CC MINS 19890110M' I .N U T E S
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
.JANUARY 10, 1989
The meeting was calied'to order at 7:30 P.M. by Mayor
Bacharach at Hesse Park Community Center, 29301 Hawthorne
Blvd.' After the Pledge- of Allegiance to the flag,' roll call
was answered as follows:
PRESENT: .M'cTAGGART, UINCHLIFFE, RYAN AND MAYOR
BACHARACH
LATE ARRIVAL: HUGHES AT 8 :00 P.M.
Also present were City Manager Dennis McDuffie, City'Attorney
Steve .Dorsey, Director ` of- Environmental Services Robert
Benard, Public Works Director"George Wentz, Finance Director
Kevin Smith and City Clerk so-Purcell-.
WAIVER OF FULL READINGS Councilman Hinchliffe- moved,
ORDINANCES' & - RES'OLrUTIONS seconded by Councilman
'Ryan and carried to waive.
reading in full of`all' ordinances and resolutions adopted at
this meeting with consent'to the waiver of reading deemed to
be given by all Councilmembe'rs� after reading of the title,
unless specific request was made at that time for the reading
of such ordinance or resolution.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA The agenda was approved on
motion of Councilman
Hinchliffe, seconded by
'Councilman Ryan.
CONSENT CALENDAR The consent calendar was
amended to remove the Rancho
Palos Verdes Improvement.District No. 9 (Del Cerro) from the
consent -calendar. The consent calendar was then approved by
Councilman Hinchl-yiffe, ,seconded 'by Councilman McTaggart as
follower
MINUTES Approved the regular minutes of
December 15, 1988 and the
adjourned - , regular minutes of
December 24, 1988.
COUNTY AID TO CITIES
Adopted-RESOLUTION NO. 89-1
(1404)
REQUESTING AN ALLOCATION AND
PAYMENT OF COUNTY AID TO CITIES
FUNDS FOR THE MAINTENANCE
OF SELECT SYSTEM STREETS*
RESOL* NO* 89-2
Adopted RESOLUTION NO* 89-2
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO*
5A APPOINTING A TIME AND PLACE
DALADIER DRIVE
FOR HEARING PROTESTS IN
(901)
CONNECTION WITH RANCHO PALOS
VERDES IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
NOO 5A,-DALADIER DRIVE, et al.,
RESOL NO,* 89-3
Adopted RESOLUTION NO. 89-3
REGISTER OF DEMANDS
ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND
DEMANDS AND SPECIFYING FUNDS
FROM WHICH THE SA E M
-�.ARE TO BE
PAID*
SALE OF LADERA LINDA
Approved and authorized the
EASEMENT TO GENERAL-
Mayor ,-and City Clerk to sign
TELEPHONE (450.X.1201)
the sale agreement and escrow
instructions.pertainingto the
sale of the Ladera Linda
easement to GTE,
ORDINANCE NO* 240 Introduced..'Ordinance No.. 240
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO* ESTABLISHING,REGULARMEETING
192 OF R.PV MUNICIPAL TIMES FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
CODE (307) AND AMENDING ORDINANCE NO* 19.2
OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES
MUNICIPAL CODE*
The motion to approve the consent calendar carried on the
following roll call vote:
AYES* McTAGGART, HINCHLIFFE, RYAN AND
MAYOR BACHARACHO
ABSENT* HUGHES
VILLA CAPRI AFFORDABLE :City Manager McDuffie present-
HOUSING (701 X 1411) ed the January 10, 1989 staff
memorandum and the
recommendation to execute the revised attachment to the Grant
Deed and direct the City Manager to attempt to secure the
developer's signature.
Representing the developer was- Steve.Anderson, 800 West lst
Street,, -Los ,.Angeles, who .told the ..Council that the developer,
was in agreement with the changes made to the Grant Deed.
document.
Charles N.,Starr,.13914 Boma Berra Way, Marina Del Rey,
inquired about the procedure for the lottery,
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Councilman Hinchliffe moved, seconded.by Councilman Ryan and
carried to adopt the staff recommendation.
NUISANCE ABATEMENT - The City Manager presented the
28711 BLYTHEWOOD DRIVE staff report and the
(1781) recommendation to sustain the
appeal to the Notice and order
to Abate a Public Nuisance thereby directing staff to dis-
continue the abatement action against the property owners.
RESOLUTION NO. 89 -4 SUSTAINING THE APPEAL OF THE NOTICE AND
ORDER TO ABATE A PUBLIC NUISANCE AT 28711 BLYTHEWOOD DRIVE
was read by Title and Adopted on motion of Councilman Ryan,
seconded by Councilman Hinchliffe and carried.
CHANGE IN AGENDA
Councilman Ryan moved, seconded by Councilman Hinchliffe to
postpone discussion of the Tract No. 45667 until the arrival
of Councilman Hughes.
CITY COUNCIL REPORTS*'
FIFTH TUESDAY MEETING It was the consensus of Council
(307) to hold a study session with
the consultant Byron Woolsey'
on January 31, 198,90
REFUSE SUBCOMMITTEE It was the consensus to set a
MEETING ( 13 01) public hearing for' March 9 ,
1989 to discuss the use of
funds received from-,the recycling program. It was not
def in' itely : dete`rm'ined whether or not this would be a public
hearing of the full.Council or of the sub- committee
(Bacharach & Ryan).
HAWTHORNE BLVD DETOUR
IN TORRANCE
from construction in Torr,
City staff should contact
that they do something to
Councilman Ryan reported on the
traffic congestion at Hawthorne
and Newton Street.resulting
ante. It was the consensus that the
the City of Torrance and request
.ameliorate this condition.
JOINT POWERS INSURANCE Councilman Hughes summarized
AUTHORITY the position of the Board of
JPIA and their efforts to
reduce what-would constitute a majority. It was the
consensus that the City Attorney would look into this
proposal and report back on January 17th.
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS:
STATUS OF COUNCIL DIRECTIVES Three items were added to the
Status of Council Directives:
Installation of bus shelters,
Building Appeals Board and Hawthorne Blvd. undergrounding
timetable. (At 8#000 P.M. Councilman Hughes arrived at the
meeting),
TRACT NO* 45667 -
CUP NO* 130 APPEAL 11411}
recommendation to continue the
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City Manager ,McDuf f ie presented.
the January 10th staff
memorandum ,.and the
public hearing to January 17,
Larry Schmidt, 3330 Palos Verdes Dr. West,.representing . the
Watt Company presented a number of revised designs for this
proposed development. The final design contained streets
that had a 12% grade and did not intrude into,.the,canyon,
areas* Edward Pearson, the engineer for the project, 4184
Maritime Road, pointed out on the new plan some of. the items
that,were different from plans that had been previously
submitted. Stating that the new plan had some advantages and
disadvantages he ' noted that the streets would be required to
have a 12% grade because of their length, but one of the dis-
advantages was the restriction this placed on circulation'.
of traffic within the.project. He said that the plan
contains 56 units and that they are applying the criteria
recommended by the Planning Commission. The lots would now
average x.7,053 square feet. He said that.the initial plan,,
was better and that-the new one was workable technically-but.
there was less storm drain on the new plan however they were
fulfilling all of the criteria of the Flood Control District,
Councilthen inquired if'the canyon could be bridged,.
que st ioned ' the i.s sue ' of traffic circulation and why that
wasn't broached earlier, and how the lots abutting the water.
course could be buffered and adequately protected. A brief
discussion then .ensued about the nature of the... shear keys
suggested for using in the slope areas which were adjacent to
this water course.
Tim Burrell, attorney for the Watt Company, explained his
understanding of the circumstances which would require re.,_
circulation of the environmental impact report.,
Lois LaRue, 3136 Barkentine, suggested that some of the
neighbors in the area serve on the committee which was
reviewing this project. In response, City Attorney Dorsey
explained that the public hearing process is designed to
provide information to the City
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Council from the applicant at public hearings only*
Ray Watt, 27160 Ocean Park, developer of this project, told
the Council about his experience of building homes in the
Palos Verdes area, and said that costs were beginning to
mount on this project which was submitted to the City over 18
months ago.
Roberta Watkins, 31326 Marne Drive, presented the City with a
petition which she said contained 112 signatures of people
who are opposed to this project. (This petition is on file
with the City clerk's office.)
Council then resumed discussion of some of the specifics of
this project: whether this canyon drained the surrounding
area; if the developer was taking density credit for the area
referred to as a keystone pad; and, what constituted the
450,000 cubic yards of earth to.be graded. Further
discussion resulted in a Council consensus for the following
information: How the environmental impact report addressed
the issue of the extreme slopes, if the hydrological factors
were adequately addressed, and if an environmentally
sensitive plan could be devised for this project. With
regard to the lots adjacent to the water course it was
suggested that an alternative which helps buttress those lots
be considered. Since the time period allowed by State law
for the the City to act on this tract map was due to expire a
brief discussion ensued about a possible extension. Mr.
Schmidt indicated that if possible he would grant the
extension.
Councilman Hughes moved, seconded by Councilman McTaggart and
carried to consider this item at the January 17th meeting.
ADJOURNMENT: At 104:15 P.M. the meeting
adjourned to 6.*30 P.M. on
January 17, 1989.
MAYOR
ATTEST.
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