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RANCHO PALOS VERDES REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
REGULAR MEETING
FEBRUARY 7, 1995
Upon recessing the City Council meeting at 9:05 P.M. the Rancho
Palos Verdes Redevelopment Agency was called to order by Chairman
Lee Byrd in the Hesse Park Community Center, 29301 Hawthorne
Boulevard.
PRESENT: LYON, McTAGGART, BROOKS & CHAIRMAN BYRD
ABSENT: NONE
Also present were Executive Director Paul Bussey, Assistant
Executive Director Pamela Antil, Director of Public Works Trent
Pulliam, Director of Planning Bret Bernard, Agency Secretary Jo
Purcell and Agency Attorney Carol Lynch.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Member Brooks moved, seconded by Member
McTaggart, to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried.
APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR:
Lois Larue, 3136 Barkentine Road, spoke to the cost of the GPS
monitoring contract with Charles Abbott and questioned if
expenditures for monitoring of the wells was within budget.
Chairman Byrd explained that setting GPS monitoring system on the
wells took longer than expected and that some of the initial data
gathered was incorrect but the situation was now corrected and the
project was on track.
Member Brooks moved, seconded by Member McTaggart to approve the
Consent Calendar as follows:
WAIVER OF READING
Adopted a motion to waive reading in full of all ordinances and
resolutions adopted at the meeting with consent to the waiver of
reading deemed to be given by all members after the reading of the
title.
MINUTES (1900 x 301)
Approved the minutes of October 4, December 6, 20, 19 9 4 and January
3, 1995.
RESOL. NO. RDA 95-01 (1900 X 602)
ADOPTED RESOL. NO. RDA 95-01 THE REGISTER OF DEMANDS.
RESOL. NO. RDA 95-02 - BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR GPS MONITORING
(1) Adopted Resol. No. Rda 95-02 amending Resolution No. RDA 94-7,
the Redevelopment Agency budget appropriation for fiscal year 1994-
95, for a budget adjustment to the Portuguese Bend fund. (2)
Authorized the Agency Chairman and Secretary to execute an
agreement with PV Land Holdings for reimbursement for costs
associated with GPS monitoring on their property in Portuguese
Bend.
The motion to approve the consent calendar carried on the following
roll call vote:
AYES: LYON, McTAGGART, BROOKS & CHAIRMAN BYRD
NOES: NONE
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RESOL. NO. RDA 95-03 - MEETING TIME (1900)
Agency Secretary Purcell presented the staff report of February 7
and the recommendation that the Board adopt the proposed resolution
moving the Agency's meetings forward to be held after the 8: 30 p.m.
City Council recess or as soon thereafter as the business of the
City Council permitted.
Member Brooks moved, seconded by Member McTaggart to adopt
RESOL. NO. RDA 95-03 OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY AMENDING THE AGENCY'S BY-LAWS. Motion carried.
MID-YEAR BUDGET REVIEW
Executive Director Bussey presented the February 7 staff report
which provided the Board with an overview of the revenues,
expenditures and fund balances for the 1994-95 fiscal year.
The Board's discussion focused on the completion of the
environmental assessment work related to the removal of the
bentonite material from the Portuguese Bend landslide area as
described in the Capital Improvement Capital Improvement Program.
Mr. Bussey reported that monthly updates would be issued on this
project.
As discovered during a recent field trip of the landslide area, the
Board reported Dr. Ehlig's concern about the practice of spreading
thick blankets of material in that area. This practice apparently
saturates the ground and is detrimental to the abatement of the
slide and it was Dr. Ehlig's recommendation that such practice be
stopped.
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Upon the Board's inquiry about L. A. County's use of the bentonite
removed from the slide area, it was the consensus that staff should
determine if the County or some other entity was still interested
in using this material.
Member Brooks moved, seconded by Member McTaggart to adopt the
staff recommendation to receive and file the report. Motion
carried.
AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (1900 X 1203)
Senior Planner Rojas presented the staff report of February 7 and
the recommendation to: (1) award the contract to Impact Sciences,
Inc. (ISI) and authorize the Agency's Chairman and Secretary to
execute a professional services agreement with ISI for the
preparation of a focused environmental impact report (EIR) ; (2)
approved a funding mechanism whereby the City would pay for the up-
front cost of the Zone 2 EIR and then recoup the money from the
Zone 2 property owners as they improve or develop their properties;
and, (3) authorize staff to amend the current fiscal year budget,
or add the project as a line item expenditure to the 1995-96 fiscal
year budget by adding a minimum of $42,000 to sufficiently cover
the cost of the necessary zone 2 eir. (4) Prepare timeline of the
eir.
Mr. Rojas summarized his report which contained a detailed
background on the Board's prior agreement to consider Dr. Ehlig's
proposal that would allow limited development in the City's
landslide moratorium area by dividing the area into eight
development zones.
Continuing with his report, Rojas then detailed the proposed Zone
2 project as reported in the May 1993 memorandum by Dr. Ehlig which
defined eight zones within the landslide moratorium area each with
unique geological conditions and development constraints. Next he
focused on the EIR Funding Options and, lastly, he concluded with
the following: pursuant to the Board's previous direction, staff
obtained a cost proposal from the consultant preparing the Abalone
Cove sewer system EIR for this proposed Zone 2 EIR. Such an EIR
would analyze the environmental impacts associated with
implementing the development guidelines identified by Dr. Ehlig the
cost for which would be $42,000; additionally, staff identified two
viable funding options for the Board to consider. Lastly, he
recommended that the Board pay for the upfront cost of the Zone 2
EIR and then recoup the cost from the property owners as they
improve or develop their properties in that zone.
The Agency Secretary noted that a letter expressing opposition to
this contract had been received from Jack Downhill, 20 Vanderlip
Drive and a letter from Sharon Hegetschweiler, President of the
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Portuguese Bend Community Association, in which she said that "we
do not foresee a consensus arising on funding the EIR for Zone 2
from the assets of the Association. "
Dave Ruth, 40 Cinnamon Lane, representing the Portuguese Bend
Community Association, said he was glad to see approval of the
contract with Impact Sciences but expressed hope that the 32 weeks
to prepare the EIR could be shortened. He inquired how the $10M
County loan would be repaid, how the tax increment would be handled
and he requested that Council or staff look at this tax situation
and occasionally report on whether it is on target.
Lois Larue, spoke to a number of things pertaining to the landslide
area: the land movement in the Zone 2 area, money spent to rebuild
P.V. Dr. So. , if Dr. Ehlig had set up these eight sections by
himself and, lastly, referred to a letter she distributed at the
last meeting written by Dr. Slossen.
Responding to the Board's inquiry about doing an analysis of the
geology instead of an EIR, Attorney Lynch opined that indeed the
geology could be analyzed, but that CEQA required analyzing all
other potential environmental impacts of the project also.
Member McTaggart moved, seconded by Member Lyon to approve the
staff recommendations 1 through 4; additionally, that staff
determine if any entity was still interested in using the
bentonite. Motion carried on the following roll call vote:
AYES: LYON, McTAGGART, BROOKS & CHAIRMAN BYRD
NOES: NONE
ADJOURNMENT: At 9:45 P.M. the meeting adjourned on motion of Member
Lyon.
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