CC AGD 20150804 AGENDA
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
AUGUST 4, 2015
FRED HESSE COMMUNITY PARK, 29301 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD
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NEXT RESOLUTION NO. 2015-73
NEXT ORDINANCE NO. 574
CLOSED SESSION: SEE ATTACHED BROWN ACT CHECK LIST FOR DETAILS-6:00
P.M.
REGULAR SESSION - 7:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER: (15 mins)
ROLL CALL:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS:
RECYCLE AND EMERGENCY PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS KIT DRAWING:
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
PUBLIC COMMENTS: (This section of the agenda is for audience comments for items NOT
on the agenda.)
City Council Agenda
August 4, 2015
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CITY MANAGER REPORT:
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. Register of Demands (Cullen)
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.
C. Border Issues Status Report (Fox)
Recommendation: Receive and file the current report on the status of Border
Issues.
D. June 2015 Monthly Report of Cash Balances (Cullen)
Recommendation: Receive and file the June 2015 Monthly Report of Cash
Balances for the City of Rancho Palos Verdes.
E. Adoption of Ordinance No. 572 —Approving a Zone Change from Open Space
Hazard to Single-Family Residential 2 Dwelling Units per Acre for a Portion of a
Property Located at 10 Chaparral Lane (Case No. ZON2014-00143) (Kim)
Recommendation: ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 572, AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, AMENDING THE ZONING MAP OF THE
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES FOR A PORTION OF 10 CHAPARRAL LANE
FROM OPEN SPACE HAZARD (OH) TO SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 2
DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE (RS-2).
F. Support for Sustainable Funding of State and Local Transportation Infrastructure
(Supports 2014 City Council Goal - Infrastructure) (Throne)
Recommendation: 1) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2015-_, A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, URGING THE
STATE TO PROVIDE NEW SUSTAINABLE FUNDING FOR STATE AND LOCAL
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; and, 2) Authorize the City Manager to
join the Fix Our Roads Coalition on behalf of the City.
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G. Approval of a One-Year License Agreement between the City and the Portuguese
Bend Cooperative Nursery School (Trautner)
Recommendation: Approve and authorize the Mayor to execute the agreement
between the City and the Portuguese Bend Cooperative Nursery School.
H. Claim Against the City by Hossein Shahbazian (Morreale)
Recommendation: Reject the claim and direct staff to notify the claimant.
I. Adoption of Ordinance No. 573 —Amending Chapter 15.20 (Moratorium on Land
Use Permits) of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code to Establish an Exception
Category to Allow the Construction of Barns or other Similar Non-Habitable
Structures to be used for the Sole Purpose of Housing Animals (Mikhail)
Recommendation: ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 573, AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER
15.20 (MORATORIUM ON LAND USE PERMITS) OF THE RANCHO PALOS
VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH AN EXCEPTION CATEGORY ('R')
TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF BARNS, OR OTHER SIMILAR NON-
HABITABLE STRUCTURES, USED FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF HOUSING
ANIMALS WITHIN THE CITY'S LANDSLIDE MORATORIUM AREA.
J. Authorizing Resolution for the California Cultural and Historical Endowment
Museum Grant Program for the Point Vicente Interpretive Center Lighthouse Lens
Exhibit (Fox)
Recommendation: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2015-_, A RESOLUTION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, THEREBY
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND/OR HIS DESIGNEE(S) TO SUBMIT
AN APPLICATION FOR THE CALIFORNIA CULTURAL & HISTORICAL
ENDOWMENT (CCHE) MUSEUM GRANT PROGRAM TO FUND THE
INSTALLATION OF THE HISTORIC 1886 3rd-ORDER FRESNEL LENS FROM
THE POINT VICENTE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE POINT VICENTE INTERPRETIVE
CENTER.
K. Professional Services Agreements for RPVty Personnel (Supports 2014 City
Council Goal: Government Efficiency, Accountability, Fiscal Control, Transparency
and Oversight) (Robinson)
Recommendation: Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign Professional
Services Agreements with Mark Doddy, Station Manager; Maria Serrao, Producer;
and, Rocco Sigona, Associate Producer, to provide television duties for RPVty.
L. Final Vesting Tract Map No. 68796 (a 28-Unit, Condominium Subdivision located at
28220 Highridge; Applicant: Cal Coast) (Mikhail)
Recommendation: 1) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute
and record the Affordable Housing Agreement substantially in the form attached to
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August 4, 2015
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this report; 2) Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute and
record the Subdivision Improvement Agreement substantially in the form attached to
this report; and, 3) Approve Final Tract Map No. 68796.
M. Application for Leave to File Late Claims — Nine Claims Against the City by
Residents of the Vista Verde Condominium Project in the City of Lomita relating to
Development at Green Hills Memorial Park(Lynch)
Recommendation: Reject the Application for Leave to File Late Claims and direct
Staff to notify the claimants.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
1. Knoll View Drive - 2nd Appeal of a Height Variation, Grading Permit, Extreme Slope
Permit and Site Plan Review for a New Residence on a Vacant Property (Case No.
ZON2011-00280) [Continued from May 5, 2015] (Mikhail) (20 mins)
Recommendation: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2015-_7 A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, GRANTING
AN APPEAL AND CONDITIONALLY APPROVING A MODIFIED HEIGHT
VARIATION, GRADING PERMIT, EXTREME SLOPE PERMIT, AND SITE PLAN
REVIEW (CASE NO. ZON2011-00280), FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW
4,620 SQUARE FOOT, TWO-STORY RESIDENCE WITH 466 CUBIC YARDS OF
ASSOCIATED GRADING ON A VACANT LOT (APN 7566-006-018) LOCATED ON
KNOLL VIEW DRIVE.
2. Establish Permit Parking on Channelview Court (Supports 2014 City Council Goals-
Infrastructure and Citizen Involvement and Public Outreach) (Carrasco/
Countryman) (20 mins)
Recommendation: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2015-_7 A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, APPROVING
A COASTAL PERMIT (CASE NO. ZON2015-00348) TO ESTABLISH PERMIT
PARKING ON CHANNELVIEW COURT.
3. Adoption of the Peafowl Management Plan (Mihranian) (1 hour 45 mins)
Recommendation: 1) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2015-_7 A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, APPROVING
A NEGATIVE DECLARATION THEREBY FINDING THAT THERE WILL BE NO
SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT WITH THE ADOPTION AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY'S PEAFOWL MANAGEMENT PLAN;
2) Approve the Peafowl Management Plan which, among other things, will allow the
trapping of up to 150 peafowl every year; and, 3) Direct Staff to proceed with the
humane trapping of peafowl within the five neighborhoods identified in the Peafowl
Management Plan.
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REGULAR BUSINESS:
4. Joint Tax Transfer Resolution Related to "City of Rolling Hills Reorganization
No. 2013-04" for the Detachment of a 0.18-Acre Portion of the Public Right-of-Way
of Crenshaw Boulevard from the City of Rolling Hills, and the Annexation of Said
Public Right-of-Way to the City of Rancho Palos Verdes (Fox) (10 mins)
Recommendation: ADOPT THE JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES; THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS; THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING
HILLS ESTATES; THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE RIDGECREST
RANCHOS RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT; AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE
NEGOTIATED EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE RESULTING FROM
THE REORGANIZATION OF TERRITORY KNOWN AS "CITY OF ROLLING HILLS
REORGANIZATION NO. 2013-04," CONSISTING OF DETACHMENT OF
TERRITORY FROM THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS AND ANNEXATION TO THE
CITIES OF ROLLING HILLS ESTATES AND RANCHO PALOS VERDES.
5. Enhancing Parks Operations and Maintenance (Linder) (15 mins)
Recommendation: 1) Approve the proposed plan to expand Recreation and Parks
Department staffing presence at specified park sites; and, 2) ADOPT RESOLUTION
NO. 2015 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, APPROVING A BUDGET APPROPRIATION IN THE
AMOUNT OF $1957000 TO FUND THE PROPOSED PLAN TO EXPAND
RECREATION STAFFING PRESENCE TO ENHANCE PARK OPERATIONS AND
MAINTENANCE.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: (5 mins) (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.)
CITY COUNCIL ORAL REPORTS: (10 mins) (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.
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CLOSED SESSION AGENDA CHECKLIST
Based on Government Code Section 54954.5
(All Statutory References are to California Government Code Sections)
Conference with Legal Counsel
Existing Litigation:
G.C. 54956.9(d)(1)
Name of Case: Cherine Medawar; Jill Medawar v. City of Rancho Palos Verdes, et.
al., Superior Court of California-County of Los Angeles-Southwest
District. Case Number YC068887.
Potential Litigation against the City:
GC 54956.9(d)(2) and (e)(1)
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 that might
result in litigation against the local agency but which the local agency believes are not yet
known to a potential plaintiff or plaintiffs, which facts and circumstances need not be
disclosed.
Number of Potential Cases (3)
Potential Litigation against the City:
GC 54956.9(d)(2) and (e)(3)
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, and
on March 23, 2015, claims against the City were received from the following Vista Verde
residents: Nadejda V. Gueorguieva, Barbara K. Hughes-Astbury, Veronica E. Lawlor, Paul
F. Keye, Jr. and Julie Keye, Sharon L. Loveys, Matthew H. Martin, Lane C. Mayhew, and
Rhys Williams. On April 14, 2015, an additional claim was received from Vista Verde
resident Julie Reynolds.
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Potential Litigation against the City:
GC 54956.9(d)(2) and (e)(3)
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 on February 18, 2015 from Hossein Shahbazian, a copy of which is on file in the
City Clerk's Office.
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