CC MINS 19780613 ADJ M I N U T E S
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR ADJOURNED MEETING
JUNE 13, 1978
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Dyda at 7:40 P.M. at the Palos Verdes
Unified School District Building at 30942 Hawthorne Boulevard, notice having
been given with affidavit thereto on file. Roll call was answered as follows:
PRESENT: RYAN, SHAW, HEIN AND MAYOR DYDA
LATE ARRIVAL: BUERK (7:45 P.M.)
Also present were City Manager Wood, Administrative Services Officer George Wunderlin,
Community Services Officer Bandy, Parks & Rec. Director Law, and Administrative
Assistant Trish Hanelin.
An item regarding Cable T.V. was added to the agenda.
PUBLIC HEARING:
PROPOSED USE OF Notice having been given as required by law,
REVENUE SHARING FUNDS Mayor Dyda declared the Public Hearing open.
(601)
The City Manager reported that it was pro-
posed to transfer $334,020 of Revenue Sharing
Funds to the Parks and Recreation Fund to be used for capital acquisitions.
There being no one present in the audience who wished to speak on the subject of
the Public Hearing, Mayor Dyda declared the hearing closed.
It was moved by Councilman Ryan, seconded by Councilwoman Shaw and carried un-
animously to accept the Staff recommendation on proposed use of Revenue Sharing
Funds.
1978-79 FISCAL YEAR Notice having been given as required by law,
BUDGET Mayor Dyda declared the hearing open. After
(602) discussion by the Council, it was agreed to
close the public hearing with the understand-
ing that it would be renoticed after the
revised budget has been prepared.
APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS The Director of Parks and Recreation provided
UNDER THE ROBERTI Z'BERG a Staff report on the proposed use of the
URBAN OPEN SPACE & REC. grant funds.
PROGRAM -
RESOLUTION 78-41 RESOLUTION NO. 78-41 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
(1201) THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES APPROVED
APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS UNDER THE ROBERTI-
Z'BERG URBAN OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION PROGRAM
was read by title and adopted on motion of Councilman Ryan and seconded by Council-
woman Hein. The motion carried unanimously.
Councilwoman Hein moved to appropriate the necessary matching funds. It was seconded
by Councilwoman Shaw and carried on the following roll call vote:
AYES: RYAN, SHAW, HEIN, BUERK AND MAYOR DYDA
NOES: NONE
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SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT After some discussion by Mayor Dyda, it was
CONTRACT moved by Councilman Ryan and seconded by
(601) Councilwoman Shaw to establish a policy
that Summer Youth Employees in the Rancho
Palos Verdes program shall not be reimbursed
for educational or recreational time. The motion carried unanimously.
NEXT BUDGET WORK It was agreed that the next budget work
SESSION session will be held on July 11, 1978.
(602)
CABLE T.V. Councilman Ryan introduced the subject with
FRANCHISE a request to change the franchise ordinance
(605) to read that the Cable Company may institute
a new rate, but that the City shall then
have 90 days to review it. He suggested that
it be adopted as an urgency ordinance at the next Council meeting. There was con-
siderable discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of rate regulation and
several alternative approaches were set forth.
It was moved by Councilman Buerk, seconded by Councilwoman Hein to have staff pre-
pare a report for the June 20 agenda on the alternatives that were discussed and to
send copies of all relevant materials _to each homeowners association and invite pub-
lic comment through the posting of public notices. Councilman Ryan moved, seconded
by Councilwoman Shaw to amend the motion and delete the mailing to the homeowners
associations and the posted notices and instead to have a news release. The amended
motion carried 3 - 2. A five minute recess was called.
The meeting was reconvened at 9:24 P.M. with the same members present.
LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS Mayor Dyda gave a report on sales tax re-
AND STRATEGY distribution effort.
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It was moved by Councilman Ryan and seconded
by Councilman Buerk to authorize the City
Attorney to pursue the subject. The motion carried unanimously.
Mayor Dyda reported on a property tax study and Councilman Ryan reported on a
report by the County Economy and Efficiency Committee.
The Council then prepared a seven point policy program discussing interim and long
term actions that should be taken as a result of the passage of Proposition 13.
Staff was requested to prepare a letter incorporating the seven points for Council
approval at the June 20th meeting. The letter will be sent to the Governor,
Legislature, Board of Supervisors, all contract cities and any other appropriate
bodies. The letter will include a request that the recipient respond to the seven
point proposal.
It was then agreed that, based on the seven policies, the Legislative Subcommittee
could act on any urgency measures that come up in the Legislature that require
action before a Council meeting.
After some discussion, Mayor Dyda agreed to call League of California Cities
Headquarters in Sacramento to express the City's opposition to any action by
the League to support litigation to overturn Proposition 13.
It was agreed that Staff would provide the Council with a portfolio of possible
budget cuts, but that the Council would have to decide on service level cuts.
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ADJOURNMENT At 11:00 P.M. it was moved by Councilman
Ryan and seconded by Mayor Dyda to adjourn
to a Coastal Work Session on June 19th.
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ATTEST:
LEONARD G. WOOD, CITY CLERK AND
EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
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