FRED HESSE COMMUNITY PARK, 29301 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD
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6:60 P.M. CLOSED SESSION. SEE ATTACHED BROWN ACT CHECKLIST FOR DETAILS.
7:00 P.M. REGULAR SESSION
CALL TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL:
FLAG SALUTE: NEXT RESOLUTION NO. 96-36
NEXT ORD. NO. 315
Presentation of Boy Scouts Medal of Merit award to Mike Towle.
1. Minutes of May 20 and 21, 1996. (Purcell)
Recommendation: Approve the minutes.
2. Investment Policy - Fiscal Year 1996-97. (Mattingly)
Recommendation: Adopt the Investment Policy for the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes for the 1996-97 Fiscal Year.
3. Purchase of a Planning, Building & Code Enforcement Department Pick-up
Truck. (Hillstead)
Recommendation: Approve purchase of a 1996 Ford Ranger compact pick-up
truck from Don Kott Ford, 21212 South Avalon Boulevard, Carson, CA 90745, for an amount not to exceed $13,193.65.
4. Citywide Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District. (Allison)
Recommendation: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 96-___, initiating proceedings for the Levy and Collection of Assessments with Citywide Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District for Fiscal Year 1996-97 and Ordering the Engineer to prepare a report in connection therewith. 2) Adopt Resolution No. 96-___, approving the Engineer's report in connection with the Levy and Collection of Assessments within the Citywide Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District for Fiscal year 1996-97. 3) Adopt Resolution No. 96-___, declaring the City Council's intention to Levy and Collect Assessments within Citywide Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District for Fiscal Year 1996-97 and adopting a time and place for hearing objections thereto.
5. Legislative Activities - SB 1590. (Otto)
Recommendation: Join the League of California Cities in supporting SB 1590 (O'Connell) which proposes to make the "Santa Clara County Transportation Authority v. Guardino" California Supreme Court decision inapplicable to any tax imposed or increased prior to December 14, 1995.
6. Fiscal Year 1996-97 Agreement with Diana Cho & Associates for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Consultant Services. (Lindsey)
Recommendation: Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign the proposed agreement with Diana Cho & Associates to provide Community Block Grant consultant services for Fiscal Year 1996-97.
7. Register of Demands. (O'Neil)
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 96-___.
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8. Ordinances Amending the Municipal Code to Expedite the Processing of Certain Coastal Permit Applications. (City Attorney Lynch)
Recommendation: (1) Read Ordinance No. ____ U by title only, waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. ____U AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES REGARDING THE PROCESSING OF CERTAIN COASTAL PERMITS, AMENDING THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE, AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF; and, (2) Read Ordinance No. ____ by title only, waive further reading, and introduce Ordinance No. ___, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES REGARDING THE PROCESSING OF CERTAIN COASTAL PERMITS AND AMENDING THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE.
9. Coastal Permit No. 132, Portuguese Bend Club Homeowners Association, 4100 Palos Verdes Drive South. (Petru)
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 96- approving Coastal Permit No. 132 to repair the slope failure located between Palos Verdes Drive So. and Yacht Harbor Drive, east of Klondike Canyon.
10. Code Amendment No. 34 and Environmental Assessment No. 628 -Amendments to Titles 26 and 17 of the City's Municipal Code (Development Code Revisions). (Rojas)
Recommendation: (1) Continue with the initial review of draft Chapters 17.88, 17.90, 17.92, and 17.96 as provided in the amended review schedule; (2) Discuss the next Development Code review phase; and, (3) Continue consideration of the amended development Code to June 18, 1996.
11. Annual Budget for Fiscal year 1996-97. (Mattingly/O'Neil)
Recommendation: After any further additions or deletions to the proposed
Budget document: (1) Adopt Resolution No. 96-___ establishing the City Appropriation Limit for FY 1996-97; and (2) Adopt Resolution No. 96- ___ approving a Budget Appropriation and adopting the Operating and Capital Improvement Budget for FY 1996-97 which begins July 1, 1996.
12. View Restoration Services Consultant. (Petru)
Recommendation: Authorize City to enter into a contract with consulting firm recommended by Director Petru.
13. Waiver of Application and Penalty Fees for Variance No. 410. Applicant: Chafi Khadjenouri, 2042 Jaybrook Drive. (Klopfenstein)
Recommendation: Deny the request to waive the application and penalty fees for Variance No. 410 for an after-the-fact construction of an addition which encroaches a maximum of 9' 2" into the minimum required 20' 0" front yard setback area.
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Adjournment: Adjourn to 7:00 P.M. on Monday, June 10 for a town hall meeting at Hesse Park.
Based on Government Code Section 54954.5
(All Statutory References are to California Government
Code Sections)
CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
G.C. 54956.8
Property: 162.9 acres known as the Pearl Ridge property located northwest of the intersection of Forrestal Drive and Pirate Drive adjacent to the Ladera Linda Community Center and the Portuguese Bend fields.
Negotiating
Parties: Diamond Brothers and the City of Rancho Palos Verdes.
Initiation of Litigation:
G.C. 54956.9(c)
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