CC MINS 20090929 ADJ JNT MINUTES
RANCHO PALOS VERDES
CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOP
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
The meeting was called to order at 7:08 P.M. by Mayor Clark at Fred Hesse Community
Park, 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard, notice having been given with affidavit on file.
City Council roll call was answered as follows:
PRESENT: Dyda, Long, Wolowicz, and Mayor Clark
ABSENT: Stern (excused)
Planning Commission roll call was answered as follows:
PRESENT: Gerstner, Knight, Perestam, Ruttenberg, Tetreault, Tomblin, and Chair
Lewis
ABSENT: None
Also present were Carolyn Lehr, City Manager; Carolynn Petru, Deputy City Manager;
Carol Lynch, City Attorney; Dennis McLean, Director of Finance/Information
Technology; Joel Rojas, Director of Community Development; Greg Pfost, Deputy
Director of Community Development; and, Carla Morreale, City Clerk.
FLAG SALUTE:
The Flag Salute was led by the Planning Commissioners.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
Mayor Pro Tem Wolowicz moved, seconded by Councilman Dyda, to approve the
agenda as presented.
Without objection, Mayor Clark so ordered.
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
None.
NEW BUSINESS:
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
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Use of State Funding for Supplemental Police Services — Core Police Team (1206)
City Clerk Morreale reported that notice of the public was duly published and no written
protests were received.
Mayor Clark declared the public hearing open.
Deputy City Manager Petru provided a brief staff report regarding the use of a grant to
partially fund the CORE Police Team.
Councilman Dyda moved, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Wolowicz, to approve the staff
recommendation to approve the continued use of COPS (Citizen Option for Police
Services) grant in FY 09-10 to partially fund the CORE Police Team.
Mayor Clark declared the public hearing closed.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Dyda, Long, Wolowicz, and Mayor Clark
NOES: None
ABSENT: Stern
PAUSE TO CONSIDER THE REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA:
REGULAR NEW BUSINESS:
Joint Workshop of the City Council and Planning Commission to Discuss the
General Plan Update Program (701)
City Clerk Morreale reported that late correspondence was distributed prior to the
meeting regarding this item.
Deputy Community Development Director Pfost provided a PowerPoint presentation
and staff report regarding the item. He explained that the General Plan is a goal and
policy document for the City that outlines the future for the City and provides guidance
regarding land use and development within the City. Mr. Pfost provided an overview of
the attributes and elements contained in the General Plan; noted that the General Plan
was adopted in 1975, with a major revision in the mid-1980s as a result of the
annexation of the Eastview section of the City; minor amendments have been made as
necessary; and, the Housing Element has been updated approximately every five years
per State law. He reported that in 2002 the City Council formed a Steering Committee
for the purpose of reviewing the goals and policies of the General Plan and provided a
status update as a result of that review over the last several years. He identified the five
areas that staff was seeking direction on regarding the update of the General Plan.
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Council, Planning Commission, and staff discussion ensued regarding the following
items: the Landslide Moratorium area and Zone 2 court decision; the delay in the
updating of the General Plan due to staff workload; Senior Citizens element; parcel
specific zoning to resolve inconsistencies regarding land use between the Zoning
Ordinance and the General Plan; geological conditions; the use of GIS and Google
Earth; and zoning issues.
Marilyn Warren, Verizon, Calabasas, stated that she was present to represent Verizon
regarding a property on Crest Road and spoke in support of the update of the General
Plan to resolve zoning inconsistencies.
Lowell Wedemeyer, Rancho Palos Verdes, stated that the City's Open Space and
Hazard areas of the General Plan are outdated due to the geological movement in
some of the areas and as a result of the Court's decision on the Monks case. He noted
that he had prepared a conceptual proposal regarding the way in which to mitigate
some of the problems that arose from the Monks case.
Council and staff discussion ensued regarding inconsistent land uses in specific zones
or on specific parcels; and, the State law requiring a General Plan Land Use Map and
Zoning Map to be consistent.
Mayor Clark moved, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Wolowicz, to approve the staff
recommendation, as amended, to propose that the Planning Commission first discuss
text changes within the Elements in the General Plan, to be followed by meetings to
deal with parcel specific land use changes to address inconsistencies.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Dyda, Long, Wolowicz, and Mayor Clark
NOES: None
ABSENT: Stern
Mayor Pro Tem Wolowicz moved, seconded by Councilman Dyda, to continue to
propose changes to the General Plan land use designation boundaries to match the
parcel specific Zoning Map for future review by the Commission and Council.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Dyda, Long, Wolowicz, and Mayor Clark
NOES: None
ABSENT: Stern
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Mayor Pro Tern Wolowicz moved, seconded by Councilman Dyda, to include the new
subject areas, as outlined by Staff, in the General Plan with the addition of the following
subject areas: 1) Senior Facilities and Services; 2) Energy Generation;
3) Environmental Considerations; 4) additional subject areas as they are identified; and,
5) the inclusion of a definition of Open Space. Council directed that a subcommittee of
the Planning Commission could be established to deal with the more complex issues,
as determined by the Planning Commission.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Dyda, Long, Wolowicz, and Mayor Clark
NOES: None
ABSENT: Stern
Councilman Dyda moved, seconded by Mayor Pro Tern Wolowicz, to direct the Finance
Advisory Committee (FAC), Traffic Safety Commission (TSC) and the Emergency
Preparedness Committee (EPC) to review the Draft Fiscal Element, Draft Circulation
Element and Draft Safety Element, respectively, in parallel with the Planning
Commission's consideration of said Elements with the final Planning Commission
product to be brought back to the City Council. Council directed that the FAC, TSC, and
the EPC review shall be a truncated review limited to a maximum of 2 meetings.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Dyda, Long, Wolowicz, and Mayor Clark
NOES: None
ABSENT: Stern
Mayor Clark moved, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Wolowicz, to approve Staff's
recommended planning schedule as a planning tool, subject to modifications based on
further discussion between Staff and the Planning Commission, with adoption of the
General Plan by the City Council by the second meeting in November 2010.
The motion passed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Dyda, Long, and Mayor Pro Tern Wolowicz
NOES: None
ABSENT: Stern
Mayor Clark thanked the Planning Commission Members on behalf of the Council, staff
and residents for their dedication and many long hours of work on a regular basis.
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ADJOURNMENT:
At 9:00 P.M., Mayor Clark adjourned the meeting.
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