That the City Council adopt Resolution 2002 - , a resolution of the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, amending Resolution 2002-45, the budget appropriation for fiscal year 2002-03, for a budget adjustment to the City’s View Restoration Program within the General Fund.

The adopted FY 2002 – 03 budget includes a total of $138,000 for contract tree trimming services. This includes $103,000 for the maintenance of city trees that is managed by the Public Works Department, and $35,000 for tree trimming and tree removals related to the view restoration and preservation process that is managed by the Building Planning and Code Enforcement Department.

In an effort towards better project management it is requested that the appropriation currently included in the budget for the Public Works Department for view matters be re-appropriated to the budget for the Building Planning and Code Enforcement Department. The attached budget resolution accomplishes this.

Adopting the staff recommendation will re-appropriate funds in the FY 2002 – 03 budget for view preservation and restorations matters from the Public Works Department to the Building Planning and Code Enforcements Department.

With this action, management of the view related City tree maintenance budget will shift from Public Works staff to View Restoration staff. Since View Restoration staff are contract employees, there will be a slight increase in the View Restoration contract. Staff estimates that the increase in the contract will be approximately $10,000/year.

This cost will be offset by the reduced involvement by Public Works staff. Therefore, the recommended action is fiscally neutral.

Respectfully submitted

Dean E. Allison

Director of Public Works

Joel Rojas

Director of Building Planning and Code Enforcement

Reviewed by:

Les Evans

City Manager

RESOLUTION NO. 2002-

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS

VERDES, AMENDING RESOLUTION 2002-45, THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002-03, FOR A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TO THE CITY’S

VIEW RESTORATION PROGRAM WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND

WHEREAS, Section 3.32 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code provides that all expenditures in excess of budgeted allocations must be by supplemental appropriation of the City Council; and

WHEREAS, on June 12, 2002, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes adopted Resolution 2002-45, approving a spending plan and authorizing a budget appropriation for the 2002-03 fiscal year; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary for the City to provide tree trimming services to meet View Restoration guidelines; and

WHEREAS, a decrease in the Gas Tax Tree Trimming Maintenance appropriation and an increase in the View Restoration Professional/Technical appropriation is necessary to authorize the expenditure of funds for these tree trimming services.

BE IT, THEREFORE, RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES:

The following adjustments be made to the following budget appropriations:

View Restoration#001-404-35Professional/Technical $35,000

Gas Tax#102-303-30Maintenance-Tree Trimming($35,000)

PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED THE 2nd DAY OF JULY, 2002.

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MAYOR

ATTEST:

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CITY CLERK

Resolution No. 2002-

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State of California)

County of Los Angeles)ss

City of Rancho Palos Verdes)

I, JO PURCELL, City Clerk of The City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify that the above Resolution No. 2002- was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at regular meeting thereof held on July 2, 2002.

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CITY CLERK

CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES