ORD 609 ORDINANCE NO. 609
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA,
APPROVING AN AMENDED AND RESTATED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND THE CITY TO CLARIFY AND
CONSOLIDATE, UNDER ONE AGREEMENT, ALL OF THE PREVIOUSLY-
APPROVED CHANGES AND CONDITIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
TRUMP NATIONAL GOLF COURSE PROJECT AND TO EXTEND THE TERM
OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS, Sections 65864 et seq. of the Government Code of the State of California
and Chapter 17.82 of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes' Municipal Code authorize the City of
Rancho Palos Verdes (the "City") to enter into binding development agreements and
amendments thereto; and,
WHEREAS, on June 1, 1992, the City Council of the City adopted Resolution No. 92-53,
certifying Environmental Impact Report (EIR) No. 36 and adopted Resolution Nos. 92-54, 92-
55, 92-56, 92-57, approving Vesting Tentative Tract Map Nos. 50666 and 50667, Tentative
Parcel Map Nos. 20970 and 23004, Conditional Use Permit Nos. 162 and 163, Coastal
Development Permit No. 103 (the "CDP"), and Grading Permit No. 1541 for a Residential
Planned Development, an 18-hole public golf course, and associated amenities and public open
space (the "Original Project") on an approximately 261.4 acre property located in the City (the
"Property"); and,
WHEREAS, on November 5, 1997, the City Council approved a Development Agreement
with the "Zuckerman Entities" and Palos Verdes Land Holding Corporation, L.P., a California
limited partnership, pursuant to Ordinance No. 328, which was recorded on December 8, 1997
in the Official Records of Los Angeles County("Official Records") as Instrument No. 97-1929840
("Original Development Agreement"), pursuant to which original developer("Original Developer")
was granted certain vested rights to develop the Original Project; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council subsequently approved sixteen various amendments to the
Original Development Agreement, including amendments dated September 18, 2001, March 4,
2003, November 20, 2007, March 4, 2008, July 15, 2008, October 21, 2008, January 21, 2009,
September 15, 2009, March 16, 2010, September 21, 2010, March 15, 2011, September 20,
2011, March 6, 2012, August 7, 2012, September 16, 2014, and August 16, 2016, each of which
were approved by the City Council and recorded in the Official Records (such amendments,
together with the Original Development Agreement, are sometimes collectively referred to herein
as the "Development Agreement"), which provided for, among other things, the extension of the
term of the Original Development Agreement and Tentative Tract Map No. 50666, clarifications
and agreements regarding the golf taxes payable by developer to City and golf fees chargeable
by developer to users of the golf course; and,
WHEREAS, the rights and obligations of the Original Developer under the Development
Agreement were assigned to, and assumed by VH Property Corp. (the "Developer") and VHPS,
LLC (the "Owner"), which are the current owners of the Property (except for certain portions
thereof which have been deeded or dedicated to the City as habitat, open space, and park
areas), and Developer (and its predecessors-in-interest) has made substantial progress in
completing the development contemplated under the Original Development Agreement, which
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is now known as the Trump National Golf Club Project (the "Project"), including the completion
of the Trump National Golf Course, including an 18 hole golf course, driving range, practice
areas, golf clubhouse, parking areas, public trails, open space, and related facilities, as well as
completion of a majority of the residential buildings, public facilities and other structures set forth
in the Final Map for Vesting Tentative Tract No. 50667; and,
WHEREAS, the term of, and vested rights conferred by, the existing Development
Agreement and VTTM No. 50666 are set to expire on September 21, 2018; and,
WHEREAS, the Original Development Agreement is proposed to be amended and
restated in full in order to, among other things, to clarify and consolidate, under one agreement,
all of the previously-approved changes and conditions to the development of the Project that
have occurred over the last 21 years(the most recent of which were approved by the City Council
at its public hearings held on Jun 19, 2018 and August 21, 2018, pursuant to Resolution Nos.
2018-39, 2018-57, 2018-58, 2018-59, and 2018-60, the recitals and terms and provisions of
which are hereby incorporated within this Ordinance), and to extend the term of the Development
Agreement; and,
WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated Development Agreement attached hereto as
Exhibit A, and incorporated herein by this reference with the same force and effect as set forth
in full, has been prepared by City staff, and has been agreed to by the Developer and Owner;
and,
WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated Development Agreement contains a number of
benefits to the City, including, without limitation (i) it clarifies the property and trail easements
required to be dedicated to the City, (ii) it incorporates and references the current set of City
Council-adopted Conditions of Approval and Mitigation Measures that have been approved over
the years to ensure compliance with such Conditions of Approval and Mitigation Measures, (iii)
it redefines the scope of work/approved development plan for the Project to conform to the
current Conditions of Approval imposed by the City for the Project (which have been revised
significantly over the course of the last 21 years with the City Council's approval, but which have
not been incorporated into the Development Agreement), (iv) it clarifies and enhances the
maintenance and management obligations of the Developer with respect to the public open
space, trails, park and recreational areas, streets, paths and parking areas located on the
Property and on City-owned property, and (vi) it extends the term of the Development Agreement
(which is currently set to expire on September 21, 2018) for a 25 year period to ensure the
Project will be completed as intended; and,
WHEREAS, on August 14, 2018, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution No. 2018-
22, recommending that the City Council adopt an ordinance approving an Amended and
Restated Development Agreement between the City and the Trump Organization (VH Property
Corp. and VHPS, LLC.), with modifications to provide for a tracking program to assess the
Developer's compliance with its maintenance obligations and to reduce the term of the
anticipated completion for the development project from 10 years to 7 years; and,
WHEREAS, on September 4, 2018, the City Council conducted a duly noticed public
hearing on the proposed Amended and Restated Development Agreement, considered
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testimony and materials in the staff report and accompanying documents, and after review and
consideration, approved the Amended and Restated Development Agreement, as set forth in
Exhibit A, attached hereto; and,
WHEREAS, all legal prerequisites to the adoption of the Ordinance have been met.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE, AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The above recitals are true and correct and are hereby incorporated into
this Resolution as set forth herein.
Section 2. Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act and State CEQA
Guidelines, the City Council hereby determines that there is no substantial evidence that the
changes and modifications to the Project or to the circumstances under which the Project is
undertaken embodied in the Amended and Restated Development Agreement would result in a
new or increased significant adverse effect on the environment that was not already considered
under EIR No. 36 (and the modifications, addenda, supplementations, and/or mitigated negative
declarations or mitigation monitoring programs related thereto or otherwise to the Project, which
have previously received approval from City Council).
Section 3. The City Council hereby finds the Amended and Restated Development
Agreement (attached hereto as Exhibit A) by and between the City and Developer and Owner:
A. Conforms with the maps and policies of the General Plan and any applicable specific
plan including, without limitation, the City's Coastal Specific Plan;
B. Complies with the requirements of California Government Code Sections 65865
through 65869.5;
C. Will not be detrimental to or cause adverse effects to adjacent property owners,
residents, or the general public; and
D. Provides clear and substantial benefit to the residents of the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes.
Section 4. The City Council hereby approves the Amended and Restated Declaration of
Restrictions attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Section 5. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of
this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court
of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance,
and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portions thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences,
clauses, phrases or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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Section 6. This Ordinance shall take effect 30 days after its adoption.
Section 7. The Mayor, City Manager, and City Clerk or their designees, are authorized
and directed to take such actions and execute such documents and certifications as may be
necessary to implement and affect execution, recordation and enforcement of this Ordinance
and the Amended and Restated Development Agreement with any non-substantive changes or
clerical corrections approved by the City Manager and the City Attorney.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 18th day of September 2018.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )ss
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES )
I, EMILY COLBORN, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing Ordinance
No. 609 passed first reading on September 4, 2018, was duly and regularly adopted by the City
Council of said City at a regular meeting thereof held on September 18, 2018, and that the same
was passed and adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Cruikshank, Dyda and Mayor Brooks
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: Alegria and Duhovic
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FCITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES)
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says:
That at all times herein mentioned, she was and now is the City Clerk of
the City of Rancho Palos Verdes;
That on September 19, 2018, she caused to be posted the following document
entitled: ORDINANCE NO. 609,AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN AMENDED AND
RESTATED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER
AND THE CITY TO CLARIFY AND CONSOLIDATE, UNDER ONE
AGREEMENT, ALL OF THE PREVIOUSLY-APPROVED CHANGES AND
CONDITIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRUMP NATIONAL GOLF
COURSE PROJECT AND TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT, a copy of which is attached hereto, in the following locations:
City Hall Ladera Linda Community Center
30940 Hawthorne Blvd. 32201 Forrestal Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho Palos Verdes
Hesse Park
29301 Hawthorne Blvd.
Rancho Palos Verdes
I certify under penalty of perjury that the forg•'ng is a true and correct affidavit of
posting.
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