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RANCHO PALOS VERDES REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
ADJOURNED REGULAR TOWNHALL MEETING
NOVEMBER 15, 1990
The meeting was called to order at 7: 30 P.M. by Chairman
Hughes at the Ladera Linda Community Center, notice having
been given with affidavit thereto on file. After the pledge
of allegiance to the flag, roll call was answered as follows:
PRESENT: McTAGGART, BACHARACH, HINCHLIFFE, RYAN
& CHAIRMAN HUGHES
Also present were Executive Director Paul Bussey, Agency
Attorney Steve Dorsey, Assistant RDA Attorneys Bill Strausz
and Robin Harris, Agency 'Secretary Jo Purcell , Public Works
Director George Wentz , City Engineer Charles Abbott,
RDA Engineer Jon Taylor, and City Geologists Dr. Perry
Ehlig.
Chairman Hughes explained that the audience should submit
their questions in writing and that answers to those
questions would be integrated into the presentations by the
various experts.
RESOL. NO. RDA 90-24 - It was the consensus that
SETTING FORTH CERTAIN this resolution should be
COMMITMENTS RE HORAN the first item of business
SETTLEMENT of the Board. Member
McTaggart moved, seconded
by Member Bacharach to adopt the proposed' resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. RDA 90-24 OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY SETTING FORTH CERTAIN COMMITMENTS IN
CONNECTION WITH THE HORAN SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT was presented
by title and read in its entirety by the Executive Director.
Board inquiries centered on identifying what land the City
owned in the Redevelopment Agency area that was valued at
$1 , 015, 512; the breakdown of the value of the roads versus
I/ the beach in this amount; and, if the City had been paying
the ACLAD annual assessment.
The motion to adopt the resolution was carried on the
following roll call vote:
AYES: BACHARACH, McTAGGART & CHAIRMAN HUGHES
NOES: RYAN
ABSTAIN: HINCHLIFFE
GEOLOGIC STATUS OF City Geologist Perry Ehlig
LANDSLIDES & VICINITY then made a slide
presentation depicting the
various stages of the slide abatement program and the effects
of those efforts on the rate of movement. He then summarized
both his Status Report On. The Stabilization Of The Portuguese
Bend Landslide dated October 13, 1990 and the Status Report
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And Need For Proposed Remedial Measures for Abalone Cove
Landslide, dated November 15, 1990. (Both of these reports
are on file with the Agency' s Secretary. )
During the course of his presentation, Dr. Ehlig responded to
written questions submitted by residents of the area. These
questions focused on the following: why ACLAD could not do
everything necessary in the Abalone Cove area; what were the
future projects planned for the area; the status of the Army
Corps of Engineer' s report; if the water coming from the
Island View area could be directed out of the slide area;
where the installation of sewers stood on the list of
priorities; if the shoreline protection project would be
benefitting other areas besides those properties being
assessed; if the well north of P.V. Drive South had a rising
water table and if it was an active pumping well and at what
rate; and, why it was necessary to wait until the completion
of all the studies before installing the sewers.
(These written questions are on file with the Agency's
Secretary. )
ABALONE COVE IMPROVEMENT Agency Attorney Dorsey
DISTRICT - FORMATION then summarized the
Reimbursement And
Settlement Agreement entered into on October 13, 1987 between
the City and the Redevelopment Agency and the County , of Los
Angeles. (Copies of this agreement were made available to
those in attendance at the meeting. ) During the course of
his presentation, Mr. Dorsey also responded to the questions
posed by the residents. Those questions focused on the
following: how many plaintiffs are in the "Friends of the
Bend" litigation; how long the project could be delayed;. why
the assessment formula couldn't be changed; if the lien is
paid off by a resident and the tax increment pays off the
debt would the property owner be reimbursed for paying off
the lien; if the tax increment money would be first spent to
pay for the bonds; if P.V. Dr. South could be made into a
toll road; how soon after a "qualified", person died would the
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joint tenant have to pay the lien; how the members of the
Technical Panel are chosen; if property owners can buy their
own liens; how residents of the community could serve as
representatives on the Board; if, because of the Horan.
litigants, the County and the City had entered into an
agreement to place liens on resident' s property, whether the
non-Horan litigants had lost their constitutional rights;
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and if the County Board of Supervisors do not vote in favor
of the bond issue, why owners of vacant property should
continue to make payments to ACLAD. (These written questions
are on file with the Agency' s Secretary. )
TAX INCREMENT -REVENUE
AUDIT - ABALONE COVE
Frank Spevacek of the
Rosenow Spevacek Group,
LANDSLIDE ABATEMENT Inc. explained the
PROJECT various tables in their
November 15, 1990 Tax
Increment Revenue Audit For The Abalone Cove Landslide
Abatement Project: repayment schedule, the tax increment
projection model , projected growth in the RDA fund deposits,
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P ro 'ected draw down on bond proceeds, original debt service
projected
and debt service schedule in year 17 . (This
November 15, 1990 report is on file with the Agency' s
Secretary. )
RECESS & RECONVENE At 9: 35 P.M. Chairman
Hughes declared a recess .
The meeting reconvened at 9: 50 P.M.
HORAN PLAINTIFFS Representing the Horan
plaintiffs was their
attorney Ron Beck, who voiced support for the resolution
adopted by the Board.
PORTUGUESE BEND Steve Goppert,
HOMEOWNERS ASSOC. representing the Portu-
guese Bend Homeowners
Association requested that the Board prepare a plan of where
the money has been spent and the anticipated expenditures.
He suggested the Board adopt a policy to perform the projects
in the order recommended by the panel of experts.
Responding to an audience regarding citizen participation on
the Board, Mr. Dorsey explained the conflict of interest
restrictions placed on board members should they live in the
Redevelopment Agency area.
Sharon Hegetschweiler, 6 Clovetree Place, suggested that the
Board appoint Steve Goppert to serve on the Board and
requested that the citizens have a bigger part in gathering
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John Horn, 3 Plum Tree, questioned the equity of the
assessment formula on homes versus vacant property.
ADJOURNMENT Member McTaggart moved,
seconded by Member
Bacharach to adjourn the
meeting, the time being
11: 13 P.M.
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