY SESSION: To commence immediately following the Closed
(30 mins)
Session.
The primary purpose of the Study Session is to provide an opportunity for the
Council members to interact freely and informally, ask questions and discuss policy items that
are listed on the agenda for that specific Study Session. The City Council will also provide
direction to Staff regarding upcoming agenda items and tentative agendas, including
prioritization of agenda items that are listed on the agenda for that specific study session. No
action shall be taken during any Study Session unless the agenda so provides.
CALL TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL:
PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE STUDY
SESSION:
(Based on Section 6.1(f), the Mayor proposes that Public Comments on items
listed on the Study Session portion of the Agenda be consolidated so that each speaker has
one one-minute opportunity to comment on all of the items listed on the Agenda for the Study
Session.)
DISCUSSION TOPICS:
SS1. Review of Tentative Agendas & 2014 Goals and Priorities
Recommendation:
Receive and file the Tentative Agendas & 2014 Goals and
Priorities.
City Council Agenda
August 19, 2014
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7:00 P.M. REGULAR SESSION
CALL TO ORDER:
(30 mins)
ROLL CALL:NEXT RESOL. NO. 2014-47
NEXT ORDINANCE NO. 561
FLAG SALUTE:
MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Recognition of RPV resident and former Air Force Pilot
Wes Coss; Recognition of July 6, 2014 Abalone Cove Rescuers
RECYCLE AND EMERGENCY PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS KIT DRAWING:
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
NOT
(This section of the agenda is for audience comments for items on the
agenda.)
CITY MANAGER REPORT:
NEW BUSINESS:
APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR:
(15 mins)
A. 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.
B. Approval of Minutes (Morreale)
Recommendation:
Approve the Minutes of the July 15, 2014 Regular Meeting.
C. Finance Advisory Committee Proposed 2014-15 Work Plan (Downs)
Recommendation:
Approve the proposed 2014-15 Work Plan for the Finance
Advisory Committee (FAC).
D. Register of Demands (McLean)
Recommendation:
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2014-__, 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.
E. Claim Against the City by Celena Roldan (Fox)
Recommendation:
Reject the claim and direct Staff to notify the claimant.
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F. Gifts for Parks (Lozano)
Recommendation:
Accept the Gifts for Parks donations and direct staff to prepare
donor letters of appreciation for the Mayor’s signature.
G. Award a Contract for GPS Monitoring in the Landslide Area(Dragoo)
Recommendation:
1) Award a contract to Michael R. McGee, PLS, dba McGee
Surveying Consulting in the amount of $61,470 to perform GPS surveys of all
existing points within the Portuguese Bend/Abalone Cove/Klondike Canyon
Landslide areas and to prepare the associated report; 2)Authorize the Mayor and
City Clerk to execute the agreement with Michael R. McGee, PLS, dba McGee
Surveying Consulting for GPS surveys and the associated report; and, 3) Authorize
the expenditure of $61,470 for the required surveys and associated report; and
authorize the expenditure of up to $5,100 as a project contingency in the event
additional work is identified during the field surveys and is determined to be required
by the Director of Public Works.
H. Approve the First Amendment to the Agreement with Hardy and Harper, Inc., for
(Supports 2014 City Council Goal: Government
Roadway Maintenance
Efficiency, Accountability, Fiscal Control, Transparency, and Oversight)
(Countryman)
Recommendation:
1) Approve the first amendment to the agreement for one fiscal
year extension retroactively effective July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2015, with Hardy and
Harper, Inc., for roadway maintenance services; and 2) Authorize the Mayor and
City Clerk to execute the first amendment to the agreement with Hardy and Harper,
Inc., for roadway maintenance services.
I. Adopt Resolution No. 2014-__, Approving Certain Speed Surveys and Establishing
(Supports
Speed Limits in Accordance with those Surveys on Various Roadways
2014 City Council Goal No. 1, Public Safety and Traffic Issues – Focus On
Traffic Enforcement)
(Jules)
Recommendation:
1) Approve to retain the existing 15 mph speed limit,
when children are present on Bayend Drive from General Street to Crestwood
Street, on General Street from Crestwood Street to Bayend Drive and on
Crestwood Street from Upland Street to Bayend Drive; Retain the existing 40
mph speed limit on Crenshaw Blvd from Sea Crest Drive to Crest Road;
Retain the existing 45 mph speed limit on Crenshaw Blvd from Crest Road to
the Rolling Hills Estates City boundary; Retain the existing 45 mph speed limit
on Crest Road from Hawthorne Blvd to Crenshaw Blvd and from Palos Verdes
Drive East to Ganado Drive; Retain the existing 40 mph speed limit from
Ganado Drive to the Rolling Hills City Boundary north of Paseo de Pino;
Retain the 40 mph speed limit on Crestridge Road from Crenshaw Blvd to
Highridge Road; Retain the existing 35 mph speed limit on Forrestal Drive
from Palos Verdes Drive South to the terminus north of Pirate Drive; Retain
the existing 35 mph speed limit on Granvia Altamira from Hawthorne Blvd to
the Palos Verdes Estates City Boundary north of Monero Drive; Retain the 45
mph speed limit on Hawthorne Blvd from Palos Verdes Drive West to Highridge
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August 19, 2014
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Rd/Grayslake Rd.; Retain the 40 mph speed limit on Hawthorne Blvd from
Highridge Rd/Grayslake Rd to Indian Peak Rd.; Retain the 45 mph on
Hawthorne Blvd from Silver Spur Rd to the Rolling Hills Estates City Boundary;
Increase the existing 25 mph Truck Traffic speed limit to 40 mph in the
northbound direction only on Hawthorne Blvd from Silver Spur Rd to the
Rolling Hills Estates City Boundary; Increase the existing 25 mph Truck Traffic
speed limit to 35 mph in the southbound direction only on Hawthorne Blvd
from Rhone Drive to Palos Verdes Drive West; Retain the 35 mph speed limit
on Highridge Road from Hawthorne Blvd to the Rolling Hills Estates City
Boundary south of Peacock Ridge Road; Retain the 35 mph speed limit on
Miraleste Drive from Palos Verdes Drive East to the Los Angeles City
Boundary south of Suana Drive; Retain the 35 mph speed limit on
Montemalaga Drive from Silver Spur Road to the Palos Verdes Estates City
Boundary west of Grayslake Road; Retain the 35 mph speed limit on Palos
Verdes Drive South from 1,500 feet east of Seacove Drive to 1,300 feet west of
Schooner Drive; Retain the 40 mph speed limit on Palos Verdes Drive South
from 1300 feet west of Schooner Drive to the Los Angeles City Limit; Retain
the 25 mph speed limit on Ridgegate Drive from Hawthorne Blvd to Highridge
Road; Retain the 35 mph speed limit on Via Vicente/Calle Entradero from
Palos Verdes Drive West to Palos Verdes Drive West; and 2) ADOPT
RESOLUTION NO. 2014-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,APPROVING CERTAIN SPEED
SURVEYS AND ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMITS IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THOSE SURVEYS ON VARIOUS STREETS WITHIN THE CITY.
J. John C. McTaggart Memorial Hall & Council Chambers Interior Improvements
(Supports 2014 City Council Goal – Infrastructure)
Project (Motahari)
Recommendation:
Approve the concept proposed for improvement of lighting and
display screens for videotaping/presentations and the associated reconfiguration of
the Council dais and chambers.
K. 2014 Five-Year Information Technology Plan (Landon)
Recommendation:
Receive and file.
L. Termination of Palos Verdes on the Net Office and Storage Space Lease (Landon)
Recommendation:
Authorize the Acting City Manager to sign the Notice of
Termination of Lease regarding the modular building used by Palos Verdes on the
Net (“PVNET”) for office and storage space on the Civic Center property, adjacent
to the Community Development Department, at 30940 Hawthorne Blvd.
M. Second Amendment to the Contract with KOA Corporation for Construction
Management Services – San Ramon Canyon Flood Reduction Project (Winje)
Recommendation:
Approve an increase to the contract awarded to KOA
Corporation in the amount of $61,000 for changes in scope for Construction
Management services and extend the contract expiration date to December 31,
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August 19, 2014
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2014 in relation to additional construction work performed for the San Ramon
Canyon Flood Reduction Project.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
1. Reintroduction of Ordinance No. 558 – Adopting the Los Angeles County Fire Code
(5 mins)
(Christman)
Recommendation:
1)RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND REINTRODUCE
ORDINANCE NO. 558, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2014 LOS ANGELES COUNTY
FIRE CODE, WHICH IS TITLE 32 OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY CODE; AND
AMENDING THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE; and, 2) ADOPT
RESOLUTION NO. 2014-__ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES MAKING EXPRESS FINDINGS AND
DETERMINATIONS THAT MODIFICATIONS TO THE 2013 CALIFORNIA FIRE
CODE ARE REASONABLY NECESSARY BECAUSE OF LOCAL CLIMATIC,
GEOLOGICAL OR TOPOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS.
REGULAR BUSINESS:
(Supports 2014 City
2. Presentation on the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program
(45 mins)
Council Goal No. 1: Public Safety and Traffic Control)
(Countryman)
Recommendation:
1) Receive public comment on the Neighborhood Traffic
Calming Program; and, 2) Affirm Council’s last approval of updated program (on
December 2, 2008), with any added direction.
3. Request for Release of Liens Against North Windport Canyon Properties
(15 mins)
(Assessor’s Parcel Nos. 7583-022-012 & 7583-022-013) (Fox)
Recommendation:
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2014-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, THEREBY
AGREEING TO REDUCE THE INTEREST RATE FROM SIX PERCENT (6%) TO
THE LOCAL AGENCY INVESTMENT FUND (LAIF) RATES SINCE OCTOBER 1,
1996, FOR THE LIEN FOR $36,551.06 RECORDED ON OCTOBER 24, 1996, AS
INSTRUMENT NO. 96-1732129; AND TO RELEASE THE LIEN FOR $6,450.19
RECORDED ON OCTOBER 24, 1996, AS INSTRUMENT NO. 96-1732130.
4. Consider “Opting Out” of Continued Participation in the Los Angeles Regional
(20 mins)
Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) Authority (Fox)
Recommendation:
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2014-__, A RESOLUTION OF
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, THEREBY
EXERCISING THE CITY’S AUTHORITY UNDER SECTION 5.01 OF THE LOS
ANGELES REGIONAL INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (LA-
RICS) JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT; RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 2009-20
AS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED ON MARCH 17, 2009; AND “OPTING OUT” OF
CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN LA-RICS.
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August 19, 2014
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5. Purchase of Tax-Defaulted Properties in the Miraleste Canyon Area (APN 7566-
(15 mins)
015-026), the George F. Canyon Area (APN 7568-006-008) and at 37 Cherry Hill
Lane (APN 7572-004-001) (Fox)
Recommendation:
Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign an Agreement to
Purchase Tax-Defaulted Property with the Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax
Collector for three (3) vacant parcels (APNs 7566-015-026, 7568-006-008 and
7572-004-001).
6. Abalone Cove Safety Task Force Update (Linder)
(20 mins)
Recommendation:
Receive and file the update on the Abalone Cove Safety Task
Force.
7. Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the Indefinite Suspension of Collection of Utility
(30 mins)
Users Tax by Telecommunications Providers from the City’s Taxpayers (McLean)
Recommendation:
1) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2014-___, A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
AUTHORIZING THE INDEFINITE SUSPENSION OF COLLECTION OF UTILITY
USERS TAX BY TELECOMMUNICATION PROVIDERS FROM THE CITY’S
TAXPAYERS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS REVISIONS TO THE CITY’S UTILITY
USERS TAX ARE APPROVED BY THE CITY’S VOTERS; 2) If the City Council
adopts the Resolution described above, direct Staff to timely send notification letters
to all telecommunication providers that serve taxpayers in the City directing them to
immediately discontinue collecting the 3% Utility Users Tax on telecommunication
services; 3) Direct Staff to determine an estimate of the total Utility Users Tax
collected by telecommunication providers from taxpayers in the City during the
twelve (12) month period beginning August 13, 2013, transfer such amount, as well
as all Utility Users Tax received from telecommunication providers thereafter and
deposit such amounts in the Commitment encumbrance of the General Fund
referred to as the “Utility Users Tax Telecommunication Claim Account”; and,
4) Direct Staff to return with proposed budget adjustments in the General Fund for
FY14-15 totaling the estimated amount of the expected reduction of Utility Users
Tax revenue from telecommunication providers in order to maintain a balanced
budget in accordance with the City Council Reserve Policies 41 and 45.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS:
(This section of the agenda is designated for individual Council
(5 mins)
Members to request that an item be placed on a future City Council meeting agenda.)
CITY COUNCIL ORAL REPORTS:
(This section of the agenda is designated for oral reports
(10 mins)
from Council Members, as elected officials of the City, to report action taken at intergovernmental
organizations, committee, or association meetings. Council Members are required to provide a
brief oral report on their attendance at any meetings where City funds have been expended.
Detailed reports should be made in writing and will be posted on the City’s website.)
CLOSED SESSION REPORT:
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ADJOURNMENT: only
Adjourn to a time and place certain if you wish to meet prior to the
next regular meeting.
CLOSED SESSION AGENDA CHECKLIST
Based on Government Code Section 54954.5
(All Statutory References are to California Government Code Sections)
Potential Litigation against the City:
GC 54956.9(d)(2)
A point has been reached where, in the opinion of the legislative body of the local agency
on the advice of its legal counsel, based on existing facts and circumstances, there is a
significant exposure to litigation against the local agency, based on a Claim Against the
City received from Sharon Yarber on August 13, 2014, a copy of which is on file in the City
Clerk’s Office.
Number of Potential Cases (1)
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I, Carla Morreale, declare as follows:
I am the duly appointed City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes; I
hereby affirm that a copy of the agenda for the Regular Meeting of the City
Council for August 19, 2014 was conspicuously posted on the City Hall Bulletin
Board, located at 30940 Hawthorne Boulevard, Rancho Palos Verdes California,
at the time and date indicated below.
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