Rancho Palos Verdes
| Date | Item Type | Item | Description | Info Location | County | City | Meeting Type | id |
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| May 20, 2025 | CS Report | 1 | CLOSED SESSION REPORT: | May 20, 2025 CS Report # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6827dc32d12ecd57854861f9 |
| May 20, 2025 | City Manager Reports | 1 | CITY MANAGER REPORT: | May 20, 2025 City Manager Reports # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6827dc32d12ecd57854861e8 |
| May 20, 2025 | Closed Session Item | 1 | 1. **CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR GC SECTION 54957.6 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 Rancho Palos Verdes Employee Association (RPVEA), American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees District Council 36 (AFSCME DC36) and Unrepresented Employees (Confidential, Management, and Executive groups). | May 20, 2025 Closed Session Item # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6827dc32d12ecd57854861e7 |
| May 20, 2025 | Closed Session Item | 2 | 2. ** Removed: PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION GC SECTION 54957 A closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code § 54957 to conduct an employee performance evaluation for the position of City Attorney. | May 20, 2025 Closed Session Item # 2 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6827dc32d12ecd57854861ea |
| May 20, 2025 | Closed Session Item | 3 | 3. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS GC SECTION 54957.6 A closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code § 54957.6, with the City Council, City Manager, and Finance Director, acting as the City's negotiators, regarding labor negotiations with Aleshire & Wynder, LLP, through William W. Wynder, City Attorney. | May 20, 2025 Closed Session Item # 3 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6827dc32d12ecd57854861e9 |
| May 20, 2025 | Closed Session Item | 4 | 4. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION GC SECTION 54956.9(c), (d)(1) A closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(c), (d) (1), to confer with legal counsel regarding existing litigation to which the City is a party. The title of such litigation is as follows: Community of Abalone Cove v. City of Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 24TRCP00352. | May 20, 2025 Closed Session Item # 4 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6827dc32d12ecd57854861ef |
| May 20, 2025 | Closed Session Item | 5 | 5. **CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION GC SECTION 54956.9(d)(4) A closed session will be held pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(e) because the City is considering whether to initiate litigation in four three cases | May 20, 2025 Closed Session Item # 5 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6827dc32d12ecd57854861ee |
| May 20, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | B | 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. Register of Demands | May 20, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # B | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6827dc32d12ecd57854861f8 |
| May 20, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | C | C. **Consideration and possible action to accept, approve and adopt the Tentative Agreement for a successor Memorandum of Understanding between the City and the Rancho Palos Verdes Employee Association (RPVEA) (Godinez) Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2025-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING, APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT FOR A SUCCESSOR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES AND THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2028 Agenda Report | May 20, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # C | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6827dc32d12ecd57854861f7 |
| May 20, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | D | D. Consideration to receive the 2024 City Employee Compensation and Benefit Analysis Report (Ramos) Recommendation: Receive and file the City Employee Compensation and Benefit Analysis Report for the calendar year ending December 31, 2024. Agenda Report | May 20, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # D | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6827dc32d12ecd57854861f2 |
| May 20, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | E | E. Consideration to approve Amendment No. 1 to the professional services agreement with Yunex, LLC. for traffic signal maintenance. (Casil) Recommendation: 1) Approve Amendment No. 1 to the professional services agreement (PSA) with Yunex, LLC. for traffic signal maintenance and related services, increasing the not-to-exceed amount for the initial three-year term by $60,325 from $420,000 to $480,325 while maintaining a 15% contingency;2) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute Amendment No. 1, in a form approved by the City Attorney; and, 3) Approve an additional appropriation of $60,325 for Fiscal Year 2024-25 from 1911 Street Lighting Act Fund. Agenda Report | May 20, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # E | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6827dc32d12ecd57854861f1 |
| May 20, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | F | F. Consideration to continue the emergency justification for work and emergency contracting 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 Vertical Deep 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. Agenda Report | May 20, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # F | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6827dc32d12ecd57854861f4 |
| May 20, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | G | G. Consideration to file a Notice of Completion for the Storm Drain Improvements at Peacock Ridge Road (CIP 8723). (Sunwoo) Recommendation: 1) Accept the Storm Drain Improvements at Peacock Ridge Road (CIP 8723) as complete; 2) Authorize the City Clerk to file a Notice of Completion for the project with the Los Angeles County Registrar- Recorder’s Office; and if no claims are filed within 35 days after recordation, send a notice to the surety company to exonerate the Performance Bond; and, 3) Authorize the Director of Public Works to release the 5% construction retention payment to ASAD Holdings (dba Orangeblue General Contractors), 35 days after recordation of the Notice of Completion by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s Office, contingent upon no claims being filed on the project, and the contractor posting an acceptable warrant bond with the City. Agenda Report | May 20, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # G | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6827dc32d12ecd57854861f5 |
| May 20, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | H | H. Consideration to award a professional services agreement to Express Sign & Neon for Preserve, California Coastal Trail, and City Entry Sign replacement and repairs. (Lozano) Recommendation: 1) Award a professional services agreement to Express Sign & Neon for the design, fabrication, repair, and installation of signs and related support services for the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve (Preserve), California Coastal Trail (CCT), and City entry signage in the amount of $38,500, 2) Find that pursuant to RPVMC § 2.44.070 (B) and (D), due to the nature of the service, supplies, and equipment, bidding is not likely to result in the lowest price or greatest benefit to the City; and, 3) Authorize the Mayor to execute the agreement in a form approved by the City Attorney. Agenda Report | May 20, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # H | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6827dc32d12ecd57854861f0 |
| May 20, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | I | I. Consideration to receive EDCO’s residential solid waste collection and disposal services rate increase for Fiscal Year 2025-26 (Hevener) Recommendation: Receive and file EDCO’s requested residential solid waste collection and disposal rate increase of 4.93% for FY 2025-26. Agenda Report | May 20, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # I | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6827dc32d12ecd57854861ed |
| May 20, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | J | J. Consider awarding a public works construction contract for the Wildlife Corridor Encroachment Removal Project. (Wolterding) Recommendation: 1) Approve the plans, specifications, and construction documents for the Wildlife Corridor Encroachment Removal Project (Capital Improvement Program ((CIP)) Project No. 8427); 2) Award a construction contract for the Wildlife Corridor Encroachment Removal Project to RAMCO General Engineering Contractors Inc., in the amount of $299,000, with a contingency of 10%, or $29,900, for a total amount of up to $328,900; and, 3) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the contracts, in forms approved by the City Attorney. Agenda Report | May 20, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # J | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6827dc32d12ecd57854861eb |
| May 20, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | K | K. Consideration to award a public works agreement to Built Rite Fence Company to repair the Coastal Bluff Tail Fence along Calle Entradero (Mesker) Recommendation: 1) Approve the construction documents for the Coastal Bluff Trail Fence Repairs Along Calle Entradero project; 2) Award a public works agreement for the Coastal Bluff Trail Fence Repairs along Calle Entradero project to Built Rite Fence Company in the amount of $62,840, with a contingency of 10%, or $6,284; for a total amount of up to $69,124; and, 3) Authorize the Mayor to execute the agreement in a form approved by the City Attorney. Agenda Report | May 20, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # K | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6827dc32d12ecd57854861ec |
| May 20, 2025 | Mayor's Announcements | 1 | MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS: BY AFFIRMATION MOVE APPROVAL OF RECYCLE AND EMERGENCY PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS KIT DRAWING WINNERS: Harriet Hart and David Alexander APPROVAL OF AGENDA: | May 20, 2025 Mayor's Announcements # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6827dc32d12ecd57854861e6 |
| May 20, 2025 | Pulled Consent Item | 1 | 1. Consideration of recommended traffic measures for Palos Verdes Drive East from Crest Road to Palos Verdes Drive South. (Casil) (60 mins) Recommendation: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES APPROVING THE ENGINEERING TRAFFIC STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS AND ESTABLISHING A SPEED LIMIT OF 35 MILES PER HOUR FOR PALOS VERDES DRIVE EAST (PVDE) FROM CREST ROAD TO PALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH (PVDS); 2) Approve replacing the existing landscaping in the median between PVDE and the spur road with slow growing plantings that will be maintained at a maximum height of 30 inches as measured from the top of the median curb; 3) Approve moving the stop bar on Ganado Drive to the flowline of PVDE; 4) Direct Staff to upgrade the signs and pavement markings on PVDE from Crest Road to PVDS based on the General Technologies and Solutions (GTS) Traffic Study with modifications as deemed appropriate by the Public Works Director; 5) Approve 5 foot-wide bicycle lanes on PVDE from Crest Road to Vista Del Mar as part of the next PVDE roadway slurry sealing/re-paving CIP project; 6) Direct Staff to prioritize traffic law enforcement on PVDE between Crest Road and PVDS to the extent allowable by enforcement resources and competing priorities; and, 7) Direct staff to conduct an after action study at least one year after implementation of the traffic measures and speed limit reductions for the City Council's review to determine whether additional measures should be implemented including further reducing speed limits. Agenda Report | May 20, 2025 Pulled Consent Item # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6827dc32d12ecd57854861f3 |
| May 20, 2025 | Pulled Consent Item | 2 | 2. Consideration to amend Chapter 5.28 (Vending on Public Property) of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code for consistency with the Safe Sidewalk Vending Act ("SB 946").(Zoren/Silva) (15 mins) Recommendation: Introduce Ordinance No.___, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES AMENDING SECTIONS 5.28.010 (PURPOSE), 5.28.030 (DEFINITIONS), 5.28.070 (VENDOR OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS), AND 5.28.080 (VIOLATIONS) OF CHAPTER 5.28 (VENDING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY), OF TITLE 5 (BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS) OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE TO UPDATE SIDEWALK VENDING REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSISTENCY WITH SENATE BILL NO. 946". Agenda Report | May 20, 2025 Pulled Consent Item # 2 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6827dc32d12ecd57854861f6 |