Rancho Palos Verdes — 2026-03-17

CLOSED SESSION REPORT:

CITY MANAGER REPORT:

1.\nCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION\nA closed session will be held, pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1),\nto confer with legal counsel regarding pending litigation to which the City is a\nparty. The title of such litigation is as follows: People of the State of California\nex rel William Wynder. City Attorneys v. Peter J.Cavanna, Los Angeles County\nSuperior Court Case No. 25TRCV01056

A.\nApproval of Minutes (Zweizig)\nRecommendation: Approve the Minutes of March 3, 2026 (Regular Meeting).\nDraft Minutes

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.\nRegister of Demands

C.\nConsider a Professional Service Agreement with Architectural Resources\nGroup for consultant services related to the Voluntary Property Buyout\nProgram within the Greater Portuguese Bend Landslide. (Garrett)\nRecommendation: 1) Approve a Professional Service Agreement (PSA) with\nArchitectural Resources Group (ARG) for consultant services related to the\nRequest for Information (RFI) for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program\n(HMGP) Voluntary Property Buyout Program within the Greater Portuguese\nBend Landslide in the not to exceed amount of $53,060, for a term of one year\nfrom the date of approval; 2) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute\nthe PSA, in a form approved by the City Attorney; and, 3) Approve an\nadditional appropriation of $53,060 in Fund 331, Federal Grant (Expenditure\nand Revenue), which will be reimbursed by the grant program.\nAgenda Report

D.\nConsider a claim against the City by Jayalata Ubhayakar. (Zweizig)\nRecommendation: Reject the claim and direct Staff to notify the claimant,\nJayalata Ubhayakar.\nAgenda Report

E.\nConsider a claim against the City by Shivadev Ubhayakar. (Zweizig)\nRecommendation: Reject the claim and direct Staff to notify the claimant,\nShivadev Ubhayakar.\nAgenda Report

F.\nConsider installing and operating a Citywide emergency AM radio station.\n(Mohammad)\nRecommendation: 1) Approve the installation and operation of a Citywide\nemergency AM radio station, including installing three antennas, a 10-foot tall\nantenna to the roof at City Hall; a 27-foot tall antenna to the auditorium roof\nand a 10-foot tall antenna at Ridgecrest Intermediate School, to communicate\ncritical emergency response and preparedness information to the Rancho\nPalos Verdes community; 2) Authorize the City Manager to sign the\nMemorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Rancho Palos\nVerdes and the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District (PVPUSD) to\ninstall and operate the emergency AM radio station and associated equipment,\nincluding a 27-foot and 10-foot tall antenna, at Ridgecrest Intermediate\nSchool; and, 3) Direct staff to return with a recommended radio station name\nfor City Council consideration at a future meeting.\nAgenda Report

G.\nConsider the January 2026 Cash Balances/Monthly Treasurer’s Report. (Lin)\nRecommendation:\nReceive and file the January 2026 Cash\nBalances/Monthly Treasurer’s Report.\nAgenda Report - City\nAgenda Report - IA

H.\nConsider the 2025 Annual General Plan Progress Report on implementing the\nRancho Palos Verdes General Plan (Kim)\nRecommendation: Authorize Staff to forward the City’s 2025 Annual General\nPlan Progress Report on the status of the implementation of the Rancho Palos\nVerdes General Plan during the 2025 calendar year to the Governor’s Office of\nPlanning and Research (OPR) and the California Department of Housing and\nCommunity Development (HCD).\nAgenda Report

I.\nConsider adopting a Tentative Agreement for a successor Memorandum of\nUnderstanding with the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal\nEmployees, District Council 36 (AFSCME). (Godinez)\nRecommendation: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 2026-__, A RESOLUTION OF\nTHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,\nCALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING, APPROVING, AND ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE\nAGREEMENT FOR A SUCCESSOR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING\nBETWEEN THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES AND THE AMERICAN\nFEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES\nDISTRICT COUNCIL 36 FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2025 THROUGH\nJUNE 30, 2028; and, 2) Waive Administrative Instruction No. 2-20, which\nrequires the City Council to take action on a Tentative Agreement only after it\nhas been placed on a City Council agenda as a Regular Business item and for\na minimum of two City Council meetings that are held at least two weeks\napart.\nAgenda Report

J.\nConsider continuing the emergency justification for a deteriorating storm drain\non Crenshaw Boulevard approximately 830-feet north of Crest Road. (Mesker)\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. 2026-16 on March 3, 2026, finding an emergency exists\nrequiring immediate action to replace a deteriorating storm drain across\nCrenshaw Boulevard, approximately 830-feet north of Crest Road; and, 2)\nDirect the City Clerk to confirm the same in the minutes of this City Council\nmeeting, via Minute Order, reflecting this action.\nAgenda Report

K.\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) Ratify\nPayments to Sunbeam for construction inspection services for the emergency\nsewer repairs performed on the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer System in\nFebruary 2026; 4) Ratify the Public Works Agreement (PWA) with Williams\nPipeline Contractors, Inc. (Williams) for on-call emergency pipeline repairs\nwithin the Landslide Complex in the not-to-exceed amount of $750,000 with a\n10% contingency of $75,000 and a contract term expiration date of June 30,\n2026; and, 5) Ratify the Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with\nSunbeam Technologies, Inc. (Sunbeam) for on-call construction inspection\nservices for pipeline repairs within the Landslide Complex in the not-to-exceed\namount of $50,000 with a 15% contingency of $7,500, and a contract term\nexpiration date of June 30, 2026.\nAgenda Report

L.\nConsider awarding a Public Works Agreement to FS Contractors,\nInc. for the Sidewalk Management Program for Fiscal Year 2025-\n26 and extending the professional services agreement Watearth, Inc. for\nengineering support during construction. (Ascencio)\nRecommendation: 1) Award a Public Works Agreement (PWA) for\nthe Sidewalk Management Program to FS Contractors, Inc. in the amount\nof $172,366 with a contingency of 10%, or $17,237, for a total amount of up\nto $189,603; 2) Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services\nAgreement\n(PSA)\nwith\nWatearth,\nInc.\nto\nextend\nthe agreement term through June 30, 2026, with no change to the not-to-\nexceed amount for sidewalk engineering and related services during\nconstruction; and, 3) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute\nthe above PWA and PSA amendment, in forms approved by the City Attorney.\nAgenda Report

MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS:\nBY ACCLAMATION MOVE APPROVAL OF RECYCLE AND EMERGENCY PERSONAL\nPREPAREDNESS KIT DRAWING WINNERS:\nCherie Johnson and David Fujii\nAPPROVAL OF AGENDA:

1.\nConsider conducting the 2025 Green Hills Memorial Park Conditional Use\nPermit Compliance Review (Case No. PLCU2026-0001). (Seeraty) (15 mins)\nRecommendation: Receive and file a report finding that Green Hills Memorial\nPark was in compliance with Conditional Use Permit No. 155 in 2025.\nAgenda Report

2.\nConsider receiving the results of the Community Needs Survey and awarding\na contract to The Lew Edwards Group (LEG) for Ballot Measure Outreach and\nStrategic Communications (Jun) (30 mins)\nRecommendation: 1) Receive and file the results of the Community Needs\nSurvey conducted in February 2026 by Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz &\nAssociates (FM3); and, 2) Award a Contract Services Agreement (Agreement)\nto The Lew Edwards Group (LEG) for Ballot Measure Outreach and Strategic\nCommunications.\nAgenda Report

3.\nConsider adopting the City’s 2026 Palos Verdes Peninsula Multi-Jurisdictional\nHazard Mitigation Plan (Mohammad) (30 mins)\nRecommendation: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 2026-___, A RESOLUTION OF\nTHE CIYT COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES\nTHEREBY ADOPTING THE 2026 PALOS VERDES PENINSULA MULTI-\nJURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN VOLUME NO. 1 AND THE\nRANCHO PALOS VERDES PORTION OF VOLUME NO. 2; and, 2) Authorize\nStaff to submit the 2026 Palos Verdes Peninsula Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard\nMitigation Plan to the California Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) for\napproval by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).\nAgenda Report

4.\nConsider updates on the Greater Portuguese Bend-Ancient Altamira Landslide\nComplex. (Awwad/Ramos/Forbes/Lozano) (30 mins)\nRecommendation: 1) Receive and file an update on the Greater Portuguese\nBend-Ancient Altamira Landslide Complex (Landslide Complex) conditions,\nactivities, and financials; 2) Approve an appropriation of $2,154,416 for eligible\nproject costs and $140,676 for grant administration costs in the Federal Grant\nRevenue for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)\nGrant Program and Transfers-Out to reimburse the Capital Infrastructure\nProjects (CIP) Fund; 3) Approve an updated grant match for the Federal\nEmergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program\n(HMGP) for the Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation Project, increasing\nthe City’s commitment match approved by the City Council on August 19, 2025\nfrom $10 million to $12,179,797 based on 60% engineered plans; 4) Receive\nand file an update on the watering restriction within the Landslide Complex; 5)\nAdopt Resolution No. 2026-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF\nTHE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING FOR\nA TERM OF 60 DAYS THE TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON TRAVEL BY\nUNICYCLES, BICYCLES, MOTORCYCLES, AND OTHER ONE- OR TWO-\nWHEELED VEHICLES ON PALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH WITHIN THE\nLANDSLIDE COMPLEX DUE TO CONTINUED ROADWAY CONDITIONS; 6)\nAdopt Resolution No. 2026-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF\nTHE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, CONTINUING THE\nLOCAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION AS ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION\nNO. 2023-47 ADOPTED ON OCTOBER 3, 2023 FOR AN ADDITIONAL 60\nDAY PERIOD; and, 7) Adopt Resolution No. 2026-__, A RESOLUTION OF\nTHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,\nCALIFORNIA, EXTENDING THE STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY WITHIN\nTHE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF THE PORTUGUESE BEND\nCOMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, PORTUGUESE BEND BEACH CLUB, AND\nSEAVIEW NEIGHBORHOODS BASED\nON SUDDEN ENERGY\nSHORTAGES, PLANNED DEENERGIZING EVENTS, AND INTERNET\nSERVICE SHUT OFFS AS ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION NOS. 2024-52\nAND 2024-57 FOR AN ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS.\nAgenda Report

5.\nConsider forwarding the 2025 Housing Element Annual Progress Report to the\nappropriate state agencies. (Kim) (15 mins)\nRecommendation: Authorize Staff to forward the City’s 2025 Housing\nElement Annual Progress Report on the 6th Cycle Housing Element’s status,\nand its implementation progress during the 2025 calendar year, to the\nGovernor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) and the California\nDepartment of Housing and Community Development (HCD).\nAgenda Report