Rancho Palos Verdes — 2025-09-16

CLOSED SESSION REPORT:

CITY MANAGER REPORT:

1.\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).

2.\nCONFERENCE 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 participate as an amicus in a\npetition to the United States Supreme Court from a decision of the Ninth\nCircuit in the following case: City of Huntington Beach, et al. v. Newsom, et\nal., Ninth Circuit Appeal No. 23-3694.

3.\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: City Rancho Palos Verdes, et al.\nv. Bonta, et al., Second Appellate District Appeal No. B332315

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.\nAgenda Report

C.\nConsideration to receive updated information on the transfer of operator\ninterests in Crestridge Senior Apartments from AMCAL to TruAmerica.\n(Luck/Ramos/Forbes)\nRecommendation: 1) Receive and file the Consent Letter, prepared by the\nCity Attorney's Office and signed by City Manager Mihranian, related to the\ntransfer of operator interests in Crestridge Senior Apartments from AMCAL\nMulti-Housing, Inc.'s Administrative General Partner Interest to TA MIM\nMirandela LLC.; and, 2) Replace the Nonprofit General Partnership from Las\nPalmas Foundation to AHA MGP Los Angeles IX, LLC.\nAgenda Report

D.\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; 2) Direct the City Clerk to confirm the same in the minutes of this\nCity Council meeting, via Minute Order, reflecting this action; 3) Approve\nRetroactive Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement (PSA)\nwith Cotton, Shires and Associates for City-wide geotechnical consulting,\nincluding landslide emergency stabilization geotechnical consulting through\nJune 30, 2025, and related services, increasing the not-to-exceed amount for\nthe initial 5-year term by $1,190,474 from $400,000 to $1,590,474 while\nmaintaining a 15% contingency, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to\nexecute Amendment No. 1, to the PSA with Cotton, Shires and Associates,\nInc. in a form approved by the City Attorney; 4) Approve Retroactive\nAmendment No. 1 to the PSA with McGee Surveying Consulting for\nPortuguese Bend Landslide Monitoring Program Surveying and related\nservices, increasing the not-to-exceed amount for the term between\nSeptember 5, 2023 and June 30, 2024 by $405,123 from $64,400 to\n$469,523, and extending the contract term by one year, with an amended\ncontract end date of June 30, 2025, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to\nexecute Amendment No. 1 to the PSA with McGee Surveying Consulting, in a\nform approved by the City Attorney; 5) Approve Retroactive Amendment No. 2\nto the PSA with Ocean Blue Environmental Services, Inc. for City-wide\nenvironmental cleanup and related services, increasing the not-to-exceed\namount for the term between May 17, 2022 and June 30, 2024 by $1,738,479\nfrom $532,082 to $2,270,561 while maintaining a 15% contingency, and\nauthorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute Amendment No. 2, to the PSA\nwith Ocean Blue Environmental Services, Inc. in a form approved by the City\nAttorney; 6) Approve Retroactive Amendment No. 1 to the PSA with Hardy &\nHarper, Inc. for city-wide public works maintenance and related services,\nincreasing the not-to-exceed amount for the initial 5-year term by $261,213\nfrom $2,167,651 to $2,428,864 while maintaining a 15% contingency, and\nauthorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute Amendment No. 1 to the PSA\nwith Hardy & Harper, Inc., in a form approved by the City Attorney; 7) Approve\nRetroactive Amendment No. 1 to the Public Works Agreement (PWA) with\nHardy & Harper, Inc. for roadway maintenance and related services,\nincreasing the not-to-exceed amount for the initial 5-year term by $2,324,438\nfrom $2,000,435 to $4,324,873 while maintaining a 10% contingency, and\nauthorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute Amendment No. 1 to the PWA\nwith Hardy & Harper, Inc., in a form approved by the City Attorney; 8) Approve\nRetroactive Amendment No. 2 to the PSA with Monaco Mechanical, Inc. for\nCity-wide plumbing and related services, removing the annual not-to-exceed\namount of $100,000 as a result of actual expenditures for services needed to\nrespond to the landslide emergency, for the initial 6-year term with no change\nto the total contract not-to-exceed amount, and while maintaining a 10%\ncontingency, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute Amendment\nNo. 2 to the PSA with Monaco Mechanical, Inc., in a form approved by the City\nAttorney; 9) Ratify payments for emergency repairs to the Abalone Cove\nSanitary Sewer System during the period between July 22, 2024 and\nNovember 6, 2024 to Ramona, Inc. in the amount of $191,602; 10) Ratify\npayments for delivering soil for fissure filling within the Landslide Complex\nduring the period between December 6, 2023 and June 30, 2025 to BD White\nTopsoil Co., Inc. in the amount of $127,052; 11) Ratify payments for\nemergency repairs to the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer System during the\nperiod between July 17, 2023 and June 4, 2025 to Clarke Contracting\nCorporation in the amount of $1,977,321; 12) Ratify payments for emergency\nrepairs to the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer System during the period\nbetween January 31, 2025 and April 16, 2025 to Colich and Sons, LP in the\namount of $243,684; 13) Ratify payments for emergency roadway repairs\nwithin the Landslide Complex during the period between August 2, 2024 and\nJune 11, 2025 to Inland Engineering Services, Inc. in the amount of $91,853;\n14) Ratify payments for fueling services for the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer\nSystem lift station generators during the period between September 10, 2024\nand May 28, 2025 to Ferrellgas, LP in the amount of $101,068; 15) Ratify\npayments for maintenance and repair services for the Abalone Cove Sanitary\nSewer System lift station generators during the period between October 18,\n2024 and July 30, 2025 to Genesis Electrical, Inc. in the amount of $83,313;\n16) Ratify payments for emergency sewer and storm drain repairs within the\nLandslide Complex on April 15, 2024 to Southwest Pipeline Technologies, Inc.\nin the amount of $33,000; and, 17) Ratify payments for sewer and storm drain\nrepairs within the Landslide Complex during the period between March 7,\n2024 and April 30, 2025 to Performance Pipeline Technologies, Inc. in the\namount of $92,710.\nAgenda Report

MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS:\nBY ACCLAMATION MOVE APPROVAL OF RECYCLE AND EMERGENCY PERSONAL\nPREPAREDNESS KIT DRAWING WINNERS:\nMarilou Lieman and Judy Hildebrand\nAPPROVAL OF AGENDA:

1.\nConsideration to to receive updates on the Greater Portuguese Bend-Ancient\nAltamira Landslide Complex and revise the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26 budget.\n(Awwad/Ramos/Forbes) (60 mins)\nAGENDA REPORT FORTHCOMING\nRecommendation: 1) Receive and file an update on the Greater Portuguese\nBend-Ancient Altamira Landslide Complex (Landslide Complex) conditions,\nactivities, and financials; 2) Review and provide input on the ranked priority\norder list and budget for the FY 2025-26 Landslide Complex program; 3)\nRatify, nunc pro tunc (meaning to replace the prior version correcting an\ninadvertent omission) the Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with GeoLogic Associates, Inc. (GLA) for final engineering design, environmental\ndocuments, and related services for the Portuguese Bend Landslide\nRemediation Project to add federal grant compliance clauses with no change\nto the PSA amount, and authorize the Mayor to execute the PSA in a form\napproved by the City Attorney; 4) Award a PSA to Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.\nfor a Landslide Hydrology and Hydraulics Study in the amount of $1,100,200\nwith a 15% contingency for a total amount of up to $1,265,230, and authorize\nthe Mayor to execute the agreement in a form approved by the City Attorney;\n5) Award a PSA to Michael R. McGee, PLS, dba McGee Survey Consulting for\nsurveying services in connection with the Portuguese Bend Landslide\nEmergency Stabilization Project in FY 2025-26 in the not-to-exceed amount of\n$320,000 for a one-year term,?and authorize the Mayor to execute the PSA in\na form approved by the City Attorney; 6) Award a revised PWA with Ocean\nBlue Environmental Services, Inc. for on-call landslide emergency spill\nresponse and related services in Fiscal Year 2025-26 in the not-to-exceed\namount of $1,400,000 for a one-year term, and authorize the Mayor to execute\nthe PWA in a form Approved by the City Attorney; 7) Adopt Resolution No.\n2025-___, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF\nRANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING FOR A TERM OF 60\nDAYS THE TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON TRAVEL BY UNICYCLES,\nBICYCLES, MOTORCYCLES, AND OTHER ONE- OR TWO-WHEELED\nVEHICLES ON PALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH WITHIN THE LANDSLIDE\nCOMPLEX DUE TO CONTINUED ROADWAY CONDITIONS; 8) Adopt\nResolution No. 2025-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE\nCITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, CONTINUING THE\nLOCAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION AS ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION\nNO. 2023-47 ADOPTED ON OCTOBER 3, 2023 FOR AN ADDITIONAL 60\nDAY PERIOD; and, 9) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-__, A RESOLUTION OF\nTHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,\nCALIFORNIA, EXTENDING THE STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY WITHIN\nTHE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF THE PORTUGUESE BEND\nCOMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, PORTUGUESE BEND BEACH CLUB, AND\nSEAVIEW NEIGHBORHOODS\nBASED ON SUDDEN ENERGY\nSHORTAGES, PLANNED DEENERGIZING EVENTS, AND INTERNET\nSERVICE SHUT OFFS AS ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION NOS. 2024-52\nAND 2024-57 FOR AN ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS.

2.\nConsideration to approve permanently relocating a Southern California Edison\n(SCE) temporary power pole currently at the Ladera Linda Community Park.\n(Fraley) (30 mins)\nRecommendation: 1) Authorize an extension through March 16, 2026, to the\nterms and conditions of the City-approved encroachment permit for SCE's\ntemporary power pole located at the Ladera Linda Community Park originally\napproved by the City Council on September 3, 2024, and extended thereafter;\n2) Review the power pole relocation design options prepared by both City Staff\nand SCE; 3) Determine if SCE's preferred overhead design option is most\npractical for a permanent solution, and if acceptable, authorize City Staff to\ncoordinate with SCE to remove the temporary power pole located at the\nLadera Linda Community Park and permanently relocate it using SCE's\npreferred overhead option and under the terms and conditions of a Cityapproved permit; and, 4) Authorize the City Manager to approve the required\neasement on City land for the implementation of the overhead variation of the\nCity's preferred option to permanently relocate the temporary power pole\nlocated at the Ladera Linda Community Park.\nAgenda Report

3.\nConsideration to receive the first quarter status update of the Fiscal Year (FY)\n2025-26 City Council Goals (Jun) (30 mins)\nRecommendation: 1) Receive and file the first quarter status update of the\nFY 2025-26 City Council Goals; and, 2) Direct staff to provide City Council\nGoals updates on a twice-yearly basis (February and June), in lieu of quarterly\nupdates moving forward.\nAgenda Report