Rancho Palos Verdes — 2025-11-18

CLOSED SESSION REPORT:

CITY MANAGER REPORT:

1.\nPUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION\nA closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code § 54957 to\nconduct an employee performance evaluation for the position of City Attorney.

2.\nPUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION\nA closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code § 54957, to\nconduct an employee performance evaluation for the position of the City\nManager

3.\nCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION\nA closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9 (d)(2)\nor (d)(3) & (e)(1) because there is a significant exposure to litigation in two (2)\ncases where the facts and circumstances giving rise to such exposure are\nunknown to the putative plaintiffs.

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.\nConsider the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS)\nActuarial Valuation Report (AVR) (O’Neill)\nRecommendation: Receive and file the CalPERS Actuarial Valuation Report\n(AVR) as of June 30, 2024.\nAgenda Report

D.\nConsider filing a Notice of Completion for the Hesse Park Roof Replacement\nProject (Copp)\nRecommendation: 1) Accept the Hesse Park Roof Replacement Project\nconstruction contract as complete; 2) Authorize the City Clerk to file a Notice of\nCompletion for the project with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s\nOffice; and if no claims are filed within 35 days after recordation, send a notice\nto the surety company to exonerate the Performance Bond; and, 3) Authorize\nthe Director of Public Works to release the 5% construction retention payment\nto Chapman Coast Roof Company, Inc., 35 days after recordation of the\nNotice of Completion by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s Office,\ncontingent upon no claims being filed on the project, and the contractor\nposting an acceptable warranty bond with the City.\nAgenda Report

E.\nConsider exempting the Community Needs Survey Project from City Council\nPolicy No. 2 regarding questionnaires sent to the public (Pujadas)\nRecommendation: 1) Approve an exemption from City Council Policy No. 2 to\nallow the citywide Community Needs Survey Project to proceed without City\nCouncil approval of the survey questions in order to maintain the Project’s\nintegrity and statistical significance.\nAgenda Report

F.\nConsider continuing 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) Accept the\nemergency landslide stabilization work conducted by Malcolm Drilling\nCompany, Inc. (Malcolm) between May 22, 2024 and June 30, 2025 (through\nFY 2024-25) as complete and authorize the City Clerk to file a Notice of\nCompletion for the construction contract with the Los Angeles County\nRegistrar-Recorder’s Office; 4) Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Consultant\nMaintenance Agreement (CMA) with Genesis Electrical, Inc. (Genesis) for\nmaintenance and repair services for the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer System\nlift station generators, increasing the not-to-exceed amount for the initial oneyear term by $50,000 from $25,000 to $75,000 while maintaining a 10%\ncontingency, for which the completed value of work under the amended\nAgreement will not exceed the project budget; 5) Approve issuing a purchase\norder for goods in the amount of $42,336 to Genesis for purchasing three (3)\ntrailer-mounted propane tanks to fuel the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer\nSystem lift station generators, for which the completed value of work as part of\nthe purchase order will not exceed the project budget; 6) Award a Public\nWorks Agreement (PWA) to Yellow Jacket Drilling Services, LLC. (Yellow\nJacket) for landslide emergency on-call dewatering well drilling and related\nservices in the not-to-exceed amount of $1,500,000, for a term ending on June\n30, 2026, for which the completed value of work under the Agreement\ncombined with other related on-call contracts will not exceed the project\nbudget; and, 7) Authorize the Mayor to execute the above-listed Agreements\nand Amendment in a form approved by the City Attorney.\nAgenda Report

MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS:\nBY ACCLAMATION MOVE APPROVAL OF RECYCLE AND EMERGENCY PERSONAL\nPREPAREDNESS KIT DRAWING WINNERS:\nGayle Darby and Charlene Morimoto\nAPPROVAL OF AGENDA:

1.\nConsider code amendments to exempt the City’s Equestrian Overlay Districts\nfrom Senate Bill 9 (SB9) regulations related to urban lot splits and second\nunit/two-unit developments. (Bobbett) (15 mins)\nRecommendation: Introduce Ordinance No.__, AN ORDINANCE OF THE\nCITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, AMENDING THE RANCHO PALOS\nVERDES MUNICIPAL CODE (RPVMC) CHAPTER 16.40 (URBAN LOT\nSPLITS) OF TITLE 16 (SUBDIVISIONS) AND CHAPTER 17.09 (SECOND\nUNITS AND TWO-UNIT DEVELOPMENTS IN SINGLE-FAMILY ZONES) OF\nTITLE 17 (ZONING) TO EXEMPT THE EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY DISTRICT\n(Q) FROM THE APPLICABILITY OF THESE REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO\nSENATE BILL 684 (SB 684), AND DETERMINE THE CODE AMENDMENT IS\nEXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (Case\nNo. PLCA2025-0002).\nAgenda Report

2.\nConsider amendments to certain sections of Title 17 (Zoning) of the Rancho\nPalos Verdes Municipal Code and the General Plan pursuant to Landslide\nComplex Regulations on Land Use Permits. (Forbes) (15 mins)\nRecommendation: 1) Introduce Ordinance No. ___, AN ORDINANCE OF\nTHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,\nAMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF TITLE 17 (ZONING) OF THE RANCHO\nPALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE TO UPDATE REFERENCES TO THE\nGREATER PORTUGUESE BEND LANDSLIDE COMPLEX REGULATIONS\nON LAND USE PERMITS AND ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS IN TITLE 15\n(BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION) OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES\nMUNICIPAL CODE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS TO\nCHAPTER 15.20 APPROVED WITH THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO.\n692, AND DETERMINE THE CODE AMENDMENT IS EXEMPT FROM THE\nCALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT; and 2) Adopt Resolution\nNo.___, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF\nRANCHO PALOS VERDES AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE\nGENERAL PLAN OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES TO UPDATE\nTHE STATUS OF THE LANDSLIDE CONDITIONS AND REFERENCES\nASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL\nCODE CHAPTER 15.20, ENTITLED “GREATER PORTUGUESE BEND\nLANDSLIDE COMPLEX REGULATIONS ON LAND USE PERMITS”\nAPPROVED WITH THE ADOPTION OF ORDNANCE NO. 692, AND\nDETERMINE THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS ARE EXEMPT FROM\nTHE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.\nAgenda Report

3.\nConsider adopting Ordinance No. 694 codifying the 2025 California Building\nStandards Code. (Rasor) (15 mins)\nRecommendation: 1) Adopt ORDINANCE NO. 694, AN ORDINANCE OF\nTHE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE\n2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODE WHICH INCLUDES THE\n2025 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING, RESIDENTIAL, GREEN\nBUILDING STANDARDS, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL\nCODES, WHICH ARE CODIFIED IN TITLE 24 OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE\nOF REGULATIONS; PART 7 CALIFORNIA WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE\nCODE; THE UNIFORM CODE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS\nBUILDINGS 1997 EDITION; THE UNIFORM HOUSING CODE 1997\nEDITION; AND THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE,\n2024 EDITION, WITH APPENDICES AND AMENDMENTS THERETO;\nAMENDING TITLE 15 OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL\nCODE; AND ADOPTING THE 2023 LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE CODE\nTITLE 32.\nAgenda Report

4.\nConsider receiving an update on Citywide wildfire mitigation and readiness\nefforts. (Mohammad) (15 mins)\nRecommendation: Receive and file a status update on Citywide wildfire\nmitigation and readiness efforts.\nAgenda Report

5.\nConsider amending City Council Debt Management Policy No. 52 (Debt\nManagement Policy) (Moya) (30 mins)\nRecommendation: Approve amendments to City Council Policy No. 52, Debt\nManagement Policy, to clarify the purposes and uses of debt; refine the\nGeneral Fund debt limit; establish procedures for selecting financial\ninstitutions; and add new provisions for governing loans, installment\nobligations, and emergency borrowing, as reviewed and approved by the\nFinance Advisory Committee (FAC).\nAgenda Report