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CL_MIN_260309_CC_F_EMINUTES – CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, March 9, 2026 Page 1 Minutes Rolling Hills City Council Monday, March 9, 2026 Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m. 1. Call To Order The City Council of the City of Rolling Hills met in person on the above date at 7:00 p.m. Mayor Dieringer presiding. 2. Roll Call Councilmembers Present: Pieper, Mirsch, Wilson, Black, Mayor Dieringer Councilmembers Absent: Staff Present: Karina Bañales, City Manager Christian Horvath, Assistant to the City Manager / City Clerk Samantha Crew, Management Analyst Reina Schaetzl, Willdan Contract Senior Planner Emma Montes, Assistant Planner Nicolas Papajohn, City Attorney 3. Pledge Of Allegiance – Councilmember Mirsch 4. Presentations / Proclamations / Announcements – None 5. Approve Order of the Agenda Motion by Councilmember Pieper seconded by Councilmember Mirsch to approve the order of the agenda. Motion carried unanimously with the following vote: AYES: Pieper, Mirsch, Wilson, Black, Mayor Dieringer NOES: None ABSENT: None 6. Blue Folder Items (Supplemental) – None 7. Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items Assistant to the City Manager / City Clerk Horvath read a letter from Roger Hawkins into the record. 8. Consent Calendar 8.A. Approve Affidavit of Posting for the City Council Regular Meeting of March 9, 2026 8.B. Approve Motion to Read by Title Only and Waive Further Reading of All Ordinances and Resolutions Listed on the Agenda 8.C. Approve the following Minutes of February 9, 2026: City Council Special Field Trip Meeting, February 23, 2026 City Council Regular Meeting 8.D. Payment of Bills MINUTES – CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, March 9, 2026 Page 2 8.E. Republic Services Recycling Tonnage and Complaint Reports for January 2026 8.F. Pulled by Mayor Dieringer 8.G. Consider and approve the Planned Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Safe, Clean Water (Measure W) Municipal Program Funds for submission to Los Angeles County Flood Control District 8.H. Receive and file the Annual Progress Reports for the General Plan and Housing Element Motion by Councilmember Pieper, seconded by Councilmember Wilson to approve the Consent Calendar except for item 8.F. Motion carried unanimously with the following vote: AYES: Pieper, Mirsch, Wilson, Black, Mayor Dieringer NOES: None ABSENT: None 9. Excluded Consent Calendar Items 8.F. Amendment to 2023 Professional Services Agreement with HQE Systems to install Fourth Siren Pole at Upper Blackwater Canyon / Portuguese Bend Road (Garden Triangle), increase compensation by $48,335.96, extend term by 1 year, find the same exempt from CEQA under CEQA Guidelines Section 15303 (Class 3), and authorize City Manager to execute Amendment Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Black, seconded by Councilmember Pieper to approve as presented. Motion carried with the following vote: AYES: Pieper, Mirsch, Black NOES: Wilson, Mayor Dieringer ABSENT: None 10. Commission Items 10.A. Receive and file Zoning Case No. 25-091: Site plan review for new construction non-exempt grading and related improvements; variances for an attached garage within the side yard areas, and finding the project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act for location at 3 Maverick Lane (Karatsu) (Lot 30-SK) Presentation by Assistant Planner Montes. Public Comment: Louie Tamaro Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Black, seconded by Councilmember Pieper to receive and file. Motion carried unanimously with the following vote: AYES: Pieper, Mirsch, Wilson, Black, Mayor Dieringer NOES: None ABSENT: None 10.B. Receive and file Zoning Case No. 25-115: Site plan review for new construction non-exempt grading and related improvements; variances for an attached garage within front yard, addition to home in side yard, and to exceed 40 percent disturbance; and finding the project MINUTES – CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, March 9, 2026 Page 3 exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act for location at 2 Williamsburg Lane (Paesano) (Lots 44, 45, & 46-A-RH) Presentation by Willdan Contract Senior Planner Schaetzl. Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Black, seconded by Councilmember Mirsch to receive and file. Motion carried unanimously with the following vote: AYES: Pieper, Mirsch, Wilson, Black, Mayor Dieringer NOES: None ABSENT: None 11. Public Hearings – None 12. Discussion Items 12.A. Adoption of Resolution No. 1404 approving Volume 1 and the Rolling Hills portion of Volume 2 within the 2026 Palos Verdes Peninsula Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Presentation by Management Analyst Crew Black & Veatch Consultant Megan Brotherton Public Comment: Judith Haenel Motion by Councilmember Mirsch, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Black to adopt Resolution No. 1404 approving Volume 1 and the Rolling Hills portion of Volume II of the 2026 Palos Verdes Peninsula Multi- Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan with correction to typos as given to staff. Motion carried unanimously with the following vote: AYES: Mirsch, Pieper, Wilson, Black, Mayor Dieringer NOES: None ABSENT: None 13. Matters From the City Council Councilmember Black requested a future agenda item regarding revisiting building heights specific to Williamsburg Lane. Mayor Dieringer also requested that staff provide information regarding Williamsburg area architecture style differences and possible justifications for any proposed height exception(s). Councilmember Black expressed his disappointment with the new City Hall landscaping. 14. Matters From Staff 14.A. Receive a verbal report regarding Bennett Landscape's invitation to participate in their 2026 Arbor Day tree planting and provide direction to staff Presentation by Assistant to the City Manager / City Clerk Horvath. The City Council directed staff to evaluate possible locations for participation in 2026, but short of a suitable location, to pass and reconsider next year. 15. Recess To Closed Session – 8:07 P.M.