Rancho Palos Verdes
| Date | Item Type | Item | Description | Info Location | County | City | Meeting Type | id |
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| July 01, 2025 | CS Report | 1 | CLOSED SESSION REPORT: | July 01, 2025 CS Report # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 686331d3bd2caf58346b40e7 |
| July 01, 2025 | City Manager Reports | 1 | CITY MANAGER REPORT: | July 01, 2025 City Manager Reports # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 686331d3bd2caf58346b40e9 |
| July 01, 2025 | Closed Session Item | 1 | 1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR GOVERNMENT CODE 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 American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees District Council 36 (AFSCME DC36). | July 01, 2025 Closed Session Item # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 686331d3bd2caf58346b40f2 |
| July 01, 2025 | Closed Session Item | 2 | 2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION A closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(2) or (d)(3) and (e)(1) because there is a significant exposure to litigation in one case where the facts and circumstances giving rise to an exposure to litigation are not known to plaintiff(s). | July 01, 2025 Closed Session Item # 2 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 686331d3bd2caf58346b40f1 |
| July 01, 2025 | Closed Session Item | 3 | 3. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATIONS A closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with legal counsel regarding pending litigation to which the City is a party. The title of such litigation is as follows: Ehlers v. City of Rancho Palos Verdes, LASC Case No. 24TRCV03701. | July 01, 2025 Closed Session Item # 3 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 686331d3bd2caf58346b40f0 |
| July 01, 2025 | Closed Session Item | 4 | 4. 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. | July 01, 2025 Closed Session Item # 4 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 686331d3bd2caf58346b40f3 |
| July 01, 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 | July 01, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # B | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 686331d3bd2caf58346b40eb |
| July 01, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | C | C. Consideration to adopt the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s (CalFire) Updated 2025 Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map (Mohammad) Recommendation: Adopt Ordinance No. 691 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, TO ADOPT UPDATED FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTER, AND FIRE PROTECTION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 51178, AND REPEAL AND REPLACE SECTION 8.08.060 (VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE MAP) OF TITLE 8 OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE. Agenda Report | July 01, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # C | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 686331d3bd2caf58346b40ea |
| July 01, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | D | D. Consideration to approve the City’s Investment Policy for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26. (Ramos) Recommendation: 1) Review Finance Advisory Committee’s recommended revisions to the City’s FY 2025-26 Investment Policy; and 2) If deemed acceptable, approve the FY 2025-26 Investment Policy applicable to the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, Rancho Palos Verdes Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency, and Rancho Palos Verdes Improvement Authority. Agenda Report | July 01, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # D | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 686331d3bd2caf58346b40ef |
| July 01, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | E | E. Consideration to approve survey questions for a public interest survey for recreation classes and programs at parks. (Rodin) Recommendation: 1) Review the draft Adult and Youth Public Interest Survey questions for recreation classes and programs; and 2) If deemed acceptable, authorize staff to publish the surveys to the public. Agenda Report | July 01, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # E | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 686331d3bd2caf58346b40ee |
| July 01, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | F | F. Consideration to enter into an Agreement with CentralSquare Technologies, LLC. for the cloud-hosted Community Development permitting software. (Buchwald) Recommendation: 1) Authorize the Mayor to enter into a five-year agreement with CentralSquare Technologies, LLC., for cloud-hosted Community Development permitting software for a contract total of $431,000 for a period of five years; and, 2) Authorize the Mayor to execute the Agreement in a form approved by the City Attorney. Agenda Report | July 01, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # F | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 686331d3bd2caf58346b40ec |
| July 01, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | G | G. Consideration to receive the twice-yearly reports and approve the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26 work plans from the City’s advisory committees and commission. (Jun) Recommendation: Receive and file the twice-yearly reports for the period between January and June for FY 2024-25 and approve the FY 2025-26 workplans from the City’s seven advisory committees and commission. Agenda Report | July 01, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # G | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 686331d3bd2caf58346b40ed |
| July 01, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | H | H. Consideration to extend and award contracts for Fiscal Year 2025-26 for emergency work 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 (Landslide Complex) to seek to mitigate the movement of the landslide; 2) Direct the City Clerk to confirm the same in the minutes of this City Council meeting, via Minute Order, reflecting this action; 3) Award a Professional Services Agreement to Cotton, Shires and Associates, Inc. for landslide emergency stabilization geological, geotechnical engineering, peer review and related services in the not-to-exceed amount of $450,000, for a one-year term; 4) Award a Professional Services Agreement to Geologic Associates, Inc. for landslide emergency stabilization geological, geotechnical engineering, design and related services in the not-to-exceed amount of $575,000, for a one-year term; 5) Award a Professional Services Agreement to Hout Construction Services, Inc. for landslide emergency stabilization project management, construction management, inspection, and related services in the not-to-exceed amount of $300,000, for a one-year term; 6) Award a Professional Services Agreement to Hout Construction Services, Inc. for construction management and inspection services of landslide roadway repairs in the not-to-exceed amount of $100,000, for a one-year term; 7) Award a Professional Services Agreement to LSA Associates, Inc. for landslide emergency stabilization environmental compliance monitoring, reporting, permitting and related services in the not-to-exceed amount of $550,000, for a one-year term; 8) Award a Professional Services Agreement to Michael R. McGee (dba McGee Surveying Consulting) for landslide surveying and related services in the not-to-exceed amount of $320,000, for a one-year term; 9) Award a Professional Services Agreement to Paul Hansen Engineering, LLC. for landslide emergency stabilization independent cost estimating and related services in the not-to-exceed amount of $75,000, for a one-year term; 10) Award a Contract Services Agreement to Herc Rentals, Inc. for providing and maintaining generators to continue powering the City’s Deep Dewatering Wells within the Landslide Complex in the not-to-exceed amount of $422,000, for a one-year term; 11) Award a Contract Services Agreement to Dion and Sons, Inc. for providing fueling services for generators to continue powering the City’s Deep Dewatering Wells within the Landslide Complex in the no-to-exceed amount of $340,000, for a one-year term; 12) Award a Public Works Agreement to Malcolm Drilling Company, Inc. for on-call landslide emergency stabilization construction, dewatering well drilling, winterization, and related services in the not-to-exceed amount of $2,500,000, for a oneyear term, for which the completed value of work under the Agreement combined with other related on-call contracts will not exceed the project budget; 13) Award a Public Works Agreement to J&O Well Drilling, Inc. for landslide emergency on-call dewatering well drilling and related services in the not-to-exceed amount of $1,500,000, for a one-year term, for which the completed value of work under the Agreement combined with other related oncall contracts will not exceed the project budget; 14) Award a Public Works Agreement to J&H Drilling Company, Inc. (dba M-R Drilling) for landslide emergency on-call dewatering well drilling and related services in the not-toexceed amount of $1,500,000, for a one-year term, for which the completed value of work under the Agreement combined with other related on-call contracts will not exceed the project budget; 15) Award a Public Works Agreement to Colich & Sons, L.P. for emergency on-call landslide stabilization construction services, storm drain repairs, sanitary sewer repairs and related work in the not-to-exceed amount of $1,500,000, for a one-year term, for which the completed value of work under the Agreement combined with other related on-call contracts will not exceed the project budget; 16) Award a Public Works Agreement to Clarke Contracting Corporation for emergency on-call landslide stabilization construction services, storm drain repairs, sanitary sewer repairs and related work in the not-to-exceed amount of $1,500,000, for a one-year term, for which the completed value of work under the agreement combined with other related on-call contracts will not exceed the project budget; 17) Award a Public Works Agreement to Hardy and Harper, Inc. for emergency landslide roadway repair and related services in the not-to-exceed amount of $2,200,000, for a one-year term; 18) Award a Public Works Agreement to Inland Engineering Services, Inc. for emergency landslide roadway repair and related services in the not-to-exceed amount of $200,000, for a one-year term; 19) Award a Contract Services Agreement to Multi W Systems, Inc. for on-call landslide emergency lift station pump maintenance, repairs and related services for the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer System in the not-to-exceed amount of $100,000 for a one-year term, for which the completed value of work under the Agreement combined with other related oncall contracts will not exceed the project budget; 20) Award a Contract Services Agreement to Ocean Blue Environmental Services, Inc. for on-call landslide emergency spill response and related services in the not-to-exceed amount of $1,400,000 for a one-year term, for which the completed value of work under the agreement combined with other related on-call contracts will not exceed the project budget; 21) Award a Contract Services Agreement to Monaco Mechanical, Inc. (dba All Area Services) for landslide emergency oncall plumbing services in the not-to-exceed amount of $75,000, for a one-year term, for which the completed value of work under the Agreement combined with other related on-call contracts will not exceed the project budget; 22) Award a Public Works Agreement to Southwest Pipeline and Trenchless Corporation for landslide emergency on-call sanitary sewer and storm drain repairs in the not-to-exceed amount of $50,000, for a one-year term, for which the completed value of work under the Agreement combined with other related on-call contracts will not exceed the project budget; 23) Award a Public Works Agreement to Performance Pipeline Technologies, Inc. for landslide emergency on-call sanitary sewer and storm drain inspections in the not-toexceed amount of $100,000, for a one-year term, for which the completed value of work under the Agreement combined with other related on-call contracts will not exceed the project budget; 24) Award a Contract Services Agreement to Ferrelgas Partners, L.P. (dba Ferrelgas) for generator fueling and gas storage tank services for the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer System lift stations in the not-to-exceed amount of $100,000, for a one-year term; 25) Award a Contract Services Agreement to Genesis Electrical, Inc. for generator maintenance and repair services for the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer System lift stations in the not-to-exceed amount of $25,000, for a one-year term; and, 26) Authorize the Mayor to execute the above-listed Agreements in a form approved by the City Attorney. Agenda Report | July 01, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # H | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 686331d3bd2caf58346b40e8 |
| July 01, 2025 | Mayor's Announcements | 1 | MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS: BY AFFIRMATION MOVE APPROVAL OF RECYCLE AND EMERGENCY PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS KIT DRAWING WINNERS: Peter Barrett and Joseph Gordon APPROVAL OF AGENDA: | July 01, 2025 Mayor's Announcements # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 686331d3bd2caf58346b40e4 |
| July 01, 2025 | Pulled Consent Item | 1 | 1. Consideration to receive a status report on the Enhanced Traffic Enforcement Program along the switchbacks section of Palos Verdes Drive East (PVDE) (Schmid) (60 mins) Recommendation: 1) Receive and file a status report on the Lomita Sheriff Station’s 10-day Supplemental Enhanced Traffic Enforcement Program along PVDE between Crest Road East and Palos Verdes Drive South. Agenda Report | July 01, 2025 Pulled Consent Item # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 686331d3bd2caf58346b40e6 |
| July 01, 2025 | Pulled Consent Item | 2 | 2. Consideration to receive updates on the Greater Portuguese Bend-Ancient Altamira Landslide Complex. (Awwad/Ramos/Forbes) (60 mins) Recommendation: 1) Receive and file an update on current and emergency stabilization conditions and activities in the Greater Portuguese Bend-Ancient Altamira Landslide Complex; 2) Receive and file a financial update on City expenditures for emergency protective and stabilization measures in response to the acceleration of the Greater Portuguese Bend-Ancient Altamira Landslide Complex; 3) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-___, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING FOR A TERM OF 60 DAYS THE TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON TRAVEL BY UNICYCLES, BICYCLES, MOTORCYCLES, AND OTHER ONE- OR TWO-WHEELED VEHICLES ON PALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH WITHIN THE LANDSLIDE COMPLEX DUE TO CONTINUED ROADWAY CONDITIONS; 4) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, CONTINUING THE LOCAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION AS ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION NO. 2023-47 ADOPTED ON OCTOBER 3, 2023 FOR AN ADDITIONAL 60 DAY PERIOD; and, 5) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING THE STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF THE PORTUGUESE BEND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, PORTUGUESE BEND BEACH CLUB, AND SEAVIEW NEIGHBORHOODS BASED ON SUDDEN ENERGY SHORTAGES, PLANNED DEENERGIZING EVENTS, AND INTERNET SERVICE SHUT OFFS AS ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION NOS. 2024-52 AND 2024-57 FOR AN ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS. Agenda Report | July 01, 2025 Pulled Consent Item # 2 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 686331d3bd2caf58346b40e5 |