City Council on 2022-08-16 6:00 PM - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER Meeting Time: 08-16-22 18:00
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City Council on 2022-08-16 6:00 PM -
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08-16-22
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City Council on 2022-08-16 6:00 PM - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER 08-16-22 18:00
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J.1. 22-4648 For eComments and Emails Received from the Public 3 0 2 0 L.1. 22-4398 PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE CALIFORNIA
COASTAL COMMISSION'S REQUIRED MODIFICATIONS TO AMEND
THE TITLE 10 CHAPTER 5 COASTAL LAND USE PLAN
IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCE OF THE REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL
CODE AND THE LOCAL COASTAL PLAN PERTAINING TO
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES
CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW
INTRODUCE BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE NO. 3242-22 AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 5 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES IN THE COASTAL ZONE, CONSISTENT
WITH STATE LAW AND INCORPORATING CALIFORNIA COASTAL
COMMISSION MODIFICATIONS
PROCEDURES:
a. Open the Public Hearing, take testimony; and
b. Close the Public Hearing; and
c. Introduce Ordinance No. 3242-22 by title only.
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Agenda Item: eComments for J.1. 22-4648 For eComments and Emails Received from the Public Overall Sentiment
Maggie Healy
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Submitted At: 6:17pm 08-16-22
It has been 56 days since the City Council stole the Mayor Pro Tem position away from North Redondo Beach.
City Council’s action taken back on June 21, 2022 was not authorized by law; Council’s actions were not in accordance with accepted standards or rules. City Council’s action flew in the face of convention, they were in total defiance of the standards and rules set by decades of precedent. The current presiding officer is considered to be illegitimate because the recognized rotation was not followed. The current presiding officer is considered to be illegitimate because they do not have the support of the people which would not have been questioned if the accepted rotation had been followed.
On the City Website, there is a page called “About Redondo” and on that page is the core values of the City of Redondo Beach, in the section under “Integrity, Ethics, and Accountability” it states “We demonstrate the moral character to do what is right, thus build trust and transparency while taking ownership for our decisions.” In the history of the State of California, there is no comparison to an elected official appointing his or her self to the position of Mayor Pro Tem; it is simply unprecedented and unparalleled. Breaking protocols without values, breaking standards without values, breaking rules without values, breaking practices without values, breaking precedents without values is not good governance, it does not build trust in the community. The City Council was far from being transparent in its decision making on June 21st. And fifty-six days later, Redondo residents are still having to call upon the City Council to restore the recognized and legitimate rotation of Mayor Pro Tem, because the City Council continues to demonstrate a complete lack of moral character to do what is right.
Mariam Butler
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Submitted At: 4:56pm 08-16-22
As an 18 year resident of Redondo Beach, I’m highly concerned by the recent actions of the Mayor and Redondo Beach Council, namely Lowenstein, Nerenheim and Obagi. They disrespect the residents of North RB by bypassing Laura Emdee for mayor pro tem as retaliation for us residents speaking out against the unethical behaviors we are observing. The handling of Mr. Obagi’s recall and subsequent October 19 election is another example of their abuse of their positions. Mr. Obagi had originally recused himself on July 12 when council was discussing the recall vote due to a conflict of interest since he himself is being recalled. However, Obagi then violates the FPPC recusal provision on July 19 voting 3-0 in favor of N1 item creating a conflict of interest. The N1 item was a non-agenda item to have a special election on October 19 which will cost us the taxpayers $290,000 instead of waiting for it to be put on the November 8 ballot that would cost only $36,000. This is wasteful and abuse of our financial resources. You forget that this is OUR money, not yours you are wasting. The October 19 election will cause harm to the residents of District 4 as it creates voter confusion. It is obvious to those of us paying attention that the intention is to try and keep Obagi on council, despite the resounding desire of the RB District 4 residents to recall him. Mr. Obagi does not represent our best interests as demonstrated by his continuing to vote to put the majority of the state mandated housing in North Redondo and most in the most dense district, District 4, voting to bypass Laura Emdee as mayor pro-tem, and consistently voting for the best interests of South Redondo at the detriment of North Redondo.
Vicky Oetzell
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Submitted At: 4:22pm 08-16-22
Regarding the 3 City of Redondo Beach City Council Members Nehrenheim, Loewenstein, Obagi and Mayor Brand, who have been very devious. You all committed a violation of the Brown Act on July 19, 2022. And you have said, it’s not the first time and it’s alright. You are right that it’s not the first time. It’s not alright.
Zein Obagi Jr. was unethical by voting for his own recall election date and anything to do with the Cannabis Initiative. On July 12, Obagi recused himself from any discussion or voting on the Cannabis Initiative and as he said he was “conflicted”. But, on July 19, he drove all the way up from San Diego during the first 2 hours of the meeting to vote on that very subject, because, for some reason, he wanted his recall election to not be on the November 8th general election ballot, which would have cost the city only $38,000. It was unethical to vote for his own recall election, and now the city is wasting from $217,000 up to $297,000 on a Special Election. They are wasting our shrinking reserves.
I hope the citizens of Redondo Beach understand how corrupt and power hungry these 4 people are.
Vote Yes to recall Obagi. And I hope that the other three are punished for their collusions and violations. The citizens of Redondo Beach deserve better than these greedy, deceitful, scheming, egotistical men.
The June 19, 2022 City Council Meeting was another non agendized motion to skip Laura Emdee as Mayor ProTem. I know it doesn’t do any good to insist that this wrong be righted because all public outcry to do so has been ignored by these 4. I want it on record, again, that Nehrenheim should make Laura Emdee Mayor Pro-Tem.
Again, Brand and his posse were in violation of the Brown Act. The citizens should know they are power grabbing and do not care about their city. They only care about themselves.
Again, Obagi last week just couldn't be civil. He's crying because he wants the city council to be civil, but he's the first offender. The City Attorney even had to shame you from continuing to offend one of your city council members. I understand you can't help yourself, but no one feels sorry for you.
Agenda Item: eComments for L.1. 22-4398 PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION'S REQUIRED MODIFICATIONS TO AMEND THE TITLE 10 CHAPTER 5 COASTAL LAND USE PLAN IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCE
OF THE REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE AND THE LOCAL COASTAL PLAN PERTAINING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING
UNITS IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW
INTRODUCE BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE NO. 3242-22 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 5 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING
UNITS IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES IN THE COASTAL ZONE, CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW AND INCORPORATING CALIFORNIA
COASTAL COMMISSION MODIFICATIONS
PROCEDURES:
a. Open the Public Hearing, take testimony; and
b. Close the Public Hearing; and
c. Introduce Ordinance No. 3242-22 by title only.
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Jill Klausen
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Submitted At: 6:02pm 08-16-22
Jill Klausen, Redondo Beach resident since 1994, homeowner since 2004. As long as the state is requiring the city of Redondo to allow the building of more ADUs, and given that the state themselves have established requirements for all new residential building to be fitted for electric appliances with no gas lines running to them, I would like to propose that the city of Redondo add our own additional environmental and water-saving requirements, including but not limited to: incinerating toilets instead of flush toilets, solar panels, rain gutters and downspouts with rain barrels, on-demand electric water heaters, and disallowing irrigation system installation.
The burden on our precious and dwindling natural resources with all the additional building being demanded of us will require such measures if we hope to make it through the increasing drought. Thank you for your consideration.
Concerned Citizen
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Submitted At: 1:31pm 08-16-22
Before the city moves forward with HDL as the third party scorer, as a concerned citizen, I must report that Ken Spiker, of Spiker Rendon Consulting, bragged while in an intoxicated stated that he "owned" HDL and Mark McPherson. If the purpose of hiring HDL is to get an impartial score, I urge the City Council to investigate the relationship between Spiker Rendon Consulting and HDL.