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CALIFORNIA
MINUTES OF THE MAY 27, 2025
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF PALOS VERDES ESTATES, CALIFORNIA
CALL TO ORDER AT 6:30 P.M.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Mayor Lozzi, Mayor Pro Tem Kemps, Councilmember McGowan, Councilmember Lazzaro, and Councilmember Quinn.
ALSO PRESENT: City Manager Kallman, Deputy City Manager Gabriel, Assistant City Attorney Castillo, City Treasurer Petersen, City Clerk Cook, Chiet Hellinga, Community Development Director Brady, Public Works Director Antillon, and Senior Accountant Hayes.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
ACTION: Moved by Councilmember Lazzaro and seconded by
Councilmember Quinn to approve the agenda.
AYES: McGowan, Lazzaro, Quinn, Kemps, and Lozzi
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
MAYOR'S REPORT - MATTERS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST
Mayor Lozzi thanked the Neighborhood Watch for organizing the "Neighbors Meeting Neighbors" event held last Sunday, May 18, 2025. The Mayor also thanked the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce for hosting the annual "State of the Peninsula
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Breakfast" at the PV Golf Club on May 14, 2025. Thereafter, Mayor Lozzi commented that she, along with three Peninsula City Mayors, presented current events from their respective city for this event. Following the comments, Mayor Lozzi announced that there will be a budget workshop on Monday, June 2, 2025, and a long-range financial plan held on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in the City's Council Chambers. The Mayor also noted that the application period for volunteer positions on the city's commissions and committees was published on the city's website. In closing, Mayor Lozzi stated that Sunday, June 1st, would be the first of Lunada Bay's Summer Concerts at Lunada Bay Park, and she, along with her husband, will sponsor this event.
CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
City Manager Kallman announced the recent hiring of the City's Public Works Director, Oscar Antillon, and provided a brief background on his professional expertise. Following this announcement, Mr. Antillon gave a brief speech and thanked the Council for the opportunity to serve the community. Thereafter, City Manager Kaliman announced that Chief Hellinga would provide a crime statistics report.
Chief Hellinga reported that last Thursday, at approximately 5 pm, the PVE Police Department received a call about a robbery that involved stolen postal keys, by display of a firearm. Following the report, Chief Hellinga elaborated on the definition of the term robbery. He further added that the Police Department arrived on the scene within two minutes and apprehended the suspects in a surrounding city thirty minutes after receiving the dispatched call through surveillance. Thereafter, Chief Hellinga discussed crime statistics and traffic collisions for the months of April and May, which were noted as significantly lower. In closing, Chief Hellinga reported on the swift response times for answering dispatched calls, commended the personnel for their efforts, and responded to clarifying questions.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
The Council was addressed by the following individuals: Megan Durazo, John Credell, and Christian Campisi.
CONSENT AGENDA (ITEMS 1- 4)
Consent agenda item number three was pulled for discussion.
ACTION: Moved by Mayor Pro Tem Kemps and seconded by
Councilmember McGowan to approve consent agenda items one, two, and four.
AYES: McGowan, Lazzaro, Quinn, Kemps, and Lozzi
NOES: None
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ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
1. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS
Reviewed and approved the May 27, 2025, Warrant Register.
2. CITY COUNCIL MEETING ACTIONS
Approved the minutes for the Special and Regular meetings on May 13, 2025.
3. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ACTIONS
This item was pulled for discussion. Clarifying questions were asked pertaining to the referenced objective design standards, design applications, future impacts, capabilities for modification, and city approvals, which were responded to by Community Development Director Brady.
ACTION: Moved by Councilmember Quinn and seconded by
Councilmember Lazzaro to receive and file the minutes of the Planning Commission Meeting of May 20, 2025.
AYES: McGowan, Lazzaro, Quinn, Kemps, and Lozzi
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
4. CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF FISCAL YEAR 2025/26 BEACH CLUB
OPERATING AND CAPITAL RESERVE BUDGET AND APPROVAL OF REVISED FEES
Approved the proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2025/2026 Operating and Capital Reserve Budget for the Palos Verdes Beach and Athletic Club (Beach Club); and approved the revised fees.
PUBLIC HEARING
5. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 767 AMENDING SECTION 8.04.010 (ADOPTION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE) OF CHAPTER 8.04 (HEALTH CODE) OF TITLE 8 (HEALTH AND
SAFETY) OF THE PALOS VERDES ESTATES MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT BY
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REFERENCE THE CURRENT TITLE 11 OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY CODE, ENTITLED "HEALTH AND SAFETY", AND FINDING THE SAME EXEMPT FROM
THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
Deputy City Manager Gabriel provided a staff report that summarized the background and need for adoption, as mentioned from the prior meeting that introduced the proposed ordinance. Following the briefing, Mayor Lozzi opened the public hearing at 7:00 p.m. There was no public comment. The public hearing was closed at 7:01 p.m.
ACTION: Moved by Mayor Pro Tem Kemps, seconded by Councilmember Quinn, to adopt Ordinance No. 767.
AYES: McGowan, Lazzaro, Quinn, Kemps, and Lozzi
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
NEW BUSINESS
6. FY 25/26 PRELIMINARY ANNUAL BUDGET AND CIP
City Manager announced that Noah Daniels from LSL Consulting would provide a presentation to obtain feedback and discuss the budget deficit.
Mr. Daniels noted that he was recently onboarded and has assisted with the 2023- 2024. He further noted that he would provide analysis on tonight's presentation of the preliminary budget. In his presentation, Mr. Daniels discussed included the following: 2025-26 Budget summary, general fund summary of changes in fund balance, general fund revenue summary, secured property tax trends, PVE Special Tax -Trends, Concession trends, General fund departmental expenditure summary, general fund revenues vs expenditures, projected burn rate and fund balance, general fund reserve requirement, factors that increase the budget, deficits, personnel requests, city policies and next steps.
The Council asked clarifying questions that included: staff vacancies, contract services, timing for budget adjustments, emergency reserves, staff overtime, legal settlement costs, legal services, capital improvements, new positions, which were responded to by City Manager Kallman, Deputy City Manager Gabriel, Noah Daniels, LSL Consulting and Monica Pango, Assistant City Engineer (HR Green Consulting).
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Further Council discussion was held pertaining to contracts by departments, budget deficits, staffing, and general fund capital projects, which facilitated recommendations for the next budget presentation scheduled for June 10, 2025.
ACTION: Discussion and Direction to the City Manager was held.
MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS AND TENTATIVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Councilmember McGowan reported that he attended the Memorial Day Celebration held at Green Hills on Monday, May 26, 2025, as a representative of the City of Palos Verdes Estates. In closing his report, he encouraged additional representation on behalf of the City.
Councilmember Lazzaro thanked the staff for their day-to-day efforts and commended the City Manager for his role in hiring city staff to fill vacancies and rebuild city support services.
Councilmember Quinn reported that he attended a recent SBCCOG meeting where Councilmember Ray Jackson from Hermosa Beach was appointed to the Coastal Commission.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 9:07 p.m.
APPROVED:
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