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600 City Council Meeting 12-19-2016 - Adjourned Regular MeetingMINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS, CALIFORNIA MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2016 CALL TO ORDER An adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rolling Hills was called to order by Mayor Dieringer at 7:01 p.m. in the City Council Chamber at City Hall, 2 Portuguese Bend Road, Rolling Hills, California. ROLL CALL Councilmembers Present: Black, Mirsch, Wilson and Mayor Dieringer. Councilmembers Absent: Pieper (excused). Others Present: Raymond R. Cruz, City Manager. Heidi Luce, City Clerk. OPEN AGENDA - PUBLIC COMMENT WELCOME None. CONSENT CALENDAR None. COMMISSION ITEMS None. PUBLIC HEARINGS None. OLD BUSINESS None. NEW BUSINESS RESOLUTION NO. 1201 — A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS, CALIFORNIA PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT TO THE OFFICES OF THIS CITY THAT WERE TO BE ELECTED ON TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017 AND CANCELLING SAID ELECTION. Mayor Dieringer introduced the item and asked if there were any questions on the staff report or on the Resolution presented for consideration. Hearing none and seeing no members of the public present to comment on the matter, she called for a motion. Mayor Pro Tem Black moved that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 1201 appointing Bea Dieringer and Jeff Pieper to the Rolling Hills City Council and cancelling the election scheduled for March 7, 2017. Councilmember Mirsch seconded the motion, which carried without objection. MATTERS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND MEETING ATTENDANCE REPORTS Councilmember Mirsch asked the City Council to retum the City Manager Evaluation forms that were distributed to the City Council in November to her by Tuesday, January 17, 2017. MATTERS FROM STAFF City Manager Cruz reported that the old controller box for the traffic signal at Palos Verdes Drive North and Rolling Hills Road/Portuguese Bend Road was removed and work at the intersection is nearing completion. � T CLOSED SESSION None. ADJOURNMENT Hearing no further business before the City Council, Mayor Dieringer adjourned the meeting at 7:04 p.m. The next regular meeting of the City Council is scheduled to be held on Monday, January 9, 2017 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber at City Hall, 2 Portuguese Bend Road, Rolling Hills, California. Respectfully submitted, qle aAw Heidi Luce City Clerk Approved, a Dieringer Mayor Minutes City Council Meeting 12-19-16 CITY OF ROLLING HILLS PROOF OF SERVICE BY MAIL AND POSTING STATE OF CALIFORNIA ss COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES I am a citizen of the United States. 1 am over the age of eighteen years and not a party to the within proceeding; my business address is 2 Portuguese Bend Road, Rolling Hills, California. On the 15'" day of December, 2016, I serve the within City Council Meeting - 12/19/16 Adjourned Regular Meeting a copy of which is annexed hereto and made a part hereof, and the person, or persons, named below were emailed or mailed the agenda: E -MAILED MAILED DropBox DELIVERED RH Web site listSery City Attorney City Manager CouncilMembers City Council Dieringer, Pieper, Black, Mirsch and Wilson Also posted at City Hall, at www.Rolling-Hills.org and PDF's in DropBox. I declare under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on the 15'" day of December, 2016 at Rolling Hills, California. Ewa Nikodem Administrative Assistant r gee', ail Silk, geigi INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 AGENDA ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2016 7:00 P.M. NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CA 90274 (310) 377-1521 FAX (310) 377-7288 CITY COUNCIL CITY OF ROLLING HILLS Next Resolution No. 1201 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL Next Ordinance No. 349 3. OPEN AGENDA - PUBLIC COMMENT WELCOME This is the appropriate time for members of the public to make comments regarding the items on the consent calendar or items not listed on this agenda. Pursuant to the Brown Act, no action will take place on any items not on the agenda. 4. CONSENT CALENDAR NONE. 5. COMMISSION ITEMS NONE. 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS NONE. 7. OLD BUSINESS NONE. 8. NEW BUSINESS A. RESOLUTION NO. 1201 — A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS, CALIFORNIA PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT TO THE OFFICES OF THIS CITY THAT WERE TO BE ELECTED ON TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017 AND CANCELLING SAID ELECTION. 9. MATTERS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND MEETING ATTENDANCE REPORTS Page I of 2 / 10. MATTERS FROM STAFF 11. CLOSED SESSION NONE. 12. ADJOURNMENT Next meeting: Monday, January 9, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, Rolling Hills City Hall, 2 Portuguese Bend Road, Rolling Hills, California. Public Comment is welcome on any item prior to City Council action on the item. Documents pertaining to an agenda item received after the posting of the agenda are available for review in the City Clerk's office or at the meeting at which the item will be considered. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting due to your disability, please contact the City Clerk at (310) 377-1521 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility and accommodation for your review of this agenda and attendance at this meeting. City Council Agenda 12/19/16 Page 2 of 2 TO: FROM: THRU: SUBJECT: DATE: ger, Ra� qeyea INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CA 90274 (310) 377-1521 FAX (310) 377-7288 Agenda Item No.: 8-A Mtg. Date: 12/19/16 HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL HEIDI LUCE, CITY CLERK RAYMOND R. CRUZ, CITY MANAGER PAL RESOLUTION NO. 1201 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS, CALIFORNIA PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT TO THE OFFICES OF THIS CITY THAT WERE TO BE ELECTED ON TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017. DECEMBER 19, 2016 ATTACHMENT: Notice of Insufficient Nominees Resolution No. 1201 BACKGROUND On October 24, 2016, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 1192 calling for the holding of General Municipal Election in the City of Rolling Hills on March 7, 2017 to elect two Members of the City Council. A notice of the election and advising of the nomination process was published in the Palos Verdes Peninsula News and posted at City Hall and on the City's web site on November 3, 2016. Furthermore, a notice advising of the nomination process was included in the Citywide newsletters mailed to all residents in October and November. As of the close of the nomination period on December 9, 2016 at 5:00 p.m., only the incumbents, Mayor Bea Dieringer and Councilmember Jeff Pieper qualified as candidates for City Council. Furthermore, they were also the only two candidates to express an interest in running for City Council and to pull nomination papers. When there are no more candidates nominated than offices to be elected, § 10229 of the Elections Code allows one of the following courses of action to be taken by the City Council, upon proper notice to the electorate: -1- 1. Appoint to the office the persons who have been nominated; 2. Appoint to the office any eligible voter if no one has been nominated; or 3. Hold the election if either no one or only one person has been nominated. The City Council has previously expressed its intent to appoint the persons nominated and cancel the election if such a situation arose. As required by § 10229 of the Elections Code, a notice advising that there are not more candidates than offices to be elected (attached) was posted at City Hall and published in the Daily Breeze on Wednesday, December 14, 2016. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council consider and adopt Resolution No. 1201 appointing Bea Dieringer and Jeff Pieper to the offices for which they were nominated and cancelling the election scheduled to be held on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. HL: Cancel Election-staffreport.docx a/Raga, Vii'.e INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CA 90274 (310) 377-1521 FAX (310) 377-7288 NOTICE THAT THERE ARE NOT MORE CANDIDATES THAN OFFICES TO BE ELECTED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to § 10229 of the Elections Code of the State of California relating to the General Municipal Election in the City Rolling of Hills to be held on Tuesday, March 7, 2017: ,.,, -` As of the close of the nomination period on December 9, 2016, there are not more candidates than offices to be elected. The persons so nominated for Member of the City Council are: Bea Dieringer Jeff Pieper That § 10229 of the Elections Code allows one of the following courses of action to be taken by the City Council: 1. Appoint to the office the persons who have been nominated. 2. Appoint to the office any eligible voter if no one has been nominated. 3. Hold the election if either no one or only one person has been nominated. The City Council will meet on December 19, 2016, to either make the appointments or direct an election to be held. The person appointed, if any, shall qualify and take office and serve exactly as if elected at a municipal election for the office. If, by the 75th day before the municipal election, no person has been appointed to the offices pursuant to (1) or (2) above, the election shall be held. If the City Council makes an appointment pursuant to § 10229 of the Elections Code, the City Clerk shall not accept for filing any statement of write-in candidacy which is submitted after the appointment is made. cks bhp Heidi Luce City Clerk Dated: December 12, 2016 Published once in the Daily Breeze on Wednesday, December 14, 2016. THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK RESOLUTION NO. 1201 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS, CALIFORNIA PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT TO THE OFFICES OF THIS CITY THAT WERE TO BE ELECTED ON TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017. WHEREAS, pursuant to § 10229 of the Elections Code of the State of California, as of the close of the nomination period on December 9, 2016, there are not more candidates than offices to be elected and that § 10229 of the Elections Code allows one of the following courses of action to be taken by the City Council: 1. Appoint to the office the person who has been nominated. 2. Appoint to the office any eligible voter if no one has been nominated. 3. Hold the election if either no one or only one person has been nominated. WHEREAS, a notice was published on December 14, 2016 in a newspaper of general circulation pursuant to law. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: = SECTION 1. That pursuant to § 10229 of the Elections Code of the State of California, the following action is being taken: The following persons are being appointed to the offices to which they were nominated, and are considered to be the same as being elected, pursuant to § 10229(a)(3) of the Elections Code: Name: Office Term Bea Dieringer Member of the City Council 3 years, eight months Jeff Pieper Member of the City Council 3 years, eight months SECTION 2. The election scheduled to be held on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, is now canceled. SECTION 3. The person(s) appointed, if any, shall qualify and take office and serve exactly as if elected at a municipal election for the office. SECTION 4. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of December, 2016. BEA DIERINGER MAYOR Resolution No. 1201 -1- ATTEST: HEIDI LUCE CITY CLERK STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES CITY OF ROLLING HILLS The foregoing Resolution No. 1201 entitled: SS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT TO THE OFFICES OF THIS CITY THAT WERE TO BE ELECTED ON TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017. was approved and adopted at an adjourned regular meeting of the City Council on the 19th day of December, 2016 by the following roll call vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: HEIDI LUCE CITY CLERK Resolution No. 1201 -2-