9/22/1969MINUTES OF THE
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS, CALIFORNIA
September 22, 1969
A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rolling
Hills was called to order by Mayor Hesse at the Administration Building,
2 Portuguese Bend Road, Rolling Hills, California at 7:30 P.M. Monday,
September 22, 1969.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Councilmen Fay, Klein, Nadal Mayor Hesse
Councilman. Sauer joined the meeting at 8:05 P.M.
ABSENT: City Manager Clifton
ALSO PRESENT:'.William Kinle_y City Attorney
Marion Welch City Treasurer
June Cunningham Deputy City Clerk
Jennie Tufeld League of Women Voters
MINUTES
Mayor Hesse ordered the minutes held on the agenda until the
next regular meeting.
CORRESPONDENCE
Board of Supervisors, Zone Exception Case 91407(4)_, Congregation.Ner Tamid
The Deputy City Clerk presented a letter dated September 11, 1969
from the Board of.Supervisors, advising that at its meeting held on Sep-
tember 10th the Board had referred Zone Exception Case No. 9140-(4),
Congregation Ner Tamid, back to Regional Planning Commission for further
review. Mrs. Cunningham advised the Council that a letter had been sent
to Regional Planning Commission requesting that the City Manager and
City Attorney be advised of any meetings pertaining to the case.
The matter was held.on the agenda.
Regional Planning Commission —Zoning Case_No, 5520-(4)
Notice of Public Hearing on Zoning Case No. 5520-(4) on Tuesday,
October 7, 1969 before the Regional Planning Commission was presented to
the'Council.
The Deputy City Clerk advised that she had called Regional
Planning and was informed that the applicant, Boise Cascade, requested
that the zone be changed from R -A-15,000 (Residential Agriculture -
15,000 square foot required area) to C-1 (Restricted Business) for an
irregularly shaped 24,000 square foot parcel with frontages of 100 feet
on West Palos Verdes Drive North and 170 feet on Academy Road. The
owneras statement filed with Regional Planning stated that the adjoining
property at the intersection. of Palos Verdes Drive North and Crenshaw
Boulevard is already zoned C-1, and additional commercial zoning would
not be detrimental to surrounding property values; and that commercial
development would broaden the tax base.
In the discussion that followed Mayor Hesse said he would write
a letter to Regional Planning opposing re -zoning. In addition Mr. Kinley
City Attorney, recommended that a personal appearance be made by a rep-
resentative of the City. Mayor Hesse requested that Councilman Nadal
attend the hearing and present the objections of the City of Rolling Hills.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Councilman Fay moved that the report of the City Treasurer for
the month of August 1969 and the Financial Report for the month of
August 1969 be approved. Motion was seconded by Councilman Nadal and
unanimously carried.
PAYMENT OF BILLS
Councilman Fay moved that Demands No. 1260 through 1277 be
paid from the General Fund.
DEMAND NO.
PAYEE
AMOUNT
1260
Aml Sign Co.
15.75
1261
Diamond National Corporation
3.00
1262
General Telephone Co.
5.35
1263
Harbor Office Supply
47.08
1264
Mason,Kinley,Bergmann,Waestman
160.00
1265
Midway Hardware
48.46
1266
Miller Desk
103.95
1267
Public..Employees Retirement Sys. 20.00
1268
Palos Verdes Newspapers, Inc.
3.04
1269
Rolling Hills Community Assn.
62392.24
1270
Rolling Hills Community Assn.
17.04
1271
Southern Calif. Edison Co.
121.39
1272
Taylor & Son
20.45
1273
James D...Brennan
96.00
1274
Alma C. Clifton
435.64
1275
June C. Cunningham
452.40
1276
William Kinley
525.00
1277
Patricia O'Connell
101.15
$8,567.94
Motion was seconded by Councilman Klein and carried by the
following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmen Fay, Klein, Nadal, Mayor Hesse
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilman Sauer
APPROVAL OF AUDIT
Mr. Marion Welch, City Treasurer, reported to Mayor Hesse
that he had examined the Audit Report for the City of Rolling Hills
for fiscal year July 1, 1968 to June 30, 1969 and found it in good
order. Motion to accept the audit report as presented was made by
Councilman Fay, seconded by Councilman Klein and carried by the
following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmen Fay, Klein, Nadal, Mayor Hesse
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilman Sauer
City Treasurer Marion. Welch was excused from the meeting at
7:55 P.M. By Mayor Hesse.
REPORTS OF CITY DEPARTMENTS
Fire Department
The Fire Department Activity Report for the month of August 1969
was presented to the Council. The report was received and filed.
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AGENDA ITEMS HELD OVER
Palos Verdes Water Co. Replacement Plans
The Deputy City Clerk advised the Council she had been informed
that Palos Verdes Water Company had scheduled work in three areas in
the City for the week of September 22nd as follows: September 22nd,
44 Chuckwagon Road; September 23rd, 38 Portuguese Bend Road, and on
September 24th, 4 Pine Tree Lane. The new lines will improve domestic
service in those areas.
The Mayor ordered the matter held on the agenda.
Division_ of Highways - Classification of All Existing Highways, Roads
and Streets in California
Mayor Hesse asked Mr. Kinley, City Attorney, whether the letter
dated June 13, 1969 from the Division of Highways, State of California,
applied to the City of Rolling Hills, and Mr. Kinley said it did. The-
letter
heletter advised that Congress, in Section 17 of the Federal -Aid Highway
Act of 1968, directed the Secretary of Transportation to report in
January 1970 the results of a systematic nation-wide functional classi-
fication study to be made in cooperation with state highway departments
and local governments.
Mayor Hesse asked Councilman Klein, in his capacity as Chairman
of the Safety Committee which.includes Traffic, to meet with the City
Manager for study of the matter, and report to the Council.
MATTERS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
League of California Cities.Conference - Captain Peacock
Councilman Fay advised the Council that the City of Rolling
Hills had been requested to join the cities of Lawndale, Lomita and
Rolling Hills Estates in contributing the money necessary to send
Captain John Peacock of the Lennox Sheriff's Station to the League
of California Cities Convention in San Francisco from September 28th
to October 1st.
In the discussion that followed, Councilman Nadal asked whether
a contribution to send a member of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's
Department would result in a corresponding obligation to the Los ,
Angeles County Fire Department. Councilman Sauer asked whether there
was a provision in the County Budget to provide for attendance at
meetings by County personnel, or whether the Cities who contracted for
the Sheriff's services were expected to pay such extra expenses.
Following discussion Mayor Hesse requested that the Adminis-
trative staff determine who had initiated the action, whether any other
members of.fhe'Lerinbx Sheriff"'s•Statibn - planned to attend the meeting
and whether any members of Sheriff Peter Pitchess's staff planned to
attend the meeting. He then ordered the matter held for this information.
Re -numbering, Saddleback Road
Councilman Nadal reported that he had reviewed the re -numbering
system for Saddleback Road with the City Manager, and it was his opinion
that there was no way to re -number the road without using three digit
numbers for at least two of the residences. He recommended that the
City Manager contact the people affected and explain that there was no
alternative. Councilman Klein said he doesn't consider the three
digit number objectionable, and to try to explain the necessity for it
to the residents would raise doubts that would not occur if they were
assigned the numbers in sequence, without any explanation.
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Mayor Hesse requested that Councilman Nadal and Mrs. Clifton
complete the re -numbering system to be adopted and advise the Council
when the new numbers will go into effect.
MATTERS FROM CITY OFFICERS
Maintenance Agreement -,,City of Rolling Hills/Rolling Hills Community
Association
Mr. Kinley advised that the Rolling Hills Community Associ-
ation wished to enter into an agreement with the City of Rolling Hills
for the maintenance and operation of City properties, including the
tennis court, riding. ring, tree trimming, etc. The amount under con-
sideration is $12,500, which figure could not be increased or decreased
without written consent of both parties, and would cover the cost of
employing four men, including necessary costs for workemenes compensa-
tion, F.I.C.A., Social Security, etc., and would also cover all tools,
equipment, insecticides, etc. needed for the maintenance.
Mayor Hesse asked how the charges were handled previously, and
Mr. Kinley said they had been paid by the Rolling Hills Community
Association, but there were more funds available in fhe Contingency
Fund of the City, and therefore the Community Association wished to
enter into an agreement for a period of one year, July 1, 1969 through
June 30, 1970. Councilman Sauer stated that the City has included in
the Budget a contribution to Los Caballeros, and the funds are used
for maintenance of the Ring; he asked whether this expenditure had been
considered.
Following the discussion Mayor Hesse ordered the matter held
on the agenda until it had been discussed by the City Manager with
Councilman Sauer, Finance Chairman for the City and the Finance Director
of the Rolling Hills Community. Association Board of Directors.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the meeting,
motion for adjournment was made at 9:00 P.M. by Councilman Nadal,
seconded by Councilman Sauer and unanimously carried. Mayor Hesse
adjourned to meeting to Tuesday, October 14, 1969, because the regular
meeting day, Monday, October 13, 1969 is a holiday.
APPROVED:
Mayor
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