Loading...
9/25/1967Hills was istration at 7:30 P ROLL CALL MINUTES MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING -HILLS, CALIFORNIA SEPTEMBER 25, 1967 A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rolling called to order by Mayor pro tempore Tourtelot at the Admin - Building, 2 Portuguese Bend Road, Rolling Hills, California .M. on Monday, September 25, 1967. Present: Absent: Also Present: Councilmen Fay, Nadal, Tourtelot Councilman Hesse, Mayor Klein Teena Clifton William Kinley Marion Welch June Cunningham Elizabeth Hix C. M. Leonard R. C. Curry W. T. Norris City Manager City Attorney City Treasurer Secretary Attorney Lanco Engineers Penin.Council for Youth Resident It was moved by Councilman Fay, seconded by Councilman Nadal and unanimously carried that the minutes of September 11, 1967 be accepted as presented. CORRESPONDENCE anco Engineering re: Bond for Street Improvements A letter dated August 11, 1967 from Lanco Engineering with reference to Tracts No. 27316 and 26652 was presented to the Council. Mr. Clark Leonard of Lanco proposed that deposits for road improvement on Saddleback Road, as required by the Planning Commission at the meet- ing on April 18, 1967 be made with the Cityy by the developers at the time of recordation of'the tracts. Using bonding.figures furnished by the Los Angeles County Road Department, Mr. Leonard estimated the amount of the deposits to be $325.00 for Tract No. 27316, C. M. Leonard, owner, and $305.50 for Tract No. 26652, R. A. Friend, owner. The City Manager advised the Council that she had verified the prices with the Los Angeles County Road Department and found them to be correct.. Motion to accept the proposal was made by Councilman Fay, seconded by Councilman Nadal and unanimously carried. Hix-& Hix re: Norris Tract No. 26113 Mrs. Elizabeth Hix of the law firm of Hix & Hix, attorneys for Mr. George Scharffenberger spoke to the Council about Mr. Scharffenberger's wish to acquire the newly created home site in Tract No. 26113, Walter Norris, owner, as part of Mr. Scharffenberger s acreage, and Mr. Norris's desire to abandon the subdivision. A discussion followed, after which City Attorney William Kinley the members of the City Council to consider amending subdivision laodvised rdinance No. 67 to provide for lot split, so that under certain conditions th -ft perty owner would have permission to sell land without going through the entire subdivision procedure. Mayor protem Tourtelot then ordered the matter held on the agenda for further study. September 25, 1967 County Engineer re: Agreement, Geology Appeals A letter dated September 18, 1967 from the Department of County Engineer, County of Los Angeles, authorizing the County Engineer to pro- cess Geology Appeals cases through the Los Angeles County Engineering Geologist Qualifications Board was presented. Five copies of the Agree- ment - Geology Appeals were signed by Mayor Protem Fred Tourtelot and Teena Clifton, City Clerk to be returned to Mr. John E. Maulding, Ad- ministrative Civil Engineer for ratification by the Board of Supervisors. Planning Advisor re: Geology, Tract 22042 A letter dated September 21, 1967 from the Subdivision Com- mittee, County of Los Angeles was presented by the City Manager. The letter advised that approval of Tentative Tract No. 22042, T. B. Roach, owner, cannot be given until a satisfactory Engineering geologic report is submitted. A discussion followed, after which Councilman Fay moved that Mr. Roach be given sufficient time to appeal the decision through the Geology Appeals Board established by Rolling Hills Ordinance'No. 70. Motion was seconded by Councilman Nadal and unanimously carried. Assembly California Legislature re: Federal Tax Sharing Program A letter dated September 4, 1967 from Minority Floor Leader Bob Monagan asking support and adoption of a resolution authorizing Congress to enact a federal tax sharing program was presented. The`mayor­dir.edte&;City Attorney Kinley to prepare a Resol- ution for.the next meeting. 'The matter was ordered held on the agenda. Peninsula Council for Youth re: Special Services Narcotics Officer A letter from Mr. Robert C. Curry, Chairman of the Peninsula Council for Youth was presented to the Council. Dated September 15, 1967 the letter contained a Proposal for Special Services Narcotics Officer. Mr. Curry addressed the Council and outlined the plan for hiring -'the special services officer, ands'described briefly the duties and the authority that will be granted to him. A discussion followed, after which Councilman Tourtelot moved that the Council approve the selection and proposed program, and authorize participation of the City of Rolling Hills, and financial support not to exceed $1,000.00. Motion was seconded by Councilman Nadal and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Fay, Nadal, Tourtelot Hesse, Mayor Klein Cotton and Francisco re: Proposal for Auditing Accounts The Audit Report .for the Fiscal Year 1966-1967, and a proposal to audit the City accounts for the fiscal year 1967-1968 prepared by Cotton and Francisco, Accountants and Auditors was presented to the Council, The proposal was"ordered held on the agenda until after examination of the Audit Report by Mr. Marion Welch, City Treasurer. Palos Verdes Peninsula Council of Parent Teacher Associations re: Reception, Dr. Thomas E. Woods, Superintendent An invitation to attend a reception to honor Dr. Thomas E. Woods, Superintendent of Palos Verdes Unified School District on Friday evening, September 29, 1967 at the new library was ordered received and filed. -2- September 25, 1967 PAYMENT OF BILLS It was moved by Councilman Nadal that Demands No. 517 through 527 -be paid from the General Fund. DEMAND NO. PAYEE 517 Cotton & Francisco 518 P.E. Watson, County Assessor 519 J.A. Lambie, County Engineer 520 General Telephone Co. 521 Southern Calif. Edison Co. 522 State Employees' Retirement Sys. 523 Zellerbach Paper Co. 524 Alma C. Clifton 525 June C. Cunningham 526 Patricia O'Connell 527 William,Kinley Motion was seconded by Councilman Fay and following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman FINANCIAL REPORTS AMOUNT 350.00 32.09 106.00 5.25 79.10 20.00 14.18 458.35 475.00 175.00 450.00 $2,164.97 approved by the Fay, Nadal-, Tourtelot Hesse, Mayor Klein Councilman Fay moved that the Report o,f_theCity�Treasurer for'the month of August 1967 and the Financial Summa y for the month of August 1967 be approved. Motion was seconded by Councilman Nadal gnd unanimously carried. UBDIVISION #35, TRACT 24669, DR. ALEX WILCOX City Attorney Kinley advised the Council that Dr. Wilcox's attorney had contacted him to request that the subdivision be held on the agenda to enable the engineer to provide new maps. The mayor so ordered.. AGENDA ITEMS HELD OVER Eastfield Gate Acquisition Mrs. Clifton advised the Council that she had received a preliminary drawing from Lanco Engineering for improving Eastfield Gate area without purchasing additional property from Palos Verdes Properties. The drawing as presented would require removing the present buildings, which would allow sufficient room for a parking area, two inbound lanes, one outbound lane, and a new gate house. The matter was ordered held on the agenda until the drawings and plans have been reviewed by the Rolling Hills Community Association. MATTERS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL Councilman Nadal requested that attention be given to trim- ing trees in the City as a safety measure, and Mrs. Clifton stated that rimming of trees is a continuing program. Councilman Fay requested that the matter of water supply and fire flow be pursued with the Palos Verdes Water Company and Los Angeles County -Fire Department. Mrs. Clifton stated that she had made the re- quest to both organizations, and they had notified her that they are proceeding with their work. -3- September 25, 1967 MATTERS FROM CITY OFFICERS City Manager Clifton advised the Council that the house number- ing system has become an acute problem in certain areas of the City, and that there are lots created by subdivision for which no street numbers are available. Councilman Tourtelot requested that Mrs. Clifton make a specific proposal to eliminate the problem. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was adjourned at 10;00 P.M. on the motion of Councilman Fay, sec- onded by Councilman Nadal and unanimously carried. 11, APPROVED: -4- City Cler