CC AGD 20211019
*HYBRID CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITH VERY LIMITED
PUBLIC SEATING
The meeting of October 19, 2021, will take place remotely in accordance with Government
Code Section 54953(e) et seq. (AB 361), and will be conducted through a *hybrid
combination of in-person and/or all virtual attendance of the five members of the City
Council and invited staff at Hesse Park, McTaggart Hall, 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard and
via teleconference using the Zoom platform and broadcast live on the City's website at
rpvca.gov/agendas and on PVPtv channels Cox 35 and Frontier FiOS 39. Public
participation is highly encouraged using the virtual platform as there will be very limited
seating (with a combined total of 25 people between two rooms) at Hesse Park . Members
of the public can observe and participate using the public participation options (see
separate cover).
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL MEETING
FRED HESSE COMMUNITY PARK, MCTAGGART HALL
29301 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD, RANCHO PALOS VERDES 90275
OCTOBER 19, 2021
7:00 P.M. – REGULAR MEETING
NEXT RESOLUTION NO. 2021-52 NEXT ORDINANCE NO. 652
7:00 P.M. – REGULAR MEETING
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Alegria
ROLL CALL: Councilmember Cruikshank
Councilmember Dyda
Councilmember Ferraro
Mayor Pro Tem Bradley
Mayor Alegria
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: To be announced
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MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS:
RECYCLE AND EMERGENCY PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS KIT DRAWING:
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS:
During Public Comments any person may address the Council, provided that the item is within the subject matter jurisdiction o f 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 address the City Council should refer to the separate cover for public participation options or visit
www.rpvca.gov/participate.
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 address the City
Council should refer to the separate cover for public participation options or visit www.rpvca.gov/participate
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 (Takaoka)
Recommendation: Approve the Minutes of September 7, 2021, Regular Meeting.
C. Register of Demands (Mata)
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2021-__, 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 regarding a claim against the City by Byron Walker.
(Takaoka)
Recommendation: Reject the claim and direct Staff to notify the claimant, Byron
Walker.
E. Consideration and possible action to continue implementing Assembly Bill No. 361
(AB 361) authorizing teleconferencing of meetings of legislative bodies for the month
of November 2021. (Takaoka)
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Recommendation: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 2021-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, RE-
RATIFYING THE PROCLAMATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY BY
GOVERNOR NEWSOM ON MARCH 4, 2020, AND RE-AUTHORIZING REMOTE
TELECONFERENCE MEETINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE BODIES OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES FOR THE 30-DAY PERIOD BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1,
2021 THROUGH NOVEMBER 30, 2021, PURSUANT TO THE RALPH M. BROWN
ACT AND ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 361.; and, 2) Authorize Staff to continue conducting
City Council and Planning Commission public meetings using a combination in-
person/virtual (hybrid) platform and continue conducting virtual-only meetings for the
City’s five Committees (Civic Center Advisory, Emergency Preparedness, Finance
Advisory, Infrastructure Management Advisory, Traffic Safety) subject to the Brown
Act in accordance with the requirements of AB 361; and return with extension
resolutions for the City Council’s consideration every 30 days as the same may be
warranted.
F. Consideration and possible action to authorize the Mayor to sign a letter to President
Biden seeking funding consideration for the Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation
Project. (Barnes)
Recommendation: Authorize the Mayor to sign a letter to President Biden seeking
funding consideration for the Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation Project.
G. Consideration and possible action to adopt Ordinance No. 650, amending Chapter
12.16 (Streets, Parks and Recreational Facilities) of Title 12 (Streets, Sidewalks and
Public Places) of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code. (Lozano)
Recommendation: Adopt Ordinance No. 650, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES RENAMING THE TITLE OF CHAPTER 12.16 TO READ,
“STREETS, PARKS, PRESERVE, AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES”; REPEALING
AND REPLACING SECTIONS 12.16.010 (PROTECTION OF FLORA, FAUNA AND
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES), 12.16.020 (MOTORIZED VEHICLES)
AND 12.16.045 (AIRCRAFT); AND ADDING 12.16.170 (VENDING, COMMERCIAL
SERVICES, AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES IN PARKS, PRESERVE, BEACHES,
AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES) OF CHAPTER 12.16 (STREETS, PARKS AND
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES) OF TITLE 12 (STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC
PLACES) OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE, TO REGULATE
THE OPERATION OF MOTORIZED VEHICLES, MOTORIZED BICYCLES, AND
ELECTRIC BICYCLES IN CITY PARKS, PRESERVE AND RECREATIONAL
FACILITIES; AND TO REGULATE VENDING, COMMERCIAL SERVICES, AND
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY IN PARKS, THE PRESERVE, BEACHES, AND
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
H. Consideration and possible action to adopt Ordinance No. 651 to amend Chapter 5.28
(Vending on Public Property) of the Municipal Code. (Rukavina)
Recommendation: Adopt Ordinance No. 651, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES AMENDING CHAPTER 5.28 (VENDING ON PUBLIC
PROPERTY) OF TITLE 5 (BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS) OF
THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE THEREBY CORRECTING AND
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CLARIFYING INCONSISTENCIES OR OMISSIONS RELATING TO VENDING ON
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
I. Consideration and possible action to enter into a contract services agreement with
Kittleson & Associates, Inc. to provide a Short-Term Parking and Traffic Management
Plan for Forrestal Drive. (Lopez)
Recommendation: 1) Award a contract services agreement to Kittleson &
Associates, Inc. to provide a Short-Term Traffic Management Plan for Forrestal Drive
in the amount of $79,215; 2) Authorize the City Manager or Director of Finance to
execute change orders up to an additional 15% of the agreement, not to exceed
$11,882, as contingency funds; 3) Approve an additional appropriation of $91,100 in
the Capital Infrastructure Projects (CIP) Fund; and, 4) Authorize the Mayor to execute
the contract services agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
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 spea k to
that item. Each speaker will be limited to three (3) minutes to address the City Council. Those wishing to address the City should refer
to the separate cover for public participation options or visit www.rpvca.gov/participate
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
This section is for hearings that have been noticed, published, and/or mailed to property owners as required by law. The Mayor 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 address the City should refer to the separate cover for public
participation options or visit www.rpvca.gov/participate.
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 establish a Residential Permit Parking Program
within certain areas of the Oceanfront Estates neighborhood. (Seeraty) (10 mins)
Recommendation: Continue consideration of the proposed Residential Permit Parking
Program and associated public hearing to a fut ure City Council meeting with date
uncertain.
2. Consideration and possible action to approve the Landscape Plan, Lighting Plan and
Safety and Security Plan for the Ladera Linda Community Center and Park project.
(O’Neill/Silva) (45 mins)
Recommendation: 1) Approve the updated Landscape Plan; 2) Approve the updated
Lighting Plan; 3) Approve the updated Safety and Security Plan; 4) Receive and file the
project cost estimates; and, 5) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2021-___, A RESOLUTION
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES APPROVING
REVISION NO. 1 TO A VARIANCE, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, MAJOR GRADING
PERMIT, AND SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR THE LADERA LINDA PARK AND
COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT THEREBY AMENDING 1) CONDITION NOS. 12,
57, 60 AND 61 TO ALLOW AN INCREASE IN THE OVERALL HEIGHT OF ON -SITE
LIGHT STANDARDS AND CAMERA POLES TO 16 FEET THROUGHOUT THE
PROJECT SITE TO ACCOMMODATE A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA SYSTEM AND
IMPROVING ON-SITE LIGHTING; AND 2) CONDITION NOS. 40, 41, 42, 43 AND 59
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TO FURTHER CLARIFY PARK AND COMMUNITY CENTER HOURS OF
OPERATION (CASE NO. PLCU2020-0007).
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 address the City should refer to the separate cover for public participation options or visit
www.rpvca.gov/participate.
3. Consideration and possible action to establish a Ladera Linda Residential Permit
Parking Program on certain streets within the neighborhood. (Eder) (15 mins)
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2021-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA,
ESTABLISHING A LADERA LINDA RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING PROGRAM ON
CERTAIN STREETS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
4. Consideration and possible action to receive a presentation from the California
Department of Transportation (Caltrans) on its proposed Western Avenue Bicycle
Pedestrian Improvement Project. (Lopez) (30 mins)
Recommendation: 1) Receive and file the presentation from Caltrans on its proposed
Western Avenue Bicycle Pedestrian Improvement Project to install bicycle lanes and
pedestrian access improvements on Western Avenue; 2) Provide, if warranted,
feedback to Caltrans; and, 3) Request that Caltrans work with City Staff to make any
adjustments to the project based on City Council and public feedback.
5. Consideration and possible action to review the draft 6th Cycle Housing Element.(Silva)
(60 mins)
Recommendation: Review and provide comments and/or direction on the City’s draft
6th Cycle Housing Element.
6. Consideration and possible action to name the Upper Point Vicente Park/Civic Center
property in honor of Councilmember Ken Dyda. (Waters) (15 mins)
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2021-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, RENAMING THE UPPER
POINT VICENTE PARK/CIVIC CENTER PROPERTY TO THE KEN DYDA CIVIC
CENTER AND NAMING THE DRIVEWAY LEADING INTO THE CIVIC CENTER AS
KEN DYDA WAY.
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.
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CITY COUNCIL ORAL REPORTS:
This section is designated for oral reports from Council Members, as elected officials of the City, to report action tak en at
intergovernmental organizations, committee, or association meetings. Council Members are required to provide a brief oral re port 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 November 2, 2021, for a Closed Session meeting and 7:00 P.M.
for a Regular meeting.
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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 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).)
Additionally, per Subsection (b) (Confidentiality) of Section 3.6 (Closed Session Meetings) of Chapter 3 (Types of
Meetings) of the City Council Rules of Procedure is amended to read as follows: Confidential ity. No person attending a
closed session shall publicly discuss or otherwise reveal the discussion, content, and/or proceedings of the closed
session unless such disclosure has been approved by the vote of the Council taken during the closed session or as
otherwise required by law. Violation of this rule may subject the violator to various penalties including (i) censure by the
Council as provided in Article 9.0 herein, (ii) criminal penalties as the willful failure to perform a duty under Government
Code Section 1222, or other statute, (iii) referral to the grand jury, or (iv) civil actions, including issuance of an
injunction.
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I, Teresa Takaoka, 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 Regular Meeting of the City Council for
October 19, 2021, 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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