HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC_Minutes_1961_11_27 (School District Joint Meeting)~J"];P()f('_f C.'B' JC-INT 1~ml:!,.a'.'INr~ OF '.HIE GOVF[fr[:fNO· nc ... s:m O;_;' THE· H'Si.{HDSA BIT'ALH (~D:Y SC.Hoo:., :oISTIUC1' AfID THE: PL.\Nlfi'.NG-CONMISSION· CF HERMOSA BEACH,9 held at the Si."1,.1.th Sch,:,{i,~ ,, "-446 Monterey Dou.1.evard, at 7:30 p,,ru.-' on Monday, November 27 i'J 1961" H1°~ So w. OWen of the School Board presided over the round=table dis~ussion~ Con:dde::-ing Item 1 on tb~ agenda,, 0How state aid to the school district works in regard to th~oney that would come from state aid in c0J1junct.ion wi tt. ,that is raised from the local tax revenues/' nr~ Dale L Glick refe1-red to a chart showing apportionment araounts for elementary-school districts unde1" regular formulas in dollars per unit of avex•age daily attencfance" C"pies 1>re!'e distributed tc those present9 and Doctor Glick explained the ratio of A6D.,A,, ~.nd assessed valuation deterin.irring the amount of state aid contribute&o The :formulas are set by the leglslature, he sa.td., the S·ta.te Board of Equalization ha.'lfng the power to change the f~rmulaso Under the Coolidg&..Colyer Bill~ if properties are not assessed At a high enough rate, the State Board o:f Educa:ti(JD can attach a factor which will reduce the amount of state aid!> thls bill p1"e= vidi1tg fer the equalization of assessments~ The attendance rate has gone up c~nsiderably during the last eight or ten years, but ia now reaching a plate~u9 and though still increasing som'Zlwhat9 the rate is much. slower.. The number ~yf children in apartment houses was discussedp it being point~d out that the mere expe11si ve the apartment J the f'ewer children., and that owners disecuragecl crildren .. There are no plans, with possibly minor ~..ceptions 9 f 01• expansion of the schools.\) Doctor Glick said in discussing Ite:ru 2."P 11Master plan for schools: expansion and proposed land acquisition ,on all school sites.rr None of the sites meets the standard9 but the cost of the lots with houses :i.s equal tc buildi..'"lg a ~lassroom of equal sb:e o Sometime they may -warrt to acquire the f'our lots on 26th Street facing the school site. The Hermosa View School is adequate; Prospect is small; and classrooms may be expanded at the South School without increasing the site.. The Pier A-venue site is limit~d.? but ,access to Clark Stadium assists considerably~ A reasG"table number of class--rooms. could be added to any of the schools without un.d~e strai.'1.9 ;;.cc,n:~airxg to Doctor Glicke Throughout· the district~ an addition.al 100 students would not create a bux-den; howe,.,--er, 100 new pupils at any one school might be a· problem since this requires three classrooms9 and the hillside c'~,:;.,,'lar~oms might not decrease the playgrollild a.rea9 but ther.e would be less 1u.aygr0Ulld area per child,. A study made in 1949 lw.s b~en proven accux11.t*p to the present tJ.me concerning the inci:ease in the numbet"' of pup:i.la D Another study may be necessary in the future o The turnover in. stu.den.ts is a:ppr.o.."tlmately 3o%~ Considerable land has been acquired in the last five years9 adding to all the existing school sites, ;md barring some unforeseen factor3 it is felt the schools are adequate til talce care of the normal increaseo Item 39 i~ a~hoolst der1ign eriterla f~ «{Jtermining the number of children in high rise buildings~ ifthey ha-ve any figures that ~rould indicate child population patterns in relaticn to multiple_,, aingle9 and high density zones,n film under discussione The Park LaBrea apal"tment house had beer.. investigated, and it was learned that there were 4400 uni ts 9 composed of' bachelol." apartments up to three bedroom unitsQ and there were 1000 children living th.ere,, The,1e are rental mri.ts9 and the number of childx>en is limitecl,, Further information crui be obtained fr0!11 Mro Newberry at the Park LaBrea i.f it is decided to continue meetings such as this tonight~ Another apartment ·~-· house recently completed in Honolulu9 ha.v.ing three 17=-story towers, has only four uni ts yet unsold, and ther~ are 13 chil.dren in the entire stn;ctu:rre d A_ source of inforn~tion on multiple mrellings l'!culd be the insurance c~tlnieso. Ttte school has maae no study of the mmfuer of cltlldren in .vsrlM.is ~ tif;. • nntts., The Board would wan~ to lnow -wat is :pr0p_o~~d.. );y· ~-'efty teg~~i~
multiple 1.m.its so the schools ,--;an i,Jcl<e plans fol' classroOO!B!, and lt was &'lJ.ggested tha.t the Bom--d spend the money to have studies mad~ i,, costing betwee-r1 $7 ,ooo and $10 ,ooo o s·:;udiesi on high-rise dwellings are wing made -thr'ougbout the OG!u~s attenti,Jn being <:alled to one study that found not more than 10 school age children per huD~red units9 some of the apa,."tments averaging as low as 2 school cLu.l&-en per hundred uni ts" ltem 3 is direcrUy relatod to Item 49 11What are the city zoning plans for multiple housing? What areas ar.e b~ing considered for :rezoning?': The Board 0irould lS.ke to know what exactly is in the mind of the Comm:tssicn and must knQW what too thinking of the city ia in regard to zoning" The recolil!'lWnda,~-tion for a masterl' ple.n of the cit"Y had 'been turned dmmi~ A proposal for high i'isc has caused the Commisaion to start gathering useful informat.'i.on :i.mpcrt-ar.rt in oonsidei-ing th.'-s typ-~ of prQposaL he.as that have been co11sidered by the Commission for rez(:lning to ft=3 are at 16th a.n<l Ardmore ~d nort,.'½. of, Piex· Avo:m.1.f.J behind the tl"'a:1..le:t court on Valley lrci ve ~ The R·~l uea ax Gcn.u<l betireen Prospect and Pa.c~d;i.c Coast Highway ha~• been cli.s~ussed~ Now, an R-4 zone is being considered j the px-oposal at 2nd -Strceifand Valley prmdir-~ 53 uni ts per ac:reo Under the present ~on.i.ng_9 the R=S &""'Sas· are tmderbuiltll and if lots we1~e ccmibined and subterranoa.n garr.ges pro"1.dedi; the increase in unit:~ WC1uld be st?.ggeri:r:igo Xt was agi--eed that the Bom'd should be kep,t advised. of any large developments and tlmt minutes ,;,f the C:oimrd.ssion~s meetJ.ngs watild be fwnished to Doctor Gllck .. Under Item 5.!l 1n;'lill re~ori..ing for high rise causs 1•ezoning for addition.al commercial areas?H it was admitted that there wGuld be corn111ercial use p!':'lrn&'"'ily fer the development9 but pt'obably not any great amount of J.a.nd area rezoned to commercial., It was stated that commercial use· should be, ~mcouraged because of the revenue received by the ci.tyt a.-ad that inc1.."ensir,:g the i-e.sidsntia.l would increase the assessed valua.tiOll but would e.1so increase the se~ces of the cityo A certain amov11t of commercial inust be provided to support a tcrlfn, Mro Ronnie Mo:1.~an. was present and was asked to ,~n.lighten the g1•oup by telling what he proposed in the 2nd Si."reet project that they might get some indic;ati-0n as to hm-r the development might affect the school 'il s plaim.'lng0 Mro Mo,:ean in:formad them that the Class A construction planned w~mld cost ft-om $15 to $20 a squa.z,e foot anti! wou}.d oil1y appeal to ~;hose who had the money necessary to occupy such units. He anticipa.t~d C6up1Hs 45 o:r-older ll"lthout children, or with a ver-y mutirmm rmmber" The trent~ is tcYtmrd J.=bedroom apartments in the beach areas, the third bedroom being used for a guest roomo The School Board n..~m'bers called attention to the section in the education code _which giYes the school <listrict the right to request a denial of liquor licenses for sales w.l.thin 600 feet of school pl!'.'opertyo Whether this ,:muld apply to .an entire site or a particular location would have to be clarified. Item 6 l) nnow the schools plan to cooperate ·I-fl th the city in the development of reereaticn area~1n ie covered by minutes of a joint meeting Q;f the Board and the City Parks and Recreation Corran.ission9 held at Valley Vista School on October 10, 1961~ it was learned, and copies were available~ YfThe pr~posed use far the abandoned school site on Prospect now used· for temporary storage," Item 7 on tbe agenda,Q wa.s discussed by Do(;tor Glidt9 who stated that the site had been used as a warehouse facility .m.d had not bt!:en sold because it is uncertain what might happen concerning the distrl.ct organizationo A study is being made on request of the state legislatm:'e for a unified distr-ict51 which study must be completed by September."9 1963e There a!'e no specific plans for this property~ If i.t is sold!) the proceeds ·woultl be applied to the state loan" It was pointed out that the zoning i~
residential, and the warehouse use nonconforming.. • Whether the site could be~om.e a city playground was consitlereda However, it was the Boardes thought that until the loan had been paid off to t~~tate9 when the px-operty is sold., the sale must be advertised and_tf property sold to the highest bidde~a In closing the discussion., the 1949 survey was again refer.red to.si 2150 to 2300 being the anticipated maxi~ number cf students. Doctor Glick felt they had planned well; there have been no double sessions; and he could not see any possibility of havlng a great number of additional children because there is no added area in the city. ADJOURNMENT at 10 :10 p.m. ~u. '{{~ ~ Bernice Robinson Secretary to Planning Conm:d.s.s.ion