CC MINS 19751202 M I NUT E S
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
Regular Meeting
December 2, 1975
The Mayor called the meeting to order at 7:34 p.m. at the Palos Verdes Peninsula
Unified School District Building, 30942 Hawthorne Boulevard. Following the Pledge
of Allegiance to the Flag, roll call was answered as follows:
PRESENT: Councilmen Gunther Buerk, Ken Dyda, F. D. Ruth, Robert Ryan,
and Mayor Marilyn Ryan
ABSENT: None
Also present were City Manager Leonard G. Wood, Acting City Attorney Steve Dorsey,
Planning Director Sharon Hightower, Administrative Services Officer George Wunderlin,
Public Works Director Dennis Pikus, Administrative Assistant Janice DuPar, and
Deputy City Clerk Dee Krebs.
AUDIENCE QUESTION - Mr. Jack Gasner, 3831 Pirate Drive, voiced
FORRESTAL IMPROVEMENT objection to a transformer-switch structure
DISTRICT being placed in the parkway in front of his
(901) home in connection with the Forrestal under-
grounding project. Council discussion in-
cluded cost to relocate the structure and
Councilman Dyda asked the City Attorney to advise the City concerning the legality
of issuing a change order that would increase assessment. It was moved by Council-
man Buerk, seconded by Councilman Ruth, and carried to direct staff to take cor-
rective action to reduce the impact of the transformer structure in front of
Mr. Gasner's property.
WAIVER OF FULL READING OF It was moved by Councilman Dyda, seconded by
ORDINANCES & RESOLUTIONS Councilman Ryan, and carried unanimously, to
waive further reading in full of all ord-
inances and resolutions adopted at the meet-
ing with consent to the waiver of reading deemed to be given by all Council members
after reading of the title, unless specific request was made at that time for the
reading of such ordinance or resolution.
CONSENT CALENDAR Councilman Buerk requested a correction of
the Minutes of November 18, 1975. Council-
man Dyda moved, seconded by Councilman Ryan,
and carried to approve the recommended ac-
tion for items on the Consent Calendar as
presented, except for Minutes of November 18.
MINUTES Approved Minutes of November 6, 10, and 11,
1975.
RES. NO. 75-96 Approved RESOLUTION NO. 75-96 OF THE CITY
SETTING PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
RE: FORRESTAL UNDERGROUNDING SETTING THE TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC
(901) HEARING TO DETERMINE WHETHER PUBLIC NECES-
SITY, HEALTH, SAFETY, OR WELFARE REQUIRES
THE FORMATION OF AN UNDERGROUND UTILITY
DISTRICT IN THE AREA ALONG AND ADJACENT TO
VIGILANCE DRIVE, PHANTOM DRIVE, HEROIC DRIVE,
SEARAVEN DRIVE, PIRATE DRIVE AND FORRESTAL
DRIVE.
RES. NO. 75-97 Approved RESOLUTION NO. 75-97 OF THE CITY
SETTING PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
RE: P.V. DR. SOUTH UNDERGROUNDING SETTING THE TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC
(901) HEARING TO DETERMINE WHETHER PUBLIC NECES-
SITY, HEALTH, SAFETY, OR WELFARE REQUIRES
THE FORMATION OF AN UNDERGROUND UTILITY
DISTRICT IN THE AREA ALONG AND ADJACENT TO
PALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH, 25th STREET, AND
PASEO DEL MAR.
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SPEED ZONES Referred speed zoning topic to the Traffic
(1502) Committee.
ENVIRONMENTAL EXCISE TAX Denied appeal from Dayton Realty concerning
Dayton Realty reimbursement of environmental excise tax.
(1501)
MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 18, 1975 Corrections to the Minutes were as follows:
on page 413, under heading "Formation of
New County" the motion was amended to read
"intent to authorize up to $1,000 in support of a study with other South Bay cities
for formation of a new county, subject to approval of joint powers agreement". The
Minutes of November 18, 1975 were then approved as amended.
ORD. NO. 79 ORDINANCE NO. 79 OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
DOG LICENSES VERDES PROVIDING FOR DOG LICENSING RECIPRO-
(104 x 202) CITY AND AMENDING THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES
MUNICIPAL CODE was read by title, first
reading having been given on November 18,
1975. It was moved by Councilman Dyda, seconded by Councilman Ruth, and carried
unanimously to adopt the ordinance on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Buerk, Dyda, Ruth, R. Ryan, M. Ryan
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ORD. NO. 80 ORDINANCE NO. 80 OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
PLANNING COMMISSION VERDES CREATING A PLANNING COMMISSION AND
(1212) AMENDING THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL
CODE was read by title, first reading having
been given on November 18, 1975. It was
moved by Councilman Ryan, seconded by Councilman Dyda, and unanimously carried to
adopt the ordinance on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Buerk, Dyda, Ruth, R. Ryan, M. Ryan
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
RES. NO. 75-98 On motion of Councilman Buerk, seconded by
CALLING A Councilman Dyda, and carried unanimously,
MUNICIPAL ELECTION the City Council adopted RESOLUTION NO.
(501) 75-98 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CALLING AND GIVING
NOTICE OF THE HOLDING OF A GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, THE 2ND DAY OF MARCH, 1976, FOR THE
ELECTION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS OF SAID CITY AS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RELATING TO GENERAL LAW CITIES.
RES. NO. 75-99 Councilman Buerk asked that the word "com-
COUNTY SERVICES FOR puter" be substituted for the phrase "IBM"
MUNICIPAL ELECTION in the resolution. It was moved by Council-
(501) man Dyda, seconded by Councilman Ryan, and
carried unanimously, to adopt, as amended,
RESOLUTION NO. 75-99 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY
OF LOS ANGELES TO PERMIT THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS OF SAID COUNTY TO RENDER SPECIFIED
SERVICES TO THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF A GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON MARCH 2, 1976.
RES. NO. 75-100 Following Council discussion, the following
CONFERENCE POLICY changes were made to Resolution No. 75-100:
(1102) Section 3 (f) ; it was moved, seconded and
carried with Councilman Buerk voting no, to
change "miscellaneous meetings" to "City
related trips". It was moved, seconded and carried that 3 (e) be eliminated. The
motion was defeated with Councilman Buerk voting in favor of the motion. The motion
to change attendance at conferences within the state from two to one was defeated
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with Councilman Buerk voting in favor of the motion. Under that same section (4c) ,
it was moved, seconded and carried to add: "without Council approval" to the end
of the sentence. Under Section 5, it was moved, seconded and carried to insert
"when held in Continental United States or Canada" immediately following "Interna-
tional City Management Association Annual Conference." Under Section 6, the motion
to reduce conferences per department from three to one was defeated with Councilman
Buerk voting for the motion. It was moved, seconded and carried, with Councilman
Buerk voting no, to insert the phrase "all daily expenses" in the first sentence of
Section 7 following the term "allowed for". Under Section 8, it was moved, seconded
and carried to amend the last sentence as follows: "Should a personal vehicle be
used for travel, the transportation allowance shall be based on the City's prevail-
ing mileage reimbursement rate but shall not exceed equivalent air fare for the same
distance traveled". It was moved, seconded and carried to incorporate Councilman
Buerk's suggestion to include a conference evaluation report in the reading file as
(c) of Section 10. On motion of Councilman Dyda, seconded by Councilman Ryan,
Section 12 was added, calling for the staff, committees and commission to submit,
during the budget process, an estimate for trip expenditures for the following year.
Whereupon, it was moved by Councilman Ruth, seconded by Councilman Dyda, and carried
with Councilman Buerk voting in opposition, to adopt amended RESOLUTION NO. 75-100
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR CITY
OFFICIALS AND CITY PERSONNEL ATTENDING CONFERENCES.
RECESS At 9:00 p.m. , a brief recess was called.
Meeting reconvened at 9:08 p.m. , with the
same members present.
NIKE SITE USE REPORT Consideration of the Arthur D. Little, Inc.
(1109) report on reuse analysis of the Nike Site was
deferred until the next Regular meeting.
VERDE RIDGE ROAD Public Works Director summarized his report
(1503) concerning Council's request that a proposal
be obtained from a consulting engineer for the
investigation and recommendation of possible
alternative designs for restraining barriers on Verde Ridge Road, and asked for
authorization to engage South Bay Engineering to investigate and recommend an appro-
priate solution.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hanel, 6983 Verde Ridge Road, told Council a runaway vehicle had
recently crashed into their home and urged Council to take action to erect a barrier.
City Council discussion included the following: contributory negligence as defined
by the Court and the scope of the City's liability for any death or injuries occur-
ing to drivers of vehicles striking a City erected barrier. Council emphasized the
need to consider the safety of the residents, traffic safety, cost and aesthetics and
stressed that the Council did not want alternative designs but requested the consul-
tants apply their expertise to meet the objectives pointed out. Councilman Dyda re-
quested City Attorney determine whether the City Council is required to call for bids.
It was moved by Councilman Dyda, seconded by Councilman Buerk, and carried unani-
mously, to direct staff to proceed and to consider the safety of the residents,
traffic safety, cost and aesthetics in the construction investigation and design, and
prepare a bid package as expeditiously as possible.
MEDIAN STRIPS Council reviewed staff recommendations on land-
(1404) scaping and maintenance of median strips and
accepted recommendations unanimously with the
exception of Recommendation #5, which was mo-
dified on motion of Councilman Dyda, seconded by Councilman Ryan, with Councilman
Ruth voting in opposition, to read: "allocate $2,500 for the landscaping of Peacock
Ridge." Under Recommendation #6, it was moved, seconded and carried to amend the
recommendation as follows: "allocate $3,500 for the design of new, low maintenance
landscaping for the following areas" with sound attenuation to be a consideration for
the Hawthorne Boulevard frontage - Shorewood/Alvarez. Council asked that City Manager
transmit a letter to Rolling Hills Estates requesting them to repair the fence and
post on Silver Spur median strip.
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MUNICIPAL ELECTION It was moved by Councilman Dyda, seconded by
(501) Councilman Ryan, and carried to accept staff
recommendations to release for circulation
the candidate and voter information material
and approve the use of a computerized ballot utilizing the BMX tabulator for the
municipal election.
MAPPING SYSTEM Consideration of the mapping system for the
(1203) City was tabled until the next Regular meeting.
P.V. DRIVE EAST WALKWAY It was moved by Mayor Ryan, seconded by
AWARD OF CONTRACT Councilman Dyda, and carried, with Councilman
(1404) Buerk abstaining, to award the Cash Contract
8737X for walkway project on Palos Verdes
Drive East to Sully Miller Construction Company
and reject all other bids.
EDAW PROPOSAL Following discussion, Council asked City
RE: SPECIFIC PLAN Attorney to determine whether second parcel
(701) included in the Specific Plan was under the
same time constraint as the first parcel and
directed staff to prepare for the next regular
meeting an outline and schedule for the second parcel. It was moved by Councilman
Dyda, seconded by Councilman Buerk, and carried unanimously, to authorize Mayor to
sign agreement with EDAW for consulting services on the General Plan, not to exceed
$20,000.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT It was moved by Councilman Dyda, seconded by
ACT FUNDING Councilman Buerk, and carried unanimously, not
(601) to apply for funds for 1976-77.
PARCEL MAP NO. 7526 It was moved by Councilman Ryan, seconded by
(1410) Councilman Ruth, and unanimously carried, to
approve Parcel Map No. 7526, accept the ease-
ment as offered for dedication on said map,
and make the findings as follows: (a) that the City Council, pursuant to Section
66473.5 of the Subdivision Map Act, hereby finds that the subject division of land,
together with the provision for its design and improvements, is consistent with
the General Plan required by Article 5 (commencing with Section 65300) of Chapter 3
of Division 1 of the Government Code and with any specific plan adopted pursuant
to Article 8 (commencing with Section (65450) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of the
Government Code; (b) the City Council, pursuant to Section 66474.6 of the Sub-
division Map Act, hereby finds that the discharge of waste from the subject divi-
sion of land into any existing community sewer system will not result in violation
of existing requirements prescribed by a California Regional Water Quality Control
Board pursuant to Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code;
(c) the City Council hereby finds that the provisions of Sections 66474 and 66474.1
of the Subdivision Map Act have been considered; (d) the City Council, pursuant to
Sections 66436(1) and 66445(f) of the Subdivision Map Act, hereby finds that
Meine Construction Company, subdivider of the subject division of land, has, in
good faith, attempted to secure the signature of Palos Verdes Corporation, ease-
ment holder, and accepts the map without the signature of said easement holder.
POINT VICENTE Community Services Officer summarized the
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS petition request by residents of Tiara Del
(1503) Mar area to have the City establish and main-
tain an easement for direct access to the
Point Vicente Elementary School. Following
discussion, Council referred the matter to the Traffic Committee for consideration.
KALIN LETTER Following discussion regarding Mr. Kalin's
RE: FIREWORKS letter concerning his complaint that the
(603) discharge of fireworks at Marineland had a
detrimental effect on animals, and whether
the fireworks program did have any impact on
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animals, it was moved by Councilman Ruth, seconded by Councilman Dyda, to receive
and file Mr. Kalin's letter and ask staff to prepare an amendment to the fire code,
with staff to implement a procedure to allow for submission of fireworks applica-
tions to permit sufficient time for staff review and consideration.
AMENDMENT TO Ms Jo Chiles, representing Tor Petterson, asked
GENERAL PLAN Council to consider an amendment to the General
Request by Tor Petterson Plan which would allow a commercial zoning
(701) designation to be placed on Lot 2 of Tract
26414.
Following discussion, Council directed staff to compile by December 31, any items
that have to do with amending the General Plan and bring to Council attention at
the Regular meeting of January 6, 1976, along with procedures and time schedule
for implementing the amendment process.
RES. NO. 75-95 It was moved by Councilman Dyda, seconded by
REGISTER OF DEMANDS Councilman Ryan, and carried unanimously, to
adopt RESOLUTION NO. 75-95 OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES ALLOWING
CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DEMANDS IN THE SUM OF $633,233.59, DEMAND NUMBERS 1748 THROUGH
1789, AND THE PAYMENT OF A CLAIM AND DEMAND IN THE SUM OF $8,000.00 AGAINST THE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANT PROJECT NO. 07-6-09486-26 ACCOUNT DEMAND NUMBER 3, on
the following roll call vote:
AYES: Buerk, Dyda, Ruth, R. Ryan and M. Ryan
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
P.V.E. UNIVERSITY Councilman Dyda indicated he and Councilman
SUBDIVISON Ruth are continuing to meet with agents for
(310) the development and will soon be discussing
with them the possibilities of more restric-
tive CC & R's, landscaping control and siting
on a number of parcels. The councilmen indicated they plan to keep the Golden
Meadow homeowners informed and attend their meetings.
ANIMAL CONTROL City Manager indicated staff to meet with
(104) Council subcommittee concerning the amendment
to the Animal Control agreement.
COASTAL COMMISSION It was moved by Councilman Dyda, seconded by
(309) Councilman Buerk, to designate Ms Barbara Hein
to be the City's liaison to research Coastal
Zone Commission procedures and to keep the
Council informed regarding changes contemplated by the Commission.
NOISE & LITTER The problem of noise and litter at the end of
Forrestal Drive Forrestal Drive adjacent to Ladera Linda School
(1403) was referred by Council to the Council subcom-
mittee considering the hanggliding situation.
STUDENT AND THE LAW PROGRAM Following discussion, it was moved by Council-
(1401 x 1206) man Dyda, seconded by Councilman Ryan, and
unanimously carried to fund the Student and
the Law program for the second semester with
intent to terminate City support at that time.
NIKE SITE - Letter from Council directed staff to prepare a letter ex-
Supervisor Hayes pressing City's appreciation for Supervisor
(1109) Hayes' cooperation concerning City's utiliza-
tion of the Nike Site.
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POLITICAL SIGNS Following Planning Director's report concerning
(1801 x 501) guidelines for political signs, Council direc-
ted staff to enforce provisions as set out in
the Development Code.
PALOS VERDES PROPERTIES Councilman Ryan voiced objection to meeting
DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL with Palos Verdes Properties to discuss their
(701) amended development plan and following Council
discussion, December 11 was designated as the
date set to meet with Palos Verdes Properties.
COUNTY AID Councilman Buerk reported that the County was
TO CITIES withholding funds for road projects previously
distributed to cities as a result of revenue
from the gas tax. Mr. Buerk asked that the
City go on record as being opposed to this and, following Council discussion, Public
Works Director was asked to represent the City at an upcoming meeting to indicate
Council's concern and opposition, and request that County restore these funds to
cities.
ADJOURNMENT At 11:53 p.m. , it was moved by Councilman Dyda,
seconded by Councilman Ruth, and carried, to
adjourn the meeting to December 11, 1975,
7: 30 p.m. , in the Council chambers.
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MAYS-
LEONARD G. WOOD, CITY CLERK AND
EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
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BY ,
Deputy
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