Rancho Palos Verdes — 2025-04-15

City Council

#1 CS Report
CLOSED SESSION REPORT:
#1 City Manager Reports
CITY MANAGER REPORT:
#1 Closed Session Item
1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR\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\nEmployee Association (RPVEA).
#2 Closed Session Item
2. 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.
#3 Closed Session Item
3. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS\nA closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code § 54957.6, with\nthe City Council, City Manager, and Finance Director, acting as the City's\nnegotiators, regarding labor negotiations with Aleshire & Wynder, LLP, through\nWilliam W. Wynder, City Attorney.
#B Consent Calendar Item
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 Consent Calendar Item
C. Consideration and possible action regarding a claim against the City by\nMelody Lomboy. (Takaoka)\nRecommendation: Reject the claim and direct Staff to notify the claimant,\nMelody Lomboy.\nAgenda Report
#D Consent Calendar Item
D. Consideration to file a Notice of Completion for the Point Vincente Interpretive\nCenter Drainage Remediation project (CIP 8509). (Sunwoo)\nRecommendation: 1) Accept the Point Vicente Interpretive Center Drainage\nRemediation project (CIP 8509) as complete; 2) Authorize the City Clerk to file\na Notice of Completion for the project with the Los Angeles County Registrar-\nRecorder’s Office; and if no claims are filed within 35 days after recordation,\nsend a notice to the surety company to exonerate the Performance Bond; and,\n3) Authorize the Director of Public Works to release the 5% construction\nretention payment to Estate Design & Construction, 35 days after recordation\nof the Notice of Completion by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s\nOffice, contingent upon no claims being filed on the project, and the contractor\nposting an acceptable warrant bond with the City.\nAgenda Report
#E Consent Calendar Item
E. Consideration of a Public Health Services Contract with the Los Angeles\nCounty Department of Public Health (Jun)\nRecommendation: 1) Approve the Public Health Service Contract with the\nLos Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) to allow continued\nhealth services as codified by reference in Chapter 8.04 of the Rancho Palos\nVerdes Municipal Code; and, 2) Authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to\nexecute the PSA in a form approved by the City Attorney.\nAgenda Report
#F Consent Calendar Item
F. Consideration to continue the emergency justification for work and emergency\ncontracting for the Greater Portuguese Bend-Ancient Altamira Landslide\nEmergency Project. (Copp)\nRecommendation: 1) Reconfirm, by a four-fifths vote, there is a need to\ncontinue the work on the Vertical Deep 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\nof the landslide; and, 2) Direct the City Clerk to confirm the same in the\nminutes of this City Council meeting, via Minute Order, reflecting this action.\nAgenda Report
#1 Mayor's Announcements
MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS:\nBY AFFIRMATION MOVE APPROVAL OF RECYCLE AND EMERGENCY PERSONAL\nPREPAREDNESS KIT DRAWING WINNERS:\nShirley Glitzon and Jeffrey Lulejian\nAPPROVAL OF AGENDA:
#1 Pulled Consent Item
1. Consideration to conduct the 2024 annual review of Trump National Golf\nClub’s compliance with its maintenance obligations (Case No. PLMH2025-\n0001). (Seeraty) (15 mins)\nRecommendation: Receive and file the 2024 Annual Review of Trump\nNational Golf Club’s compliance with its maintenance obligations relating to\ntrails and open space pursuant to the 2018 City Council-approved Amended\nand Restated Declaration of Restrictions (Case No. PLMH2025-0001).\nAgenda Report
#2 Pulled Consent Item
2. Consideration to review assessment rate options for the Citywide Landscaping\nand Lightning Maintenance District (LLMD) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26.\n(Hevener) (15 mins)\n1) Receive and file a report on the Citywide Landscaping and Lighting\nMaintenance (LLMD);\n2) Direct Staff to initiate proceedings to set the FY 2025-26 LLMD levy at a\nrate of either:\na. $0 per parcel for single family residences;\nb. Up to $23.50 per parcel for single family residences, which was the\nrate at the time that Proposition 218 came into effect on July 1, 1997;\nor\nc. Greater than $23.50 per parcel for single family residences, which\nwould require voter approval pursuant to Proposition 218; and\n3) Based on the above, direct Staff to prepare an Engineer’s Report for the\nLLMD for FY 2025-26 and return at a future date with the appropriate\nresolutions memorializing the Council’s directive for future consideration\nat a duly noticed public hearing.\nAgenda Report