CC MINS 20020309 ADJMINUTES
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
MARCH 9, 2002
The meeting was called to order at 8:00 A.M. by Mayor John McTaggart, notice
having been given with affidavit thereto on file.
Present: Clark, Gardiner, Ferraro, Stern & Mayor McTaggart
Absent: None
Also present were City Manager Les Evans, Assistant City Manager Carolynn
Petru, Administrative Services Director /City Clerk Jo Purcell, Public Works
Director Dean Allison, Recreation & Parks Director Ron Rosenfeld and Finance
Director Dennis McLean.
Leonard and June Wood of Wood & Associates were also present to conduct the
Team Building and Goal Setting Session of the Meeting.
Mr. Wood began the session by distributing the Strength Deployment Inventory
assessment that was completed by all participants.
The next portion of the team building focused on the current and projected time
allocation for the City Manager, the Assistant City Manager and each of the
department directors insofar as the Council's directives were concerned.
Discussion of this time allocation focused on the reality of accomplishment of
goals and directives under current staffing and the necessity of supplementing
staffing to complete these directives in a timely manner, and, if necessary review
of the directives with a view toward scaling them back to reflect available budget
and staffing resources.
The team- building portion of the meeting concluded at 12:00 Noon. No action
was taken.
General Plan Update
Director Rojas presented his March 9th staff report which made the following
recommendation: 1) Formulate a "General Plan Update Committee" to review
the General Plan Goals and Policies, as well as the technical updates identified
by Staff and make a recommendation to the City Council as to scope of the
necessary General Plan amendments; and 2) Direct Staff to develop and
implement a public participation strategy to include creating a "General Plan
Update" site on the City's Web page with the ability for the public to join an e-mail
list serve group, providing notice in the newspaper and to all Homeowner
Associations of all Committee meetings, press releases to update the public on
the status of the update, and other methods.
Council concern was that this committee have a broad -based membership; that
the proposed timeline of approximately one to two years for completion was too
long and could be accelerated inasmuch as this was a review and not the first
time writing of the Plan; that the anticipated cost of between $200,000 and
$400,000 was also excessive for much the same reason; and, that staff should
consider phasing this project to reduce both time and cost.
It was felt that the General Plan should be reviewed for areas that needed to be
brought into compliance; how those areas could be identified; and, how this
review process could be phased, such as identifying the goals and objectives.
Council reiterated its concern that the number of residents polled for this review
be an adequate representation of the population for their recommendations to be
considered credible.
Ken Dyda, 5715 Capeswood, presented a written statement outlining a proposed
process for citizen participation in the 2002 Revision and Update of the 1974
Rancho Palos Verdes General Plan Goals. The purpose of this process was to
provide citizen input to the City Council for the deliberation and incorporation into
the update of the General Plan and subsequently for the Development Code. Mr.
Dyda's proposal detailed the objective, participation, history, composition and
organization of the 14 subcommittees that would prepare revisions and
recommendations for the City Council. Also a part of this proposal was a
proposed schedule for the accomplishment of this review. (Mr. Dyda's written
proposal is on file with the City Clerk's Office.)
Council discussion of the proposal centered on the number of subcommittees
and whether it would be necessary to have 14; where the proposal allowed for
staff and Council participation; and the absolute importance that there be as
broad a base as possible for public participation in the review before
recommendations are presented to the City Council.
Councilman Gardiner moved, seconded by Councilwoman Ferraro that a steering
committee be made up of certain members of the Council, the Planning
Commission, the Council of Homeowners and other representative groups such
as the youth sports coalition, the seniors, the docents, Palos Verdes Peninsula
Land Conservancy, the School District and others be formed to develop a plan
on how the matter of citizen participation will be approached for this General Plan
review; motion carried unanimously.
Interview of Applicants
Council then proceeded to interview a candidate for the Planning Commission as
well as all of the candidates for the Traffic Committee.
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Adjourn: At 4:00 P.M. the meeting adjourned to Monday, March 11 at 6:00 P.M.
for an Adjourned Regular City Council meeting. Motion made by Mayor
McTaggart.
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Attest:
City Clerk
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