Rancho Palos Verdes
| Date | Item Type | Item | Description | Info Location | County | City | Meeting Type | id |
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| September 16, 2025 | CS Report | 1 | CLOSED SESSION REPORT: | September 16, 2025 CS Report # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68c88ce0a65322587ac5d1c6 |
| September 16, 2025 | City Manager Reports | 1 | CITY MANAGER REPORT: | September 16, 2025 City Manager Reports # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68c88ce0a65322587ac5d1c3 |
| September 16, 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). | September 16, 2025 Closed Session Item # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68c88ce0a65322587ac5d1c9 |
| September 16, 2025 | Closed Session Item | 2 | 2. 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 participate as an amicus in a petition to the United States Supreme Court from a decision of the Ninth Circuit in the following case: City of Huntington Beach, et al. v. Newsom, et al., Ninth Circuit Appeal No. 23-3694. | September 16, 2025 Closed Session Item # 2 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68c88ce0a65322587ac5d1cb |
| September 16, 2025 | Closed Session Item | 3 | 3. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION 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: City Rancho Palos Verdes, et al. v. Bonta, et al., Second Appellate District Appeal No. B332315 | September 16, 2025 Closed Session Item # 3 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68c88ce0a65322587ac5d1ca |
| September 16, 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. Agenda Report | September 16, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # B | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68c88ce0a65322587ac5d1c5 |
| September 16, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | C | C. Consideration to receive updated information on the transfer of operator interests in Crestridge Senior Apartments from AMCAL to TruAmerica. (Luck/Ramos/Forbes) Recommendation: 1) Receive and file the Consent Letter, prepared by the City Attorney's Office and signed by City Manager Mihranian, related to the transfer of operator interests in Crestridge Senior Apartments from AMCAL Multi-Housing, Inc.'s Administrative General Partner Interest to TA MIM Mirandela LLC.; and, 2) Replace the Nonprofit General Partnership from Las Palmas Foundation to AHA MGP Los Angeles IX, LLC. Agenda Report | September 16, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # C | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68c88ce0a65322587ac5d1c4 |
| September 16, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | D | D. 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 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) Approve Retroactive Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Cotton, Shires and Associates for City-wide geotechnical consulting, including landslide emergency stabilization geotechnical consulting through June 30, 2025, and related services, increasing the not-to-exceed amount for the initial 5-year term by $1,190,474 from $400,000 to $1,590,474 while maintaining a 15% contingency, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute Amendment No. 1, to the PSA with Cotton, Shires and Associates, Inc. in a form approved by the City Attorney; 4) Approve Retroactive Amendment No. 1 to the PSA with McGee Surveying Consulting for Portuguese Bend Landslide Monitoring Program Surveying and related services, increasing the not-to-exceed amount for the term between September 5, 2023 and June 30, 2024 by $405,123 from $64,400 to $469,523, and extending the contract term by one year, with an amended contract end date of June 30, 2025, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute Amendment No. 1 to the PSA with McGee Surveying Consulting, in a form approved by the City Attorney; 5) Approve Retroactive Amendment No. 2 to the PSA with Ocean Blue Environmental Services, Inc. for City-wide environmental cleanup and related services, increasing the not-to-exceed amount for the term between May 17, 2022 and June 30, 2024 by $1,738,479 from $532,082 to $2,270,561 while maintaining a 15% contingency, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute Amendment No. 2, to the PSA with Ocean Blue Environmental Services, Inc. in a form approved by the City Attorney; 6) Approve Retroactive Amendment No. 1 to the PSA with Hardy & Harper, Inc. for city-wide public works maintenance and related services, increasing the not-to-exceed amount for the initial 5-year term by $261,213 from $2,167,651 to $2,428,864 while maintaining a 15% contingency, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute Amendment No. 1 to the PSA with Hardy & Harper, Inc., in a form approved by the City Attorney; 7) Approve Retroactive Amendment No. 1 to the Public Works Agreement (PWA) with Hardy & Harper, Inc. for roadway maintenance and related services, increasing the not-to-exceed amount for the initial 5-year term by $2,324,438 from $2,000,435 to $4,324,873 while maintaining a 10% contingency, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute Amendment No. 1 to the PWA with Hardy & Harper, Inc., in a form approved by the City Attorney; 8) Approve Retroactive Amendment No. 2 to the PSA with Monaco Mechanical, Inc. for City-wide plumbing and related services, removing the annual not-to-exceed amount of $100,000 as a result of actual expenditures for services needed to respond to the landslide emergency, for the initial 6-year term with no change to the total contract not-to-exceed amount, and while maintaining a 10% contingency, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute Amendment No. 2 to the PSA with Monaco Mechanical, Inc., in a form approved by the City Attorney; 9) Ratify payments for emergency repairs to the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer System during the period between July 22, 2024 and November 6, 2024 to Ramona, Inc. in the amount of $191,602; 10) Ratify payments for delivering soil for fissure filling within the Landslide Complex during the period between December 6, 2023 and June 30, 2025 to BD White Topsoil Co., Inc. in the amount of $127,052; 11) Ratify payments for emergency repairs to the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer System during the period between July 17, 2023 and June 4, 2025 to Clarke Contracting Corporation in the amount of $1,977,321; 12) Ratify payments for emergency repairs to the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer System during the period between January 31, 2025 and April 16, 2025 to Colich and Sons, LP in the amount of $243,684; 13) Ratify payments for emergency roadway repairs within the Landslide Complex during the period between August 2, 2024 and June 11, 2025 to Inland Engineering Services, Inc. in the amount of $91,853; 14) Ratify payments for fueling services for the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer System lift station generators during the period between September 10, 2024 and May 28, 2025 to Ferrellgas, LP in the amount of $101,068; 15) Ratify payments for maintenance and repair services for the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer System lift station generators during the period between October 18, 2024 and July 30, 2025 to Genesis Electrical, Inc. in the amount of $83,313; 16) Ratify payments for emergency sewer and storm drain repairs within the Landslide Complex on April 15, 2024 to Southwest Pipeline Technologies, Inc. in the amount of $33,000; and, 17) Ratify payments for sewer and storm drain repairs within the Landslide Complex during the period between March 7, 2024 and April 30, 2025 to Performance Pipeline Technologies, Inc. in the amount of $92,710. Agenda Report | September 16, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # D | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68c88ce0a65322587ac5d1c8 |
| September 16, 2025 | Mayor's Announcements | 1 | MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS: BY ACCLAMATION MOVE APPROVAL OF RECYCLE AND EMERGENCY PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS KIT DRAWING WINNERS: Marilou Lieman and Judy Hildebrand APPROVAL OF AGENDA: | September 16, 2025 Mayor's Announcements # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68c88ce0a65322587ac5d1bf |
| September 16, 2025 | Pulled Consent Item | 1 | 1. Consideration to to receive updates on the Greater Portuguese Bend-Ancient Altamira Landslide Complex and revise the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26 budget. (Awwad/Ramos/Forbes) (60 mins) AGENDA REPORT FORTHCOMING Recommendation: 1) Receive and file an update on the Greater Portuguese Bend-Ancient Altamira Landslide Complex (Landslide Complex) conditions, activities, and financials; 2) Review and provide input on the ranked priority order list and budget for the FY 2025-26 Landslide Complex program; 3) Ratify, nunc pro tunc (meaning to replace the prior version correcting an inadvertent omission) the Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with GeoLogic Associates, Inc. (GLA) for final engineering design, environmental documents, and related services for the Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation Project to add federal grant compliance clauses with no change to the PSA amount, and authorize the Mayor to execute the PSA in a form approved by the City Attorney; 4) Award a PSA to Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. for a Landslide Hydrology and Hydraulics Study in the amount of $1,100,200 with a 15% contingency for a total amount of up to $1,265,230, and authorize the Mayor to execute the agreement in a form approved by the City Attorney; 5) Award a PSA to Michael R. McGee, PLS, dba McGee Survey Consulting for surveying services in connection with the Portuguese Bend Landslide Emergency Stabilization Project in FY 2025-26 in the not-to-exceed amount of $320,000 for a one-year term,?and authorize the Mayor to execute the PSA in a form approved by the City Attorney; 6) Award a revised PWA with Ocean Blue Environmental Services, Inc. for on-call landslide emergency spill response and related services in Fiscal Year 2025-26 in the not-to-exceed amount of $1,400,000 for a one-year term, and authorize the Mayor to execute the PWA in a form Approved by the City Attorney; 7) 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; 8) 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, 9) 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. | September 16, 2025 Pulled Consent Item # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68c88ce0a65322587ac5d1c0 |
| September 16, 2025 | Pulled Consent Item | 2 | 2. Consideration to approve permanently relocating a Southern California Edison (SCE) temporary power pole currently at the Ladera Linda Community Park. (Fraley) (30 mins) Recommendation: 1) Authorize an extension through March 16, 2026, to the terms and conditions of the City-approved encroachment permit for SCE's temporary power pole located at the Ladera Linda Community Park originally approved by the City Council on September 3, 2024, and extended thereafter; 2) Review the power pole relocation design options prepared by both City Staff and SCE; 3) Determine if SCE's preferred overhead design option is most practical for a permanent solution, and if acceptable, authorize City Staff to coordinate with SCE to remove the temporary power pole located at the Ladera Linda Community Park and permanently relocate it using SCE's preferred overhead option and under the terms and conditions of a Cityapproved permit; and, 4) Authorize the City Manager to approve the required easement on City land for the implementation of the overhead variation of the City's preferred option to permanently relocate the temporary power pole located at the Ladera Linda Community Park. Agenda Report | September 16, 2025 Pulled Consent Item # 2 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68c88ce0a65322587ac5d1c2 |
| September 16, 2025 | Pulled Consent Item | 3 | 3. Consideration to receive the first quarter status update of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26 City Council Goals (Jun) (30 mins) Recommendation: 1) Receive and file the first quarter status update of the FY 2025-26 City Council Goals; and, 2) Direct staff to provide City Council Goals updates on a twice-yearly basis (February and June), in lieu of quarterly updates moving forward. Agenda Report | September 16, 2025 Pulled Consent Item # 3 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68c88ce0a65322587ac5d1c1 |