CC SR 20170418 09 - Sanitation District Delegate and AltRANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: 04/18/2017
AGENDA REPORT AGENDA HEADING: Regular Business
AGENDA DESCRIPTION:
Consideration and possible action to appoint a City Council Member as an Alternate
Director to the Boards of Sanitation District No. 5 and the South Bay Sanitation District.
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
(1) By motion, affirm Mayor Campbell's appointment as the City's Director to the
Boards of Sanitation District No. 5 and the South Bay Sanitation District, and
appoint another Council Member as the City's Alternate Director.
FISCAL IMPACT: None
Amount Budgeted: N/A
Additional Appropriation: N/A
Account Number(s): N/A
ORIGINATED BY: David Aleshire, City Attorney
REVIEWED BY: Same as above
APPROVED BY: Doug Willmore, City Manageryl/�}
ATTACHED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS:
A. City Council Minutes of December, 20, 2016 (page A-1)
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
California Health & Safety Code Section 4730 provides in part that "[t]he governing body
of a sanitation district is a board of directors of not less than three members. The
presiding officer of the governing body of each city, the whole or part of which is
included in the sanitation district, is a member of the board.... The governing body of
each city ... shall each select one of its members, other than its presiding officer, as an
alternate director to act as a member of the district board in place of the presiding officer
... during such person's absence, inability, or refusal to act." [emphasis added]
At the City Council Meeting on December 20, 2016, the Mayor appointed and the City
Council affirmed Councilwoman Brooks as the City's Director and Councilman Misetich
as the City's Alternate Director to the Boards of Sanitation District No. 5 and the South
Bay Sanitation District. This action is confirmed by the Minutes of that meeting
(Attachment A). We know that Council Member Brooks was willing to serve in this
capacity, but we have not spoken with the Mayor as to why he chose to make this
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appointment. However, on or around March 15, 2017, Mayor Campbell attended the
joint Board Meetings as the City's Director.
Since the Mayor is the presiding officer of the City Council, pursuant to the Health &
Safety Code, the Mayor holds the position of Director on the Boards of Sanitation
District No. 5 and the South Bay Sanitation District. Pursuant to the Health & Safety
Code, the power of the City Council is to appoint an Alternate Director. Should the
Mayor be unable or unwilling to attend the Board meetings, the City's Alternate Director
would attend the Board meetings.
We advised the City Clerk to place this matter back on the City Council's agenda.
Based on our review, there was nothing improper under the Health & Safety Code in the
Mayor choosing to attend the recent Sanitation Board meetings; however, it was
inconsistent with the City Council's actual action and the City Council needs to review
who it would choose as the Alternate Director to serve in the absence of the Mayor.
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Nelly Bertolina, agreed with the other speakers and would also like the fines to be
punitive.
Discussion continued among Council Members and Staff.
Mayor Pro Tem Duhovic moved, seconded by Councilwoman Brooks, to approve staff
recommendation with modified fines to start at $2,500 per occurrence and to increase
by $2,500 increments repeat occurrences, with no maximum for Tier 2 penalties and to
adopt Resolution 2016-57, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF PENALTIES FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS BY ESTABLISHING A SECOND TIER OF FINES FOR
CERTAIN VIOLATIONS OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL
CODE.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Brooks, Duhovic, and Misetich
NOES: Dyda, and Mayor Campbell
ABSENT: None
Mayor Campbell moved, seconded by Councilman Misetich moved to extend the
meeting to 10:45 P.M. for the consideration of new business.
Without objection, Mayor Campbell so ordered.
Consideration and Possible Action to Appoint Three Members to the
Infrastructure Management Advisory Committee (IMAC)
As there was no request for a staff report, Acting City Clerk Takaoka distributed ballots
for the selection of three members to fill the vacancies on the Infrastructure
Management Advisory Committee.
After one round of balloting, John Curtis, Donald Swanson, and Richard Taube were
unanimously selected to fill the three vacancies on the Infrastructure Management
Advisory Committee, said term of office until December 2020.
Consideration and Possible Action to Appoint City Council Members to
Intergovernmental Organizations, Associations and City Subcommittees for 2017
Discussion ensued among Council Members regarding the appointments to
intergovernmental organizations, associations and City Subcommittees, with
several amendments made to the assignments.
Councilwoman Brooks moved, seconded by Councilman Dyda to: 1) Appoint the
members of Council to the various intergovernmental organizations, associations,
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and City Subcommittees, as amended; and, 2) Direct Staff to notify the various
agencies of the Council's decision.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Brooks, Duhovic, Dyda, Misetich, and Mayor Campbell
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Consider Authorization of Neighborhood Public Safety Monitoring Program
Acting City Clerk Takaoka reported that there were three requests to speak regarding
this item.
By acclamation, the Council waived the staff report.
Mickey Rodich, Rancho Palos Verdes, complimented Captain Beringer and his Staff
regarding the successful ALPR program; provided his support of the grant program and
would like to see some subsidies for installation of the doorbell cameras for seniors.
Miro, Rancho Palos Verdes, shared his comments supporting any idea that provides
safekeeping of property and supports the installation of additional ALPR cameras in his
community.
Vatche, Palos Verdes Peninsula, provided comments regarding the use of higher
definition images for the cameras.
Councilwoman Brooks moved, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Duhovic, to approve the
staff recommendation to: 1) Authorize Staff to move forward with the Grant Program for
Homeowner Association Safety Improvements; 2) Authorize amendments to Council
Policy #31 to exempt Homeowner Association Cameras from the policy; 3) Authorize an
incentive of $100,000 for selected Ring camera products; 4) Authorize the Mayor to sign
an agreement, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with Bot Home Automation dba
Ring for reimbursement of the City's incentive for residents; 5) Authorize Automated
License Plate Recognition (ALPR) cameras for the Eastview neighborhoods along
Western Avenue; and 6) Direct Staff to return to Council with an estimated cost for
Western Avenue infrastructure and an agreement with Vigilant Solutions, the ALPR
vendor.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote.-
AYES:
ote:AYES: Brooks, Duhovic, Dyda, Misetich, and Mayor Campbell
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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