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CC MINS 19870505M I N U T E S RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MAY 5, 1987 The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by Mayor Melvin W. Hughes at the Hesse Park Community Center, 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard. After the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, roll call was answered as follows: PRESENT: BACHARACH, HINCHLIFFE , McTAGGART RYAN, & MAYOR HUGHES Also present were City Manager Dennis W. McDuffie, Finance Director Kevin N. Smith, City Attorney Quinn Barrow, Director of Environmental Services Robert Benard, and City Clerk Jo Purcell, WAIVER OF FULL READING OF Councilman Ryan moved, seconded by ORDINANCES & RESOLUTIONS Councilman McTaggart and carried to waive reading in full of all ordi- nances and resolutions adopted at this meeting with consent to the waiver of reading deemed to be given by all councilmembers 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 City Clerk announced the follow- ing deletions: Declaration of sub- standard property at 30 Narcissa Drive. The agenda as amended was approved on motion of Councilman Ryan, seconded by Councilman Hinch- lif f e and carried, CONSENT CALENDAR MINUTES The City Clerk announced that Legis- lation had been removed from the Consent Calendar, The Consent Cal- endar was then approved as follows on motion of Councilwoman Bacharach , seconded by Councilman Hinchliffe. Approved minutes of March 143 and April 7 , 9, and 21, 1987. 708CP /MIN1 -1- May 5. 1987 LANDSCAPE AND OPEN SPACE (A) ADOPTED RESOLUTION N0. 87 -22 DE- MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS CLARING ITS INTENT TO LEVY AND COL - 1 AND 2 (901) LECT ASSESSMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1987 -88 AND ESTABLISHING A DATE FOR A HEARING DATE FOR MAINTENANCE DIS- TRICT NO. 1. (B) ADOPTED RESOLUTION N0, 87 -23 DECLARING ITS INTENT TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1987 -88 AND ESTABLISHING A DATE FOR A HEARING DATE FOR MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO, 2, ( C ) ADOPTED RESO- LUTION N0. 87 -24 ORDERING THE PREPARATION OF AN ENGINEER'S REPORT IN CON- NECTION WITH A LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT (LANDSCAPE AND OPEN SPACE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT N0. 1), (D) ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 87 -25 ORDERING THE PREPARATION OF AN ENGINEER'S REPORT IN CONNECTION WITH A LANDSCAPING MAIN - TENANCE' ' DISTRICT ( LANDSCAPE AND OPEN SPACE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT N0. ' 2 ) FINAL PARCEL MAP 16748 Accepted the Improvement Bonds and (1410) Dedication of Right to Prohibit Con- struction in Restricted Use Areas and approve Final Parcel Map No. 167480 RESOLUTION N0, 87 -26 ADOPTED RESOLUTION N0. 87 -26 APPROV- ING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AND SPECIFYING FUNDS FROM WHICH THE SAME CAN BE PAID. The motion to approve the Consent Calendar carried on the following roll call vote: AYES: BACHARACH, HINCHLIFFE , McTAGGART , RYAN AND MAYOR HUGHES NOES: NONE PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION 87 -27 - IMPROVEMENT Mayor Hughes opened the public hear - DISTRICT N0. 8 (LA VISTA ing on this Improvement District for VERDE) (901) a locally funded sanitary sewer sys- tem. The City Clerk reported that notice had been duly given and that this was a continuation of the hearing held at the April 7, 1987 meeting. City Manager McDuffie presented the staff recommendation: Adopt the proposed resolution and award the construction of the project to John C. Malloy. Responding to the Mayor's call for public testimony was Robert Ferguson, attorney for property owner Reinhold Grassl, 301 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, and a discussion followed, 708CP /MIN1 -2- May 5, 1987 Staff expressed concern that the continuation of this matter until the next meeting would be detrimental to the contract already proposed for this District. Councilwoman Bacharach moved, seconded by Councilman McTaggart, to close the public hearing. The City Attorney then presented a resolution. The motion carried. Councilwoman Bacharach then moved, seconded by Councilman Hinchliffe to: (1) Adopt the resolution and award the construction of this project to John C. Malloy, Inc. RESOLUTION NO. 87 -27 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES CONFIRMING A PROPOSED ASSESSMENT, ORDERING PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE AND DECLARING ITS ACTION UPON THE REPORT, AS MODIFIED AND CHANGED, AND THE ASSESSMENT IN CONNECTION WITH RANCHO PALOS VERDES IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 8 AND APPROVING AN AMENDED BOUNDARY MAP was presented by TITLE. The motion carried. Later in the. meeting, the City Attorney noted that a correction would have to be made in the title of the resolution as read by the City Clerk. The title of the resolution would now be as follows. RESOLUTION NO. 87 -27 OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES CONFIRMING A PROPOSED ASSESS -MENT, ORDERING PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE AND DECLARING ITS ACTION UPON THE REPORT, AS MODIFIED AND CHANGED, AND THE ASSESSMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT N0, 8. Everything else in the resolution would remain the same. Councilman McTaggart moved, seconded by Councilman Ryan and carried to adopt the resolution title as amended. PENINSULA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY City Manager McDuffie presented the (1505 ) staff memorandum of May 5, 1987 and the recommendation as follows: (1) That the Council approve the Fiscal Year 1987 -88 Budget for the Peninsula Dial -A -Ride. (2) Act on the Joint Power Authority's recommendation to give them authority on resolving policy matters to operate within the approved budget. Council then inquired about the number of members on the board, and whether the other cities and the County had taken action on the second recommenda- tion. A discussion then followed on the amount of subsidy from Proposition "A" funds for these rides. Speaking in favor of the Dial -A -Ride was Jean Dickinson, 6744 Los Verdes Drive, Councilwoman Bacharach moved, seconded by Councilman Hinchliffe to adopt the staff recommendation. The motion carried on a 4 -1 vote with Councilman Ryan voting in opposition. APPEAL OF SUBSTANDARD PROPERTY AT 30 NARCISSA DRIVE The City Manager reported that the applicant in this matter requested a continuation until the next regular City Council meeting. 708CP /MIN1 -3- May 5, 1987 Councilman McTaggart moved, seconded by Councilwoman Bacharach and carried that this matter be continued only one more time until the next regular City Council meeting on May 19, 1987 and that the City Manager advise the applicant of this last time continuation. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS: Mobile Boom Boxes - Citing the fact that these devices make an excessive amount of noise, Councilman Ryan inquired if the Sheriff could issue any citations on the use of these boom boxes. The suggestion was made that perhaps the Sheriff could use as enforcement, the sound ordinance prof - ferred by the City Attorney sometime last year. It was the consensus that this ordinance should be reviewed one more time and put in the Council reading file. Cable TV (605 ) - Councilman Ryan voiced his objection to the increase in rates by TM Cablevision and the fact that the Cable Company was now requir- ing a level of service beyond the basic service. Discussion then centered on whether the additional tier was indeed required, and if it was necessary to have the remote control device. Councilman Ryan, seconded by Councilman McTaggart to put this matter on the next agenda, the motion carried. Tree Trimming Ordinance - Referring to the tree trimming ordinance being currently considered by the City of Rolling Hills Estates, Councilman Ryan requested that this item be tracked by staff with the view towards possible adoption of a similar ordinance. AUDIENCE QUESTIONS: Responding to the Mayor's call for audience questions for items not on the agenda was Bryant Winchell who referred to the letter that the Citizens to Save Marineland has sent to the Council and which represented their analy- sis of the offer made by Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich. He inquired about Council's reaction to that letter. Council responded that there was a big difference between what was proposed by the Citizens group and what had been discussed with HBJ. Council informed Mr. Winchell that the subject of Marineland was no longer a regular item on the agenda because nothing new was happening with that whole situation. He was informed that if his group wants to put a Marineland item on the agenda he should make the inquiry of the City Manager. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR AB 1433 - Since we did not know the source of funding for this item and whether the source of its funding would affect other legislation and since the City does not normally become involved in legislation not directly af- fecting it Councilwoman Bacharach moved, seconded by Councilman Ryan to re- ceive and file this request on AB 1433. Discussion then followed on the fact that this legislation is of serious concern to those people in the area, and whether the Council did indeed need to respond to requests for support and legislation. The motion to receive and file carried on the following roll call vote: 708CP /MIN1 -4- May 5, 1987 AYES: HUGHES. RYAN AND BACHARACH NOES: McTAGGART ABSTAIN: HINCHLIFFE SB 2 and AB 18 - Council discussed the fact that this legislation now pro- posed four board& Councilman Ryan moved, seconded by Councilman McTaggart and carried to support the proposed Robbins and Katz legislation with the following conditions: (1) That the City representatives be increased to two. (2) That the present members of the Commission stay until the expira- tion of their term for the sake of continuity. (3) That the elected offi- cials required to serve have an elected official as their alternate. Coun- cilwoman Bacharach moved, seconded by Councilman Hinchliffe and carried to support the staff recommendation on the remainder of the legislation. ADJOURNMENT ATTEST: At 9:25 P.M. the meeting adjourned to May 12, 1987 at 7:30 P.M. for a budget work session. 708CP /MINI -5- May 5, 1987