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6/26/1967MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS, CALIFORNIA A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rolling Hills was held at the Administration,Building, 2-Pot°tuguese Bend Road, Rolling Hills, California at 7:30 P.M. on. Monday, June 26, 1967. ROLL CALL Present: Councilmen Fay, Nadal, Tourtelot, Mayor.Klein Absent: Councilman Hesse Also Present: -Teen Clifton City Manager William Kinley City Attorney Marion Welch City -Treasurer June Cunningham Secretary C, B. Lee So. Bay Engineering. Mrs. Beeks Resident Mrs. Schleissner Resident MINUTES It was moved by Councilman..Fay, seconded by Councilman Tourtelot and unanimously carried that the minutes of the meeting of June 12, 1967 be approvedas written. CORRESPONDENCE 1. A letter dated June 22, 1967 from.the City Administrator of the City of Rolling Hills -Estates, and a report on public trans- portation services for the Peninsula by the Southern California Rapid - Transit District was presented by the Cityq'Manager. After discussion, the City�Manager was requested to study the.report and make a report to the Council. 2. A letter dated June 22, 1967 from Robert L. Curry, Chairman of the Awards Banquet -for the 21st Powder Puff Derby was presented by the Manager. After discussion,.of the letter.Councilman Nadal, finance officer, stated that he was .of the opinion that the City does not have funds availhble for the request. Other,councilmen con- curred, and the letter was ordered received and noted, TRANSFER 'OF .-FUNDS Approval of a transfer of funds in the amount of $8,000.00 to the Motor Vehicle in Lieu,Fund.and $1,000.00 to Traffic Safety Fund from the General Fund was approved by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman PAYMENT , OF BILLS Fay, Nadal, Tourtelot,.Mayor Klein Hesse It was moved by Councilman Tourtelot that Demands No. 421 through 434 inclusive be approved for payment from the General,Fund. Demand # Name Amount 421 Xerox Corporation 91.88 422 Palos Verdes Water Co. 13.00 423 Palos Verdes Newspapers 13.04 424 Zellerbach Paper Co. 18.35 425 Tyler Printing Co. , 78.00 June 26, 1967' Demand..# Name Amount 426 Riviera Stationers 3.12 427 League of Calif. Cities 25.00 428 Palos Verdes Newspapers 120.00 429 Miller Desk 745.37 430 Gateway National .Bank 250156.25 431 Alma C. Clifton 364.40 432 Betty.M. Arrieta 69..29 433 June C. Cunningham 353.46 434 William Kinley 450.00 $27„501.16 Motion for approval was seconded by Councilman Fay and car- ried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen Fay, Nadal, Tourtelot, Mayor Klein NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Hesse FINANCIAL REPORT Councilman Fay moved that. the Report of the City Treasurer for the month of -May -1967 and the Financial Summary for the month of May 1967 be approved. Motion was seconded by Councilman.Nadal and unanimously carried. PROPOSED ORDINANCE - WEED ABATEMENT Mayor Klein ordered the matter held on the agenda. PROPOSED ORDINANCE - GEOLOGY APPEALS BOARD Mr. William Kinley, City Attorney, advised the Council that he had received a copy of a proposed Ordinance of the County of Los Angeles, which would .provide for an.arbitration.board to hear and de- termine geological conditions encounteied.by subdividers. The board as proposed would consist of two geologists, two civilengineers and one layman, would act within 30 days„of receiving an appeal,�and.would hand down a'detision within 10 days; further, the County would grant a permit on recommendation of the board of appeals. The ordinance which was enacted on. June 20 will go into effect on July 21, 1967,. and it is the recommendation.of Mr. Kinley that the City of Rolling Hills adopt the.ordinance as part of ;its subdivision procedure. In the discussion.that followed, Mrs. Mary Beeks, subdivider of.property located at.20 Saddleback Road, Rolling Hills, advised the Council th�at.-great expense has been encountered in the geologgical reports for Tentative Tract 22083, and that'she has'been advised by the Planning Advisor that "the Engineering Geology Section cannot find the proposed tentative subdivision to be free -of geologic hazard and recommends the tentative map not be approved", and that it is her wish to appeal the decision: i Replying to further questioning from the Council, Mr. Kinley recommended that if the ordinance is adopted by -.the City of Rolling Hills, provision should be made.for the cost of the appeal to be passed on to the subdivider. Attorney Kinley was then..instructed to study the ordinance as applicable to Rolling Hills, and make a report to the City Council on:Jul.y!10, 1967 at the regular meeting. -2- June 26, 1967 EASTFIF,LD GAZE ACQUISITION Mayor Klein. ordered the matter held on the agenda. SUBDIVISION NO. 32q TRACT 26661,.A. E. ESSER Mr. C. B.•Lee of South Bay Engineering appeared to .represent Mr..Fsser, and advised the Council that.Mro Esser requested that the Council approve.a 12' access road to,Lot 2, and if this was not agree- able, it was -Mr. Esser's wish that the matter be held over untilthe next meeting of the Council so -that -he could appear. -Councilman,.Fay thgn advised the members that a A'0 -1d,° -trip to ,Mr. Esser's property had been made on -.Monday, June.19, 1967, and was attended by the following Councilmen Fay and Nadel, Rolling Hills -City -Council Mr. Norman Thompson., -Board of Directors,.RHCA .Mr. Raymond -.Schaefer, Rolling Hills Planning Commission Capt. -Fagan, Los Angeles County -Fire Department ''Mr. C. B. Lee, South ..Bay - Engiiieering Mrs. Emily Schleissner, Resident and subdivider. -of adjacent property and that the following observations were made: 1. The closest .hydrant is 760' from the property line,,and it.would-be too difficult to handle hose over that distance.if a truck could.not get to the property. 2. The property being consideredis the last lot in -Rolling Hills, and would.be the first line of defense if a fire should come .from the direction.of the canyon to the southeast. 3. Because there are no shoulders available for emergency use, a 12' road would be considered too narrow for anything but minimum ac- cess during an emergency, and anything.on.the roadway would make the_. property inaccessible to emergency equipment. 4. Provision should be made for an.adequate (by Fire Dept. speclfications.),turn-around.at the bottom of the new access road and should be part of -the conditions of the building permit; the Rolfing Hills Community Association should.be'contacted, and the sugggestion. made that the condition be included in the Architectural.Fiie concern- ing the newly created lot. In vi.ow of the foregoing, its was the concl�sion of those present on the field trip that a road less than 15' would be unaccept- able. Mr. Lee was requested to furnish a new map showing a 30' ease- ment and 15' .road., (18' on curves) Mayor.Klein, with the consent of Mr. Lee, then.ordered .the matter held for consideration of the next regular meeting of .the City Council. EQUESTRIAN UNDERPASS Mayor Klein ordered the -matter -held .on the agenda. MATTERS FROM MEMBERS OF THE. COUNCIL Councilman Nadal asked that a letter be sent to the City of Rolling Hills.Estates complimenting the City on the landscaping and trail work recently done, especially in the area.of the reservoir and on trails along.Palos Verdes Drive North. Mayor Klein :then asked the secretary to prepare the letter for his signature. -3- June 26, 1967 MATTERS FROM CITY OFFICERS 1. The City Manager referred to a communication from Mr. Fred Hesse, a copy of which had been sent to members of the Council, requesting a sign on Portuguese Bend Road near'Crest Road. Mr. Hesse advised that he is having a serious problem with near collisions in- volving both card and pedestrians near his driveway located north of the intersection on the east side of Portuguese Bend Road, and request- ed that a sign be installed warning: SLOW Children and Blind Driveway. Mr. Kinley suggested that DANGER be substituted for SLOW, and Mayor Klein moved that the matter be referred to the Traffic Commission for study and recommendations. The motion was seconded by Councilman Nadal and unanimously carried. 2. Mr. Marion Welch, City Treasurer, requested a report from Mr. Kinley on his complaint made May 8, 1967 that there was evidence of commercial activity at 7 Pine Tree Lane in the City of Rolling Hills. Mr. Kinley stated that on May 23, 1967 he had written to Dr. James Giacobine, owner, referring to Zoning Ordinance No. 33 of the City of Rolling Hills, and advised him that at a meeting held on May 21 it was determined that said ordinance was being violated by the opera- tion of a commercial enterprise... Mr. Kinley requested a reply by June 5, 1967 but to date has had no reply. He -further stated that the City Manager had visited the property with Mr. Stewart Read, maintenance superintendent of the City, they had spoken to Mr. Edmondson, who is leasing the property from Dr. Giacobine, and he readily admitted that he is boarding horses and giving lessons on weekends. He was advised that the deed restrictions of the Association and the zoning ordinance of the City did not permit property to be used commercially, and that such activities would have to cease. Councilman Tourtelot requested that within the next week Mr. Edmondson, the violator in residence, should be contacted and asked to meet with the City Manager, the City Attorney and the Mayor, the presence of commercial activity must be established, and a deadline given for the cessation of such activity, after which the matter will be turned over to the District Attorney.- Dr. Giacobine, owner -of the property, must be advised in advance of the date of the meeting. 3. After discussion, Mayor Klein requested that Mr. Kinley write an appropriate -resolution thanking Mr. Ernest Hahn -for his generosity in moving the flag pole to its new location. ADJUORNMENT There being no further business to como before the Council, Councilman Fay moved that the meeting be adjourned at 10:00 P.M. Motion was seconded by Councilman Nadal -and unanimously carried. APPROVED: Mayor City Clerk