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RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
DECEMBER 20, 2022
CALL TO ORDER:
A Regular Meeting of the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council was called to order by
Mayor Ferraro at 6:08 P.M. at Fred Hesse Community Park, McTaggart Hall, 29301
Hawthorne Boulevard. This meeting took place remotely in accordance with
Government Code section 54953(e) et seq. (AB 361) and Resolution 2021-59, adopted
by the City Council on November 16, 2021. Members of the public could observe and
participate using the zoom participation feature, and with options called out in the public
participation form provided under separate cover with the agenda. Notice having been
given with affidavit thereto on file.
City Council roll call was answered as follows:
PRESENT: Alegria, Bradley, Cruikshank, Seo* (via Zoom), and Mayor Ferraro
ABSENT: None
Also present were Ara Mihranian, City Manager; Karina Banales, Deputy City Manager;
Trang Nguyen, Finance Director; Colin Tanner, Deputy City Attorney for Labor and
Employment; William Wynder, City Attorney; and Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk.
PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR CLOSED SESSION:
None.
CLOSED SESSION ITEM(S) ANNOUNCED:
City Attorney Wynder announced the item to be discussed in Closed Session.
1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
A closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code § 54957.6, with the
City Manager, Deputy City Manager, and City Attorney, acting as its negotiators,
regarding labor negotiations with the American Federation of State, County, and
Municipal Employees District Council 36 (AFSCME DC36).
At 6:09 P.M., the Council recessed to Closed Session.
RECONVENE TO REGULAR MEETING:
At 7:07 P.M. the Closed Session was reconvened to the Regular meeting.
REGULAR MEETING — OPEN SESSION
CALL TO ORDER:
A Regular meeting of the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council was called to order by
Mayor Ferraro at 7:07 P.M. at Fred Hesse Community Park, McTaggart Hall, 29301
Hawthorne Boulevard, notice having been given with affidavit thereto on file.
ROLL CALL:
City Council roll call was answered as follows:
PRESENT: Alegria, Bradley, Cruikshank, Seo* (via Zoom), and Mayor Ferraro
ABSENT: None
Also present were Ara Mihranian, City Manager; Karina Banales, Deputy City Manager;
William Wynder, City Attorney; Trang Nguyen, Director of Finance; Cory Linder, Director
of Recreation and Parks; Ramzi Awwad, Public Works Director; Octavio Silva, Interim
Director of Community Development; McKenzie Bright, Administrative Analyst; and
Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk.
Also present was Sergeant Tina McCoy from the Lomita Sheriff Station.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the Director of Recreation and Parks Linder.
CLOSED SESSION REPORT:
City Attorney Wynder reported that the City Council met in Closed Session to discuss
labor negotiations with the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal
Employees District Council 36 (AFSCME DC36) on behalf of the City's part-time
employees. There was a privileged and confidential briefing. The City Council
unanimously authorized the creation of a City Council subcommittee, should the City
Council elect to do so in Open Session, and authorized the City Manager and his
negotiating team to work with the City Council Subcommittee on negotiations on a new
Memorandum of Understanding with the part-time employees association.
MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Mayor Ferraro recognized outgoing Planning Commission Member Julie Hamill and
congratulated her on her appointment to the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School
District Board. Mayor Ferraro also recognized outgoing Civic Center Advisory
Committee Member Carolynn Petru.
RECYCLE AND EMERGENCY PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS KIT DRAWING:
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Mayor Ferraro announced the Recycle Winners for the December 6, 2022 City Council
meeting: James Kohler and Ted Haggstrom. She indicated that all winners receive a
check for $250 and urged everyone to participate in the City's Recycling Program. She
noted that in addition to winning the Recycler Drawing, the two individuals also won a
Personal Emergency Preparedness Kit from the City valued at $40.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA:
Mayor Pro Tem Cruikshank moved, seconded by Councilmember Alegria, to approve
the agenda as presented.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Alegria, Bradley, Cruikshank, Seo, and Mayor Ferraro
NOES: None
PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS:
None.
CITY MANAGER REPORT:
City Manager Mihranian provided updates on the following: City is accepting
applications for 2023 Mayors Honorees; 2nd Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony and
Opening Night of Skating in the Park event held on Friday, December 16; Point Vicente
Interpretive Center Popup Gift Shop is now open; Christmas Tree Recycling; Palos
Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority is providing free bus service for New Year's Eve;
City Hall will be closed on December 23, 2022 through January 2, 2023; City Parks will
remain open; No changes on trash pickup dates; Construction is prohibited on
December 25, 2022 and January 1-2, 2023; and lastly, on behalf of Staff and City
Council, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanza and a
Happy New Year to all.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
City Clerk Takaoka reported that late correspondence was distributed on Items E, F,
and M, there was one request to speak on Items E and F, and Item H was removed
from the agenda at the request of Staff and will be considered at a future meeting.
Councilmember by
Alegria moved, seconded Mayor Ferraro, to approve the Consent
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Calendar with Item H being removed from the agenda and Items E and F to be
considered immediately after Consent Calendar.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Alegria, Bradley, Cruikshank, Seo, and Mayor Ferraro
NOES: None
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A. Motion to Waive Full Reading
Adopted 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)
Approved the Minutes of December 6, 2022, Regular Meeting.
C. Registers of Demands (Mata)
1) Adopted Resolution No. 2022-68, 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 (check run 11/23/2022); and, 2) Adopted Resolution No. 2022-69, 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 (check run 12/09/2022).
D. Consideration and possible action to continue implementing Assembly Bill
No. 361 (AB 361) authorizing teleconferencing of meetings of legislative
bodies for the month of January 2023. (Zweizig)
1) Adopted Resolution No. 2022-70, 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 PERIOD BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2023 THROUGH
JANUARY 31, 2023, PURSUANT TO THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT AND
ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 361; and, 2) Authorized Staff to continue conducting, as
warranted, City Council and Planning Commission public meetings using a
combination in-person/virtual (hybrid) platform and continue conducting virtual-only
meetings or a combination in-person/virtual (hybrid) platform, if warranted, 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.
E. Consideration and possible action regarding a claim against the City by
Thomas Olson. (Momoli)
This item was removed for separate consideration immediately after the adoption of
the consent calendar.
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F. Consideration and possible action regarding a claim against the City by
Thomas Olson. (Zweizig)
This item was removed for separate consideration immediately after the adoption of
the consent calendar.
G. Consideration and possible action to review the second biannual 2022 Border
Issues report. (Barnes)
_ Received and filed the second biannual report on the status of Border Issues for 2022.
H. Consideration and possible action to award a professional services agreement
to Sky Elements, LLC to perform a drone light show as part of the City's
Fourth of July Celebration. (Trautner)
This item was removed from the Consent Calendar and will be considered at a
future meeting.
I. Consideration and possible action to award a professional services agreement
to Cotton, Shires and Associates, Inc., for Public Works and Recreation and
Parks on-call geological and geotechnical support services. (Dragon)
1) Awarded a professional services agreement to Cotton, Shires and Associates,
Inc., for Public Works and Recreation and Parks on-call geological and geotechnical
support services on an as-needed basis for a five-year term, with an additional one-
year optional term, in the amount not to exceed $80,000 annually, subject to
appropriated budgets; and, 2) Authorized the Mayor to execute the agreement in a
form approved by the City Attorney.
J. Consideration and possible action regarding the FY 2021-22 Year-end
Unaudited Financial Report and the FY 2022-23 First Quarter Report.
(Loya/Ramos)
1) Received and filed the FY 2021-22 Year-end Unaudited Financial Report; 2)
Approved the Purchase Order Carryover Schedule of$16,743,224 from FY 2021-22
to FY 2022-23, thus, approving the following: i. Decreasing FY 2021-22 Final Budget
for the following: $447,073 (General Fund), $12,405,026 (Capital Infrastructure
Program), $2,383,757 (Federal Grants —ARPA), $4,039 (Abalone Cove Sewer),
$142,502 (Gas Tax), $203,321 (Measure R), $31,337 (Measure W), $286,608
(Proposition C), $612,129 (Quimby), $220,938 (State Grants), $4,194 Waste
Reduction, and $2,300 (Equipment Replacement); and, ii. Increasing FY 2022-23
Budget for the following: $447,073 (General Fund), $12,405,026 (Capital
Infrastructure Program), $2,383,757 (Federal Grants —ARPA), $4,039 (Abalone
Cove Sewer), $142,502 (Gas Tax), $203,321 (Measure R), $31,337 (Measure W),
$286,608 (Proposition C), $612,129 (Quimby), $220,938 (State Grants), $4,194
Waste Reduction, and $2,300 (Equipment Replacement). 3) Approved Continuing
Appropriations of$5,255,573 from FY 2021-22 to FY 2022-23, thus, approving the
following: i. Decreasing FY 2021-22 Final Budget for the following: $1,272,000
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(General Fund), $1,896,901 (Capital Infrastructure Program), $1,027,385 (Federal
Grants —ARPA), $505,000 (Gas Tax), $200,000 (Measure M), $95,000 (Measure
R), and $125,174 (Proposition C), $134,114. ii. Increasing FY 2022-23 Budget for
the following: $1,272,000 (General Fund), $1,896,901 (Capital Infrastructure
Program), $1,027,385 (Federal Grants —ARPA), $505,000 (Gas Tax), $200,000
(Measure M), $95,000 (Measure R), and $125,174 (Proposition C), $134,114, 4)
Received and filed the FY 2022-23 First Quarter Financial Report; 5) Approved
additional appropriation of$220,000 for the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in
FY 2022-23 for the Ladera Linda Community Park Project; and, 6) Approved
allocating the available budget balance of$220,000 in the CIP Fund for the Western
Avenue Beautification Project.
K. Consideration and possible action to modify the City's Coronavirus
Community Development Block Grant(CDBG-CV) program. (Bright)
1) Closed the Agreement with the Los Angeles County Development Authority
(LACDA) for the Senior Activities CDBG-CV project thereby reducing its budget to
$0 and closing the project; 2) Authorized the City Manager or his designee to
execute a new Agreement with LACDA to fund the installation of an Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant wheelchair lift to the City shuttle bus for the REACH
Program and associated REACH administrative costs as a new CDBG-CV project, in
an amount not to exceed $86,499, subject to a form deemed acceptable to the City
Attorney; and, 3) Appropriated $86,499 of available CDBG-CV funds from the Senior
Activities project to a new REACH program project.
L. Consideration and possible action to award a professional services agreement
to Nuvis Landscape Architecture, Inc. for landscape architecture design and
support services for the Western Avenue Beautification Project. (Lo)
1) Awarded a professional services agreement to Nuvis Landscape Architecture, Inc.
for landscape architecture design and support services for the Western Avenue
Beautification Project, for a term of two years with a one-year extension, in the not to
exceed amount of$183,818 with a 15% contingency of$27,573; and, 2) Authorized
the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the agreement in a form approved by the City
Attorney.
M. Consideration and possible action to appoint City Councilmembers to
intergovernmental organizations, associations, and City subcommittees for
2023. (Takaoka)
1) Approved adding two ad hoc committees and City Council Subcommittee and
removing one ad hoc committee as noted in the Draft 2023 City Council
Assignments list; 2) Appointed the members of the City Council to the various
intergovernmental organizations, associations, and City subcommittees for 2023;
and, 3) Directed Staff to notify the various agencies of the City Council's decision.
CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM(S) PULLED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT:
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E. Consideration and possible action regarding a claim against the City by
Thomas Olson. (Momoli)
City Clerk Takaoka noted that there was one request to speak.
The following member of the public addressed the City Council: Thomas Olson.
Council Members asked questions of the speaker/claimant and Staff.
Mayor Pro Tem Cruikshank moved to accept responsibility for the damage and pay
the claim.
Disc,ussion ensued among Council Members and the speaker/claimant.
Mayor Pro Tem Cruikshank's motion died due to a lack of a second.
Councilmember Alegria moved, seconded by Councilmember Bradley, as follows:
Remanded the claim back to CJPIA for additional information and to return to the
City Council, if warranted, at a future meeting.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Alegria, Bradley, Seo, and Mayor Pro Tem Cruikshank
NOES: Mayor Ferraro
F. Consideration and possible action regarding a claim against the City by
Thomas Olson. (Zweizig)
City Clerk Takaoka noted that there was one request to speak.
The following member of the public addressed the City Council: Thomas Olson.
Discussion ensued among Council Members.
Councilmember Alegria moved, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Cruikshank, to
approve staff recommendation as follows: Rejected the claim and directed Staff to
notify the claimant, Thomas Olson.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Alegria, Bradley, Cruikshank, Seo, and Mayor Ferraro
NOES: None
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
None
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REGULAR BUSINESS:
1. Consideration and possible action to approve the second cycle of the Public
Safety Reimbursement Program. (Bright)
City Clerk Takaoka noted that late correspondence was distributed, and there was
one request to speak.
Administrative Analyst McKenzie Bright presented a staff report and PowerPoint
Presentation.
Council Members asked questions of Staff.
The following member of the public addressed the City Council: Kit Song.
Council Members asked questions of the speaker.
Discussion ensued among Council Members and the speaker and Staff.
Council Members asked questions of Staff.
Councilmember Bradley moved, seconded by Councilmember Alegria, to approve
staff recommendation as follows: Approved the second cycle of the Public Safety
Reimbursement Program, thereby providing ongoing reimbursements for all existing
neighborhood recipients of previous iterations of the program and opening the
application window for neighborhoods and individuals to apply for safety-enhancing
technology such as security cameras, and to return to the City Council at a future
meeting with a status report after the second cycle is implemented.
Discussion ensued among Council Members and Staff.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Alegria, Bradley, Cruikshank, Seo, and Mayor Ferraro
NOES: None
2. Consideration and possible action to adopt the City's 2023 Legislative
Platform. (Bright)
City Clerk Takaoka noted that late correspondence was distributed, and there were
no requests to speak.
Administrative Analyst McKenzie Bright presented a staff report and PowerPoint
Presentation.
Discussion ensued among Council Members, and questions were asked of Staff.
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Councilmember Bradley moved, seconded by Councilmember Alegria, to approve
staff recommendation as follows: 1) Adopted Resolution No. 2022-71 A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES THEREBY APPROVING THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES 2023
LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM; and, 2) Approved amendments to City Council Policy
No. 29 by adding clarifying language that the City Council will adopt a legislative
platform annually based on their position on legislative items.
Councilmember Seo proposed a friendly amendment to add language to include that
insurance coverage for properties within geologic hazardous abatement districts in
addition to the high fire zones be added to the legislative platform.
The friendly amendment was accepted by the maker of the motion and the
seconder.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Alegria, Bradley, Cruikshank, Seo, and Mayor Ferraro
NOES: None
3. Consideration and possible action to receive a status report on the second
quarter Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 City Council Goals. (Bañales )
City Clerk Takaoka noted that there were no requests to speak.
Deputy City Manager Banales presented a staff report and PowerPoint Presentation.
Discussion ensued among Council Members, and questions were asked of Staff.
Councilmember Bradley moved, seconded by Mayor Ferraro, to approve staff
recommendation as follows: Received and filed a status report on the second
quarter FY 2022-23 City Council Goals.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Alegria, Bradley, Cruikshank, Seo, and Mayor Ferraro
NOES: None
4. Consideration and possible action to establish a program to accept and
distribute donation funds. (Banales/Awwad/Linder/Nguyen)
City Clerk Takaoka noted that no late correspondence was received, and there were
no requests to speak.
Deputy City Manager Banales presented a staff report and PowerPoint Presentation.
Discussion ensued among Council Members, Staff, and City Attorney Wynder.
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Council Members asked questions of Staff and City Attorney Wynder.
Councilmember Alegria moved, seconded by Councilmember Bradley, the following:
1) Reviewed the options presented to the City Council for the City to accept and
distribute donation funds and selected Option A thereby authorizing Staff, working
with the City Attorney's Office, to form a nonprofit foundation, meeting the
qualifications for tax-exempt status under Internal Revenue Code § 501(c)(3); and,
2) Directed Staff to return at later date with detailed information, inclusive of a fiscal
impact, for City Council consideration.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Alegria, Bradley, Cruikshank, Seo, and Mayor Ferraro
NOES: None
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS:
Councilmember Bradley requested to consider pursuing "Blue City Network" certification
in ocean and waterway protection.
CITY COUNCIL ORAL REPORTS:
Each Council Member present reported on his/her attendance at various organization
and association meetings.
ADJOURNMENT:
At 9:49 P.M., Mayor Ferraro adjourned to 6:00 P.M. on January 17, 2023 for a Closed
Session meeting followed by a 7:00 P.M. Regular meeting.
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