Rancho Palos Verdes — 2025-08-20

CLOSED SESSION REPORT:

CITY MANAGER REPORT:

1.\nCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION\nA closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1),\nto confer with legal counsel regarding pending litigation to which the City is a\nparty. The title of such litigation is as follows: Ying Mou, an individual;\nChunxiao Zhang, an Individual vs. City of Rancho Palos Verdes, LASC No.\n25TRCP00361

2.\nCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION\nA closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(2)\nor (d)(3) and (e)(1) because there is a significant exposure to litigation in one\ncase where the facts and circumstances giving rise to an exposure to litigation\nare not known to plaintiff(s).

3.\nCONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR GOVERNMENT CODE\nSECTION 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 American Federation of\nState, County, and Municipal Employees District Council 36 (AFSCME DC36).

B.\nRegisters 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.\nConsideration to adopt Ordinance No. 692 to repeal and replace Chapter\n15.20 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code on building regulations\nwithin the Greater Portuguese Bend Landslide Complex. (Forbes)\nRecommendation: Adopt Ordinance No. 692, AN ORDINANCE OF THE\nCITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA,\nDETERMINING THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM THE\nCALIFORNIA ENVIROMENTAL QUALITY ACT AND REPEALING CHAPTER\n15.20 (MORATORIUM ON LAND USE PERMITS) OF TITLE 15 (BUILDINGS\nAND CONSTRUCTION) OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL\nCODE AND REPLACING IT WITH CHAPTER 15.20 (GREATER\nPORTUGUESE BEND LANDSLIDE COMPLEX REGULATIONS ON LAND\nUSE PERMITS) AND AMENDING §15.04.040 (BUILDING CODE AMENDED\n– SPECIALIZED FOUNDATION REQUIREMENTS) OF TITLE 15\n(BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION) AND AMENDING §16.40.030 (PARCEL\nREQUIREMENTS) OF CHAPTER 16.40 (URBAN LOT SPLITS) OF TITLE 16\n(SUBDIVISIONS) OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE TO\nPROPERLY REFERENCE CHAPTER 15.20.\nAgenda Report

D.\nConsideration of second reading of Ordinance No. 693 to amend Section\n12.16.090 (Closed Areas) of Title 12 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal\nCode (Jun)\nRecommendation: Adopt Ordinance No. 693, AN ORDINANCE OF THE\nCITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES AMENDING SECTION 12.16.090\n(CLOSED AREAS) OF CHAPTER 12.16 (STREETS, PARKS, PRESERVE\nAND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES) OF TITLE 12 (STREETS, SIDEWALKS\nAND PUBLIC PLACES) OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL\nCODE TO INCLUDE CITY STREETS, SIDEWALKS, FACILITIES AND\nTRAILS TO BE WITHIN THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE’S\nAUTHORITY TO CLOSE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND WHEN NEEDED\nAgenda Report

E.\nConsideration to appoint ten members to the City’s Youth Advisory Committee\n(YAC) and appoint a Chair, Vice Chair, and two Secretaries. (Steffen)\nRecommendation: 1) Appoint Ashley Chan-Mott, Brian Coulon, Annabelle\nHuang, Gianna Jeon, Landon Park, and Amy Wen for their first term as\nmembers of the YAC; 2) Re-appoint Krystal Deng, Mattia Magnatta, Kiernan\nPeterson, and Valentina Sherer for a second term as members of the YAC;\nand, 3) Appoint Kieran Peterson as Chair, Krystal Deng as Vice Chair, and\nAiden Cruz and Mattia Magnatta as Secretaries of the YAC.\nAgenda Report

F.\nConsideration to approve the Open Space and Trails Manager Class\nSpecification and adjusted salary range. (Godinez)\nRecommendation: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-__, “A RESOLUTION OF\nTHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, STATE\nOF CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AND ADOPTING A CLASS SPECIFICATION\nAND ADJUSTED SALARY RANGE FOR THE POSITION OF OPEN SPACE\nAND TRAILS MANAGER EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025” and, 2) Adopt Resolution\nNo. 2025-__, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF\nRANCHO PALOS VERDES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SUPERSEDING\nRESOLUTION NO. 2025-49 TO AMEND THE SALARY SCHEDULE FOR THE\nRANCHO PALOS VERDES EMPLOYEES’ ASSOCIATION TO REFLECT A\nSALARY ADJUSTMENT FOR THE OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS MANAGER\nPOSITION EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025”\nAgenda Report

G.\nConsideration 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 Emergency Project declared by Council-adopted\nResolution No. 2024-20 on May 7, 2024, finding an emergency exists requiring\nimmediate action in the Greater Portuguese Bend-Ancient Altamira Landslide\nComplex (Landslide Complex) to seek to mitigate the movement of the\nlandslide; and, 2) Direct the City Clerk to confirm the same in the minutes of\nthis City Council meeting, via Minute Order, reflecting this action.\nAgenda Report

MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS:\nBY ACCLAMATION MOVE APPROVAL OF RECYCLE AND EMERGENCY PERSONAL\nPREPAREDNESS KIT DRAWING WINNERS:\nVictoria Ogunmola and Shelley Stahl\nAPPROVAL OF AGENDA:

1.\nConsideration to recover nuisance abatement costs on property located at 2\nPeppertree Drive Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 (Case No. CVEH20210002). (Zoren) (15 mins)\nRecommendation: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-____, A RESOLUTION OF\nTHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES\nCONFIRMING THE REPORT OF NUISANCE ABATEMENT COSTS AND\nAUTHORIZING A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT, IN THE FORM OF A LIEN IN THE\nAMOUNT OF $952.40 TO RECOVER ABATEMENT COSTS ON PROPERTY\nLOCATED AT 2 PEPPERTREE DRIVE, RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA\n90275 (CASE NO. CVEH2021-0002); and, 2) Direct Staff to submit to the Los\nAngeles County Auditor/Controller for collection in the next applicable tax roll\nyear the confirmed nuisance abatement costs in the amount of $952.40 and to\ndirect the City Attorney and the Finance Director to prepare and cause to be\nrecorded in the Office of the Los Angeles County Recorder appropriate notices\nof liens which document the amount of nuisance abatement costs assessed\nfor the property located at 2 Peppertree Drive Rancho Palos Verdes, CA\n90275.\nAgenda Report

2.\nConsideration to recover nuisance abatement costs on property located at 4\nPeppertree Drive (APN: 7572-007-015) (Case No. CPM2024-0048). (Zoren)\n(15 mins)\nRecommendation: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-____, A RESOLUTION OF\nTHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES\nCONFIRMING THE REPORT OF NUISANCE ABATEMENT COSTS AND\nAUTHORIZING A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT, IN THE FORM OF A LIEN IN THE\nAMOUNT OF $27,897.78 TO RECOVER ABATEMENT COSTS ON\nPROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 PEPPERTREE DRIVE (APN 7572-007-015)\n(CASE NO. CPM2024-0048); and, 2) Direct Staff to submit to the Los Angeles\nCounty Auditor/Controller for collection in the next applicable tax roll year the\nconfirmed nuisance abatement costs in the amount of $27,897.78 and to direct\nthe City Attorney and the Finance Director to prepare and cause to be\nrecorded in the Office of the Los Angeles County Recorder appropriate notices\nof liens which document the amount of nuisance abatement costs assessed\nfor the property located at 4 Peppertree Drive (APN: 7572-007-015).\nAgenda Report

3.\nConsideration to appoint one member to the Traffic Safety Committee.\n(Zweizig) (15 mins)\nRecommendation: By majority vote of the entire City Council, appoint one\nmember to the Traffic Safety Committee to fill a recent vacancy, with a term of\noffice ending June 2028.\nAgenda Report

4.\nConsideration to receive updates on the Greater Portuguese Bend-Ancient\nAltamira Landslide Complex. (Ramzi) (60 mins)\nRecommendation: 1) Receive and file an update on current conditions in the\nGreater Portuguese Bend-Ancient Altamira Landslide Complex (Landslide\nComplex); 2) Receive and file an update on emergency stabilization activities\nin the Landslide Complex; 3) Receive and file a report on the Fiscal Year\n2024-25 Deep Dewatering Well (DDW) and winterization emergency\nstabilization measures; 4) Review a ranked priority order list of costs\nassociated with the Fiscal Year 2025-26 DDW and winterization programs; 5)\nReceive and file a financial update on City expenditures for emergency\nprotective and stabilization measures in response to the acceleration of the\nLandslide Complex; 6) Approve the submittal of a grant application to the\nFederal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant\nProgram (HMGP) for the Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation Project with\na $10 million match from the unallocated fund balance in the General Fund;7)\nAward a professional services agreement to Geo-Logic Associates, Inc. (GLA)\nfor final engineering design, environmental documents, and related services\nfor the Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation Project (Capital Improvement\nProject ((CIP)) 8304) in the amount of $460,685 with a contingency of 15% or\n$69,103; 8) Authorize the Mayor to execute the agreement with GLA in a form\napproved by the City Attorney; 9) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-___, A\nRESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS\nVERDES, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING FOR A TERM OF 60 DAYS THE\nTEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON TRAVEL BY UNICYCLES, BICYCLES,\nMOTORCYCLES, AND OTHER ONE- OR TWO-WHEELED VEHICLES ON\nPALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH WITHIN THE LANDSLIDE COMPLEX DUE\nTO CONTINUED ROADWAY CONDITIONS; 10) Adopt Resolution No. 2025__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO\nPALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, CONTINUING THE LOCAL EMERGENCY\nDECLARATION AS ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION NO. 2023-47\nADOPTED ON OCTOBER 3, 2023 FOR AN ADDITIONAL 60 DAY PERIOD;\nand, 11) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY\nCOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA,\nEXTENDING THE STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY WITHIN THE\nGEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF THE PORTUGUESE BEND COMMUNITY\nASSOCIATION, PORTUGUESE BEND BEACH CLUB, AND SEAVIEW\nNEIGHBORHOODS BASED ON SUDDEN ENERGY SHORTAGES,\nPLANNED DEENERGIZING EVENTS, AND INTERNET SERVICE SHUT\nOFFS AS ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION NOS. 2024-52 AND 2024-57\nFOR AN ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS.\nAgenda Report