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4/9/1973I () MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF ROLLING HILLS, CALIFORNIA April 9, 1973 A regular meeting of the City Council was called to order by Mayor Pearson at the Administration Building, 2 Portuguese Bend Road, Rolling Hills, California at 7:30 P.M. Monday, April 9, 1973. ROLL_ CALIF PRESENT: ABSENT: ALSO PRESENT: APPROVAL OF MINUTES Councilmen Bear, Heinsheimer, Hesse, Mayor Pearson Councilman Battaglia arrived at 8:20 P.M. None Teena Clifton William Kinley Marion Welch June Cunningham Roger Meurer, D. B. Christie N. Donner N. Field R. Friend R. Fortney M. Gould R. Kerr B. Menze C. Partridge S. Robinson B. Stevens B. Stern Mr. & Mrs. D. Robertson Dr. & Mrs. D. State Dr. P. Toma Dr. R. Tyndall City Manager City Attorney City Treasurer Secretary Engineer General Telephone Residents A motion to approve the minutes of the meeting of March 26, 1973 as submitted was made by Councilman Bear, seconded by Councilman Hesse and carried by the following roll call vote: AYtS: Councilmen NOES: None . ABSENT: Councilman ADMINISTRATION OF OATH OF OFFICE Bear, Heinsheimer, Hesse, Mayor Pearson Battaglia The City Clerk administered the oath of, office to Ben L. "Ted" Bear Mayor and Philip M. Battaglia, Mayor pro tempore, and former Mayor Pear- son presented the Mayor's gavel to Mayor Bear, who then assumed direction of the Council meeting. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS RIDING RING AT CITY PARK 564 Councilman Battaglia reported that the Board of Directors had received a communication from Mr. William Corette on behalf of the Caballeros, requesting and recommending that ring facilities be devel- oped at the Gap area rather than at any of the alternate locations that had been considered, and the Board had directed Mr. Clark Leonard to prepare drawings of the proposed ring entirely on City -owned prop- erty if possible, or to re -locate the ring with a minimum of cut and fill. 00 April 9, .1973 Councilman Battaglia said -the matter had been held over by the Board until Mr. -Leonard's drawings indicate whether the ring can be located entirely on City, property, entirely on private property which the City is considering purchasing, or whether it should be located on both parcels. Mayor Bear ordered the matter held on the agenda until a rec- ommendation is received from the Board of Directors on location of the ring. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION 574 Councilman Heinsheimer presented a memorandum of current inform- a.tion about matters -before the Public Utilities Commission regarding propose& rateincreases . The information. was received and filed. Mayor Bear invited Mr. D. B. Christie, representing General Telephone Company, to addre8s the Council, Mr, Christie advised that he was present to ask Council support of a $59'million proposed rate increase being asked for to meet rising costs of operation. PALOS VERDES COORDINATING COUNCIL 967 Councilman Ba ttaglia'reported that he was unable to attend the meeting of the Palos Verdes Coordinating Council on March 29th. The Mayor asked the City Managet to obtain a report of the meeting for presentation at the next Council meetings CITY MANAGER - NEW BUSINESS COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT 950 The Manager advised the Council that the Mayor is automatic- ally City representative at monthly meetings of County.Sanitation District N®.°59 and that it would be necessary to appoint an alter- nate_ delegate to attend the meetings in the Mayor's.absence. Councilman Heinsheimer moved that Councilman Battaglia, Mayor pro tempore, be named alternate. The motion was seconded by Council- man Hesse and carried by,,the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen.Battaglia, Heinsheimer, Hesse, Pearson Mayor Bear FOES: Done ABSENT: None KECOMNIENDATIONS OF TENNIS COMMITTEE 520- -_ _ Mrs. Clifton. reported that a meeting of the Tennis Committee was held on March 28, 1973. The recommendations of the Tennis Com- mittee were presented to the Council, and were held on the agenda for discussion at the next meeting of the Council. ESTIMATE FOR TENNIS COURT FENCE3�3 The Manager presented Ai�,estimate from Crown -Fence Company in the amount -of $2,455 for removal of the existing tennis court fence and gates and replacement with a new fence, complete excepting the chain link fabric at the project. The Manager reported that she had contacted several companies and the bid presented was the only one she was successful in obtain- ing. Mrs. Clifton said she would continue to try to'get at least one additional, bid for comparison. Mrs. Clifton said, too, that Crown Fence Company is the contractor who will install the new fence at the two new tennis courts. -2- 1I Commi t ee.. tbr, f, -.r res --rrr e =3� room `Wa, (O.sc.ussed and he t"l April 9, 1973 t.I }: ^ons i clrc;(i Mrs, C. t.i-,A-an said, ci' c. L lla've Following discussion -,Council- man Battaglia -moved -that the bid q` from Crown Fence Company in the amount of $2,455 be approved,pro- vided that the City Manager is unable to obtain a lower bid. The motion was seconded by Councilman Pearson.and carried by the folT" lowing roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen Battaglia, Mayor Bear NOES: None ABSENT: None Heinsheimer, Hesse, Pear's -oh -s TENNIS COURT - MAIN GATE, RESTROOM FACILITY 224 Mrs. Clifton reported that at the recent meeting of the Tennis 'C6aifnittee the need for a restroom was discussed and the CQ4jx4;tt,t4p0 asked that the matter again be on the Council agenda, inasmuch as the Council had recommended in November that the restroom facility planned for the tennis court area be deleted from the plans. A recent Newsletter to residents had advised that the matter would be considered by the Council, Mrs. Clifton said, and a number of residents were present to'participate in the discussion. A letter from Brusco Construction Company dated April 9, 1973 advised that the addition of toilet facilities formerly deleted from the contract is $13,883.00. Following -discussion Councilman Hesse moved that a proposal for a single restroom facility attached to the proposed gate house, but with a separate entrance, be presented to the Architectural Committee and the Board of Directors. The motion was seconded by Councilman Battaglia and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen Battaglia, Heinsheimer, Hesse, Pearson Mayor Bear NOES: None ABSENT: None PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT A memorandum dated April 3, 1973 from the Palos Verdes Penin- sula Unified School District was presented to the Council. Mr, William J. Healy, Staff Assistant, Educational Housing and Construction, advised that at a meeting of April 25th the Board will discuss use of school athletic fields by community athletic groups. An agenda for the April 25th meeting was included. The correspondence was received and filed. 10 REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION, TRACT 30478, Palos Verdes Drive N._& Crenshaw 144 The Manager displayed a plot plan for property in the County area at the corner of Palos Verdes Drive North and Crenshaw Boulevard in the C-1 zone. The proposal is for five two-story commercial build- ings on the property, and Mrs. Clifton stated that the property will be annexed by the City of Rolling Hills Estates. The map was sent to the City by Regional Planning for information, Mrs. Clifton said. Councilman Hesse requested that the Manager obtain a copy of the building elevations for the property; Mrs. Clifton said she would have a -copy for the next meeting of the Council. The.matter was held on the agenda. REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION, TRACT 31456' 960 The Manager presented c plot plan for Tract 31456 for a,com- mercial development at LiCove Drive at Rue Beaupre in the Palos ley -3- blr- i- f a r.- n' r - e 1 3 April 9, 1973 Verdes Peninsula area. Councilman. Hesse recommended that the matter be referred to the Peninsula Planning Committee for a report to the Council. The Mayor so ordered. RENUMBERING JOHNS CANYON ROAD 113 Mrs. Clifton. presented a proposed schedule of house numbers for Johns Canyon Roads and explained that it would be necessary to change two existing numbers because of building on vacant lots, and to add new numbers for the�Gordon Shultz subdivision. Following review of the pian, Mayor Bear referred the matter to the Planning Commission for review and recommendation, and held the matter on the agenda. CITY MANAGER - UNFINISHED BUSINESS JETS AT TORRANCE AIRPORT 23 [� •r Op Mrs. Clifton advised that copies of a letter dated April 4, 1973 e--1 from Mayor Iden Miller, City of Torrance, had been forwarded to members Council, and a statement of the Torrance City Council made at the Council, meeting was in City files for review by Councilmen. Mayor Miller advised, that the official statement of the Council is significant because it precludes the use of Torrance Airport for commuter jet operations-an`d, reaffirms the long established policy of the Council of discouraging the use of the Torrance Airport by jet airdtaft, prohibiting the sale of jet fuel and providing of services for jet aircraft. A public hearing is scheduled. before the Airport Commission on April 26, 1973 to hear a progress report and select an option for guidance :in. Phase II of -the Master Study Plan, Mayor Miller. said. Dr, Randolph Tyndall, 65 Eastfield Drive, advised the Council that in 1958-59 and 60 he was regional physician for a major air- line and practiced aviation medicine for five years, and during that period he was aware of meetings of the Airport Commission to study long-range plans. Plans were formulated for handling inter- continental jet traffic.at Los Angeles International Airport, trans- continental jet traffic at Palmdale and commuter jet traffic "else- wh.ere"o Further, Dr. Tyndall said that when the master plan for freeways was revised many sections were deleted, but a section pro- posed between International Airport and Torrance was not deleted, and he urged Councilmen to.consider carefully the implications ,Tet traffic over the peninsula would be extremely unpleasant, he said, and peninsula residents should be aware of any hearings in which airport expansion is considered. Councilman Heinsheimer suggested that a letter be sent to the Torrance City Council supporting their opposition. to any proposal for expansionof the Torrance Airport to accommodate jet traffic, and thanking the Torrance Council for the information. Councilman Pearson said he thought small private jets would be the first step to expanded use of the airport by jet traffic, and it was the sense of -the Council at earlier discussions that they wished to oppose all jet traffic at Torrance Airport. Councilman Pearson suggested that a member of the Council attend the public hearing in Torrance on 'A'pril 26th to express the opinions of the Rolling Hills Council, Mayor Bear said he would announce committee appointments in the near future, and appoln.t a representative of the Council to attend the public hearing. April 9, 1973 TENTATIVE TRACT 26652, RICHARD FRIEND 631 Mayor Bear opened a discussion of Tentative Tract 26652, held on the agenda from the previous meeting. Councilman Hesse said he had not been. present at the previous discussion by the Council, and asked to see the proposed location of a residence on the newly created lot. Mr. Roger Meurer, engineer for Mr. Friend, explained that it is a requirement of the Association that a minimum 123,000 square foot pad be shown on a proposed lot; how ever, it is not the intention of the subdivider to create a pad of that size. Mrs. Clifton explained that a requirement of approval by the Planning Commission is a stipulation that future development of the property be accomplished with a minimum of grading, and maximum preservation of existing trees on 'the property. Further, the Manager advised that Mr. Friend had offered an, existing trail on the property for dedication to the Rolling Hills'Community Association. Following discussion Councilman Hesse moved that the tentative map be approved, subject to conditions of the Planning Advisors Report and additional conditions imposed by the Planning Commission. The motion was seconded by Councilman Pearson and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen Pearson, Hesse, Mayor Bear NOES: Councilmen Battaglia, Heinsheimer ABSENT: None 1� TRAFFIC SIGNAL MODIFICATION, PALOS VERDE$ DRIVE NORTH & PORTUGUESE BEND RD. 192 The Manager presented a letter dated March. 27, 1973 from the City of Rolling Hills Estates advising that the traffic signal modi- fication. on Palos Verdes Drive North, Rolling Hills Road and Portu- guese Bend Road had been. compl.eted.,,and that in accordance with the Rolling Hills City Council agreement dated October 11, 1972, the sum of $1,100 to cover the Portuguese Bend Road leg of the new signal controller and sensing devices is now due. Approval of payment of the bill was made by Councilman Heinsheimer, seconded by Councilman Pearson and carried by -the following roll call vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: PAYMENT OF BILLS Councilmen Mayor Bear None None E Battaglia, Heinsheimer, Hesse, Pearson A motion, to approve payment of Demands No. 2712 through 2740 from the General Fund was made by Councilman Heinsheimer, seconded by Councilman Pearson, and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: CITY ATTORNEY Councilmen. Mayor Bear None None PROPOSED TRAFFIC ORDINANCE Battaglia, Heinsheimer, Hesse, Pearson 973 The City Attorney advised that he had prepared a petition to be circulated to secure signatures of citizens owning properties adjacent to all. roads in. Rolling Hills, as the first step by residents in requesting that the California Motor Vehicle Code be adopted. He -5- April 9, 1973 15 had also prepared a proposed ordinance for Rolling Hills, numbered in accordance with the Vehicle Code to eliminate confusionon the part of the Sheriff when issuing a citation in Rolling Hills. Mr. Kin.ley said it was up to the Council to proceed with either adopting the Motor Vehicle Code by reference, as suggested by the Sheriff, or by adopting its own. Traffic Ordinance, which he recommended. A motion to approve preparation of a traffic ordinance for the City, numbered according to the sections of the Motor Vehicle Code, as recommended by the City Attorney was made by Councilman Battag- lia, seconded'by Councilman Pearson and carried by the following roll' call vote: AYES: Councilmen Battaglia, Hesse, Pearson, Mayor Bear HOES: Councilman Heinsheimer ABSENT: Hone PROPOSED SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE 1041 Mr. Kinley requested that the matter be held on the agenda. N The Mayor so ordered. 00 PROPOSED ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE OPERATION OF MOTORCYCLES AND MOTOR DRIVEN CYCLES IN THE CI`Y. OF ROLLING HILLS,_ CALIFORNIA Q Mr. Kinley advised that he had prepared the proposed ordinance at the request of Councilman Battaglia, and had sent copies to all members of the Council. Councilman Battaglia moved that the ordinance be adopted. The motion was seconded by Councilman Hesse for purposes of discussion. Councilman Pearson. said he felt a public hearing should be held on the matter before adoption of the ordinance, and Mr. Kinley agreed. Councilman Heinsheimer then moved that the motion of approval be tabled. The motion was seconded by Councilman Hesse and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen Battaglia, Heinsheimer, Hesse, Pearson Mayor Bear NOES: None ABSENT: None • Mayor Bear set a public hearing for May 14, 1973 at 7:30 R.M. and Councilman Hesse suggested that the presidents of the student bodies of local high schools be notified of the hearing so that Young people in. the City can attend and make their wishes known. The Mayor so ordered. MATTERS FROM THE AUDIENCE MARKED CROSSWALK ON CREST ROAD 905 Mrs. Catherine Partridge asked the Council to consider a marked crosswalk on Crest Road. at Buggy Whip Drive for the safety of the school children, attending La Cresta School. People driving in the Crenshaw Gate are not alert to the school because it is not visible from the road, Mrs. Partridge said, and she thought a marked crosswalk would make the area safer for children and the guard. The Manager agreed that it is a hazardous area, and said that signs have been ordered advising that there is a time limit for loading passen- gers. The request for a marked crosswalk was referred to the Traffic Safety Committee for study and a recommendation. Mayor Bear ordered the matter held on. the agenda l6 April 9, 1973 MATTERS FROM THE COUNCIL RATTLESNAKES 1420 Councilman Heinsheimer reported that an eight hour snake hunt had been conducted by four men in the area of his home on April 4th as reported by the City Manager i.na memorandum to the Council on April 9th. Although the snake hunters did not find any snakes, Councilman Heinsheimer reported that his wife found another one, and asked that residents be advised of the situation and be alerted to the danger and instructed to contact the Sheriff for help. Fur- ther'. he requested -that the Sheriff's Department be requested to report the number of calls regarding rattlesnakes to the Council, so that statistics can be compiled on danger areas. MATTERS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT 1182 The City Attorney distributed copies of a new Environmental Evaluation Checklist which he had developed for the City, and asked that Councilmen review it in connection w=ith guidelines for the Environmental Impact Report, which he also distributed. Mr. Kinley said the Report was supposed to be filed with the Secretary of Public Resources Board by April 5, 1973; however, there is no penalty for failure to file provided the report is filed within a reasonable time. Mr. Kinley asked that Councilmen be prepared to comment on the documents at the next meeting of the Council, and that copies be sent to the Evnironmental Quality Board. The matter was held on the agenda. LETTER TO MASON ROSE 1225 .._ The City Attorney presented a letter to the Mayor expressing a legal opinion concerning :Legality of the City planting trees in tfie easements, as requested in a letter from Mason H. Rose V dated March 23, 1973. Mayor Bear thanked Mr. Kinley and asked that the opinion be forwarded to Mr. Rose, with copies to the Board of Direc- tors of the Rolling 'Bills Community Association. GENERAL PLANA CITY OF ROLLING HILLS 126-5 The Manager advised that the General Plan for the City of Rolling Hills would be considered at a Public Hearing before the Planning Commission on Tuesday, April 17th at 7:00 PoM. CITY ATTORNEY'S MEETING 1341 A motion to authorize the City Attorney to attend the annual meeting of City Attornies at Red Bluff, California May 2nd through May 4th was made by Councilman Battaglia, seconded by Councilman Hesse and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen Battaglia, Heinsheimer, Hesse, Pearson Mayor Bear NOES: bone ABSENT: None WATER BOND, TRACT 26113, WALTER NORRIS &.TRACT 267699 JAMES LANGWORTHY 1359 _. The City Attorney advised the Council that he had reviewed the bonds for water systems posted by Mr. Norris and Mr. Langworthy as a requirement for recordation of the final map of their subdivisions on Middleridge Lane South. It was Mr. Kinley's recommendation that -7- 1 April 9, 1973 the bends be called inland the owners required to complete the water system. A motion to require completion of the water system within six months was made by Councilman Battaglia, seconded by Councilman Heinsheimer and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen Battaglia, Heinsheimer,, Hesse, Pearson Mayor Bear NOES: None ABSENT: None GENERAL MEETING, ROLLING HILLS COMKUNITY ASSOCIATION 1451 Councilman Battaglia reminded members of the Council that the Board of Directors of the Rolling Hills Community Association .would hold an. evening meeting on Wednesday, April 11th, and invited members of the Council to attend. & Mr. Robert Fortney, president of Caballeros, invited members 00 of the Council to a meeting on Tuesday, April 10th to meet new r-4 residents. ADJOURNMENT 1473 There being no further business to come before the meeting, a motion for adjournment was made at 11:30 P.M. by Councilman Hesse, seconded by Councilman Battaglia anal carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen Battaglia, Heinsheimer, Hesse, Pearson Mayor Bear NOES: None ABSENT: None Mayor City Cle?V 11 1