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CC AGD 20250304 CITY COUNCIL MEETING The Regular Meeting of March 4, 2025, will take place in accordance with the requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act, Section 54950 et seq. of the Government Code. Remote participation by any Councilmember shall be in accordance with Subdivisions (b)(3) or (f) of Government Code Section 54953. The meetings are held at Hesse Park, McTaggart Hall, 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard and via teleconference for staff/consultants/participants using the Zoom platform and broadcast live on the City's website at rpvca.gov/agendas and on PVPtv channels Cox 35 and Frontier FiberOptic 39. Public participation will be in person and using the virtual platform. Please see separate cover for virtual public participation options. MEETING AGENDA RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING and IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY MEETING FRED HESSE COMMUNITY PARK, MCTAGGART HALL 29301 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD, RANCHO PALOS VERDES 90275 MARCH 4, 2025 6:00 P.M. – CLOSED SESSION 7:00 P.M. – REGULAR REMOTE PARTICIPATION BY MAYOR BRADLEY PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE 54959(B) GAYLORD ROCKIES RESORT & CONVENTION CENTER 6700 N. GAYLORD ROCKIES BLVD. AURORA, CO 80019 NEXT RESOLUTION NO. 2025-13 NEXT ORDINANCE NO. 690 NEXT RESOLUTION NO. IA 2025-01 6:00 P.M. CLOSED SESSION CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bradley ROLL CALL: Councilmember Ferraro Councilmember Lewis Councilmember Perestam Mayor Pro Tem Seo Regular City Council Agenda March 4, 2025 Page 2 of 7 Mayor Bradley 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 address the City Council should refer to the separate cover for public participation options or visit www.rpvca.gov/participate CLOSED SESSION ITEM(S): All Statutory References are to California Government Code Sections. Please be advised that, pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown A ct, “a person may not disclose confidential information that has been acquired by being present in a Closed Session . . . to a pers on 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: Confidentiality. 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 th is 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. 1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION A closed session will be held pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(e) because the City is considering whether to initiate litigation in two cases. 2. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR A closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code § 54956.8, to enable the City Council to consider negotiations with Mr. Joseph Low, with whom City is negotiating, and to give direction to its negotiator(s) the City Manager and City Attorney regarding that certain real property whose Assessor’s Parcel Number is 7572-010-027. The City's real property negotiator will seek direction from the City Council regarding the price and terms of payment for the property. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION (FIRESIDE ROOM): RECONVENE TO REGULAR MEETING: 7:00 P.M. – REGULAR MEETING CALL TO ORDER: Mayor ROLL CALL: Councilmember Ferraro Councilmember Lewis Councilmember Perestam Mayor Pro Tem Seo Mayor Bradley PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: To be announced CLOSED SESSION REPORT: Regular City Council Agenda March 4, 2025 Page 3 of 7 MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS: BY AFFIRMATION MOVE APPROVAL OF RECYCLE AND EMERGENCY PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS KIT DRAWING WINNERS: Tara Aviel and Sanjay Celly 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. Approval of Minutes (Sisson) Recommendation: Approve the Minutes of February 18, 2025 (Regular Meeting) B. Registers of Demands (Anguiano) Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2025-__, 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. C. Consideration and possible action to appoint one member to the Youth Advisory Committee. (Jun) Recommendation: Appoint Krystal Deng to an unscheduled vacancy on the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC), as recommended by the Council Subcommittee. D. Consideration and possible action to receive the January 2025 Cash Balances/Monthly Treasurer’s Report. (Lin) Recommendation: Receive and file the January 2025 Cash Balances/Monthly Treasurer’s Report for the City and the Improvement Authority. E. Consideration and possible action to purchase a tax-defaulted property in the Portuguese Bend Landslide area (APN 7572-008-014). (Barnes) Recommendation: Authorize the Mayor to sign a Request to Purchase Tax- Defaulted Property from the Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector for a vacant lot in the Portuguese Bend Landslide area (APN 7572-008-014). Regular City Council Agenda March 4, 2025 Page 4 of 7 F. Consideration and possible action regarding the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Mid-Year Financial Report for General Fund. (Moya) Recommendation: Receive and file the FY 2024-25 Mid-Year Quarter Financial Report for the General Fund. G. Consideration and possible action to approve the construction plans and specifications for the Hawthorne Boulevard at Eddinghill/Seamount Left Turn Signal Project (CIP Project 8857). (Awwad) Recommendation: 1) Approve the plans, specifications, and construction documents for the Hawthorne Boulevard at Eddinghill/Seamount Left Turn Signal Project (CIP Project 8857); 2) Approve an additional appropriation of $590,000 from the 1911 Street Lighting Act Fund for the Project; 3) Find that the apparent low bidder established that a mistake was made in their bid, provided written notice to the City within 5 working days after the opening of the bids detailing how the mistake occurred, and demonstrated that the mistake made the bid materially different than intended as required by Public Contracts Code §§ 5101 & 5103; 4) Award a construction contract for the Hawthorne Boulevard at Eddinghill/Seamount Left Turn Signal Project to Alfaro Communications Construction, Inc., in the amount of $570,968.01, with a contingency of 10%, or $57,097, for a total amount of up to $628,065; and, 5) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the contracts, in forms approved by the City Attorney. H. Consideration and possible action to reconfirm continuing the emergency justification for work and emergency contract for the Greater Portuguese Bend -Ancient Altamira Landslide Emergency Project. (Copp) Recommendation: 1) Reconfirm, by a four-fifths vote, there is a need to continue the work on the Deep Vertical Dewatering Emergency Project declared by Council- adopted Resolution No. 2024-20 on May 7, 2024, finding an emergency exists requiring immediate action in the Greater Portuguese Bend-Ancient Altamira Landslide Complex to seek to mitigate the movement of the landslide; and, 2) Direct the City Clerk to confirm the same in the minutes of this City Council meeting, via Minute Order, reflecting this action. I. Consideration and possible action to request Measure A grant funding from the Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District. (Waters) Recommendation: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-__ – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA APPROVING THE BLANKET AUTHORITY TO FILE APPLICATIONS FOR GRANT FUNDS FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY REGIONAL PARK AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT FOR MEASURE A FUNDING FOR PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS; and, 2) Authorize the City Manager to sign the Master Annual Allocation Grant Agreement with the Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District J. Consideration and possible action to award a Professional Services Agreement to Fire Grazers, Inc. to perform fuel modification by goat grazing. (Hevener) Recommendation: 1) Award a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Fire Grazers, Inc. in the total amount of $1,049,620 over a three-year period ($331,335 Regular City Council Agenda March 4, 2025 Page 5 of 7 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25; $349,652 for FY 2025-26; and $368,634 for FY 2026- 27) plus a 10% contingency, with an optional three-year extension by mutual consent; and, 2) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the agreement in a form approved by 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 speak 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. 1. Consideration and possible action to conduct the 2024 Green Hills Memorial Park Conditional Use Permit Compliance Review (Case No. PLCU2025-0001). (Seeraty) (15 mins) Recommendation: Receive and file a report finding that Green Hills Memorial Park was in compliance with Conditional Use Permit No. 155 in 2024. 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. 2. Consideration and possible action to affirm the engineering design of short-term traffic calming measures on Miraleste Drive and Palos Verdes Drive East. (Casil) (60 mins) Recommendation: 1) Receive and file a report on the possibility of installing traffic signals at Palos Verdes Drive East (PVDE) and Via Canada/Miraleste Intermediate School (MIS) Driveway as well as PVDE and Miraleste Drive in lieu of continuing with traffic flagging services; 2 Affirm the Miraleste Drive and PVDE traffic calming plans based on the short-term traffic calming measures approved by the City Council on January 16, 2024; 3Direct Staff to proceed with incorporating the short-term traffic calming plans as part of the PVDE roadway slurry sealing/re-paving project to be included in the proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for future City Council consideration; and, 4) Monitor the short-term traffic calming measures for a period of no less than one year after implementation and consider traffic signals at a future City Council meeting, if deemed appropriate. 3. Consideration and possible action to grant a time extension to Southern California Edison (SCE) for its temporary power pole located at the Ladera Linda Community Center. (Quintero) (30 mins) Recommendation: Authorize a three-month extension to the terms and conditions of the City-approved encroachment permit, reviewed by the City Council at its Regular City Council Agenda March 4, 2025 Page 6 of 7 September 3, 2024, thereby allowing SCE’s temporary power pole to continue to be located at the Ladera Linda Community Center while a permanent box circuit is designed and constructed. 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 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 Monday, March 17, 2025, for a City Council Goals Workshop. City Council Agendas and Staff Reports: Agendas and staff reports are available for public review no later than 72 hours before 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 on 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, and electronically on the City’s website at https://www.rpvca.gov/agendas. Ordinances: Government Code 36934 provides, except when, after reading the title, further reading is waived by regular motion adopted by majority vote all ordinances shall be read in full either at the time of introduction or passage; provided, however, that a reading of the title or ordinance shall not be required if the title is included on the published agenda and a copy of the full ordinance is made available to the public online and in print at the meeting prior to the introduction or passage. 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 agenda item. In addition, City meetings may be televised and may be accessed through the City's website at https://www.rpvca.gov/agendas. 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. Virtual participation is also offered please visit https://www.rpvca.gov/participate. 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: Pursuant to GC 54957.95: (a)(1) In addition to authority exercised pursuant to Sections 54954.3 and 54957.9, the presiding member of the legislative body conducting a meeting or their designee may remove, or cause the removal of, an individual for disrupting the meeting. (2) Prior to removing an individual, the presiding member or their designee shall warn the individual that their behavior is disrupting the meeting and that their failure to cease their behavior may result in their removal. The presiding member or their designee may then remove the individual if they do not promptly cease their disruptive behavior. This paragraph does not apply to any behavior described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) Regular City Council Agenda March 4, 2025 Page 7 of 7 of subdivision (b)(1) means engaging in behavior during a meeting of a legislative body that actually disrupts, disturbs, impedes, or renders infeasible the orderly conduct of the meeting and includes, but is not limited to, one of the following: (A)A failure to comply with reasonable and lawful regulations adopted by a legislative body pursuant to Section 54954.3 or any other law. (B) Engaging in behavior that constitutes use of force or a true threat of force.(2) “True threat of force” means a threat that has sufficient indicia of intent and seriousness, that a reasonable observer would perceive it to be an actual threat to use force by the person making the threat. 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 a 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 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 an accommodation to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office prior to the meeting at: cityclerk@rpvca.gov; by phone at 310-544-5217; or mail 30940 Hawthorne Blvd., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275. The City’s reasonable accommodation policy is available for review on the City’s website (see City Council Policy 58). Please note that for accommodations that are not readily available, you should make your request as soon as you can prior to the time of the meeting. CEQA Compliance (Changes as of 11/7/22): Unless stated otherwise on the agenda, every item on the agenda is exempt from CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(b)(3), 15273, 15378, 15301, 15323 and/or Public Resources Code Section 21065. 01203.0001/851364.1 CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES ) AFFIDAVIT OF AGENDA POSTING 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 and of the Improvement Authority for March 4, 2025, 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. -4kij15 Time: 10= 3 S 1'1 Dated: February 26, 2025 C niecleter„) 4 City Clerk 30940 Hawthorne Boulevard/Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275-5391 /(310) 544-5217/Fax (310)544-5291 www.rpvca.gov