CC AGD 20200407
THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS WILL NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Pursuant to Section 3 of Executive Order N-29-20, issued by Governor Newsom on March 17,
2020, the regular meeting of the City Council for April 7, 2020, will be conducted via
teleconferencing using the Zoom platform and broadcast live on the City's website at
http://www.rpvca.gov/772/City-Meeting-Video-and-Agendas and on RPVTV Channels 33 and
Fios38. Please see separate cover for public participation options
[https://www.rpvca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/15689/20200407-City-Council-Meeting-Public-
Participation-Options].
AGENDA
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2020
FRED HESSE COMMUNITY PARK, MCTAGGART HALL
29301 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD, RANCHO PALOS VERDES 90275
6:00 P.M. – CLOSED SESSION
7:00 P.M. – REGULAR MEETING
NEXT RESOLUTION NO. 2020-12 NEXT ORDINANCE NO. 634
6:00 P.M. CLOSED SESSION
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Cruikshank
ROLL CALL: Councilmember Bradley
Councilmember Dyda
Councilmember Ferraro
Mayor Pro Tem Alegria
Mayor Cruikshank
PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR CLOSED SESSION:
This section is intended to provide members of the public with the opportunity to comment on listed Closed Session items. Each
speaker will be limited to three (3) minutes to address the City Council. Those wishing to speak are asked to complete a REQUEST
TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL form located on the table across from the entrance and submit it to the City Clerk. You will be
called at the appropriate time to make your remarks.
City Council Agenda
April 7, 2020
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CLOSED SESSION ITEM(S):
All Statutory References are to California Government Code Sections. Please be advised that, pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act,
“a person may not disclose confidential information that has been acquired by being present in a Closed Session . . . to a person not
entitled to receive it, unless the legislative body authorizes disclosure of that confidential information.” (Gov. Code § 54963(a).)
“[C]onfidential information’ means a communication made in a Closed Session that is specifically related to the basis for the
legislative body of a local agency to meet[] lawfully in Closed Session . . . .” (Gov. Code § 54963(a).) Please be further advised that
any “[v]iolation of [Government Code § 54963] may be addressed by the use of such remedies as are currently available by law,
including, but not limited to: (1) injunctive relief to prevent the disclosure of confidential information prohibited by this section; (2)
disciplinary action against an [public or city official] who has willfully disclosed confidential information in violation of this section; (3)
referral of a member of a legislative body who has willfully disclosed confidential information in violation of this section to a grand
jury.” (Gov. Code § 54963(c).)
1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
GC SECTION 54956.9 (d)(1)
Name of Case: Indian Peak Properties, LLC, a Nevada corporation; Lt-WR, LLC, a
Nevada corporation; California Internet, LP dba Geolinks, Plaintiffs v. City of Rancho
Palos Verdes, a municipal corporation; City of Rancho Palos Verdes Planning
Commission; City of Rancho Palos Verdes City Council; and Does 1 TO 20
Inclusive; United States District Court Case No. 2:20-cv-00457
2. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
GC SECTION 54957.6
A closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code § 54957.6, with Interim
Director of Finance Angelina Garcia and Human Resources Manager Julie DeZiel
regarding labor negotiations with Rancho Palos Verdes Employees Association.
3. POTENTIAL LITIGATION AGAINST THE CITY
GC 54956.9(d)(2) and (e)(1)
Based on facts and circumstances that might result in litigation against the City in
one (1) case, but which the City believes are not yet known to a potential plaintiff or
plaintiffs, which facts and circumstances need not be disclosed.
RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION (FIRESIDE ROOM):
ADJOURN TO REGULAR MEETING (MCTAGGART HALL):
7:00 P.M. – REGULAR MEETING
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Cruikshank
ROLL CALL: Councilmember Bradley
Councilmember Dyda
Councilmember Ferraro
Mayor Pro Tem Alegria
Mayor Cruikshank
City Council Agenda
April 7, 2020
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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: To be announced
CLOSED SESSION REPORT:
MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS:
RECYCLE AND EMERGENCY PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS KIT DRAWING:
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS:
During Public Comments any person may address the Council, provided that the item is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the
Council and is not otherwise on the agenda. Each speaker will be limited to three (3) minutes to address the City Council. Those
wishing to speak are asked to complete a REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL form located on the table across from the
entrance and submit it to the City Clerk. You will be called at the appropriate time to make your remarks.
CITY MANAGER REPORT:
CONSENT CALENDAR:
Items listed under the Consent Calendar consists of routine items and will be approved in one motion. Any member of the Council
may pull an item for discussion or clarification. Items pulled from the Consent Calendar by a Councilmember will be heard aft er the
Regular Business section of the agenda, unless otherwise directed by the City Council. If a member of the public has requested to
speak on a Consent Calendar item, it will be pulled and heard immediately after the Consent Calendar. Those wishing to speak on
any Consent Calendar item(s) will be limited to three (3) minutes to address the City Council. Those wishing to speak are asked to
complete a REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL form located on the table across from the entrance and submit it to the
City Clerk. You will be called at the appropriate time to make your remarks.
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 (Colborn)
Recommendation: Approve the Minutes of the March 17, 2020, Special City
Council meeting.
C. Register of Demands (Garcia)
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2020-__, 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. Consideration and possible action to receive and file the February 2020 Cash
Balances/Monthly Treasurer’s Report (Lin)
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Recommendation: Receive and file the February 2020 Cash Balances/Monthly
Treasurer’s Report
E. Consideration and possible action to adopt an updated “Designation of Applicant’s
Agent” resolution for the California Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) (Fox)
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2020-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA,
AUTHORIZING CERTAIN OFFICIALS OF THE CITY TO FILE APPLICATIONS
WITH THE CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (CalOES)
F. Consideration and possible action to adopt Ordinance No. 633 to amend Exception
Category ‘U’ of the City’s Landslide Moratorium Ordinance to clarify the allowable
development on 48 Cinnamon Lane (Yoon)
Recommendation: Adopt Ordinance No. 633, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES AMENDING SECTION 15.20.040.U (EXCEPTIONS)
OF THE CITY’S LANDSLIDE MORATORIUM ORDINANCE TO ALLOW
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON 48 CINNAMON LANE ON THE SAME TERMS
AS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH EXCEPTION CATEGORY ‘P2’
G. Consideration and possible action to adopt a resolution approving a list of proposed
SB-1 projects for FY20-21 (Eder)
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2020-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES ADOPTING A LIST OF
PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020-21 FUNDED BY SB 1, THE ROAD REPAIR
AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017
H. Consideration and possible action to award a professional services agreement to
Bell Event Services, Inc. to produce the City's annual July 4th Celebration (Berg)
Recommendation: (1) Award a professional service agreement to Bell Event
Services, Inc. in the amount of $26,000 to produce the City’s 2020 July 4th
Celebration special event; and (2) Authorize the Mayor to execute the professional
service agreement in a form approved by the City Attorney
I. Consideration and possible action to award a construction contract for Phase 2 of
the Western Avenue Corridor ALPR Project (Eder)
Recommendation: (1) Award a construction contract to Metro RF Services, Inc. in
the amount of $34,940 construct Phase 2 of the Western Avenue Corridor ALPR
project; and (2) Authorize Staff to utilize an additional 10% ($3,494) for project
contingency, subject to approval of City Manager or Finance Director, for a total
construction authorization of $38,434.
CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM(S) PULLED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT:
This section is for item(s) that have been pulled from the Consent Calendar, and a member of the public has requested to speak to
that item. Each speaker will be limited to three (3) minutes to address the City Council.
City Council Agenda
April 7, 2020
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PUBLIC HEARINGS:
This section is for hearings that have been noticed, published, and/or mailed to property owners as required by law. The May or will
provide an opportunity to members of the public to testify in support of or opposition to the matter being heard . Each speaker will be
limited to three (3) minutes to address the City Council. Those wishing to speak are asked to complete a REQUEST TO ADDRESS
THE CITY COUNCIL form located on the table across from the entrance and submit it to the City Clerk. You will be called at the
appropriate time to make your remarks.
For appeal hearings, the appellant or their representative speaks first and will generally be allowed ten (10) minutes. If the applicant
is different from the appellant, the applicant or their representative will speak following the appellant and will also be allowed ten (10)
minutes to make a presentation. Normally, the applicants and appellants will be limited to a three (3) minute rebuttal (if re quested).
1. Consideration and possible action to adopt an interim urgency ordinance extending
the moratorium period for Urgency Ordinance No. 632U amending Rancho Palos
Verdes Municipal Code Sections 17.76.020(C) (Noncommercial amateur radio
antennas) and (D) (Noncommercial amateur radio antenna permit) (Yoon) (15 mins.)
Recommendation: Adopt Ordinance No. ___U, AN INTERIM URGENCY
ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE MORATORIUM PERIOD ENACTED BY INTERIM
URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 632U BY AN ADDITIONAL 10 MONTHS AND 15
DAYS, TO ALLOW STAFF ADEQUATE TIME TO RESEARCH AND PREPARE
CODE AMENDMENT PROCEEDINGS TO AMEND RANCHO PALOS VERDES
MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS 17.76.020(C) (NONCOMMERCIAL AMATEUR
RADIO ANTENNAS) AND (D) (NONCOMMERCIAL AMATEUR RADIO ANTENNA
PERMIT)
REGULAR BUSINESS:
This section contains items of general business. Prior to the vote of an item, each speaker will be limited to three (3) minutes to
address the City Council. Those wishing to speak are asked to complete a REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL form
located on the table across from the entrance and submit it to the City Clerk. You will be called at the appropriate time to make your
remarks.
2. Consideration and possible action to approve a Small Business Financial Assistance
Plan in response to COVID-19 (Garcia) (30 mins.)
Recommendation: Provide Staff direction to implement a Small Business Financial
Assistance Plan for certain Rancho Palos Verdes businesses, using one or any
combination of the proposed options.
3. Consideration and possible action to adoption of an urgency ordinance to enact
prohibitions against emergency price-gouging and a moratorium on residential
tenant evictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic and declared states of
emergency (Wynder) (15 mins.)
Recommendation: Adopt Ordinance No. ___U, AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA,
ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 9.36 (EMERGENCY PRICE-GOUGING
PROTECTIONS) TO ARTICLE 9 (PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE) OF
THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE TO ENACT PROHIBITIONS
AGAINST EMERGENCY PRICE-GOUGING AND A MORATORIUM ON
RESIDENTIAL TENANT EVICTIONS RELATED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
AND FUTURE DECLARED STATES OF EMERGENCY
4. Consideration and possible action to form a “sister city” relationship with Sakura
City, Japan (Fox) (15 mins.)
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April 7, 2020
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Recommendation: Receive and file, and if desired, provide direction to Staff
regarding next steps to form a “sister city” relationship with Sakura City, Japan
CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM(S) PULLED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER:
This section is for item(s) that have been removed from the Consent Calendar by a member of Council for discussion or clarification.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS:
This section is designated for individual Council Members to request that an item be placed on a future City Council meeting
agenda. 5 minutes has been allotted for this section.
CITY COUNCIL ORAL REPORTS:
This section 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. 10 minutes has been allotted for this section.
ADJOURNMENT:
Adjourn to 6:00 P.M. on April 13, 2020, for the FY 20-21 Budget workshop.
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City Council
Agendas and Staff
Reports:
Agendas and staff reports are available for public review within 72 hours of the meeting at City Hall, 30940
Hawthorne Boulevard during regular business hours, 7:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Monday – Thursday and 7:30
A.M. to 4:30 P.M. on Friday; Hesse Community Park, 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard during regular
business hours Monday – Friday from 9:00 A.M. until dusk, Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 A.M. until
dusk; and at the City’s website www.rpvca.gov
Materials related to an item on an agenda submitted after distribution of the agenda packet are available
for public inspection at the front counter of the lobby of the City Hall Administration Building at 30940
Hawthorne Boulevard, Rancho Palos Verdes during normal business hours.
Public
Correspondence:
We highly encourage written materials regarding City Council Agenda items be submitted no later than
4:00 P.M. the Monday prior to a City Council meeting to allow the Council Members ample time to review
and consider the issues raised prior to making decisions at the Council meeting. Please keep in mind that
it is difficult for Council Members to carefully review materials submitted after that deadline or at the
meeting. Written materials, including emails, submitted to the City are public records and may be posted
on the City’s website. Accordingly, you may wish to omit personal information from your written materials
or oral presentation as it may become part of the public record regarding an agendized item. In addition,
City meetings may be televised and may be accessed through the City's website.
Public Participation: Participants must speak from the podium using the lectern microphone; comments are to be directed to
the City Council and not to the staff or the public; repetition should be avoided; and reading a submission
that has been copied or contained in the agenda will be discouraged.
Public Comments: The City Council may limit the public input on any item based on the number of people requesting to
speak, the length of the agenda, or the business of the Council.
Conduct at the
Council Meeting:
The Mayor shall order removed from the Council Chambers any person(s) who commit the following acts
at a meeting of the City Council: Disorderly, contemptuous or insolent behavior toward the Council or any
member thereof, tending to interrupt the due and orderly course of said meeting; a breach of the peace,
boisterous conduct or violent disturbance, tending to interrupt the due and orderly course of said meeting;
disobedience of any lawful order of the Mayor, which shall include an order to be seated or to refrain from
addressing the Council from the audience; any other unlawful interference with the due and orderly course
of the meeting.
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.
Continuation of
Meeting:
The City Council will adjourn its meetings on or before 11:00 p.m. and will not consider new business
items after 10:15 p.m., unless the majority of the Council members who are present affirmatively vote
either to extend the meeting after 11:00 p.m. or to consider new business after 10:15 p.m. If the meeting
ends before all of the items listed on the agenda are completed, any unfinished business will be co ntinued
to the next succeeding day that is not a holiday, at a location to be determined.
Closed Session Please be advised that, pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act, “a person may not disclose confidential
information that has been acquired by being present in a Closed Session . . . to a person not entitled to
receive it, unless the legislative body authorizes disclosure of that confidential information.” (Gov. Code
§ 54963(a).) “[C]onfidential information’ means a communication made in a Closed Session that is
specifically related to the basis for the legislative body of a local agency to meet[] lawfully in Closed
Session . . . .” (Gov. Code § 54963(a).)
Please be further advised that any “[v]iolation of [Government Code § 54963] may be addressed by the
use of such remedies as are currently available by law, including, but not limited to: (1) injunctive relief to
prevent the disclosure of confidential information prohibited by this section; (2) disciplinary action against
an [public or city official] who has willfully disclosed confidential information in violation of this section; (3)
referral of a member of a legislative body who has willfully disclosed confidential information in violation of
this section to a grand jury.” (Gov. Code § 54963(c).)
American with
Disabilities Act:
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you require a disability-related modification or
accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, please contact
the City Clerk’s Office at least 48 hours prior to the meeting at any of the following: cityclerk@rpvca.gov;
310-544-5217; 30940 Hawthorne Blvd., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275.
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www.rpvca.gov
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES)
AFFIDAVIT OF AGENDA POSTING
I, Emily Colborn, declare as follows:
That I am the City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes; that I hereby
affirm that a copy of the agendas for the Regular meetings of the City Council and
the Improvement Authority for Tuesday, April 7, 2020, were 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: 6:00 PM
Dated: April 1, 2020
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City Clerk