Rancho Palos Verdes
| Date | Item Type | Item | Description | Info Location | County | City | Meeting Type | id |
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| March 17, 2026 | CS Report | 1 | CLOSED SESSION REPORT: | March 17, 2026 CS Report # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6ac43786878302ed9bef7ba5 |
| March 17, 2026 | City Manager Reports | 1 | CITY MANAGER REPORT: | March 17, 2026 City Manager Reports # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6ac43786878302ed9bef7ba2 |
| March 17, 2026 | Closed Session Item | 1 | 1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION A closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with legal counsel regarding pending litigation to which the City is a party. The title of such litigation is as follows: People of the State of California ex rel William Wynder. City Attorneys v. Peter J.Cavanna, Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No. 25TRCV01056 | March 17, 2026 Closed Session Item # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6ac43786878302ed9bef7ba7 |
| March 17, 2026 | Consent Calendar Item | A | A. Approval of Minutes (Zweizig) Recommendation: Approve the Minutes of March 3, 2026 (Regular Meeting). Draft Minutes | March 17, 2026 Consent Calendar Item # A | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6ac43786878302ed9bef7ba0 |
| March 17, 2026 | Consent Calendar Item | B | B. Registers of Demands (Anguiano) Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2026-__, 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 | March 17, 2026 Consent Calendar Item # B | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6ac43786878302ed9bef7ba3 |
| March 17, 2026 | Consent Calendar Item | C | C. Consider a Professional Service Agreement with Architectural Resources Group for consultant services related to the Voluntary Property Buyout Program within the Greater Portuguese Bend Landslide. (Garrett) Recommendation: 1) Approve a Professional Service Agreement (PSA) with Architectural Resources Group (ARG) for consultant services related to the Request for Information (RFI) for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Voluntary Property Buyout Program within the Greater Portuguese Bend Landslide in the not to exceed amount of $53,060, for a term of one year from the date of approval; 2) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the PSA, in a form approved by the City Attorney; and, 3) Approve an additional appropriation of $53,060 in Fund 331, Federal Grant (Expenditure and Revenue), which will be reimbursed by the grant program. Agenda Report | March 17, 2026 Consent Calendar Item # C | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6ac43786878302ed9bef7ba4 |
| March 17, 2026 | Consent Calendar Item | D | D. Consider a claim against the City by Jayalata Ubhayakar. (Zweizig) Recommendation: Reject the claim and direct Staff to notify the claimant, Jayalata Ubhayakar. Agenda Report | March 17, 2026 Consent Calendar Item # D | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6ac43786878302ed9bef7b9c |
| March 17, 2026 | Consent Calendar Item | E | E. Consider a claim against the City by Shivadev Ubhayakar. (Zweizig) Recommendation: Reject the claim and direct Staff to notify the claimant, Shivadev Ubhayakar. Agenda Report | March 17, 2026 Consent Calendar Item # E | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6ac43786878302ed9bef7b9d |
| March 17, 2026 | Consent Calendar Item | F | F. Consider installing and operating a Citywide emergency AM radio station. (Mohammad) Recommendation: 1) Approve the installation and operation of a Citywide emergency AM radio station, including installing three antennas, a 10-foot tall antenna to the roof at City Hall; a 27-foot tall antenna to the auditorium roof and a 10-foot tall antenna at Ridgecrest Intermediate School, to communicate critical emergency response and preparedness information to the Rancho Palos Verdes community; 2) Authorize the City Manager to sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Rancho Palos Verdes and the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District (PVPUSD) to install and operate the emergency AM radio station and associated equipment, including a 27-foot and 10-foot tall antenna, at Ridgecrest Intermediate School; and, 3) Direct staff to return with a recommended radio station name for City Council consideration at a future meeting. Agenda Report | March 17, 2026 Consent Calendar Item # F | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6ac43786878302ed9bef7b9a |
| March 17, 2026 | Consent Calendar Item | G | G. Consider the January 2026 Cash Balances/Monthly Treasurer’s Report. (Lin) Recommendation: Receive and file the January 2026 Cash Balances/Monthly Treasurer’s Report. Agenda Report - City Agenda Report - IA | March 17, 2026 Consent Calendar Item # G | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6ac43786878302ed9bef7b99 |
| March 17, 2026 | Consent Calendar Item | H | H. Consider the 2025 Annual General Plan Progress Report on implementing the Rancho Palos Verdes General Plan (Kim) Recommendation: Authorize Staff to forward the City’s 2025 Annual General Plan Progress Report on the status of the implementation of the Rancho Palos Verdes General Plan during the 2025 calendar year to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). Agenda Report | March 17, 2026 Consent Calendar Item # H | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6ac43786878302ed9bef7ba9 |
| March 17, 2026 | Consent Calendar Item | I | I. Consider adopting a Tentative Agreement for a successor Memorandum of Understanding with the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, District Council 36 (AFSCME). (Godinez) Recommendation: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 2026-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING, APPROVING, AND ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT FOR A SUCCESSOR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES AND THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES DISTRICT COUNCIL 36 FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2028; and, 2) Waive Administrative Instruction No. 2-20, which requires the City Council to take action on a Tentative Agreement only after it has been placed on a City Council agenda as a Regular Business item and for a minimum of two City Council meetings that are held at least two weeks apart. Agenda Report | March 17, 2026 Consent Calendar Item # I | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6ac43786878302ed9bef7baa |
| March 17, 2026 | Consent Calendar Item | J | J. Consider continuing the emergency justification for a deteriorating storm drain on Crenshaw Boulevard approximately 830-feet north of Crest Road. (Mesker) 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. 2026-16 on March 3, 2026, finding an emergency exists requiring immediate action to replace a deteriorating storm drain across Crenshaw Boulevard, approximately 830-feet north of Crest Road; 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 | March 17, 2026 Consent Calendar Item # J | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6ac43786878302ed9bef7bac |
| March 17, 2026 | Consent Calendar Item | K | K. 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) Ratify Payments to Sunbeam for construction inspection services for the emergency sewer repairs performed on the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer System in February 2026; 4) Ratify the Public Works Agreement (PWA) with Williams Pipeline Contractors, Inc. (Williams) for on-call emergency pipeline repairs within the Landslide Complex in the not-to-exceed amount of $750,000 with a 10% contingency of $75,000 and a contract term expiration date of June 30, 2026; and, 5) Ratify the Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Sunbeam Technologies, Inc. (Sunbeam) for on-call construction inspection services for pipeline repairs within the Landslide Complex in the not-to-exceed amount of $50,000 with a 15% contingency of $7,500, and a contract term expiration date of June 30, 2026. Agenda Report | March 17, 2026 Consent Calendar Item # K | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6ac43786878302ed9bef7bab |
| March 17, 2026 | Consent Calendar Item | L | L. Consider awarding a Public Works Agreement to FS Contractors, Inc. for the Sidewalk Management Program for Fiscal Year 2025- 26 and extending the professional services agreement Watearth, Inc. for engineering support during construction. (Ascencio) Recommendation: 1) Award a Public Works Agreement (PWA) for the Sidewalk Management Program to FS Contractors, Inc. in the amount of $172,366 with a contingency of 10%, or $17,237, for a total amount of up to $189,603; 2) Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Watearth, Inc. to extend the agreement term through June 30, 2026, with no change to the not-to- exceed amount for sidewalk engineering and related services during construction; and, 3) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the above PWA and PSA amendment, in forms approved by the City Attorney. Agenda Report | March 17, 2026 Consent Calendar Item # L | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6ac43786878302ed9bef7ba8 |
| March 17, 2026 | Mayor's Announcements | 1 | MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS: BY ACCLAMATION MOVE APPROVAL OF RECYCLE AND EMERGENCY PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS KIT DRAWING WINNERS: Cherie Johnson and David Fujii APPROVAL OF AGENDA: | March 17, 2026 Mayor's Announcements # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6ac43786878302ed9bef7ba6 |
| March 17, 2026 | Pulled Consent Item | 1 | 1. Consider conducting the 2025 Green Hills Memorial Park Conditional Use Permit Compliance Review (Case No. PLCU2026-0001). (Seeraty) (15 mins) Recommendation: Receive and file a report finding that Green Hills Memorial Park was in compliance with Conditional Use Permit No. 155 in 2025. Agenda Report | March 17, 2026 Pulled Consent Item # 1 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6ac43786878302ed9bef7b9e |
| March 17, 2026 | Pulled Consent Item | 2 | 2. Consider receiving the results of the Community Needs Survey and awarding a contract to The Lew Edwards Group (LEG) for Ballot Measure Outreach and Strategic Communications (Jun) (30 mins) Recommendation: 1) Receive and file the results of the Community Needs Survey conducted in February 2026 by Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates (FM3); and, 2) Award a Contract Services Agreement (Agreement) to The Lew Edwards Group (LEG) for Ballot Measure Outreach and Strategic Communications. Agenda Report | March 17, 2026 Pulled Consent Item # 2 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6ac43786878302ed9bef7b9b |
| March 17, 2026 | Pulled Consent Item | 3 | 3. Consider adopting the City’s 2026 Palos Verdes Peninsula Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (Mohammad) (30 mins) Recommendation: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 2026-___, A RESOLUTION OF THE CIYT COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES THEREBY ADOPTING THE 2026 PALOS VERDES PENINSULA MULTI- JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN VOLUME NO. 1 AND THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES PORTION OF VOLUME NO. 2; and, 2) Authorize Staff to submit the 2026 Palos Verdes Peninsula Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan to the California Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) for approval by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Agenda Report | March 17, 2026 Pulled Consent Item # 3 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6ac43786878302ed9bef7b98 |
| March 17, 2026 | Pulled Consent Item | 4 | 4. Consider updates on the Greater Portuguese Bend-Ancient Altamira Landslide Complex. (Awwad/Ramos/Forbes/Lozano) (30 mins) Recommendation: 1) Receive and file an update on the Greater Portuguese Bend-Ancient Altamira Landslide Complex (Landslide Complex) conditions, activities, and financials; 2) Approve an appropriation of $2,154,416 for eligible project costs and $140,676 for grant administration costs in the Federal Grant Revenue for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Grant Program and Transfers-Out to reimburse the Capital Infrastructure Projects (CIP) Fund; 3) Approve an updated grant match for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) for the Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation Project, increasing the City’s commitment match approved by the City Council on August 19, 2025 from $10 million to $12,179,797 based on 60% engineered plans; 4) Receive and file an update on the watering restriction within the Landslide Complex; 5) Adopt Resolution No. 2026-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING FOR A TERM OF 60 DAYS THE TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON TRAVEL BY UNICYCLES, BICYCLES, MOTORCYCLES, AND OTHER ONE- OR TWO- WHEELED VEHICLES ON PALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH WITHIN THE LANDSLIDE COMPLEX DUE TO CONTINUED ROADWAY CONDITIONS; 6) Adopt Resolution No. 2026-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, CONTINUING THE LOCAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION AS ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION NO. 2023-47 ADOPTED ON OCTOBER 3, 2023 FOR AN ADDITIONAL 60 DAY PERIOD; and, 7) Adopt Resolution No. 2026-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING THE STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF THE PORTUGUESE BEND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, PORTUGUESE BEND BEACH CLUB, AND SEAVIEW NEIGHBORHOODS BASED ON SUDDEN ENERGY SHORTAGES, PLANNED DEENERGIZING EVENTS, AND INTERNET SERVICE SHUT OFFS AS ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION NOS. 2024-52 AND 2024-57 FOR AN ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS. Agenda Report | March 17, 2026 Pulled Consent Item # 4 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6ac43786878302ed9bef7ba1 |
| March 17, 2026 | Pulled Consent Item | 5 | 5. Consider forwarding the 2025 Housing Element Annual Progress Report to the appropriate state agencies. (Kim) (15 mins) Recommendation: Authorize Staff to forward the City’s 2025 Housing Element Annual Progress Report on the 6th Cycle Housing Element’s status, and its implementation progress during the 2025 calendar year, to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). Agenda Report | March 17, 2026 Pulled Consent Item # 5 | LA County | Rancho Palos Verdes | City Council | 6ac43786878302ed9bef7b9f |