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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
JULY 15, 2025
J.1 RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT ON THE
LAUNCH OF A REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR USES OF THE FORMER
SOUTH BAY HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT SITE
• PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: Mike Witzansky; CityClerk
Subject: Equal time regarding the BCHD presentation to the public Date: Thursday, July 10, 2025 3:35:13 PM
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If BCHD is going to be allowed more than the 3 minutes during non-agenda items to pitch their activity, then I request equal time for a response.
I currently have a 4 page, 4 minute presentation of why BCHD should not be allowed by the 3 cities to proceed with an encumbrance of taxpayer land for commercial use for generations.
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: CityClerk; James Light; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Paige Kaluderovic; Mike Witzansky
Subject: Public Comment - 7-15-25 RBCC Meeting - Item J1 Public Participation at BCHD on Campus Redevelopment had
0.004% Public Participation
Date: Monday, July 14, 2025 4:46:50 PM
Attachments: APPENDIX C_ SDHD Participants 042525.pdf
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A recent BCHD CPRA response shows that only 5 out of 60 members of the public attended BCHD's most recent strategic half day meeting to discuss the campus redevelopment. Per usual, BCHD packed the room with its Board, Executives ($2.4M per year cost), employees, and vendors.
This is a cautionary tale against the Mayor and Council assuming that BCHD has any significant level of community input or support for its proposed redevelopment. Five (5) members of the public out of 120,000 population is 0.004% Participation and must be ignored.
APPENDIX C: PARTICIPANTS
No. Last Name First Name Organization
1 Bakaly Tom BCHD Staff
2 *Barnett Charlotte BCHD Staff
3 Balzer Mishell BCHD Staff
4 Bholat Michelle BCHD Board Member
5 Blanchard Karen BCHD Volunteer
6 Bremer-Rossow Susan BCHD Strategic Planning Committee 7 *Brilliant Susan Member of the Public
8 Brosius Emily BCHD Staff
9 Castle Chadwick City of Redondo Beach Council Member
10 Cho Byung Redondo Beach Unified School District Board Member 11 Chun Noel BCHD Board Member
12 Cutting Carol CHF Member Working Group
13 Diaz Rudy BCHD Staff
14 Diehl Jane BCHD Board Member
15 Dugal Simrit BCHD Staff
16 *Dunbar Karen Member of the Public
17 Ellis Patty allcove Partner
18 Ficklin Cole allcove Partner
19 Foster Cindy BCHD Staff
20 Fresques Jamie BCHD Staff
21 Franco Bonnie BCHD Staff
22 Gaudio Lisa BCHD Strategic Planning Committee
23 *Giancoli Andrea N. Member of the Public
24 Gilman Ellen BCHD Staff
25 Manna Fred Member of the Public
26 Hanna Lily BCHD Strategic Planning Committee
27 Heck Dennis BCHD Volunteer
28 Hernandez Jennefer BCHD Staff
29 Hoult Bill Member of the Public
30 Kolczak Leslie BCHD Staff
31 Koo Martha BCHD Board Member
32 Kurtenbach Jason Redondo Beach Unified School District 33 Lawson Kerianne BCHD Staff
34 LeBlanc Charlotte BCHD Strategic Planning Committee
35 Lee Valerie BCHD Staff
36 Lindeman Sherry BCHD Staff
37 Lunde Nicole BCHD Staff
38 Luu Khiem BCHD Strategic Planning Committee
39 Martin Michael BCHD Properties Committee
40 Maxwell Margaret BCHD Volunteer
41 McIntire Laura allcove Partner
42 McMaster Rafael allcove Partner
43 *Milstein Jolie Consultant
44 Mueller Cristan BCHD Staff
45 *Norman David BCHD Staff
46 Norman Mecca BCHD Staff
APPENDIX C: PARTICIPANTS
47 Poster Vanessa BCHD Board Member
48 *Reyes-Smith Vanessa American Martyrs
49 Reznichek Ricardo BCHD Community Health Committee
50 Riccio-Aguero Kerry Manhattan Beach Unified School District 51 *Ronne Alice Member of the Public
52 Schmidt Joy BCHD Staff
53 Sheu Cindy BCHD Staff
54 Uy Jackie BCHD Staff
55 Velasquez Charlie BCHD Staff
56 Villanueva Brandy Local Company or Organization
57 Vixie Megan BCHD Staff
58 Whitaker Sydney BCHD Staff
59 Yates Dylan Constant Associates
60 Jill Member of the Public
* Virtual Participant
OVERWHELMINGLY NEGATIVE COMMENTS
95% of the 1,317 pages of comments to the
BCHD EIR objected to the BCHD’s project
impacts and damage to the neighborhoods.
BCHD MISINFORMATION
May & June 2017. BCHD
pledged to the Community
Working Group to protect
residential homes with
buffer space.
BCHD MISINFORMATION
July 2017. BCHD unveiled
$100,000s of consultant
work that put 6-story
buildings around the
edge. The first two CWG
meetings were BCHD
MISINFORMATION.
91% NON-RESIDENT
30 year residenttaxpayer obligation to
provide ALLCOVE to
91% NON-RESIDENT
service area with NO
long term funding.
$150M+ obligation
from a $6M grant.
95% NON-RESIDENT
Prior PACE plan for
95% NON-RESIDENT
enrollees.
MOST EXPENSIVE EVER
BCHD wasted $2,064,568 to
build a 400-foot bike path.
At $5000+ per FOOT it’s the
MOST EXPENSIVE BIKE
PATH EVER BUILT in the US
by a factor of 2X.
BCHD MISINFORMATION
No Legal Obligation for a Seismic Retrofit at 514 Hospital Building. BCHD’s maintenance practices yielded excessive deferred maintenance. That’s the Board and Executives
operating decision – not a Resident-Taxpayer obligation to be blamed falsely on a non-existent seismic requirement. 35% NON-RESIDENT
Resident-taxpayer
subsidized CHF
services 35% nonresidents with
resident-taxpayer
funds.
FACT CHECK SHEET JULY 2025
Lot Zoned C-2
Cannot be combined
with P-CF Prospect site
PROPOSED PROJECT IS 50% LARGER THAN FAILED PMB LLC.
At 4.6 acres, proposed project is 50% larger than the FAILED 3-acre PMB LLC deal
REQUIRE FINANCIAL REALIGNMENT
ALL NON-RESIDENTS must be charged the
full, non-subsidized cost-of-service for ANY
SERVICE/PROGRAM. The current RESIDENTTAXPAYER subsidies to NON-RESIDENTS are NOT allowed – not for ALLCOVE, Adventure
Plex, PACE , RCFE nor ANY OTHER DISTRICT
SERVICE/PROGRAM.
REQUIRE RESIDENT COST PROTECTIONS
No service on the revised campus can charge
RESIDENT-TAXPAYERS more than the DIRECT
COST OF SERVICE. Any MARKET PRICE
SERVICES (like the proposed $15K/month
RCFE) must be reduced to COST-OF-SERVICE
for RESIDENT-TAXPAYERS.
REQUIRE RESIDENT USE PROTECTION
Any residential living quarters provided
must prioritize the residents of the 3 Beach
Cities through a priority occupancy process.
REQUIRE FULL COST RECOVERY OF
TAXPAYER PRE-DEVELOPMENT COSTS
BCHD spent over $12M of RESIDENTTAXPAYER funding on PRE-DEVELOPMENT costs for the PMB LLC deal. Predevelopment costs are PAID BY DEVELOPERS – NOT LANDOWNERS! BCHD’s
total lack of commercial development
experience DENIED RESIDENT-TAXPAYERS
nearly ONE FULL YEAR of District services.
Hospital is 51.5-Feet Tall
Per RESIDENT-TAXPAYERS Pre-Development obligation of
$13,865,700, the hospital building is 51.5-feet tall. (page 13, 2022 Pre-CUP filing by BCHD to City of Redondo Beach
MATTER OF RECORD
Penthouse and other
roof projections are
24.75-feet Tall and
about 1,000 sqft of the
campus’s 312,000 sqft
or a mere 0.3% of sqft.
Per the Pre-CUP filing
by BCHD.
BCHD FACT CHECK SHEET JULY 2025 (PUBLIC COMMENT)
CLAIM: BCHD committed to a parking and greenspace buffer between Residential and BCHD’s Commercial, Private development cite: (BCHD CWG Presentations, Mtg #1 5/15/17 p.25,Mtg #2 6/19/25 p.7) FACT: FALSE: BCHD provided a 6-story building proposal on the site perimeter with NO BUFFER . cite:
(BCHD CWG Presentation, 7/31/17 p.8)
BCHD LIED TO THE COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS IN THE FIRST TWO CWG MEETINGS IN MAY AND JUNE 2017 REGARDING ITS PLANS.
CLAIM: “due to seismic concerns, it (BCHD) would tear down the hospital” cite: (Easy Reader BCHD Interview 7/3/25)
FACT: FALSE: There are no seismic requirements that would result in a retrofit nor demolition of the building. cite: (BCHD Consultant Youssef Assoc. CWG Presentation 1/16/18 p.6)
BCHD WANTS TO TEAR DOWN THE BUILDING AND THE VOTERS REJECTED THEM CLAIM: “six-story former South Bay Hospital” cite: (Easy Reader BCHD Interview 7/3/25) FACT: FALSE: The hospital building is only 4-stories cite: (BCHD Certified FEIR, p 3.4-4 9/2/21) DID BCHD LIE TO THE GOVERNORS OFFICE AND VIOLATE CEQA?
CLAIM: “This (project offering) is a lot smaller …” cite: (Easy Reader BCHD Interview 7/3/25) FACT: FALSE: The current 4.6-acre project offering is 1.5-times the size of the immediately prior 3-acre, failed PMB LLC proposal. No offering of the entire 10-acre campus has EVER been issued. cite for
4.6-acre offer (BCHD June 2025 Fact Sheet). cite for PMB 3-acre lease (BCHD Board Meeting, Cain Investment Bankers page 1, 9/28/22)
BCHD TRIED TO COMPARE THE CURRENT RFI TO A NON-EXISTENT HYPOTHETICAL CLAIM: “Height is to be limited to 60 feet – that of the four-story main hospital building” cite: (Easy Reader BCHD Interview 7/3/25)
FACT: FALSE: The hospital building is only 51.5 feet tall while the remaining projection (penthouse) is
24.75 feet tall. cite: (BCHD filing with City of Redondo Beach 2/2/22 p 13.) DID BCHD LIE TO THE CITY IN ITS PRE-CUP?
CLAIM: BCHD has received more than a 1000 comments on how to modernize the facility cite: (BCHD June 2025 Fact Sheet)
FACT: PARTIALLY TRUE: BCHD fails to disclose that 95% of the 1317 pages of comments objected to BCHD’s plan to certify the 133-foot tall, 6-story, 300,000 sqft facility. cite: (BCHD Certified FEIR, Appendix N)
CLAIM: “completed bike path” cite: (BCHD June 2025 Fact Sheet) FACT: PARTIALLY TRUE: BCHD failed to disclose that at a cost of $2.1M, the 400-foot bike path is the most expensive bike path per foot constructed in the US. cite: (Google AI, Seattle’s $2200 per foot is believed to be the highest cost bike path before BCHD)