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RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
NOVEMBER 15, 1983
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by Mayor Robert E. Ryan at the
Palos Verdes Unified School District building, 30942 Hawthorne Boulevard.
After the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag, roll call was answered as follows:
PRESENT: B&CHARACH, DYDA, HEIN, AND MAYOR RYAN
ABSENT: NONE
Also present were City Manager Donald F. Guluzzy, City Attorney Steve Dorsey,
Director of Environmental Services Sharon Hightower, City Clerk Jo Lofthus,
Administrative Services Director Kiti Laisure, Director of Leisure Services
Mary Thomas,Community Services Director Tom Bandy, Director of Public Works
Charles Abbott, Deputy Public Works Director Gordon Siebert and Administrative
Assistant Greg Beaubien.
WAIVER OF FULL READING OF Councilman Dyda moved, seconded by Councilwoman
ORDINANCES & RESOLUTIONS Hein 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 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 following addition
to the Agenda: Chemical Weed Spraying. The
Agenda as amended was apprgved on motion of
Councilman Dyda, seconded by Councilwoman
Bacharach and carried.
CONSENT CALENDAR The City Clerk announced that the following items
were deleted from the Consent Calendar: Minutes
of November 1, 1983, Report on Walls and Fences
in Setbacks and Roy Jorgensen Stabilization Study. The Consent Calendar was
approved as follows on motion of Councilwoman Bacharach seconded by Councilwoman
Hein.
RELEASE OF PERFORMANCE Accepted the work for public use and exonerated
BOND FOR TRACT N0. 305$3 the bond.
(1411)
REPORT ON PLANNING The consensus of Council was to continue the
DEPOSITS MADE BY MORE present procedure.
THAN ONE PERSON
(1203)
RESOL. N0. 83 -74 - Adopted RESOLUTION N0. 83 -74 OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CEQA GUIDELINES OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES REPEALING
(1203) RESOLUTION N0. 82 -13 AND ADOPTING PROCEDURES
IMPLEMENTING THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ACT AND THE GUIDELINES OF THE SECRETARY FOR THE
RESOURCES AGENCY, AS AMENDED 1983.
PAYMENT TO ENGINEERING 1) Authorized Administrative Services Director
CORPORATION OF NORTH to issue a warrant to ECNA is the sum of
AMERICA $16,072.85. 2) Authorized Release of Retention
(1404) and directed the Administrative Services Director
to issue a warrant to ECNA in the sum of
$139299.040
CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY Rejected the claim and directed the City Clerk
BY MICHELLE WIGLE to inform the claimant.
(303)
OFFICE OF TRAFFIC Authorized an amendment to the RJA contract
SAFETY TIME EXTENSION for a two - month, no cost extension to December 31,
APPROVAL 1983, for the OTS Traffic Engineering Services
(1404) Contract.
REGISTER OF DEMANDS ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 83 -75 OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DEMANDS IN THE SLIM
OF $449,704.86 DEMAND NUMBERS 4468 THROUGH 4538, 11631 THROUGH 11648, 25241
THROUGH 25242,. AND 25950 THROUGH 259930
COMPUTER PROCESSING
CONTRACT WITH
CHARLES ABBOTT
(1204)
AGREEMENT WITH THE
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
FOR ABALONE COVE BEACH
PARK
(1201)
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Authorized the Mayor and City Clerk to sign a
contract with Charles Abbott to provide Computer
services for various Public Works functions.
Approved the amendment and the request to extend
the City's deadline of renewal notice until
March 31, 1984.
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MINUTES OF The City Clerk presented the transcript of that
SEPTEMBER 6 1983 portion of the September 6, 1983 meeting dealing
with Rancho Palos Verdes Transit and recommended
(301.)
that Council review the transcription and clarify
the intent of the motion approving staff recommen-
dations.
Councilwoman Bacharach moved, seconded by Councilwoman Hein and carried to approve
the motion a s presented in the minutes and to approve the minutes of September 6,
1983.
ASSEMBL Y BILL 4 Administrative Assistant Beaubien presented the
(306)
staff memorandum of November 15, 1983 which con-
tained an overview of this draft legislation .
seconded b Councilwoman Bacharach and carried to send
Councilman Dyda moved, secon t y objecting
a letter, not only to the bill's author, but to our representatives
to th g
is legislation. It was the consensus that Councilman Dyda would review
this letter being prepared by staff.
EDISON CO MPANY Mayor Ryan moved, seconded by Councilman Dyda
REQUEST FOR SUPPORT - and carried to approve the request for support
HYDROELECTRIC
PROJECTS from the Southern California Edison Company and
REL ICE
NSING send a letter to our legislators requesting
relicensing of hydroelectric projects to the
(1601) California Edison Company*
Southern Calif o any. P
CHEMICAL WEED Commenting that this item was on the City
CONTROL Manager's November 10, 1983 Status Report,
Councilwoman Bacharach moved, seconded by
(1701)
Councilman Dyd a and carried to authorize the
Public Works Department to solicit proposals
from various vendors for the purpose of weed
removal and /or spraying for safety and cosmetic purposes at a cost not to
exceed $19,000.00.
AUDIENCE QUESTIONS
Responding to y
n the Mayor's call for audience questions for items not on the
Agenda was
Mr. Robert Deckman, 6520 West Eddinghill, who read a letter to the
Council listing � his objections to the present policy which allows an accumulation
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of real estate open house signs on the corner adjacent to his home.
Mr. Deckman was instructed to send this letter to the Planning Department and
was advised that if the matter of changing this Ordinance comes up on a future
Agenda, he will be notified.
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ROY JORGENSEN STUDY After a brief discussion of paragraph number 9
FOR STABILIZATION OF Councilwoman Bacharach moved, seconded by Counci-
PALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH man Dyda to approve this contract with the amend -
(1801) ment to paragraph number 9 giving the City Manager
right -of- approval on all changes in staff provided
in this contract. The motion carried on the
following roll call vote:
AYES: BACHARACH , HEIN, DYDA, AND MAYOR RYAN
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
RECESS TO EXECUTIVE Councilman Dyda moved, seconded by Councilwoman
SESSION Hein and carried that Council recess to Executive
Session for discussion of pending litigation.
RECONVENE The Meeting reconvened at 9:15 on motion of Council-
woman Bacharach, seconded by Councilwoman Hein and
carried.
ARBITRATION CLAIMS - Councilwoman Hein moved, seconded by Councilwoman
VALLEYCREST LANDSCAPING Bacharach to authorize the staff to settle the
INC. Valleycrest claim for $52,500 if the City receives
(303) acceptable documentation. The motion carried on
the following roll call vote:
AYES: BACHARACH, HEIN, DYDA, AND MAYOR RYAN
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
Councilwoman Bacharach moved, seconded by Councilman Dyda to authorize staff
to settle the earth work claim for a not to exceed amount of $30,000. The
motion carried on the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ADJOURNMENT:
ATTEST:
CITY ERK
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BACHARACH, HEIN, DYDA, AND MAYOR RYAN
NONE
NONE
At 9:20 P.M. the Meeting adjourned on motion of
Councilwoman Hein to 7:00 P.M. November 22, 1983.
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