CC AGD 20150901 AGENDA
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
SEPTEMBER 1, 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
any may be discussed at any time.
NEXT RESOLUTION NO. 2015-84
NEXT ORDINANCE NO. 575
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: Upcoming Composting Workshop
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 MANAGER REPORT: Introduction to OpenGov
CONSENT CALENDAR: (15 mins)
A. Motion to Waive Full Reading
City Council Agenda
September 1, 2015
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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 August 4, 2015 Regular Meeting;
and the August 20, 2015 Adjourned Regular Meeting.
C. 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.
D. Purchase of Tax-Defaulted Property at 8 Chaparral Lane (APN 7568-019-032) (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 a vacant parcel at 8 Chaparral Lane (APN 7568-019-032).
E. Letter Opposing Assembly Bill No. 57 (AB 57) regarding Wireless
Telecommunications Facilities (Fox)
Recommendation: Authorize the Mayor to sign a letter opposing Assembly Bill
No. 57 (AB 57) regarding wireless telecommunications facilities, which could
effectively usurp local control over the permitting of such facilities in the City.
F. Letter to the California Public Utilities Commission in Support of a Resident's
Complaint regarding California Water Service Company Monthly Charges for Fire
Sprinkler Connection Fees (Fox)
Recommendation: Authorize the Mayor to sign a letter to the California Public
Utilizes Commission (CPUC) in support of a resident's complaint regarding
California Water Service Company monthly charges for fire sprinkler system
connection fees.
G. Adoption of Ordinance No. 574 Amending Section 15.04.070 of the Rancho Palos
Verdes Municipal Code Relating to Expedited Permitting Procedures for Small
Residential Rooftop Solar Energy Systems and Amending Section 17.83.050 of the
Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code Relating to Application Procedures for
Renewable Energy Systems (Mikhail)
Recommendation: ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 5747 AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, THEREBY AMENDING SECTION 15.04.070
OF CHAPTER 15.04 OF TITLE 15 OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES
MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE AN EXPEDITED, STREAMLINED PERMITTING
PROCESS FOR SMALL RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS
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AND AMENDING SECTION 17.83.050 OF CHAPTER 17.83 OF ARTICLE VII OF
TITLE 17 OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS.
H. Approval of a One-Year License Agreement between the City and the Portuguese
Bend Cooperative Nursery School (Linder)
Recommendation: Approve and authorize the Mayor to execute the agreement
between the City and the Portuguese Bend Cooperative Nursery School.
I. Ladera Linda Park Master Plan Request for Proposal Authorization (Linder)
Recommendation: Direct staff to proceed with the creation of a Request for
Proposal (RFP) for the Ladera Linda Park Master Plan.
J. Open Space Acquisitions - Recordation of a Deed Restriction Pursuant to the
Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District Requirements
(Supports 2014 City Council Goals — Trail System Enhancement and Citizen
Involvement & Public Outreach) (Ramezani)
Recommendation: Authorize the Director of Public Works to sign and record a
deed restriction on open space properties in the vicinity of Portuguese Bend that
were fully or partially acquired utilizing Proposition A (aka Measure A) grant funds.
K. Permitting and Planning System Request for Proposals (Landon)
Recommendation: Receive and file. Status update on the release of a Request for
Proposal (RFP) to solicit proposals to upgrade the City's Permitting, Planning, Code
Enforcement and Business License System.
L. Classification Request for Accounting Supervisor (Cullen)
Recommendation: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2015-_, A RESOLUTION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, REVISING THE
SALARY AND HOURLY SCHEDULE FOR THE COMPETITIVE, MANAGEMENT,
AND PART-TIME POSITIONS, BY ADDING THE TITLE OF ACCOUNTING
SUPERVISOR AND ESTABLISHING A SALARY RANGE.
M. Approval of City Attorney Contract with Aleshire & Wynder (Willmore)
Recommendation: Authorize the Mayor to sign the contract for City Attorney
Services which appoints David J. Aleshire as the City Attorney and hires Aleshire &
Wynder as its City Attorney to render such legal services as are customary.
N. Assignment and Assumption Agreement by and between the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes and the Successor Agency to the Rancho Palos Verdes Redevelopment
Agency regarding Certain Easements (Lynch)
Recommendation: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2015-_, A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
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September 1, 2015
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AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY
TO THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (THE
"SUCCESSOR AGENCY") WITH RESPECT TO THE CITY'S ASSUMPTION OF
ALL OF THE RIGHTS, TITLE, INTERESTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
SUCCESSOR AGENCY UNDER CERTAIN EASEMENTS.
PUBLIC HEARING:
1. Green Hills Memorial Park Appeal of Planning Commission Decision Regarding
Annual Compliance Review (Case No. ZON-20030086); Location: 27501 Western
Avenue (Lynch/Petru)
Recommendation: 1) Conduct the duly noticed public hearing; and, 2) ADOPT
RESOLUTION NO. 2015 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, REGARDING THE APPEAL FROM THE
PLANNING COMMISSION'S DETERMINATION PERTAINING TO THE REVIEW
OF THE OPERATION OF GREEN HILLS MEMORIAL PARK UPHOLDING THE
PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION REQUIRING THE SUBMISSION OF A
VARIANCE APPLICATION TO SEEK APPROVAL TO ALLOW THE EXISTING
PACIFIC TERRACE/MEMORIAL TERRACE MAUSOLEUM BUILDING IN AREA 11
TO REMAIN ENCROACHING 32-FEET INTO THE REQUIRED 40-FOOT
SETBACK; UPHOLDING THE DECISION TO ALLOW 13 EXISTING BELOW-
GROUND INTERMENTS AND 6 ADDITIONAL BELOW-GROUND COMPANION
INTERMENTS TO ENCROACH INTO THE 16-FOOT SETBACK IN THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF GREEN HILLS CEMETERY, PARTIALLY GRANTING
THE APPEAL BY REVISING CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, AND
AMENDING THE GREEN HILLS CEMETERY MASTER PLAN, FOR PROPERTY
LOCATED AT 27501 WESTERN AVENUE (GREEN HILLS MEMORIAL PARK).
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:
City Council Agenda
September 1, 2015
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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
Potential Litigation against the City:
G.C. 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, 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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That I am the duly appointed City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes;
that I hereby affirm that copies of the agendas for the Regular Meeting of the City
Council; Successor Agency for the Redevelopment Agency; and, Improvement
Authority for September 1, 2015 were conspicuously posted on the City Hall
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California, at the time and date indicated below.
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