City Council on 2025-11-04 6:00 PM - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER Meeting Time: 11-04-25 18:00
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City Council on 2025-11-04 6:00 PM -
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
11-04-25
18:00
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City Council on 2025-11-04 6:00 PM - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER 11-04-25 18:00
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H.15. 25-1371 APPROVE A LETTER OF AGREEMENT FOR FUNDING
AND OPERATION OF THE REDONDO BEACH EMERGENCY
HOMELESS SHELTER (PALLET SHELTER) FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $145,927.74 TO BE FUNDED BY STATE PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION FUNDS FOR THE TERM OCTOBER 1, 2025
TO MARCH 31, 2026
2 2 0 0
N.1. 25-1464 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE
INSTALLATION OF A PUBLIC BOAT LAUNCH ON MOLE D IN KING
HARBOR
APPROVE OPTION E AS THE PREFERRED LOCATION FOR THE
BOAT LAUNCH AND DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION TO
APPLY FOR A GRANT FROM THE CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF
BOATING & WATERWAYS TO FUND THE RAMP'S FINAL DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION
2 1 1 0
N.3. 25-1520 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE
DESIGN OF THE KING HARBOR GATEWAY SIGN REPLACEMENT
AND UPDATES TO CITY MAINTAINED FLAGS AND PENNANTS
5 0 5 0
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Agenda Item: eComments for H.15. 25-1371 APPROVE A LETTER OF AGREEMENT FOR FUNDING AND OPERATION OF THE REDONDO BEACH EMERGENCY HOMELESS SHELTER (PALLET SHELTER) FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $145,927.74 TO BE FUNDED BY STATE PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION FUNDS FOR THE TERM OCTOBER 1, 2025 TO MARCH 31, 2026
Overall Sentiment
Brianna Egan
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Submitted At: 5:04pm 11-04-25
I applaud the city on its continued efforts to address local homelessness through the pallet shelter and other programs such as Homeless Court, temporary housing, and The Moonstone.
I look forward to the expansion of the pallet shelter program and its continued operation and I am grateful to the staff and council for supporting this program! It is no small feat to support it through grant funding each time.
I also support additional opportunities for affordable and permanent housing such as the expansion of deedrestricted affordable housing and Section 8-eligible units with the redevelopment of the South Bay Galleria and other projects, which will also bring much-needed revenue to the city. We need housing at all ends of the spectrum (temporary, permanent-supportive, deed-restricted affordable, and market-rate) to address and prevent homelessness in our community and allow people to live and stay in Redondo Beach.
Brianna Egan
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Submitted At: 5:04pm 11-04-25
I applaud the city on its continued efforts to address local homelessness through the pallet shelter and other programs such as Homeless Court, temporary housing, and The Moonstone.
I look forward to the expansion of the pallet shelter program and its continued operation and I am grateful to the staff and council for supporting this program! It is no small feat to support it through grant funding each time.
I also support additional opportunities for affordable and permanent housing such as the expansion of deedrestricted affordable housing and Section 8-eligible units with the redevelopment of the South Bay Galleria and other projects, which will also bring much-needed revenue to the city. We need housing at all ends of the spectrum (temporary, permanent-supportive, deed-restricted affordable, and market-rate) to address and prevent homelessness in our community and allow people to live and stay in Redondo Beach.
Agenda Item: eComments for N.1. 25-1464 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE INSTALLATION OF A
PUBLIC BOAT LAUNCH ON MOLE D IN KING HARBOR
APPROVE OPTION E AS THE PREFERRED LOCATION FOR THE BOAT LAUNCH AND DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE A
RESOLUTION TO APPLY FOR A GRANT FROM THE CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF BOATING & WATERWAYS TO FUND THE
RAMP'S FINAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
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Dennis Groat
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Submitted At: 3:18pm 11-04-25
My wife and I SUPPORT Option E for the public boat ramp in King Harbor. This ramp is many many decades overdue! For most of my adult life, I have been a "trailer boat" person, and have utilized launch ramps throughout Southern California, as well as extensive use of the King Harbor boat hoists for the 24 years that we lived in Redondo Beach. There is ONE issue that deserves your critical attention in this proposal- The tow vehicle and trailer parking MUST be physically separated from single vehicle traffic and parking. Many times when we utilized the existing boat hoists during the summer boating season, MANY of the tow vehicle/trailer spaces were occupied by single non boater vehicles accessing other amenities in this area of the harbor, to the point that there was no available place to park our tow vehicle and boat trailer. Going to the persons running the hoist and the parking booth were to no avail - NO ONE could/would enforce the signs prohibiting single vehicles in the designated vehicle and trailer spaces. Several times, after launching our boat at the hoists, I had to take our tow vehicle and trailer back to our home, then take a cab back to the hoist area, and then take a cab home to retrieve them once we returned. All the while single vehicles were gobbling up spaces reserves for vehicles with a trailer. We unfortunately cannot depend on people to do the "right thing" here. Bitter personal experience has shown us that. You MUST isolate this parking, and MUST have an immediate enforcement mechanism in place to remove single vehicles that park in the double spaces reserves for tow vehicles and boat trailers. We are hopeful that this plan can go forward, and that you can address the issue described above before this ramp is opened to the public. We want success for EVERY business/amenity in the harbor, but not at the expense of (and loss of use of) the dedicated vehicle and trailer spaces. Thank you for your consideration of this information, and please make this boat ramp a reality. It is sorely needed and long overdue! Paul Moses
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Submitted At: 9:35am 11-04-25
The legislation should stipulate in writing, "NO GRANT, NO RAMP." Redondo residents need written assurance that if the DBW grant is not awarded then no further work is performed on the final design and construction of the boat ramp. Redondo resident taxpayers do not want to get stuck with the bill for a boat ramp that the vast majority of us will not use.
Agenda Item: eComments for N.3. 25-1520 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE DESIGN OF THE KING
HARBOR GATEWAY SIGN REPLACEMENT AND UPDATES TO CITY MAINTAINED FLAGS AND PENNANTS Overall Sentiment
Mark Nelson
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Submitted At: 7:41pm 11-04-25
We spent too much money on the logo change already. FULL STOP. Paint it as needed and STOP.
Anneke Blair
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Submitted At: 5:33pm 11-04-25
Dear Mayor Light and Honorable City Council Members,
I write to vehemently OPPOSE any expenditure of public funds toward updating, changing, or replacing the current iconic Redondo Beach Pier sign.
This is a profound misuse of taxpayer money. Given the City’s critical financial situation, which has required the use of pension reserve funds to balance the budget, authorizing spending on a purely cosmetic, non-essential item like a new sign is fiscally irresponsible and unjustifiable.
The existing sign is an iconic, functional, and beloved landmark. It does not need replacing. I urge the City to confirm the non-proprietary status of the current logo; there is no demonstrated legal requirement to change this classic design.
Our public funds must be prioritized for essential city services, public safety, and infrastructure needs.
I demand the City Council immediately cancel this sign replacement project. The current sign must be left in place, and these wasted funds must be reallocated to address the city’s genuine financial liabilities.
Paul Moses
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Submitted At: 5:06pm 11-04-25
Redondo residents do not want this.
The King Harbor sign does not need fixing.
The King Harbor sign does not need updating.
This discussion is a waste of time.
Do not waste another dime on this.
Jonathan Marquit
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Submitted At: 2:29pm 11-04-25
The gateway sign at Pacific Coast Highway and 190th is more than municipal wayfinding; it is a public memory anchored to Redondo Beach’s identity. Removing the reference to sport fishing would erase generations of local story and needlessly disconnect the sign from a living tourism asset when adaptation, not erasure, would preserve both meaning and value.
Redondo Beach’s sport fishing legacy is deep and well documented, creating memories and local livelihoods for generations. Organized sportfishing operations out of King Harbor have been continuous for decades: Redondo Sportfishing continues to operate from the International Boardwalk, with vessels such as the Redondo Special tracing their roots to the mid-1900s and surviving into the present day. That history is part of the fabric of the South Bay and is appropriately celebrated on public markers and signage.
Sport fishing is an active draw for visitors who come specifically for charter trips, half-day, full-day and multi-day excursions, and the coastal recreational experience Redondo Beach offers. Tour websites and operators promote Redondo Beach as a convenient launching point for a variety of catches and outings, and travel guides list fishing as a top activity for visitors to the city. The sign’s reference to sport fishing signals to tourists that Redondo Beach is a place with authentic maritime activities; removing that signal risks diminishing the clarity of Redondo Beach’s brand and the very reason many out of area visitors choose to come here.
Instead of erasing sport fishing from the gateway, the city should modify its design based on public conversation, using this as an opportunity to continue celebrating our maritime heritage without sacrificing modern design goals. Indeed, there is no opposition to removing the reference to “Fishermans Wharf,” but keeping sport fishing on the sign respects long-standing local practice and the businesses that still operate today. To do otherwise would be a symbolic severing of Redondo Beach from one of its most palpable traditions and would risk undermining the clear place-branding that tourism depends on.
Darryl Boyd
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Submitted At: 1:37pm 11-04-25
Who is paying for this? We have a $3.5M deficit and bigger problems all across this City that need to be handled.
We have public safety and public nuisance issues, lack of traffic control and enforcement, a major e-bike problem, laws, codes, and ordinances being violated daily by the City of Redondo Beach. You people aren't focused on any of that. Just parks and recreation, signs, lights, banners, play time. Redondo Beach is La La Land to all of you.
And by the way the Police Chief asking for over $400K close to $500K for an outside graffiti removal contract? Seriously? How much graffiti do we have in Redondo Beach and what's wrong with our Public Works Department for cleaning up graffiti?
This Mayor and City Council's priorities are ass backwards. Seriously, what's wrong with you people? You are an embarrassment. Get your s**t together Redondo Beach City Government.