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8/14/1967MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF Ti -1E CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS-,-- CALIFOR14IA- AUGUST 14, 1.967 A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rolling Hills was held at the Administration Building, 2 Portuguese -Bend Road, Rolling Dills, California at 7:30 P.M.. on Monday, August 1.4, 1967. ROLL CALL Present: Absent: Also Present: 1--iNUTES' -It was moved and unanimously carried be approved as written. CORRESPONDENCE Councilmen Fay, Nadal, Tourtelot Councilman Hesse, Mayor Klein Teena Clifton William Kinley Marion Welch June Cunningham Mr. Paul Moore Mr. S. I. Dwoskin Mr. C. Kugler Mr. C. B. Lee Mrs. Graydon Beeks Mr. R. A. Griffith Mrs. Clark Jackson Mr. J. H. Langworthy Mr. W. Margrave Dr.& Mrs. R. McCall Mr. T. B. Roach Mrs. Paul Saffo Mr. N. P. Thompson Dr.& Mrs. Wilcox City Manager City Attorney City Treasurer Secretary Deputy,Bd. Supervisors Probation Dept. Director Lanco Engineering So. Bay Engineers Resident Resident Resident Resident Resident Residents Resident Resident Resident: Residents by Councilman Fay, seconded by Councilman Nadal that the minutes of the meeting of July 24, 1967 1. A Letter dated July 26, 1967 from the Kiwanis Club of Palos Verdes was presented to the Council by the City Manager. Dr. Loren Jessup, Chairman, advised that the first annual Marathon Race would be held on August 19, 1967, and outlined the 26 mile course to be followed. The Council agreed that.the runners could enter the Crenshaw Gate and exit at Eastfield. The letter was received and filed. 2. A letter from -the Governor's Office dated August 8, 1967 requesting participation in the Salute to City and County Government October 8 through October 14, 1967 was presented. The City Manager advised that at Mayor Klein's request the letter will be reproduced and mailhd to Councilmen for action at the meeting of August 28, 1967 PERSONAL APPEARANCE Mayor pro tem Fred Tourtelot introduced Mr. Sidney I. Dwoskin, irector of the Harbor Area Office of the Los Angeles County Probation Department, who then addressed the Council briefly on the responsibilm ities within his jurisdiction. Mr. Dwoskin stated that the South Bay area comprises the largest probation area in the world, and the present district is three times larger than the entire County of Los Angeles was in 1920, with a payroll well over one-half million dollars annually. Mr. Dwoskin left pamphlets describing the work done in his department, and urged anyone who wished more information to call him. Mayor Tourtelot thanked him for his presentation. August 14, 1967 REPORTS OF CITY DEPARTMENTS 1. The Sheriff's Department Report for the month of June 1967 was presented. The report was ordered received and filed. RESOLUTION NO. 217 Councilman Fay moved for adoption of Resolution No. 217 entitled A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 1967 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 1968 AND FIXING THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS DURING THE FIS- CAL YEAR, and that reading in full be waived. Motion was seconded by Councilman Nadal and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen Fly.., Nadal, Tourtelot NOES: None ABSENT: Counotlman Hesse, Mayor Klein RESOLUTION NO..218 Councilman Nadal moved for adoption of Resolution No. 218 entitled A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS, CALIFORNIA, FIXING THE RATE OF TAXES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 1967 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 1968, and that reading in full be waived. Motion was seconded by Councilman Fay and carried by the following roll cAll vote: -2® 2. The Fire Department Activity Report for the month of July 1967 was presentede It was ordered received and filed. PAYMENT OF BILLS It was moved by Councilman Nadal that Demands No. 468 through No. 486 be approved for payment from the General Fund. NO. NAME AMOUNT 468 Rolling Hills Community Assoc. $22,856.06 469 Gateway National Bank 156.20 470 County of L.A. e Reg.. -Plan... Comm. 381.53 471 J.A. Lambie, L.A. 'County Engineer 32.40 472 Tyler Printing Co. 39.00 473 Xerox Corporation 49.87 474 General Telephone Co. 166.73 475 General Telephone Co. 5.25 476 Teena Clifton 30.00 477 League of California Cities 1.04 478 Palos Verdes Newspapers 4.35 479 Palos Verdes Water Co. 14.60 480 So. Calif. Gas Co. 9.81 481 Flowers by Marvin 20.80 482 Pacific Telephone 14.13 483 So. Calif. Edison Co. 274.79 484 Harbor Office Supply 13.79 485 Rolling Hills Nursery Inc. 52.59 486 Teena Clifton 351.86 $24,474.50 Motion for approval was seconded by Councilman Fay and passed by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen Fay, Nadal, Tourtelot NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Hesse, Mayor Klein RESOLUTION NO. 217 Councilman Fay moved for adoption of Resolution No. 217 entitled A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 1967 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 1968 AND FIXING THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS DURING THE FIS- CAL YEAR, and that reading in full be waived. Motion was seconded by Councilman Nadal and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen Fly.., Nadal, Tourtelot NOES: None ABSENT: Counotlman Hesse, Mayor Klein RESOLUTION NO..218 Councilman Nadal moved for adoption of Resolution No. 218 entitled A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS, CALIFORNIA, FIXING THE RATE OF TAXES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 1967 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 1968, and that reading in full be waived. Motion was seconded by Councilman Fay and carried by the following roll cAll vote: -2® August 14, 1967 AYES: Councilmen Fay, Nadal, Tourtelot NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Hesse, Mayor Klein ORDINANCE NO. 70 - GEOLOGY APPEALS BOARD, SECOND READING, - It was moved by Councilman.Nadal that Ordinance No. 70 en- titled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS, CALIFORNIA.: ESTABLISHING A GEOLOGY APPEALS BOARD be adopted, and that reading in.fu11 be waived. Motion was seconded by Councilman Fay and carried by the following roll call vote: I. AYES: Councilman NOES: None . ABSENT: Councilman Fay, Nadal,-.Tourtelot Hesse, Klein ORDINANCE NO. 71'- INCREASE IN BUILDING PERMIT FEES, SECOND READING, It was moved by Councilman Fay that Ordinance No. 71 entitled an ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 6 OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION, ERECTION, ENLARGEMENT, RAZING, ALTER- ATION, REPAIRING; REMOVAL, MAINTENANCE,,MOVING, USE AND HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLSO CALIFORNIA be adopted, and that reading in full be waived. Motion was seconded by Councilman Nadal and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES:. Councilmen NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Fay, Nadal, Tourtelot Hesse, Klein 0GEOLOGY REPORT, SUBDIVISION NO. 26, TRACT 28147, CLARK JACKSON A letter from the Subdivision Committee of Los Angeles County dated July 26, 1,967 was read by the City Manager. The letter advised that the Geology Report on Tract No. 28147, Clark Jackson, owner, is not approved by the County -Engineer, Geology Section. The letter was filed in the Jackson Subdivision File. SUBDIVISION.#31, TRACT 26769, J..H. LANGWORTHY The City,Manager read a letter dated August 8, 1967 from.Schorr Engineers. Mr. Kenneth:Schorr,.engineer for Mr. Langworthy, requested that the City Council delete requirements for extension and/or enlarge- ment of the water system because of the expense involved. Mr. Schorr also forwarded a letter from Palos Verdes Water Company, stating that it would cost $17,750 to provide the facilities required by the Fire Department. In the discussion that followed, the Council advised:Mr. Lang- worthy.that it had been the policy of the City Council to require that ,the cost of meeting the requirements must be borne by the subdivider, and further, that requirements of the Fire Department, which benefit the entire`commun.ity, would not be waived. Mr. Langworthy indicated his willingness to share in an overall improvement, and requested that the subdivision be held on the agenda so that he could investigate the os.sibilities of sharing the cost of improvement with other subdividers. Mrs. Clifton advised the Council and Mr. Langworthy that Capt. Rotella of the Los Angeles County Fire Department will address the' Council.on.September 11, 1967 on the subject of his report on Fire Hydrants and Fire Flows in the City of Rolling Hills. At Mr. Lang - worthy's request, Councilman Tourtelot ordered Subdivision No. 31, Tract 26769 held on.the agenda until September 11, 1967. -3- August 14, 1967 SUBDIVISION #36, TRACT 27516_, PAUL CASE New maps of the property owned by Mr. Paul Case, showing a 15' access to Lot 2 and a 15' easement on the eastern boundary of Lot 1 were presented by Mr. Clark Kugler of Lanco Engineering, as requested by the Council at the meeting of July 24, 1967. Councilman Tourtelot moved that the Tentative Map be approved subject -to conditions imposed at the Planning Commission meeting on June 20, 1967, and the Planning Advisor's.Report dated June 13, 1967 The motion was seconded by Councilman Fay and unanimously carried. SUBDIVISION.#35, TRACT 24669, -DR. ALEX WILCOX Minutes of the Planning Commission meeting of July 26, 1967 and the Planning Advisor's Report dated June 19, 1967 were presented to the Council. Mr. C. B. Lee of South Bay Engineering Corporation presented new two page maps showing the proposed subdivision and the 60' roadway easement required by the Planning Commission. Mr. Lee advised the Council that to meet the requirement for the roadway without removing an existing barn on the Wilcox property, an exchange of property on an equal area basis had been arranged with Mr. ­Walter Ralphs, owner of adjoining property, and that the quitclaim had been signed by both.Mr. Ralphs and Dr. Wilcox, but had not been .recorded. Mr. Lee stated furtherr that it will be necessary to contact Mr. Collyear; owner of additional property contiguous with the Wilcox property, to attempt to secure easement for the roadway. EASTFIELD GATE ACQUISITION The matter was ordered held on the agenda. EQUESTRIAN UNDERPASS The matter was ordered held on the agenda. MATTERS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL Commercial Activity - Pine Tree Lane The City Manager advised the Council that after the meeting of the City Council.on July 24, 1967, Mr. L. Edmondson, lessee of pro- perty at 7 Pine Tree Lane had appeared at City Mall and was questioned by City Attorney William Kinley about a complaint that had been re- ceived about commercial activity at his residence. In addition to the City Manager and City Attorney, Mr. Marion Welch and Councilman Vernon Fay were present. Copies of the notes made at the interview were presented to members of the Council, and after discussion, during which it was determined that Mr. Edmondson admitted that he conducted a commercial enterprise by boarding horses, Mr. Kinley was asked to determine the cost of having an investigator ascertain the extent of commercial activity being conducted by Mr. Edmondson. Disaster Plan Councilman Tourtelot advised the Council that at a recent meeting of the Committee of Mayors he had discussed with Mayor Gibb of Palos Verdes Estates the desireability of formulating a plan to be put in effect in the event of disasters such as brush fire or earthquake, and it had been decided that representatives of both cities should meet to discuss the mutual problems. Councilman Nadal moved that Councilman Fay be appoitned, and Councilman Fay indicated his willingness to serve. Motion was seconded by Councilman Tourtelot and unanimously carried, and the secretary was instructed to notify Mayor Gibb of Councilman Fay's appointment. -4- 1 1 August 14, 1967 MATTERS FROM CITY OFFICERS Councilman Tourtelot advised the Council that Rolling Hills was the only city in the South Bay District Court served by the new Courthouse in Torrance that had not contributed to the Living Memor- ial Walk, which contains the name of Rolling Hills. After discussion Councilman Fay made a motion that Rolling Hills make a donation of $300.00 to the memorial. Motion was seconded by Councilman Nadal and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen Fay, Nadal, Tourtelot NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Hesse, Mayor Klein ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned to a personnel session by Mayor pro tem Tourtelot at 11:30 P.M. Following the personnel session, the meeting was reconvened at 11:55 P.M. There being no further business to come before the Council, Councilman Fay moved that the meeting be adjourned. Motion was seconded by Councilman Nadal and unanimously carried. APPROVED: Mayor -5- City Clerk`