BLUE FOLDER ITEM
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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MAY 2, 2023
J.1 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
From: Stop BCHD
To: Stop BCHD
Cc: CityClerk; [email protected]
Subject: BCHD Update: Modeling Estimates Torrance Property Values Down $47M in BCHD Area Date: Monday, April 24, 2023 10:06:02 AM
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Special Note to Torrance Homeowners Within 1/2-mile of BCHD Redondo Beach Municipal Code has a requirement that developments must protect property values. It's unknown if the code is binding on impacts to Torrance property caused by Redondo developments. (Note: Redondo impacts will be released later this week) In any event, we have used the model developed for value impacts of BCHD to Redondo property (also within 1/2-mile) and estimated the impacts of the current BCHD compound on the Torrance neighbors. Follow the link and search for your own address and it will show the estimated impact of your distance from BCHD on your current property value.
BCHD is planning on massive increases in square footage (312,000 sqft to 792,000 sqft), visual height impacts from relocation of buildings to the perimeter of the site (200% to 300% increase), and increases in the amount of square footage at maximum height (from 962 sqft to 275,000 sqft). It's all explained in the link.
The Cities of Torrance and Redondo are copied on this email. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-values-within-1-2-mile-of-bchd-showestimated-47m-value-loss NOTE: Public Comment to Torrance and Redondo Beach Mayors, Councils and Planning Commissions
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StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Tim Ozenne
To: Michelle Bholat; Vanessa I. Poster; Jane Diehl; [email protected]; Noel Chun Cc: Tom Bakaly; CityClerk; City Clerk
Subject: Comment from T. Ozenne for BCHD Board of Director"s Meeting 4/26/23 Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 11:56:29 AM
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Attn: City Clerks in Redondo and Torrance. I would appreciate it if you would forward the attached comment directed to the Beach Cities Health District to each member of your respective city councils. Thank you!
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Public Comment on the Healthy Living
Campus
In 2023, four Board meeting agendas have included a CEO report with a section devoted to the Health Living Campus (HLC). For four months, January through March, the HLC segments of the report were completely identical:
Healthy Living Campus (HLC): Now that our development partner is on board, we plan to submit a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) application within the next 3-6 months. This is taking a little longer than planned because we are trying to address feedback we have heard from the community as we prepare the application. The CUP application will be at the very least consistent with impacts discussed in the certified Environmental Impact Report. Attached to the CEO report is a report that tracks progress of the Healthy Living Campus and shows schedules, financial information, and the status of mitigating impacts as requested by the Board.
For April, the draft CEO Report adds some material as to the proposed land lease but repeats the assertion that addressing community feedback is “taking longer than planned.” I see no way to read these remarks other than as a claim that BCHD’s response to community feedback has delayed the HLC project and the associated permits, including the conditional use permits that will be needed. In other words, apparently the CEO argues that the delay is largely due to the effort to accomodate changes proposed by the community. “It’s not our fault, it’s those pesky community people!” Isn’t this blaming the community for the delay? Doesn’t this imply that BCHD is actually altering the HLC in a way that responds to community feedback? I should think that, if BCHD has actually received feedback from the community, and has used the feedback to modify the HLC proposal, it must be able to document the feedback and the corresponding alterations. Will it?
Yet, the CEO is on the record stating that the public will not know what BCHD will put in its permit applications. No one will know how responsive the new design will be to community comments— until BCHD officially files these applications. How is the community to determine if its views are being reflected in HLC changes?
Indeed, earlier this year the Health Living Campus Update (February 2, 2023) included this:
BCHD is working with WRC PMB Redondo Beach, our partner for the development and the operation of the Campus, to refine the
Phase 1 campus plans and finalize our application for a conditional use permit with the City of Redondo Beach. This is expected in the next 3-6 months. Similar to other projects that apply for a conditional use permit, the public will be able to access the plan when it is submitted to the City.
(Italics added for emphasis.) In other words, even though BCHD’s CEO specifically claims to be using community feedback to adjust HLC plans prior to submitting its applications for permits, the District will not disclose how (or if) it has made any changes responsive to community feedback until it has formally applied for the needed permits. And, of course, suggesting that the public will be able to access the plan after it is filed as is the case for “other projects” seems deliberately misleading.
Most conditional use permits do not propose to use public property and taxpayer dollars to design and operate proposed public facilities. Thus, it sure looks like BCHD is merely claiming it is responding to community feedback even as it denies the community—and taxpayers—any information as to how it is using community feedback to improve its applications.
Accordingly, I ask the BCHD Board of Directors to direct that the District will immediately disclose community feedback regarding the HLC and the specific changes that are being made to the applications to be submitted later this year.
I would, of course, appreciate responses from every individual member of the Board of Directors, or at least some indication that the comment has been read.
Thank you,
Tim Ozenne, Ph.D.
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: Communications; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; CityClerk; Vanessa I. Poster; Martha Koo; Noel Chun; Michelle Bholat; Jane Diehl Cc: Garth Meyer; Tyler Evains; info; Holly J. Mitchell; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Public Comment - It"s doubtful that it will matter to residents if BCHD doesn"t allow the private building on public land Date: Friday, April 28, 2023 4:31:01 PM
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TO: Mayors, Councils, Planning Commissions of Listed Cities https://www.stopbchd.com/post/does-bchd-know-how-much-it-spends-on-residents-of-the-district Does BCHD Know How Much it Spends on
RESIDENTS of the District?
In the EasyReader, BCHD CEO threatens that if BCHD doesn't allow the private Developer/Owner/Operator PMB LLC to use our PUBLIC land for 95 years then "Bakaly said BCHD services would be cut by 15 to 17 percent."
Does a 15% to 17% cut matter? Since BCHD spends heavily on NON-RESIDENT services, couldn't BCHD easily absorb a 20% cut even without impacting ANY RESIDENT services? For example:
84% of Covid tests were non-residents, (per LA County)
45% of Covid vaxx were non-residents, (per BCHD PR)
80% of the assisted living will be non-residents, (per BCHD MDS study) 91% of the "allcove" service area are non-residents, (per SPA8 service contract) 95% of the PACE enrollees will be non-residents, (per National PACE association data) 30-40% of CHF members are heavily subsidized non-residents, (per BCHD public records response analysis and budget analysis of $1.4M taxpayer subsidy of the entire $2.3M CHF/AdventurePlex budget)
Two years ago we asked BCHD for spending on services by zip code of residence of the person provided the services. BCHD replied "NO DOCUMENTS RESPONSIVE" Recently, we've asked BCHD again to provide services
spending by zip code of the person served so that we can learn if 50% of BCHD funding leaves the district or 25% or 15%.
We'll see - but BCHD spent from 1993 to about 2022 without program budgets, or cost-accounting or public benefits
analysis, so we aren't expecting BCHD's performance to be above a "D" level. Last time it was an "F".
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment - Revised Residential Design Guidelines Date: Thursday, April 27, 2023 9:49:55 PM
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Mayor, Council, Planning Commissioners:
I provided comments on the incomplete January 2023 RDGs and again at the public meeting on March 29 (as I recall). I am very concerned that the City is planning to jam these changes to the long existing RDGs through, yet, the public has seen no draft that incorporates resident concerns in nearly 4 months.
I am very concerned that public input will be shortchanged.
Mark Nelson
Redondo Beach
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: Communications; info; [email protected]; [email protected]; Holly J. Mitchell; Garth Meyer; Tyler Evains; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: Noel Chun; Jane Diehl; Martha Koo; Michelle Bholat; TRAO News; Vanessa I. Poster Subject: Public Comment for April BCHD Board Meeting - CEO Report Date: Friday, April 21, 2023 8:03:19 PM
Attachments: BCHD - CPRA - As of 2019 No Program Accounting or Budgets 25 yrs of NO CONTROLS.docx BCHD - CPRA - BCHD has no ability or obligation nor ability to compute benefits or costs of programs.pdf BCHD - Nat Pace Assoc 16 enrollees of 400.docx
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PUBLIC COMMENT FOR RB, HB, MB Mayors, Councils and Planning Commissions and other listed Electeds
The following comments represent fact-based analysis and documentation of BCHD's April 2023 monthly report:
ALLCOVE
Allcove continues to be an SPA8-wide program with 91% non-resident funding. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/ending-the-bchd-doublespeak-on-allcove-91-of-allcoveservice-is-for-non-resident-non-taxpayers HLC
The HLC continues to be 80% non-residents per MDS for RCFE.
The allcove is 91% non-residents per SPA8 contract for Allcove.
The PACE will be 95% non-residents per National PACE Assoc.
The average projected cost per room rental at the RCFE using PMC LLC's proposal is above $11,300 per month.
BCHD has 0% ownership of the Phase 1 development per BCHD's Cain Bros investment bankers.
The HLC must meet ALL RBMC and TMC requirements
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/ending-the-bchd-doublespeak-on-allcove-91-of-allcoveservice-is-for-non-resident-non-taxpayers https://www.stopbchd.com/post/ending-the-bchd-doublespeak-on-assisted-living-tenancy-80- of-the-rcfe-is-target-at-non-residents
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/ending-the-bchd-doublespeak-on-pace-only-1-in-1-000- seniors-uses-pace
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/ending-the-bchd-doublespeak-on-rcfe-rents-average-rcferoom-is-11-311-per-month https://www.stopbchd.com/post/bchd-has-0-ownership-of-new-development-per-bchdbankers-cain-brothers https://www.stopbchd.com/post/hopefully-bchd-s-new-year-s-resolutions-are-to-stopdestroying-the-neighborhood Budget
From 1993 through at least 2019 BCHD (see attached CPRA response as evidence) failed to budget, conduct cost-accounting, evaluate public health benefits, compute cost-effectiveness, or optimize program efficiency and taxpayer spending. BCHD's PBB is little more than a beauty contest that BCHD requires staff to attend in order to pack the voting. Non-affiliated public represent less than 5% of the attendees.
Public Meeting Attendance Prior Period
Last month, BCHD has 19 non-unique public attendees at all of its meetings. The unique attendees could be as low as 14. The full 19 represents 0.02% of the 80,000 District registered voters and demonstrates that trivial public participation at BCHD.
Childhood Obesity Rate for RBUSD
As noted by LA County Department of Health (report and direct cite available), no evaluation of BCHD's program has been conducted, nor can one be conducted for causality because BCHD failed to include a control group. Any conclusions of causality would be fraudulent.
Blue Zones
StopBCHD.com filed comments (see attached) using extensive Blue Zones citations to demonstrate the significant damages from running the Metro Green Line through homes on the existing R.O.W. Despite the fact that BCHD has spent millions of taxpayer dollars on Blue Zones, BCHD refused to file comments in support of the health of District residents.
Allcove Demographics
As a taxpayer, I am concerned with BCHD's failure to abide by the SPA8 contract. The District is only 9% of the SPA8 and accordingly, the funding. BCHD is currently creating a liability for District taxpayers as it fails to spend the allcove funding on the 11-to-1 nonresident ratio of SPA8.
CHF and AdventurePlex
Taxpayers pay a larger share of both CHF and AdventurePlex costs than do members.
Members are approximately 1/3 non-residents per BCHD CPRA responses. It is very concerning to resident taxpayers that CHF and AdventurePlex are operated so inefficiently and are consuming District taxpayers to subsidize non-residents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/how-can-bchd-spend-2-3m-to-subsidize-the-gym-andadventureplex https://www.stopbchd.com/post/bchd-s-losses-at-the-health-club-and-adventureplex-2023- budget-data
COVID-19
BCHD claims to have received reimbursement of $2.5M, with an expectation of $2.9M. While BCHD has attempted to bury the total cost of its Covid response that included 45% nonresident vaxx and 84% non-resident testing, the simple fact is BCHD failed the fiduciary responsibility to taxpayers of the District. BCHD stuck taxpayers with costs of $5.2M and a taxpayer-funded cost of $2.3M if all of BCHD's alleged reimbursements materialize. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/is-2m-in-generosity-actually-material-malfeasance-by-thebchd-board-if-not-why-not CBRE Report
Both CBRE and BCHD fail to demonstrate any level of compliance with TMC and RBMC.
BCHD is operating in the shadows and Bakaly has repeatedly stated that taxpayer-owners will see the proposed design when it is filed at the CIty. BCHD is not a private developer, it is a public agency, however, it is failing its stakeholders by hiding material activity.
Charlie Velasquez <[email protected]> Thu, Aug 13, 2020, 12:50 PM
to me
Mark,
Please see below for the District's response to your public records request dated 6/18/20.
The District has identified documents responsive to this request - see below in red.
Last night during the Board meeting, the Board made a specific point of referenced 40 evidence based programs. The following questions refer to those programs.
1. Provide all documents necessary to fully describe each of the 40 programs. See District website https://www.bchd.org/. Click on 'WHAT WE DO' link to view information related to each program.
2. Provide the 2018-19 budget for each of the 40 programs No documents responsive; the District is working on setting up a system, Budget by Priority (or Program Based Budgeting), to budget total costs by Program. Historically the District budgets expenses by department, like Youth Services, Community Services, Finance, HR, etc. and by expense categories, like salaries, printing, program supplies, etc. While we are not yet completely able to calculate total cost by each program, the District is able to consolidate total costs by operating unit: Property Operations (20%), Life Spans Operations (47%) and Health & Fitness Operations (33%). Please see pages 37 and 38 at the link below, from the District FY20-21 Budget presentation at the June 24th Board meeting.
https://bchd.granicus.com/DocumentViewer.php?file=bchd 61f5bf3e0ae75c945d2109d0693d9 05e.pdf&view=1
3. Provide all research relied upon to develop each program. See link below (page 29) for the 40+ programs the District offers by Health Priority.
https://bchd.granicus.com/DocumentViewer.php?file=bchd 61f5bf3e0ae75c945d2109d0693d9 05e.pdf&view=1
Health Priorities are re-evaluated every three years using statistical sampling and analysis. See links below for the District 2019-2022 Health Report (click here http://online.fliphtml5.com/krrn/ftdz/#p=1) that can be found on the website (https://www.bchd.org/healthreport).
4. Provide all evaluation reports or analysis of each program. This request is overly broad. The District website contains information regarding each program (see above link in item #1). If this does not address your request, the District is willing to assist you in narrowing your request. Please resend your request with specific reference to documents you are seeking.
5. Provide all cost-benefit analysis and ratios of the aforementioned 40 programs. No documents responsive; however, if you are interested in additional context regarding benefits to the Community, please see link below, pages 3-13 in the FY20-21 Budget presentation illustrating evidence-based outcomes for the LiveWell Kids program deployed in local schools and administered by the District’s Youth Services Department, and pages 28-32 showing benefits and outcomes from the various programs offered by the District’s Life Spans programs, including Youth Services and Blue Zones programs as measured by Healthways’ Gallup Well-being Index.
The District also employs Social Workers for a program that assists seniors in the community to stay in their homes as long as possible free of charge. https://bchd.granicus.com/DocumentViewer.php?file=bchd 61f5bf3e0ae75c945d2109d0693d9 05e.pdf&view=1
If you believe we have not correctly interpreted your request, please resubmit your request with a description of the identifiable record or records that you are seeking.
Best Regards,
PRR <[email protected]> Thu, Apr 7,
2022, 5:15 PM
to me, PRR
Mark,
Please see below for the District's response (in red) to your public records request received 1/27/22 that reads:
For each KPI presented in the Board study session Jan 26, 2022, provide
1. Historic Benefit-to-Cost ratios of the associated programs. See link below to the District FY21- 22 Budget presentation, plus the Priority Based Budget (PBB) illustrating benefits to the community/participants and costs by program.
https://bchd.granicus.com/DocumentViewer.php?file=bchd 030fbe242b640753a ded699c585625d7.pdf&view=1
https://www.bchdfiles.com/docs/bchd/finance/FY21-
22%20BCHD%20Priority%20Based%20Budget.pdf
Please see additional public documents related to Priority Based Budgeting on the District’s website presented to the community and Board at the October 15, 2021 half-day strategic planning meeting.
Program Info Sheets for the 10/15/21 Strategic Development Half-Day: Appendix-A https://bchd.granicus.com/DocumentViewer.php?file=bchd d6abc69cacbf978c9f 18f8b52242c34a.pdf&view=1
Pre-work packet:
https://bchd.granicus.com/DocumentViewer.php?file=bchd f56e0959514d44cd24e0 c9d328a77486.pdf&view=1
2. Forecast Benefit-to-Cost ratios to justify continued program operation.
The Districts is currently preparing the FY22-23 Budget for next fiscal year and will also be update applicable performance, benefits and cost metrics. Please note that the District has previously explained that calculating a dollar community benefit for
each program is beyond the scope of the District’s mission, financial resources and abilities.
Ending the BCHD Doublespeak on PACE -
Only 1 in 1,000 Seniors Uses PACE
BCHD has refused to provide any estimated use of its planned 400 enrollee PACE facility.
According to the National PACE Association (NPA), PACE facilities can only be used by persons Medicaid (MediCal) certified for nursing home persons. Also, NPA says that about 60,000 of 60,000,000 (1 in 1,000) seniors use PACE. For the three Beach Cities that founded, bond funded, and continue to property tax fund BCHD, that a total of 16 seniors.
So why is BCHD using our public land and public paid staff to create a facility that's 20- times larger than the Beach Cities need? Because they claim they can we the public can't stop them.
FORMED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS WHO RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT The District was formed for the benefit of the "residents who reside in the District". That's a legal limitation put on the District made by the VOTERS and acknowledged by the District Board as a matter of legal record recorded on July 31, 1957 after the election in INGL, C1594.
Since the District was formed the benefit of the Residents, why is BCHD signing a 20-year lease at a cost of over $16M for 95% NON-RESIDENT benefit for PACE? That's 1 in 1,000 Seniors or 16 Seniors in the entire three Beach Cities.
Mark Nelson <[email protected]>
Public Comment - Metro DEIR Comment - Green Line Extension and BCHD Blue Zones
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Mark Nelson (Home Gmail) <[email protected]> Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 4:35 PM To: [email protected]
Cc: Communications <[email protected]>, Eleanor Manzano <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], "Holly J. Mitchell" <[email protected]>, Tyler Evains <[email protected]>, Garth Meyer <[email protected]> Beach Cities Health District in Redondo Beach has spent millions of dollars supporting and promoting Blue Zones. Blue Zones has made numerous findings that chronic stress is the silent killer and causes intergenerational health damage. There are many studies linking excessive intermittent noise, such as the proposed Metro line through Redondo Beach to chronic stress and its many health damages, including early death.
The DEIR is defective and fails to consider the negative health impacts found by BCHD's Blue Zones program. The DEIR must be halted and amended to include that specific health damages found by BCHD's Blue Zones program.
As a proposed new health damaging project, any route causing additional 24/7/365 damaging intermittent noise and vibration cannot be pursued without intergeneration health damages.
The following references are directly on point linking rail and intermittent noise to BCHD's Blue Zones finding on chronic stress and they must be fully incorporated as they are a platform of BCHD and continuing health priority of BCHD. To the extent that time and resources allow, further, directly on point data and peer reviewed research will be provided to Metro along with further comments.
Sample References on Chronic Stress and Blue Zones for FULL INCORPORATION into the Draft EIR on the Green Line Extension
LESSONS FROM THE BLUE ZONES : “… widen its main street and raise the speed limit, which, Buettner [Blue Zones CEO] said, creates stress, danger, noise pollution, and air pollution” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK298903/
HOW STRESS MAKES US SICK: “…this stress can be chronic, due to a specific situation … exposure to stress in early life can alter the normal development … resulting in increased sensitivity to stress and lifelong health risks in offspring”
https://www.bluezones.com/2019/05/how-stress-makes-us-sick-and-affects-immunity-inflammation-digestion/ STRESS IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE SILENT KILLER: “… causes many harmful, often overlooked effects … pain and strain … sleep habits … physical suffering … headache, upset stomach, or back pain … stress can reduce the ability of your immune system”
https://www.bluezones.com/2012/03/maximize-health-and-longevity-using-these-stress-management-strategies/ EVEN THE METRO THREAT SHORTENS LIVES OF RESIDENTS "Although people often underestimate the influence of the mind on the body, a growing catalog of research shows that high levels of stress over an extended time can drastically alter physical function and affect nearly every organ system." https://www.bluezones.com/2020/10/fighting-chronic-stress-from-current-events-you-are-not-alone/
METRO WILL DESTROY ONE BLUE ZONES SOLUTION FOR GENERATIONS https://www.bluezones.com/2012/05/create-a-sanctuary-in-your-home/ Sample References on the Impacts and Damages to Residents of Rail and Intermittent Noise/Vibration NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: How living near a railroad can harm your health: From chronic stress to an increased risk of cancer, scientists say that constant exposure to trains takes a toll on the human body. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/health-risks-living-near-railroads-east-palestine-trains Effects of Exposure to Road, Railway, Airport and Recreational Noise on Blood Pressure and Hypertension: transportation noise can induce annoyance, sleep disturbance with awakening, cognitive impairment, physiological stress reactions, endocrine imbalance and cardiovascular disorders https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8431620/
The Effect of Aircraft, Road, and Railway Traffic Noise on Stroke – Results of a Case–Control Study Based on Secondary Data: For railway noise, there was a positive linear exposure–risk relation: Per 10 dB the stroke risk increased by 1.8% for railway traffic noise. The maximum risk increase of 18% for railway traffic noise was found in the exposure category ≥65 to <70 dB. NOTE 65-70 dB is modest for rail, along with accompanying vibration. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6122263/
Transportation Noise and Risk: Transportation noise exposure is believed to be detrimental to human health through stress reactions with activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, followed by increased levels of stress hormones. In addition, nighttime noise exposure can impact sleep quality and duration, which are crucial for physiological and mental restoration.
https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP11248
A study of self-reported health problems of the people living near railway: Noise ... can cause both auditory and nonauditory health effects. Nonauditory effects of noise can cause tinnitus, headache, auricular plenitude, dizziness, and gastric, visual, sleep, and mood disorders, endocrine imbalance, and cardiovascular disorders. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7114011/
The references above are demonstrative and not fully inclusive of the Metro-ignored Blue Zones impacts to health caused by the proposed Metro Green Line extension through Redondo Beach Neighborhoods.
BCHD CEO Tom Bakaly's support of Blue Zones and its work and findings includes: "serving as a Blue Zones Project ambassador to the U.S. Surgeon General"; "Blue Zones designation as City Hall earned Blue Zones certification as an employee work site [in Hermosa Beach]"; "Bakaly has become the district's archetype for health. ... a key advocate for the Blue Zones Project"; "Blue Zones Project® is a nationally acclaimed well-being improvement initiative that Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) has been implementing" and on and on.
Clearly BCHD is fully committed to the peer-reviewed results and recommendations of Blue Zones and must support its incorporation into the findings of the DEIR. BCHD must also oppose the route through the existing right-of-way, consistent with Blue Zones principles and peer-reviewed findings. It would be the pinnacle of hypocrisy for BCHD not to fully oppose the stressors of adding 24/7/365 rail through residential Redondo Beach neighborhoods.
Surely Metro, a county agency, will share the principles of Blue Zones and take the benefits of the millions of dollars of BCHD investment in Blue Zones, fully incorporate the health damages to residents in surrounding neighborhoods and deny the use of any route in the existing, less traveled right-of-way and either cancel the project, or move it to a commercial area.
GreenlineExtension <[email protected]> Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 3:22 PM To: "Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)" <[email protected]>
Hello,
Thank you for your email and interest in Metro’s C Line (Green) Extension to Torrance project. We have recorded your comment and added your contact information to our project email list.
Metro has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) to describe the three alignments under study and evaluate the potential environmental impacts per California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
The DEIR is available for public review from January 26 through March 27, 2023. During the review period, the public will have an opportunity to comment on the Draft EIR and attend virtual and in-person public hearings.
The DEIR and other project documents can be found on the project website by visiting the documents section or go directly to metro.net/clineext/#documents. A 3D simulation video of the three alignments under evaluation is available at bit.ly/cletvideo. Please visit the project StoryMap for additional information at bit.ly/cletstory.
To access the Draft EIR and other project information, please reference the direct links below.
Draft EIR (Full Document)
Draft EIR (By Chapter)
Draft EIR Appendices (By Appendix)
Other Project Information Reports
We will add you to our project database to receive updates on the project and additional information on ways to stay involved.
Thank you again for your interest in the project.
C Line (Green) Extension to Torrance Project Team
[email protected]
Metro One Gateway Plaza
Mail Stop: 99-13-1
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213.922.4004
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail) <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 4:35 PM
To: GreenlineExtension <[email protected]>
Cc: Communications <[email protected]>; Eleanor Manzano <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; Holly J. Mitchell <[email protected]>; Tyler Evains <[email protected]>; Garth Meyer <[email protected]> Subject: Public Comment - Metro DEIR Comment - Green Line Extension and BCHD Blue Zones [Quoted text hidden]
Mark Nelson (Home Gmail) <[email protected]> Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 4:34 PM To: GreenlineExtension <[email protected]>
Thank you. I want to be crystal clear - this is the email address for DEIR CEQA comments, right? [Quoted text hidden]
Mark Nelson (Home Gmail) <[email protected]> Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 4:37 PM To: GreenlineExtension <[email protected]>
As someone who has done BILLION$ in CEQA and NEPA projects, your response is confusing as hell. It should be more like - "your comment to the Draft EIR has been received" What you sent seems to imply that you received my comment as some general Metro comment and then you provided a bunch of extraneous DEIR "stuff". This is confusing and I would argue that it isn't good for due process of the public. [Quoted text hidden]
From: Stop BCHD
To: Communications
Cc: CityClerk; [email protected]; info; Residents Against Overdevelopment; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Garth Meyer; [email protected]
Subject: Public Comment Regarding BCHD Excessive Labor Costs Compared to Peninsula HCD Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 2:46:06 PM
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Mayor, Council & Planning Commissions and other agencies and electeds:
Analysis of BCHD's labor costs vs. Peninsula Healthcare District's costs reveal that BCHD spends over twice as large a fraction on labor/payroll/benefits than does PHCD.
Furthermore, it appears that BCHD's 16.8% spend on EXECUTIVE PAYROLL ALONE is roughly comparable to the ENTIRE PAYROLL SPEND of PHCD of 17.36%.
Peninsula is in the Bay area and serves 260,000 population and currently has roughly twice the revenues of BCHD according to recent budget reports.
From all analysis, it appears to be a much more efficiently run, similar sized District. As such, it strongly appears that BCHD's inefficient spending is the prime mover of BCHD's attempt to lease PUBLIC land to a PRIVATE developer for 95 years. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/bchd-payroll-costs-are-out-of-control-compared-to-a-well-run-health-district --
StopBCHD com (StopBCHD@gmail com) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
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Subject: Public Comment: Inaccurate Statements of BCHD Board and Management during April 2023 Board Meeting Date: Thursday, April 27, 2023 5:35:16 PM
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Public Comment: City of Torrance and Redondo Beach Mayors, Councils, City Attorneys, and Planning Commissions
The transcript of the April 26 2023 BCHD Board meeting is below.
The comments refer to the times listed in the transcript. 5:48 - The EIR is irrelevant to local permitting. It is a necessary, but not a sufficient condition.
The City of Redondo Beach and Torrance municipal codes are solely governing and require compliance. Only the Cities or the Courts can make compliance determinations. BCHD is intentionally misrepresenting the EIR's impacts on moving forward with the nearly 800,000 sqft, 107.5-foot tall, perimeter located project (from BCHD Pre-CUP filing). In fact, BCHD's certified FEIR clearly contradicts the claims of BCHD when it states "RBMC 10-2.2506 sets out the purpose of a CUP and the criteria that would be evaluated during the Planning Commission Design Review. However, these criteria provided in RBMC 10-2.2506 do not set specific quantitative limits for each individual criterion. These determinations are subject to the discretion of the City’s Planning Commission." 8:01 - BCHD continues to misstate the positions of the parties. The parties state clearly that BCHD will own 0% of the nearly 300,000 sqft, 107.5-ft tall (from BCHD Pre-CUP filing) building. PMB LLC will be the developer/owner/operator as stated multiple times by BCHD's own Cain Brothers investment bankers. For example, a direct cite of Cain is "RCFE Developer / Owner / Operator (“RCFE D/O/O”) will be a tenant with a lease agreement" This is clear demonstration that PMB LLC is 100% owner and BCHD will be a tenant of PMB's nearly $250M structure.
6:52 - BCHD erroneously attempts to again bring relevance to the EIR document. The issues of the RBMC and TMC are stated to be the sole jurisdiction of the cities and the CEQA document is again a necessary but not sufficient document. The determination of the Cities are final.
9:44 - BCHD continues to misrepresent its causal relationship with Livewell Kids. The program has only anecdotal evidence. As LA County noted in its monograph, it did not evaluate the program, nor is that possible since BCHD failed to establish a control group. 12:41 - BCHD continues to misrepresent allcove's service area and funding. SPA8 is1.4M residents and less than 9% are District residents. Funding is based on equitable service for all of SPA8. BCHD continues to mislead the public and apparently its funding sources by making claims about disproportionate service to the District. 13:12 - BCHD fails to disclose that both the CHF and AdventurePlex have significant nonresident use and are more than 50% financially subsidized by the District taxpayers. 33:27 - BCHD fails to disclose that Gallup has stated that it does not evaluate any program or activity of the District.
46:16 - BCHD willfully misstates the current best practice in seismic which is 20-25 years of continued building use. Further, BCHD willfully misstates the actions of LA County which has no jurisdiction in Redondo Beach. Per the same LA Times article that is misrepresented "L.A. County's proposed earthquake rules would require certain older concrete buildings in unincorporated areas..."
56:10 - BCHD admits that its Agenda is difficult and confusing for the public and stifles public interaction. Per the CEO report, only 20 of 80,000 registered voters participated in BCHD meetings last month, and an even smaller fraction actually commented or spoke during those meetings.
TRANSCRIPT
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very board member poster we are good to go okay I will uh all the 0:10
meeting to order um
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wait
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um I think the first thing on the agenda is a salute to the flag 0:28
so let's you'll be careful ready begin
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for the United States of America
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you five year anniversary has it already been five years 0:57
uh Monica Julia would have appreciated that comment and so Julia unfortunately 1:03
couldn't make it tonight but I still want to say a few words about her contributions for the past five years so
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uh Julia piggers she's our district controller and she oversees the district day-to-day Financial transactions
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payroll processing cash management monthly closing any artist budget compilation and many more things
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and so during the district code emergency was instrumental in managing 1:27
uh the reimbursement and the programming like the Aaron volunteers with the cash in and out and also instrumental in uh
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applying for all the grants that we did and especially for the California special district Association the
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covid-19 stages School recently where we received a million dollars and so we 1:47
appreciate Julia's strong skill set systematic approach thorough attention to accuracy and detail and her sense of
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direction and she's a valuable asset to the district and so Julia was also recently awarded the recipient of the
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accountability award which you know was a result of her valuable contribution for the past five years and I do look
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forward to working with her for many more years so thank you CEO report 2:17
good evening everybody Tom Baxley CEO of the beaches help district it's good to see you feels like it's been a while
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been too long and uh I want to start by wishing Charlie happy Administrative 2:31
Professionals today
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I know it doesn't really roll off the tone because we know that Charlie's more like yo 2:43
Administrative Professionals so thank you Charlie for all you do 2:49
he does all the work so just want to give a couple quick updates you can see bye 2:59
swag and the sweatshirts that we have a lot going on with mental health awareness month you'll be getting an
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update on that uh just a moment and uh but before we do I just want to thank 3:09
Ronnie and everybody for all their work on that and you'll she probably won't tell you but brownie was the one that
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really drove getting the Grant and then it's really uh fun to watch the whole uh 3:20
District come together around a cause and I don't know if as you lead you can take a glance at all of the work they've
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been doing but it's with the volunteers and staff and everybody jumps in and so you'll hear more about mental health
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awareness month and what that means and things that we're working on but I just wanted to give you a quick kind of
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behind the scenes look at that and just makes me proud to see the staff come 3:43
together and make it happen that's what we do here so thank you to everybody and especially 3:50
um so jumping right in on the update I'll make it brief uh on the budget we're 3:56
been working on the budget we're going to be coming to you at a strategic half day May 12th where we will be talking
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about where we are and how it relates to priority-based budgeting you'll remember that we work very closely at the
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Strategic half day where we identified the attributes that we would use to prioritize our budget so we're going to
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come back and show you and everybody at the half day about okay well what is great uh what does
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that mean how do you apply that uh in a year where as we know we needed to reduce uh our budget by about nine
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hundred thousand dollars and so uh we're gonna show that we're going to build upon what we've been talking with the
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Committees about some of you have been in uh finance committee and Community Health and so we're going to build upon
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that and really show how we or how we got there and how we're recommending what we are uh and again that'll be a
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recommendation that will make to you uh during a work session we're planning to 4:53
do a study session that seemed to work well when we kick things off so Charlie's been working with you to try
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to get everybody here at your next board meeting at five o'clock we'll do the work session so stay tuned lots of
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public input opportunities at the half day finance committee and then at the 5:10
work session uh then the actual budget adoption will be uh before you in June 5:16
so just want to give you that a quick update uh on the Healthy Living campus as you know we have a ground lease with
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uh our uh partner we're in the due diligence period of that families and 5:30
we're working through that um and so I just wanted to be clear about that we we hope to uh come to you
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with uh any changes at your May meeting uh with the ground lease so we're 5:42
working through that and then we've also been as you all know we 5:48
hopefully people haven't forgotten that we we took three and a half years to do an environmental impact report where uh
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we did numerous meetings we uh we went through all of the state requirements for that the California Environmental
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Quality act uh and um there was one finding of that as far 6:06
as an impact which was during construction a temporary impact related to noise uh the other impact regarding
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visual impacts was mitigated in the eir so that's where we're starting from so I 6:19
know some people are anxious to see the application for the conditional use permit and any other approvals that
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might be needed from the city of Redondo Beach but it's going to be equal to or less than that document that we spent
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three and a half years and hundreds of hours of of input and and work with folks and so I just want to be clear on
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that when people um you know want to see what's happening and how come we're not uh seeing it or
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how come the CEO reports the same over four months uh it really is all going to 6:52
start with that eir which people have had lots of involvement in and was not 6:57
challenged and uh which is obviously an important issue so 7:02
a quick update on Healthy Living campus I think uh we'll be seeing more and discussing more about it uh really
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starting in May and we'll be doing that publicly so I just want to be clear about that based upon some of the
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comments I read um Tom can as long as we're in the due
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diligence period and still talking about the lease and such can we put that in 7:25
your cbo's I don't think that's sure I can CEOs okay things people keep thinking we got 7:34
it all hooked up in the package and they're ready to go I can knock them which which is not what's happening
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right so I assume they would understand the due diligence and that we're still working he gets in there yeah I think
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different places maybe it's not there I think I made a comment that we continue to work with our development part but
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all we can be more specific about that yeah and also just to restate the um it is a land lease that's correct which
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means that they don't own anything correct and the land lease is it is only for the portion of the 8:07
residential care for the elderly so it it's not the open space it's not the 8:13
rest of the campus and so when people say that our whole campus is going to be privately owned that's just not accurate
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uh there is a lease similar to what we have for the 510 and the 520. and the 8:26
facility on the sun sunrise correct that's a little different in 8:32
Hermosa because also a limited partner in that one right but for a long time it was just yeah but
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it's just very important to understand that it's um land and it's a lease it's not 8:47
ownership or giving away and it's only a portion that pertains to residential 8:52
care for the elderly project and about 30 a little less than 30 000 square feet 8:58
so um that is a key point so again um I know people are anxious and excited 9:04
and and uh we'll be talking more I think as early as your uh your main meeting so just 9:11
want to be clear about that um one thing that we're very excited about continues to be something that the
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district is getting to be known for in addition to uh Alcove which you'll hear about here in a moment but uh we we did
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the body mass index study that we do the BMI and so that we saw that the 9:29
childhood obesity rate is back down it's the lowest that it's been in Redondo it's now at 5.9 percent
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so we saw a spike upwards uh during the pandemic but we're now seeing that it's 9:44
uh back down it's at its lowest point um and what we are seeing uh since 2007 9:50
is a over a 70 decline in childhood obesity in Redondo and that is 9:56
significant as you know that's something that the county has been interested in they've come in uh and verified the data
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and they determine uh that it did happen and it was related to the program that we were providing and it's something
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that they're interested and that it's significantly lower than other areas 10:14
right where the rates are either rising or holding steady at very high levels 10:19
and and they can only jump in and if I'm staying it but they also came to the conclusion that it could be replicated
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which means that it's not something uh in their estimation specific to us and 10:32
our demographics so um National volunteer Appreciation Week celebration we've been doing that we've
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been e-blasting that out on social media and wearing our buttons I think we're on to the sweatshirts now see if there are
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any volunteer buttons I think that was last week I had my button on earlier kind of carry over I guess from that a
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little bit uh again really want to thank our volunteers and um can't do 10:56
uh all that we do without you we've also been doing Mental Health First Aid training I know some of you participated
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in that from the board so we had 24 participants and that's something uh where we're getting a lot of interest in
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that um we're doing training for 150 uh MiraCosta uh at MiraCosta High School uh 11:16
and so where that's something that is taking off we may we may see what we 11:21
may need more people to help do that or be certified to teach it right now we 11:27
have Terry Ann that's doing that carrianne did a fantastic job yes 11:37
we got the band back together on the purpose Workshop that's something that we hadn't uh done in a while so uh as
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part of the blue zones project you know their purpose is one of the power nine principles and so we were able to sit
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down with about 100 folks and help them uh walk through their purpose again thank you to the volunteers for your
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help with that we hadn't done that was it six years uh I think we did it right when I came to the district and we
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helped people with Kathleen Terry comes in and facilitates that so it was really great to be back out and doing that and
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then right after when people get a sense of what their purpose may be then we can connect them through either moa's or
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groups that have a similar purpose or through volunteer opportunities and so that all happens at the same event and
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so that was awesome to see that happening we're relaunching uh purpose discussion moa's where people can if
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they don't know what their purpose is um or they're trying to recreate it or 12:33
reinvent it then they can sit down with others and talk about that we talked last time about Americorps uh that's
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been awesome uh they continue to do excellent work for us we've added two more they're helping out in all Cove and
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so I'm very happy with the Americans are arranging uh I'll cope you'll hear more about that 12:53
but just real quick uh we had 330 people comes through alcoves doors in March uh 13:00
and thus far uh 55 are from the beach cities so that percentage number is is 13:05
moving around a little bit um as we get uh more people uh coming through Alcove and again you'll hear
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more about that uh things are heating back up at the Center for Health and Fitness we're two years
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stronger so it's been two years since we've kind of been back from the changes that happened as a result of the
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pandemic and so we're starting to see some old familiar programs coming back which is nice which is the American
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Heart Association uh check change control program so that's coming back so it's great to see that we're starting to
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see aplex heat up um what was the number I saw we had
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1774 campers register on the first day uh and so uh that's 64 of projected 13:50
campers and so uh it feels really good to see things kind of coming back that's obviously uh they're obviously
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budget uh ramifications from that which we'll talk about when we talk about the 14:02
community and above all it's just great to see people coming back and utilizing our services 14:07
uh so I think those are the the big issues again I'm going to let the group talk about mental health awareness and
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I'm happy to answer any questions that you might have
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um oh no I left does the board have any questions I just have a statement I like really the idea of the focus one shot
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followed by the volunteers by something yeah I've done the purpose Workshop in 14:33
the past it was great I thought that was a brilliant idea to capture those people for me doesn't 14:41
yeah we had what probably eight or nine tables so yeah um eight different uh organizations also
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participate with our tables as well as a table from OS as well so volunteering 14:54
and we had Civic organizations just different ways to get involved it's a brilliant idea 15:01
one of the things I had a question about and it you don't have to answer it now but 15:07
um something about the schools don't want us to measure BMI anymore 15:13
and what what is that about and what would we measure instead and you like I 15:18
said you don't have to answer that question right now but I I would like to know more about because behind all that it seemed kind
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of new information too yeah so we had um well it was one parent that had concerns 15:30
about the BMI and what ali uh give you the details but um so the schools are 15:36
very supportive of that we had a person that had concern about 15:42
um BMI again stands for body mass index so the weighing and what that entailed 15:48
and uh any sort of social or emotional issues that that 15:53
might cause in the schools we do it very systematically and and so we have 15:59
um brought them in brought that person so I think what you might have heard is a comment from one uh parent who had
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concerns about the BMI uh we met with them we met with the schools uh we're taking that input and then we'll uh see
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where that goes in the future alley if you wanted to add anything yep Alex word Chief partnership development officer I
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think the only other thing I would add is that parents do have the opportunity to opt to participate in the body mass index
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data collection so we do have parents that opt to do that each year I think it was in the report the separate report
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gotcha and yeah and I think the other uh thing that I would add is an opportunity to re-engage LA County
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on this uh and talk to them about um data collection opportunities and so 16:43
as Thomas said that the parent that was concerned did have an opportunity to sit down not only with bchd staff but also
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with school district leadership staff to talk about concerns nice okay yeah I was 16:55
just curious about that thank you it seemed to me when my kids were in school they've required
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is how it has nothing really to do with us other than grade yeah the required 17:08
State Testing so if you do it uh fifth so fifth grade and it's not personalized it's not data that is given back to the
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family we are encouraging families to go to their doctors and make sure they know what the data is for themselves and to take care
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of issues on their own but this is a group data correct it's aggregate data 17:28
that Aggregate and uh if families do want their child's individual report they can't submit a form to us and we
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can release that information to them but it's only if they request that through the form that's provided through this in
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otherwise it's an it's Anonymous yeah do you just use the standard program you know how it is yeah
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age right okay um I have a question
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we don't need to do public discussion on the CEO report because there's no decision being made
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isn't that correct or do we still it's an item on the agenda should take public comments even if there's no decision
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yeah okay so is there any public comment on the CEO reports seeing none and just for the record we
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do have seven attendees another second
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okay moving on to um public discussion the principles of Civility Wilson's item not on the agenda
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and this is for public discussion of any item not on the agenda 18:34
um and just to remind people about our principles
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uh which are suggestions and guidelines um listen first respect different 18:47
opinions be courteous disagree constructively
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and we we hope that people will choose to propose a course of action of mutual benefit as opposed to simply just
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opposing things um debate the policy not the person focus on the issues and do not 19:07
personalize debate um we have written comments in our board report 19:12
um and is there anyone who would like to speak during this part of the agenda 19:23
um I do want to say something as part of items not on the agenda this has happened many times while I've
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been on the board today is denim day and I am wearing my jeans 19:37
um it is part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month and it was started after an Italian 19:43
Supreme Court judge in 1998 overturned a rape conviction blaming the 19:50
victim blaming the woman who was assaulted because she had been wearing jeans 19:56
so it is a day to combat victim blaming and to raise awareness about sexual 20:03
assault and it probably would have worn my jeans anyway but I wanted to to share that 20:10
with you and let you know that that is something that happens and and Noelle is wearing his jeans today
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um it happens every year um and it usually falls on a fourth 20:22
Wednesday so it often does coincide with that we're doing um is there any other public comment
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before I move on to the next item on the agenda I just squash and this is not compared 20:36
to your comment which is much more important I'm just curious why we we 20:41
ask for public comment before we say The Rules of Civility that seems we asked for public comment
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on on the agenda item before right okay so we've opened it up for 20:53
people to make comment before we've gone over our rules facility that just seems 20:59
yeah
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the agenda for next time so that we present the principles of Civility before the CEO report 21:15
thank you um okay giving
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last notice okay any are there any board announcements questions and referrals to staff based on the CEO report or
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public comment
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okay um chief medical advisor update
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there you are good evening
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and I'd like to tell you that I'm wearing my jeans as well yay yeah but tonight I just have a few 21:52
words about mental health awareness month so Beach Cities Health District celebrates Mental Health Awareness Month
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in May with a community with a community-wide campaign aptly 22:04
named mental health is health 37 percent of beach cities 11th graders 22:11
are reporting experiencing chronic sadness and hopelessness in the past 12 months and nearly half of the beach
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cities residents report experiencing feelings of stress during a lot of their day 22:25
um mental health is one of beach City's health District's four Health priorities and data shows that our beach cities
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Community is healthy on the outside but continues to reflect High rates of stress bullying and substance abuse
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mental health is an important part of overall health and well-being and focusing on it across the lifespan
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presents opportunities for dramatic Improvement and well-being 22:50
bchd's mental health is Health Campaign Will highlight the importance of mental 22:55
health and encourage residents to check in get support and attend an event 23:01
to as Tom mentioned earlier to to support bchd's efforts for mental health 23:07
awareness month beats bchd's Health promotions and Community Communications 23:13
team sorry applied for and was awarded 149 943 dollars for the take action for 23:21
mental health Los Angeles County Mental Health Awareness Month Community Grant 23:27
what a tongue twister and this is from the California Mental Health Services Authority 23:34
more details about our mental health awareness month will be shared with the board during our our staff reports I'm
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available for any questions about this or any any other thoughts you might have or concerns about where covet's going
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but I think uh we're settling down on that okay
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board questions for Dr Kim uh presentation Mental Health Awareness 24:03
Month Ronnie and Ali all right good evening to the board I'll kick things off and then turn it over to
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Ronnie uh and also give you a chance to hear from one of our amazing all Coke Partners who is going to be very
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involved in the event that we're doing this weekend at all Cove I just wanted to share with the group I just came from
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all Cove and it was a buzz with activity uh there are a couple different peer groups happening there were sessions
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going on there was Kim Kong and so lots of excitement and activity happening over there and the services that we're
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able to provide to the community a big piece of that has been our partnership with indivisible arts and I'm thrilled
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to have Raphael McMaster here uh who is the Visionary and creative behind all 24:42
that's happening with indivisible arts in the partnership with the young artists Society if you had an
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opportunity to tour the space the art on the walls and a lot of the physical design has been contributed by Raphael
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and his team I think it's really brought a unique cultural element to this space uh and we have big plans for even more
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ways that we can engage young people in this work the couple of events that we've done including cold Fest back in
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January another event co-produced by Raphael and his team and then one of the 25:14
more fun things that we've been able to do in this space is monthly open mic night so an opportunity for young people
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to come in have a safe space on a Saturday night to share their their craft and their creativity their art
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music whatever else they would like to share and again that's been led by Raphael and his team so I want to give
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him a chance to share kind of their experience to date partnering with us to open all code beach cities and also
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honored to have in our presence the Hermosa Beach Man of the Year 25:45
so I'll turn it over to you thanks you guys Raphael McMaster I'm the founder and executive director at
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invisal Art I feel extremely underdressed um
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straight from the painting with kids it's what we do every day every weekday 26:02
um you know I don't have to tell this room that we are in a mental health crisis 26:09
and that's just the tip of the iceberg but I know that if we all lean in and 26:15
I'm absolutely here in my organization is so here for it we don't have to have to hit that Iceberg head on
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and um one way or another we've figured out how to build life wraps down to indivisible 26:26
arts and resin and I just left there with 35 gen zers there um 26:31
you know who we're so grateful to be partnered with you guys because you guys have 26:38
earned the respect and Trust of the community and so to be partnered with you elevates our brand and I know we can
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bring something that's of value to your team in that um you know we make it past the teen 26:51
authenticator shall we say you know and and um it's a unique challenge reaching 26:57
teenagers uh because they know everything and they have their own cultural style in their own generation and there's an anti-establishment under
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occurrent Underneath It All and that's just part of how Generations go 27:09
um but we've been lucky enough to get kind of through there and be with them and for them and earn brand Equity over the
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last seven years and so we're excited to get to share that with you and partner 27:21
with you and Elevate our brand partnering with you because institutionally you guys have built you
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know something that we can't do we can't reach them in the same way and and get the support and I have to say working
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with the Alcove team has been just a dream every step every single step of the way um but I bring up all the other stuff to
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say like why are why art specifically right and it's it's this it's I believe 27:44
and we've shown with with success at our place the way to get through to a 27:50
teenager they have to buy in and it has to feel authentic to them 27:56
well how do you make a space feel authentic to them you cover it in their own art why 28:02
because if their art is their DNA it's their generation it's their Essence it's 28:08
the soul of their culture and so they walk in and it's an unstated thing of like oh yeah this place feels good they
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don't even know why it feels good it just resonates because it's of them so you know as much as I love art therapy
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and all those things this isn't exactly about that this is about getting their buying so I'm super excited for Saturday
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we have a full interactive art experience I know our whole crew's going and um and we'll have a gen Z DJ five
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original songwriting against the ax playing over 70 different pieces of art 28:43
including a dragon egg painted by a 22 year old that has 17 speakers in it so 28:49
it feels like you're inside the speaker listening to it it's the most phenomenal experience phenomenal appearance right
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um and is those type of visceral experiences where a person comes in and sits in the dragon egg and then goes
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makes a tie-dye check out this tie-dye T-shirt I haven't shown you this yet but this and I'll send my fists when you hit
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it with a flash upset like it does all sorts of crazy stuff and that's the type of stuff that 29:13
these teens are experimenting with following their own culture that's how we know how to keep the thumb on the
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pulse right have a creative laboratory so we have our creative laboratory resin which spans eight different high schools
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85 different teen volunteers and artists that are in their generating this local 29:30
South Bay culture which gives us the opportunity to then export it and cover your walls in it so that it's authenticated by the audience and what's
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the event on Saturday yeah I can share a little bit more about that so Elevate and Empower uh that's the kickoff to
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mental health awareness month that Ronnie's going to talk all about uh it's from four to nine pm at all Cove I with
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some of that uh activities that Raphael had mentioned at 5 30 excuse me five to 29:54
five thirty uh assembly member Almer Suchi will take our little stage with members of the youth Advisory Group to
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have a Roundtable discussion uh elevating youth voices for mental health uh and so if you know any 12 to 25 year
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olds uh they should come on over to all Cove on Saturday afternoon evening we'll 30:13
have lots of free food and the activities music uh every chat room will 30:19
have a different activity going on in it so people can flow through the space at their own pace and they're allowed to
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come yes for an invited guests but we're not 12 to 25. yes so any members of the 30:31
board are invited to join us uh in that five to five thirty range oh okay okay 30:37
that's when we do that we are I will say uh not four tonight and see you at the 30:45
Saturday evening events that sometimes we do have families come together and so there will be an area for uh parents to
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interact with our providers so in addition that individual Arts will have uh several other of our service
30:56
providers on site sharing information uh we have a group out of Manhattan Beach a 31:01
young artist I think their age range starts at around 12 that we'll be doing an origami project in Mount Bobby that
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will then be up in all code uh and then we also have another non-profit uh that 31:13
works a lot um with some of our uh other local mental health communities that will be tabling at the event as well so lots of
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interactive activities um but for and it's a 25 year old free food uh free uh 31:26
shirts and an opportunity for our raffle prizes Rafael the two raffle prizes yeah 31:31
we got spider to donate like a 400 500 surfboard we have it all wrapped up in 31:37
that resin and then we got Beach life to donate a three-day pass whoa so 12 to 25 year olds are eligible
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[Laughter] okay
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from the earth day thing I've got to put that on my list at 31:59
um pollywog Park and so indivisible was there I think or another there was some art project going
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on there and we had a booth there and then there was a kid from Redondo Beach 32:11
who was promoting Redondo Beach youth activities and I went over to the health district table I grabbed a bunch of all
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Coke flyers and I handed them to him and um so there's a part there should be 32:22
a partnership there um he didn't know what I was talking about so this kind of I was still 32:28
working to get the word out but that would be another really good way to reach a whole bunch of Youth who are
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doing something I think it's mostly sports stuff in Redondo um at 32:39
up to Vista so that I'll turn you over to remind me
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to talk about all the other things happening for mental health awareness month great thanks Ali hi everyone um good evening to the board Ronnie nakos 32:51
manager part of the health district and I'm happy to talk to you all today about Mental Health Awareness Month in May
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um so just to kind of set the stage um Dr Ken mentioned earlier some data that's local to the beach cities so 37
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of beach cities 11th graders are experiencing product sadness or hopelessness in the past 12 months and
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our adults also nearly half of them are experiencing stress um during a lot of the day yesterday so
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data for use that's a reminder coming from our California healthy kids survey that's done across all three school
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districts and adult data that's coming from our well-being index that we do in 33:27
partnership with Gallup so mental health as mentioned is one of our four Health priorities and during
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the month of Mayor we're going to be highlighting that with um our mental health campaign before I
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kind of get into that I just wanted to take some point to highlight our internal staff work group 33:43
um here on the side you'll see a list of 14 staff members from various departments across the health district
33:49
who have been working in the planning um the execution and implementation of 33:55
different events and programs that we're going to be having throughout the month so really in the district-wide effort
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um that we're all coming behind you know mental health awareness month and really trying to promote this idea that mental
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health has helped um as Tom mentioned to support our
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activities throughout the months of the in June our team applied for a grant from California Mental Health Services
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Authority excuse me in partnership with the LA County Department of Mental Health or take action for mental health
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la and the objectives of the grant um were one to degree stigma increase 34:32
health seeking behaviors increase awareness of and access to resources for mental health and really build community
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capacities for individuals who need that type of mental health supportive resources so in the past um since 2018
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we've actually had some support from Cal Mesa we received twenty thousand dollars 34:50
for our mental health activities ranging from our student stress and substance use Summit and different Community
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conversations on mental health so this year we did apply for a grant again and were awarded 149 000 and 149 943
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um the exact number yes to support our activities so this was um award amounts 35:12
that were up to 150 so we're right up there at 149 000. 35:20
excuse me some of our partners for the month um include L.A County Department of 35:26
Mental Health as well as Cal Mesa and we also have the pleasure of partnering with assembly member Al murasuji L.A
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County Supervisor Holly Mitchell as well as our three cities three school districts and three Chambers of Commerce
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so it's really a community-wide campaign that we kind of have the support of the three beach beach City season which is
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um really nice um I think to just take a moment to talk about the tagline mental health has 35:52
helped you know I think our main goal is for the community to really come behind I do that mental health is just as
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important as physical health you know I think as a community we are talk about physical health you know eating while
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exercising with a lot more comfort and ease and frequency and I think that we want to get that same level of comfort
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with talking about mental health each other just reducing that stigma and having Community conversations
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that's a question who developed the logo for that the
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design yeah that was our um Creative Marketing project manager um here at the district Kelvin Chung I love it I was
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also just thinking it might be cool like in a future year to consider maybe Alcove kids 36:38
when you get old you know the them may be putting some ideas out too which 36:43
might be cool to understand or indivisible arts or whatever it might be a cool way to think about it for another
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year um so here we have kind of three buckets
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um for our campaign we want residents to really check in you know take care of their mind and body
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so being able to you know do things like eating well sleeping um getting exercise 37:08
having social connection maybe joining a moai volunteering just really uh 37:13
connecting with themselves and the community secondly to get support for themselves or someone they care about
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whether that's going to Alco beach cities for youth ages 12 to 25 or reaching out to our assistance
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information and referral line um visiting our website bcg.org resources for any health related 37:31
information or referrals and lastly to an attend an event to learn more about mental health 37:37
um we are either hosting partnering or attending more than 16 events throughout 37:42
the months of May and June to spread awareness around mental health um as Tom mentioned we're going to be
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doing some Mental Health First Aid training for the community there's one in May and one in June and we're going to be having a mental health in the 37:54
workplace seminar with Dr Michelle neelan of a Chicago School Professional Psychology 38:00
so lots of fun things happening and then on this side here we have 38:07
the full list of or most of the events that we're going to be attending so I think as Ellie mentioned elevated in
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power kicking off Mental Health Awareness on the May this Saturday we're going to be having um different school events also
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partnering with Paris middle school as well as Adams and then wrapping up with our national 38:28
seniors health and fitness day with Redondo Beach
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on this side here we just have some examples of our Outreach that we're going to be doing with the community
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we're sending a direct mail postcard to all 66 000 homes within the beach cities 38:49
for mental health awareness month letting them know about the three actions that they can take um checking in getting support and
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attending event as well as numbers for our assistant information on referral line and alcohol bee cities
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we're going to be sending awareness toolkits for mental health awareness month to various Community Partners
39:08
including the cities Chambers and every school within the three school districts 39:13
and within that it's going to be materials for them to kind of you know again raise awareness so there'll be
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postcards for mental health awareness month um some posters or knowing the signs 39:24
um Suicide Prevention resources as well as alcohol and then as some of our staff 39:30
here are wearing tonight we're going to be having a mental health and sell sweatshirt you know really helping with that community-wide message getting that 39:35
message out to the community to really show that mental health has helped 39:43
so um for more information feel free to visit our website 39:48
www.bch.org mental health awareness but we're going to be also posting a lot on 39:53
social media and using our hashtag beach cities Mental Health 39:59
so good questions I was informed by my husband by text that I went to Wilderness Park 40:05
not Hollywood Park we may make one comment about the mental 40:11
health um his health and the idea with the shirts is that we hand tie-dyed the 40:16
artists hand tied at 150 of these which we did them in a way where they could not be done like in a factory where they
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have like these little touches and we're going to have them available at Alcove and what we can do is have about some of
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our um crew write that out in their own hand on script and we have a one of the rooms 40:34
is dedicated to these tie-dyed shirts and making your own shirts and if they can't think of the thing they want the
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ride themselves they'll probably end up writing something like that all of a sudden because the tie-dye becomes something they wear once a week for the 40:45
next like three years and then your message is out there in the high school like that's the type of
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yeah okay awesome any uh questions
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um from the public or other board members Mental Health just for the record we have eight 41:04
attendees um or questions for the chief medical
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officer hey legal counsel you're gonna collect
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give them a big class
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good evening all Robert Miller legal counsel for the district I believe nothing to report excellent
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um and it's already time for activity mindfulness Break um Joy 41:38
um good evening everyone I'm Joy Schmidt I'm one of the Care managers here in our community services department and I get
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to lead you in a little mindfulness so um and like dries if you'd like or kind 41:51
of just get a little bit comfortable and um
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just Begin by taking a deep breath
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and begin to bring yourself into this moment continue to take deep breaths as we keep 42:11
going
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take gentle notice of whatever you are experiencing right now 42:24
and notice any Sensations you may be feeling in your body 42:29
you might notice your feet touching the floor
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maybe any tension in your shoulders
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and continue to take some really deep breaths slowly in and out 43:00
now notice whatever you are feeling emotionally don't try to change it just notice how 43:06
you're feeling
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notice the rise and fall of your chest as you take your breaths in and out 43:31
the cool air flowing in your nose
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and the warm air air as you exhale
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and gently brought in your awareness to this whole experience listening to The Sounds around you
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and holding everything in awareness
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so gently begin to bring your attention back to this moment and back into this meeting 44:25
you can open your eyes if they're closed and notice what is around you and what you 44:30
see and everyone take your arms up if you can take a big breath in 44:38
and welcome back
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thank you okay dear Joyce I would like a copy of that
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I would like to copy of us okay okay that was really good um 44:58
committee reports community health committee Dr Martha
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Pooh oh is that me um we have not met but we do have a meeting on Monday May 12th at I think 6
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30 P.M uh finance committee
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you're looking for your report I'll come back to you um policy committee Jane uh we're 45:24
rescheduled and looking for a June day I'm on the properties committee 45:30
um we met on Monday March 27th at 6 PM the
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committee received informational updates on the finance update from the chief finance officer which was nice because
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we just talked about it the week before the board meeting and then I had it right again right afterwards so it's
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always good um learning to hear it again um and then we had a seismic risk update 45:54
about the building um we did talk about how the building is um 46:01
similar it's it is a concrete non-ductable
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he's not not flexible right I just read the article in the LA Times 46:16
about L.A County was reviewing all of the buildings in LA county that are that kind of building so we are right right
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in line with what we need to be doing with our seismic risk um and we also received an environmental
46:29
sustainability update from for strategy fourth strategy consulting which was 46:34
really fascinating and right at that moment I was also dealing with a 46:40
having to replace an HVAC system and talking about heat pumps and he's talking about heat pumps and I was
46:46
learning a lot about how we can really save a lot of energy get paid for by the 46:53
energy and water and resources that other people are using on our on our land and um and really do some
47:01
excellent conservation and also try to eliminate some of the things that the public is concerned about in terms of
47:07
power plants on the premises if we don't need them so that's very exciting to be 47:12
able to to really be cutting edge not just in the health care that we provide in mental health services that we
47:19
provide but also in the kind of healthy buildings that we are creating and I had yes 47:26
um the gentleman that we've had looking at this Robert Robert's last name 47:33
uh we had extremely detailed report about the water situation isn't that 47:39
about in our reports um really trying to find out why we have 47:46
so much water but my lead into this is Robert is so connected with individuals 47:52
he's been able to bring people to come over to help him for and Us for free 47:58
and the other thing I think we should mention is the group of advisors so 48:04
that's seed Consulting can you explain that yes similar to what cities do sometimes where they bring in planners
48:11
at um experts and planning experts and Zoning experts and Builders 48:16
um cities will do that to look at a downtown area so we're doing something similar uh with experts to look at
48:24
environmental opportunities for our campus and it's called the seed Consulting Group and 48:29
um though they are they are not a Consulting Group they're 48:34
they're a group of individuals from different areas of of industry and they 48:40
come in and provide their expertise uh there's a small administrative fee for 48:45
that but we're not paying them a salary to do that and they come in and we heard their first report today so we're
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halfway uh through uh great work and so we're going to have that and we'll we'll 48:56
come present that to you so you'll get the benefit of their input as as we start to 49:01
look at some of the more details of the campus I don't know Ali anything that um well Robert made a statement right that
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we're spending like twelve thousand dollars to get 87 7 000 worth of expert 49:14
advice I don't remember the numbers but that sounds good that is correct so I thought 49:22
that um I'm gonna go back to the extremely impressed with all of them yeah it was really it was a really great
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meeting um uh finance committee report yes thank you thank you Charlie finance committee 49:35
has not met in the committee meets quarterly and our next meeting is scheduled for June the 13th at 6.
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okay um strategic planning committee we have not
49:50
met but we as like Tom just mentioned we have the Strategic development half day on May 12th at Adventure Plex starting
49:56
at 8 30. and uh I'd just like to comment on that
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but we are an incredibly I'm incredibly proud of the strategic planning that we 50:06
do with this organization that it is something that involves everyone from volunteers to staff and
50:12
that all of the staff were involved and that we as board members are simply one of many participants we are not deciding
50:20
things that this organization is going to do without the people on the ground who are doing it and that having that
50:26
staff involvement is really wonderful and really important and that this is a meeting that is open to the public for
50:33
strategic planning but it is not a community input meeting it is about 50:38
the organization making our strategic plan for what we are going to be doing and involving everyone in that process
50:43
is really important I really appreciate the involvement and not just that you 50:48
show up but that you participate yeah I would second that and I I have to give a lot uh Vanessa a lot of credit
50:55
because she really is set it up and uh you know I've worked for many 51:00
organizations where they they do strategic planning and typically what it is they hire a consultant they produce a
51:07
stack of paper and then they round file it until the next strategic plan in three years or something like that and
51:12
that's not the way we do things here and um it's it's really remarkable uh 51:20
contribution so thank you thank you it was important to me 51:27
um ad hoc community research committee yeah community research committee met on 51:32
Thursday April 13th at 4 pm that Community Health Data measurement tool 51:38
um we received two different uh proposals for Community Health Data measurement and the committee concurred
51:44
with the staff recommendation to continue with Gallup for the well-being index measurement the full board is
51:51
going to review and consider the measurement contractor in the budget approval process in May and June
51:57
um the ad hoc term is for the research committee expires on 52:05
June 30th of 2023 and there are no additional research projects requiring committee oversight at this time so the
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committee agreed to let the term expire this June and it is an ad hoc committee and that 52:17
those are temporary committees we can we can restart it if we need it as well as any other kind of committee
52:23
we might need and any committee that's not actually meeting does not cost us any money 52:29
right to clarify that point um any other
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comments or questions regarding committee reports either from the public or from board members
52:41
CNN okay consent items discussion and potential action item approval of the 52:47
minutes March 22nd regular board meeting and approval of checks number 52:53
79732 through 79873 totaling 475 804 dollars and three cents for 53:01
accounts payable for the month of March um do any board members want to move anything out of the consent calendar for
53:08
discussion um is there any public discussion on the
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consent items seeing none may I have a motion to approve the 53:20
consent uh Noel moves do I have a second okay five seconds we have a motion the 53:27
second all in favor say aye aye aye any opposed hearing none so ordered 53:34
is there any old business the vote was unanimous and the vote was 53:40
unanimous thank you on all board members are present um is 53:47
there any old business any new business
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board member reports I'll go ahead and start um
53:57
I attended Earth Day at wilderness um I attended a meeting with Senator 54:03
Padilla that I that was on the day of the last board meeting but wasn't reflected in the minute so maybe I
54:08
didn't report it um I attended the bchd Social Hour
54:13
which was lovely and then I actually saw the woman who was at that meeting later 54:19
when we went to Temple so that was really nice to be able to make that connection with someone in the community in that way
54:25
I had my one-on-one with Tom I attended the Poetry month celebration at the Redondo Beach Library
54:33
um and I attended my bchg media training thank you Thomas fun 54:39
um I also along with Dr KU spent six hours over two days learning 54:46
about mental health first aid and um Carrie Anne and her assistant 54:51
um did a fantastic job it was an amazing training the participants 54:57
there were volunteers there were staff um there were community members there and 55:02
it was an amazing group of people who really care who really want to help people and want to have the skills to be
55:08
able to do that and it was really really well done and I learned a lot 55:14
um I attended an L.A County covet briefing and the bcsd pretty 55:20
committee Michelle this would be very brief I attended the ad hoc committee meeting 55:26
and uh that's it
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um property meeting meeting with Tom and media trainer and I did my one-on-one with Tom I did
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the mental health first training same with you and then I did I volunteered into the BMI 55:45
um waiting set Barrow Elementary oh fantastic they were so cute the little kids 55:51
I did the ad hoc property committing meeting in my one at all the time 55:56
the ad hoc um or an ad hoc sorry
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um announcements questions and referrals to staff I uh Martha brought up changing 56:10
our agenda a little bit yep I we're going back into our usual room working 56:17
on that may we go back to the public this agenda really doesn't reflect when 56:24
people can talk and so they if you all recall when we had 56:31
public coming to speak to us they were always confused should I speak now what should I do this is not clear it doesn't
56:38
say in the very beginning non-agenda items it doesn't reflect after the CEO 56:43
report no public comment we know but the public doesn't know when they should 56:50
appear so I think maybe we could easily massage that look at that and then the 56:56
others are okay the other thing is I'm not sure how best on the school board it 57:02
was simple people could only speak for three minutes so you could explain that our policy is a little more difficult
57:08
and so somewhere on the table or somewhere someplace I think we need to 57:14
have that also available at the meeting or explained at the beginning or 57:20
something I mean we're going to go back to the real world we're not going to be the I mean I think maybe we will have
57:27
zoom SO2 and Charlie always asks for people to speak that won't be doing that 57:35
yeah it does it says public discussion but it doesn't actually say public discussion for items not on the agenda
57:40
it doesn't actually say it's a really easy one to fix but you also do you know as you just said should he should people
57:46
talk after the CEO is yeah well we don't even know so how about the public yeah 57:52
so we could put just add public comment under the places where Robert is telling 58:00
us we should have a public comment yeah because it should say like uh maybe 58:07
maybe a bullet point like public comment about this agenda item yeah whatever so I just think 58:14
simple yeah yeah and very clear to the public schools
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but our policy I I'm a little I don't know you don't want to muddy it up too much uh you I think we need some
58:25
brainstorming over how to explain that policy industry these are some ideas it does not have to 58:32
be just say something as simple as president solicits public comment uh items not on the agenda present solicit
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is probably comment on this agenda item etc etc so we can clarify that in the 58:45
agenda yeah and then in the real it's easy I thought right it's three three minutes of time for a total of 15
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minutes maybe yeah and we added they we want them to say their name and and show 58:59
we did get that on there right uh that is on here but yeah we'll we'll clean this up and and then we are coming back
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to the policy committee on some other public comment items any other announcements questions and
59:12
referrals to staff and um I just I meant to say this after your 59:18
report but I really appreciate the new way that we're doing the financial reporting in the CEO report it's much
59:25
clearer right pass that on oh yeah yeah it is in the
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favorable and the unfavorable it was much clearer today I don't know exactly what you did differently but it was much quicker right thank you that's good to 59:38
hear I've been talking about that for a long time so that was that was nice 59:43
um anything else um
59:50
it's time to adjourn the meeting uh that was pretty pretty fast I didn't get it 59:56
under an hour so I I make the motion to adjourn we are adjourned 1:00:04
and so
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StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Kevin Cody; Lisa Jacobs; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Residents Against Overdevelopment; Garth Meyer; [email protected]; Noel Chun; Jane Diehl; Vanessa I. Poster; [email protected]; Michelle Bholat; Communications
Subject: Taxpayer Concerns Regarding BCHD Expenditures
Date: Monday, April 24, 2023 8:00:38 AM
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As a result of the failure, bankruptcy, and dissolution of the Los Medanos Healthcare District, we now know with certainty that taxpayers are the backstop for every financial liability incurred by the BCHD.
Failure and Liability - Measure M Funding
BCHD pursued plans for street redesign and bike lanes for Flagler and Flagler Alley in Torrance from Beryl to the Redondo Beach city limit. Torrance is not a party to BCHD, either as an owner or in the sphere-of-influence. BCHD failed in due diligence and as a direct result spent what could be hundreds of thousands of wasted taxpayer dollars. Further BCHD sought Measure M reimbursement for wasted expenditures. The taxpayers of the District are concerned that they will be forced to backstop BCHD's lack of due diligence and expenditures.
Further, taxpayers are likely forced to compensate Measure M for clawbacks, penalties and interest.
Failure and Liability - Phase 1 Campus Development
BCHD refuses to divulge whether or not it will have any ownership in the phase 1, 107.5-ft tall, nearly 300,000 sqft building. As such, taxpayers are being denied access to the possible liability (up to $250M) that they may face. It is concerning to have a public agency acting in the shadows and potentially creating liability for taxpayers.
Failure and Liability - "allcove" Spending
BCHD was funded for SPA8 allcove spending. 91% of SPA8 are non residents of the District, yet BCHD touts in newspaper interviews that far more than 9% of services are actively provided only to the residents of the 3 beach cities. BCHD's failure to follow the roughly 11- to-1 non-resident spending accrues risk for taxpayers in the form of clawbacks, penalties and interest.
On behalf of the aggrieved taxpayers of the District, the Cities need to step up and protect the property taxes that BCHD extracts, and the land, buildings, and assets that taxpayers purchased for the District.
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StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: Communications; info; CityClerk; Robert W. Lundy; CityClerk; Michael Webb; Kevin Cody; Lisa Jacobs; TRAO News; [email protected]; [email protected]; Holly J. Mitchell; [email protected]; [email protected]; Garth Meyer; Tyler Evains
Cc: Vanessa I. Poster; Martha Koo; Jane Diehl; Michelle Bholat; Noel Chun Subject: Vanessa "8th request for face to face meeting" Poster"s Confused Email (aka Re: Face to Face) Date: Friday, April 21, 2023 8:00:40 AM
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Public Comment to all Agencies and Politicals, including Mayors, Councils, Planning Commissions, City Attorneys
Dear Ms. Vanessa "8th request for face to face meeting" Poster:
You have been requesting face-to-face meetings with me, not the other way around. Your most recent request was by email on "Thu, Feb 23, 1:11 PM" and stated from you that "I very much would like to meet with you personally to discuss these issue..." There exists no reality where I have any interest in meeting with BCHD based on its history of increasing the height and square footage of the development while announcing to the public that BCHD has reduced the size. BCHD has negotiated in bad faith by claiming to implement public requests and instead, not only ignoring them, but acting in opposition. BCHD's proposed nearly 800,000 sqft development is larger than every home in Beryl Heights combined.
I am increasingly concerned that BCHD has no command of reality or facts when associated with the 792,000 sqft, 107.5-ft tall commercial development that it plans for the failed hospital site.
BCHD has increased the height of the proposal from 60-ft (90-ft above Beryl & Flagler, EIR NOP) to 76-ft (106-ft above Beryl & Flagler, BoD 6/2020) to 103-ft (133.5-ft above Flagler & Beryl, EIR DEIR) to 107.5-ft (City of RB Pre-CUP).
BCHD has increased the overall size of the development by removing 160,000 sqft of subterranean parking and replacing it with an 8-10 story parking ramp on the southwest corner against homes. The current 792,000 sqft proposal has about 100,000 more sqft of surface buildings than the 2019 version in the CEQA EIR NOP. Yet, BCHD continues its campaign of misinformation to the politicals and public.
Because you, Jane and Martha persist in what Martha calls "generosity," the taxpayerresidents of the District lost $2.3M in non-reimbursed COVID expenses as BCHD tested 84% non-residents and vaxxed 45% non-residents (per LA County and BCHD PR). The $2.3M loss is documented in CEO reports.
In addition, BCHD admits in CPRA responses that it does not track non-resident expenditures or services. As such, I expect that BCHD could easily rein in services to residents and not need any campus building expansion, especially not a 100% commercial, private building with 0% BCHD ownership. The District stated clearly in Superior Court pleadings that it was for the benefits of the "residents who reside" in the District. This filing closely followed the public vote and is the best contemporaneous document of the voter intent to SERVICE RESIDENTS WHO RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT. But that doesn't meet the ego needs of the BCHD Board.
To be accurate, I offered BCHD that opportunity to answer 7 simple questions in return for your 8-TIME REQUESTED face-to-face meeting. BCHD chose not to disclose its expenditures on non-residents, so that window has closed.
In closing, BCHD's Phase 1 is 100% commercial private, 0% BCHD owned and 100% on public land. It does not respect the elevated site, is 107.5-ft above homes and located on the site's edge. Only 962-sqft of the current buildings (0.3%) are at 76-ft tall while 99.7% is at 52- ft or lower. The facility's surrounding 1/2-mile are shows a nearly $50M property value loss from statistical models.
If BCHD refuses to provide a clear accounting of outside the District services and expenditures, then we will all meet at the Planning Commission, City Council, and likely Superior Court for all discussions to be on the record in the proceeding. The same questions will be asked at those venues. BCHD cannot demonstrate that there is any District need for an 80% non-resident RCFE, a 91% non-resident ALLCOVE SPA8, or a 95% non-resident PACE facility. Further, based on PMB LLCs proposal, the RCFE is over $11,000 per room per month - a non-affordable rate for residents.
This matter is closed, as discussions and negotiations with BCHD cannot be conducted in any meaningful manner and full enforcement of the many provisions of TMC and RBMC will be aggressively pursued to protect the neighborhoods from 95-years of continued damage.
On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 11:48 AM Mark Nelson <[email protected]> wrote:
PUBLIC COMMENT (California Public Records Act, Brown Act) to all Public Addressees
Dear Ms Poster:
As you have been previously notified, open-ended requests for face-to-face meetings with BCHD will not be considered due to BCHD's prior actions, including, but not limited to:
BCHD's demonstrated lack of implementation of neighborhood project comments for shorter, smaller, and away from the site perimeter;
BCHDs persistent misinformation campaign asserting that increases in project height above the surrounding neighborhoods from 90-feet (2019) to 106-feet (2020) to 133.5-feet (2021) to 107.5-feet (2022) to 113-feet (2023) are the result of public comments;
BCHD's increase in surface building square feet by adding an 8-10 story parking ramp at Prospect & Diamond after BCHD's removal of 160,000 square feet of underground parking;
BCHD's abandonment of its 2017 commitment to a surface parking and greenspace buffer of its damages to the surrounding neighborhoods; and BCHD's refusal to answer public records requests regarding BCHD's plan to site 2,000 to 4,000 kW of diesel fuel generation, high voltage transformers and switchgear, and thousands of gallons of liquid fuel adjacent to homes on Diamond.
The acts themselves are antithetical to the comments of the public across the past 6+ years and the BCHD disinformation campaign clearly demonstrates BCHD's lack of good faith negotiation.
This has been communicated to you (and into the public record of the Redondo Beach and Torrance City Councils and Planning Commissions, California Assembly, California Senate, LALAFCO, and LA Board of Supervisors) in at least the following email responses:
Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 7:42 PM
From: Holly Osborne
To: CityClerk
Subject: Remarks for Redondo City Council May 2, Non Agenda items, Blue Folder Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 12:45:14 PM
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Good evening:
(These remarks are largely taken from remarks I made to the SBCCOG steering committee, on April 10.) My name is Holly Osborne, I live in North Redondo Beach, one block from Lawndale, and within walking distance of the ROW.
Two months ago, the South Bay COG had a guest speaker, David McNeill, from the Baldwin Hills Conservancy, who talked about bringing parks to the people, by finding opportunities to preserve open green spaces in crowded, urban areas. I watched the COG meeting on Zoom, and I thought, "This is the absolute perfect person to talk to about making the ROW a green space in Lawndale." (I had months ago read the County's Park report on Lawndale, and the desire of Lawndale to be able to have that as green space was mentioned there.)*
So, anyway, I contacted Mr. McNeill about the ROW situation, and asked if he had any ideas about keeping the ROW a green space, and would he like to come down and see it? I have NEVER had anybody respond so quickly to an email. He explained that although Lawndale was outside his area, he would l ke to come see it, and long story short, he came with his assistant on March 15. It had been raining, but fortunately it stopped just as he arrived. (There were several Lawndale residents of the ROW who came as well, including Glen Brackenridge of "Right of Say", who was the knowledgeable expert on the history, and the primary speaker.)
Mr. McNeill said he had worked with abandoned corridors, turning them into parks, but not with one that still had a freight train.
So safety would be a primary concern. And he did understand about "de facto" parks. But he had an even bigger vision, about connecting to the Redondo right of way as well. We only walked as far as the Artesia bridge, but his assistant went out on the trestle to take pictures.
I will say that when he saw all the pipeline markers, he said Why would anyone want to build here? (referring to Metro's plans) I also want to say that because it had been so wet, we ended up walking on the tracks, because they were dry. The ROW has some drainage gutters on the side, to drain off water, and they were full. At a subsequent meeting of Lawndale residents, one of them said that if Metro did build something and paved over everything, they would have to provide all the ROW residents with sump pumps.
And if any of you want to come see the ROW, with its trees, and green space, and where it narrows, and all the pipeline markers, please get in touch. And Mr. McNeill sent me information on the contact person for the Rivers and Mountain Conservancy, which covers this area.
Now that the Lawndale city council has backed the Hawthorne Blvd Option, which happened last night, I intend to pursue this effort and speak to the Redondo parks commission.
Holly Osborne.
Picture of ROW in Lawndale, looking South
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*Lawndale Park acreage per 1000 people is 0.8, according to report by LA County. (Torrance is 2.5) From: [email protected]
To: CityClerk
Subject: Blue Folder J.1 & comments
Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 2:23:43 PM
Attachments: SBCCOG BoardofDirectors 42723.pdf
SBCCOG-Kevin 042723.pdf
City Council 5-2.pdf
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Dear City Clerk,
I've attached 3 pdf's for the blue folder on tonight's non-agenda items. Please distribute to all 5 members plus the mayor.
Thank you,
Niki Negrete-Mitchell, D3
Niki Negrete-Mitchell, managing partner of Right of Say for Redondo and Lawndale.
To the rest of the South Bay cities: I cannot emphasize enough how lacking of any substance the DEIR studies for the ROW turned out to be. I say that knowing not everybody actually reads it, and the ones that do can’t possibly have the proper context or knowledge of the true conditions in that land so how can anyone know what to look for? Not many are really aware of just how many homes there are housing families, children and retirees just living their lives.
There is a vast difference between taking a measurement and doing meaningful studies. For example Metro couldn’t figure out why vibration level is higher on the freight train’s early trip north vs the later trip back south. For us it’s obvious the tankers are full on the way up to El Segundo, and on the way back they’re empty so lighter and the seismic shaking isn’t as strong. A 1/2 meaningful study would discover that. They would talk to people, ask questions and have it figured out BEFORE publishing a study for public consumption.
Does anybody here really think it’s such a good idea to commit to that level of immense industrial construction just a few feet from homes with actual people inhabiting them not knowing what lies in and under the dirt? Do you all understand the level of risk? Is it ok to you for anybody to be dismissive of the very real hazards right next to people living inside their homes. Do you watch the news? You must be aware that rail regulations have been incrementally chipped away at and the consequences are all of the derailments we’re hearing about. That’s just a fraction of the concern.
Conflating the unavailable ROW at grade construction costs as being cheaper with expediting for the Olympics is a complete oxymoron. First of all the at grade part can’t happen due to emergency response necessities, that brings up the cost but that isn’t accounted for, instead they list the true option as one of the 4 other alternatives as “separated grade”. That costs more than the basic cost they list as 1.9B. What’s even more absurd is characterizing that as “cheaper” and then saying you want it expedited two whole years! Those two factors would bring the costs even higher and probably more than elevated on Hawthorne.
They’re talking about some 20 year old deal, it’s not our fault this transpired before proper outreach and studies were ever performed. That’s not our problem as community stakeholders. Encourage them to stop trying to dump it on our communities. A couple of corporate businesses does not trump over 1,000 homes, that just doesn’t compare.
They can’t see what an advantage to businesses the other option is. As leaders, please help with viable solutions for the betterment of the ENTIRE South Bay rather than abide by a selfishly misguided, disingenuous campaign for one city to get the easy way out no matter how many they step on. Thank you for the opportunity.
Transportation corridors are often described as “arteries.” That is, they transport the life blood of communities, namely, commerce. These arteries breath life in to local commercial enterprise by bringing economic traffic to their doorsteps.
The mantra of retail businesses, Location, Location, Location, underscores this concept. The basic planning for transportation infrastructure must address this idea first in order to be successful. Ridership reflects actual destinations.
For the C Line Extension, this means using Hawthorne Blvd. as it was intended. The historic Red Car Line used this corridor because it was, and still is, a retail business district. In fact, the DEIR has identified some historical structures that illustrate this, like the “Continental Car Wash,” “Frank’s Furniture,” and “Moda Italia,” all of which have some historical context and could be listed in the “National Register of Historical Places,” according to the DEIR.
The plain truth is that Hawthorne Blvd. is in desparate need of re-vitalization. It is a traditional corridor for travel between Inglewood and the South Bay and as mentioned, has hosted a commuter rail line previously.
In contrast, the residentially adjacent ROW has only been used as a freight line. Historically, the ROW maps all over the LA Basin and had been an important infrastructure, but not for people moving. People are not interested in going to refineries.
In fact, they want to go to the airport, or to sports and shopping venues. Primarily, they want to travel safely, and then expiditiously be delivered to their destination, not to the next bus. People will sit in traffic and pay expensive parking to secure their convience and safety.
That famous Hawthorne Blvd. landmark, The Galleria, is being transformed in to the South Bay Social District. New retail, new hotel, new live/work spaces, and hopefully, a new energy. That intersection at Hawthorne, Artesia and Redondo Beach Blvd. represents a crossing for all the cities effected by this project. At that crossing, our cities can either flourish or languish.
Hawthorne Blvd. is the preferred route.
Crossroads
Kevin Mitchell
Redondo Beach resident
April 27, 2023
City Council 5/2/23
Niki Negrete-Mitchell, D3
I’ve blue foldered mine and my husband’s SBCCOG Board of Directors comments. Our goal was to reach out to the other South Bay Cities to let them know the real story. I made my points about the flaws in the DEIR and the superiority of the Hawthorne option as being for the betterment of the entire South Bay. Kevin spoke about the importance of destination and the need for revitalization.
In doing so the side effect was Torrance getting called out. It was very cathartic after years of being dragged on by them. There were a lot of callers on Zoom from Lawndale residents who recent;y became aware and have had a chance to hear Torrance’s positioning being based on disingenuous talking points. They did not mince their words. Our messaging was loud and clear.
Thank you to councilmenber Kuladervic for supporting us. We really appreciate your interest in serving our community. To councilmember Scott Behrendt, although recusing from the Greenline topic, there’s no harm in as a matter of advisement stating an opinion on Hawthorne being the better choice over and above the ROW since it does not criticize Metro in any way, it’s just stating the obvious. We’ve aways had a unanimous 5 councilmember endorsement on our locally preffered alternative so we need you to be open to signing off on endorsements unanimously with the rest of City Council just as a matter of advisement. Legally it shoud be of no harm for you to simply state a preference.
We had some great news from our Lawndale counterparts. They’ve been lobbying their city council weekly for about a month now and were able to persuade them to take a postition of Hawthorne elevated being their preferred alignment. We know that Metro is open to suggestion on how to make their plans better and more feasible to communitites by working with the cities. They can change their routes to and from Hawthorne just enough to make it work for business stakeholders. Now we can form alliances and make sure that IF it gets done at all, it gets done right! We appreciate gearing up in the event that the wrong decision gets made this summer, but if we put a little energy into reaching out to the Metro Board of Directors it is quite possible to get the decision we want and that would save us some trouble in the end.