CC AGD 20150217 AGENDA
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
FRED HESSE COMMUNITY PARK, 29301 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD
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.
NEXT RESOLUTION NO. 2015-08
NEXT ORDINANCE NO. 564
(30 mins) 6:00 P.M. CLOSED SESSION: SEE ATTACHED BROWN ACT CHECK LIST FOR
DETAILS.
(30 mins) 6:00 P.M. STUDY SESSION: To commence immediately following the Closed
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 City Council Goals and Priorities
Recommendation: Receive and file the Tentative Agendas & 2014 City Council
Goals and Priorities.
RECESS:
City Council Agenda
February 17, 2015
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7:00 P.M. REGULAR SESSION
(1s mins) CALL TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
CEREMONIAL: Presentation to Retired Deputy Knox
MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS: Recognition of Ralph Wood
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: Presentation from Director Harold Williams, West Basin
Water District; Update regarding Marymount University's use of the athletic field at
Miraleste Intermediate School
NEW BUSINESS:
(1s mins) APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR:
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 February 3, 2015 Adjourned
Regular Meeting (Interviews).
C. Salary Schedule Resolution Update (Robinson)
Recommendation: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2015 A RESOLUTION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, AMENDING THE
CITY'S SALARY SCHEDULE TO REFLECT THE COMPENSATION CONTRACTED
WITH THE NEW CITY MANAGER ON FEBRUARY 3, 2015, AMENDING THE
TITLES OF THE DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, AND
ADJUSTING THE SALARY SCHEDULE TO ACCURATELY REFLECT THE
MAXIMUM MONTHLY SALARY SCHEDULE FOR THE INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY MANAGER.
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D. Register of Demands (Downs)
Recommendation: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2015-_, 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. 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.
F. Letter of Support for the Los Angeles Air Force Base (Fox)
Recommendation: Authorize the Mayor to sign a letter of support for the Los
Angeles Air Force Base, as requested by EI Segundo Mayor Suzanne Fuentes, Los
Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and 4t" District Los Angeles County Supervisor Don
Knabe.
G. Designation of the Harden Estate Gatehouse at 5500 Palos Verdes Drive South as
a Qualified Historic Building and Property, pursuant to City Council Policy No. 51
(Fox)
Recommendation: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2015-_, A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, THEREBY
DESIGNATING THE HARDEN ESTATE GATEHOUSE AT 5500 PALOS VERDES
DRIVE SOUTH AS A "QUALIFIED HISTORIC BUILDING AND PROPERTY,"
PURSUANT TO CITY COUNCIL POLICY NO. 51.
H. Acceptance of a Revised Sewer Easement Deed that would Reconfigure an
Existing Sewer Line to Facilitate Residential Improvements in the Rear Yard of 6847
Alta Vista (Case No. ZON2013-00494) (Kim)
Recommendation: 1) Rescind Resolution No. 2014-35, which accepted a sewer
easement deed for additional easement area that would allow reconfiguration of an
existing sewer line in the rear yard of 6847 Alta Vista; 2) ADOPT RESOLUTION
NO. 2015-_, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, ACCEPTING A REVISED SEWER EASEMENT DEED
FOR ADDITIONAL EASEMENT AREA TO RECONFIGURE AN EXISTING SEWER
LINE IN THE REAR YARD OF 6847 ALTA VISTA; and, 3) Direct the City Clerk to
record a Notice of Exemption and the subject sewer easement deed for 6847 Alta
Vista with the Los Angeles County Recorder.
I. Point Vicente Interpretive Center Phase II Museum Redesign — Professional
Services Agreement - Storyline Studio (Trautner)
Recommendation: 1) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2015-_7 A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, AMENDING
RESOLUTION NO. 2014-41, THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION FOR FY 2014-157
ALLOCATING FUNDS TO PRODUCE A FINAL CONCEPT PLAN FOR A
REDESIGN OF THE POINT VICENTE INTERPRETIVE CENTER (PVIC) MUSEUM
EXHIBITS "PHASE II" FROM THE CITY'S DONOR RESTRICTED
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CONTRIBUTION FUND; and, 2) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the
Professional Services Agreement with Storyline Studio to complete a final concept
plan for a redesign of the PVIC Museum Exhibits "Phase II" for an amount not to
exceed $24,000.
REGULAR BUSINESS:
(10 mins) 1. Appointments to the Finance Advisory Committee (Morreale)
Recommendation: Appoint three members to the Finance Advisory Committee,
each with a four year term of office.
(45 mins) 2. Vendor Service Agreement to Assist in Preparing a Peafowl Management
Plan (Pitts)
Recommendation: 1) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign a Professional
Service Agreement with Wildlife Services in the amount of$28,650 for peafowl
trapping and other peafowl management assistance; 2) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO.
2015-_7 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES, APPROVING A BUDGET APPROPRIATION IN AN AMOUNT
OF $317515 FOR PEAFOWL TRAPPING AND PEAFOWL MANAGEMENT
ASSISTANCE; and, 3) Given that the peafowl trapping vendor has identified July
15th to March 31St as the most appropriate time of the year to humanely trap
peafowl, direct Staff to present the City's Peafowl Management Plan to the City
Council by May 2015 for public input and discussion.
(45 mins) 3. Parking Restrictions on Palos Verdes Drive East near Marymount California
University (Supports 2014 City Council Goal, Public Infrastructure) (Jules)
Recommendation: Consider the Traffic Safety Committee's recommendation to
not establish parking restrictions on Palos Verdes Drive East near Marymount
California University and provide direction to staff.
(45 mins) 4. Sheriff's Volunteers on Patrol Program (Petru)
Recommendation: Receive an oral report from Captain Bolin regarding proposed
measures to expand and enhance the Sheriff's Volunteers on Patrol (VOP) program
as a crime prevention tool.
(15 mins) 5. Award Professional Services Agreement for Implementation of an Anonymous
Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Hotline (Robinson)
Recommendation: 1) Award a one-year contract with three (3) annual renewal
options for a Professional Services Agreement to The Network, Inc. for the
establishment of an "Anonymous Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Hotline"; and,
2) Authorize the City Manager to execute the Master Services Agreement with The
Network, Inc.
(10 mins) 6. Modified 2015 CIP Process (Supports 2014 City Council Goal, Public
Infrastructure) (Downs/Throne)
Recommendation: Approve in concept a modified 2015 Capital Improvement Plan
(CIP) process.
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(10 mins) 7. Community Leader's Meeting (Petru)
Recommendation: 1) Select a date for a Community Leaders' Meeting in spring
2015 to introduce the new City Manager; and, 2) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2015-
_7 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES, APPROVING A BUDGET APPROPRIATION IN AN AMOUNT OF $37750
TO PROVIDE CATERED REFRESHMENTS AT THE COMMUNITY LEADERS'
MEETING.
(10 mins) 8. Notification of Resignation of a Member of the Infrastructure Management Advisory
Committee (Morreale)
Recommendation: Provide direction to staff regarding the recruitment for a
vacancy on the Infrastructure Management Advisory Committee (IMAC).
(s mins) FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: (This section of the agenda is designated for individual Council
Members to request that an item be placed on a future City Council meeting agenda.)
(10 mins) CITY COUNCIL ORAL REPORTS: (This section of the agenda is designated for oral reports
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:
ADJOURNMENT: Adjourn to a time and place certain only 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)
Conference with Legal Counsel
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 letter to the City of
Rancho Palos Verdes Planning Commission dated August 6, 2014, from Ellen Berkowitz of
Gresham, Savage, Nolan & Tilden. A copy of the letter is on file in the City Clerk's Office.
In addition, the threat of anticipated litigation that would be filed by the Vista Verde
Homeowners' Association ("HOA") was discussed at the October 28, 2014 Planning
Commission meeting by Michael N. Friedman, the attorney who represents the HOA.
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CITY OF HO PALOS VERDES
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES)
AFFIDAVIT OF AGENDA POSTING
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 February 17, 2015 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.
Time: 7 32e./1.
Dated: February 12, 2015 _
City Clerk
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