CC AGD 20200317 SPC (Local Emergency)
This meeting is being held pursuant to Executive Order N-25-20 issued by California Governor
Gavin Newsom on March 12, 2020. Any or all council members may attend by teleconference.
Members of the public may attend at the location indicated below in order to observe and provide
public comment during the meeting. The meeting will be livestreamed on www.rpvca.gov.
AGENDA
RANCHO PALOS VERDES SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2020 – 6:45 P.M.
FRED HESSE COMMUNITY PARK, FIRESIDE ROOM
29301 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD, RANCHO PALOS VERDES 90275
NEXT RESOLUTION NO. 2020-07 NEXT ORDINANCE NO. 633
6:45 P.M. – SPECIAL MEETING
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Cruikshank
ROLL CALL: Councilmember Bradley
Councilmember Dyda
Councilmember Ferraro
Mayor Pro Tem Alegria
Mayor Cruikshank
PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to items listed on this Special Meeting Agenda):
During Public Comments any person may address the Council, limited to items listed on this special meeting 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.
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.
1. Consideration and possible action to adopt a resolution declaring a local emergency
in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). (Wynder) (15 mins.)
SPECIAL - City Council Agenda
March 17, 2020
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Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2020-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, DECLARING AND
PROCLAIMING A LOCAL EMERGENCY IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19
ADJOURNMENT:
SPECIAL - City Council Agenda
March 17, 2020
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City Council
Agendas and Staff
Reports:
(Special Meetings)
Agendas and staff reports are available for public review within 24 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:
(Special Meetings)
We highly encourage written materials regarding City Council Agenda items be submitted no later than
4:00 P.M. the day prior to a City Council special 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:
(Special Meetings)
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. Public Comments at special meetings are
limited to only items listed on the agenda.
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 continued
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.
30940 Hawthorne Boulevard / Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275-5391 / (310) 544-5208 / Fax (310) 544-5291
www.rpvca.gov
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES)
AFFIDAVIT OF GIVING NOTICE OF A SPECIAL
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
I, Emily Colborn, City Clerk, hereby certify that the Notice and Call of a Special meeting of the Rancho
Palos Verdes City Council, a copy of which is attached hereto, was given by email to each member of the
City Council and was also sent by email to each newspaper of general circulation that has requested
such notice in writing on March 16, 2020, before 5:30 P.M.
ERIC ALEGRIA
30940 HAWTHORNE BLVD.
RANCHO PALOS VERDES
Email: eric.alegria@rpvca.gov
DAVE BRADLEY
30940 HAWTHORNE BLVD.
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA 90275
Email: david.bradley@rpvca.gov
JOHN CRUIKSHANK
30940 HAWTHORNE BLVD.
RANCHO PALOS VERDES
Email: john.cruikshank@rpvca.gov
KEN DYDA
30940 HAWTHORNE BLVD.
RANCHO PALOS VERDES
Email: ken.dyda@rpvca.gov
BARBARA FERRARO
30940 HAWTHORNE BLVD.
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA 90275
Email: barbara.ferraro@rpvca.gov
LOS ANGELES TIMES
202 W. 1st Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Email: newstips@latimes.com
PALOS VERDES NEWS
609 DEEP VALLEY DRIVE, SUITE 200
ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, CA 90274
Email: magarcia@scng.com
DAILY BREEZE, EDITOR
21250 HAWTHORNE BLVD. #170
TORRANCE, CA 90503
Email: ljacobs@scng.com; kfarmer@scng.com
WILLIAM W. WYNDER, CITY ATTORNEY
ALESHIRE & WYNDER, LLP
2361 ROSECRANS AVENUE, SUITE 475
EL SEGUNDO, CA 900245-4916
Email: wwynder@awattorneys.com
Dated: March 16, 2020
_____________________________
Emily Colborn, MMC, City Clerk
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
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 agenda for the Special Meeting of the City Council, for
March 17, 2020, was conspicuously posted on the City Hall Bulletin Board, located
at 30940 Hawthorne Boulevard, Rancho Palos Verdes California, at the time and
date indicated below.
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Dated: March 16, 2020
City Clerk
30940 Hawthorne Boulevard/Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275-5391 /(310)377-0360/Fax(310)544-5291
www.rpvca.gov