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redondo BEACH
Bill Brand
Mayor
415 Diamond Street, P.0. BOX 270
Redondo Beach, California 9027 7 -027 0
www.redondo.org
tel 310 372-1171
ext.2260
fax 310 374-2039
Mr. Phillip A. Washington
Chief Executive Officer
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority One Gateway Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90012-2952
Dear Mr. Washington:
The Green Line extension to Torrance will bring much needed transportation infrastructure to our region. Each day thousands of commuters leave the South Bay and travel North for work or leisure, creating the congestion that consequently affects quality of life for all residing in the greater Los Angeles area.
On July 17,20L8, the Redondo Beach City Council received a report and voted unanimously supporting the submittal of this letter to your offices.
On behalf of the Redondo Beach City Council, we urge you and the Metro Board to proceed with a full project Environmental lmpact Report (ElR) studying Alternative 3 in an elevated position. This would address many of our residents' concerns and allow the line to traverse a popular commercial corridor.
ln the event the Metro Board chooses to study Alternatives L or 2, we would furthermore urge that the EIR address trenching in Redondo Beach, south of Grant Avenue, through the future RB transit center, under 182nd Street and along the existing Right of Way until it needs to ascend back up to the elevated track crossing Hawthorne/l90th Street. While this is not the preferred route for our residents, we believe these suggested mitigations would be most beneficial to their quality of life and future traffic patterns along 182nd Street. Lastly, the City Council opposed and did not support further consideration of Alternative 4.
I would be happy to discuss the concerns and suggestions with you, staff and the Board Members. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
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William C. Brand
July 18, 2018