Rancho Palos Verdes
| Date | Item Type | Item | Description | Info Location | County | City | Meeting Type | id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 07, 2025 | CS Report | 1 | CLOSED SESSION REPORT: | October 07, 2025 CS Report # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68eec52732d037644dd8f391 |
| October 07, 2025 | City Manager Reports | 1 | CITY MANAGER REPORT: | October 07, 2025 City Manager Reports # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68eec52732d037644dd8f395 |
| October 07, 2025 | Closed Session Item | 1 | 1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION A closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(c), (d) (2), and (e)(2) because a point has been reached where, in the opinion of the City Council, on the advice of the City Attorney, based on existing facts and circumstances there is a significant exposure to litigation against the City in the following: Case No. 13-TC-01 ; 13-TC-02 California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region, Order No. R4-2012-0175 DECISION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 17500 ET SEQ.: CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 2, DIVISION 2, CHAPTER 2.5, ARTICLE 7. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING A closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Dode § 54956.9(a), to confer with legal counsel regarding a pending administrative proceeding to which the city is a party. The title of such administrative proceeding is as follows: Proceedings Before the Commission on State Mandates for Recovery of Costs Imposed by the 2012 Los Angeles County Municipal Stormwater Permit; California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region, Order No. R4-2012-0175, Parts II 1.A.1., II1.A.2., and 111.A.4.a.-d. | October 07, 2025 Closed Session Item # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68eec52732d037644dd8f38c |
| October 07, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | B | B. Registers of Demands (Anguiano) Recommendation: 1) 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 (check run dated 09/05/2025); 2) 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 (check run dated 09/19/2025); and, 3) Adopt Resolution No. IA 2025-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AND SPECIFYING FUNDS FROM WHICH THE SAME ARE TO BE PAID. Register of Demands - City (Check Run - 09/05/25) Register of Demands - City (Check Run - 09/19/25) Register of Demands - IA | October 07, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # B | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68eec52732d037644dd8f386 |
| October 07, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | C | C. Consideration to receive the August 2025 Preliminary Cash Balances/Monthly Treasurer’s Report. (Lin) Recommendation: Receive and file the August 2025 Cash Balances/Monthly Treasurer’s Report for the City and the Improvement Authority. Agenda Report - City Agenda Report - IA | October 07, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # C | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68eec52732d037644dd8f387 |
| October 07, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | D | D. Consider a professional service agreement with Black & Veatch for Project and Grant Management services related to the Greater Portuguese Bend Landslide Complex Voluntary Property Buyout Program. (Garrett) Recommendation: 1) Approve a Professional Service Agreement (PSA) with Black & Veatch in the amount of $338,541, for a term of four years, for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Project and Grant management services related to the Greater Portuguese Bend Landslide Complex Voluntary Property Buyout Program; 2) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the PSA, in form approved by the City Attorney; and, 3) Approve an additional appropriation of $338,600 in Fund 331, Federal Grant (Expenditure and Revenue), which will be reimbursed by the grant program. Agenda Report | October 07, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # D | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68eec52732d037644dd8f38a |
| October 07, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | E | E. Consider entering into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Run for Myles non-profit organization to co-host a running event on November 15, 2025. (Bailiff) Recommendation: 1) Authorize the Mayor to execute an MOU between the City of Rancho Palos Verdes and the “Run for Myles” non-profit organization to co-host a Kids’ Fun Run 1k, 5k, and 10k race event on Saturday, November 15, 2025, in a form approved by the City Attorney; 2) Authorize waiving the following fees total $2,897: a. Special Event Permit fee of $483, b. Civic Center parking lot fee of $423 c. Point Vicente Interpretive Center (PVIC) parking fee of $423, d. PVIC lawn fee of $1,568 at $196 per hour for 8 hours; and, 3) Authorize the City Manager to accept donated proceeds from the event to be used for parks and trails preservation and recorded in Fund 228 (Donor Restricted Fund). Agenda Report | October 07, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # E | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68eec52732d037644dd8f38b |
| October 07, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | F | F. Consider Amendment No. 1 to the Loan Agreement with Abalone Cove Landslide Abatement District (ACLAD). (Ramos) Recommendation: 1) Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Loan Agreement with ACLAD to update the eligible expenditures to include winterization or culvert repairs including, but not limited to, the winterization of Altamira Canyon and repair for the culvert under Palos Verdes Drive South (PVDS); and, 2) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute Amendment No. 1 in a form approved by the City Attorney. Agenda Report | October 07, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # F | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68eec52732d037644dd8f389 |
| October 07, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | G | G. Consider continuing 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; 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 | October 07, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # G | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68eec52732d037644dd8f388 |
| October 07, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | H | H. Consider authorizing the submittal of two grant applications for the L.A. County Regional Park and Open Space District Competitive Measure A Grant Program. (Lozano/Wolterding) Recommendation: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-__, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF THE MEASURE A NATURAL LANDS, LOCAL BEACHES, WATER CONSERVATION & PROTECTION COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION FOR HABITAT RESTORATION AND TRAIL REPAIRS IN THE PALOS VERDES NATURE PRESERVE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1.61 MILLION”; and, 2) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-__, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF THE MEASURE A PLANNING AND DESIGN COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION FOR THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THE THREE SISTERS-FILIORUM CONNECTOR TRAIL AND BRIDGE PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000”. Agenda Report | October 07, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # H | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68eec52732d037644dd8f392 |
| October 07, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | I | I. Consider accepting a financial contribution of $4 Million from the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts for the City’s Landslide Mitigation Activities. (Bryden) Recommendation: 1) Accept a one-time financial contribution from Los Angeles County Sanitation District No. 2 to the City, in the amount of $4 million, for costs incurred and continuing costs to perform work to slow movement of the Greater Portuguese Bend-Ancient Altamira Landslide Complex within the City; 2) Authorize the Mayor to execute an agreement accepting the funds, in a form approved by the City Attorney; and, 3) Approve an additional appropriation of $4 million from Local Grants Revenue in the Capital Infrastructure Program (CIP) Fund. Agenda Report | October 07, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # I | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68eec52732d037644dd8f393 |
| October 07, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | J | J. Consider awarding a contract services agreement to Ron’s Maintenance, Inc. for annual catch basin cleaning and related maintenance. (Vitkus/Hernandez) Recommendation: 1) Award a contract services agreement to Ron’s Maintenance, Inc., for annual catch basin cleaning and related maintenance services with a five-year term between October 7, 2025 and September 30, 2030, with a maximum amount of $255,000 in year one plus a 15% contingency and a maximum amount of $1,582,638 plus a 15% contingency over the five-year term of the agreement; and, 2) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the contract, in a form approved by the City Attorney. Agenda Report | October 07, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # J | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68eec52732d037644dd8f396 |
| October 07, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | K | K. Consider a Professional Services Agreement with Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates (FM3) to conduct citywide Community Needs Surveys. (Pujadas/Jun) Recommendation: 1) Approve a professional services agreement (PSA) with FM3 to conduct up to two citywide Community Needs Surveys for a not-toexceed amount of $60,000 over a two-year term; 2) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the PSA, in a form approved by the City Attorney; and, 3) Approve a budget appropriation of $60,000 from the General Fund, NonDepartment Program. Agenda Report | October 07, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # K | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68eec52732d037644dd8f394 |
| October 07, 2025 | Mayor's Announcements | 1 | MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS: BY ACCLAMATION MOVE APPROVAL OF RECYCLE AND EMERGENCY PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS KIT DRAWING WINNERS: Dean Olson and Mary Ursic APPROVAL OF AGENDA: | October 07, 2025 Mayor's Announcements # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68eec52732d037644dd8f38e |
| October 07, 2025 | Pulled Consent Item | 1 | 1. Consider receiving a status report on the City’s Coyote Management Plan. (Silva) (30 mins) Recommendation: Receive and file a status report on the implementation of the City’s Coyote Management Plan. Agenda Report | October 07, 2025 Pulled Consent Item # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68eec52732d037644dd8f38d |
| October 07, 2025 | Pulled Consent Item | 2 | 2. Consider receiving a status report on wireless telecommunications coverage throughout the City. (Mesker/Seeraty) (15 mins) Recommendation: 1) Receive and file a status report on wireless telecommunications coverage on private property and in the public right-ofway throughout the City; 2) Determine whether Staff should continue preparing a Small Wireless Facilities Master Plan; and, 3) Receive and file an update on the continued efforts with the various carriers and the telecommunication’s lobbying firm, Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, to investigate potential amendments to Chapters 12.18 (Wireless Facilities on Public Rightsof-Way) and 17.76 (Wireless Facilities on Private Property) of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code that would incentivize carriers to improve wireless telecommunications coverage throughout the City. Agenda Report | October 07, 2025 Pulled Consent Item # 2 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68eec52732d037644dd8f38f |
| October 07, 2025 | Pulled Consent Item | 3 | 3. Consider initiating General Plan Amendment proceedings to update references to the new Chapter 15.20 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code. (Forbes) (15 mins) Recommendation: Initiate General Plan amendment proceedings thereby having the Planning Commission, in an advisory role, make recommendations to the City Council on proposed text amendments to the General Plan elements to update references associated with the adopted amendments to Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code Chapter 15.20, entitled “Greater Portuguese Bend Landslide Complex Regulations on Land Use Permits.” Agenda Report | October 07, 2025 Pulled Consent Item # 3 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 68eec52732d037644dd8f390 |