City Council on 2022-09-01 6:00 PM - STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION Meeting Time: 09-01-22 18:00
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City Council on 2022-09-01 6:00 PM - STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION 09-01-22 18:00
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J.1. 22-4666 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CITY'S
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Agenda Item: eComments for J.1. 22-4666 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN, GOALS
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Jill Klausen
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Submitted At: 6:40pm 09-01-22
As pertains to the goal of increased environmental sustainability of Redondo Beach, a growing body of evidence shows that access to green space in urban areas can bring considerable benefits to the health and well-being of city residents. These benefits may include improved cognitive development and functioning, reduced symptom severity of ADHD, reduced obesity, and positive impacts on mental health. The University of British Columbia researchers found the 'impact of urban vegetation exposure on the health and well-being of marginalized communities may become even more critical as climate change worsens. “The residents of Globeville, Colorado, had a vision for 5.5 acres of land as being an open park that anyone in the community could enjoy and employed a unique process that brought the community to the table for almost every design meeting, almost every construction stage, and they even helped decide which kinds of trees would be planted. And it is now filled with pollinator gardens that are teeming with bees, butterflies, and wildflowers." Then there's Atlanta, which turned a 7-acre vacant lot into largest free food forest In the country Instead of developing it into townhouses, that is providing citizens with free organic fruits, nuts, vegetables, mushrooms and herbs and includes a community composting facility, rainwater collection system, and an apiary to house bees for pollination.
So what are we doing in Redondo Beach, allowing our health district of all people to build a massive concrete structure for private profit on public land to house seniors primarily from outside our community? I cannot think of anything more UNHEALTHY than a structure of that size and scope in the middle of public land.
In my opinion, it would be abject government malfeasance to allow this travesty to continue, and I'm calling on our city council to take whatever steps are necessary to stop it in its entirety and re-imagine a more appropriate and HEALTHY use for that land, just as we did with the inappropriate mall on our shorefront.
Thank you,
Jill Klausen, Redondo Beach resident since 1994