City Council on 2022-11-01 6:00 PM - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER Meeting Time: 11-01-22 18:00
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City Council on 2022-11-01 6:00 PM -
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
11-01-22
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City Council on 2022-11-01 6:00 PM - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER 11-01-22 18:00
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H.4. 22-4958 ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NO. CC-2211-086,
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING FREE PARKING WITHIN THE PIER AND PLAZA PARKING STRUCTURES FOR THE 2022 HOLIDAY
SEASON - DURING THE HOURS OF 8AM TO 10PM FROM
DECEMBER 3, 2022 THROUGH JANUARY 1, 2023
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L.1. 22-4965 PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION 2211- 092 TO ADD A CANNABIS TAXATION ORDINANCE AS A BALLOT
MEASURE FOR THE MARCH 7, 2023 ELECTION
PROCEDURES:
1. Open public hearing and take testimony;
2. Close public hearing and deliberate; and
3. Adopt the following resolution by title only:
ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION 2211-092, A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, SUBMITTING TO THE CITY VOTERS A BALLOT
MEASURE TO ESTABLISH A BUSINESS TAX ON BUSINESSES WHICH
SELL, DISTRIBUTE, MANUFACTURE, AND CULTIVATE CANNABIS
INCLUDING INDUSTRIAL HEMP AND HEMP PRODUCTS;
REQUESTING THAT THE LOS ANGELES BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY REGISTRAR RECORDER/COUNTY CLERK
OFFICE TO RENDER SPECIFIED SERVICES TO THE CITY OF
REDONDO BEACH RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF THE ELECTION,
AND REQUESTING ADDING THIS ELECTION WITH THE GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MARCH 7, 2023
1 0 1 0
N.1. 22-5085 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION RELATED TO THE
CITY'S BAN ON GENERAL FOOD SALES, INCLUSIVE OF BEER AND
WINE, AT SERVICE STATIONS
1 1 0 0
N.2. 22-5004 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING
ELECTRIC BICYCLE OPERATION, ENFORCEMENT AND EDUCATION
IN THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH
4 1 1 2
N.3. 22-5036 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE
CHARTER REVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S FIRST REPORT
RECOMMENDATIONS AND DIRECTION TO STAFF REGARDING THE
PREPARATION OF BALLOT MEASURES FOR POSSIBLE CHARTER
AMENDMENTS
1 0 0 0
N.4. 22-5035 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION PERTAINING TO A
POSSIBLE CHARTER AMENDMENT FOR VOTERS TO APPROVE THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF RANKED CHOICE VOTING FOR CITY
ELECTIVE OFFICES OR THE OPTION TO VEST THE POWER TO THE
CITY COUNCIL TO SET THE TYPE OF ELECTION THAT SHOULD
OCCUR BY THE CITY COUNCIL BY ORDINANCE FOR VOTERS TO
DETERMINE BY MEASURE AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
OF MARCH 7, 2023
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Agenda Item: eComments for H.4. 22-4958 ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NO. CC-2211-086, A RESOLUTION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING FREE PARKING WITHIN THE PIER AND PLAZA PARKING STRUCTURES FOR THE 2022 HOLIDAY SEASON - DURING THE HOURS OF 8AM TO 10PM FROM DECEMBER 3, 2022 THROUGH JANUARY 1, 2023
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Grace Peng
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Submitted At: 2:09pm 11-01-22
Free parking is not free. It will cost us $130,000 in foregone revenue and will promote more driving, including drunk driving. Let's bring more people to spend money at the pier, but in environmentally-sustainable ways. Let's provide free BCT rides to the pier and run more service hours. Let's cross-promote it with pier businesses, eg discounts for people who biked, walked or used transit.
Agenda Item: eComments for L.1. 22-4965 PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION 2211-092 TO ADD A CANNABIS TAXATION ORDINANCE AS A BALLOT MEASURE FOR THE MARCH 7, 2023 ELECTION PROCEDURES:
1. Open public hearing and take testimony;
2. Close public hearing and deliberate; and
3. Adopt the following resolution by title only:
ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION 2211-092, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, SUBMITTING TO THE CITY VOTERS A BALLOT MEASURE TO ESTABLISH A BUSINESS TAX ON BUSINESSES
WHICH SELL, DISTRIBUTE, MANUFACTURE, AND CULTIVATE CANNABIS INCLUDING INDUSTRIAL HEMP AND HEMP PRODUCTS; REQUESTING THAT THE LOS ANGELES BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY REGISTRAR
RECORDER/COUNTY CLERK OFFICE TO RENDER SPECIFIED SERVICES TO THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH RELATING TO
THE CONDUCT OF THE ELECTION, AND REQUESTING ADDING THIS ELECTION WITH THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MARCH 7, 2023
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Steve Colin
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Submitted At: 5:22pm 11-01-22
This comment is submitted by former District 3 councilman, Steve Colin regarding item L.1 under Public Hearings. The October 19, 2022 election results should have been an eye opener, and education, for all current city councilmembers. Over 70% of the voters in District 4 did not want their councilman recalled. We all knew that the recall effort was funded by Elliot Lewis of Catalyst Cannabis. Citywide, voters in all districts voted against the marijuana ordinance prepared by Elliot Lewis and Catalyst Cannabis. Over 70 % of voters said no to marijuana dispensaries in the city. What part of these election results do you not understand ? Instead of moving forward with a proposed cannabis taxation ordinance for the March 7, 2023 election, you should place on the ballot the question for voters: do you even want a cannabis ordinance in the City of Redondo Beach. I am certain you would find that most voters do not want marijuana dispensaries in the city - whether the ordinance is drafted by a pot dealer or adopted by a city council. So, before moving forward with a cannabis taxation ordinance, you should rescind what you adopted previously and let the voters decided whether Redondo Beach wants a cannabis ordinance on its books.
Agenda Item: eComments for N.1. 22-5085 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION RELATED TO THE CITY'S BAN ON GENERAL
FOOD SALES, INCLUSIVE OF BEER AND WINE, AT SERVICE STATIONS Overall Sentiment
Grace Peng
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Submitted At: 2:19pm 11-01-22
Gas station owners need to diversify to offset the reduction of sales due to our transition away from fossil fuels.
They are also in locations convenient to where people already are. Thus, it makes sense to let them sell general food items as they do in other cities. I have bought food in delis located in gas stations in PV and abroad. Let's repeal this prohibition so we can enjoy this at home. It will improve tax receipts, help local businesses, and give us more uses from our precious urban space.
Agenda Item: eComments for N.2. 22-5004 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ELECTRIC BICYCLE
OPERATION, ENFORCEMENT AND EDUCATION IN THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH Overall Sentiment
Kyle Richardson
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Submitted At: 5:40pm 11-01-22
I have ridden 28,000 miles on e-bikes within the South Bay and beyond since 2018. I first got an e-bike to commute to Santa Monica. I now work in Torrance and continue to ride to Torrance. The electricity used to assist the bike cost 7 cents per 50 miles. The space and material costs for an e-bike are much less than that of cars.
On weekends with my two young kids and my wife, we ride our electric bikes to businesses on Artesia, parks in Redondo and the beach. On weekdays I take my kids to school on our electric cargo bike before I continue to work. The minivans and SUVs dropping kids off at school clog up roads and sight lines. The rise of e-bikes in the South Bay has brought to lite the lack of bike infrastructure, bike culture and bike education in the South Bay.
Please work to improve bicycle and pedestrian safety in the south bay. South Bay Bicycle Coalition member.
Grace Peng
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Submitted At: 2:51pm 11-01-22
I support greater education and outreach towards eBike riders, including many who do not have extensive bikeriding experience. However, I object to two proposals. 1) We should limit speed on bike paths, but not ban riding without peddling. Many seniors and disabled people ride eBikes and may not be able to pedal. We can set a lower speed limit for Class I multi-use paths than for Class IV ones to minimize conflict.
2) I urge us to adopt the Safety Stop, where cyclists can treat stop signs as yield signs. Stopping and starting takes significant energy and balance. People teach children how to ride bikes on the NRB Bikeway, which has stop signs every 350'. Let adults and children accompanied by an adult use the safety stop. More importantly, starting from a dead stop increases the time cyclists are in the intersection and drivers' blind spots. Counterintuitively, slowing but not completely stopping at stop signs is safer for all road users. https://www.cyclinglawyer.com/bike-law-news-cycling-updates/2019/5/21/the-pros-and-cons-of-the-rolling-stop Brianna Egan
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Submitted At: 2:12pm 11-01-22
Contrary to what the popular opinion on Nextdoor seems to be, e-bikes are a good thing for our community. They enable greater mobility for people of all ages without generating fossil fuel emissions. The vast majority of trips throughout the South Bay are 3 miles or less -- usually school drop-offs, pick-ups, and grocery runs. Replacing these car trips with e-bike trips is a net positive for climate and public health. Nationwide and worldwide, e-bike sales are outpacing electric car sales and solve issues related to traffic and mobility that electric cars do not. Ebikes are the future and we would be remiss to resist this inertia.
There are real concerns for safety that need to be met with infrastructure changes. Education and enforcement alone will not suffice and can be unnecessarily punitive. We need to meet this moment with a look ahead to what is possible, not a regression to uphold a car-dependent status quo. As detailed in this presentation, Class I and IV bike lanes are the gold standard for safe infrastructure. Earlier presentations on upcoming plans to implement the South Bay Bicycle Master Plan indicate mainly Class II and III bike lanes will be added. Why is this the case? Are we trying to preserve parking lanes and car lanes? Complete streets and protected bikeways will reduce car traffic and make car parking redundant.
Can I suggest the city appoint a bike safety & infrastructure task force composed of representatives from SBBC+, RBUSD, RBPD, RBPW, BCHD with the express purpose of identifying and implementing key intersections and streets for quick-build bike lane projects? Bike East Bay had a fantastic workshop showcasing how city staff in Bay Area cities implemented quick-build projects in recent years. We really need to bring stakeholders and funding to the table to create better infrastructure. A priority would be protected routes to schools, raised intersections and speed humps for pedestrians and bikes, and designated bikeways vs car-ways in school dropoff zones.
Steve Takemoto
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Submitted At: 1:52pm 11-01-22
Against 22450(a) Bicyclists must stop at the limit line for any posted stop sign.
In September 2021, California passed a bill, AB122 that allows cyclists to roll through stop signs when they deem it is safe to do so. https://abc7.com/bicycling-yield-sign-stop-do-bicyclists-have-to-at/10994542/ The bill encourages safe riding by allowing cyclists to spend less time in dangerous intersections. In Delaware, police noticed a 23% drop in crashes at stop signs after adopting this policy. Bikes are still required to yield right of way to pedestrians. A law requiring bicycle riders to completely stop at every stop sign is exhausting. California recently abolished the jay walking law because law enforcement arbitrarily applied it to people of color. Redondo Beach should not adopt a law that allows law enforcement to cite bicyclists who are not endangering the public. It could result in a perception that the city is intolerant.
Agenda Item: eComments for N.3. 22-5036 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE CHARTER REVIEW
ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S FIRST REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS AND DIRECTION TO STAFF REGARDING THE PREPARATION
OF BALLOT MEASURES FOR POSSIBLE CHARTER AMENDMENTS
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Steve Colin
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Submitted At: 5:53pm 11-01-22
This is submitted by Steve Colin, former District 3 city councilman. Under the old adage, "if it aint' broken, don't fix it", it seems this Charter Review Committee has lots of free time on its hands. I'm still shaking my head about where some of these ideas and proposed changes came from. And why are these changes even being considered tonight. For example, has there been a recent surge in lawsuits against the city that has caused some of these recommendations to appear in this report submitted by the charter review committee ? If that is the case, then this point was completely omitted in the report for these proposed changes in our Charter. Redondo Beach is an old city. We've been through a lot and the charter appears to work well for us. Stop wasting city staff time and tax dollars on these silly ideas. Please don't re-invent the wheel, especially when the wheel rolls fine. For example, there is no outcry by the public to change the elected city attorney position. And, it is especially a crazy idea to make the city attorney position part-time. There was no evidence submitted by the charter review committee that there is a lack of attorney candidates available to run for that office. A concerned was raised in the committee's report about the rising costs of the city attorney's personnel and costs of outside litigation. But, most of you have been on the City Council for 6 years and done nothing to keep costs under control or to limit outside contracts. What is the urgency now ? The voters have already said they want a full time city attorney and they want a city attorney to be elected. That's accountability to the public. If the public is unhappy, there are elections every four years t oust anyone the voters want to reject. No recalls are needed. The City Attorney should be accountable to the voters, and not be directed in his legal work by the votes of three members of a city council.
The City Attorney needs to be an independent advocate for the City, not a city official who counts council votes when a legal opinion is rendered. The qualifications of future candidates for the position of a full time elected City Attorney should be left to the voters.
Agenda Item: eComments for N.4. 22-5035 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION PERTAINING TO A POSSIBLE CHARTER
AMENDMENT FOR VOTERS TO APPROVE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RANKED CHOICE VOTING FOR CITY ELECTIVE
OFFICES OR THE OPTION TO VEST THE POWER TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO SET THE TYPE OF ELECTION THAT SHOULD
OCCUR BY THE CITY COUNCIL BY ORDINANCE FOR VOTERS TO DETERMINE BY MEASURE AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION OF MARCH 7, 2023
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Steve Colin
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Submitted At: 6:06pm 11-01-22
Our charter is not broken, and no change in the way we vote is needed. As the staff report CLEARLY states, "TO DATE, THERE ARE NO CALIFORNIA CITIES THAT HAVE ADOPTED USE OF STAR Voting METHOD." What does that tell you ? Do not add costs to the March 7, 2023 election. With the multiple candidates who will be running for the District 3 and District 5 city council seats, we need to be focused on that chore. No voter confusion needs to be placed on the ballot. Most people won't even know what you are talking about. Leave well enough alone. If you want to place a possible charter amendment for voters on the March 7th ballot, then let voters decided if they want the following added for every elected position that appears on the ballot: (1) None of the above.
Grace Peng
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Submitted At: 2:31pm 11-01-22
I support alternative voting systems such as RCV and STAR voting. Both would be preferable to our current plurality voting system. They would not just lower the cost of elections by eliminating the need for run-offs, but they would help widen the pool of candidates and encourage positive campaigning.
I would prefer that the charter amendment allows both RCV and STAR voting because STAR voting has been shown to slightly improve voter satisfaction efficiency over RCV. http://electionscience.github.io/vsesim/VSEbasic/ Steve Takemoto
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Submitted At: 1:50pm 11-01-22
Ranked choice will save the city money by making runoff elections unnecessary.