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RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
APRIL 16, 1985
The meeting was.called to order at 6:15 P.M. by Mayor Mc Taggart notice having
been given and affidavit thereto on file.
PRESENT: HINCHLIFFE, BACHARACH, HUGHES, & MAYOR McTAGGART
ABSENT: RYAN
The following staff members were present: City Manager Donald F. Guluzzy,
Director of Environmental Services Sharon Hightower, Public Works Superintendent
Charles Abbott, City Attorney Steve Dorsey, City Clerk Jo Purcell. Also present
was Mark Howell representing Assemblyman Gerald Falando,
AB 1461 Council discussed the terms -of this
(1801) proposed legislation and it was the con-
sensus that the first issue to be decided
on was whether or not it was in the best interest of the City to acquire the
coastal area presently owned by Palos Verdes Properties. Discussion then took
place on the risk that will be assumed by the City in acquiring this property
and the obligations to take certain steps to stop the slide. City Attorney
Dorsey briefly reviewed the Malibu Land Case citing how that decision affected
this City.
Comments were made about the Redevelopment Agency taking ownership of the pro-
perty, if the proposed legislation will provide benefits in the form of grants,
and if simply making the land publicly accessible but not owned by a public
entity would still permit application for grants.
Discussion then centered on whether this would be a matching grant or an
outright grant, the amount that the Bill was appropriating to conduct the feasi-
bility study on the abatement of the slide, whether the Department of Boating
and Waterways would provide the technical expertise to do the feasibility study,
the cost of that study, the amount of funds the City would have to provide
to match the feasibility study, and whether an EIR on this project would be
necessary. Council then discussed whether it was possible to get a no interest
loan or a loan that would be repaid based upon the success of the project if
State or CDBG funds could be used for the matching, and if this grant should go
to the Redevelopment Agency.
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It was the consensus that the City Manager should prepare a letter to be sent to
Assemblyman Felando requesting the grant for $6,000,000, that it be made to the
Redevelopment Agency, that repayment of the loan be tied to the success of the
of the project, that clarification be received on whether CDBG funds could be
used to match, and that there be indication that this decision has the support
of the Council, that the loan be tied to the Redevelopment Agency Tax Increment,
that if the fallback position is used, that the City Council be informed of
that.
ADJOURNMENT
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At 7:30 P.M. the meeting adjourned on
motion of Councilwoman Bacharach and
carried.
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