Rancho Palos Verdes — 2023-05-16

CLOSED SESSION REPORT:

CITY MANAGER REPORT:

1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS GC SECTION 54957.6\nA closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code § 54957.6, with\nthe City Manager, Deputy City Manager, and City Attorney, acting as its\nnegotiators, regarding labor negotiations with the Rancho Palos Verdes\nEmployees' Association and AFSCME District Council 36.

B. Registers of Demands (Mata)\nRecommendation: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 2023-__, A RESOLUTION OF\nTHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,\nALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AND SPECIFYING FUNDS\nFROM WHICH THE SAME ARE TO BE PAID.\nRegister of Demands

C. Consideration and possible action to reaffirm continuing emergency repair\nwork for the storm sewer drainpipe and roadway at Hawthorne Boulevard near\nSeamount Drive/Eddinghill Drive. (Awwad)\nRecommendation: 1) Reaffirm, by a four-fifths vote, there is a need to\ncontinue the emergency repair work identified by Council-adopted Resolution\nNo. 2023-07 on February 21, 2023, finding an emergency exists requiring\nimmediate repairs to the storm sewer drainpipe and roadway at Hawthorne\nBoulevard near Seamount Drive/Eddinghill Drive; and, 2) Direct the City Clerk\nto affirm the same in the minutes of this City Council meeting, via Minute\nOrder, reflecting this action.\nAgenda Report

D. Consideration and possible action to adopt Ordinance No. 671 amending the\nRancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code’s Landslide Moratorium Exception\nCategories to allow the construction of a pool on one lot in Zone 1 of the City’s\nLandslide Moratorium Area. (Berry)\nRecommendation: Adopt Ordinance No. 671, AN ORDINANCE OF THE\nCITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES AMENDING SECTION 15.02.040\n(EXCEPTIONS) OF CHAPTER 15.02 (MORATORIUM ON LAND USE\nPERMITS) OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE\nRELATED TO LANDSLIDE MORATORIUM EXCEPTION CATEGORY ‘T’ TO\nALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF A POOL ON ONE LOT IN ZONE 1 OF\nTHE CITY’S LANDSLIDE MORATORIUM AREA.\nAgenda Report

E. Consideration and possible action to receive the FY 2021-22 Annual\nComprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes\nand the City’s financial audit letters. (Ramos)\nRecommendation: 1) Receive the FY 2021-22 ACFR of the City of Rancho\nPalos Verdes; 2) Receive the FY 2021-22 Statements on Auditing Standards\n(SAS 114 Letter) from Independent Auditors to those Charged with\nGovernance; and, 3) Receive the FY 2021-22 Independent Auditors’ Report on\nInternal Control over Financial Reporting, Compliance, and other Matters in\naccordance with Government Audit Standards (GAS Letter).\nAgenda Report

F. Consideration and possible action to approve the construction plans and\nagreement for the Silver Spur Road North of Hawthorne Boulevard Roadway\nRehabilitation Project. (Awwad)\nRecommendation: 1) Approve the plans, specifications, and construction\ndocuments for the Silver Spur Road North of Hawthorne Boulevard Roadway\nRehabilitation Project; 2) Award a construction contract for the Silver Spur\nRoad North of Hawthorne Boulevard Roadway Rehabilitation Project to Hardy\n& Harper, Inc., in the amount of $859,000, with a contingency of 10%, or\n$85,900, for a total sum of $944,900; and, 3) Authorize the Mayor and City\nClerk to execute the contract, in a form approved by the City Attorney.\nAgenda Report

G. Consideration and possible action to enter into an updated wireless license\nagreement with Southern California Edison (SCE) for the use of City Hall\ngrounds. (Bañales)\nRecommendation: 1) Approve an updated license agreement with SCE,\nthereby retroactively extending the term through June 30, 2032, increasing the\nannual base rent to $16,800 with 5% increases every year on July 1 thereafter,\nand updating the form of the license agreement to support its wireless facilities\non the Ken Dyda Civic Center monopole; and, 2) Authorize the Mayor and City\nClerk to execute the license agreement in a form acceptable to the City\nAttorney.\nAgenda Report

H. Consideration and possible action to authorize a revised final payment for the\ncompletion of the traffic signal at Palos Verdes Drive South and Palos Verdes\nDrive East. (O’Neill/Lo)\nRecommendation: 1) Authorize the Director of Public Works to make a\nrevised final payment in the amount of $33,212.59 to Crosstown Electrical &\nData, Inc. for the completion of the Traffic Signal at Palos Verdes Drive South\nand Palos Verdes Drive East Project.\nAgenda Report

MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS:\nProclamation recognizing Marymount California University (MCU) and President Marcotte\nRECYCLE AND EMERGENCY PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS KIT DRAWING:\nAPPROVAL OF AGENDA:

1. Consideration and possible action to review the Fiscal Year 2022-23 year-end\nestimates, the FY 2023-24 Preliminary Budget, and estimated fund balances\nfor all funds, excluding Improvement Authorities. (Loya/Ramos) (30 mins)\nRecommendation: 1) Review the FY 2022-23 year-end estimates and\napprove Budget Adjustments in the General Fund by reducing the budget in\nthe amount of $1,805,600 in Personnel and increasing Transfers-Out by\n$1,169,900 based on the third quarter year-end estimates. 2) Review the\nPreliminary FY 2023-24 Budget for the General Fund and affirm the changes\nsince the Budget Workshop: Increase the General Fund Revenues by\n$143,200; Increase the General Fund Personnel costs by $114,000; Decrease\nthe General Fund Non-Personnel $107,200; Revise General Fund Transfers-\nOut; Increase Capital Infrastructure Program (CIP) by $243,200; i. Add\nAbalone Cove Sewer Maintenance Fund by $70,000; ii. Retain the unallocated\nbalance of $715,300 instead of transferring it to the CIP Fund.3) Review and\napprove the Preliminary FY 2023-24 Budget consisting of the Capital\nInfrastructure Program (CIP) Fund, Special Revenue Funds, and Internal\nService Funds, and affirm the revised list for the FY 2023-24 Capital\nImprovement Program. 4) Review and provide direction on the following\npotential options for reserving funds towards the Civic Center and Portuguese\nBend Landslide Remediation projects: Option 1 (existing): Pursuant to existing\nCity Council Reserve Policy No. 41, the City Council may assign the current\nCIP Reserve for major capital improvements of $5 million to Civic Center\nMaster Plan and/or Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation Projects. Option\n2: Subject to the annual budget process and the unrestricted fund balance in\nCIP, the City Council may consider increasing the CIP reserves for major\ncapital improvements of $5 million to $10 million. Option No. 3: Subject to the\nannual budgeting process, the City Council may consider transferring a portion\nor all of the $5 million in a separate fund for the Civic Center Master Plan\nand/or Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation projects. Option 4: Direct\nStaff to present the future funding options to the Finance Advisory Committee\nand solicit feedback and recommendations that the City Council may consider\nat a future meeting. 5) Direct staff to return on June 20, 2023 for the budget\npublic hearing and budget adoption consideration.\nAgenda Report

2. Consideration and possible action to review the 2023 Peafowl Census Report.\n(Whitten) (30 mins)\nRecommendation: 1) Receive and file the 2023 Peafowl Census Report; and,\n2) Direct Staff to continue pausing the peafowl trapping program for 2023.\nAgenda Report

3. Consideration and possible action to approve EDCO’s residential solid waste\ncollection and disposal services rate increase for Fiscal Year 2023-24.\n(Hevener) (15 mins)\nRecommendation: 1) Approve EDCO’s residential solid waste collection and\ndisposal rate increase of 6.0% for FY 2023-24; and, 2) Adopt Resolution No.\n2023-____, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF\nRANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA TO APPROVE A RESIDENTIAL\nSOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL SERVICES RATE INCREASE\nIN THE AMOUNT OF 6% for FY 2023-24.\nAgenda Report

4. Consideration and possible action to support the Taxpayer Protection and\nGovernment Accountability Act. (Hunter) (15 mins)\nRecommendation: 1) Review the Taxpayer Protection and Government\nAccountability Act language, that qualified as a 2024 state ballot measure, to\ndetermine if the City Council should take a position of support; and, 2) If\ndeemed acceptable, adopt Resolution No. 2023-__ A RESOLUTION OF THE\nCITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES SUPPORTING\nTHE TAXPAYER PROTECTION AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY\nACT.\nAgenda Report