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MINUTES FOR THE OCTOBER 10, 2023
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF PALOS VERDES ESTATES, CALIFORNIA
CALL TO ORDER AT 6:45 P.M.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Roos led the Pledge.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Mayor Roos, Mayor Pro Tem Murdock, Council Member Kemps, Lozzi and McGowan
ALSO PRESENT: City Manager Jeng, City Attorney Rusin, Interim City Clerk Cowley, Community Development Director Brady, Public Works Director Seims, Acting Chief Hellinga, Interim Finance Director Samario
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
ACTION: Moved by Council Member McGowan and Seconded by Council Member Lozzi to approve the agenda.
AYES: Roos, Murdock, Lozzi, Kemps, McGowan
NOES: None
MAYOR'S REPORT - MATTERS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST
Mayor Roos expressed his sadness at the terrorist attack that occurred over the weekend in Israel and denounced all terrorism in all of its forms. He reminded the Public of the opportunity to buy tickets to the event at PVGC with Sergio Valetti to celebrate the 100 year PV Project. He provided clarification on the Housing Element agenda item on today's agenda and that he noted some factual errors in an email he had recently received regarding the Housing Element and that Council is the best source to understand what is going on in the city or with the Housing Element.
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CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
City Manager Jeng thanked Dino Blails for his service in Finance and noted his last day is today. She noted the consultant for Item #6 is stuck in traffic and requested Council consider moving the item.
ACTION: Moved by Council Member McGowan and Seconded by Mayor Roos to amend the agenda to move Item #6 to after #9.
AYES: Roos, Murdock, Lozzi, Kemps, McGowan
NOES: None
Acting Chief Hellinga reported an increase in construction site burglaries and that additional information would be coming out in the PD email updates. Year-to-date burglaries are up 12% and there seems to be a focus on construction sites. He shared PVE PD has been sending officers to Manhattan Beach to help them cover shifts as they mourn the loss of one of their officers.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
Council was addressed by Brian Pressman, Karen Logan, Joan Davidson, Christine Fine, Darcel Ramirez-Hamson, and Jim Parker.
CONSENT AGENDA (ITEMS 1-5)
Item #5 was pulled.
Council was addressed by Elizabeth White regarding Item #4.
ACTION: Moved by Council Member McGowan and Seconded by Council Member Kemps to approve Items #1-4 on the Consent Agenda.
AYES: Roos, Murdock, Lozzi, Kemps, McGowan
NOES: None
CITY COUNCIL ACTION MINUTES
a) Regular Meeting of July 25, 202:
) Special Meeting of July 25, 202:
c) Special Meeting of August 2, 2023
Reviewed and Approved.
WARRANTS
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Reviewed and Approved Warrant Register of October 10, 2023.
SPECIAL EVENT APPLICATION OF THE LUNADA BAY HOMEOWNERS
ASSOCIATION TO HOLD ITS HARVEST FESTIVAL AT LUNADA BAY
PARK ON OCTOBER 15, 2023
Approved the Special Event Application submitted by the Lunada Bay Homeowners Association to host the LBHOA Harvest Festival on Sunday, October 15, 2023, from 2pm to 6pm. at Lunada Bay Park and the adjacent street of Via Anacapa.
4. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR NONSTANDARD ENCROACHMENTS IN THE CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR 844 VIA DEL
MONTE AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE
AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
Approved the License Agreement for encroachments in the city right-of-way for 844 Via Del Monte; and Authorized the City Manager to execute the Agreement on behalf of the city.
ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT
PALOS VERDESS GOLF CLUB SOLAR PROJECT
Council asked clarifying questions. PVGC General Manager provided response.
Council was addressed by Darcel Ramirez-Hamson.
ACTION: Moved by Council Member McGowan and Seconded by Council Member Kemps to approve the solar project for the Palos Verdes Golf Club pursuant to the staff report.
AYES: Roos, Murdock, Kemps, McGowan
NOES: None
RECUSED: Lozzi
NEW BUSINESS
Item #6 was moved to after Item #9.
7. RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS
REGARDING THE DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT
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Mayor Roos made introductory comments relative to his work with the Housing Element Ad Hoc Committee. City Manager Jeng introduced the topic. Director Brady provided a staff report and CSG consultant Gina Guisar provided a presentation on the profile of the comments received from the public on the draft Housing Element. Council asked clarifying questions.
Council was addressed by Tony Michaels, Pat Stottz, Brian Pressman, Jeff Galwich, James Daues, Darcel Ramirez-Hamson, John Merchant, and Paul Lazar.
Council provided direction to Staff to pull together a list and data regarding the sites in the current draft, the April draft, and St. Francis and the Christian Science churches in order to present this to the residents to provide feedback on how they would arrive at the 199 units required by RHNA. Council also directed to remove the City Hall lot and Lot O since they are zoned open space and would require a resident vote to rezone and rezoning is required for certification of the Housing Element, thus increasing the complexity and delaying certification.
8. CONSIDER A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
AGREEMENT WITH CSG CONSULTANTS FOR SERVICES RELATING TO
THE HOUSING ELEMENT
Community Development Director Brady provided a staff report. Council asked clarifying questions.
There was no public comment.
ACTION: Moved by Council Member Kemps and Seconded by Council Member McGowan to approve a second amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with CSG Consultants for $50,370, to adopt Resolution R23-34 appropriating $50,370 from the General Fund Reserve and direct Staff to bring back further options from CSG for other alternative items.
AYES: Roos, Murdock, Lozzi, Kemps, McGowan
NOES: None
Council recessed from 9:03 P.M. to 9:15 P.M.
REVIEW THE PROPOSED TREE MANAGEMENT POLICY AND PROVIDE
DIRECTION TO STAFF
Director Seims provided a staff report. Ad Hoc Committee members Murdock and Lozzi provided additional comments. Council asked clarifying questions.
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Council was addressed by Jeff Donahue, Sheila Ann Tiescher, Chia Ju Lin, Parvin Jensen, Charles Peterson, Bob Vasey, Ron Davis, Jeff Groves, Ed Ellis, Richard Benner, Barb Pavlisak, Robert Tanney, Don Briggs, William Nash, Darcel Ramirez-Hamson.
Council discussed elements of the policy and provided feedback to the Ad Hoc Committee to incorporate into a future draft.
6. REVIEW CONSULTANT APPROACHES TO RESEARCH AND PREPARE
FOR A POTENTIAL BALLOT MEASURE AND SELECT A CONSULTANT
FOR SERVICE.
Danielle Woods from NBS discussed their approach to the city's revenue generation need. John from Tripepi Smith described their approach. Council asked clarifying questions and the consultants provided responses.
Council was addressed by Darcel Ramirez-Hamson.
Council selected NBS and directed the City Manager to return with a contract that would include the scope of work.
10. REVIEW CITY COUNCIL AD HOC COMMITTEES AND PROVIDE
DIRECTION TO STAFF
Council agreed to continue this item to a future agenda.
MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS
Mayor Roos shared he saw John Legend at Mayor Bass' house and attended a charity event for Trinity Care at the home of Carolyn Elliot.
Kemps reported he attended the Chamber's legislative review.
Mayor Pro Tem asked that reliable streaming of council meetings be part of the supplemental budgetary asks.
Tentative Future Agenda Items
Mayor Roos directed staff to put the PVHA vote on a future agenda prior to 12/1/23.
ADJOURNMENT TO TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2023, AT 6:30 P.M.
Mayor Roos adjourned the meeting at 12:07 A.M.
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Respectfully submitted:
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