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NlII�UU'TES OF THE
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CTTY COUNCIL
CITY OF ROLLING HILLS , CALIFORNIA
October 11, 1976
A regular meeting of the City Council was called to order by I�Iayor
Rose at 7 :30 P.M. Monday,, October 11, 1976 at the Administration Builde
ing, 2 Portuguese �end Road, Rolling Hills , California.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT : Councilmembers Crocker, Heinsheimer, Pernell , Swanson
Mayor Rose
ABSENT: None °
ALSO PRESENT: Teena Clifton City Manager
William Kinley Cfty Attorney
June Cunningham Secretary
Mike Burke Residents
Mre & Mrs . 0' Connor "
Mrs, Donna Scarritt "
Robert Stander "
Kenneth Watts "
APPROVAL OF MTNUTES
Councilman Crocicer moved that the minutes of the meeting of
September 20 , 1976 be approved and accepted as submitted. The motion
�ras seconded by Councilwoman S�ranson and carried by the following roll
call vote :
AYES : Councilmembers Crocker, Heinsheimer, Pernell , Swanson
1Kayor Rose
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
Couneilman Crocker moved that the minutes of the meeting of
September 27 , 1976 be approved and accepted as corrected. The motion
was seconded by Councilman Pernell and carried by the following roll
call vote :
AYES : Councilmembers Crocker, Heinsheimer, Pernell, Swanson
Mayor Rose
NOES : None
ABSENTa None
DRIVEWAY RELOCATION, CURTISS SCARRITT, 2 EUCALYPTUS LANE 34
Mayor Rose opened discussion of a request by Mr, and Mrs . Curtis
Scarritt for relocation of an existing dual driveway on Eucalyptus
Lane to a single driveway on Portuguese Bend Road. The matter was
held on the agenda from the last meeting to give members of the Council
an opportunity to malce a field trip to the site. A sketch of the
Scarritt property, showing the present configuration and the proposed
drive�ray was displayed,
Mrse Scarritt advised that she had brought her parents , Mr. and
l�irs . 0' Connor9 who are visiting her, because they agreed with Mr. and
Mrs. Scarritt that a dangerous condition exists because of the grade
of the driveway and the limited turning area. Mrs . Scarritt said her
children9 as well as other children in the neighborhood, ride bicycles
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and play on the paved area, and she feels that the steep grade of the
driveway endangers themo Further, the incline makes it impossible to
see Eucalyptus Lane while exiting from the propertye Mrs . 0' Connor
said she feels the hazard is � compounded by other children, whom the
Scarritts do not know, using the driveway for skateboa'rdinge Mr,
0` Connor said the driveway has a 35% grade, and the combination of -the
grade and a retaining� wall .make it .virtually impossible to enter or
leave in a large car without making more than one turne
Councilman Crocker said he had visited the property, and although
he..�agreed that the design of the driveway is poor, he said �the area' of
�limited visibility is v�ry small, and the situation could be corrected
by trimming, pruning an�d possibly removing some of the large eucalyptus
trees , and the result would be safer than creating an additional drive-
way on Portuguese Bend Road, The Manager explained �that three families
take access from Eucalyptus Laneo Mayor Rose said he had driven through
� the Scarritt property in his large car, and he suggested that proper
�. placement of a traffic mirror could improve the visibilitye Councilman
� Pernell said he was of the opinion that changing the access to the pro-
� ,� perty from Eucalyptus Lane to Portuguese Bend Road would exchange a
°� limited accident potential for a greater accident potential, and he said
� i,t has been the policy of the Planning Commission and City Council to
l�.mit the number of portals on major roads , and to discourage addition
of more driveways if an alternative could be providede Councilwoman
Swanson said she would like to make a field trip to the �site in view
of the additional testimony presented about the Scarritts ' concern
regarding. safety, Councilman Heinsheimer suggested that a service might
be available to the Scarritts by the Automobile Club, to advise on the
safety of the present situation, and acceptable alternativeso Mrse
Clifton said she would contact the Automobile Club to determine whether
the service is available to residents .
F:o,llowing the discussion Mayor Rose said it is the consensus of the
Council that an additional driveway on Portuguese Bend ,Road would not be
acceptableo Councilman Heinsheimer �moved that the Council' s policy
against adciitional ingress and egress on Portuguese Bend Road be rein-
forced, and that the request be denied< The motion was seconded by
Councilman Crocker and carried by the following roll call vote :
AYES . Councilmembers Crocker, Heinsheimer, Pernell , Swanson
Mayor Rose
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
TRACT 31906 , ROBERT STANDER, 11 SADDLEBACK ROAD 150
The tentative tract map and excerpts from the minutes of the
Planning Commission meeting on September 21, 1976 were distributed.
Councilman Crocker said a comment in the minutes about concern ex-
pressed about the size of the new lot and the requirement that a
50' setback be required on the new lot would have no bearing on
approval of the tract, siric'e the lot conforms with requirements
for the .RAS-1 Zone in which it is located. The Manager was directed
to request .that the 50' set back be shown on all maps presented to °
the Council:o . �
Mayor. Rose said a field trip to the site would be held on Sunday,
September 17 at 9 : 00 AeM, , and Mro Stander advised that all stakes �
required would be in placeo Councilmembers Fernell and Swanson said
� they had visited the site as members of the Environmental Quality
Board, .and :would not be present, The matter was held on �the agendae
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POLICY, SQUARE FOOTAGE OF TENNIS COURTS 266
Mro Mike Burke, 70 Saddleback Road, advised the Council that he
had submitted plans for a tennis court and swimming pool as part of
the total .development of hfs property a� 33 Crest Road East to the
Planning Cominission for a conditional use permit as required by Ordi-
nance Noo 112, and had included computations of lot coverage as re-
quired by Ordinan�e Noo 137o In reviewing the plan, Chairman Riegel
stated that although the actual figure for the tennis court was 7 , 010
square feet, for purpo�es of the eomputation of lot coverage, the
tennis court would be considered by the Planning Commissfon to be 7 ; 200
square feeto Mro Burke said the eorners of the tennis court had been
clipped at the reeommendation of the Architectural Committee, since
the Committee stated that the result would be less rigid and more
esthetically pleasingo He asked for a clarificati�n regarding the
figure used in the computation of lot coverageo
Mayor Rose said his interpretation would be that the actual square
footage of the tennis court would be the correct figure to use and he
aslced the City Attorney to commento Mro Kinley said it was his opinion
that the Planning Commission could not arbitrarily consider 7 , 010 square
feet to be 7 , 200 square feeto
Couneilman Crocker said tennis courts with clipped corners in a
eertain eonfigura�ion would be acceptable, but he would be opposed to
accepting sub-standard tennis courts so the applicant could be within
the approved l�mit of lot coverageo Couneilman Pernell agreed, and said
a specification for minimum dimension for a tennis court should be
determined, since fenees 10 or 12 feet high are approved only for tennis
courts9 and a specification for a minimum design which is acceptable to
all bodies �onsidering the plan should be developedo
Council`aoman Swanson suggested that as part of the study requested
by the Council for presentation by December 1, the Planning Commission
be asked to establish a definitian o�' a regulation tennis court o Council-
man Pernell suggested that in addition the Planning Commission be asked
to make recommendations regarding the limi.� of fence height surrounding
p�.ved areas other than tennis courts , such as areas used for handball,
badminton, bas`ket ball practice9 roller skating, etco , and also the
limitat�ons on sueh paved areas , should they be submittedo
Mayor Rose asked that the Planning Commission be providecl with
copies of the Council' s discussion at their next regular meeting on
October 190 Councilwoman Swanson said she would be out of town on the
Planning Commission meeting date , and would miss the meeting, as well
as a special meeting the Chairman advised her might be scheduledo
Councilman Crocker said he would attend one of the meetings , and Council-
man Pernell said he would be available to attend the other meeting if
needeci o
T"ITLE I, PUBLIC jnTORKS ENIPLOYMENT AC� OF 1976 454
The Manager reportecl that she wishes to file a notifi�ation of
appl�cation for F°ederal funds under the Public Works Employment Act of
1976 recen�ly �igned into law by the president for drainage lines and
�truetures in the Cityo The Manager was authorized to proceed, and
wa� asked to keeg the Council informed on the mattere
APPOINTMENT TO SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT BOARD 484
Mayor Rose and other members of the Council congratulated
Coune�lman Heinsheimer on his appointment to the newly formed South
Coast Air Quality Management Boardo Councilwoman Swanson said s.he
was present at the meeting of the City Selection Committee of the
League of California Citfes' at which the appointment was made by
acclamationo
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FORMATION OF° A NEW SOUTH BAY COUNTY 508
Councilwoman Swanson reporteci that at a recent meeting of the
South Bay Cities Association she had advised that she was authorized
as representative from Rolling Hills to vote to participate in a
feasibility study regardir�g formation of a new county if she deter-
m�ned that the study would be an unbiased study conducted by an objec-
tive, non-par�isan source at reasonable costo Mrso Swanson said she
was advised that the feasibiTity study was eompleted about one year ago
by Coun�ilmen John Anderson of Rolling Hills Estates , Gunther Buerk of
Rancho Palos Verdes and Hank Doerfling of Hermosa Beach, and a copy was
sent to Rolling Hills at that timeo Councilman Swanson reported further
that no vote was taken at the meetingo She explafned that representatives
of six beach cities would begin collecting signatures on October 18 for
a petition, and Torrance and Palos Verdes Estates have indicated that
they would join in that efforto Other South Bay cities are considering
� similar action, and a committee under Rancho Palos Verdes Counci�man
M� Robert Ryan has proposed forming a county consisting of the three contraet
� cities on the Peninsula; Rolling Hills , Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho
'� Palos Verdese Copies of a letter from Councilman Ryan were distributed
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Mayor Rose thanked Couneilwoman Swanson for her report, ancl sug-
gested that the Council observe the effor�ts of Canyon County which, if
successful, will encounter all the problems involved in forming a new
countya F"urther, Mayor Rose said he would recommend that the Council
eontinue to abstain in the matter of forming a new county, and should
join in the effort only if there is strong evidence that a substantial
reduct�on in taxes would resulta Councilman Heinsheimer said there
would be more local control, but no aetual saving of money. He �aid
more time and effort should be devoted to correcting the problems in
the existing countye �
LETTER FROM MRSe Fo Bo ANDRANIGIAN, PACKSADDLE ROAD EAST 589
Mrsa Clifton reported that she had discussed with Mrs < Andranigian
a letter she wrote to the Council and Mrse Andranigian requested that
no action be taken at this time>
Mayor Rose said he had been advised that a tennis court on East-
ffeld Drive is being used commerciallyo The Manager said she had re-
ceived complaints a few years ago , and had discussed the matter with
the resident and the problem had been resolved. New reports and com-
plaints have been received recently, she saido The Manager was directed
to contact the resident and advise tha� renta.l of a tennis court , whether
to residents or non-residen�s , fs not permitted, and will not be tolerated
by the Councila Councilwoman Swanson said she had been told that there
is a traffic problem in the area being discussede The Mayor directed
that the Sheriff be asked to patrol the area and issue citations if the
law is being broken by cars being parked on trails and easementso
QUARRYING AND SE�LING ROCK 627
Councilman Heinsheimer asked whether sale of rock unearthed during
construction was in violation of the ordinance whieh prohibits commer-
cial activityo The City Attorney said it was his opinfon that one
transaction does not constitute commercial activity, and sale of rock
uncovered in the process of excavation for eonstructit5n would not be in
violation of the intent of the ordinancee
PAYMENT OF BIZLS 735
Councilman Crocker moved that Demands Noo 5671 through 5717 , with
the exception of Demand Noo 5703, which is void, be paid from the
General Fund in the amount of $23 , 918072o The motion was seconded by
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Couneilwoman Swan�on and carried by the following roll call vote :
AYES : Couneilmembers Croelcery Heinsheimer, Pernell , Swanson
Mayor Rose
NOE S : None
ABSENT: None
TRAFFIC AND SPEED CONTROL ON EASTF"IE`LD DRIVE 777
°The Manager distributed copies of a report on traffic prepared
by the Automobile Club, and said she would review the report with Mro
Gary Hein, Chief Security Officer and make a report to the Councilo
The Manager was directed to send copies of the report to the Sheriff
and Fire Department, and ask for their comments , and to advise resi-
dents that a copy of the report is available for review in the office.
l�Irso Clifton said Mro Gary Foxen, Automobile Club representative ,
would attend the next Council meeting, and would make a slide presen-
tation as part of his report to the Councilo The Manager was in-
structed to include a notiee of the meeting in the next Newsletter
to residentso
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION HEARING 842
Mrse Clifton reported that a Public Utilities Commission hearing
on a request by California Water Service Company tor an increase in
rates was held in the Council Chambers of the Rolling Hills City
Hall on Wednesday, Oetober 6e Presentations were made by City Attor-
ney Richard Terzian of the City of Rolling Hills Estates , Councilman
Robert Ryan of Rancho Palos Verdes and Mrso Cliftono
The Manager x°eported that she had reviewed the material furnished
by the Public Utilities Commission, and had advised at the hearing
that the information was not in a form easily understood by laymen,
and she requested that in the future exhibits and information be made
available prior to the hearingo
Mayor Rose asked that the record show that the Council recommends
that in the future presentations be put into summ�ry form by legisla-
tive analysts , so they ean be readily unclerstoodo Councilman Pernell
suggested that letters be sent to the Public Utilities Commission,
SCAG, the Governor, and to cities which had representatives at the
hearingo Mayor Rose directed the Manager to send an appropriate
letter9 since she was at the meetingo
R�,PID TRANSIT DISTRICT 927
Couneilwoman Swanson reported that there has been a decline in
use of buses since the reeent strike, and she said efforts will be
made to promote the serviee through the press and other meanso
ADDITIONA`L TENNIS COURTS 944
Councilwoman Swanson said she had been advised that the Tennis
Club is considering, purchase of additional land for tennis courts ,
and she asked that the City Attorney prepare info�:mation for the
Couneil outlining the Council' s responsibilityes in the matter, and
the methods of financing available<
Mayor Rose said he had attendecl meetings on the mattery and
several alternatives for financing have been considered, including a
bond issueo In a letter to the Tennis Club and representatives of
the Community who attended the meetings , Mr, Kinley had advised that
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if the eourts were to be publicly financed by the City, the bond
obligation would require approval of 2/3 of the voters in the
ci�y, and it would be necessary for the Rolling Hills Community
Association to amend the deed restrictfons if private property
were purchased for the courtse Councilwoman Swanson asked that
copies of the Attorney' s letter be made available to the City Coun-
cil and Board of Directorse Mayor �ose said it is the Tennis Com-
mit�ee' s intention to put together a package to be presented to
the City Council, requesting that the Council take appropriate
action on the mattero
CABALLEROS PROPOSAL
Mayor Rose said he had been advised that Caballeros Plan for
expenditures for capital improvements is being finalized for presen-
tation to the Planning Commission and City Councilo
� RESOLUTIONS FOR LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES MEETING 1036
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�� Councilwoman Swanson reported that 83 resolutions have been
a prepared for presentation at the annual League of California Cities
�� eonvention in San Diego October 17-20o A brief summary of resolutions
of interest to the Council was provided and Councilwoman Swanson asked
members of the Cotxncil to call her if they wished to comment on any
of the resolut�onso
Mayor Rose asked the City Attorney whether he would advise that
Council�roman Swanson be authorized to vote on behalf of the Council
in matters involving expenditure of funds , and the City Attorney said
he would recommend that Councilwoman Swanson be authorized to vote on
behalf of the Council, but that on matters involving commitment of
money, she be required to consult with the Councfl first.
RESOLUTION NOe 374 1085
The City Attorney read fnto the record Resolution Noo 374 en-
ti�led A RESOLU°TTON OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HTLZS
DESIGNATING THE AGENCIES OF THE CITY TO PREPARE CONFLICT OF INTEREST
CODES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE POLITICAL REFORM ACT
OF" 1974 AND DIRECTING THE PREPARATION OF SUCH CODESo A motion to
adopt the resolution was made by Councilman Crocker and seconded by
Councilman Heinsheimer for purposes of discussiono
Following discussion, the resolution was corrected as follows :
Sections 2 and 3 were reversed, and the word "model" was deleted
from Section 2. The resolution as eorreeted was adopted on the
motion of Councilman Crocker, seconded by Councilman Heinsheimer and
carried by the following roll call vote :
AYES : Councilmembers Crocker, Heinsheimer, Pernell, Swanson
Mayor Rose
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
The City Attorney requested that the Conflict of Interest Code
for Planning Commissioners be presented to members of the Planning
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COMPTJTATION 0�` BUIZDING SIZE FOR LOT COVERAGE 1244
Councilman Crocker stated that he wished to discuss the eomputa-
tion of building area required for deterrnination of lot coverage as
' requirecl by Ordinance Noo 137 < He suggested that only a standard
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portion of the overhang be includedy to d�scourage cutting down on
overhangs to comply with requirements of the ordinance which limits
the percentage of lot coverage permitteda Councilman Heinsheimer said
he thought the computation should be based on �he building foundation
rather than on overhango Councilman Pernell said the source of irri-
tation in the matter should be eliminated if possiblea The Manager
read into the record Section 5001 of Ordinanee 1Vo. 33 whi�h permits
projection into a side yard not more than two and one half inches for
each one foot of the width of the side yard, and into a front or rear
yard not more than four feeto
Following discussion, Mayor Rose said it was evident that the
Council agreed that the foundat�on, rathe� than the overhang, should
be used as the basis for computing coverage by a structure, A motion
approving using the foundation a� the basis for computation was made
by Councilman Heinshefiner, seconded by Councilman Pernell and carried
by �he following roll call vote :
AYES : Councilmembers Crocicer, Heinsheimer, Pernell
� Mayor Rose
NOES : Councilwoman Swanson
ABSENT: None
PALOS VERDES DRIVE EAST LEFT TURN POCKET 1342
Couneilwoman Swanson reported that she had been advised that the
left turn pocket on Palos Verdes Drive East in the vicinity of East-
field Drive would be completed by the end of October, and she requested
that a letter be sent to the City of Rancho Palos Verdes �hanking them
for their cooperation in the mat�ero The Mayor so orderedo
DEPARTT�NT OF COUNTY ENGINEER: AGREEMENT-EXAMINATION OF TRACT & PARCEL MAPS
A revised agreement for examination of tract maps and parcel maps
provided by the Department of County Engine�r was presented to the
Council. The City Attorney reported that he had reviewed the agreement
and recommended that it be executedo
A motion au�horizing execution of the agreement by the Mayor and
City Clerk was made by Councilman Crocker, seconded by Councilman Per-
nell and carried by the following roll call votee
AYES : Couneilmembers Crocker, Heinsheimer, Pernell, Swanson
Mayor Rose
NOES : None
ABSENTo No.ne
SCAG GENERAL MEETING 1362
Councilman Pernell reported th�t he had a�ttended the recent SCAG
G�neral Meeting, and four areas of prime interest were discussed,
1) Water Quality Work Program; 2) Air Quality Maintenanee Planning;
3) Cal-Trans and 4) Red Tape Reduction, specifically in the adminis-
tration of grantso
Mayor Rose thanlced Councilman Pernell for his report, and
appointed Councilwoman Swanson alternate cl�legate to SCAGe
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DE�ELOPMENT IN R�„NCHO PALOS VERDES 1461
Mayor Rose reported that he had read in the Rancho Palos Verdes
Newsletter of three neur developments in Rancho Palos Verdes, and he
aslced that the Manager r��quest- copies of the Environmental Impact
Reports to be reviewed by �he Rolling Hills Environ�nental Quality Board.
LETTER FROM JACK DAVIDSON, PRESIDENTy RHCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1486
In a letter dated September 24, Mre Davidson proposed that the
Council and Board of Directors meet to discuss the responsibilities of
various bodies in the City and Associationo °The Manager was dfrected
to schedule a special meeting on �che third I�Ionday in November, with
the fifth Monday as an alterna�ivee
�CITY OF TORRANCE - RESOLUTION 1534
� A resolution of the City Council of the City of Torrance pro-
� testing the practice of. the Department. of Motor Vehieles of selling
� the names and addresses of citizen� upon request to any individual
� or �ompany so requesting and urging repeal of the law authar.izing
�, the practice was pre�ented to the Couneilo ,
The City Attorney was directed to prepare a similar resolution
for Rolling Hills for consideration at the next meeting; and Council-
man Heinsheimer suggested that if aelopted, the re�olution be sent to
mayors of other citieso
RESIDENTS OWNING MORE TH�,N THREE DOGS 1580
The Mayor requested th�.t the Mana.ger up--da�te the listing of
residents who own more than three dogs in violation of the City' s
ordinanees. diseuss the matter with the residents listed, and if
there is no attempt to comply, report to the Council so the ordinance
can be enforcedo
PROCLAMATION9 UNITED WAY 1669
A proclamation designating October a� UNITED WAY C�NIPATGN 1�20NTH
was presented to the Council by Mayor Roseo
Councilman Grocker moved that the Mayor be authorized to ��:�a:
the p�oclamat�on.�o Councilman He�nsheimer sa�d ttie City has had a
policy against proclamations9 and he secondeei the motion for purposes
of discussiono
Follo�,�ring the discussion, the motion was approved on the fol-
loTaing roll call vote:
A�S : Councilmembers C�o�ker, Swanson, Mayor Rose
NOESe Councilmen Heinsheimer, Pernell
ABSENT: None
HAZARDS ON F°ZYING TRIAIVGLE PROPER°TIES 1688
The r'Ianager reported that i� ha� been brought to her attention /
that three properties in the Flying Triangle Area which have been �
vacant since the fire in ,June 1973 have pools wh�ch r,�rere required
to be drained and fenceci after the fireo `Ifao of the pools have '
standing water, resulting in breeding of large numbers of mosqui-
toeso The third pool is used by Targe numbers o�f young p:eople on
skate boards , and the fence has been vandal>�zed to peY°mit entry,
F'urther, a barn remain�ng on one of the p?rqperties is be�.ng ren�ed,
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and large amounts of manure are accumulating>
The Manager was directed to wY°ite to the owners and advise them
that the Council has initiated procedures to abate the conditionso
Mr�o Clifton said she had discussed the complaints with the owners ,
and they were very concerned and agreed to cooperate raith the City
in removing the hazardous conditionso
Councilman Heinsheime� moved that the City ir.itiate neeessary
aetion, and if the owner takes action, the City withdraw their actione
The motion was was seconded by Councilman Crocker and carried by the
following roll call vote:
AYES : Councflmembers Crocker, Heinsheimer, Pernell, Swanson
Mayor Rose
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
AD,TOURNMENT 1811
There being no further business to come before the Council, the
meeting was adjourned to a Personnel Session at 12 :05 A,Me The meeting
was reconvened at 12 :50 and adjourned at 12 :55 AoMo Tuesday, October 120
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