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255, Cut and fill slopes as reccomm, CorrespondenceSTEPHEN J. KOONCE COUNTY ENGINEER RAYMOND W. LOOMIS CHIEF DEPUTY • COUf1TY OF LOS Af1GELES DEPARTmEf1T OF COUf1TY EfIGIf1EER-FACILITIES 550 SOUTH VERMOAT, LOS AnGELES, CA 90020 (213) 738-2011 CITY OF ROLLING HILLS February 25, 1981 Mrs. Teena Clifton, City Manager City of Rolling Hills 2 Portuguese. Bend Road Rolling Hills, California 90274 Dear Mrs. Clifton: PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL ON BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PETER F. SCHABARUM' KENNETH HAHN EDMUND D. EDELMAN DEANE DANA MICHAEL D. ANTONOVICH CONSULTANT'S REPORT BY LOCKWOOD-SINGH & ASSOCIATES FOR #4 PINE TREE (L,OT2 OF TRACT 28594) Your letter of February 11, 1981 requested a review of a geologic report by Lockwood -Singh & Associates, dated February 5, 1981, for the purpose of advising .the,. Council regarding ratification of the issuance of a building permit. We find the report to be acceptable for the Council's needs. It is presumed the report will eventually be submitted to the County for official review. Therefore, the report and pertinent review sheets by Mr. Bob Smith are returned. Apparently, the lot in question has already been approved by the Geology Section, as Lot 2 of Tract 28594. I presume, therefore that "ratification" by the Council means final approval for a permit. The Geology Section has not reviewed any site specific plans for permit issuance. This might he desired by the Council. Very truly yours, STEPHEN J. KOONCE County Engineer at- hir_e_,-„„, A. G. Keene County Geologist Environmental Development Division AGK:kc 25 Enclosure Site Address Location Developer/Owner Engineer Geologist Soils Engineer Review of: Action: Remarks: GEOLOGIC REVIEW SHEET COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEER -FACILITIES Environmental Development Division ENGINEERING GEOLOGY SECTION 738-2161 A h nd .49,s-45.e) • ! PLAN CHECK NO.bR DATE OF REPORT(S) Grading Plan No. - i✓ d / 0 I <C r'i/ v,_.S ) Building Plan No / Geologic Report Dated r/)ar , .hr � Sri' I Soils Report Dated /` 1 ar/i l4. Other I j ❑ Plan is approved ❑ Plan approved subject to conditions below Prepared b' NF SHEET / OF / DISTRIBUTION: ❑ Plan Check ❑ Dist. Engineer ❑ Developer -Owner ❑ Site Engineer ® Geologist © Soils Engineer [71 Geol. Sect. File ❑ Grading Section ❑ Plan is not approved for reasons below Cl Submit plans for recheck 7 e Q470vc- 1-9°6v Cafr1 te. aY�7j"ave w / 7 roc/ �A�c i �'�`tDVlcl ,�� ce-0 6 o `Sec-�i� 0 tI , 4e-/ l ?/7 c5" S'o cf /6/ T/7e, co nsv%71-qr-z73" oYa, ' 1eV/ cf ce7-`ie0 J-'!s c cJ ?Ior0 vea 71-4 /o /4 e. 6eo e C/ y Reviewed by cpfsv /7La Ai 45' n i o 7/0 6-dh,n /a i Date., 44/1>ar //? J, i Architecture ^ : ..`.�.�_672Silver S ur Road-. ; :."".;' :�r �'° p � _ '.: _Neil Stanton Palmer-:, �:..... Planning =`:•Palos Verdes Peninsula ',`: w_:' "> M Member `-• Engineering •: Iifornia 90274: `' 4 ' ~ American Institut elephone (213) 377 6976 of Architects Neil Stanton Palmer Architect, A.I.A. Incorporated Lj February 2, 1981 Honorable Mayor and Members of the Rolling Hills City Council Rolling Hills City Hall Rolling Hills, California 90274 Members of the Council Re: Goldberg Residence/Owner compromises to meet Art Jury and Planning Commission recommendations The Goldbergs have made extensive compromises in their planning in an effort to achieve harmony between the Art Jury and the Planning Commission and we feel that the plan agreed upon by all parties is a much better plan for the city and for the Goldbergs. However, it has increased the construction cost by approximately $125,000. The following list covers the major compromises made: 1. The cut and fill has been balanced as requested by the Art Jury thus eliminating 3,000 cubic feet ofimported fill. 2. They have provided increased flat pad area around the house including play yard and terraces per Planning Commission's desires.. 3. The Goldbergs have completely rearranged their floor plan several times in order to accomodate the Art Jury and the Planning Commission's desires. 4. The overall size of the house has been reduced. 5. The Goldbergs have accepted a two car garage door with tandem parking rather than the three car garage previously planned for. 6. The house has been separated into two wings in order to allow for a pool patio on thepad level of the house. February 2, 1981 Page 2. _I 7. The house is stepped two and one half feet vertically across their 34' width in order to follow the terrain of land as much as possible. 8. The terrace level has been lowered one and one half feet below the living level of the house, to follow the terrain of the land and help balance the cut and fill. 9. The Goldbergs are providing for a vegetation screen between the house and Pine Tree Lane. 10. The terraces follow the shape ofthe allowable proposed grading in a manner that keeps the wall height on the terrace side to an average of two and one half feet high. Respectfully submitted, Neil Stanton almer, AIA Principal Architect NSP/as o:ct. 18, 1980 Gentlepersons, This letter is in response to a statement made by a member of the Planning Commission on Sept." 30, 1980. The issues at hand are the variances requested in favor of Martin Goldberg and Lot 92-2-RH, Pine Tree Lane. The statement made was, in effect, that the responsibility lies with the prospective buyer to research a property before purchasing the real estate. The assumption made by the commission member• was that we, the interested party, had not undertaken the required research. This was. not a correct assumption. We began making inquiries about the property during the early part of 1976. The property met all of our personal requirements with the exception of the,lots inclination. We then began intensive research into the possibility of building on the hill and yet, meeting the requirements of Rolling Hills. We were presented with a three dimensional model of the lot with a level pad which the city used to agree. to the subdivision. The approval of the subdivision indicated to us that this was a buildable lot. We were also able to obtain a topographical and geological report'; which were used at the subdivision presentation. We presented all of our information to Mr. Jack Gray, an architect, who had designed many homes in Rolling.Hills and who was very familiar with. the Rolling Hills building codes. • :. After reviewing our informatio 'i and visiting the site he told us we could build the house with minimal difficulty. Wishing a second opinion, we asked Mr. Carl Campbell, a builder for whom we have a great deal of respect, to visit the site. He also told us the site was buildable, with minimal grading difficulty. At that time we submitted our bid. The owner of the property responded to our bid by raising the asking price. This indicated to us that he was not seriously interested in selling the property. We'continued to search out other properties in Rollin; Hills. Almost a year later, early in 1977, the property was available again. Our agent began negotiating with the owner. This negotiation took several months. During this time we were not advised by the City or the seller that there was a possibility the building codes would change. No one at any time mentioned the words` "marginal property" in relation to the lot. There was no, reason nor any way for us to have guessed this might happen. We finally took possesion of the property in November, 1977. The delay in building was due to ourdesire to be completely ready to undertake a`:project so important to our future lives. We have taken our time in selecting our architect and we have now spent over a year with our architects, • • Mr. Neil Stanton Palmer and Mr. Keith Palmer. My husband Marty and I are greatly looking forward to living in Rolling Hills and we ask your kind consideration in this matter. Sincerely,