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MINUTES (�E)
PLANNING COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING
JANUARY 11, 1992
The meeting was called to order at 1:35 pm by Chairman Katherman
at City Hall, 30940 Hawthorne Boulevard.
PRESENT Katherman, Byrd, Clark, Hayes, Mowlds, Alberio,
Lorenzen
ABSENT None
Also present were Acting Director of Environmental Services
Carolynn Petru and Assistant Planner Fabio de Freitas.
SITE VISITS
A. SUBREGION 1, NORTHWEST CORNER
OF PALOS VERDES DRIVE WEST AND
HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD
The Planning Commission drove onto the site from the gate on
Hawthorne Boulevard to view the location of the California
gnatcatcher territory, the proposed location of the bluff road,
residential lots and open space corridor along the bluff top,
which were all marked with colored flags. The Commission then
drove to the northern boundary of the site, west of Berry Hill
Drive, to view the existing wetlands area and the drainage course
paralleling the north property line. Present at this location
were Bill Gilmore (H.M.D.I.), Barna Szabo (Gold, Ring, Mark and
Pepper) and Richard Lichtenstein and Howard Brown (Marathon
Communications).
B. TRANSAMERICA, SOUTHWEST CORNER
OF PALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH AND
YACHT HARBOR DRIVE
The Commission met in the parking lot adjacent to the gatehouse
and walked onto the site to view the existing drainage facilities
on the bluff face, the proposed lot locations and the re -alignment
of Yacht Harbor Drive. The Commission also inspected the boundary
of the Landslide Moratorium on the west side of the site, which
was marked with red flags. Present at the site were Lyman Lokken
(Transamerica), Ron Kendricks (Kendricks & Assoc.), Bruce Arita
(P/A Architects), Lee Anne Kirby (SWA).
C. SUBREGION 7, SOUTHWEST OF PALOS
VERDES DRIVE SOUTH AND LA ROTONDA
DRIVE
The Planning Commission drove onto the site at the gate on Paseo
del Mar to view the proposed location for the western cluster of
residential lots, the location of golf holes 2 and 4 which cross a
natural ravine on the site and hole 5 which is located along the
top of the bluff. The Commission drove across the site to view
the School District property which currently being farmed. The
Commission then parked on La Rotonda Drive and walked onto the
eastern portion of the site to view Subregion 8 and its
relationship to the subject property. Present at the site were
Mike Mohler (Hon Development), Richard Lichtenstein and Cathy
Connelly (Marathon Communications), Bill Ailor (Peninsula Land
Conservancy) and Angelika Brinkman-Busi (California Native Plant
Society)
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 5:35 pm.
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