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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
JUNE 7, 2022
J.1 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
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BCHD building plans
Monday, May 23, 2022 7:33:37 PM
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I am concerned about Beach Cities Health District’ s proposed Phase 1 development plan that will be commercially DEVELOPED/OWNED/OPERATED. Phase 1 is proposed to be 110-feet above the surrounding streets and 300,000 sqft in size. Phase 2 will bring the total BCHD site up to nearly 800,000 sqft, which is 250% its current size. That is larger than the entire adjacent Beryl Heights neighborhood’ s homes' sizes all added together. BCHDs proposed plan is also 3-times the height and 150% as large as the voter-rejected CenterCal Mall-by-the-Sea.
I am also concerned that BCHD continues to spend from a $16M taxpayer fund, preparing inconsistent, incompatible, and irresponsible plans on an elevated site in the center of residential, 30-foot or lower maximum height neighborhoods.
BCHDs 2017 design committed to protecting neighborhoods with buildings in the center and surface parking around the edges buffering homes from damages.
BCHDs 2019 design (June EIR) was 60-feet tall and ringed the site on the edge. The 2020 design (June Board) was 76-feet tall and also on the edge. The 2021 design (March EIR) was 103-feet tall and also on the edge. The current design is claimed to be 83-feet tall and also on the edge of the site and still meets NONE of the comments regarding excessive height and size from 100s of surrounding neighbors and 1000s of petitioners against the project.
The attachment specifically calls out BCHDs plan’ s noncompliance with specific sections of RBMC CUP and PCDR and on TMC Hillside Overlay.
I ask that the Mayors, Councils and Planning Commissioners provide guidance to their respective Staff and lawyers to convey the public’ s disapproval of the current plan that BCHD is pouring our tax funding into. Thank you.
W. Glasgow
From: Stop BCHD
To: Communications; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Noel Chun; Vanessa I. Poster; Michelle Bholat; Jane Diehl; [email protected]; Bill Brand; [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: Kevin Cody; [email protected]; Lisa Jacobs
Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT - BCHD "Wealthy" Living Campus Project Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 5:01:43 PM
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To: Mayors, Councils and Planning Commissions of Torrance, Redondo, Manhattan and Hermosa Beach Regional Electeds
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The letter below demonstrates using BCHD document references that BCHD has ignored both its 2017 commitments to stop damaging surrounding neighborhoods and comments over well over 1000 residents and surrounding neighbors to reduce the size of the BCHD compound plan.
As shown, in 2017 BCHD acknowledged its damages to the surrounding neighborhoods and committed to surface parking and green buffer space. BCHD then proposed not one, but three further designs all built on the perimeter of a 30-foot+ elevated site.
Further, BCHD increased the height of its proposal in the face of public objection from 60 to 76 to 103 feet tall from 2019 to 2021. Clearly, BCHD ignored public comment.
Last, BCHD removed 160,000 sqft of underground parking that would be out of site and not a privacy and noise hazard to the community, and replaced it with an 8- 10 story parking ramp (about 300,000 sqft).
In short, BCHD made its commercial development CLOSER, TALLER and BIGGER to the surrounding neighborhoods, yet continues a false narrative that it responded to neighborhood concerns. BCHD not only IGNORED the neighborhoods, it increased the local damage level to property values, privacy, noise, and other made the commercial compound less compatible and more character damaging.
The BCHD proposal as it stands is unacceptable to the surrounding residents. It fails to protect community rights under the Redondo Beach Conditional Use Permit, Planning Commission Design Review and Residential Design Guidelines.
STOP BCHD ([email protected]) is a neighborhood community of residents concerned about the economic and quality-of-life damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict on our families for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 and the damages outweigh any benefits.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment - BCHD Proposed Project Non-Compliance Date: Sunday, May 29, 2022 8:34:26 PM
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BCHD Plan Fails RB MC 10-2.2502 Planning Commission Design Review Sect b(2).pdf CAUTION: Email is from an external source; Stop, Look, and Think before opening attachments or links.
Per the Brown Act, these are public comments to the Council and Planning Commissioners on non-agenda items of interest to the public.
STOP BCHD ([email protected]) is a neighborhood community of residents concerned about the economic and quality-of-life damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict on our families for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 and the damages outweigh any benefits.
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BCHD Plan Fails RB MC 10-2.2502 Planning Commission
Design Review Sect b(2)
BCHD fails to respect the natural terrain of its elevated site, especially due to the declining elevation surrounding the site.
BCHD proposes nearly 110-feet above the closest streets (Beryl & Flagler) BCHD proposes to build on the site perimeter, instead of in the center as the District has done previously BCHD proposes outward facing opening doors and balconies that will diminish privacy and increase noise levels to existing residential uses
Mandatory Changes to the BCHD Plan
The City of Redondo Beach must enforce this provision of the RBMC to protect the surrounding residents. As demonstrated, BCHD has clearly NOT respected the natural terrain of the Public site. The BCHD facility must be lower, must be further away from the site perimeter, and must not use opening doors and windows in order to isolate the noise travel.
The City PROTECTED Residents With Restrictions on the Assisted Living on P -CF Public Owned and Zoned Land
BCHD's proposal is taller than 99.7% of the existing campus buildings and 300-times more sqft OVER 52 -feet than the existing campus buildings. As you can see from the evidence below - the proposed building does not respect the elevated campus in location, size or height.
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Public Comment - Non-Agenda Item - BCHD Confusion over its Service Area Thursday, June 2, 2022 3:21:22 PM
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Redondo Beach and Torrance Mayors and Councils
Some facts about the Beach Cities NON-RESIDENT SERVICES District - FACT: The District was founded, funded, and owned by the residents of Hermosa, Manhattan, and Redondo Beach.
FACT: The District petitioned the Superior Court for District Operation for the benefit of the RESIDENTS of the District.
FACT: LA County Health reported that BCHD Covid tested 84% NON-RESIDENTS FACT: BCHD reported that BCHD Covid Vaxxed 45% NON-RESIDENTS FACT: BCHDs marketing firm, MDS, in Exhibit 3-3 demonstrates that 80% of the $12K/mo RCFE will be NON-RESIDENTS FACT: National PACE Association data shows that 96% of PACE participants will be NON-RESIDENTS FACT: BCHD Press Release shows that 91% of "allcove" program participants come from NON-RESIDENT areas, such as, Long Beach and PV
FACT: BCHD has increased, and increased, and increased the development height - https://www.stopbchd.com/post/despite-citizenconcern-bchd-has-increased-the-height-of-the-wealthy-living-campus-over-and-over QUESTION: So why does BCHD take out ads to whine that 70% of those that petitioned AGAINST the EXCESSIVE, RBMC-violating SIZE AND HEIGHT of its 110-foot tall, 800,000 sqft project were from Torrance and other adjacent cities? WHY? BCHD has been spending our taxes outside the district for quite some time, and plans to use our P-CF public owned and zoned land for a vast majority of NON-RESIDENT services.
I for one am not at all surprised that Torrance weighed in heavily. Their neighborhoods to the east of BCHD will be 150-feet or more below the leering/peering/noisy balconies of BCHD, as will the neighborhoods to the North of Beryl and West of Prospect and South of Diamond.
BCHD fails most of the specific purposes of both the RBMC on CUP and PCDR, as well as, RDG and the Torrance Hillside Overlay.
Next time you see BCHD publishing FACTS, find a clothespin to hold your nose!