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CC MINS 19880112M I N U T E S RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING January 12, 1988 The meeting was called to order at 6:00 PM by Mayor Robert E. Ryan, notice having been given with affidavit thereto on file. PRESENT: McTAGGART,.HINCHLIFFE, BACHARACH AND MAYOR RYAN ABSENT: HUGHES Also present were City Manager Dennis McDuffie, Finance Director Kevin Smith, City Clerk Jo Purcell, Director of Public Works George Wentz, and Administrative Analyst Cari Cooper, CITY SELECTION COMMITTEE REPORT Councilman McTaggart reported on the meeting of the City Selection Committee and the balloting that took place to elect a member to the Southern California Air Quality Management District. He went on to say that it was the consensus of the City Selection Committee that legisla- tion should be proposed to permit a seat for the City of Los Angeles, one representing the Cities in Los Angeles County and one for a Los Angeles County on the Air Quality Management Board, OPINION RESEARCH public opinion about certain issues Donald Weddle, Vice - President of Opinion Research, presented samples of the types of quesionnaires pre- pared by his company in determining of concern to various cities. Additionally, he described the profile of those people that would be sur- veyed and stated that his poll will interview 400 residents. Council and Mr. Weddle then discussed the manner in which the survey would be conducted, the number of interviewers that he would be using, the number of questions that the survey would contain, and the subject of those questions. It was the consensus that the Council would meet at 7:00 P.M. on January 14, 1988 and have a rough draft of the questions for the survey. It was then agreed that Mr. Weddle would design the questionnaire from those pro- posed questions, and that they would be ranked in their order of impor- tance. The questions will then come back to the Council on Monday January 18 , 1988 for final review. - 1 - 702CP /MIN1- 16.1 -3 January 12, 1988 INTERVIEW OF PLANNING The City Council then interviewed COMMISSION CANDIDATE Planning Commissioner Luella Wike, REPORT ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT Public Works Director George Wentz, PROGRAM presented an update on the Capital Improvement Projects. This update listed the priority projects, the amount of money received from grants, the anticipated funds available, the anticipated bid price of the projects and the amount to be taken from the utility tax budget. Additionally, this report contained a status of each of these projects: Resurfacing of Crest Road - Bid at a significantly higher price than was originally anticipated. Hawthorne Resurfacing - Bid significantly less than was anticipated. Pointe Vicente - Costs have been reduced. City -Wide Wide Street Sign Project - Grant. Palos Verdes Drive South Reconstruction - reduced by $300,000.00 because of the potential of FAU funding and the developer paying for this improvement in advance. Montemalaga - will require reconstruction because of its poor condition. Hawthorne Boulevard - Resurfacing between Crest Road and Indian Peak Road - delayed until the next fiscal year. Responding to the Council's inquiry about the Pavement Management Study, the Public Works Director said that the results of that would be available some time in early March. Council requested that the Director include in these figures the amount of funding dedicated to storm drains. PARCEL TAX UTILITY TAX undeveloped parcels they would be taxed that size property. The City Attorney reported on the results of his research which indi- cated that the formula proposed for a $150.00 parcel tax on undeveloped property was an appropriate way for levying such a tax. For large on the maximum allowable units for Council then discussed the moratorium area and how a parcel tax could be levied on undeveloped property in that area. After additional discussion about the form of tax to be levied, it was the consensus that Mr. Weddle of Opinion Research should consider a question regarding a hybrid tax of utility and parcel tax. REPORT ON FIVE YEAR REVENUE PROJECTIONS Finance Director Smith presented his January 12, 1988 memorandum on tax revenues resulting from utility user tax at 5% and 9 %, and a parcel tax at $105.00 or $190.00 per par- cel. 2 - 702CP /MIN1- 16.1 -3 January 12, 1988 COMMUNITY LEADER BREAKFAST ADJOURNMENT ATTEST: It was the consensus that a Community Leader Breakfast should be tentatively planned for April 9, 1988 and that the staff would report back in the status report on the cost for such a meeting. AT 10:15 P.M. the meeting adjourned to 7:00 P.M. on January 14, 1988 on motion of Councilman McTaggart and carried, a or 3 - 702CP /MIN1- 16.1 -3 January 12, 1988