Minutes
CALIFORNIA Rolling Hills City Council
Monday, July 28, 2025
Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.
1. Call To Order
The City Council of the City of Rolling Hills met in person on the above date at 7:01 p.m. Mayor Pieper presiding.
2. Roll Call
Councilmembers Present: Mirsch, Wilson, Black, Dieringer, Mayor Pieper Councilmembers Absent: None
Staff Present: Karina Bañales, City Manager
Christian Horvath, Assistant to the City Manager / City Clerk Samantha Crew, Management Analyst
Robert Samario, Finance Operations Lead Consultant
Nicolas Papajohn, City Attorney
3. Pledge Of Allegiance - Councilmember Black
4. Presentations / Proclamations / Announcements - None Mayor Pieper inadvertently skipped Item 5.
Blue Folder Items (Supplemental) - None
Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items
Public Comment: Gene Honbo, Arlene Honbo, Charlie Raine, Marita Geraghty, Maureen Nunn, Judith Haenel
Mayor Pieper moved back to Item 5.
5. Approve Order of the Agenda
Based on public comment on non-agenda items, Mayor Pieper recommended moving Item 14A after Item 11A and then returning back to the normal agenda. Without objection, so ordered.
8. Consent Calendar
8.A. Approve Affidavit of Posting For The City Council Regular Meeting Of July 28, 2025
8.B. Approve Motion to Read by Title Only and Waive Further Reading of All Ordinances and Resolutions Listed on the Agenda
8.C. Approve the following Minutes of June 23, 2025: City Council Regular Meeting
8.D. Payment of Bills
8.E. Pulled by Councilmember Mirsch
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8.F. Pulled by Mayor Pro Tem Dieringer
8.G. Designate voting delegate and alternate voting delegate to the League of California Cities Annual Conference from October 8-10 to be held in Long Beach, CA Motion by Councilmember Black, seconded by Councilmember Wilson to approve the Consent Calendar except Items 8E and 8F. Motion carried unanimously with the following vote:
AYES: Mirsch, Wilson, Black, Dieringer, Mayor Pieper
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
9. Excluded Consent Calendar Items
8.E. Republic Services Recycling Tonnage and Complaint Reports for May and June 2025 Motion by Mayor Pieper, seconded by Councilmember Black to receive and file. Motion carried unanimously with the following vote:
AYES: Mirsch, Wilson, Black, Dieringer, Mayor Pieper
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
For Second Reading and Adoption: Adopt by Title Only Ordinance No. 386 amending Chapter
17.16 of the Municipal Code regarding the height limits of single-family residential homes, stables and barns; and finding the action to be statutorily exempt from CEQA under section 21080.17 of the Public Resources Code
Motion by Councilmember Black, seconded by Councilmember Mirsch to approve as presented. Motion carried with the following vote:
AYES: Mirsch, Wilson, Black, Mayor Pieper
NOES: Dieringer
ABSENT: None
10. Commission Items - None
11. Public Hearings
11.A. A Public Hearing to Consider and Adopt Resolution No. 1395 Authorizing Placement of Solid Waste Service Charges Owed to Republic Services Pursuant to its Solid Waste Franchise with the City of Rolling Hills on the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Los Angeles County Auditor-Controller's Office Annual Tax Roll
Presentation by Finance Operations Lead Consultant Samario Public Comment: Marita Geraghty
Motion by Councilmember Mirsch, seconded by Councilmember Wilson to approve as presented. Motion carried unanimously with the following vote:
AYES: Mirsch, Wilson, Black, Dieringer, Mayor Pieper
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NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Mayor Pieper moved to Item 14A.
14. Matters From Staff
14.A. Receive and File a Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Update Presentation by Management Analyst Crew
Public Comment: Mark Ursic, Marita Geraghty, Arlene Honbo Motion by Councilmember Black, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Dieringer to receive and file. Motion carried unanimously with the following vote:
AYES: Mirsch, Wilson, Black, Dieringer, Mayor Pieper
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
12. Discussion Items
12.A. Consider and approve Republic Services field operation expansion of Mother Truck staging site locations
Presentation by Assistant to the City Manager / City Clerk Horvath Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Dieringer, seconded by Councilmember Black to approve the updated citywide Mother Truck locations as presented with a revision to the listed Buggywhip location by not specifying the Crest Road West intersection. Motion carried unanimously with the following vote:
AYES: Mirsch, Wilson, Black, Dieringer, Mayor Pieper
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
12.B. Consideration of awarding a construction contract to Fidelity Builders, Inc. for providing construction services on the Tennis Court ADA Improvement Project in an amount not-to- exceed $783,506.25, Authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement, and finding the project categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act Presentation by Assistant to the City Manager / City Clerk Horvath Motion by Councilmember Black seconded by Councilmember Mirsch to approve as presented. Motion carried unanimously with the following vote:
AYES: Mirsch, Wilson, Black, Dieringer, Mayor Pieper
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
12.C. Authorize the City Manager to Sign a Letter of Support for the Palos Verdes Peninsula Mass Care and Evacuation Plan Grant Application
Presentation by Management Analyst Crew
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Motion by Councilmember Mirsch seconded by Councilmember Wilson to approve as presented. Motion carried unanimously with the following vote:
AYES: Mirsch, Wilson, Black, Dieringer, Mayor Pieper
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
13. Matters From the City Council - None
14. Matters From Staff
14.B. Receive and file a Verbal Update on the status of the Traffic Commission Vacancy and Appointment
Presentation by Assistant to the City Manager / City Clerk Horvath Motion by Councilmember Black, seconded by Councilmember Mirsch to receive and file. Motion carried unanimously with the following vote:
AYES: Mirsch, Wilson, Black, Dieringer, Mayor Pieper
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
15. Recess To Closed Session - 8:31 p.m.
15.A. Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation Government Code Section 54956.9(D)(1) the City finds, based on advice from legal counsel, that discussion in open session will prejudice the position of the City in the litigation. (3 Cases) A. Name of Case: Connie Andersen, et al. v. California Water Company, et al. (Seaview Case) Case No.: 24STCV20953
B. Name of Case: City Of Rolling Hills v. SCE CPUC Docket No. C.24-10-008 C. Name of Case: City Of Rolling Hills v. SoCalGas CPUC Docket No. C.24-10-009
15.B. Conference With Legal Counsel - Initiation of Litigation a Closed Session will be held, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(C) and (D)(4) regarding the decision of whether to initiate litigation (1 Case)
Recommendation: None
16. Reconvene To Open Session - 9:22 p.m.
17. Adjournment: 9:22 p.m.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:22 p.m. on July 28, 2025. The next regular meeting of the City Council is scheduled to be held on Monday, August 11, 2025 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber at City Hall, 2 Portuguese Bend Road, Rolling Hills, California. It will also be available via City's website link at:
https://www.rolling-hills.org/government/agenda/index.php All written comments submitted are included in the record and available for public review on the City website.
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Respectfully submitted,
Approved,
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