CITY HALL ROUNDUP : So, is there much originality to be found on The Strand? Uh-huh.

BRING YOUR OWN GLOSSIES: Sure, it’s a shameless promotional tool, but a survey issued by Pepsi last week as part of National “Uh-Huh!” Month perhaps does provide a peek into local residents’ social etiquette.

The survey, designed to evaluate the area’s imagination, social awareness and originality, was distributed along The Strand in Manhattan Beach, as well as Melrose Avenue, Venice Beach and Westwood.

Here are some of the responses:

* If you are standing next to a celebrity, give the celebrity your autograph.

* If you are waiting forever at a fancy restaurant table, call the nearest pizza company and ask for delivery to your table.

* If you find a $5 bill on the ground, either donate it to a worthy cause or buy a lottery ticket, sharing the rewards with others.

SLINGS AND ARROWS: It was a testy group that assembled in Rancho Palos Verdes last week, where council members took the defeat of a $2.4-million parcel tax out on the audience and each other.

During a public hearing on a coastal development, local gadfly J. J. D. McLaren cursed at the council when Councilman Robert Ryan told him he didn’t

have his facts straight. “Your memory isn’t any better than your language,” Ryan said.

John Sharkey, another meeting regular who routinely mutters from the audience his disagreement with council actions, was summarily called down by Ryan during one outburst. When the resident sought to speak to Ryan about the matter during a break, Ryan called the sheriff’s deputies on him, Sharkey said.

“It’s the full moon,” lamented Mayor John McTaggart.

One resident accused the council of bringing about the defeat of the parcel tax because of the acrimony among members. He suggested that the mayor separate Councilwoman Susan Brooks and Ryan, who sit next to one another. He implied that Brooks and Ryan goad one another into taking verbal potshots at Councilwoman Jacki Bacharach.

Councilman Steven Kuykendall urged his colleagues to show restraint. And he called upon residents to use some decorum when addressing the council.

“Mr. Kuykendall, this is democracy in action,” Ryan responded. “If you’d wanted hearts and flowers, you got on the wrong City Council.”

POLITICAL PINUPS: Speaking of elections, now that theirs is over, some candidates in Torrance have decided that it’s time to do something about those unsightly campaign posters that multiply during council races.

Of course, where they stand on the issue depends on how well they fared in the recent campaign.

Newly elected Councilman Don Lee asked city staffers to look into drafting an ordinance that would require signs to include telephone numbers so people would know whom to call when there are problems with how, and where, the signs are posted.

“My thought is that if they put it 15 feet up a pole, if you put the phone number on there, at least you’d know where to call,” Lee said.

Mayor Katy Geissert agrees that pole signs are ugly, terming them a “blight on the landscape.” However, she thinks that signs on lawns are not a problem because they must be placed there with the permission of the owner.

Still, Torrance businessman Burton Fletcher, who used plenty of pole signs during his recent unsuccessful bid for the council, said he doesn’t understand the need to regulate election posters.

“It’s just one more Big Brother-type mechanism that we don’t need,” he said. “It’s like shooting a gnat with a cannon.”

LAST WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS

Redondo Beach: The City Council approved plans by the Salvation Army to develop apartments for low-income senior citizens, a multipurpose community center and a day-care center at the organization’s Beryl Street property.

THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS

Hermosa Beach: The city is seeking volunteers to videotape public meetings for broadcast on cable television. After a one-hour training session, the volunteers will be assigned a public meeting to tape. Contact Warren Carter at (310) 318-0280 for information.

Redondo Beach: The city will hold a centennial celebration from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall. There will be fireworks, refreshments and the burying of a time capsule to honor the city’s 100th birthday.

MEETINGS THIS WEEK

Gardena: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, 1700 W. 162nd St., Gardena. (310) 217-9565. Televised live on Channel 22 (Paragon) and repeated at 7 p.m. on the next two Sundays.

Hawthorne: 7 p.m. Monday, 4455 W. 126th St., Hawthorne. (310) 970-7902. Televised on Channel 22 (Paragon) at 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday and 6 p.m. Saturday.

Hermosa Beach: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, 1315 Valley Drive, Hermosa Beach. (310) 318-0239. Televised live on Channel 3 (Multivision).

Inglewood: 7 p.m. Tuesday, 1 Manchester Blvd., Inglewood. (310) 412-5280. No cable telecast.

Los Angeles: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 200 N. Spring St., Los Angeles. In San Pedro, (310) 548-7637; in Wilmington, (310) 548-7586; in Harbor City/Harbor Gateway, (310) 548-7664; in Westchester, (310) 641-4717. Televised live on Channel 35; meetings repeated individually at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and collectively on Sunday starting at 10 a.m.

Palos Verdes Estates: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, 340 Palos Verdes Drive West, Palos Verdes Estates. (310) 378-0383. No cable telecast.

Rolling Hills: 7:30 p.m. Monday, 2 Portuguese Bend Road, Rolling Hills. (310) 377-1521. No cable telecast.

Rolling Hills Estates: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, 4045 Palos Verdes Drive North, Rolling Hills Estates. (310) 377-1577. Televised live on Channel 3 (Dimension).

Torrance: 7 p.m. Tuesday, 3031 Torrance Blvd., Torrance. (310) 618-5880. Televised live on Channel 22 (Paragon), and replayed at 10 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, and at 10 a.m., 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.