CC MINS 19810901 M I N U T E S
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
SEPTEMBER 1, 1981
The meeting was called to order at 7:40 P.M. by Mayor Jacki Bacharach 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: HEIN, SHAW, DYDA, & MAYOR BACHARACH
II/ ABSENT: RYAN
Also present were City Manager Donald Guluzzy, City Attorney Patrick Coughlan, Director
of Public Works Carl Abel, Associate Planner Richard Thompson, Administrative Services
Director Kiti Laisure, Director of Parks & Recreation Maynard Law, Director of Community
Services Tom Bandy, and Deputy City Clerk Mary Jo Lof thus.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA The following items were added to the
agenda: Letter from Sue Brieholtz (Shaw) ,
Municipal Data Services (Dyda) , So. Bay Corridor Agreement (Dyda) , Klondike Canyon (Dyda) ,
Services from District Attorney (Hein) . The amended agenda was approved on motion of
Councilwoman Hein, seconded by Councilman Dyda and carried.
WAIVER OF FULL READING OF Councilwoman Hein moved, seconded by
ORDINANCES & RESOLUTIONS Councilman Dyda 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
members of Council after reading of the title unless specific request was made at that time
for reading of such ordinance or resolution.
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CONSENT CALENDAR After removal of A-4 (Peninsula Public
Works Study) the remainder of the Consent
Calendar was approved as follows on motion of Councilwoman Hein, seconded by Councilman Dyda:
MINUTES Approved as presented the minutes of
July 27th, July 29th and August 10, 1981.
RESOLUTION NO. 81-64 - ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 81-64 OF THE CITY
REGISTER OF DEMANDS COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DEMANDS IN THE
SUM OF $565,440.02, DEMAND NUMBERS 10146 THROUGH 10220.
RESOLUTION NO. 81-65 ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 81-65 OF THE CITY
HEIGHT VARIATION NO. 170 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
(1804) APPROVING HEIGHT VARIATION NO. 170
TRACT NO. 32110 - RELEASE OF Approved the work and exonerated Bond
LANDSCAPE BOND No. 9SM 555 076 issued by American
(1411) Motorist Insurance Company.
RESOLUTION NO. 81-66 After discussion of the Highway and
EXPENDITURE BUDGET FOR Transportation budget amount of $592,000,
SEPTEMBER, 1981 Councilman Dyda moved, seconded by Council-
(602) woman Hein and carried to delete the
Highway and Transportation budget from the
proposed resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 81-66 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES ADOPTING A
TEMPORARY EXPENDITURE BUDGET FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 1981 was read by title and ADOPTED
as amended on motion of Councilwoman Shaw, seconded by Councilman Dyda and carried.
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John McCarthy, 105 Spindrift, representing the Portuguese Bend Leaseholders Association,
said that out of 51 leaseholders, he had acquired the signatures of twenty-three. He
too felt that with more time he would be able to get more signatures.
Both of the petitions were submitted to Director Bandy. In response to Mr. Locke's
inquiry, Council advised that the engineering for the swale in Klondike Canyon was still
valid.
After Council discussion of the proposed recommendation, it was suggested that an additional
condition be added to the staff recommendations as follows: (4) All formation costs will
be itemized and charged to the district.
Councilwoman Hein moved, seconded by Councilman Dyda and carried to adopt recommendation
numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4.
PALOS VERDES DRIVE EAST - Referring to the letter received from
BIKEWAYS & WALKWAYS Sue Brieholtz, Councilwoman Shaw described
(112) the concerns listed in that letter and
inquired of staff if these changes could
be done in conjunction with the improvement scheduled for that area.
After Council discussion of the cost of installing these sloped curbs, maintenance of the
curb cuts, and if these suggestions had been presented to the Traffic Committee, Councilman
Dyda moved, seconded by Councilwoman Shaw and carried to refer this letter to the Traffic
Committee.
Council suggested that Mrs. Brieholtz be informed that the matter would be coming before
the Traffic Committee.
RECESS At 9:00 P.M. the Mayor declared a brief
recess. The meeting reconvened at 9:15 P.M.
with the same members present.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS Mel Hughes, 28017 San Nicolas commented
that he was in favor of the new set up
in the Council Chambers.
ABALONE COVE - REPAIR OF Councilman Dyda presented his memorandum
PALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH of September 1st outlining the District's
(1801) negotiations for well easements, income
and operating costs, presented a status
report, and a list of the priorities of the district. He then moved, seconded by Council-
woman Hein and carried that staff come back at the earliest possible time with a recommen-
dation and estimate of the costs for making temporary repairs to Palos Verdes Drive South
with respect to the drainage problem.
Council then discussed the engineering, how much of the road needs to be raised, if this
work could be done before the rainy season and the exact area to be repaired.
POLICE SOLICITATIONS Referring to a letter sent by the City
(310) of Rolling Hills to the Palos Verdes
Police Association, Councilwoman Shaw
moved, seconded by Councilman Dyda and carried to send a similar letter.
JUVENILE DIVERSION PROJECT Referring to the August 24th letter from
(1705) the South Bay Juvenile Diversion Project
requesting matching funds of $298.15,
Councilwoman Shaw moved seconded by Councilwoman Hein to send $298.15 to the Diversion
Project. The motion carried on the following roll call vote:
AYES: SHAW, DYDA, HEIN & MAYOR BACHARACH
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: RYAN
FIRE INSURANCE STUDY Councilman Dyda presented his memorandum
(603) of September 1st listing his comments on
the study prepared by the California
Contract Cities Association.
After discussion of the pros and cons of these comments, Councilwoman Shaw moved, seconded
by Mayor Bacharach to put this matter on the September 15th agenda.
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MUNICIPAL DATA SERVICES Councilman Dyda presented for Council
information his memorandum of Sept-
ember 1st noting his comments on the
advantages and disadvantages of this system now being contemplated for use by the City.
SOUTH BAY CORRIDOR STUDY Councilman Dyda requested that this
EXTENSION OF JOINT POWERS item be placed on the next agenda.
AGREEMENT
(1505)
KLONDIKE CANYON GROUND MOVEMENTS Councilman Dyda presented excerpts
AUGUST 13, 1981 MEETING from a briefing given at the August
(1801) 13, 1981 meeting with the residents
of Seaview and the Portuguese Bend Club.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY SERVICES Noting that there probably will be
(103) cutbacks in services provided to
contract cities by the District
Attorney's office, Councilwoman Shaw inquired if the City Attorney could handle cases
that the DA's office had no interest in pursuing. She said that the DA is willing to
have a preliminary meeting to discuss such an issue. It was the consensus of opinion
that the City Manager should meet with the DA to discuss such an arrangement.
REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION FROM Associate Planner Thompson presented
MORATORIUM - the staff memorandum of September 1,
LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT 1981 outlining this request for an
(1801) amendment to the Moratorium ordinance
to allow for the filing of a lot line
adjustment. Staff recommended that Council direct staff to prepare an amendment to the
landslide moratorium ordinance to permit the filing of this lot line adjustment.
Councilwoman Shaw moved, seconded by Councilman Dyda and carried to approve the staff
recommendation.
PORTUGUESE BEND CLUB LEASEHOLDERS - Associate Planner Thompson presented
REQUEST FOR MORATORIUM EXEMPTION the staff memorandum of September 1,
(1801) 1981 which explained that the Portuguese
Bend Leaseholders are currently under
a lease agreement with Palos Verdes Properties. They wish to purchase the property
they now lease which will require an amendment to the moratorium ordinance. Staff
recommended that Council discuss the issues and direct staff to further investigate
this request.
Councilman Dyda moved, seconded by Councilwoman Hein and carried that staff discuss the
issues with the affected property owners and bring back some appropriate language for
the amendment to the moratorium.
Speaking on behalf of the Leaseholders Association was John McCarthy, 105 Spindrift, who
told the Council that the leaseholders have a purchase agreement with Palos Verdes
Properties, but it has never been consummated because of the moratorium.
Representing Palos Verdes Properties was Monte Brower, who told the Council that his
company wants to work towards accomplishing this sale.
PAVEMENT MARKING CONTRACT - Director Abel presented the September 1
YEARLY STRIPING staff report which described the traffic
(1404) striping/marking services provided by
Los Angeles County for maintenance and
by private contractors for construction work. Staff recommended that Council authorize
the Mayor to enter into a yearly traffic striping/marking contract with Traffic Operations
Inc. at a cost not to exceed $20,282.
After Council discussion of the cost of this proposal versus using only the County, the
criteria for using the County or private companies, bit proposals received, and prepara-
tion of the engineering estimates, Council suggested putting in the extensions on all
bids received.
Councilwoman Shaw moved, seconded by Councilman Dyda that Council adopt staff recommen-
dation. The motion carried on the following roll call vote:
AYES: SHAW, DYDA, HEIN, & MAYOR BACHARACH
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: RYAN
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CAYLEY SUIT - HEIGHT Councilman Dyda moved, seconded by
VARIATION NO. 170 Councilwoman Hein that the City Attorney
(303 x 1804) be authorized to defend the City in this
law suit. The motion carried on the
following roll call vote:
AYES: HEIN, SHAW, DYDA, & MAYOR BACHARACH
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: RYAN
(At 10:28 P.M. the City Attorney was excused from the meeting.)
STATUS REPORT Councilwoman Hein moved, seconded by
Councilman Dyda and carried that the
City Manager examine No. 25 on the status
report (Disaster Planning) and report back to the Council with recommendations on possible
action.
LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES Mayor Bacharach moved, seconded by Council-
MEETING man Dyda and carried to authorize Council-
woman Hein as the official alternate or in
her stead Councilwoman Shaw will be the
secondary alternate to represent the City at the upcoming League Meeting to be held on
Thursday, September 3rd.
SECOND COUNCIL MEETING Councilman Dyda moved, seconded by Council-
IN OCTOBER woman Hein and carried to hold the Council
meeting on October 21st instead of Oct-
ober 20th.
MIRALESTE DRAIN It was the consensus of Council to hold
a community meeting on October 14th with
residents in the Miraleste area to discuss the proposed assessment district.
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ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR:
PENINSULA PUBLIC Paragraph No. 9 of the second page of the
WORK STUDY proposed Professional Services Agreement
(1204) for a study for Delivery of Public Works
Services for Peninsula Area Cities and
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District was amended by adding the following:
"Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills Estates and the Peninsula Unified School District each
shall pay a maximum of $8,000 of the total contract costs."
Councilman Dyda moved, seconded by Councilwoman Shaw to approve the agreement as amended.
The motion carried on the following roll call vote:
AYES: HEIN, SHAW, DYDA & MAYOR BACHARACH
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: RYAN
ADJOURNMENT At 10:45 P.M. the meeting adjourned on
motion of Councilman Dyda, seconded by
Councilwoman Shaw and carried.
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DONALD F. GULUZZY, CITY CLERK &
EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
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