City Council on 2022-05-03 6:00 PM
Meeting Time: 05-03-22 18:00
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City Council on 2022-05-03 6:00 PM
05-03-22 18:00
Agenda Name Comments Support Oppose Neutral
J.1. 22-4042 For eComments and Emails Received from the Public 1 0 0 0 N.1. 22-4057 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE
SUBMITTAL OF A LETTER TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERVISOR
HOLLY MITCHELL AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (METRO) REGARDING THE METRO
C (GREEN) LINE EXTENSION TO TORRANCE PROJECT
5 3 1 0
N.2. 22-3907 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE
PICKLEBALL FEASIBILITY STUDY
RECEIVE AND FILE THE STUDY AND THE INPUT FROM THE
RECREATION AND PARKS COMMISSION AND COMMUNITY AND
PROVIDE DIRECTION ON ANY PROPOSED PICKLEBALL LOCATIONS
4 0 1 3
N.3. 22-4071 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE
PROCESS TO REPLACE THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND CONTENT
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
2 1 0 0
N.5. 22-3941 RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT ON SHORT-TERM AND
LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONAL AMENITIES AT
AVIATION PARK
1 1 0 0
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Agenda Item: eComments for J.1. 22-4042 For eComments and Emails Received from the Public Overall Sentiment
Mark Nelson
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Submitted At: 9:35pm 05-03-22
As a resource, Reno NV has a large mural program run out of the Mayor's office. https://www.reno.gov/community/arts-culture/public-art Mayor Schieve is a generally helpful person in art issues.
Agenda Item: eComments for N.1. 22-4057 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE SUBMITTAL OF A LETTER TO LOS
ANGELES COUNTY SUPERVISOR HOLLY MITCHELL AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY (METRO) REGARDING THE METRO C (GREEN) LINE EXTENSION TO TORRANCE PROJECT Overall Sentiment
Mark Nelson
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Submitted At: 9:01pm 05-03-22
Residential quality of life and property values are key to the long run viability of the City. They are also codified in our Design Reviews and Residential Design Guidelines. Only the elevated Green Line plan appears to respect the surrounding residents' property values, peace and quiet, and quality of life. I support the City voicing support for the elevated concept and opposing use of the existing rail line adjacent to homes.
Candace Nafissi
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Submitted At: 8:40pm 05-03-22
Please continue to support the majority of residents who want to Green line elevated and run it down Hawthorne.
This action is piviotal to preserve private home space, decrease noise decibels to residents and other substantial environmental impacts. Please use your voice to represent the impacted residents. Please show up to resident walks, put efforts into understanding the immense struggle these residents are facing by being really being an advocate. I am in full support of the city sending this letter. Thank you, Candace Nafissi District 3 Michael Garlan
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Submitted At: 6:51pm 05-03-22
Thank you Mayor and City Council for submitting still another letter supporting the position of the overwhelming majority of the impacted residents that the Green Line Extension be built down Hawthorne Blvd in the elevated position. If the extension is built built along the ROW the impacts to hundreds of North Redondo Residents would be devastating. In response to some concerns about the connectivity of the buses to the trains,, METRO has already said that most, if not all buses that would stage out of the new transit center can be routed to a Galleria Stop on Hawthorne Blvd. Finally, the letter states that over 50 residents attended that most recent METRO walk along the ROW through the Franklin Park Neighborhood, I had the count at over 70 attendees and that was on a Monday during spring break. Another walk is coming next week.
Niki Negrete-Mitchell
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Submitted At: 4:02pm 05-03-22
Hello! I want to thank you for getting this letter together for our new (to us) County Supervisor. Back on Feb. 17, as the group Right of Say/RBQOL we met with Sup. Mitchell’s staff. It was just a basic introductory where we presented our position with the Greenline and to affirm the Hawthorne Blvd Elevated route. We were told that our concerns will be run by the supervisor. Later we reached out on FB and got a similar canned answer. But that’s ok since we understand it’s a new relationship and Sup. Mitchell is not so familiar with our specific situation, we’ve been giving it a little time, which by now has been fairly ample.
My question to you all, including the mayor: I’ve been wondering since the beginning of the new districting, if Sup.
Mitchell may possibly lean toward deferring this TORRANCE ext. of the Greenline project back to Sup. Hahn since she is still Torrance’s county soupervisor and it’s been her project all along, also since she’s very familiar with Redondo? Obviously the two will need to partner on it. Should we be reaching out to Janice Hahn as well? Speaking of Greenline, I’d like to announce we have just finalized our next ROW West walk 2.0 with Metro to be on Weds. May 11 at 2:30 to walk in the neighborhood between Artesia and Grant! I will forward info to all of you.
Anyone can read more by going to rightofsay.com/events.
Roger Carlson
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Submitted At: 2:15pm 05-03-22
I'm in favor of the green line coming to the redondo transit center and along the existing rail line.
Connecting metro rail to the bus network significantly improves the public transportation network, and the green line station will be a gateway to LAX.
For several years I commuted from Redondo to Pasadena by metro rail and bus. Poor connections in the system added 10-20 minutes walking time at several several stations, making transit inefficient, making my commute longer, and reducing my safety by putting me on long walks at night. Don't do this in Redondo.
And, for the last few years, I commuted to Oakland weekly by plane. On Friday nights, my wait for an uber and my uber ride home would be much longer than my plane flight. A green line station in redondo would open up LAX for redondo residents.
Agenda Item: eComments for N.2. 22-3907 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE PICKLEBALL FEASIBILITY STUDY
RECEIVE AND FILE THE STUDY AND THE INPUT FROM THE RECREATION AND PARKS COMMISSION AND COMMUNITY AND
PROVIDE DIRECTION ON ANY PROPOSED PICKLEBALL LOCATIONS
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Christine Ng
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Submitted At: 7:45pm 05-03-22
I have no objection to pickleball playing. Except for putting it in the Aviation Park Open Field. I would prefer that spot be use for a community garden in North Redondo. Thank you, Christine Ng (35 year North Redondo Resident)
mara lang
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Submitted At: 7:24pm 05-03-22
As a recreation and parks commissioner I sat through the various presentations. It is obvious we need a solution for pickleball players and it would be wonderful to bring this resource to Redondo Beach and the neighboring communities. In the vacuum of the meeting where we were asked to discuss the proposed locations, Aviation park seemed like an untapped resource and yes! it was exciting to envision giving the community 6 pickle ball courts at Aviation park. But what we didn't really discuss was the best use for this rare bit of undeveloped city land. In light of warming global temperatures and the very real heat island affect, it feels perhaps, irresponsible to pave over this lot. There has been discussion about providing a community garden for North Redondo - the residents certainly deserve it - it would be wonderful if the council was able to find a solution for converting unused already paved city owned land into pickle ball courts (which we discussed in the commission meeting) on top of the agreed upon tennis court conversion.
Brianna Egan
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Submitted At: 5:15pm 05-03-22
I support pickleball courts in Redondo Beach. It's a sport that is easy to learn and can be enjoyed by people of all ages, with less joint stress and aerobic exertion vs tennis. I've played at the Hermosa Beach pickleball courts and they've become so popular that the city has now restricted reservations and memberships to Hermosa Beach residents only. I've also played at PVIS which has painted lines on concrete blacktop, and no fences between courts.
The challenge is that adequate space is tricky to find in Redondo, especially considering many other "interests" are competing for the same spaces such as tennis and field sports. I support overlaying stripes for 4 pickleball courts at 1-2 tennis courts at Alta Vista Park (maybe the southernmost or northernmost courts). This way, both tennis and pickleball uses are preserved for tournament play and flexibility. It's easy to erect temporary pickleball nets (most pickleball players own their own portable nets) and the city could store 4 portable nets at the AV Community Center for players to use. Pickleball hours can be chosen and modified based on demand and trends.
As for additional courts beyond Alta Vista, I think the best course of action would be to re-stripe or add overlays to city-owned parking lots, such as at the Marina Parking Lot on Harbor Drive which sits 90% empty on most days (site of the shuttered Ruby's Diner). Beachside pickleball on existing concrete sounds amazing and is smart land use for acres of empty parking! Another expansive city-owned parking lot for striping overlay is the Performing Arts Center parking lot. Can this be studied as to compatibility with (excessive) Coastal Commission parking reqs?
I don't think it makes financial or environmental sense to pour concrete on green space, including at the Aviation Park Open Field. A higher use here would be a North Redondo Community Garden (our RBCG group has discussed this location) -- the 150'x150' field is large enough to provide at least 120 spacious 10'x10' plots for people to grow vegetables. A portion of the site could also be used as a public nursery for native and veg plants.
There is already huge demand for a 2nd community garden.
Phil Hong
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Submitted At: 10:04am 05-01-22
I oppose the removal of one tennis court from the Alta Vista facility to use exclusively for pickleball. The current usage numbers specified in the report looks at the entire day instead of breaking out peak and non-peak times.
Counting non-peak times in the usage statistics misrepresents the demand for this facility. The 8 tennis courts at Alta Vista are heavily utilized during peak hours (weekends and weekday afternoon/evenings) with reservation times becoming unavailable days in advance. Taking away a significant portion of a heavily utilized recreation resource would be like taking away a lane of traffic on PCH: during non-peak hours traffic would still flow but peak usage times would see a dramatic difference.
Pickleball is a relatively new sport whose popularity is booming. Forcing pickleball players to scavenge court resources from existing tennis and basketball courts is short sighted. COVID has brought a resurgence in demand for outdoor recreation. The city should be looking for ways to capitalize on this interest by building new recreation resources. This will improve quality of life, increase property values, and reinforce Redondo Beach's image as a family-oriented community.
Agenda Item: eComments for N.3. 22-4071 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE PROCESS TO REPLACE
THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
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Sara Martin
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Submitted At: 9:09pm 05-03-22
Make sure independent Usability Testing is included in the project. mara lang
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Submitted At: 7:10pm 05-03-22
I am not sure if this is to comment on the PROCESS to replace the city's website and content management system of if the discussion is whether an update should take place. Regardless, having been to the city's website many times I wholly agree that an update needs to take place.
Agenda Item: eComments for N.5. 22-3941 RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT ON SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM
IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONAL AMENITIES AT AVIATION PARK
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Sara Martin
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Submitted At: 6:18pm 05-03-22
(This duplicates what I emailed to the City Clerk before Granicus let me in.) I strongly support the location of an aquatics facility at Aviation Park. Redondo is pool poor. For years, the swimming public have only had access to the only competitive pool in Redondo, at the high school, for 3 hours on Saturday and Sunday, and those days are unavailable when the high school has other events scheduled at the pool. The pool complex fits in well with the existing other sports and athletic facilities, and there is plenty of adjacent parking. In addition, non-local swimmers and divers would have better access to Aviation from the 105 and the 405. In the past, I’ve heard people suggesting putting amajor aquatics center on the AES future parkland, next to the harbor, which I consider be a poor choice for several reasons; it’s not a park, the access is poor for non-locals, and it would prevent actual coastal-dependent uses from being located adjacent to the harbor. It’s possible that the Belmont complex in Long Beach inspired the wish to locate a competitive pool complex oceanadjacent, but Belmont being history should be a warning about the future for putting a pool so close to the shore.
The other possible, and oft-mentioned site is the soon-to-be-redeveloped failed BCHD hospital site on their Prospect Avenue. There might be enough room for an aquatics facility, but it’s only a half mile as the water polo ball flies, which is too close. That site would make another great park, though! I hope the Council sees the advantages to placing an aquatics center at Aviation, where it will be an economic, social, athletic and health boon to north Redondo.
Sara Martin, District 1