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12/27/1976MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF ROLLING HILLS, CALIFORNIA December 27, 1976 A regular meeting of the City Council was called to order by Mayor Rose at the Administration Building, 2 Portuguese Bend Road, Rolling Hills, California at 7:30 P.M. Monday, December 27, 1976, ROLL CALL PRESENT: Councilmembers Heinsheimer, Pernell, Swanson Mayor Rose ABSENT: Councilman Crocker ALSO PRESENT: Teena Clifton City Manager William Kin.ley City Attorney June Cunningham Secretary Mike Burke Resident Ginny Leeuwenburgh League of Women Voters APPROVAL OF MINUTES 825 The minutes of the meeting of November 22, 1976 were approved and accepted as corrected on a motion made by Councilman Heinsheimer, seconded by Councilman Pernell and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers Heinsheimer, Pernell, Swanson Mayor Rose NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Crocker The minutes of the meeting of November 29, 1976 were approved and accepted as corrected on a motion made by Councilwoman Swanson, seconded by Councilman Heinsheimer and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers Heinsheimer, Pernell, Swanson Mayor Rose NOES: - None ABSENT: Councilman Crocker The minutes of the meeting of December 13, 1976 were approved and accepted as corrected on a motion made by Councilwoman Swanson, seconded by Councilman Pernell and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers Heinsheimer,' Pernell, Swanson Mayor Rose NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Crocker PUBLIC HEARING, PADDLE TENNIS COURTS 895 Mayor Rose opened a public hearing on a proposed amendment to Ordinance No. 33 which would include paddle tennis courts in Section 1 Section 3,01, Paragraph 3: Non-commercial residential recreational uses. There was no one present to speak for or against the proposed amendment and Mayor Rose thereafter closed the public hearing and opened the mat- ter to discussion by the Council. December 27, 1976 Councilman Pernell said the Council should simplify the procedure for conditional use permits and variances and resolve the differences existing between the Board of Directors and the City Council because of the complexities of the existing requirements. The City Attorney said there have been many changes in the law since the Zoning Ordinance was adopted, and he recommended that the Council consider adopting a new zoning ordinance which would incorporate the amendments as part of the basic ordinance, ORDINANCE NO 146 Following discussion, Councilman He.insheimer moved that Ordinance No. 146 entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS, CALIFORNIA AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. -33 ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR ZONING IN SAID CITY" 'be adopted, and that reading in full be waived. The motion was seconded by Council- woman Swanson and carried by the following roll call vote: 54 �: AYES: Councilmembers Heinsheimer, Pernell, Swanson Mayor Rose NOES. None ABSENT: Councilman Crocker ACCESSORY USES, ORDINANCE:NO,o 33 1171 Mr. Kinley advised the Council that Section 2,06 of Ordinance No. 33 limits Land Use to those purposes specifically provided and allowed in the ordinance, and he said that Section 3001, Uses Permitted, does not specify certain construction done in good faith, such as spas, also other construction which was later specified in Ordinance No, 112, After further discussion by the Council, Mayor Rose asked the City Attorney to prepare a draft ordinance for consideration at the next meeting which would amend Ordinance No. 33, Section 3,.01 by including swimming pools and spas as accessory uses, and which would also amend Section 3001, Ordinance No...1112 by adding badminton courts, and eliminating swimming pools, baseball fields, polo fields and golf courses. Further, the Mayor directed that staff prepare a "cut and paste" Zoning Ordinance, incorporating all amendments to the present Zoning Ordinance, said amendments to be inserted after the sections which they amend, with xeroxed copies of the full ordinance distributed to the Council for discussion at the next meeting. The.Mayor ordered the matter held on the agenda. ,r LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES 1250 A letter dated December 7, 1976 from the 'League of California Cities regarding the Federal Mandate for Unemployment Compensation Insurance was distributed to the Council. Don Benninghoven, Executive Director, advised that prior to recessing Congress adopted H.R. 10210, which mandates unemployment compensation insurance on local and state governments. The legislation will not become effective until January 1, 1978, and the cost impact on cities will be directly dependent on the type of implementing "legislation enacted. Mrs. Clifton said 'the correspondence was presented for information and further information would be presented as it is received for con- sideration by the Budget Committee in preparing a. Budget for Fiscal 1977/780 FINDINGS, INVESTIGATION BY CITY MANAGER OF DOG ATTACKS 1.275 Copies of Findings prepared by the 'Manager as required by Sections 601'and 602 of Ordinance No. 136 were presented to the Council, -2- s 0 December 27, 1976 Mayor Rose directed that Case No. 5, a complaint filed by Daniel Burke, 72 Saddleback Road, against a dog owned by Loren Weddle, 74 Sad- dleback Road, and Case No. 6, a complaint by Mrs. Lily Pai-ho Kao of Rancho Palos Verdes against a dog owned by Eli Mitchell, 23 Georgeff Road, be received and filed, With regard to Case No, 7, a complaint filed by Stacy Kuhne, 6 ;Johns Canyon Road against a dog owned by Howard Lester, 2 Chestnut Lane, Mayor Rose urged that the Council act to have the dog permanently confined be- cause of previous problems and complaints, and require that the dog be removed from the City if at any time in the future it is found loose. He asked the City Attorney to so advise the Lesters by letter, including Section 6.02 of Ordinance No. 1360 ROAD STRIPING 1417 The Manager reported that road striping had been completed, and crossings, edge striping and reflectors would be added in the near future. TENTATIVE TRACT 31714, RANCHO PALOS VERDES 1428 Mrs. Clifton reported that she had been advised that the map re- cently submitted to the Planning Director of Rancho Palos Verdes is being reviewed. The Manager said she would report to the Council as soon as additional information is available. GORDON SHULTZ, TRACT 30605, REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF GRADING BOND 1432 Mrs. Clifton explained that although the four families on Johns Canyon Road who were contacted all stated that they were willing to have the funds posted by Mr. Shultz returned to him, she had inspected the landscape plans submitted for their properties, and had determined that sprinklers were not included in the plans. Mrs. Clifton said she wished to discuss with the owners the possibility of installing the sprinklers on their properties, using the funds posted by Mr. Shultz as a condition of subdivision. The matter was held on the agenda, CLIFTON HIX, TRACT 29383, RELEASE OF BOND FOR GRADING LOT 7 1440 The Manager said the grading and compact buttress fill still has not received approval by the geologist and she requested that the matter be held until the approval is received. The Mayor so ordered,. LOS ANGELES COUNTY SERVICE AREA PROPOSAL 1445 Copies of an issue paper prepared by the League of California Cities on a proposal to form a Los Angeles County Service Area were distributed to the Council. Councilwoman Swanson, Council representative to the League, ex- plained that on. January 5, 1976 the City of Los Angeles adopted a resolution calling for the formation. of a county service area for the entire unincorporated area of the County, and called for the City to work in close concert with the Los Angeles County Division in the de- velopment of a county service area application which would be similar in form to an application for formation of a special district. The Los Angeles County Division Board of Directors will consider the final application for submission to LAFCO at its .January 6, 1977 meeting, and if approved, the application will be sent to the City of Los Angeles as originator of the resoltuion, to be submitted to LAFCO on behalf of all cities in Los Angeles County. If the application is submitted to LAFCO the Commission has approximately six months to de- termine the validity of the proposed boundaries and services within the proposed district. If LAFCO makes a positive determination, the -3- December 27, 1976 application will then be sent to the Board of Supervisors, which also has six months to determine the validity of extended services included in the application. Councilwoman Swanson requested that the Council act ta-authorize-h&r­to Note':on, January.6 in favor of submitting the application to LAFCO. Councilman Heinsheimer asked about the cost to cities, and Coun- cilwoman Swanson said she doesn't know of any cost to the cities. Councilman Heinsheimer also asked who would pay legal fees. Mr. Kinley said litigation is on appeal in the matter of the City of Los Angeles vs. County of Los Angeles and Contract Cities. Councilman Pernell said he approves the concept as outlined in correspondence from the League of California Cities and California Contract Cities Association, but he is concerned that if the proposal fails, certain services, especially fire and police service, would be cut off. Councilwoman Swanson moved that the Council approve a vote in &0 favor of the proposal. The motion was seconded by Councilman Pernell and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers Heinsheimer, Pernell, Swanson Mayor Rose NOES: None ABSENT: . Councilman Crocker FINANCIAL REPORT 1540 The Financial Report for November 1976 was approved and accepted on a motion made by Councilman Heinsheimer, seconded by Councilman Pernell and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers Heinsheimer, Pernell, Swanson Mayor Rose NOES: ABSENT: PAYMENT OF BILLS None Councilman Crocker 1546 Councilwoman Swanson moved that Demands No. 5868 through 5880 in the amount of $30,143.14 be approved for payment from the General Fund. The motion was seconded by Councilman Heinsheimer and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers Heinsheimer, Pernell, Swanson Mayor Rose NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Crocker PROPOSED DISORDERLY CONDUCT ORDINANCE 1570 The matter was held on the agenda at the request of the City Attorney. PROPOSED ORDINANCE - GRADING 1572 Councilman Pernell reported that he had attended a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Community Association, at which the proposed ordinance, referred to the Board by the City Council, was discussed. The Board recommended that Paragraph II of the proposed ordinance be -4- .1h December 27, 1976 amended to re•ad:'"Grading for the purpose of removing or clearing. brush or weeds as may be required by the Fire Code-----". Councilman Pernell moved that the proposed ordinance entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY,OF ROLLING HILLS AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 133 ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 6 BY ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BUILDING CODE CONTAINED IN THE 1975 EDITION OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BUILDING LAWS PUBLISHED BY THE BUILDING NEWS, INC. FOR AND INSTEAD OF THE PRESENT BUILDING CODE; AND MAKING OTHER AMENDMENTS" be introduced, and that reading in full be waived. The motion was seconded by Councilman Heinsheimer and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers Heinsheimer, Pernell, Swanson Mayor Rose NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Crocker COYS IN JOHNS CANYON AREA Councilman Heinsheimer reported Johns Canyon area approaching private about the efforts to eliminate them. on-going program to destroy the Goys, to the Council on the matter. APPLICATIONS FOR TRAFFIC COMMISSION 1633 that he had observed cogs in the homes in the area, and he asked Mrs. Clifton said there is an and she would continue to report 1648 Councilman Pernell asked whether any resident had applied for appointment to the Traffic Commission. The Manager said she had discussed it with one resident, and would follow up on the matter and report at the next Council meeting. GRADED AREA, PORTUGUESE BEND 1660 Councilman Pernell requested a report from the Manager on a large graded area in the Portuguese Bend area which was observed by the Council when they made a field trip to the Burke property at 33 Crest Road East. Mrs. Clifton said she had determined that it was not grading, but was an area which had been scraped and4bladed to remove the natural brush cover. JOINT BOARD/COUNCIL COMMITTEE 1672 Councilman Pernell said he is concerned about unresolved dif- ferences between the Board of Directors and City Council which result in tensions between the two bodies, and asked whether a committee had been formed as planned to discuss jurisdictional differences. Council- woman Swanson commented that others feel the same way. Mrs. Clifton said that Mr. Jack Davidson, President of the Board of Directors, told her that he plans to discuss formation of a commit- tee with Mayor Rose. PARAMEDIC SERVICE - TORRANCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 1775 The Manager related details of an accident involving two young boys on runaway horses, and reported that the boys had been transported by ambulance to Torrance Memorial Hospital after initial examination and treatment by Los Angeles County Paramedics. Mayor Rose said it had come to his attention that patients brought to Torrance Hospital by the Paramedics are accepted for treatment, but there is no direct radio contact enroute between doctors at the hospital -5- 00 CC, Gia December 27, 1976 and members of the Paramedic team, although radio ,contact is.possible between the paramedics. and Little Company of Mary Hospital, also South Bay Hospital, both of which are farther from Rolling Hills than Torrance Memorial. The Mayor expressed a concern about the fact that valuable' time could be lost either by lack of contact with.a doctor while trans- porting:a victim to the closest hospital, or by the necessity of pass= ing the closest hospitalfto maintain contact with `a doctor at either of the other two hospitals. Mrs. Clifton said that Fire'Chief Paul Schneider is aware of the problem, and°i's attempting to remedy it. ADJOURNMENT 1785 There being no further business to come before the Council, Mayor Rose adjourned the meeting at 9:30 P.M. APPROVED,: �- Mayor Ir -11 / � Af y Clerk C/