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SPECIAL MEETING HERMOSA BEACH CITY COUNCIL
Thursday, May 15, 1997 - Council Chambers, City Hall
7:00 p.m.
MAYOR
J. R. Reviczky
MAYOR PRO TEM
Sam Y. Edgerton
COUNCIL MEMBERS
Robert Benz
John Bowler
Julie Oakes
CITY CLERK
Elaine Doerfling
CITY TREASURER
John M. Workman
CITY MANAGER
Stephen R. Burrell
CITY ATTORNEY
Michael Jenkins
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
1. REVIEW OF 1996 PLANNING SESSION
2. 1997 PLANNING GOALS AND DIRECTION
•3. CITIZEN COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL of the City
of Hermosa Beach, California, held on Thursday, January 18,
1996, at the hour of 7:40 P.M.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE — Robert Benz, Councilmember
ROLL CALL:
Present: Benz, Edgerton, Oakes, Reviczky, Mayor Bowler.
Absent: None
ALSO IN ATTENDANCE: Stephen R. Burrell, City Manager and
Naoma Valdes, Deputy City Clerk.
1. REVIEW OF 1995 PLANNING SESSION.
City Manager Burrell gave an overview of the progress
made on the goals for 1995 and said that the continuing
goals for 1996 included a deferred maintenance program
for equipment and vehicles, downtown improvement and
replacing the sewer system.
Councilmember Reviczky spoke of accomplishments in 1995
and said that he was pleased withthe number of new
businesses coming into the City and then commended the
restructured financial systems, the establishment of a
vehicle replacement fund, and the lowered number of
workman's compensation lawsuits. Mr. Reviczky then
listed a number of accomplishments for each department,
said he was very proud of the hard work done by City
staff to produce these results and praised City Manager
Burrell for his leadership.
2. 1996 PLANNING GOALS AND DIRECTION.
a). Councilmember goals for 1996.
Councilmember Benz said he wanted a greater emphasis on
customer service from the City staff, asked that
guidelines for dealing with people be established in
order to determine if all staff members were meeting the
expectations set for them, said that City staff should
never say no to a citizen/customer without an
explanation, asked that a customer service kiosk be set
up so that staff could be evaluated by the people they
serve and wanted a five-day work week for City staff.
Mr. Benz continued by saying he wanted to see the
Municipal Code streamlined, to have special events
integrated with the City in order to produce more
business for the merchants, have cisterns and sump pumps
placed in connection with storm drains in order to pump
into the sanitary sewer system, inaugurate a resident
volunteer program for emergencies, to have the computer
LAN system up and functioning and to use the assets that
the City has in order to produce revenue.
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funding to keep the Library open was a continuing
problem; cited employee morale problems and said that the
proposed incentive pay could help motivate employees to
generate the type of customer service that the Council
wanted; and, said that he would like to see Hermosa
become a model city for electronic communication. Mr.
Bowler closed his remarks by saying that he would like
the Police Department crime statistics published to show
the great job the department was doing; traffic studies
to deter thru-traffic from using residential streets;
more volunteer positions established; and, if the budget
permitted, to expand Public Works by one position this
next year.
b) Review of 1995 goals list to eliminate those items
that have been completed or are no longer relevant.
Mayor Bowler read the list of 1995 goals to allow the
Council to determine if there were any goals that the
Council did not wish to retain.
Action: To remove the goal titled, "PRIORITIZE REVIEW OF
C.U.P. REQUIREMENTS" as this had been accomplished.
Motion Reviczky, second Oakes. The motion carried by a
unanimous vote.
Action: To remove the goal titled, "SUNSET CLAUSES ON
NEW LAWS" as it had been determined that a sunset clause
was not practical for most laws.
Motion Mayor Bowler, second Reviczky. The motion carried
by a unanimous vote.
Action: To amend the wording for the goal titled, "APPLY
STRICT INTERPRETATION OF ZONING CODE AT PLANNING
COMMISSION LEVEL" to read, "APPLY STRICT INTERPRETATION
OF ZONING CODE TO THE ENTIRE PLANNING PROCESS."
Motion Mayor Bowler, second Reviczky. The motion carried
by a unanimous vote.
Action: Mayor Bowler directed, with the consensus of the
Council, that the City Manager examine the goal,
"COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING CONDUIT
PIPELINES WHEN POSSIBLE" and to return with a report that
delineates the conditions that would allow an extra
conduit pipeline, for future use, to be placed in an open
trench while repair work is being done.
Action: To amend the wording of the goal titled,
"ENCOURAGE NEIGHBORHOOD UNDERGROUNDING DISTRICTS" to
read, "ENCOURAGE NEIGHBORHOOD UNDERGROUNDING DISTRICTS BY
EXPLORING OPTIONS WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO. AND
WITH VARIOUS OTHER UTILITY COMPANIES."
Motion Edgerton, second Oakes. The motion carried by a
unanimous vote.
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