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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
JUNE 2, 2026
L.2 PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE FISCAL YEAR 2026-27 PROPOSED BUDGET AND 2027-2031 FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
PROCEDURES:
1. Open the Public Hearing;
2. Discuss the Proposed Budget (with a Focus on Operations);
3. Take testimony;
4. Receive and file Budget Response Reports; and,
5. Continue the Public Hearing to June 9, 2026
CONTACT: Stephanie Meyer, Finance Director
• Public Communications
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: CityClerk; James Light; Paige Kaluderovic; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Scott Behrendt; Zein Obagi; [email protected] Subject: Blue Folder Item RBCC June 2 2026 Item L2, Capital Projects Date: Saturday, May 30, 2026 12:45:52 AM
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2026 CIP Submission - 500-600 Prospect and Paulina Residents.pdf CAUTION: Email is from an external source; Stop, Look, and Think before opening attachments or links.
Because the interface will only accept text on eComments, I provided a comment there and am resorting to the blue folder for the specific recommended capital projects for the benefit of the 500-600 blocks of Prospect and Paulina.
They are a roughly $200,000 safety and sound barrier, and a roughly $100,000 sinusoidal speed table. They are detailed in this email and attachment. It would be beneficial to carry them a $0 placeholders for discussion next year.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT SUBMISSION
TO THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH
PROJECT:
500-600 N Prospect Ave Frontage
Safety & Sound Wall
ILLUSTRATIVE PROJECT
The proposed project is an 8-foot tall, 600-foot long rebar reinforced block wall with repositioning and reuse of the existing shrubbery on the parking strip.
JUSTIFICATION:
500-600 N. Prospect Ave has become louder between major sound contour measures (RBGenPlan) and will further increase following BCHD’s expansion.
The streets of Paulina and Maria are impacted by the noise. The psychological and physiological health of residents will be preserved from both noise, errant vehicles impinging on the frontage, and various toxic air contaminants.
Estimated Sound Wall Cost
$33.08 psf CalTrans
4800 sf 8-ft x 600-ft
$158,784.00 Estimated Cost
30% Contingency
$206,419.20 Cost + Contingency
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT SUBMISSION
TO THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH
PROJECT:
500-600 N Prospect Ave
Speed Tables
ILLUSTRATIVE PROJECT
The proposed project is a series of 3 sinusoidal profile speed tables designed for 35 mph N. Prospect Ave and strategically located to capitalize on the 3 intersections at Beryl, BCHD, and Diamond.
JUSTIFICATION:
N. Prospect Ave from Beryl to Diamond has become louder between major sound contour measures (RBGenPlan) and will further increase following BCHD’s expansion.
The streets of Paulina and Maria are impacted by the noise. The psychological and physiological health of residents will be preserved from both noise, errant vehicles impinging on the frontage, and various toxic air contaminants. Speed tables are demonstrated to slow traffic, reduce noise and increase safety. +
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Based on other regional projects, estimated +/- 50% cost is $125,000
From: Darryl Boyd
To: CityClerk; James Light; Paige Kaluderovic; Brad Waller; Chadwick B. Castle; Zein Obagi; Scott Behrendt; Mike Witzansky; Joy Ford
Cc: Stephen Sprengel; Mark Garlock; Andrew Winje; Michael Klein; Ryan Liu; Brian Long Subject: UPDATED REQUEST FOR BUDGET AND FUNDING THE N PROSPECT AVE MEDIAN Date: Monday, June 1, 2026 9:32:13 PM
CAUTION: Email is from an external source; Stop, Look, and Think before opening attachments or links.
***City Clerk please include this email and attachments as a “Blue Folder” item for 6/2/26 Redondo Beach City Council meeting and include it in the Public Record.
REQUEST FOR BUDGET AND FUNDING THE N PROSPECT AVE MEDIAN Residents of 500-600 N Prospect Ave. thank Public Works Commissioner Candance Nafissi very much for speaking up for us on 4/27/26 at the Public Works Sustainability Commission meeting.
A few of Candace's comments: "The sound from the street is insane" and "I have zero peace", "I feel bad for the Prospect people" should tell you everything. This isn't just a N Prospect Ave. problem. This is now a Beryl Heights neighborhood problem. It's a community and citywide problem. It's a Quality Of Life problem. You are all well aware of the entire situation here at 500-600 N Prospect Ave. as I have been seeking resolution since October 2024, well documented to all of you.
Listen to Candance’s comments to City Manager Mike Witzansky below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CyiWMyXI-6Mby6qqi7S7j4LsALNtSgRA/view? usp=drive_link
We need proper funding and corrective action taken. No more excuses and walking away from what is a clear Public Safety and Noise Nuisance situation.
THE N. PROSPECT AVE MEDIAN NEEDS FUNDING FOR NECESSARY
UPGRADES
The N Prospect Ave. median is over 60 years old. It has never been upgraded to compensate for increased traffic, increased car and motorcycle noise, increased toxic fumes from vehicles with illegal exhaust systems, emergency vehicles, buses, 18 wheelers, and big box trucks. Other noise from vehicles includes cell phone conversations, ultra loud audio and booming bass. The Beach Cities Health District campus produces traffic and noise from its tenants, businesses, employees, patrons, visitors, emergency vehicles, and its own Residents. Our properties are being intruded upon and we are being assaulted by unrelenting noise and vibration day and night.
It is beyond time to modernize and upgrade the median for safety and noise reduction. In the past, cars have run over the median, taken out a light pole, and landed in front of our homes. 521, 523, 525 Prospect Ave Residents were witnesses and were impacted. Thankfully no one was injured or killed. We need real protection for all Residents at 500-600 N Prospect Ave., especially for our neighbors with children. An 8-10’ wall is needed on the outer perimeter of median #1, Beryl St. to BCHD crossing. This section gets the heaviest and fastest moving traffic and the most noise.
INSTALLATION OF SPEED TABLES ON MAIN N PROSPECT AVE
Traffic Calming Benefits:
1. Increased Safety.
Slowing the speeding vehicles down, especially at the hill crossing Beryl St. will increase public safety. Pedestrians and Residents are currently under very unsafe conditions. Speeding and erratic driving is a threat to Residents and Pedestrians.
2. Decreased ambient noise levels.
Noise from speeding cars and drivers gunning and racing through the corridor will be decreased. Noise from drivers gunning off of green lights at traffic stops will decrease.
Noise from other larger vehicles will be decreased.
3. Decreased need for additional RBPD man power.
Less Redondo Beach Police Department manpower would be required for traffic enforcement which is a cost savings and frees up RBPD for other needs.
On 2/8/25 the idea of Speed Tables on main N Prospect Ave. was introduced by Ryan Liu at a N Prospect Ave neighborhood meeting. The idea was backed by Mayor Jim Light. Mayor Light provided photo samples of speed tables in an email to me and encouraged District 3 Council Member Paige Kaluderovic to pursue Speed Table installation on main N Prospect Ave. Mayor Light also acknowledged the clear safety issues as he was a personal witness having attended the 2/8/25 neighborhood meeting.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/145Ju62VX4NjMYsvDZIee5Xlce5gWXcpo/view? usp=drive_link
As far as we know, Kaluderovic did not pursue the option of installing Speed Tables on main N Prospect Ave. There are Speed Table table installations at Flagler/Dominguez Park, N Paulina Ave., N. Lucia Ave., N. Juanita Ave., N. Irena Ave., N. Francisca Ave. where there is much less traffic and speeding. Why has N Prospect Ave. been skipped?
The benefits of Speed Table installation will outweigh the cost. ***Flagler at Dominguez Park is a perfect example of what needs to be installed on N Prospect Ave. See video below. You will see how my Hummer H2 which is a large vehicle is forced to come within speed compliance very smoothly. Video here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KhhbYm_bRyr7HpbCJT2NYelYak1TxBsa/view? usp=drive_link
INSTALLATION OF A SOUND AND SAFE WALL ON THE OUTER PERIMETER OF N. PROSPECT MEDIAN #1
Safety And Noise Reduction, Health Benefits:
1. Increased Safety. Protects Residents and Pedestrians from speeding and erratic drivers and possible runaway vehicles.
2. Decreased ambient noise levels. Residents are being subjected to 85-95 DB of noise day & night. This is unbearable. 50-55 DB day 40-50 DB night is considered acceptable according to State, County, and Redondo Beach city code.
3. Provides a better health environment for Residents. Fewer toxic fumes can penetrate and impede onto our properties and our persons.
4. Protects Residents from ambient noise reflecting off of the Beach Cities Health District buildings. 500-600 N Prospect Ave. especially in the 515-527 zone are heavily impacted by reflected noise from and off of the BCHD campus and from N Prospect Ave. traffic noise bouncing off of those buildings. It is a 24x7 sonic, surround sound noise nuisance.
***Alternatively, there are industrial fencing soundproofing products available on the market that could be compared and possibly used in lieu of a block wall.
FIX AND COMPLETE THE LANDSCAPING ON THE ENTIRE N. PROSPECT AVE.
MEDIAN
$6,400 was spent by the City of Redondo Beach on a functional landscape and beautification plan that was never installed.
On 2/8/25 at a neighborhood meeting this plan was presented to the Residents of 500-600 N Prospect Ave. Residents were very happy and excited to see this plan that was presented to us come to life. But it never did. The plan included Podocarpus hedges, Geijera parviflora trees, Aloe marlothii succulents. We watched samples planted of the Podocarpus and Aloes and saw them thrive. We were happy. But before we knew it all the test plants were removed and an installation began with completely different plants and no trees. Residents were never advised or given a chance to have input on any changes. The plan is here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12iHN3Q-wbHGdP9sDABi5eI6iNLuP_tih/view? usp=drive_link
California wax myrtle plants were installed instead of Podocarpus. Coyote plant and mulch was installed. Achillea millefolium might have been a better consideration for weed control. None of the plants presented to Residents were used.
We asked questions, we were basically told to shut up and accept what we were given. We have watched wax myrtles die and be replaced. Many are still dying or are weaklings that won't grow. The coyote plant has weeds growing in it, the mulch is eroding leaving exposed irrigation lines. These plants were completely wrong for the N Prospect Ave. median application and situation. The hope and goal was to get our privacy and some noise reduction back with a functional landscape plan. We got neither.
Not getting satisfactory answers from Jim Light or Paige Kaluderovic on why changes were made and Residents were excluded from any input or information on who made changes and why, I initiated a Public Records Request on 11/9/25. This PRR was stonewalled for 5 months before any information or correspondence was released to me. To date I have received very limited information on what happened, requests have been stonewalled and information has been received redacted and incomplete.
We do see that in an email from Paige Kaluderovic to Jim Light on 4/2/25 Kaluderovic told Light that the 500-600 N Prospect Ave. Residents preferred the non-native plants. It was Jim Light's decision to go against the Residents and the plan presented to the Residents, pushing Deputy Public Works Direct Mike Klein for native plants regardless of what the Residents wanted. This was a decision that was never his to make and ruined an excellent plan for the median. This violates the Redondo Beach City Charter Article IX Sec. 9.1 and is misdemeanor under Article XXXIV Sec. 24, punishable by fines or imprisonment.
The California Wax Myrtles will never replace Pordacarpus in density. Right now the myrtles that have survived flap in the wind, with gaps in between, providing no real privacy, and noise just seeps through. The original Oleander hedges had a height of approximately 12’ high and 9’ density curb to curb, they provided great privacy and noise reduction. The California Wax Myrtles were the wrong choice for this application.
The Podocarpus and Geijera parviflora would have been a very good combination aesthetically and for noise reduction.
Pordocarpus is known for its density, low maintenance, is highly effective for noise reduction, absorbs & deflects sound waves.
Geijera parviflora is known for its dense foliage, grows 20 to 30 feet tall, drought tolerant, adapts well to poor soils, absorbs and deflects sound waves.
Podocarpus was preferable, used in high traffic & noise situations like Manhattan Beach Blvd. and near South High School according to Mike Klein. Kline speaks about Mayor Jim Light wanting native plants at 2:48 PWSC 4/28/25. The Mayor interfered in the process, going against what was known to work and against the City Charter.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lZorunVUoHNUcJJ116uewVMPu3Zr7GDK/view? usp=drive_link
The open space to the rear curb should be filled with another row of these plants to fill out 9’ curb to curb. There are several dead plants between 515 to 527 that need replacement, and many more up and down the street.
FUNDING FOR THE N PROSPECT AVE. MEDIAN UPGRADES IS REQUESTED AND BADLY NEEDED.
Residents here have been ignored, and the upkeep and upgrades of the N Prospect Ave. median itself has gone neglected for decades now.
Paige Kaluderovic mentioned $200K of funds and possibly more were set aside for the median when I originally began the requests to get something done here.
Somehow those funds didn’t exist when I tried to revisit that option and she had a lapse of memory regarding what she said. So I am requesting that CIP funds be looked at again for the N Prospect Ave. median in this budgeting cycle.
ALTERNATIVE FUNDING:
BCHD who has been a bad neighbor to us for many years now, should step up and contribute with funding as should their new developer partner which I assume at this point will be Sunrise. We as Residents of the Beach Cities help to fund BCHD. They should give something back to us for the abuse and disregard for our Quality Of Life that they have put us through and the coming demolition and construction nightmare that will be forced upon us. Mr. Witzansky stated on 4/27/26 in the PWSC meeting that Public Works and the Transportation Department has done a good job of finding funding for projects. So alternative funding, if needed, should be seeked out immediately for us on N Prospect Ave. This is a very worthy, way past due, much needed project.
The “Bike Path To Nowhere” behind BCHD where kids & transients get high, loiter, and leave their garbage found funding. The street dug up in front of 519 N Prospect Ave. on 4/7/26 for a nonexistent “sink hole” at a cost of approximately $20-25,000 was a waste of our taxpayer dollars. An unused median site design at a cost of $6,400 was wasted. Speed Tables at Flagler/Dominguez Park, N Paulina Ave., N.
Lucia Ave., N. Juanita Ave., N. Irena Ave., N. Francisca Ave., a crosswalk at Beryl St. and N. Guadalupe. Parks and Pickleball courts all get funded. Beach Life Festival got a $40,000 advertising contract. Former RBPD Chief Hoffman got $487,000 for "graffiti removal". Money is being spent on things that could wait and wasted on nonemergencies.
We also know through a PRR that safety upgrades to the median were denied by the City Manager last year and that the Public Works Director diverted funds that may have been used for N Prospect Ave. to Catalina Ave. For some reason we are forced to beg for proper funding for remediation of public safety and noise nuisances and the restoration of our privacy and Quality Of Life. Another year has gone by and our District 3 Council Member has not stepped up for us and has gone silent. Please fix that.
STATE, COUNTY, AND CITY LAWS AND ORDINANCES ARE NOT BEING ENFORCED BY THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH.
Quality Of Life for 500-600 N Prospect Ave. Residents has been detrimentally impacted over the past 2 years by clear Public Safety and Public Noise Nuisances on the N Prospect Ave median and corridor. If the City Of Redondo Beach refuses to strictly enforce State, County, and its own local laws and ordinances as it should, then the above requests are in line and completely reasonable. We need action taken and funding budgeted by Redondo Beach City Government immediately.
We are not 2nd rate Residents here. Many of us are homeowners of over 30 years.
We know the differences on our street, in our neighborhood, and in our City. Saying that there is not enough CIP to go around is not an acceptable response and it’s actually insulting to us. Heads of City Departments are very well paid. There are several very highly paid City of Redondo Beach employees. Half of just one of those very high annual salaries would pay for what we need on the 500-600 N Prospect Ave. median.
Our elected officials are supposed to work with us to find solutions, not back pedal, break promises, and disappear. The City Manager telling us this is how Redondo Beach is and to just live with it is unacceptable. The 500-600 N Prospect Ave.
Residents need solutions funded and implemented. We need help and we need relief.
City Employees get paid very well by us. We elected our City Government to represent us and to protect us. So please do so.
500-600 N Prospect Ave. Residents are suffering psychological & physical abuse, a loss of property values, and the loss of our lawful right to quiet and peaceful enjoyment of our properties due to the inaction of Redondo Beach City Government.
Please correct this and budget for and fund the N. Prospect Ave. median safety and noise improvement project.
Darryl Boyd
bcc: 500-600 N Prospect Ave. Residents
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