1 City Council
Monday, July 27, 2026, 7:00 PM
Regular Meeting
City of Rolling Hills
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AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Pledge of Allegiance
2 4. Presentations/Proclamations/Announcements
5. Approve Order of the Agenda
This is the appropriate time for the Mayor or Councilmembers to approve the agenda as is or reorder.
6. Blue Folder Items (Supplemental)
Blue folder (supplemental) items are additional back up materials to administrative reports, changes to the posted agenda packet, and/or public comments received after the printing and distribution of the agenda packet for receive and file.
7. Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items
This is the appropriate time for members of the public to make comments regarding items not listed on this agenda. Pursuant to the Brown Act, no action will take place on any items not on the agenda.
7.A. Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items
RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.
8. Consent Calendar
Business items, except those formally noticed for public hearing, or those pulled for discussion are assigned to the Consent Calendar. The Mayor or any Councilmember may request that any Consent Calendar item(s) be removed, discussed, and acted upon separately. Items removed from the Consent Calendar will be taken up under the "Excluded Consent Calendar" section below. Those items remaining on the Consent Calendar will be approved in one motion. The Mayor will call on anyone wishing to address the City Council on any Consent Calendar item on the agenda, which has not been pulled by Councilmembers for discussion.
8.A. Approve Affidavit of Posting for the City Council Regular Meeting of July 27, 2026 RECOMMENDATION: Approve.
8.B. Approve Motion to Read by Title Only and Waive Further Reading of All Ordinances and Resolutions Listed on the Agenda
RECOMMENDATION: Approve.
8.C. Approve the following Minutes of July 13, 2026: City Council Regular Meeting RECOMMENDATION: Approve as presented.
8.D. Payment of Bills
RECOMMENDATION: Approve as presented.
8.E. Republic Services Recycling Tonnage and Complaint Reports for June 2026 RECOMMENDATION: Recieve and file.
9. Excluded Consent Calendar Items
10. Commission Items
3 11. Public Hearings
11.A. A Public Hearing to Consider and Adopt Resolution No. 1419 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 2026-27 Los Angeles County Auditor-Controller's Office Annual Tax Roll RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council hold a public hearing and subsequently adopt Resolution No. 1419 placing the sanitation service charge on the annual County of Los Angeles Tax Roll.
11.B. Introduction and First Reading of Ordinance 390, a City-initiated Zoning Code Amendment to amend sections of Title 17 (Zoning Code) of the Rolling Hills Municipal Code.
RECOMMENDATION: Open the public hearing, receive public testimony, close the public hearing, and by motion: find that the adoption of the proposed Ordinance No. 390 is statutorily exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") under Public Resources Code section 21080.17; and introduce for first reading by title only Ordinance No. 390 regarding the height limit of single-family residential homes located on Williamsburg Lane.
12. Discussion Items
12.A. Review of Public Feedback and Consideration of the Portuguese Bend Road and Saddleback Road Locations for Two Additional Outdoor Emergency Sirens RECOMMENDATION: After reviewing the public feedback received regarding the proposed outdoor emergency siren locations, provide direction to staff as follows:
1.Portuguese Bend Area:
a. Proceed with the proposed siren location on Portuguese Bend Road; b. Further evaluate the previously considered Ringbit Road cul-de-sac or the corner of Ringbit Road and Southfield Road, behind the mailboxes; or c. Continue working with HQE to identify and evaluate other potential locations.
2.Saddleback Area:
a. Proceed with the proposed siren location on Saddleback Road; b. Further evaluate the previously considered installation of a 50-foot siren pole within the Chesterfield Road cul-de-sac; or
c. Continue working with HQE to identify and evaluate other potential locations.
3.If the City Council directs staff to proceed with one or both proposed locations, approve the associated project funding.
4 12.B. Consider and approve the Memorandum of Agreement among Palos Verdes Peninsula Cities for the administration and implementation of the Peninsula Coordinated Integrated Monitoring Program
RECOMMENDATION: Approve the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) among the County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Flood Control District, and the Cities of Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, and Rancho Palos Verdes for the administration and cost-sharing of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Coordinated Integrated Monitoring Program (CIMP), effective July 1, 2026 through December 31, 2031; Determine whether the City of Rolling Hills will participate in Optional Task 8 – Santa Monica Bay Beaches Bacteria TMDL Monitoring, which is no longer required under the current MS4 Permit and is estimated to increase the City's costs by approximately $70,577 over the 5½-year term of the MOA; and
Authorize the City Manager to execute the MOA and any related documents and take the necessary administrative actions consistent with the City Council's direction regarding participation in Optional Task 8.
13. Matters From the City Council
14. Matters From Staff
14.A. Follow-Up Regarding Nuisance Abatement at 6 Saddleback Road and Consideration of Further Action
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Receive and file the status update regarding the nuisance conditions at 6 Saddleback Road, Lot 18-RH;
2. Determine that the remaining green vegetation and brush do not require abatement at this time, based on staff's observation that the vegetation appears to be living and does not constitute the dead vegetation and brush previously identified as nuisance conditions.
3. Consider whether the remaining conditions identified in Resolution No. 1416, including the deteriorated fence and portable toilet, continue to constitute a public nuisance;
o Provide direction to staff regarding the appropriate next steps, which may include, assisting the property owner with the removal of one or both public nuisances;
4. Provide other direction deemed appropriate by the City Council
15. Recess to Closed Session
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. (2 Cases) A. 5 Name of Case: City of Rolling Hills v. SCE CPUC Docket No. C.24-10-008 B. Name of Case: City of Rolling Hills v. SoCalGas CPUC Docket No. C.24-10-009 RECOMMENDATION: None.
16. Reconvene to Open Session
17. Adjournment
Next regular meeting: Monday, August 10, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber, Rolling Hills City Hall, 2 Portuguese Bend Road, Rolling Hills, California, 90274.
Notice:
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