Rancho Palos Verdes — 2026-03-03

CITY MANAGER REPORT:

A.\nApproval of Minutes (Sisson/Zweizig)\nRecommendation: Approve the Minutes of February 17, 2026 (Regular

B.\nRegisters of Demands (Anguiano)\nRecommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2026-__, 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; and, Adopt Resolution No. IA 2026-__,\nA RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO\nPALOS VERDES, ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AND\nSPECIFYING FUNDS FROM WHICH THE SAME ARE TO BE PAID\nRegister of Demands - City\nRegister of Demands - IA

C.\nConsider a Notice of Completion for the Hawthorne Boulevard at\nEddinghill/Seamount Left Turn Signal Construction Contract. (Casil)\nRecommendation: 1) Accept the construction contract with Alfaro\nCommunications Construction Inc. for the Hawthorne Boulevard at\nEddinghill/Seamount Left Turn Signal Project as complete; 2) Authorize the\nCity Clerk to file a Notice of Completion (NOC) for the project with the Los\nAngeles County Registrar-Recorder’s Office; and if no claims are filed within\n35 days after recordation, send a notice to the surety company to exonerate\nthe Performance Bond; and, 3) Authorize the Contract Officer to release the\n5% construction retention payment to Alfaro Communications Construction\nInc., 35 days after recordation of the NOC by the Los Angeles County\nRegistrar-Recorder’s Office, contingent upon no claims being filed on the\nproject, and the contractor posting an acceptable warranty bond with the City.\nAgenda Report

D.\nConsider signing the Joint Powers Agreement and appointing City-designated\nBoard of Director Members for the South Bay Regional Housing Trust.\n(Forbes)\nRecommendation: 1) Authorize Mayor to sign the South Bay Regional\nHousing Trust’s Joint Powers Agreement; and, 2) Appoint Mayor Pro Tem\nStephen Perestam as the City-designated Board of Director Member and\nCouncilmember George Lewis as the City-Designated Alternate Board of\nDirector Member, representing the City of Rancho Palos Verdes on the South\nBay Regional Housing Trust.\nAgenda Report

E.\nConsider purchasing State furnished Traffic Signal Controllers for the Western\nAvenue Traffic Flow Improvements Project. (Casil)\nRecommendation: Authorize procurement of the State furnished Traffic\nSignal Controllers for the Western Avenue Traffic Flow Improvements Project\nthrough a direct payment to Caltrans in the amount of $33,800.\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; and, 2) Direct the City Clerk to confirm the same in the minutes of\nthis City Council meeting, via Minute Order, reflecting this action.\nAgenda Report

G.\nConsider the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 Annual Comprehensive Financial\nReport (ACFR). (Moya)\nRecommendation: 1) Receive and file the FY 2024-25 ACFR of the City of\nRancho Palos Verdes; 2) Receive and file the FY 2024-25 Statements on\nAuditing Standards (SAS 114 Letter) from Independent Auditors to those\nCharged with Governance; and, 3) Receive and file the FY 2024-25\nIndependent Auditors’ Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting,\nCompliance, and other Matters in accordance with Government Audit\nStandards (GAS Letter).\nAgenda Report

H.\nConsider awarding a Public Works Agreement to Interstate Striping, Inc. for\nvarious roadway sign and striping projects. (Casil)\nRecommendation: 1) Award a public works agreement for various roadway\nsign and striping projects to Interstate Striping, Inc., in the amount of $60,255,\nand authorize a 15% contingency in the amount of $9,038, for a total not-to-\nexceed construction amount of $69,293; and, 2) Authorize the Mayor and City\nClerk to execute the contract, in forms approved by the City Attorney.\nAgenda Report

I.\nConsider declaring an emergency for a deteriorating storm drain and\nassociated replacement on the northbound direction of Crenshaw Boulevard\napproximately 830-feet north of Crest Road. (Mesker)\nRecommendation: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 2026-__ "A RESOLUTION OF\nTHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES FINDING\nAND DECLARING, BY A FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE OF THE ENTIRE CITY\nCOUNCIL, THAT AN EMERGENCY EXISTS WHICH WILL NOT PERMIT THE\nCOMPETITIVE SOLICITATION OF BIDS TO REPAIR A STORM DRAIN\nLOCATED ON CRENSHAW BOULEVARD APPROXIMATELY 830-FEET\nNORTH OF CREST ROAD, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO\nAWARD A CONTRACT TO REPAIR AND REMEDIATE THE SAME"; and, 2)\nApprove a budget reallocation of $450,000 in the CIP Fund from Fiscal Year\n2025-26 Capital Improvement Program - Storm Drain Improvements at\nMontemalaga Canyon (Project 8726) to Storm Drain Asset Management\nProgram & Master Plan Update (Project 8701); and 3) Authorize the City\nManager to execute any emergency agreements to conduct the repairs and\nassociated work in a form approved by the City Attorney for ratification by the\nCity Council at a future meeting.\nAgenda Report

MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS:\nBY ACCLAMATION MOVE APPROVAL OF RECYCLE AND EMERGENCY PERSONAL\nPREPAREDNESS KIT DRAWING WINNERS:\nFe Delgado and Karen Heermans\nAPPROVAL OF AGENDA:

1.\nConsider whether to discontinue or continue the Avenida Classica Traffic\nCircles Pilot Project. (Fraley) (60 minutes)\nRecommendation: 1) Consider a petition from some area residents to\nremove the Avenida Classica Traffic Circles Pilot Project; 2) Consider the\nTraffic Safety Committee’s recommendation to continue with the traffic circle\nproject with recommended modifications; and, 3) Direct Staff to either: a.\nRemove the Avenida Classica traffic circles and discontinue the pilot project;\nor b. Continue with the Avenida Classica traffic circles project and implement\nthe improvements recommended in this staff report by awarding a Public\nWorks Agreement to Interstate Striping, Inc., in the amount of $37,000 with a\n15% contingency in the amount of $5,550 for a total not-to-exceed amount of\n$42,550; and, c. Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the Public\nWorks Agreement, in a form approved by the City Attorney.\nAgenda Report

2.\nConsider amending Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code (RPVMC) Chapter\n17.47 Mixed Use Overlay District (MUOD) and Chapter 17.48 Residential\nOverlay District (ROD). (Brandy) (15 mins)\nRecommendation: 1) Adopt Urgency Ordinance No. U, an urgency ordinance\nof the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, amending\nChapter 17.47 (Mixed Use Overlay District (MUOD)) and Chapter 17.48\n(Residential Overlay District (ROD)) of Title 17 (Zoning) of the Rancho Palos\nVerdes Municipal Code to continue to effectuate the 2021-2029 Housing\nElement thereby requiring that new development and additions must allow 100\npercent residential use, residential use occupy at least 50 percent of the total\nfloor area of a mixed-use project, and the overlay is applicable to all new\ndevelopment projects in these overlay districts; and, 2) Initiate regular Code\nAmendment proceedings to the Zoning Code (Title 17 of RPVMC) thereby\nhaving the Planning Commission, in an advisory role, make recommendations\nto the City Council on proposed text amendments to Chapter 17.47 Mixed Use\nOverlay District (MUOD) and Chapter 17.48 Residential Overlay District (ROD)\nto require that any new development or additions in these districts must allow\n100 percent residential use and require that residential use occupy at least 50\npercent of the total floor area of a mixed-use project, and will also require that\nthe overlay is applicable to all new development projects in these overlay\ndistricts.\nAgenda Report