City Council on 2023-12-19 6:00 PM - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER Meeting Time: 12-19-23 18:00
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City Council on 2023-12-19 6:00 PM -
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
12-19-23
18:00
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City Council on 2023-12-19 6:00 PM - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER 12-19-23 18:00
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H.10. 23-7338 APPROVE CHANGES TO STREET SWEEPING HOURS
ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF DIAMOND STREET BETWEEN PACIFIC
COAST HIGHWAY AND DEL AMO STREET
9 8 1 0
H.18. 23-7107 APPROVE THE FINAL TRANSIT SERVICES STUDY
REPORT FOR BEACH CITIES TRANSIT
1 0 1 0
H.19. 23-7381 APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH MATRIX
CONSULTING GROUP, LTD TO CONDUCT AN ORGANIZATIONAL
ASSESSMENT OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $74,940 FOR THE TERM
DECEMBER 19, 2023 TO JUNE 30, 2024
1 0 0 1
J.1. 23-7371 For eComments and Emails Received from the Public 2 0 0 1 N.4. 23-7377 APPROVE A MASTER PRODUCT AND SERVICES
AGREEMENT WITH PALLET PBC FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWENTYFIVE (25) PALLET SHELTER UNITS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $300,057.41 AND AUTHORIZE THE ADVANCEMENT OF A
PORTION OF LA COUNTY PALLET SHELTER EXPANSION GRANT
FUNDS TO COMPLETE THE PURCHASE
1 0 1 0
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Agenda Item: eComments for H.10. 23-7338 APPROVE CHANGES TO STREET SWEEPING HOURS ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE
OF DIAMOND STREET BETWEEN PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY AND DEL AMO STREET Overall Sentiment
Angela Ho
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Submitted At: 6:27pm 12-19-23
Too many problems with this change request:
1) current time has been in place for decades; all people have made it work 2) the change forces residents to move cars before 7AM year-round, when school is out 30% of the year 3) scope was not well known by PW. Staff couldn’t provide the affected parking spot count to PWSC 4) residential impact was grossly under assessed. PW assumed just 150’ from the campus, w/ Diamond over 50’ wide. The impact will reach Carnelian to the north, Maria to the NE 5) neighborhood’s population wasn't surveyed for input
6) root cause of on-campus parking issue wasn't studied - staff & students not follow rules 7) alternative solutions can be done by the school on campus weren't explored 8) proposal went to PWSC on 11/27 with little substance, only commissioner Nafissi asked insightful questions.
The rest approved it cavalierly within minutes after allowing 2+ hours spent on other topics (30-45 minutes each) 9) the PW letter that went out to limited residents re: council meeting was dated 12/7 but not received until last Th. Not much time was given to people to respond during this busy holiday season.
There are 27 parking spaces from Del Amo to Helberta, 13 to Guadalupe, 7 to Gertruda, 4 to Francisca, 6 to PCH. ~30 are fully utilized nightly, with the 1st 25 bordering RUHS parking lot. These people will need to move their cars before 7AM year-round or find parking on other streets with limited street parking. All near by streets have Thursday sweeping schedules.
RUHS has gated areas for staff parking that are underutilized. The lower parking lot next to the athletic field has 54 spots but only occupied by ~20 cars regularly. The parking strip on Sea Hawk Way is also not occupied. Also staff is taking away student parking and parking on the streets.
Please push back to explore better education/communication to the students/staff bodies and examine their space allocation. There's much wasted land use on the east side of the campus with containers, sheds, etc. All areas adjacent to the school are not part of RUHS property. Share city resources respectfully. Contain school issues on campus before putting them on the neighbors.
kimberly Quihuis
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Submitted At: 6:12pm 12-19-23
I am in full support of this change, a win win for everyone! Janett Barbosa
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Submitted At: 6:11pm 12-19-23
I support the changes for street sweeping hours on Diamond street. Thank you! Linda Buck
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Submitted At: 5:47pm 12-19-23
As someone who lives on diamond street, I see the difficulties the students have in finding parking on street cleaning days. I support moving the time to allow them to find parking and be on ti'm and to support the RUHS staff.
Robert Cota
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Submitted At: 5:40pm 12-19-23
Having lived directly accross the street from the proposed change, Diamond and Gertruda, I support the change.
The current schedule pushes students into the residential streets, often unknowingly into permit parking and are often ticketed. I believe there are sufficient spaces for the residents who park on the streets to move their cars the night before. I see only benefits to altering the schedule.
Jen Lowery
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Submitted At: 5:20pm 12-19-23
This seems like a simple solution to fix a problem and will benefit students, RUHS staff and the neighborhood by limiting the need for people to park in the neighborhoods.
Alisa Beeli
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Submitted At: 5:12pm 12-19-23
This is a simple solution to prevent students and RUHS staff from needing to move their cars during the day, into the surrounding neighborhood. It affects the roughly 50 marked parking spots on the south side of Diamond next to the school. No change to the north side of Diamond. Given the recent events at RUHS and their enhanced security measures, anything we can do to keep students on campus during the day should be done. This solution will benefit students, RUHS staff and the neighborhood by minimizing the need for drivers to find neighborhood parking. Great that Athens Services has agreed to adjust their street sweeping schedule to accommodate as well.
Raymur Flinn
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Submitted At: 5:08pm 12-19-23
I am in full support of this item!
Brad Waller
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Submitted At: 4:59pm 12-19-23
As a past RBUSD trustee I strongly support this item. Parking around the school has always been at a premium, and this will actually help keep students from parking in the nearby neighborhoods by opening up parking on the school side of the street. This is a great example of cooperation between the schools and the city and sets a great example for the community.
Agenda Item: eComments for H.18. 23-7107 APPROVE THE FINAL TRANSIT SERVICES STUDY REPORT FOR BEACH CITIES
TRANSIT
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Mark Nelson
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Submitted At: 10:43pm 12-14-23
There is a material error in the report. BCHD is planning to develop a PACE facility with a capacity of 400. Since only 1 in 1000 seniors uses PACE, on average, 384 of those PACE enrollees will be from outside the BCT area.
Therefore, BCHD will not have an increased need.
Further, the PMB LLC assisted living is estimated to be 80% non-residents by BCHD's consultant MDS. MDS conducted an analysis by zip code and clearly demonstrates that 30% of the tenants will be from completely outside the area, while 50% more will be from outside the Beach Cities. BCHD's allcove services a 91% nonresident area (LA County SPA8) and that is outside the BCT area as well. As such, there is a material error in the finding that BCHD requires additional service by BCT that must be corrected.
Agenda Item: eComments for H.19. 23-7381 APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH MATRIX CONSULTING GROUP, LTD TO
CONDUCT AN ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $74,940 FOR THE TERM DECEMBER 19, 2023 TO JUNE 30, 2024 Overall Sentiment
Mark Nelson
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Submitted At: 7:26pm 12-15-23
It's unclear what can be accomplished in 4 months for $75K. What is clear, is that the CDD is leaning toward high development, non-resident friendly approvals, such at the Catalina project that the Council had to step in and stop. Sean Scully has deep knowledge and expertise in the area, and he has not been in the Director's policy role creating the issues. As such, I expect that Mr Scully would be more capable of providing an assessment than a $75K effort from the outside. In any event, Mr. Scully would be a reasonable choice for permanent Director to avoid having to train another outsider.
Agenda Item: eComments for J.1. 23-7371 For eComments and Emails Received from the Public Overall Sentiment
Mark Nelson
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Submitted At: 7:46pm 12-15-23
I continue to see errors in the Healthy Living Campus development narrative. As we all know, BCHD has 0% ownership in the project and will not be developer, owner or operator. BCHD is misrepresenting its "straw developer" role and PMB LLC or another entity that will have ownership of the building needs to takeover the project. As was clearly seen by BCHD's over $4000 per foot Bike Path project in an alley and already paved dead end street, BCHD has no expertise in any sort of development. Straw transactions should not be allowed.
Brandee Keith
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Submitted At: 4:53pm 12-15-23
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AUTHORIZE THE ADVANCEMENT OF A PORTION OF LA COUNTY PALLET SHELTER EXPANSION GRANT FUNDS TO
COMPLETE THE PURCHASE
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Maricela Guillermo
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Submitted At: 7:29pm 12-19-23
Because we want to continue doing the good work, to provide temporary shelter to the homeless in a sustainable manner, I don't believe it is wise for the city to take on adding 25 additional units at this time. Before assuming this commitment, the City Council and the City attorney owe it to the residents to provide the long-term outcomes of each individual assisted through this program and the financial and human resources used since the inception of this program.
The city charter does not indicate that it is the responsibility of the City Attorney's office to oversee this program.
When we have a new City Attorney, who is in charge of the program, could change. We can add maybe 2 or up to 5 shelters, solely to be used for residents of Redondo. I also believe it is time that other cities take on this effort, either because they have more land to spare and/or are in a better financial situation than Redondo.