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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
J.1 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
• PUBLIC COMMUNICATION
From: Tim Ozenne
To: CityClerk; Michael Webb
Cc: Mark E. Nelson (Home Gmail)
Subject: bchd "UPZONING GAMBIT"
Date: Monday, November 18, 2024 12:55:58 PM
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PUBLIC COMMENT - NON-AGENDA ITEM 11/19/24 MEETING
I object to the City Council's attempt to spot upzone the BCHD site to a 1.25 FAR.
BCHD is not a public safety agency like the RBFD and RBPD and therefore does not qualify for the 1.25 FAR.
BCHD is a non-essential bureaucy planning to service 80% to 95% non-residents of the District. That is no different than any other commercial developer. If the Council has any intent of upzoning BCHD, then it must upzone ALL P-I land use to 1.25 FAR and analyze the millions of square feet of potential development in the EIR amendment.
My wife and I live just east of the existing "campus." We plainly see how the existing buildings already dominate the skyline. While BCHD has taken steps to prevent its neighbors from knowing just what BCHD proposes as it turns over control to its preferred lessee for decades, the obvious plan is to screw BCHD neighbors with a "campus" that has no connection with local health BCHD unsubstantiated claims of local health benefits from a larger campus have no support, so far as I can tell. I presume RB council will demand evidence thatpredicted health benefits are well documented. If not, why would yhid council approve special zoning for BCHD, which is not a public safety organization?
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Fwd: LTE
Date: Sunday, November 17, 2024 11:57:19 AM
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Public Comment - Mayors and Councils
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From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
Date: Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Subject: LTE
To: Judy Rae <[email protected]>
Slowly, and hopefully surely, the taxpayers of BCHD are getting the BCHD Board and executives under control. Denying Measure BC was a good start. It sent a clear message to BCHD that District Taxpayers have no interest in funding a new allcove building or servicing the 1.4 million population area of LA County SPA8 for 30 years with no long term funding grant. BCHD can fund allcove for residents and the students in the school districts, but the idea of expanding the allcove service area by ten-fold made no sense.
Denying Measure BC also sent a clear message that District Taxpayers don't want their hospital building torn down, nor will they fund BCHDs misguided demolition. BCHD has no business paying for the pre-development work of 100% private PMB LLC as it seeks to build a $15,000 per month assisted living facility. Especially when that assisting living facility is for 80% non-residents of 90254, 90266, 90277, and 90278 according to BCHDs own studies. But our work to fix BCHD is not yet done.
BCHDs draft budget documents show a structural future deficit (losing money each year), most likely caused by BCHDs careless acceptance of allcove's 30-year unfunded operation.
Sadly, the very first item on BCHDs chopping block is to "remove school service agreements ($600,000)." Yet nowhere in the BCHD plan is cutting the size of the $2.4M per year executive suite nor cutting off payments and subsidies for services to non-residents. Allcove has a 91% non-resident service area and is currently serving 50% non-residents.
AdventurePlex and the CHF receive $2 million annually in District Taxpayer subsidies and have roughly one-third non-residents being subsidized. Despite repeated formal requests to BCHD, it refuses to even track the costs of non-resident use. I suspect we'd all be stunned as how much of our BCHD funding exits the District. BCHD doesn't know.
I have one concrete suggestion that will likely fix most of our problems. Let's rename BCHD to the Hermosa, Manhattan and Redondo Beach Resident Health District as a daily reminder to the Board and $2.4 million in executives. Each and every dollar taken from our property taxes or generated from our land, buildings, and investments should be plowed back into the District and its residents. Every time anyone is forced to type HMRBRHD, it will reinforce the District's obligation to its owners.
Mark Nelson
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: CityClerk; Michael Webb
Subject: Fwd: PUBLIC COMMENT - SUPPORT 0.5FAR for P/I. OPPOSE 1.25FAR for all P/I.
Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 8:39:32 PM
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Public Comment and Memorandum to the City Attorney:
It seems clear that Councilmember Obagi is not interested in public input on the BCHD FAR issue, and is disadvantaging StopBCHD and the hundreds of members of the public that submit comments through our organization. In order save the time of residents and taxpayers, the group forwards members emails as public comments. See the chain below where Mr.
Obagi states that the emails don't move the needly (sic) and that they are sent to trash.
This and the public position of Mayor Light have been communicated to the City Attorney as StopBCHD.com has legitimate and documented concerns about the demonstrated bias of each regarding the BCHD FAR issue.
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From: Zein Obagi <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: PUBLIC COMMENT - SUPPORT 0.5FAR for P/I. OPPOSE 1.25FAR for all P/I.
To: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
Mark,
I have made a rule sending all of the emails from [email protected] - which I had so many, saying the same exact thing to junk. They do not move the needly at all. They seem like electronic terrorism in fact since they chyme every time I get them.
Zein E. Obagi, Jr.
Council Member, District 4
City of Redondo Beach │ City Council
415 Diamond Street │ Redondo Beach, CA 90277
310.318.0693 │ 310.379.9268 fax
[email protected]│ www.redondo.org
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2024 11:05 AM
To: Zein Obagi <[email protected]>; Zein Obagi <[email protected]> Subject: Fwd: PUBLIC COMMENT - SUPPORT 0.5FAR for P/I. OPPOSE 1.25FAR for all P/I.
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I had your note passed through to me.
Yes, our organization is forwarding comments through from our supporters to save their time and still get their voices heard. Subject lines are deliberately the same for ease of identification by [email protected]. BCHD directed all of its commenters also to cc: the Council, otherwise we wouldn't have bothered.
Our view: California is a ballot harvesting state where a selected person or entity is allowed to submit completed ballots on behalf of voters. That doctrine should also apply to public comments regarding matters before public bodies, although, petitions, etc. are common tools and in this modern electronic messaging era, the technology of the day allows for many different ways to communicate.
I'll have them take the Council off the distribution and send a consolidated email later on to Clerk Manzano.
Thanks.
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From: Support Far50 <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Subject: Fwd: PUBLIC COMMENT - SUPPORT 0.5FAR for P/I. OPPOSE 1.25FAR for all P/I.
To:
Can you deal with this?
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From: Zein Obagi <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: PUBLIC COMMENT - SUPPORT 0.5FAR for P/I. OPPOSE 1.25FAR for all P/I.
To: Support Far50 <[email protected]>, CityClerk <[email protected]>, Nils Nehrenheim <[email protected]>, Marc Wiener <[email protected]>, Paige Kaluderovic <[email protected]>, Sean Scully <[email protected]>, Todd Loewenstein <[email protected]>, Scott Behrendt <[email protected]>
Marc / whomever is doing this stop spamming us.
Zein E. Obagi, Jr.
Council Member, District 4
City of Redondo Beach │ City Council
415 Diamond Street │ Redondo Beach, CA 90277
310.318.0693 │ 310.379.9268 fax
[email protected]│ www.redondo.org
From: Support Far50 <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2024 10:25 AM
To: CityClerk <[email protected]>; Nils Nehrenheim <[email protected]>; Marc Wiener <[email protected]>; Paige Kaluderovic <[email protected]>; Sean Scully <[email protected]>; Todd Loewenstein <[email protected]>; Zein Obagi <[email protected]>; Scott Behrendt <[email protected]> Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT - SUPPORT 0.5FAR for P/I. OPPOSE 1.25FAR for all P/I.
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PUBLIC COMMENT - SUPPORT 0.5FAR for P/I. OPPOSE 1.25FAR for all P/I.
I support the Planning Commission's recommendation for a 0.5 FAR to general Public/Institutional (P/I) use. I do not support an increase to 1.25 FAR for all P/I use, since it would "upzone" every P/I parcel and create the potential for reckless development that is not consistent with neighborhood character and would not protect property values. Thank you. ---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Paul Schlichting
Date: Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: BCHD Comment: One Last Chance
To: Stop BCHD <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> -----Original Message-----
From: Stop BCHD <[email protected]>
Sent: Sep 30, 2024 8:05 PM
To: Stop BCHD <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: BCHD Comment: One Last Chance
Hit Reply All to this email (or send an email to [email protected]) and we'll file the comment below on your behalf:
Although I would like to see even less construction on this project ...
I support the Planning Commission's recommendation for a 0.5 FAR to general Public/Institutional (P/I) use. I do not support an increase to 1.25 FAR for all P/I use, since it would "upzone" every P/I parcel and create the potential for reckless development that is not consistent with neighborhood character and would not protect property values. Thank you.
Paul Schlichting
South Broadway, Redondo Beach
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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.
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From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: [email protected]
Subject: LTE: Little Wonder that BCHD"s Measure BC was the only Bond Measure to Fail in Redondo Beach Date: Monday, November 18, 2024 12:59:44 PM
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For nearly a decade now, Beach Cities Health District has been terrorizing surrounding neighborhoods with a plan for a 103-foot tall, 792,000 square foot development. Unlike the current 300,000 square foot building cluster on the site, BCHD is planning to place its tallest buildings on the site perimeter next to homes. Currently, the tallest structures are visually minimized and located in the center of the 10-acre, publicly-owned parcel. What a difference nearly tripling the floor space, increasing the height, and locating new construction on the edge of the site would create for surrounding homes. It would be devastating to neighborhood character and property values.
BCHD has engaged in all sorts of disingenuous doublespeak since beginning its project. For example, in May of 2017 it committed to placing a buffer space around the new development - a ring of greenspace and then surface parking. This commitment was made to insulate residential neighborhoods from the negative impacts of commercial development and operation. Only two months later in July 2017, BCHD proposed building on the edges of the lot in huge scale that dwarfed the neighborhoods. Surrounding neighbors have good reason not to trust BCHD again.
The BCHD bond measure requested nickels and dimes compared to the other bond measures in the city. BCHD asked for $30 million, while the City and school district requested, and received, $371 million. The electorate's vote on BCHD was far more a vote of "no confidence" on the BCHD board and executives than it was a financial decision. Unless BCHD commits in writing (yet again) to building in the center of the site, limiting construction to a character compatible height, and placing ample buffer between residential neighborhoods and its commercial, third-party owned development, it will continue to face hurricane level opposition from the community.
Mark Nelson
Redondo Beach
From: Stop BCHD
To: Communications; [email protected]; [email protected]; CityClerk; Kevin Cody; [email protected]; Holly J. Mitchell; [email protected] Subject: Public Comment - All Agencies
Date: Saturday, November 16, 2024 3:54:51 PM
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Mayors, City Councils, Planning Commissions
BCHD is attempting to codify CORE VALUES. BCHD completely ignores service to RESIDENTS as a core value. No funding should EVER be spent on subsidizing services to NON-RESIDENTS if ANY RESIDENT SERVICE is cut or any RESIDENT is denied service.
As the OWNERS of BCHD, the City Councils need to assure that foolish plans of BCHD, such as cutting spending in schools while continuing with 91% non-resident service area allcove continue.
Voters approved a hospital district for "residents who reside" within the District. BCHD is only a renamed, failed hospital district and must STOP SPENDING OUR MONEY OUTSIDE 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
Cc: CityClerk; info; [email protected]; [email protected]; MHSOAC; [email protected] Subject: Public Comment - Finance November Finance Meeting and Board Meeting Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 5:29:53 PM
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BCHD financial analysts miserably failed District Taxpayers by FAILING TO ANALYZE the 30-year cost of the BHCIP grant.
From: Stop BCHD
To: [email protected]; [email protected]; CityClerk; Kevin Cody; info; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Holly J. Mitchell Subject: Public Comment - Next Available Meeting - All Agencies - BCHD Used Nearly $700,000 in Taxpayer Funds on REJECTED Measure BC Date: Thursday, November 14, 2024 12:12:29 PM
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We have a serious problem with the judgment of BCHD's Board and Executives. BCHD lost roughly $700,000 on real estate development on Measure BC. BC would have funded the allcove building and the pre-development for PMB LLC. Voters wisely REJECTED it.
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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: [email protected]
To: CityClerk; Michael Webb
Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT - NON-AGENDA ITEM 11/19/24 MEETING Date: Monday, November 18, 2024 12:32:25 PM
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PUBLIC COMMENT - NON-AGENDA ITEM 11/19/24 MEETING
I object to the City Council's attempt to spot upzone the BCHD site to a 1.25 FAR.
BCHD is not a public safety agency like the RBFD and RBPD and therefore does not qualify for the 1.25 FAR.
BCHD is a non-essential agency with a plan to service 80% to 95% non-residents of the District. That is no different than any other commercial developer. If the Council has any intent of upzoning BCHD, then it must upzone ALL P-I land use to 1.25 FAR and analyze the millions of square feet of potential development in the EIR amendment.
Please stop forcing BCHD down our throats. Put this in your backyard! Jennifer Sams
From: MONIKA OLMOS
To: CityClerk; Michael Webb
Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT - NON-AGENDA ITEM 11/19/24 MEETING Date: Monday, November 18, 2024 1:10:11 PM
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I object to the City Council's attempt to spot upzone the BCHD site to a 1.25 FAR. BCHD is not a public safety agency like the RBFD and RBPD and therefore does not qualify for the 1.25 FAR.
BCHD is a non-essential agency with a plan to service 80% to 95% non-residents of the District. That is no different than any other commercial developer. If the Council has any intent of upzoning BCHD, then it must upzone ALL PI land use to 1.25 FAR and analyze the millions of square feet of potential development in the EIR amendment.
Monika Olmos
RB Resident
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From: William Shanney
To: Michael Webb; CityClerk
Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT - NON-AGENDA ITEM 11/19/24 MEETING Date: Monday, November 18, 2024 2:57:37 PM
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We object to the City Council's attempt to spot upzone the BCHD site to a 1.25 FAR.
BCHD is not a public safety agency like the RBFD and RBPD and therefore does not qualify for the 1.25 FAR.
BCHD is a non-essential agency with a plan to service 80% to 95% non-residents of the District. That is no different than any other commercial developer. If the Council has any intent of upzoning BCHD, then it must upzone ALL P-I land use to 1.25 FAR and analyze the millions of square feet of potential development in the EIR amendment.
Respectfully,
William and Vivian Shanney
From:
To: Michael Webb; CityClerk
Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT - NON-AGENDA ITEM 11/19/24 MEETING Date: Monday, November 18, 2024 4:06:13 PM
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Hello,
We object to the City Council's attempt to spot upzone the BCHD site to a 1.25 FAR. BCHD is not a public safety agency like the RBFD and RBPD and therefore does not qualify for the 1.25 FAR.
BCHD is a non-essential agency with a plan to service 80% to 95% non-residents of the District.
That is no different than any other commercial developer. If the Council has any intent of upzoning BCHD, then it must upzone ALL P-I land use to 1.25 FAR and analyze the millions of square feet of potential development in the EIR amendment.
Sincerley,
George & Pam Afremow
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Nils Nehrenheim; Todd Loewenstein; Paige Kaluderovic; Scott Behrendt; Kevin Cody; Gale S. Hazeltine; Wayne Craig; Douglas Boswell; Marc Wiener; Sean Scully; Sheila W. Lamb; Robert Gaddis; Michael Webb; Garth Meyer; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Public Comment All Agencies - BCHD Proposed Massive Development VIEWS FAR 0.77, 1.09, 1.25 Date: Thursday, November 14, 2024 11:19:00 AM
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BCHD is determined to deliberately destroy surrounding neighborhood character and property values.
BCHD continues to plan to build on the PERIMETER of the 10 acre site, while ignoring impacts that must be reviewed in the PCDR process. The public has repeatedly made this clear to BCHD, but was ignored.
BCHD should be limited to FAR 0.50 - the same as ALL OTHER non-public safety facilities.
IF BCHD IS UPZONED TO 1.25 FAR, THEN SO MUST ALL P-I BE UPZONED AND ANALYZED IN THE CITY EIR.
Note: At his request, Councilperson Obagi is excluded from comments on the BCHD FAR issue by StopBCHD.com
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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: Communications; CityClerk; Kevin Cody; Holly J. Mitchell; [email protected]; info; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Public Comment: BCHD Cutting RESIDENT SERVICES Date: Friday, November 15, 2024 5:33:47 PM
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If BCHD cuts one penny of RESIDENT services, then the entire Board and Executives should be terminated. BCHD signed up for a $172M debt in return for a $6M BHCIP grant for allcove. That required 30-years of allcove operation and expansion to all of LA County SPA8.
In addition, AdventurePlex is subsidized $1M a year, and has no residency required. CHF is subsidized over $1M annually and has no residency required. In fact, only Bluezones restaurants and Home Care have any residency requirement of ALL BCHD PROGRAMS.
Clearly, BCHD doesn't care about residents - it's become a real estate developer.
Post-failed $30 million bond, BCHD forms plans
After Measure BC failed last week, the $30 million bond to tear down the old South Bay Hospital and fund other projects on the Beach Cities Health District campus, BCHD Director of Communications Dan Smith released a statement about next steps.
“While we are disappointed in the election results, we have been planning for best-case/worst-case scenarios for many months,” he said. “To help bridge the financial gap BCHD is facing, staff is working on a fundraising plan and actively pursuing additional grants.”
BCHD has also started a “recession plan,” he stated, cutting part-time personnel and making reductions through attrition.
Beach Cities Health District had already committed to tearing down the old hospital at the end of 2026, regardless of Measure BC’s outcome.
Smith noted that as the district prepares to absorb this cost, it will look at cuts to some of its health services.
“Staff is going to take the next two to three months to reevaluate during our mid-year budget review and strategic planning half day (Dec. 6), then take our findings to the BCHD Board,” Smith said.
The Board plans to proceed with the demolition of the 1960 hospital in early 2027.
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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: Communications; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; Kevin Cody; [email protected]; Holly J. Mitchell; info; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT: BCHD is deleting public comments regarding its plan to cut DISTRICT SPENDING Date: Monday, November 18, 2024 11:13:49 AM
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BCHD SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF CUTTING RESIDENT SERVICES WHILE MAINTAINING ANY
LEVEL OF NON-RESIDENT SERVICES
Public Comment - All Agencies, Board, City Councils, City Counsel, Planning Commissions Residents have a problem with BCHD. BCHD is planning to cut RESIDENT SERVICES as it instead expands into NON-RESIDENT SERVICES with our land, buildings, assets, investments and property taxes. --
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: [email protected]; Marc Wiener; Michael Webb; CityClerk Subject: Public Comment: Litigation should ensue if the City spot upzones BCHD Date: Friday, November 15, 2024 5:19:00 PM
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Unlike Fire and Police, Health Districts are not public safety, nor even mandatory. Each Health District is a non-mandatory agency and service.
If the City chooses to continue with a SPOT UPZONING instead of modifying the FAR for all other P-I land use, how can anything happen but litigation? The CEQA will be incomplete and this will discriminate against all other P-I uses, both for the City and the RBUSD.
Redondo Beach inches toward updated 30-year development plan By TYLER SHAUN EVAINS | [email protected]
UPDATED: November 15, 2024 at 11:04 AM PST
Redondo Beach is getting closer to making a decision that would impact future development in the city — potentially throwing a wrench in the Beach Cities Health District’s plans to expand.
As part of its process to updated Redondo’s general plan, the City Council next month will consider a limited floor-area-ratio that would limit how much space can be built on BCHD’s property, a plan the health agency’s officials say they oppose. The general plan is a collection of goals and polices that set a foundation for development in the town for the next 30 years.
The panel may not come to a decision at that Dec. 3 meeting, though, as the entire general plan process has been an ongoing discussion. During that initial meeting, the council will look at the potential impacts of development between the proposed floor-are-ratio range.
The council will also continue discussing updates to the general plan in January, Community Development Director Marc Weiner said, including choosing a floor-area-ratio for development in all non-residential zones.
Earlier this month, the council approved amendments to the city’s land use element and zoning ordinances that prepare the city for new residential development required by the state to meet housing needs.
On Dec. 3, however, the City Council will start deciding between a 0.5 to 1.25 floor-area-ratio specifically for BCHD.
Planning and development staffers previously proposed a limit of .75 for future development in most areas zoned for public institutional uses. That proposal, Weiner said previously, was intended to bring a balance of development that’ll be visually and otherwise compatible with surrounding neighborhoods.
A floor area ratio of 1.0, for example, means that the floor area built can equal the total lot area, according to the American Planning Association. A FAR of 0.75 would a building to be no more than 75% of the lot area, while 1.25 would allow construction to be one-quarter more than the lot area.
There’s currently no FAR capacity for public institutions, such as hospitals and public schools.
There would be two exceptions to this proposal, City Hall and the Redondo Beach Police Department annex — both of which would still have a FAR of 1.25.
BCHD CEO Tom Bakaly has said previously that he wants the agency to have as much space as possible to build, and that a .75 limit would not give them enough room to erect a standalone home for the first part of the Healthy Living Campus it plans to build: its allcove youth mental health center, open green space and the pavement connecting it all. “Our hope is that they keep it uniform with other public institutional use, with (an FAR of) 1.25,” Bakaly said this week. “It’ll help us to meet the future health needs of the community.”
BCHD officials also recently asked beach cities residents in the Nov. 5 election to approve a $30 million bond measure to pay for a new building for its allcove youth mental health center. That measure is on its way to failing.BCHD
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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: Joan Davidson
To: CityClerk; Michael Webb
Subject: Re: Beach Cities Health District Building
Date: Monday, November 18, 2024 11:40:50 AM
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Dear Council Members,
PUBLIC COMMENT - NON-AGENDA ITEM 11/19/24 MEETING
I am not in favor of the City Council's attempt to spot upzone the BCHD site to a 1.25 FAR.
BCHD is not a public safety agency like the RBFD and RBPD and therefore does not qualify for the 1.25 FAR.
These are public District funds to serve non-residents.
BCHD is a non-essential agency with a plan to service 80% to 95% non-residents of the District. That is no different than any other commercial developer. If the Council has any intent of upzoning BCHD, then it must upzone ALL P-I land use to 1.25 FAR and analyze the millions of square feet of potential development in the EIR amendment.
Thank you
Joan Davidson
From: Stop BCHD
To: Communications
Cc: info; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Holly J. Mitchell; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Public Comment - All Agencies - BCHD spending on Non-Resident Services Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2024 1:25:35 PM
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BCHD is currently spending an unknown amount of District Taxpayer asset and property tax revenues on Non-Resident services. BCHD refuses to even TRACK non-resident expenditures (per CPRA response from BCHD). The HLC proposes 80% to 95% non-resident services with 100% of damages and impacts to surrounding residents. It is clear that BCHD's financial issues are a self-inflicted wound. PRIOR TO CUTTING ANY RESIDENT SERVICES - BCHD MUST FIRST CUT NON-RESIDENT SPENDING. That includes allcove (50% nonresident services, 91% non-resident service area) and any other NON-RESIDENT costs and subsidies that BCHD is intentionally HIDING from the RESIDENT-TAXPAYERS. --
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: Communications
Cc: info; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Holly J. Mitchell; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Public Comment - all agencies next Board meeting - BCHD"s attempt to mislead the City Council Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2024 2:18:25 PM
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As a personnel matter, BCHD is continuing to condone its Board Member Poster's attempt to mislead the City Council on October 1, 2024. BCHD must take affirmative action to remedy the false information and dismiss Poster.
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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.
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To: Nils Nehrenheim; Todd Loewenstein; Paige Kaluderovic; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt Cc: CityClerk; Michael Webb
Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEM - 11-19-2024 Meeting: NOT FAIR and POTENTIALLY ILEGAL Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2024 1:44:02 PM
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Good afternoon city council members and city staff,
This email is to object to the City Council's attempt to spot upzone the BCHD site to a
1.25 FAR. The BCHD is not a public safety agency like the RB Fire Department or the Police Department and, therefore, does not qualify for the 1.25 FAR.
BCHD is a non-essential agency with a plan to serve 80% to 95% non-residents of the District, which is no different from any other commercial developer.
If the Council intends to upzone BCHD, then it must upzone all P-I land use to a 1.25 FAR and analyze the millions of square feet of potential development in the EIR amendment. Otherwise, the Council would be ignoring the many residents who have spoken out and objected to this preferential spot zoning for BCHD.
Anything else would be unfair and potentially illegal.
Respectfully,
Marcie Guillermo
20+ years Redondo Beach Resident
Not only did the police officers not do their job, they empowered the trespassers to further intimidate me when I left work. The trespassers were male, the police were male, and it is unsettling that in an entire building of primarily female entrepreneurs, my voice was dismissed. Women, especially female entrepreneurs should feel protected by the police. The minors remained on the premises for 2 hours in total and I lost business that day. The city has spent good money providing adequate infrastructure for sports and skating for minors. My landlord has agreed to post more signs, but I urge you to look into the non-emergency police calls made by Alex Soto on Sunday November 17, 2024 at 5:44pm and 6:08pm. I urge you to connect with the chief of police so that small business matters are taken seriously by the officers we count on to protect us. Thank you."
On Tue, Nov 19, 2024, 10:57 AM Alexandra Soto wrote:
Hello,
I would like to get information on how to call in for public comment on tonight's meeting.
Please advise.
Thank you,
Alex Soto