Rancho Palos Verdes
| Date | Item Type | Item | Description | Info Location | County | City | Meeting Type | id |
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| November 18, 2025 | CS Report | 1 | CLOSED SESSION REPORT: | November 18, 2025 CS Report # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 691bb0d627600e17b59147b4 |
| November 18, 2025 | City Manager Reports | 1 | CITY MANAGER REPORT: | November 18, 2025 City Manager Reports # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 691bb0d627600e17b59147b3 |
| November 18, 2025 | Closed Session Item | 1 | 1. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION A closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code § 54957 to conduct an employee performance evaluation for the position of City Attorney. | November 18, 2025 Closed Session Item # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 691bb0d627600e17b59147a5 |
| November 18, 2025 | Closed Session Item | 2 | 2. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION A closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code § 54957, to conduct an employee performance evaluation for the position of the City Manager | November 18, 2025 Closed Session Item # 2 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 691bb0d627600e17b59147a6 |
| November 18, 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)(2) or (d)(3) & (e)(1) because there is a significant exposure to litigation in two (2) cases where the facts and circumstances giving rise to such exposure are unknown to the putative plaintiffs. | November 18, 2025 Closed Session Item # 3 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 691bb0d627600e17b59147a7 |
| November 18, 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. Register of Demands | November 18, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # B | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 691bb0d627600e17b59147ac |
| November 18, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | C | C. Consider the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Actuarial Valuation Report (AVR) (O’Neill) Recommendation: Receive and file the CalPERS Actuarial Valuation Report (AVR) as of June 30, 2024. Agenda Report | November 18, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # C | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 691bb0d627600e17b59147ab |
| November 18, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | D | D. Consider filing a Notice of Completion for the Hesse Park Roof Replacement Project (Copp) Recommendation: 1) Accept the Hesse Park Roof Replacement Project construction contract as complete; 2) Authorize the City Clerk to file a Notice of Completion for the project with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s Office; and if no claims are filed within 35 days after recordation, send a notice to the surety company to exonerate the Performance Bond; and, 3) Authorize the Director of Public Works to release the 5% construction retention payment to Chapman Coast Roof Company, Inc., 35 days after recordation of the Notice of Completion by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s Office, contingent upon no claims being filed on the project, and the contractor posting an acceptable warranty bond with the City. Agenda Report | November 18, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # D | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 691bb0d627600e17b59147b1 |
| November 18, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | E | E. Consider exempting the Community Needs Survey Project from City Council Policy No. 2 regarding questionnaires sent to the public (Pujadas) Recommendation: 1) Approve an exemption from City Council Policy No. 2 to allow the citywide Community Needs Survey Project to proceed without City Council approval of the survey questions in order to maintain the Project’s integrity and statistical significance. Agenda Report | November 18, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # E | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 691bb0d627600e17b59147b0 |
| November 18, 2025 | Consent Calendar Item | F | F. 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; 2) Direct the City Clerk to confirm the same in the minutes of this City Council meeting, via Minute Order, reflecting this action; 3) Accept the emergency landslide stabilization work conducted by Malcolm Drilling Company, Inc. (Malcolm) between May 22, 2024 and June 30, 2025 (through FY 2024-25) as complete and authorize the City Clerk to file a Notice of Completion for the construction contract with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s Office; 4) Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Consultant Maintenance Agreement (CMA) with Genesis Electrical, Inc. (Genesis) for maintenance and repair services for the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer System lift 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% contingency, for which the completed value of work under the amended Agreement will not exceed the project budget; 5) Approve issuing a purchase order for goods in the amount of $42,336 to Genesis for purchasing three (3) trailer-mounted propane tanks to fuel the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer System lift station generators, for which the completed value of work as part of the purchase order will not exceed the project budget; 6) Award a Public Works Agreement (PWA) to Yellow Jacket Drilling Services, LLC. (Yellow Jacket) for landslide emergency on-call dewatering well drilling and related services in the not-to-exceed amount of $1,500,000, for a term ending on June 30, 2026, for which the completed value of work under the Agreement combined with other related on-call contracts will not exceed the project budget; and, 7) Authorize the Mayor to execute the above-listed Agreements and Amendment in a form approved by the City Attorney. Agenda Report | November 18, 2025 Consent Calendar Item # F | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 691bb0d627600e17b59147ae |
| November 18, 2025 | Mayor's Announcements | 1 | MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS: BY ACCLAMATION MOVE APPROVAL OF RECYCLE AND EMERGENCY PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS KIT DRAWING WINNERS: Gayle Darby and Charlene Morimoto APPROVAL OF AGENDA: | November 18, 2025 Mayor's Announcements # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 691bb0d627600e17b59147a4 |
| November 18, 2025 | Pulled Consent Item | 1 | 1. Consider code amendments to exempt the City’s Equestrian Overlay Districts from Senate Bill 9 (SB9) regulations related to urban lot splits and second unit/two-unit developments. (Bobbett) (15 mins) Recommendation: Introduce Ordinance No.__, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, AMENDING THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE (RPVMC) CHAPTER 16.40 (URBAN LOT SPLITS) OF TITLE 16 (SUBDIVISIONS) AND CHAPTER 17.09 (SECOND UNITS AND TWO-UNIT DEVELOPMENTS IN SINGLE-FAMILY ZONES) OF TITLE 17 (ZONING) TO EXEMPT THE EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY DISTRICT (Q) FROM THE APPLICABILITY OF THESE REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO SENATE BILL 684 (SB 684), AND DETERMINE THE CODE AMENDMENT IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (Case No. PLCA2025-0002). Agenda Report | November 18, 2025 Pulled Consent Item # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 691bb0d627600e17b59147a8 |
| November 18, 2025 | Pulled Consent Item | 2 | 2. Consider amendments to certain sections of Title 17 (Zoning) of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code and the General Plan pursuant to Landslide Complex Regulations on Land Use Permits. (Forbes) (15 mins) Recommendation: 1) Introduce Ordinance No. ___, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF TITLE 17 (ZONING) OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE TO UPDATE REFERENCES TO THE GREATER PORTUGUESE BEND LANDSLIDE COMPLEX REGULATIONS ON LAND USE PERMITS AND ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS IN TITLE 15 (BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION) OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 15.20 APPROVED WITH THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 692, AND DETERMINE THE CODE AMENDMENT IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT; and 2) Adopt Resolution No.___, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE GENERAL PLAN OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES TO UPDATE THE STATUS OF THE LANDSLIDE CONDITIONS AND REFERENCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 15.20, ENTITLED “GREATER PORTUGUESE BEND LANDSLIDE COMPLEX REGULATIONS ON LAND USE PERMITS” APPROVED WITH THE ADOPTION OF ORDNANCE NO. 692, AND DETERMINE THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. Agenda Report | November 18, 2025 Pulled Consent Item # 2 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 691bb0d627600e17b59147aa |
| November 18, 2025 | Pulled Consent Item | 3 | 3. Consider adopting Ordinance No. 694 codifying the 2025 California Building Standards Code. (Rasor) (15 mins) Recommendation: 1) Adopt ORDINANCE NO. 694, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODE WHICH INCLUDES THE 2025 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING, RESIDENTIAL, GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL CODES, WHICH ARE CODIFIED IN TITLE 24 OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS; PART 7 CALIFORNIA WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE; THE UNIFORM CODE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS 1997 EDITION; THE UNIFORM HOUSING CODE 1997 EDITION; AND THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, 2024 EDITION, WITH APPENDICES AND AMENDMENTS THERETO; AMENDING TITLE 15 OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE; AND ADOPTING THE 2023 LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE CODE TITLE 32. Agenda Report | November 18, 2025 Pulled Consent Item # 3 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 691bb0d627600e17b59147ad |
| November 18, 2025 | Pulled Consent Item | 4 | 4. Consider receiving an update on Citywide wildfire mitigation and readiness efforts. (Mohammad) (15 mins) Recommendation: Receive and file a status update on Citywide wildfire mitigation and readiness efforts. Agenda Report | November 18, 2025 Pulled Consent Item # 4 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 691bb0d627600e17b59147af |
| November 18, 2025 | Pulled Consent Item | 5 | 5. Consider amending City Council Debt Management Policy No. 52 (Debt Management Policy) (Moya) (30 mins) Recommendation: Approve amendments to City Council Policy No. 52, Debt Management Policy, to clarify the purposes and uses of debt; refine the General Fund debt limit; establish procedures for selecting financial institutions; and add new provisions for governing loans, installment obligations, and emergency borrowing, as reviewed and approved by the Finance Advisory Committee (FAC). Agenda Report | November 18, 2025 Pulled Consent Item # 5 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 691bb0d627600e17b59147b2 |