01-06-2021_Newsletter CITY COUNCIL
James Black, M.D.
Bea Dieringer
Leah Mirsch
Jeff Pieper
Patrick Wilson
January 6, 2021 Issue No. 21-01
HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE
On December 22, 2020, the Planning Commission
considered and approved resolutions recommending
to the City Council amendments to the General Plan
Land Use Element, General Plan Land Use Map, Zoning
Ordinance, Zoning Map and adopting the Initial
Study/Negative Declaration establishing the Rancho
Del Mar Housing Opportunity Overlay zone locate d at
38 Crest Road West. The proposed amendments allows
multi-family, emergency shelter and single room
occupancy uses at the site and was scheduled to be
presented to the City Council on January 11, 2021. This
presentation has been rescheduled to the City Council
meeting on January 25, 2021 for consideration and
approval. Subsequent to the City Council’s decision,
the revised Housing Element will be submitted to the
Department of California Housing and Community
Development for compliance review and approval. If
you have any questions about the proposed
amendments, please do not hesitate to call the
Planning Department for more information. Please
contact Meredith T. Elguira at (310) 377-1521 or via
email at melguira@cityofrh.net.
PLANNING AND BUILDING SERVICE S
The City and County continue to adjust and adopt
methods of providing services to better serve the
development community while continuing to social
distance during the COVID-19 surge. The County is
accepting plan submittals and pick-ups at the Lomita
office however, electronic submittal is preferred. The
City also has its drop off and pick up bin located at the
front entrance of City Hall however, it is also
encouraging everyone to submit plans and
applications via online. Currently, meetings are
conducted via telephone or virtually online. Inspections
are conducted by both agencies by appointment only.
Please call City Hall at (310) 377-1521 and the County
at (310) 534-3760 to make an appointment.
REPUBLIC SERVICES
Christmas tree recycling program will occur between
Dec. 28th and Jan. 17th. Annually in January, Republic
Services present a clean-up schedule comprising of
dates for green waste, bulky items pick-up, e-waste,
shredding events for the calendar year. The clean-up
dates for 2021 will be prese nted to the City Council for
approval at the January 25, 2021 meeting. Republic
Services General Manager Ray Grothaus left the firm in
July 2020. Mr. Grothaus’s replacement, Tonya Griffin
was officially announced on January 5, 2021.
ROLLING HILL CRIMES REPORTED
For the time period Nov. 21 – Dec. 5, 2020
NONE.
U P C O M I N G C I T Y M E E T I N G S
City Council Meeting
01/11/21 at 7:00 p.m.
Planning Commission Meeting
01/19/21 at 7:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.
Traffic Commission Meeting
01/28/21 at 8:30 a.m.
LETTER OF INTEREST FOR PLANNING
COMMISSION AND TRAFFIC COMMISSION
If you are interested in volunteering for the positions
above, please contact the City Clerk's Office at (310)
377.1521 or via email at cityclerk@cityofrh.net for more
information.
Schedule:
Jan. 29, 2021, 5PM deadline for Letters of Interest in
serving on the Planning or Traffic Commission
Feb. 10, 2021 or Feb. 17, 2021, 6PM City Council
Personnel Committee interviews Commission
candidates
Feb. 22, 2021, City Council appoints Commission
Members for terms beginning in March 2021
Feb. 25, 2021 or Mar. 4, 2021, staff conducts
orientation for new Commission members
COVID-19 IMPACTS TO CITY HALL
On the weeks of December 21, 2020, December 28,
2020, AND January 4, 2021, several employees
reported that members of their household tested
positive for COVID-19. City Hall currently has one
COVID-19 case. The City is adhering to isolation,
quarantine, and infection control measures required by
the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
In light of the COVID impacts to staffing at City Hall, and
for everyone’s safety, to the maximum extent possible,
please request services by calling City Hall at 310 377-
1521 or use the City’s website www.rolling-hills.org
before visiting City Hall. If services cannot be rendered
via phone or online, an in-person appointment can be
arranged with available staff. It is the priority of the City
Council to provide excellent service to the residents of
Rolling Hills. Adjustm ents to the services provided to the
community are being made continuously to uphold this
priority. City staff thanks you in advance for your
understanding and patience as we navigate through
this new environment appropriately while ensuring
safety for all.
PROPOSED 8” SEWER MAIN ALONG
PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD/ROLLING HILLS
ROAD
Under the leadership of the current City Council, two
Will-Serve letters were applied for and achieved from
the Los Angeles County Sanitation District to accept
sewage discharge from Rolling Hills for 235 homes within
city limits. The Will -Serve letters are the necessary first
step to implementing a sewage collection system. The
community of Rolling Hills has been considering a
collection system for the past 30 years and feasibility
studies have been commissioned numerous times over
this period. Previous approach to the implementation
included a citywide effort but this required all residents
to commit to connecting to the system simultaneously.
In the current approach, the City Council is looking at
building the collection system for the entire City
incrementally, starting with collecting the sewage
discharge from the City Hall campus to include the
main gate house, City Hall, the RHCA building and
future restrooms and kitchen at the tennis courts.