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RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY LEADERS' BREAKFAST
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1996
The meeting was called to order at 9:20 A.M. by Mayor Marilyn Lyon at the Fred Hesse
Community Park, 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard, notice having been given with affidavit
thereto on file.
Present: McTaggart, Ferraro, Byrd & Mayor Lyon
Absent: Hollingsworth (Excused)
Also present were Assistant City Manager Brent Mattingly, City Clerk Jo Purcell, Senior
Administrative Analyst Rick Otto, Finance Director Dennis McLean, Public Works
Director Les Evans, and Director of Planning, Building & Code Enforcement Carolynn
Petru.
After the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, self introductions followed.
PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE - PRESENTATION OF PLAQUES
Mayor Lyon presented plaques to Public Art Committee members Sonja Pedersen
Hayes, Catherine Kwan and Pat Hinz. Mayor Lyon noted that plaques would be sent
to members Nick Agid, Nancy Comaford, Constance M. Constant, Laura Lin, Florence
R. Marshall, Elaine La Fleur, Vincent Beggs and to Councilman Hollingsworth who was
also a member of that committee. Mayor Lyon thanked the members for their work on
that committee which served from 1990 until 1992.
FISCAL OUTLOOK - UTILITY USER TAX BALLOT MEASURE
Assistant City Manager Mattingly gave an overview of City revenues and expenditures
and, with the use of overhead slides, gave a breakdown of the distribution of the
property taxes paid by residents of Rancho Palos Verdes: School District - 19.4 %; Fire
District 16.6 %; Library District 3.2 %; Other Agencies 7.5 %; City of Rancho Palos
Verdes 6.4 %; and, County of Los Angeles - 46.8 %. Additionally, he explained the
impact in the event that the Utility User Tax proposition was not validated by the voters
at the upcoming November 5 election.
FINANCIAL UPDATE
Finance Director McLean presented a comparison of general fund expenditures per
capita of cities in the South Bay area.
PUBLIC WORKS UPDATE
Also, with the use of charts, Public Works Director Evans explained the City's road
maintenance program and pavement condition rating. He explained the benefits in
adhering to the pavement management plan which is in large part funded by the Utility
User tax.
A question and answer period followed on the subject matters presented.
ADJOURNMENT:
At 10:20 A.M. the meeting adjourned on motion of Mayor Pro Tem MCTaggart.
ATTEST:
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