6/24/1963-7
MINUTES OF THE
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS,, CALIFORNIA
June 24,'1963
The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Rolling Hills was called to order at 7-,30 P.M., on Monday, dune 24,
1963 in the City Hall by Mayor Amberg, -
ROLL CALL
Present: Councilmen. Goodman, O'Flaherty, Tourtelot,
Van. Note and Mayor Amberg
Absen.t o None
Also Present, City Clerk Phyllis Stockda.le, City Attorney
William Rinley, City Treasurer Marion Welch,
Anthony dabuka., Joseph. Denni, Raymond Choate,
Jack Washburn, Mark Friedman., Jules Adams
Charles Huffman, Lieut-° Wattenbarger..,, Chief
Dutton and Chief Robinson.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
On. motion of Councilman O'Flaherty, seconded by Counci l
man Goodman and unanimously carried,�th.e minutes of the regular
meeting held dunxe 10, 1963 were approved as written..
CORRESPONDENCE
-The Cita clerk �rea�-tha following:
a) Letter dated dune 7, 1963 from the State of California
Department of Finance which stated that the population
estimate for the City, as of May 1, 1963 was 1,885, and
that certification -of this figure had been sen t.to the
Controller and to the Director. of Public Works.
b) .Letter dated dune 7, 1963 from the County of Los Angeles,
County`Eoundary Commission enclosing copy of a map and
description. of proposed Henry No. 2 Annexation to 'the
City of Torrance.
c) Lyndate& Notice of Public Hearing to 'be held.duly l,'1963
at 70 30 P.M. by the Planning Commission of the City of
Rolling Hills Estates on a zone variance request to per-
mit the operation and maintenan.ce'of a.rifle range
located southeasterly of the proposed Hawthorne Boule-
vard extension and southwesterly of the Torrance city
limits.
The foregoing letters were ordered received and filed.
d) Letter dated dune 3, 1963 from the'Los Angeles County -
Flood Control District requesting the submission of a -
report by August 1,.1963 of the location and estimated
cost o'f storm drain. systems required in the City but not
firkansced „
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e) -Letter dated June -19, 1963 from Koebig & Koebig, Inc.
offering the engineering services of that company for
the preparation of the drainage requirements report
requested in item d) .
The City Manager advised the Council that the City
Engineer, John A. Lambie, had prepared the storm drain
deficiency report for the City prior to the 1958 Storm
Drain Bond Issue and that his office had estimated the
cost of preparing the current report to be approximately
$400. The City Manager further recommended that the
City Engineer be authorized to proceed with the report.
It was then moved by Councilman Tourtelot, seconded by
Councilman Goodman and unanimously carried that the
City Engineer be authorized to proceed with the prep-
aration of the storm drain deficiency report, at a
cost not to exceed $500.
BID OPENING - COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE
In accordance with the Invitation to Bid authorized by
the City Council at the meeting held May 27, 1963 notice of which
was published and posted as required by law, the City Clerk
announced that three (3) sealed bids had been received for the
City's Comprehensive Public Liability Insurance.
The City Clerk then opened and announced the following
bids.
1. Bowker Insurance Agency Owned Automobiles $22.89
25831 So. Western Ave. Non -owned Automobiles 45.00
Lomita, Calif. Liability - Other then
Automobile 1,950.00
Total First Year Premium $2,017.89
Total three year premium $5,985.00, plus auto premiums
determined by annual audit.
2. Underwood -Clarke & Co. Annual Premium - $976.25 for
635. -E. -Fourth St. three (3) years
Long Beach 12, Calif.
3. The Corinth Company Annual Premium - $1,175 per annum
975 S. Fair Oaks Ave. Additional Premium -of $16.79 per
Pasadena, Calif. year on the Unimasco Line Marker
The three bids were analyzed by -the City Attorney who
stated that the comprehensive public liability insurance premium
paid by the City and the Association for the 1962-63 fiscal year
was $923.02 and that the low bid was submitted by Underwood -
Clarke & Co.
It was then moved by Councilman Goodman that the City
Council accept the bid of Underwood -Clarke & Co. for comprehen-
sive general liability insurance for the City of Rolling Hills,
et al, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1963 for an annual
premium of $976.25 plus the inclusion of the Unimasco Line
Marker, provided that the policy or a letter of confirmation is
received from the Fireman's Fund by June 28, and if the policy
or letter is not received that the policy be awarded. to the
second lowest bidder, the-City's,present insurance agent, the
Corinth Company. The motion was seconded by Councilman
O'Flaherty and unanimously carried.,
CONTRACT FOR GATE OPERATION 1963-64 FISCAL YEAR
Councilman Van Note, finance officer, presented to the
Council a proposed figure of $46,30'0 for the operation of the
gates and stated that he had worked out this tentative contract
price with Messrs. Sullivan and Hesse of the Rolling Hills
Community Association Board.. There followed a discussion of
the possibility of manning the Crenshaw Gate 24 hours a day.
Councilman Van Note further explained that the figure of
$46,300 included a pay increase for all guards but not an
increase in the amount of service.
It was then moved by Councilman Goodman that the
City authorize the Rolling Hills Community Association to give
the proposed pay increases to the guards and to continue the
contract on a month to month basis at the present level of
service. The motion was seconded by Councilman O'Flaherty and
unanimously carried. C.
Lieutenant Wattenbarger of the Lennox Sheriff's
Station was requested to furnish the City Council with a
recommendation from his„Department.with.regard to,the relative
merits of law enforcement service and guard service and the
use of mechanical gate control.
REPORTS OF CITY DEPARTMENTS
The City Clerk presented the Fire Department Act-
ivity Report and the Monthly.statistical report of the
Sheriff's Department for the month of May 1963 which were
ordered received and filed.
The report of the City Treasurer for the month of
May, 1963 was submitted, showing a balance of $53,054.73 in
the General Fund; $12,448.63 in the Motor Vehicle In Lieu
Fund; $539.77 in the Traffic Safety Fund; and $530.27 in
the Special Deposits Fund on May 31, 1963. The report was
accepted and ordered filed.
PAYMENT OF CITY BILLS
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The City Clerk presented the register of demands
to be
allowed for payment. It,was moved by Councilman Good-
man and
seconded by Councilman Tourtelot that
Demands 1404
through
1418 be approved for payment from the
General Fund,
to wit:
No.
Made By
Amount
1404
Zellerbach Paper Company
$ 33.03
1405
Palos Verdes Newspapers, Inc.
15.76
1406
Raymond M. Tong
44.00
1407
Addressograph-Multigraph
22.87
1408
Rolling Hills Community Association
3,694.28
1409
Hortie-Van Mfg. Co.
40.76
1410
Los Angeles County Health Department
1.00
1411
PPalos Verdes Water Company .
6.50
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1412
County -of Los Angeles
$ 26.12
1413
Phyllis Stockdale
533.70
1414
Mason, Kinley and Wallace
.48.85
1415
William Kinley
300.00
1416
Charlyne H. Couch
235.92
1417.
United -California Bank
151.40
1418
State Employees' Retirement System
220.32
$5,374.51
This motion was. carried by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen O'Flaherty, -Van Note,
Tourtelot, Goodman and Mayor Amberg
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
CONDEMNATION.OF ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND
EASTFIELD GATE PARCEL
The City Attorney reported that the necessary
papers had been filed -for the condemnation of the admin-
istration building property and were in the hands -of the
process server but that the Eastfield Parcel action was
delayed pending the determination of correct -legal -descrip-
tions of the property.
There followed a.discussion on the advisability
of adding the two Crest Road gate parcels to the pro-
ceedings. -It was moved -by Councilman Tourtelot and
seconded by Councilman'O'Flaherty that the -matter be
tabled. Motion carried.
SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION CENTER
Mayor Amberg stated that the necessary legis-
lation to.enabl.e the School District to acquire property
outside its jurisdiction for bus maintenance facilities
had been passed ,by -the Statae Legislature and was -now on
the Governor's desk for signature.
It was moved by Councilman Goodman that the
City Attorney be directed to prepare a letter for the
Mayor's signature to Governor Brown, urging -'the signing
of the School District -sponsored legislation. The motion
was seconded by Councilman Van Note and carried.
SUBDIVISION NO. 13. --TENTATIVE MAP.FOR SUBDIVISION
OF LOT 103, ROLLING HILLS - ANTHONY-JABUKA, OWNER
- Mr. Jabuka appeared before the Council with
regard to the tentative map for the subdivision of his
Lot 103, Rolling Hills, which had been presented to the
Council at the meeting held June 10, 1963. He was
advised by Councilman Goodman.that his tentative map
was not incompliance with.the Subdivision Ordinance'
because the division -of Lot 9 of Georgeff Ranchos was
not accomplished legally and a.portion of.that lot was
subsequently acquired by Mr. Jabuka to enable him to
meet the zoning requirements for the division of his
property.
It was then moved by Councilman Tourtelot that
the tentative map of the subdivisioin of Lot 103, Rolling
Hills be rejected by the City Council. The motion was
seconded by Councilman Goodman and carried by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmen O'Flaherty, Van Note,
Tourtelot and Goodman
NOES: Mayor Amberg
ABSENT: None
SUBDIVISION NO. 14 -.TENTATIVE MAP OF
LOT 104, ROLLING HILLS, JOSEPH DENNI, OWNER
Mr. Denni and his attorney, Raymond Choate,
appeared before the Council with regard to the tentative
map for the subdivision of Lot 104, Rolling Hills which
was presented to the Council at the June 10, 1963
meeting.
Since Mr. Denni's property is adjacent to
Mr. Jabuka's and is dependent upon the acquisition
from him of a small parcel in order to have sufficient
acreage for subdivision, it was moved by Councilman
O'Flaherty and seconded by Councilman Goodman that the
tentative map of the subdivision of Lot„104, Rolling
Hills be rejected.
There followed a.discussion on the steps that
could be taken to remedy this situation, which were out-
lined by Councilman Goodman as follows:
1. That Vern Ratliff, owner of Lot 9 of•Georgeff
Ranchos, would file a tentative map for the
division of his property, and after this had
been approved;
2. That Anthony Jabuka, owner of Lot 103, Rolling
Hills, would refile his tentative map, showing
parcels A, B and C. (Parcel C being the "bow”
of land that was sold to Joseph Denni).
3. That Joseph Denni, owner of Lot 104, Rolling
Hills, would refile his tentative map in its
present state.
It was then moved by Councilman Goodman.that the
request of Mr. Denni for the subdivision of Lot 104,
Rolling Hills be tabled. The motion was seconded by
Councilman Van Note and carried by the following vote:
AYES-.
Councilman Van'Note, Tourtelot, Goodman
and Mayor Amberg
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NOES: Councilman-0'Flaherty
ABSENT: None
PERSONAL APPEARANCE - JACK WASHBURN,
5 CABALLEROS ROAD - WEED BURNING
Mr. Washburn appeared before the Council to
request that the weed abatement program in the City be
confined to discing rather than burning because of the
problems.that resulted, such as ashes. in swimming pools
for weeks afterwards.
Chief Dutton, head of the County.,Fire Preven-
tion Bur0au and weed abatement activities in the City,
explained the reasons for that Department's policy of
burnitig-and discing wherever feasible.
Councilman Goodman suggested that the Fire
Department follow a policy of discing alone, where -they
feel they can.do an adequate job from the standpoint of
fire protection, and that where they must they will
disc and.burn.
Chief Dutton stated that burning would be
kept to a minimum, in the City of Rolling Hills.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE - CHARLES HUFFMAN, .PRESIDENT OF
CABALLEROS DEL RANCHO PALOS VERDES, INC.
Mr. Huffman appeared before the Council to
report that the Caballeros.del Rancho Palos Verdes, Inc.,
as authorized by the City Council February 25, 1963 ha.d
painted and repaired the riding ring at Swaffield Park,
had sand put in the ring, cleaned up the area and
removed weeds, and had two portable toilets installed,
for a total cost of $1,180.
He further stated that the Caballeros had three
additional projects that they would like to carry out at
the riding ring, and he requested the Council's approval
of the following:
1. The installation of water facilities around
the ring so that it could be wet down
2. The establishment of a grass planted picnic area,
northeast of the ring, with three or four heavy
duty picnic tables and benches
3. The landscaping of the ba -&k bank and the planting
of trees for shade and beautification.
Mr. Huffman estimated that the total cost of
these three projects would be around $2,000.
It was then moved by Councilman Tourtelot that
the Caballeros' report be accepted and the plans for the
facilities designated be approved.. The motion was seconded
by Councilman Goodman.and unanimously carried.
APPOINTMENT OF PURCHASING OFFICER
In accordance with Section.2 of Ordinance No. 18,
Mayor Amberg appointed the City-Manager,-Phyllis.Stockdale,
as Purchasing Officer of the City, with the consent of the
Council.
APPOINTMENT OF TRAFFIC COMMISSION MEMBER
Mayor Amberg stated that Section 2.01 of Ordin-
ance No. 16 requires that one of the members of the Traffic
Commission be a City -Councilman. Accordingly, he appointed
Councilman O'Flaherty as a member of the Traffic Commission,
with the consent of the Council.
EMPL4YMENT OF TEMPORARY SECRETARIAL
ASSISTANCE IN THE CITY OFFICE
The City,Manager statedthat due to.Mrs. Couch's
absence because of illness it was necessary to employ
temporary secretarial assistance, at an hourly rate.of
$2.25. It was moved by Councilman O'Flaherty, seconded by
Councilman Tourtelot and unanimously carried that temporary
secretarial assistance be obtained at the hourly rate of
$2.25.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the
meeting, it was moved by Councilman.O'Flaherty, seconded by
Councilman Van Note and unanimously carried that the meeting
be adjourned at 10:1,5 P.M.
Cit Clerk
APPROVED:
Mayor