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RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
August 10, 1987
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by Mayor Melvin W. Hughes,
notice at having been given with affidavit thereto on file.
PRESENT: RYAN, BACHARACH , Mc TAGGART and MAYOR HUGHES
ABSENT: HINCHLIFFE
Also present were City Manager Dennis McDuffie, Finance Director Kevin
Smith, City Clerk Jo Purcell, Administrative Analyst Dennis Luppens,
Director of Parks, Recreation and Beaches Mary Thomas, and Public Works
Director George Wentz,
APPROVAL OF AGENDA The Agenda as presented was approved
on motion of Councilwoman Bacharach,
seconded by Councilman Ryan and
carried.
ACQUISITION OF SCHOOL City Manager McDuffie presented the
DISTRICT PROPERTY staff memorandum of August 7th which
contained a summary of the State
statutes governing the sale of surplus
school property.
Mounted for council viewing was a map which showed the various surplus school
sites within the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. The City Manager then
suggested several scenarios in purchasing and /or trading school property
for City -owned property.
Council then discussed the acquisition of the Portuguese Bend site, the
geology of the site and the purchase price that the School District had
paid for that property. Discussion then centered on the Grandview park,
the restrictions on the park and the zoning in that area. It was the con-
sensus that the Portuguese Bend field should be saved and the next step
would be to determine how this could be done. Council inquired about the
following: the amount of funds available for park acquisition; how much
the School District paid for the Ladera Linda site; if they had requested a
waiver on disposition of their property; the means by which the Ladera
Linda site was acquired; the status of the Tumanjan & Tumanjan suit inso-
far as its effect on the EET funding; review of a five -year park capital
program; whether the property acquisition issue could be placed on the tax
election ballot; the amount of funds due the City from the 1984 Parkland
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Act; the amount of funds due from the State Grant and EET Fund; the sche-
dule for the rest of the park program; the inflation factor referred to in
the Naylor Bill and, finally, arrangement for a meeting between the School
District subcommittee and School District members Younggren and Dodell.
WALLACE RANCH FOUNDATION Director Mary Thomas presented the
(1201) staff memorandum of August 10th and
recommended that the Council appoint
a member to serve on the Board of
Directors of the Wallace Ranch Radio
Foundation.
Discussion then followed on whether this appointment could be held off
until December, whether the Maddy Act allowed for appointment at this par-
ticular time, if the Director of Parks, Recreation and Beaches should be
the Executive Director of the Foundation, and if the City should become
involved in the Foundation at all. Further discussion continued on the
role that the City would play with this Foundation. Councilwoman Bacharach
moved, seconded by Councilman Ryan to decline the invitation to join the
Foundation. The motion failed. on a -two -two vote with Councilmembers
Hughes and McTaggart voting in opposition. . Councilman Ryan moved,
seconded by Councilwoman Bacharach to instruct the Wallace Foundation that
the City wishes the Foundation to appoint the public member. The motion
carried unanimously.
Councilwoman Bacharach moved, seconded by Councilman McTaggart that City
would not appoint the Executive Director but had no objection to Director
Thomas being appointed by the Foundation. The motion carried unanimously.
ROAD-SIGNS- ROLLING HILLS ESTATES A brief discussion took place
regarding the newly adopted ordi-
nance of the City of Rolling Hills
Estates and the restriction placed
on truck traffic and whether such traffic could be restricted to using
right lanes and the speed limitations that could be placed on such traffic,
RECESS TO CLOSE SESSION
At 9 P.M. the meeting recessed to
closed session for discussion of
pending litigation and personnel
matters. The motion was made by
Councilman McTaggart .
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