Rancho Palos Verdes — 2025-03-04

CLOSED SESSION REPORT:

CITY MANAGER REPORT:

1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION\nA closed session will be held pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(e)\nbecause the City is considering whether to initiate litigation in two cases.

2. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR\nA closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code § 54956.8, to\nenable the City Council to consider negotiations with Mr. Joseph Low, with\nwhom City is negotiating, and to give direction to its negotiator(s) the City\nManager and City Attorney regarding that certain real property whose\nAssessor's Parcel Number is 7572-010-027. The City's real property\nnegotiator will seek direction from the City Council regarding the price and\nterms of payment for the property.

B. Registers of Demands (Anguiano)\nRecommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2025-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE\nCITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, ALLOWING\nCERTAIN CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AND SPECIFYING FUNDS FROM\nWHICH THE SAME ARE TO BE PAID.\nRegister of Demands

C. Consideration and possible action to appoint one member to the Youth\nAdvisory Committee. (Jun)\nRecommendation: Appoint Krystal Deng to an unscheduled vacancy on the\nYouth Advisory Committee (YAC), as recommended by the Council\nSubcommittee.\nAgenda Report

D. Consideration and possible action to receive the January 2025 Cash\nBalances/Monthly Treasurer’s Report. (Lin)\nRecommendation: Receive and file the January 2025 Cash\nBalances/Monthly Treasurer’s Report for the City and the Improvement\nAuthority.\nAgenda Report - City\nAgenda Report - IA

E. Consideration and possible action to purchase a tax-defaulted property in the\nPortuguese Bend Landslide area (APN 7572-008-014). (Barnes)\nRecommendation: Authorize the Mayor to sign a Request to Purchase Tax-\nDefaulted Property from the Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector\nfor a vacant lot in the Portuguese Bend Landslide area (APN 7572-008-014).\nAgenda Report

F. Consideration and possible action regarding the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Mid-Year\nFinancial Report for General Fund. (Moya)\nRecommendation: Receive and file the FY 2024-25 Mid-Year Quarter\nFinancial Report for the General Fund.\nAgenda Report

G. Consideration and possible action to approve the construction plans and\nspecifications for the Hawthorne Boulevard at Eddinghill/Seamount Left Turn\nSignal Project (CIP Project 8857). (Awwad)\nRecommendation: 1) Approve the plans, specifications, and construction\ndocuments for the Hawthorne Boulevard at Eddinghill/Seamount Left Turn\nSignal Project (CIP Project 8857); 2) Approve an additional appropriation of\n$590,000 from the 1911 Street Lighting Act Fund for the Project; 3) Find that\nthe apparent low bidder established that a mistake was made in their bid,\nprovided written notice to the City within 5 working days after the opening of\nthe bids detailing how the mistake occurred, and demonstrated that the\nmistake made the bid materially different than intended as required by Public\nContracts Code §§ 5101 & 5103; 4) Award a construction contract for the\nHawthorne Boulevard at Eddinghill/Seamount Left Turn Signal Project to Alfaro\nCommunications Construction, Inc., in the amount of $570,968.01, with a\ncontingency of 10%, or $57,097, for a total amount of up to $628,065; and, 5)\nAuthorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the contracts, in forms\napproved by the City Attorney.\nAgenda Report

H. Consideration and possible action to reconfirm continuing the emergency\njustification for work and emergency contract for the Greater Portuguese\nBend-Ancient Altamira Landslide Emergency Project. (Copp)\nRecommendation: 1) Reconfirm, by a four-fifths vote, there is a need to\ncontinue the work on the Deep Vertical Dewatering Emergency Project\ndeclared by Council-adopted Resolution No. 2024-20 on May 7, 2024, finding\nan emergency exists requiring immediate action in the Greater Portuguese\nBend-Ancient Altamira Landslide Complex to seek to mitigate the movement of\nthe landslide; and, 2) Direct the City Clerk to confirm the same in the minutes\nof this City Council meeting, via Minute Order, reflecting this action.\nAgenda Report

I. Consideration and possible action to request Measure A grant funding from the\nLos Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District. (Waters)\nRecommendation: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-__ – A RESOLUTION OF\nTHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,\nCALIFORNIA APPROVING THE BLANKET AUTHORITY TO FILE\nAPPLICATIONS FOR GRANT FUNDS FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY\nREGIONAL PARK AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT FOR MEASURE A\nFUNDING FOR PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS; and, 2) Authorize the City\nManager to sign the Master Annual Allocation Grant Agreement with the Los\nAngeles County Regional Park and Open Space District\nAgenda Report

J. Consideration and possible action to award a Professional Services\nAgreement to Fire Grazers, Inc. to perform fuel modification by goat grazing.\n(Hevener)\nRecommendation: 1) Award a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with\nFire Grazers, Inc. in the total amount of $1,049,620 over a three-year period\n($331,335 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25; $349,652 for FY 2025-26; and\n$368,634 for FY 2026-27) plus a 10% contingency, with an optional three-year\nextension by mutual consent; and, 2) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to\nexecute the agreement in a form approved by the City Attorney.\nAgenda Report

MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS:\nBY AFFIRMATION MOVE APPROVAL OF RECYCLE AND EMERGENCY PERSONAL\nPREPAREDNESS KIT DRAWING WINNERS:\nTara Aviel and Sanjay Celly\nAPPROVAL OF AGENDA:

1. Consideration and possible action to conduct the 2024 Green Hills Memorial\nPark Conditional Use Permit Compliance Review (Case No. PLCU2025-0001).\n(Seeraty) (15 mins)\nRecommendation: Receive and file a report finding that Green Hills Memorial\nPark was in compliance with Conditional Use Permit No. 155 in 2024.\nAgenda Report

2. Consideration and possible action to affirm the engineering design of short-\nterm traffic calming measures on Miraleste Drive and Palos Verdes Drive East.\n(Casil) (60 mins)\nRecommendation: 1) Receive and file a report on the possibility of installing\ntraffic signals at Palos Verdes Drive East (PVDE) and Via Canada/Miraleste\nIntermediate School (MIS) Driveway as well as PVDE and Miraleste Drive in\nlieu of continuing with traffic flagging services; 2 Affirm the Miraleste Drive and\nPVDE traffic calming plans based on the short-term traffic calming measures\napproved by the City Council on January 16, 2024; 3Direct Staff to proceed\nwith incorporating the short-term traffic calming plans as part of the PVDE\nroadway slurry sealing/re-paving project to be included in the proposed Fiscal\nYear (FY) 2025-26 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for future City Council\nconsideration; and, 4) Monitor the short-term traffic calming measures for a\nperiod of no less than one year after implementation and consider traffic\nsignals at a future City Council meeting, if deemed appropriate.\nAgenda Report

3. Consideration and possible action to grant a time extension to Southern\nCalifornia Edison (SCE) for its temporary power pole located at the Ladera\nLinda Community Center. (Quintero) (30 mins)\nRecommendation: Authorize a three-month extension to the terms and\nconditions of the City-approved encroachment permit, reviewed by the City\nCouncil at its September 3, 2024, thereby allowing SCE’s temporary power\npole to continue to be located at the Ladera Linda Community Center while a\npermanent box circuit is designed and constructed.\nAgenda Report