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MINUTES OF
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF,THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS, CALIFORNIA
27 April 1959
The regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Rolling Hills was held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, 27 April
1959s in the City Hall.
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by
Mayor..Goodman.
ROLL CALL
Present: Councilmen Horn, Nielsen, Roach, Tourtelot
and Mayor Goodman.
Also Present: City Clerk Gilbert Myers, Deputy City Clerk
Phyllis Stockdale, City Attorney William
Kinley, Messrs. Clifton A. Hix, E. S.
Randall and Fraser MacMinn.
MINUTES - MEETING OF 13 APRIL 1959
On motion of Councilman Nielsen, seconded by Council-
man Tourtelot and unanimously carried, the minutes of the
meeting held 13 April 1959"were approved as written.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE - MR. E. S. RANDALL
Mr. Randall appeared before the Council on behalf of
James H. Cornell, Jr. and.stated that Mr. Cornellts interest
in having Crest Road removed from the County Master Plan of
Highways was as a resident of the City and not as a real
estate developer.
Mayor Goodman gave each Councilman a copy of a form
of resolution regarding the removal of a portion of Crest
Road from the County's MasterPlan of Highways to study.
Action was deferred until the next meeting.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE - MR. CLIFTON A.'HIX. CABALLEROS PRES.,
Mr. Hix appeared before the Council to request that
the Caballeros be informed before new houses are built so
that arrangements may be made .for the construction of
bridle trails. Mayor Goodman explained that the bridle
trails are under the jurisdiction of the Association rather
than the City and suggested that Mr. Hix take up the matter
with the Board of Directors. He also suggested that
'Mr. Hix discuss the location of trails with the committee
set ,up by the City .of Rolling Hills Estates for that
purpose.
INSURANCE
Mayor Goodman announced that two bids had been received
in response to the specifications for comprehensive public
liability insurance which had been given to various insurance
agents. The first bid from the Will J. Reid Agency in
Long Beach provided for coverage by Firements Fund and
Llodt's of London insurance companies for annual premiums
of 11,224.34• The second bid was from the Corinth Company
in Pasadena and offered coverage by the Traveler's Insurance
Company of Hartford, Connecticut for an annual premium of
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$987.36. Mayor Goodman noted that the only changes
from our specifications were that a thirty -day notice
of cancellation would be given instead of a ninety -day
notice and that premiums were subject to payroll audit.
Mr. Kinley, acting on behalf of the Rolling Hills
Community Association, approved the proposal from the
Corinth Company for the Asso
Councilman Horn, seconded by
iation. On motion of
Councilman Nielsen and
unanimously carried, the proposal submitted by the
Corinth Company was.accepto by the City Council. During
the discussion that follo it was suggested that the
premium for the Caballero ' t be $23 per year and for'
the Garden Club, $1; the rest of the premium will be
divided -equally between the City and the Association.
PROPOSED SUBDIVISION TRACT NO. 24953
The City Clerk read a letter dated April 6, 1959
from the Regional Planning Commission regarding proposed
Subdivision Tract No. 24953 in the City of Rolling Hills
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Estates. The subdivision map enclosed with the letter
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was studied by the Council but no action was taken.
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COMMUNITY RECREATION AREA
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The City Clerk read a letter dated April 27, 1959
from John Haring of 38.Saddleback Road asking that
action be taken regarding the development of the
Community Recreation Area and proposing that preliminary
planning be done by an architectural and engineering
firm. Mr. Haring also submitted samples of a.metal
license plate frame which might be made up with the
Rolling Hills symbol and name and sold in order to raise
funds for the cost of this preliminary planning. It was
moved by Mayor Goodman that Mr. Haring be appointed chair-
man of a committee to make a study of the need for the
development of the Community Area.and the interest of the
residents in the Area,and to report its findings to the
Council within two months. The motion was seconded by
Councilman Horn and unanimously carried. The manager
was directed to inform Mr. Haring of his appointment by
letter and to ask him to form his committee from repre-
sentatives of the Garden Club, Caballeros, Boy Scouts
and the Community Association.
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CITY BILLS
The City Manager presented the register of bills
to be allowed. On motion of Councilman Nielsen, seconded
by Councilman Roach, and on roll call vote by the City
Clerk unanimously carried, Demands No: 392 through 399
were approved for payment from the General Fund, including
Demand No. 398 for'gate operation for March, 1959 -in the
amount of $2 790.15 which included $191 for extraordinary
repairs and 6131 for uniforms, and Demands No. 400 through
402 were approved for payment from the Special In Lieu
Fund, as follows:
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Demand No. 392 Gilbert B. Myers ' ' ' $523.10
'Demand .No. 393. Phyllis S. Stockdale 308.02
Demand' -No. 394 William Kinley 200.00
Demand No. 395 California Bank 118.60
Demand No..396 Anchor Press 6.63
Demand No. 397 Southern Calif. Gas Co. 14.30
Demand No. 398 Rolling Hills Comm.Ass'n. 2,790.15
Demand No. 399 Phyllis S. Stockdale - 5.75
Total to be paid from General Fund $3,967.45
Demand No.
400
County of Los Angeles
Sheriff Department
$2,450.00
Demand No.
401
Arthurs Lumber& Building
Materials
31.1.3
Demand No.
402
Safeway Sign Co.
77.669
Total
to be
paid from In Lieu Fund -
$2,559.12
CIVIL DEFENSE ORDINANCE
Draft copies ofa proposed Civil -Defense ordinance
were distributed to all Councilmen for.study and discussion,
and the matter was held over for the next meeting.
STORM DRAIN PROJECT
The City Manager reported by firm name the applicants
for the -design work for the County Flood Control Project
570 for the City. He also reported that the County Engineer's
office had prepared a contract for use by contract cities -
desiring the County Engineers Office to do the same flood
control design work. At present this contract is still
under study by the County Counsel. It is expected that we
will be furnished a copy as soon as it is referred out.
After considerable discussion it was decided to wait for
the receipt of the County's draft contract.
RATTLESNAKES
The manager gave a general report on rattlesnakes
and the activity of the safety committee of the Palos
Verdes Peninsula Coordinating Council. He said that the
City of Rolling Hills Estates had prepared interesting
information for its citizens and that the Palos Verdes
News had similarly published an informative editorial.
He said that he intended to include information from both
sources in the May 1 Newsletter.' Members of the Council
suggested that citizens again be reminded that the
Sheriff was available on callaand was the proper office
for handling a request for an ambulance. It was noted
that the Hillside Clinic and the San Pedro.Hospital each
stocked anti -venom serum.
ADJOURNME14T
There being no further busness<.:to come before the
meeting, it was moved by Councilman Horn, seconded by
Councilman Roach and unanimously carried that the meeting
be adjourned at 9 p.m.
...City -Clerk..•.-
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