[A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER]
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          ALL RIGHT, WELL, THIS IS THE SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE PUBLIC WORKS AND SUSTAINABILITY
COMMISSION AND BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMISSION. 
          WE WILL TAKE ROLL NOW FOR I'LL DO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. WE TYPICALLY DO THE ROLL CALL ON OUR AGENDA AND THEN THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE. 
          SO COMMISSIONER SIMPSON. I AM HERE. COMMISSIONER BHUVAN. 
          BAJAJ, HERE. BAJAJ SORRY. [LAUGHTER] COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. 
          HERE. COMMISSIONER BEELI. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER TSAO IS ABSENT. 
          CHAIRPERSON ARRATA. PRESENT. AND ONE MORE. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI IS ABSENT. 
          COMMISSIONER JESTE. HERE. CHAIR ALLEN. PRESENT. 
          AND COMMISSIONER WOODHAM. HERE. AND COMMISSIONER SHERBIN. 
          HERE. AND COMMISSIONER SAMPLES IS ABSENT. ALL RIGHT. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE'LL DO THE SALUTE OF THE FLAG. READY? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR
WHICH IT STANDS. 
          ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          OKAY. ITEM D IS THE ELECTION OF A TEMPORARY CHAIRPERSON. 
          [D. ELECTION OF TEMPORARY CHAIRPERSON FOR JOINT SESSION]
SO THIS IS YOUR TIME TO DISCUSS AMONGST THE TWO COMMISSIONS WHO WILL LEAD THE MEETING
TODAY. 
          IF WE WILL ACCEPT NOMINATIONS, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION THAT OUR CHAIR,
CHAIR TONIGHT'S MEETING, THAT WOULD BE COMMISSIONER ARRATA, CHAIR ARRATA. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SIMPSON. SECOND. AND COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. 
          SINCE THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, WE CAN DO IT BY VOICE VOTE. 
          OR IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION AT THIS TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. TURNING THAT OVER TO YOU NOW. 
          [E. BLUE FOLDER ITEMS - ADDITIONAL BACK UP MATERIALS]
BLUE FOLDER ITEMS, ADDITIONAL BACKUP OF MATERIALS. 
          CAN I GET A MOTION FOR THE BLUE FOLDER ITEMS? I THOUGHT I SAW FOUR BLUE FOLDER ITEMS. RIGHT. 
          WE WOULD NEED A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE BLUE FOLDER ITEMS AT THIS TIME. 
          YEAH. SO IF ANYONE. MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE BLUE FOLDER ITEMS. SECOND. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE ARE. OKAY. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO TURN OVER TO JESSIE REYES. GOOD EVENING,
COMMISSIONERS. 
          [F. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION]
I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING ON THE ONE ITEM FOR THIS JOINT MEETING TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, GUYS, FOR FOR BEING HERE. THIS IS A PROGRAM STATUS UPDATE OF OUR CIP PROGRAM. 
          KIND OF LOOKING AT PROJECTS THAT ARE ACTIVE THIS CURRENT YEAR. 
          AS WELL AS LOOKING TO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET DEVELOPMENT FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND WHERE WE ARE
IN THAT PROCESS. 
          SO JUST AN OUTLINE OF THE, OF THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, WHY ARE THE CIP IMPORTANT? THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE YEAR. 
          ACTIVE PROJECTS WHERE WE ARE IN THE NEXT STEPS FOR FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET EVALUATION,
HOW WE EVALUATE CIPS AND THE RECOMMENDATION PROCESS FOR NEXT YEAR. AS A REMINDER FOR THE COMMISSIONERS TONIGHT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
TONIGHT IS KIND OF OVERARCHING THEMES ON CIP. ANY GAPS THAT YOU GUYS MAY SEE ANY PROJECTS OR ANY AREAS THAT THAT YOU THINK WE
NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON MORE OR THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON, AND YOU GUYS APPROVE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING IN DIRECTION? THAT'S KIND OF THE FEEDBACK WE'RE LOOKING LOOKING FOR TONIGHT. 
          WHY IS THE CIP IMPORTANT? CIPS ARE NECESSARY FOR MAINTAINING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR REDONDO
BEACH RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND VISITORS ALIKE. THEY HELP MAINTAIN THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE CITY,
ENSURING THE INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING BUILDING STREETS, UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE,
IS PROMOTING HEALTH AND SAFETY. 
          GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE HELPS MAINTAIN AND INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES. 
          CIPS ALSO ASSIST IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY INVESTING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS NEEDED
TO MAKE THE CITY A DESIRED LOCATION. 
          IT ALSO ASSISTS IN LIMITING THE CITY'S LIABILITY BY ADDRESSING POTENTIAL HAZARDS SUCH AS
UPLIFTED SIDEWALKS, 
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JUST TO NAME ONE. SO THE EVALUATION CRITERIA,
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL PROJECTS TO ADD TO THE PROGRAM YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO MEET ONE OR MORE OF THESE CRITERIA. 
          IS IT A HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE? IS IT A MANDATE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
FROM THE STATE GOVERNMENT, FROM THE COUNTY? IS IT PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED? DOES IT COMPLETE AN EXISTING PROJECT, A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN SITTING THERE FOR A WHILE THAT
JUST HASN'T HAD THE FUNDING TO TO MOVE IT FORWARD? DOES IT SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY? WILL IT RESULT IN FUTURE OPERATIONAL SAVINGS,
OR IS THERE SIGNIFICANT OUTSIDE FUNDING TO ENSURE THE PROJECT CAN MOVE FORWARD? WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IN THIS SLIDE IS KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF THE CIP
PROGRAM. 
          IT'S KIND OF A SYNOPSIS OF WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED,
BOTH ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE AND THE PROJECT SIDE. 
          SO ONE OF THE KEY THINGS TO NOTE IS THE GROWTH OF THE PROGRAM OVER TIME OVER THE LAST FIVE
YEARS. 
          YOU'LL SEE BETWEEN FISCAL YEAR 22 AND FISCAL YEAR 23,
THERE WAS A SPIKE IN EXPENDITURES FROM $13.5 MILLION TO $20.4 MILLION. 
          KIND OF THE BIGGEST SPIKE THAT WE HAD IN OUR IN OUR PROGRAM'S HISTORY. 
          THIS WAS A LARGE PART DUE TO TRANSIT CENTER HAVING MANY AND ALSO HAVING A LOT OF PROJECTS
THAT WERE IN DESIGN REALLY COMING TO CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND IT REALLY SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WAS THAT WAS DONE IN THAT YEAR AND OVER THE
LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AS WELL. 
          EXPENDITURES IN OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, 24-25,
YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRACKING WE'RE CURRENTLY AT $17.8 MILLION THAT WE'VE CURRENTLY SPENT. 
          WE'RE TRACKING PROBABLY TO GET CLOSE TO LAST YEAR'S $24.5 MILLION. 
          WE'LL SEE WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE THEY'RE GETTING CLOSE TO BEING COMPLETED. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL PAY THOSE OUT. JUST TO NOTE THAT OUT OF THE $17.8 MILLION,
ALMOST $18 MILLION, FIVE PROJECTS REALLY MADE UP HALF OF THAT COST. 
          AND THAT WAS THE DOMINGUEZ PARK PLAY EQUIPMENT PROJECT THAT YOU GUYS HOPEFULLY HAVE SEEN
WAS KIND OF THE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS YEAR. 
          I WOULD SAY BICYCLE IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT, THE MBB RESURFACING PROJECT,
PORTOFINO PUMP STATION, AND THE INTERNATIONAL BOARDWALK AND RIVIERA VILLAGE PAVER PROJECT. 
          THOSE FIVE MADE UP $9.6 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR. 
          SO A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF OF WHAT WE'VE SPENT SO FAR. 
          SO THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES ARE JUST GOING TO SHOW PROJECTS THAT WE'VE COMPLETED AND THAT
ARE IN CONSTRUCTION AND IN DESIGN. 
          I WON'T GO OVER EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE PROJECTS,
BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU, JUST TO GIVE YOU KIND OF THE BREADTH OF WHAT PROJECTS WE'VE WORKED ON THIS YEAR. AS YOU SEE, 19 COMPLETED PROJECTS SO FAR TO DATE,
WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A FEW MORE ADDED TO THAT BY THE END OF JUNE. TRACKING CLOSE TO WHAT WE, WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO COMPLETE LAST YEAR,
WHICH I THINK WAS ABOUT 25, 26 PROJECTS. THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION ARTESIA BOULEVARD
INTERSECTION, WE SAY IN CONSTRUCTION HASN'T ACTUALLY STARTED,
BUT IT'S GETTING VERY CLOSE TO STARTING. 
          THAT'S RYAN'S. RYAN'S THE KIND OF THE PROJECT MANAGER ON THAT PROJECT. 
          THE BICYCLE, TWO AND THREE. THERE ARE TWO PROJECTS,
BUT IT'S REALLY ONE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT. 
          THIS IS GETTING CLOSE TO BEING COMPLETED. WE HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE TIGHTENED
UP. 
          BEACH BLUFF PED LIGHT REPLACEMENT. THIS IS ALSO GOING TO BE COMPLETED PROBABLY IN THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS HERE. 
          CIVIC CENTER C OURTYARD LANDSCAPE. AS YOU GUYS WALKED IN,
IF YOU SEE THERE'S SOME THE MOVEMENT ACTUALLY THE PAVERS WERE ACTUALLY ADDED. 
          THE NEXT STEP IS ACTUALLY GETTING SOME LANDSCAPING THAT WILL BE WORKED THERE. AND THEN
THAT THAT PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADES KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH ARTESIA BOULEVARD. HELPED FUND THAT PROJECT. 
          PORTOFINO PUMP STATION THAT'S COMING TO A CLOSE HERE FAIRLY CLOSELY IN THE NEXT MONTH OR
TWO. 
          AND THEN THE REDONDO BEACH MARINA PAY STATIONS. 
          THAT'S ALSO VERY CLOSE TO BEING COMPLETED IN THE NEXT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. 
          LET'S SEE, HERE'S JUST A OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECTS AND PROCUREMENT. 
          WHAT WE CALL PROCUREMENT IS THAT WE YOU KNOW,
WE'VE AWARDED IT. 
          IT'S BEEN PUT OUT TO BID. WE'RE STILL KIND OF GOING THROUGH THE CONTRACT PROCESS,
EXECUTION PROCESS. 
          SO WE HAVE SOME SOME PRETTY BIG PROJECTS HERE. 
          RESIDENTIAL STREET REHAB. THE NEXT PHASE OF THAT HAS BEEN AWARDED. 
          WE'RE GOING THROUGH CONTRACT EXECUTION. I BELIEVE IT MIGHT HAVE ALREADY BEEN EXECUTED
FULLY, AND WE SHOULD START CONSTRUCTION IN THE NEXT IN MAY THAT WILL TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS. 
          THE NEXT PHASE IS ACTUALLY IN DESIGN, AND THAT WILL BE HOPEFULLY GOING TO CONSTRUCTION
LATER IN THE FALL AS WELL. 
          THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON RIGHT OF WAY LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS. 
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THIS WAS KIND OF A PROJECT CHAMPIONED BY THE LATE MAYOR BRAND. 
          THAT WAS FINALLY AWARDED. SO THAT HOPEFULLY WILL COME INTO CONSTRUCTION IN THE SUMMER OF
THIS YEAR. 
          WILDERNESS PARK IMPROVEMENTS THE POND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PONDS DOWN THERE. 
          WE AWARDED A DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT. THIS IS KIND OF THE CURRENT MAYOR'S PRIORITY PROJECT,
SO WE'RE EARNESTLY WORKING THROUGH THAT ONE AS WELL. 
          KINGSDALE AVENUE RESURFACING. WE JUST RECEIVED BIDS FOR THAT ON THURSDAY. 
          THEY WERE VERY FAVORABLE BIDS. SO WE HOPE TO AWARD THAT IN THE NEXT MONTH AND MOVE INTO
CONSTRUCTION SOMETIME IN THE LATE SUMMER. 
          AND THEN AVIATION ARTESIA RIGHT DOWN RIGHT TURN LANE. 
          THAT'S BEEN APPROVED FOR A WHILE. WE'RE WAITING FOR FINAL JUDGMENT TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE
EMINENT DOMAIN CASE THERE AND THEN MOVE FORWARD INTO CONSTRUCTION. HERE'S JUST ANOTHER LIST OF PROJECTS THAT ARE IN DESIGN
AND DIFFERENT ASPECTS AND DESIGN, EITHER PRE-DESIGN OR FULLY KIND OF IN THE DESIGN PROCESS. 
          SOME BIG PROJECTS HERE, PROBABLY THE NORTH REDONDO BEACH BIKEWAY EXTENSION. 
          THIS IS ALSO RYAN LIU'S PROJECT THAT HE'S WORKING ON THE RIVIERA VILLAGE PEDESTRIAN AND
MULTIMODAL ENHANCEMENTS. 
          THAT'S IN THE PRE-DESIGN PHASE, BUT THAT HAS THE IF THAT MOVES FORWARD,
THAT'S A VERY REIMAGINING OF WHAT CATALINA LOOKS LIKE AT THE RIVIERA VILLAGE. SO THAT'S A BIG PROJECT AND AN EXCITING PROJECT THAT WE'LL SEE WHERE
IT GOES. 
          AND I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM AGAIN. BUT THIS IS JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU THE WORK
THAT'S BEING DONE CURRENTLY. 
          SO NEXT STEPS IN TERMS OF NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET RIGHT NOW,
YOU KNOW, THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAFF ARE SUBMITTED TO, TO ME AND TO PUBLIC WORKS . WE KIND OF VET THOSE THROUGH. 
          WE'RE MEETING WITH CITY MANAGER AS A TEAM, DECIDING WHICH PROJECTS WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
FORWARD. 
          THAT CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE RELEASED ON MAY 16TH. 
          AND THAT'S BY CHARTER. MANDATED BY CHARTER. THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWS IT ON MAY
15TH, AND THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CIP WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE SECOND MEETING IN JUNE,
JUNE 10TH. 
          JUST ONE OVERVIEW. WE'LL STOP HERE FIRST. ONE NOTE I'LL MAKE ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET IS,
IS THE DISCRETIONARY FUNDING THAT WE HAVE RELIED ON OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IS DRIED UP A
LITTLE BIT. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT OUR PROJECTS CLOSELY. 
          WE'RE LOOKING REALLY LOOKING AT TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MOVE A PROJECT FORWARD AND
FULLY FUND IT BEFORE WE BEFORE WE MOVE IT FORWARD. 
          WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS ESTIMATED CARRYOVER FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 24-25. 
          THIS IS FUNDING THAT WOULD CARRY OVER INTO NEXT BUDGET CYCLE. 
          CARRYOVER FUNDING IS FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED TO SPECIFIC PROJECTS BUT HAS NOT
BEEN ENCUMBERED OR EXPENSED. 
          AND THIS HAPPENS FOR A MULTITUDE OF REASONS. PHASING OF PROJECTS,
DELAYS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE CITY'S CONTROL OR WORK THAT CROSSES OVER MULTIPLE FISCAL YEARS. AS YOU SEE HERE, WE'RE PROJECTING. AND THIS NUMBER COULD CHANGE DEPENDING ON WHAT
HAPPENS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. 
          $64.5 MILLION LARGE PORTION OF THESE ARE REGIONAL METRO REGIONAL MEASURE W GRANTS. 
          RIGHT. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, FULTON PLAYFIELD $3.4 MILLION THAT WE'RE CARRYING OVER THERE. 
          INGLEWOOD AT MBB, WHICH IS ALMOST COMPLETE, A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS THERE. 
          SEASIDE LAGOON, WHICH IS A BIG GRANT. WE'RE CARRYING ALMOST $8 MILLION THERE. 
          ALL THAT TO SAY IS IT LOOKS LIKE A BIG NUMBER,
BUT A LOT OF THIS IS TIED UP IN GRANT FUNDING AND REGIONAL, MONEY THAT HAPPENS OVER MULTIPLE FISCAL YEARS. 
          SO DRAFT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25-26 BUDGET. AS I MENTIONED,
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE OF OUR BUDGET. 
          WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO STARTING TO PUT THAT TOGETHER,
THAT AND HAVE IT RELEASED FOR MAY 16TH. 
          I THINK ONE OF THE MES YOU'LL SEE FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR IS WORKING THROUGH THE
BACKLOG OF EXISTING PROJECTS. 
          WE ENTERED THE YEAR WITH 120 PROJECTS. THE ONLY NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED WILL
BE GRANT FUNDED PROJECTS, OR A COUPLE OF COUNCIL PRIORITIES THAT HAVE LACKED SOME FUNDING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO
RECOMMEND TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS HAVE SEEN THE ADDITION OF OVER 40 PROJECTS. 
          PREVIOUS COUNCILS WERE VERY ACTIVE IN ADDING PROJECTS. 
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MANY OF THOSE WERE ADDED WHEN THE CITY ISSUED AND THE BUDGET FINANCE COMMISSION WOULD KNOW
THIS. 
          WELL, THE LEASE BOND FOR THE PERS RIGHT. THAT CREATED SOME ADDITIONAL DISCRETIONARY
FUNDING THAT THE COUNCIL YOU KNOW, AGGRESSIVELY PUT INTO THE CIP PROGRAM. THIS UPCOMING YEAR. 
          I THINK WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO BASICS OR TO THE CORE OF OUR CIP
PROGRAM. 
          THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DISCRETIONARY FUNDING TO ADD NEW PROJECTS. 
          SO WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON OUR PROGRAM THAT WE KIND OF DO ON A CONSISTENT BASIS. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES THE RESIDENTIAL STREET REHAB PROGRAM,
WHICH IS A VERY WELL-RECEIVED PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          WE'LL BE LOOKING AT OUR CITY FACILITY INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          NOW THAT THE VOTERS HAVE APPROVED MEASURE FP THAT MONEY THAT WAS TYPICALLY GOING TO THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE STATIONS TO TRY TO UPKEEP THOSE THAT WILL BE REDIRECTED TO SOME OF OUR OTHER FACILITIES,
INCLUDING CITY HALL, THE CIVIC CENTER IN GENERAL. 
          AND LOOKING AT OUR REPLACEMENT OF OUR HVAC SYSTEMS,
OUR ROOF, THE KIND OF VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE MOST EXCITING, BUT JUST SUPER IMPORTANT. AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT THE COUNCIL IS,
IS VERY KEEN ON MOVING FORWARD. 
          ONE IS THE VETERANS PARK HISTORIC LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS. 
          RIGHT. THERE'S A POTENTIAL AGREEMENT TO HAVE THAT LEASED OUT TO AN OPERATOR. 
          SO WE NEED TO MAKE CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON THERE BEFORE THAT THAT FULLY GOES FORWARD. 
          THE REDONDO BEACH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, WE'VE CARRIED OVER SOME FUNDING THERE FOR FOR
IMPROVEMENTS ON THEIR SEATS ON THE ROOF. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO MAKING SURE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE DONE THIS UPCOMING YEAR TO
MAKE THAT THAT FACILITY USABLE ON ITS USABLE AS IT IS NOW, BUT JUST MAKE IT A BETTER A BETTER PRODUCT FOR FOR ALL THOSE
OPERATORS THAT COME IN AND LEASE IT. 
          JESSE. AND ALSO LOOKING AT. CAN I INTERJECT FOR. YEAH GO AHEAD. CAN YOU REPEAT ONE MORE
TIME. 
          YOU SAID THE FP FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE REDIRECTED TO. 
          NO NO NO. SO TYPICALLY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WE'VE USED DISCRETIONARY CAPITAL FUNDS
THAT WERE PUT TOWARDS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE STATIONS TO TRY TO IMPROVE THOSE FACILITIES. SINCE MEASURE FP IS COMING ON,
WE'RE NO LONGER DIRECTING DISCRETIONARY MONEY TO THE POLICE STATION OR THE FIRE STATION, SINCE THOSE WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF WITH MEASURE FP . 
          THANK YOU. SO YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I MEANT. 
          SORRY FOR. THANK YOU. AND THEN REGIONAL WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR REGIONAL METRO AND OUR
PROJECTS. 
          WE HAVE A COUPLE BIG ONES, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE,
THE MAT PROJECT, WHICH IS THE SOUTH BAY. 
          BICYCLE NETWORK, BASICALLY COMBINING DIFFERENT CITIES AND CONNECTING DIFFERENT CITIES AND
DIFFERENT CORRIDORS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. 
          RIVIERA VILLAGE MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS ON CATALINA AVENUE. 
          AVIATION ARTESIA NORTH REDONDO BEACH BIKE PATH EXTENSION PROJECTS AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL
COMMUNICATION UPGRADES. 
          I THINK THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE FOCUS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS A STAFF ON WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE GOING INTO FISCAL YEAR 25, 26. AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          SO HERE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY THOUGHTS YOU GUYS MAY HAVE. 
          AND AT THE END, THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE PRESENTATION ALONG
WITH ANY ANY FEEDBACK THAT THAT THE COMMISSIONERS MAY HAVE. 
          I GIVE CHAIR ARRATA BACK TO YOU. BACK TO YOU. 
          QUESTION OVER HERE. I GUESS I CAN GO DOWN THE LINE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          YEAH. AGAIN, MY NAME IS VIJAY JESTE. I'M WITH THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMISSION. 
          FOR OVER A YEAR, I HAVE ASKED FOR A LITTLE MORE DETAILS ON THE. 
          AT LEAST ON THE COMPLETED PROJECTS. AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS WHAT WAS THE
ORIGINAL PROPOSAL THAT WAS PRESENTED FOR THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY APPROVED? AND AS WE ALL KNOW, PRACTICALLY IN EVERY ORGANIZATION FOR PROFIT OR NONPROFIT CITY,
STATE, FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS, THE INITIAL ESTIMATES ARE ALWAYS VERY OPTIMISTIC,
AND YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT THERE WILL BE COST OVERRUNS. SO HOW MUCH ARE THE ULTIMATE COST EXCEEDS THE INITIAL PROJECTION? WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO NAIL THAT NUMBER DOWN. 
          AND WE HAD A PRETTY LONG DISCUSSION ON THIS ISSUE LAST YEAR. 
          AND THEN IN THE NEXT MEETING WE WERE GIVEN SOME NUMBERS ON A SELECT FEW PROJECTS. 
          BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS AT LEAST REQUEST THAT EVERY COMPLETED PROJECT WILL SHOW
WHAT THE INITIAL 
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PROJECTION WAS WHEN IT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL . 
          NOW, I'M TOLD THAT UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR THE PROJECT MANAGER GOES BACK AND GETS APPROVAL. SO WE HAVE ADDED QUITE A BIT OF COST,
BUT IT'S ALL APPROVED. 
          BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT IS STILL THE SAME AS WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED. 
          SO WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO SEE WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL,
HOW MUCH MONEY WAS ASKED FOR BASED ON THE INITIAL PROJECTIONS. AND THEN WHAT? WHERE DID WE END UP WITH? SO IF WE KNOW THIS DATA WILL BE VERY USEFUL IN PROJECTING THE TOTAL COST OF THE NEW PROJECTS, BECAUSE ONCE YOU GET A FEELING FOR HOW MUCH OF AN OVERRUN YOU
HAVE, AND IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE MOST WIDELY PUBLICIZED PROJECTS,
LIKE THE HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 
          OR YOU LOOK AT ANY OF THE FEDERAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN HUMONGOUS OVERRUNS. 
          SO HOW DO WE EVEN IDENTIFY THAT? WE HAVE NO WAY OF IDENTIFYING IT. 
          THAT'S THE DATA, I'M TOLD TIME AND AGAIN. WE HAVE THE DATA,
BUT IT'S HARD TO GET. 
          NOW, WITH THE AI TOOLS AND ALL THE TECHNOLOGY AT OUR FINGERTIPS,
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT RELATIVELY EASILY. 
          AND AS COMPLETELY AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. TO SECOND YOUR COMMENT,
I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE IN THOSE BUDGETARY ESTIMATES, IF POSSIBLE, THE CONTINGENCY BUDGETS THAT WERE ALLOCATED AS
WELL. 
          BECAUSE THAT CAN BE A GOOD THAT CAN BE FURTHER INFORMATION INDICATED ON WHERE THESE
ACTUALLY FELL AND IF THE CONTINGENCY BUDGETS WERE SUFFICIENT OR NOT. 
          HOW MUCH WENT FORWARD? IF I COULD JUST CHIME IN. 
          YEAH. AND I KNOW WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS LAST YEAR,
COMMISSIONER JESTE, ON THIS AND I THINK WE PROVIDED SOME FEEDBACK ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS WHEN WE AWARDED THEM, INCLUDING CONTINGENCIES. 
          SO USUALLY, JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS, WHEN WE AWARD A CONTRACT IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT, WE'LL CALL OUT THE CONTINGENCY BUDGET ON THERE. 
          RIGHT. AND THAT'S BASED OFF OF, YOU KNOW, 10%. 
          WE HAVE A WHOLE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY AND PROCEDURE. 
          IT'S USUALLY 10% DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT,
BUT 10% IS A GOOD, GOOD NUMBER. 
          SO WE TRY TO ENSURE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT FUNDING AVAILABLE BEFORE WE EVEN MOVE
FORWARD WITH AWARDING. 
          IF WE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE LEVEL OF FUNDING,
WE WON'T EVEN MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD. 
          FOR INSTANCE, WE HAD THE NORTH REDONDO BEACH NOT NORTH OF REDONDO BEACH,
THE PIER PARKING STRUCTURE PROJECT THAT WAS CRITICAL REPAIRS THAT WE BID OUT IN FEBRUARY, I BELIEVE. FEBRUARY. OCTOBER. OCTOBER. 
          OKAY. OCTOBER. I'M WAY OFF. OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR. 
          AND WE BUDGETED WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT PROJECT $2 MILLION BIDS CAME IN AT $4.5
MILLION. 
          RIGHT? WAY MORE THAN WE HAD ESTIMATED AND OUR CONSULTANT HAD ESTIMATED. 
          WE OBVIOUSLY WON'T MOVE THAT PROJECT FORWARD. WE REJECTED ALL BIDS,
AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT POTENTIALLY A DIFFERENT SOLUTION TO REBID THAT PROJECT WITH OUR WITH OUR CURRENT FUNDING. SO I THINK THAT ADDRESSES THE ANSWER ON THE PROJECT
OVERRUNS. 
          SO I THINK MAYBE THERE'S JUST A DEFINITIONAL DIFFERENCE IN,
IN MAYBE THE WAY, COMMISSIONER JESTE, YOU'RE DEFINING PROJECT OVERRUN AND AND WHAT WE SEE PROJECT OVERRUN,
WE SEE A PROJECT OVERRUN AS A PROJECT THAT'S IN CONSTRUCTION THAT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE CONTINGENCY IS ALLOWED,
RIGHT WHERE WE HAVE TO MAYBE COME BACK TO COUNCIL, ASK FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY TO FINALIZE THE PROJECT. 
          THAT IS THE WAY WE DEFINE PROJECT OVERRUN. THERE IS A TON OF CASES IN IN THE POINT YOU'RE
MAKING, COMMISSIONER JESTE, WHERE ESPECIALLY DURING COVID,
WHERE OUR ESTIMATES WERE JUST WAY OFF. 
          RIGHT. I DON'T THINK ANYONE COULD KEEP UP WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON DURING THAT TIME. 
          SO WE HAD AN ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE OF, YOU KNOW,
A MILLION AND A HALF FOR PROJECT BIDS CAME IN AT $3 MILLION. 
          RIGHT. THAT I DON'T CONSIDER A AND WE DON'T CONSIDER A BUDGET OVERRUN. 
          A CONSTRUCTION OVERRUN, RIGHT. THAT'S JUST AN ESTIMATE THAT WAS INCORRECT THAT WAS
HAPPENING, 
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I THINK, ACROSS THE INDUSTRY. SO I THINK WE TRY TO PROTECT THE CITY FINANCIALLY IN THAT
WAY BY NOT MOVING A PROJECT FORWARD UNLESS WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE LEVEL OF FUNDING THAT WE HAVE SECURED,
AND WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE DESIGN THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED. 
          RIGHT. SO, OF COURSE, THERE'S THE PROJECTS THAT COME OUT OF EVERY SO OFTEN THAT DO HAVE
SOME PROJECT OVERRUNS. 
          RIGHT. AND I MENTIONED LAST YEAR WE HAD THE TRANSIT CENTER. THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT WE HAD
TO GO SEVERAL TIMES AND ASK FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY FROM METRO, TO COMPLETE. BUT THOSE DON'T HAPPEN. THOSE ARE FAR AND FEW AND FAR BETWEEN FOR THE LEVEL
OF PROJECTS THAT WE DO. 
          SO I UNDERSTAND THE YOU SEE THE NATIONAL NEWS,
YOU SEE THE STATE NEWS ON, ON THESE KIND OF LARGE PROJECTS THAT JUST KEEP ESCALATING IN PRICE WHILE THEY'RE IN CONSTRUCTION. AND THOSE ARE TRUE PROJECT OVERRUNS. 
          DON'T DISAGREE THERE. BUT WE TRY TO TRY TO PROTECT THE CITY BY NOT EVEN MOVING THOSE
PROJECTS FORWARD UNLESS WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH WITH THE LEVEL OF FUNDING THAT WE HAVE ON A PROJECT. I'M NOT QUESTIONING WHY OR HOW. 
          THAT'S NOT THE POINT. THE POINT IS GIVE US THE DATA. 
          LET US TAKE A LOOK AT IT. AND WE CANNOT EVEN FIGURE OUT IF THERE HAS BEEN A BUDGET
OVERRUN. 
          IF WE FIND OUT, THEN WE CAN GO INTO MORE DETAILS ON SEEING. 
          WELL, WHAT HAPPENED? JUST LIKE WHAT YOU JUST EXPLAINED. 
          YEAH. THAT'S FINE. AND WE'RE NOT QUESTIONING IT. 
          WE'RE NOT CHALLENGING IT. WE'RE NOT DOUBTING IT. 
          ALL WE'RE SAYING IS GIVE US THE DATA AND THEN WE'LL START LOOKING AT IT. 
          AND IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL,
WONDERFUL. 
          WE'RE PROUD OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. BUT UNLESS WE HAVE DATA,
WE HAVE NOTHING TO ARRIVE AT ANY CONCLUSION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO SEE IS A HEADLINE IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT GETS THE
DATA. 
          THEY DO THE ANALYSIS, AND THEN THEY SUDDENLY COME OUT WITH A HEADLINES SAYING THIS PROJECT
WAS OVERSHOT BY SO MUCH AMOUNT. NOW YOU HEAR ALL KINDS OF REPORTS ABOUT THE HOMELESS PROJECT,
HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT. 
          AND THEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE MISMANAGEMENT AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. 
          LET US NOT WAIT TILL THE NEWSPAPER GIVES US THE INFORMATION. 
          LET US GET THE DATA THAT THEY GET. LET'S DO LET'S DO THE ANALYSIS SO WE CAN START TALKING
ABOUT IT. 
          AND SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WE'RE LOOKING AT 64 AND PLUS SOME MILLION DOLLARS IS A HUGE
AMOUNT. 
          AND THESE PROJECTS WILL GO ON FOR TWO, THREE,
FOUR YEARS. 
          SO BEFORE WE REACH THE STAGE WHERE WE SUDDENLY DISCOVER THE HUGE BUDGET OVERRUNS AND THAT
ALSO THROUGH THE MEDIA, LET US BE AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. OKAY. JESSE WILL YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE SO FAR. 
          IS THIS THE ONE? SO FOR EXAMPLE, CITY FACILITY INFRASTRUCTURE,
YOU HAVE VETERANS PARK HISTORIC LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS. 
          YOU JUST PUT A NUMBER NEXT TO IT. WHAT WAS IT BUDGETED FOR AND THEN SPENT? SO YOU'LL HAVE A COLUMN THAT SAYS WHAT WAS BUDGETED AND WHAT WAS SPENT. 
          THAT'S ALL HE'S ASKING FOR ALL THE PROJECTS. OKAY. 
          IT'S A LITTLE TRICKIER THAN THAT, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO. 
          TRYING TO LAY IT OUT. LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT PROJECT. RIGHT. SURE.
HISTORIC VETERANS PARK, HISTORIC LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS. THERE IS CURRENTLY $470,000 IN THAT PROJECT. 
          IT STARTED AS WE'RE GOING TO FIX THE WINDOWS,
WE'RE GOING TO FIX THE HVAC SYSTEM. 
          WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS, RIGHT. SO WE WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT NUMBER THAT
HAS MORPHED INTO WE NEED TO REPLACE ALL THESE WINDOWS WITH HISTORIC TYPE WINDOWS. WE NEED TO DO ADA IMPROVEMENTS FOR IT TO BE RENTABLE. 
          OKAY SO THAT WILL GO INTO THE SECOND COLUMN. SO ALL IT IS. 
          SO IF YOU JUST OPEN YOUR INITIAL CONTRACT, THE CONTRACT SAYS DO NOT EXCEED A CERTAIN
AMOUNT. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE YOUR COLUMN A, AND THEN COLUMN B WOULD BE ALL THE ADDITIONAL WORK YOU HAD
TO DO WHEN YOU HAD TO SPEND. 
          AND THEN AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WHEN WE SEE,
FOR EXAMPLE, OH, YOU SPENT ANOTHER $100,000 MORE, YOU KNOW, UNDER COMMENTS, YOU CAN SAY, BECAUSE WE HAD TO DO EXTRA WINDOWS AND EXTRAS AND
THAT THAT'S ALL HE'S ASKING. 
          NO, I HEAR MY CONCERN IS ALWAYS, WELL, YOU GUYS INITIALLY SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE 472. 
          IT ENDED UP COSTING A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS. 
          RIGHT THEN YOU HAVE AN EXPLANATION FOR IT? IT'S LIKE BUT IT WASN'T A BUDGET OVERRUN. 
          IT WAS WE ADDED MORE MONEY. IT WAS A SCOPE CHANGE. 
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WE WOULD ALWAYS DISCUSS THE CHANGE ORDERS ON A PROJECT AND BRING THAT FORWARD WHEN IT'S
ACCEPTED AS COMPLETE, OR IF WE ALREADY HAVE TO GO OVER CONTINGENCY. 
          SO EVERYTHING IS RUN THROUGH THIS CITY. 
          LIKE A SUMMARY FOR EACH PROJECT THAT'S ALL. I'VE SAID REPEATEDLY I'VE SAID. 
          THAT'S ALL HE'S NOT QUESTIONING YOU. WE'RE NOT CHALLENGING. WE'RE NOT DOUBTING. HE'S NOT
QUESTIONING. 
          MUCH AS WHAT YOU KNOW, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL WE HEAR IT FROM THE NEWS MEDIA. 
          THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. YEAH. HE'S NOT QUESTIONING. 
          HE'S NOT CHALLENGING YOU. HE'S JUST ASKING TO KIND OF HAVE A SUMMARY OF ALL THE PROJECTS
AND THEN A COLUMN A WHAT WAS INITIAL AND INITIALLY CONTRACTED, AND THEN COLUMN B, WHAT ADDITIONAL COSTS WERE ADDED. 
          THAT'S ALL HE'S ASKING. THEN YOU CAN HAVE EXPLANATIONS. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY DOUBT ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED EXACTLY. 
          OKAY. I MEAN, IF IT'S WHEN THE CONTRACT IS AWARDED,
THAT'S FAIRLY EASY TO DO. 
          THAT'S THE STARTING POINT. THAT IS THE STARTING POINT. 
          SO THAT'S NO PROBLEM. IF IT'S WHEN THE PROJECT WAS CONCEPTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT,
THEN THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. 
          RIGHT. BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE COUNCIL WILL SAY,
HEY, PUBLIC WORKS STAFF, CAN YOU GUYS GIVE US THEY APPROVED. SO THAT WOULD BE COLUMN A, THE INITIAL NUMBER. 
          THE COUNCIL THAT IS WOULD BE COLUMN A. 
          IT'S EASILY ATTAINABLE. SO YOU JUST PUT IT ALL PROJECT INTO ONE SUMMARY FOR HIM. 
          YOU KNOW. THAT'S NO PROBLEM. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE PROVIDED LAST YEAR. 
          SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH DOING THAT. THAT'S WHAT HE'S ASKING. 
          I THINK WHAT HE'S WHAT HE'S ASKING TO SEE IS,
IS DATA THAT WOULD AVOID HEADLINE RISK. 
          THE HEADLINE RISK IS A PROJECT DOUBLE OR TRIPLE WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED. 
          YOU'RE SAYING CORRECTLY THAT YOU HAVE THE DATA THAT SHOWS A,
WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY BUDGETED AND ANY CHANGE THAT WAS MADE IN THAT PROJECT TOTALLY RETROFITTING A BUILDING RATHER THAN 2 OR 3 WINDOWS THAT'S WHAT ON BUDGET
FINANCE. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO SEE. WE NEED TO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER A PRESS COMPLAINT OR A
CITIZEN'S COMPLAINT OR A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT IS SPENT. AND ALL THE DATA IS THERE. ALL HE'S ASKING FOR IS TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT DATA IN
SOME LOGICAL FORM. 
          WE REALIZE THAT THAT WE DON'T KNOW. I HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER WE'VE GOT PROJECTS THAT HAVE
HAVE EXPERIENCED COST OVERRUNS. 
          I KNOW THAT WITH INFLATION BEING WHAT IT IS,
IS A DEVILISHLY DIFFICULT THING TO PLAN A PROJECT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE IN THE MATERIALS MARKETS FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND IT'S GETTING WORSE AND IT MIGHT GET EVEN
WORSE, BUT WE'D LIKE TO SEE ALL WE ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS TO SEE THAT DATA SO THAT WHEN WE'RE
LOOKING AT A BUDGET, WE CAN APPLY SOME LOGIC TO IT. WE KNOW WHY IT'S GONE FROM X TO THREE X AND IT'S BECAUSE OF
THE TRAIL THAT YOU PROVIDE ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS. AND IF IT'S AND IF IT'S WE'RE AWARDING A CONTRACT AND THAT'S OUR STARTING
POINT AND TRACKING IT FROM THERE, THAT'S, THAT'S NO PROBLEM. THAT'S SOMETHING WE KEEP TRACK OF ANYWAYS. 
          WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT DIGESTIBLE IN A READABLE WAY. 
          THAT IS NO ISSUE. YEAH, I KNOW HOW WELL YOU GUYS MANAGE THIS,
AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE DATA, SO ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS TO SEE THE DATA THAT YOU SEE. 
          YEAH, WELL, THE ONLY THE COMMENT I WAS MAKING IS SOMETIMES THE COUNCIL WILL COME UP AND
SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO SEE X, Y AND Z OVER IN THIS AREA. 
          CAN YOU GUYS TELL US HOW MUCH THAT'S GOING TO COST? RIGHT. AND THEN WE WRITE UP A BUDGET RESPONSE REPORT. 
          RIGHT. AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AT THAT POINT,
IT'S A VERY ORDER OF MAGNITUDE GUESSTIMATE BASED OFF OF OUR OUR WORKING KNOWLEDGE. 
          RIGHT. SO WE MIGHT SAY WE THINK IT'S GOING TO COST THIS MUCH. 
          THE COUNCIL DECIDES, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOME SEED MONEY IN THERE SO YOU GUYS CAN
START THE DESIGN PROCESS. 
          SURE. RIGHT. WE START THE DESIGN PROCESS. WE ACTUALLY GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF THE
DESIGN. 
          ONCE WE GO THROUGH DESIGN, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT ACTUALLY TURNS OUT THAT PROJECT COST THREE
TIMES MORE THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT. 
          THEREFORE, WHAT I DON'T WANT TO CONFLATE IS THAT SOMEHOW THAT'S A BUDGET OVERRUN. 
          YEAH, EXACTLY. WE JUST GAVE AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE COST ESTIMATE IN THE PRE CONCEPTUAL
DESIGN PROCESS. 
          NOW THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS,
WE HAVE A BETTER ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE. 
          SO JUST BECAUSE WE INITIALLY SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE 1 MILLION,
AND IT ACTUALLY TURNS OUT THAT OUR ESTIMATE WAS 3 MILLION, 
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THAT'S NOT A $2 MILLION OVERRUN. THAT WAS JUST AN INITIAL. 
          AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT. YEAH. THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THAT'S
THAT'S NOT YEAH. 
          THAT'S SIMPLE TO US. IN THAT CASE IT BECOMES NOT PROJECT 1.1. 
          IT BECOMES PROJECT 2.0. JUST LIKE THE SOFTWARE IT'S A MAJOR CHANGE. 
          IT'S STILL THE SAME PROJECT. YOU HAVE A MAJOR VERSION OF IT. 
          AND AS LONG AS YOU EXPLAIN, THAT'S ALL WE NEED. 
          THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR. WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO JUSTIFY,
YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          JUST TELL US WHAT'S HAPPENING. COST OVERRUN IS A PEJORATIVE TERM,
AND WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A COST OVERRUN AND A PROJECT THAT'S SIMPLY GROWN OVER TIME FOR LOGICAL REASONS. 
          CORRECT. IF I COULD ADD IT TOO. I THINK IT MIGHT GIVE THE DATA,
MIGHT GIVE YOU A GOOD IDEA OF HOW MUCH TO PUT INTO A CONTINGENCY, POTENTIALLY FOR A PROJECT AS WELL. FOR EXAMPLE,
AN ASPHALT REPAVE, YOU KNOW, 10% MIGHT BE REALLY SUFFICIENT. 
          YOU GET IN THESE HIGHER RISK THINGS WITH RESPECT TO,
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE REDOING THE HVAC THAT MIGHT BE WARRANTED A 15%. 
          YOU START DOING UTILITY RELOCATIONS. I MEAN,
THOSE THINGS CAN BE A DISASTER. 
          THEY CAN DOUBLE IN PRICE. SO IT MIGHT BE GOOD JUST FROM THAT. 
          SO THAT WAY PUBLIC WORKS IN THE FUTURE CAN GET A BETTER A FRAMEWORK OF HEY,
THESE PROJECTS REALLY THERE'S A LOT OF IFFINESS THAT HAPPENS IN GENERAL. 
          AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE SMART AND KNOW THAT AS WELL AS YOU'RE GOING INTO IT,
BUT THE DATA COULD GIVE YOU A BETTER BACKUP FOR THAT POTENTIALLY. 
          IF I COULD, ONE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS YOU TALK A LOT ABOUT GRANTS AND I'VE
WORKED A LOT ON THE DESIGN SIDE WITH GRANTS. 
          AND I WOULD SAY THAT GRANTS ARE WONDERFUL BECAUSE THEY CAN FUND YOUR PROJECTS. 
          BUT AS YOU'RE IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE NEXT LEVEL OF GRANTS,
THE ONLY THING I CAUTION AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS SEE THIS A LOT, BUT BE PARTICULAR ON THE TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO PUT IN THE GRANTS. 
          BECAUSE IT'S BEEN MY HISTORY THAT, HEY, WE WANT TO DO THIS AMOUNT X STREET,
WE WANT TO DO THIS. 
          AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S LIKE, OH, WE DON'T ACTUALLY NEED TO DO THAT NOW. 
          AND THEN YOU GO FOR THE FUNDING TO GET APPROVAL OF THE GRANT. 
          AND THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, YOU SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE,
YOU KNOW, THIS LENGTH OF ROAD. 
          IT WAS GOING TO BE THIS MUCH. AND NOW YOU'RE ASKING FOR LESS THAN THAT,
BUT YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF MONEY. IT DOESN'T COMPUTE TO THEM. 
          AND NOW YOU'RE STUCK IN THIS WEIRD POSITION OF LIKE,
WELL, WE'VE GOT TO JUSTIFY THIS GRANT, BECAUSE IN A LOT OF CASES, I'VE NOTICED IT'S KIND OF AN ALL OR NOTHING. THEY DON'T PIECEMEAL OUT THE FUNDING. 
          AND THEN ON THE TOP OF THAT IN THE GRANT ITSELF,
IT'S ASKING FOR WHAT THE PER ITEM COST IS, IS TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE IN THAT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY BY THE TIME YOU APPLY THIS GRANT AND
THEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO FOR PROCUREMENT THAT COULD BE FOUR YEARS, FIVE YEARS EASILY. AND SO THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I'VE NOTICED AS WE'VE WALKED
DOWN THE PATH OF THE GRANT, AND NOW WE'RE COMING TO ACTUALIZATION AND PROCUREMENT. 
          AND IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR SOME OF THE AGENCIES I WORK WITH. 
          DEFINITELY. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT. I THINK THAT IS ESPECIALLY TRUE MORE ON THE
FEDERAL GRANTS. 
          YES. RIGHT. THE LUCKILY, I'D SAY LUCKILY, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE CAN BE PRETTY TEDIOUS TO
WORK THROUGH. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF GRANTS. THEY SEEM TO BE A LOT MORE FLEXIBLE. 
          YEAH. FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE A PCH RECOMMENDATION STUDY THAT THAT WORKED ON THE PCH
CORRIDOR, RIGHT TURN LANE AT PV BOULEVARD, SOME DIFFERENT ELEMENTS. 
          WE WERE GOING TO ADD A RIGHT TURN LANE AT TORRANCE SOUTHBOUND. 
          RIGHT. WE NOW WE'VE KIND OF LOOKED AT THAT. WE'RE NO LONGER MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          WE'RE GOING TO REDUCING THE SCOPE, JUST MOVING THAT. WE'RE WE'RE ASKING TO JUST MOVE THE
BUS STATION TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE OF THE SECTION AND METRO IS VERY, VERY VERY OPEN TO KIND OF THOSE REDUCTION IN SCOPES. 
          AND THEN WE RETURN ANY OF THE EXCESS FUNDING THAT WE MAY HAVE. 
          SO YOU'RE RIGHT. ON ESPECIALLY ON THE FEDERAL GRANTS,
THEY CAN BE PRETTY PRETTY HOLD YOU TO THE WORD OF WHAT YOU SAID. 
          YEAH. CALTRANS GRANTS, IF THEY'RE ADMINISTERED BY CALTRANS,
IT CAN BE CHALLENGING. 
          YOU ARE RIGHT. METRO IS CAN BE BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE CONTINUOUS REPORTING WITH THEM. AND
I'VE NOTICED THAT AS WELL. JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AS YOU GO THROUGH. 
          NO WE SAW THAT TOO ON BECAUSE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WE ARE SUBMITTING AND THEY'RE A FEW
YEARS OUT. 
          AND WE'VE HAD TO GO BACK TO METRO SEVERAL TIMES TO ASK FOR MORE FUNDING. 
          CORRECT. SO WE HAVE TRIED TO LOOK AT AND WORK WITH OUR CONSULTANTS ON THAT TOO,
AND JUST PROJECT AND ADD THOSE ESCALATORS IN FOR FUTURE CONSTRUCTION YEARS. I HAVE A RELATED QUESTION. YOU SHOWED FIGURES EARLY ON OF EXPENDITURES CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT EXPENDITURES OF 20.4 MILLION IN 2023, FISCAL 23. 
          24.5 IN FISCAL 24 AND 17.8 IN FISCAL 25 THAT,
I ASSUME, IS WHAT WAS TOTALLY SPENT ON ALL PROJECTS 
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FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR, RIGHT? CORRECT. AND HOW MUCH OF THAT WAS A HIT ON THE GENERAL FUND
VERSUS GRANTS? IS THIS ALL GRANTS OR IS THIS A COMBINATION OF. 
          SO WE HAVE A COMBINATION OF GRANT FUNDING, WHICH IS PROBABLY ANYWHERE FROM A FIFTH TO A
FOURTH OF ALL FUNDING? WE HAVE A LOT OF RESTRICTED TRANSPORTATION FUNDING. 
          THAT'S A BIG PORTION, RIGHT? IT'S OUR LOCAL MEASURE R,
LOCAL MEASURE M, PROP C FUNDING. 
          WE HAVE MEASURE W, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF RESTRICTED FUND FUNDING SOURCES THAT GO TO FUND
THIS. 
          IN TERMS OF OUR DISCRETIONARY, WHAT WE WOULD CALL CAPITAL FUNDS,
WHICH IS BASICALLY GENERAL FUND MONEY THAT THE COUNCIL DICTATES AND CAN PUT WHEREVER THEY WANT. WE PROBABLY HAVE I'M JUST DOING THIS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WITHOUT ACTUALLY LOOKING
AT IT, BUT THAT'S A MUCH SMALLER PORTION OF THE ENTIRE CIP BUDGET. 
          MAYBE THAT'S ABOUT I'D HAVE TO LOOK. I'D HAVE TO LOOK. 
          BUT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU A BUT I WOULD SAY THAT'S A MUCH SMALLER PORTION. 
          MAYBE. YEAH, MAYBE A FIFTH OF THE ENTIRE PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. SO BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE THAT IF YOU COULD,
IF YOU COULD PROVIDE THAT FOR, SAY, THE LAST 2 OR 3 YEARS WHEN WE'RE INVOLVED IN THE BUDGETING PROCESS,
IT'S GOOD TO KNOW WHAT THE HIT TO THE GENERAL FUND IS, HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST 2 OR 3 YEARS VERSUS. YEAH,
WE COULD DO THAT. 
          AND WE THAT'S EVERY YEAR WHEN WE ACTUALLY ADOPT THE CIP OR PROPOSE THE CIP. 
          IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY FUNDING SOURCES, SO IT SHOWS EACH FUNDING SOURCE AND WHERE THAT MONEY
IS GOING TO AND THE TOTAL OF THAT. YOU TALKED ABOUT IT. WE TALKED ABOUT INFLATION A MINUTE AGO. 
          WHAT ARE YOU SEEING NOW IN A WAY OF, OF COST IMPACT OF INFLATION. 
          I ASSUME YOU BID A PROJECT AND, COST CAN GO UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PROJECT. 
          AND SOME OF THOSE TIMES YOU HAVE TO PAY THAT EXTRA. 
          I KNOW THAT BASED ON COVID SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS THAT WE SAW AND NOW THE FIRES AND THE
DAMAGE THAT WE'VE SEEN NORTH OF HERE AND THE POSSIBLE IMPACT THAT HAS ON LABOR AND MATERIALS. 
          WHAT IMPACT ARE YOU SEEING ON ON PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE BIDDING NOW VERSUS WHAT YOU EXPECTED
THE COST TO BE? SO OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO I THINK THE ESTIMATORS HAVE GOTTEN MUCH BETTER OF ESTIMATING. 
          WE'RE KIND OF PAST THAT COVID TIME ERA WHERE IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT TO TO PROJECT THOSE. 
          SO OUR LAST FEW PROJECTS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN COMING IN EITHER AT OR RIGHT AT OUR ENGINEERS
ESTIMATE, OR A LITTLE BIT BELOW OUR ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE. WE'LL SEE HOW THE TARIFFS PLAY OUT IN THE
NEXT. 
          I DON'T THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT QUITE YET. DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MARKET,
WE'LL SEE HOW THOSE PLAY OUT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, OVER THE NEXT YEARS TO COME. BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE IMPACTS QUITE YET ON THEM. 
          WE ARE PROTECTED WHEN WE DO AWARD A CONTRACT. 
          RIGHT. AND THIS IS MORE ON THE CONTRACTORS THAN,
ON THE CITIES THEY'RE BIDDING ON PRICES THAT THEY THINK THEY CAN LIVE WITH. 
          RIGHT. THEY CAN'T JUST COME TO US AND ALL OF A SUDDEN RAISE THE UNIT PRICE BECAUSE IT'S
MORE EXPENSIVE, RIGHT? THEY'RE KIND OF MAKING THAT BEST GUESS FOR THEIR OWN BUSINESS AS WELL. 
          I GUESS I'M THINKING MORE LESS OF THE IMPACT ON A PROJECT IF IT'S OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD. 
          WHAT I'M REALLY THINKING OF IS YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THESE PROJECTS 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO 4 YEARS
AGO. 
          WHAT KIND OF IMPACT ARE YOU SEEING NOW VERSUS THEN? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A FACTOR OF A THIRD OR A HALF HIGHER OR IN SOME CASES,
NO IMPACT? WHAT'S THE IMPACT THERE? WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT THOSE PRICES THAT ESCALATED TO 30,
35% DURING COVID HAVE JUST KIND OF BECOME THE NORM THAT'S KIND OF THE NEW PRICE,
RIGHT? IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'VE DROPPED BACK TO PRE-COVID LEVELS. 
          BUT THEY'RE MUCH MORE STABLE THAT THEY'RE NOT FLUCTUATING AS MUCH FROM THOSE,
THOSE, YOU KNOW, 30 TO 35% INCREASES THAT WE WERE SEEING DURING COVID. 
          OKAY. THANKS. I HAVE A COMMENT. IS IT POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE THE DATA WITH A TIMELINE, WITH THE COST,
THE ACTUAL COST, AND THEN LIKE THE PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FOR THE BUDGET COMMITTEE SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS. IN THE NEXT. 
          WE CAN DEFINITELY WORK ON THAT. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUDGET SEASON. 
          YEAH. SO AS SOON AS I'M ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER THE PROPOSED CIP BUDGET,
I CAN, YOU KNOW, TURN MY ATTENTION TO PUTTING TOGETHER THOSE 
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KIND OF LOOKING BACK AT CURRENT PROJECTS OR THE PREVIOUS PROJECTS OF THE YEAR. 
          OKAY. AND WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GO BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES? I DID HAVE A QUESTION. 
          I'M SORRY. FORWARD FORWARD FORWARD FORWARD. ONE MORE,
ONE MORE. 
          OKAY. ONE MORE. I THINK ANOTHER ONE FORWARD. SORRY. 
          DID I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THAT YOU'RE DOING THE CIP BUDGET FOR 25,
26 THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE UNDER THE CITY FACILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, TAKING MONEY FROM POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ALLOCATE TO THE OTHER CATEGORIES. 
          OR DID I HEAR THAT WRONG? SO I WOULDN'T SAY TAKING MONEY FROM THEM,
JUST MONEY THAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY BE PUTTING TOWARDS THEIR FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE NO LONGER GOING TO ALLOCATE TOWARDS THE POLICE STATIONS OR THE FIRE STATIONS BECAUSE
OF MEASURE FP. 
          COMING UP, WE'VE STILL GIVEN THEM YOU KNOW, SUFFICIENT IMPROVEMENTS,
NOT IMPROVEMENTS, BUT MAINTENANCE, I WOULD SAY OVER THE LAST THIS YEAR, JUST TO MAKE SURE THEIR QUARTERS ARE LIVABLE BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY, ESPECIALLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY GOT TO LIVE THERE. SO WE HAVE DONE SOME MAINTENANCE
TO THEIR LIVING QUARTERS TO BRING THEM UP, BECAUSE IT'LL BE SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE CONSTRUCTION OBVIOUSLY IS COMPLETED. 
          SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE AN ADEQUATE PLACE TO,
RESIDE AS THEY AS THEY WORK. 
          AND YOU SAID IT'S MEASURE W THAT THE REASON WHY YOU DECIDED TO REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS? NO MEASURE FP THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS. OH MEASURE FP. OKAY. CORRECT. 
          ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU KNOW APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH MONEY THAT IS? MEASURE FP ? NO, NO THE ALLOCATION. WE WERE TYPICALLY PUTTING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 300 TO
$500,000. 
          DO THEY HAVE ANY OR I GUESS THE COUNCIL TOMORROW WILL PROBABLY DECIDE WHAT THEY'LL DO WITH
THAT. 
          CORRECT. WE WILL. YOU KNOW, WE WILL PROPOSE THE BUDGET TO THE COUNCIL,
THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          AND THEN OBVIOUSLY AT THAT POINT IT'S THEIR BUDGET AND THEY WILL,
YOU KNOW, MAKE THEIR ULTIMATE MOTION TO APPROVE OR MAKE CHANGES. 
          SO WHEN, APPROXIMATELY YOU THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WITH
THOSE NUMBERS? FOR PROJECTS LIKE CURRENT PROJECTS THAT ARE IN CONSTRUCTION THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED. 
          WHAT COMMISSION ER JESTE WAS [INAUDIBLE]. I DON'T HOLD ME TO ANYTHING,
BUT I HAVE TO, I MEAN. 
          I DON'T WANT TO FORGET. I WANT TO PUT IT ON A SCHEDULE. 
          SO PROBABLY ONCE WE GET THROUGH BUDGET, WHICH IS THROUGH JUNE,
WE CAN TURN ATTENTION TO THAT. 
          AND SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER. OKAY. SO AUGUST MEETING. 
          WE CAN PUT TENTATIVELY PUT THAT FOR AUGUST. YES. 
          TENTATIVELY. OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT WE, YOU KNOW,
IT DOESN'T FALL OFF. 
          OKAY. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. YEAH. I KNOW IT'S ONLY BEEN LIKE,
SIX MONTHS SINCE THE ELECTION, BUT JUST TO REMIND US, MEASURE FP WAS THE ONE THAT WAS THAT WAS GOING TO BE AN ADD ON TO
THE PROPERTY TAXES, RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY. AND SO WHAT IS THE PROJECTED REVENUE THAT MEASURE FP WILL GENERATE? SO IT'S APPROVED $93.5 MILLION. SO AND THAT'S. 
          THAT IS FOR TWO NEW FIRE STATIONS, A NEW POLICE STATION AND A RENOVATION OF THE POLICE
ANNEX, WHICH IS THEN THAT'LL COVER ALL OF THOSE EXPENSES,
PLENTY OF WHICH ALLOWS THEN THE UTILIZING THOSE OTHER FUNDS TO OTHER PURPOSES. 
          AND TO BE FRANK, THERE'S NOT MANY OF THOSE FUNDS IN THE NEXT,
IN THE NEXT, IN THE NEXT YEAR. 
          [LAUGHTER] OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL, I'LL MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          SECOND THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR? THIS WILL BE A ROLL CALL. 
          ROLL CALL. WE DO HAVE SOMEONE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU'RE. 
          AND I DO HAVE ONE PERSON ON ZOOM. BUT THEIR HANDS NOT RAISED. 
          SO IF YOU WANT TO RAISE YOUR HAND AND SPEAK NOW,
YOU MIGHT WANT TO OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          HI [INAUDIBLE]. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP? DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO. NO ONE ON ZOOM AT THIS POINT. AND LET ME DOUBLE. 
          CHECK. A SECOND. SORRY, I DID NOT HAVE THE AGENDA OPEN. 
          SO LET ME JUST DOUBLE CHECK OUR PUBLIC OUR ECOMMENTS. 
          OH, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WAS. THERE'S. ONE 
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ECOMMENT. NO. ACTUALLY, THE ECOMMENT WAS ON THE BLUE FOLDER ITEM. 
          THE FIRST ONE. SORRY. THAT WAS. THAT'S FOR A DIFFERENT. 
          THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE BUDGET IT'S FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND
SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. 
          SO THERE'S NO COMMENTS OFFICIALLY. THANK YOU. 
          SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO RECEIVE AND FILE. 
          ALL WE CAN DO. LET'S DO ALL. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? NO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          [G. ADJOURN JOINT MEETING OF THE PUBLIC WORKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMISSION]
WE JUST NEED NOW MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING OF JOINT COMMISSIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. START OFF WITH ROLL CALL. 
          [H. CALL MEETING TO ORDER]
COMMISSIONER SIMPSON. I AM HERE. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. 
          HERE. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. HERE. COMMISSIONER BEELI. 
          HERE. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER TSAO. 
          ABSENT. CHAIRPERSON ARRATA. PRESENT. THANK YOU. 
          BLUE FOLDER ITEMS. THERE ARE BLUE FOLDER ITEMS FOR ITEMS P1,
P2 AND P3. 
          [K. BLUE FOLDER ITEMS - ADDITIONAL BACK UP MATERIALS]
ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION TO FILE THOSE BLUE FOLDER ITEMS? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CONSENT CALENDAR 
          [L. CONSENT CALENDAR]
ITEMS. BUSINESS ITEMS EXCEPT THOSE FORMERLY NOTICED FOR PUBLIC HEARING OR DISCUSSION,
ARE ASSIGNED TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 
          THE COMMISSION MEMBERS MAY REQUEST THAT ANY CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM BE REMOVED,
DISCUSSED, AND ACTED UPON SEPARATELY. 
          ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR WILL BE TAKEN UP UNDER THE CONSENT CALENDAR
SECTION BELOW. 
          THOSE ITEMS REMAINING ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR WILL BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION FOLLOWING
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
          APPROVE AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MEETINGS. 
          APPROVE THE PUBLIC WORKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MEETINGS FOR THE MARCH 24,
2025 REGULAR MEETING. 
          RECEIVE AND FILE PUBLIC WORKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION APPROVED PROJECTS STATUS. 
          UPDATES. RECEIVE AND FILE THE MONTHLY UPDATE TO THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          THREE YEAR GOALS AND SIX MONTH OBJECTIVES ADOPTED BY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 8,
2024. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS. I'LL SECOND THAT. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE BEFORE WE DO THAT IF WE SEE IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC
COMMENT. 
          PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THERE IS, FOR THE RECORD. 
          THERE'S NO ONE RAISING THEIR HAND ON ZOOM. AND THERE'S NO ECOMMENTS FOR THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. 
          SO WE HAVE A SECOND. YOU CAN TAKE THE VOTE NOW. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. EXCLUDED CONSENT CALENDAR. 
          THERE ARE NONE. THERE'S NONE. OKAY. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON AGENDA ITEMS. 
          [N. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS]
THIS SECTION IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT
ON ANY SUBJECT THAT DOES NOT APPEAR ON THIS AGENDA FOR ACTION. 
          THE SUBJECT IS LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE AFFORDED THREE MINUTES TO
ADDRESS THE COMMISSION. 
          EACH SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ONLY ONCE. 
          WRITTEN REQUESTS, IF ANY, WILL BE CONSIDERED FIRST UNDER THIS SECTION. 
          PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS FOR THIS ITEM AND THERE'S
NO ONE ON ZOOM RAISING THEIR. THERE ACTUALLY IS SOMEONE RAISING THEIR HAND ON ZOOM IF YOU'D LIKE
MARK NELSON, YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I HAD TO USE MY PHONE BECAUSE I WAS HAVING
TROUBLE WITH YOUR FEED BEING CHOPPY. YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. YEAH. HOLD ON NOW. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY. SORRY, I DON'T HAVE ANY AUDIO AT ALL FROM YOU. 
          OKAY. NOW, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, AND I CAN EVEN HEAR YOU. 
          THAT'S GOOD. OKAY, SO HERE WE GO. IN A SCANT 18 MONTHS,
BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT PLANS TO BEGIN DEMOLITION ON THE HOSPITAL DESPITE A 20 POINT REJECTION OF FUNDING BY ITS VOTER OWNERS ON MEASURE BC. 
          [00:55:04]
THAT'S QUITE THE SNUB TO THE WILL OF THE VOTERS. 
          FROM LATE 2026 THROUGH 2027, BEACH CITIES CONTRACTORS WILL CREATE TRAFFIC NOISE
PARTICULATES, VIBRATION AND HALF THE DISPOSE OF A NUMBER OF TOXICS,
INCLUDING ASBESTOS, INDUSTRIAL POWER, PLANT WASTE FROM THEIR COGEN. DID YOU SAY SOMETHING? I'M SORRY. NO. OH, THANKS. I JUST IT SOUNDED LIKE. 
          I'M. LIKE I SAID, IT'S A LOUSY CONNECTION HERE. 
          MEDICAL, MEDICAL BIOHAZARD, MEDICAL NUCLEAR WASTE,
BURIED FUEL TANKS AND CONTAMINATED SOIL DURING ITS 400 FOOT LONG, $2 MILLION BIKE LANE PROJECT THAT WAS 5000 A FOOT,
WHICH, IN FACT, WOULD MAKE YOUR SIDEWALK 200 K IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE. 
          BEACH CITY QUEUED UP HEAVY TRUCKS ON DIAMOND AND PROSPECT FRONTAGES FROM 400 TO 600. 
          DUE TO A LACK OF ADVANCED PLANNING AND NO OVERSIGHT,
THAT CANNOT BE THE CASE FROM 2026 TO 2028. 
          BEACH CITIES IS ALSO PROPOSING 200 UNITS OF SENIOR HOUSING ON THE SITE,
LIKE THE UNNECESSARY HOSPITAL DEMO THAT WILL DAMAGE THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          HOWEVER, THIS TIME THE DAMAGE WILL BE FOR 5 TO 10 YEARS INTO THE 2030S. 
          ALL THE SAME ISSUES WILL OCCUR AGAIN, EXCEPT ON A MUCH LARGER SCALE WITH TOXIC SOIL
REMOVAL FOOTINGS, PILE DRIVERS, HUNDREDS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS NEEDING DAILY PARKING SIX DAYS A WEEK,
AND QUEUING OF INBOUND AND OUTBOUND CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT. 
          NO ONE EXPECTED THAT EVEN BEACH CITIES COULD TAKE NEARLY A YEAR TO DO A MERE 400 FOOT BIKE
PATH. 
          NOR COULD WE EVER HAVE IMAGINED THAT THEY COULD HAVE PLUGGED UP THE SURROUNDING STREETS
WITH IDLING DIESEL TRUCKS. 
          NOW THAT WE HAVE DIRECT EXPERIENCE, WE CAN'T ALLOW BEACH CITIES TO DESTROY THE HEALTH AND
QUALITY OF LIFE FOR A YEAR AND A HALF WITH DEMO, OR 5 TO 10 YEARS WITH CONSTRUCTION. I URGE THE COMMISSION AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO
INTERVENE EARLY AND SEEK INPUT FROM THE SURROUNDING ONE HALF MILE OF NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE ALREADY LOST $125 MILLION IN PROPERTY VALUE DUE TO THEIR
PROXIMITY OF BEACH CITIES BEFORE APPROVING ANY PERMITS OR TRAFFIC PLANS FOR BEACH CITIES ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU. THERE'S NO ONE ELSE ON ZOOM. OKAY. CONTINUE ITEMS CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS AGENDAS. 
          ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION. 
          [P. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION]
INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT RIPLEY HUNTINGTON PERKINS. 
          GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. JESSE IF YOU COULD PULL UP MY PRESENTATION. 
          SO THIS IS A FOLLOW UP DISCUSSION OF THE INTERSECTION OF RIPLEY,
HUNTINGTON AND PERKINS. 
          AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, THE COMMISSION DISCUSSED THIS LAST MONTH,
BUT ALSO CONSIDERED AN ALL WAY STOP, WHICH BACK IN 2023, WHICH THE COUNCIL APPROVED. 
          SO HERE'S AN AERIAL IMAGE OF THE SORT OF TRIANGULAR INTERSECTION FORMED BY RIPLEY,
PERKINS AND HUNTINGTON WITH ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL TO THE SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION. 
          LAST MONTH, THE COMMISSION AND STAFF DISCUSSED LONG TERM IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS,
TO THIS INTERSECTION. 
          BOTH HUNTINGTON LANE AND PERKINS LANE ARE IN DESIGN FOR RESIDENTIAL STREET REHAB. 
          SO AT THE COMMISSION MEETING IN 2023, THE COMMISSION DISCUSSED LONG TERM IMPROVEMENTS TO
THIS AREA WHEN AS PART OF OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO WE ARE HERE AT THIS TIME. AND AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING,
CITY STAFF PRESENTED A PROPOSED CHANGES BASED ON RESIDENT INPUT. 
          I BELIEVE ONE OF THE AREA RESIDENTS HAD SOME QUESTIONS,
HAD SOME OPPOSITION TO WHAT STAFF ORIGINALLY PROPOSED. 
          SO THE COMMISSION CHOSE TO CONTINUE THAT ITEM TO THIS MONTH. 
          IN THAT TIME, SINCE WE HAVE TALKED WITH THE RESIDENT,
DONE SOME ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS AND SITE VISITS, AND HAVE COME UP WITH A REVISED SOLUTION. SO HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE EXISTING ISSUES
AND WHY WE ARE CONSIDERING LONG TERM CHANGES HERE. THIS WHOLE AREA IS TECHNICALLY AN ALWAYS STOP. 
          THE WESTBOUND AND EASTBOUND RIPLEY STOP APPROACHES ARE 130FT AWAY FROM EACH OTHER. 
          COMPARED TO THE EASTBOUND RIPLEY AND THE SOUTHBOUND PERKINS APPROACHES ARE ONLY 35FT AWAY
FROM EACH OTHER. 
          IT IS NOT IMMEDIATELY APPARENT THAT ALL THREE OF THESE APPROACHES ARE IN THE SAME ALL WAYS
STOP. 
          AND IT'S UNCLEAR THAT EASTBOUND STOP SIGN AT HUNTINGTON. 
          YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT STOP APPROACH PLAY INTO THE PICTURE HERE? THERE'S ALSO AN UNNECESSARY AMOUNT OF ROADWAY AREA THAT INVITES CONFUSION AND UNDESIRED
TRAVEL PATHS AND PEOPLE GOING THE WRONG WAY. 
          [01:00:02]
SO WE STAFF ORIGINALLY PROPOSED HUNTINGTON TO BE ONE WAY WESTBOUND TO REMOVE THAT SKEWED
STOP AT RIPLEY. 
          BUT THE RESIDENT WAS CONCERNED AT 2701 THAT THEIR DRIVEWAY,
SINCE IT OPENS UP RIGHT ONTO ONTO HUNTINGTON LANE, THAT A VEHICLE COULD ENTER IF THEY WERE GOING WESTBOUND,
AND THE RESIDENT FROM THAT DRIVEWAY COULD NOT SEE THAT VEHICLE COMING IN. 
          AND THEN I BELIEVE THE COMMISSION PROVIDED ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON ON THIS CONCEPT AT THE
PREVIOUS MEETING. 
          AND SO HERE IS OUR REVISED SOLUTION. SO WE INTEND TO KEEP THE DIRECTIONS OF THE STREET THE
SAME. 
          SO KEEPING THE, SAME EASTBOUND ONE WAY ON HUNTINGTON LANE. 
          BUT EXPANDING THAT ISLAND WITH, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS SOME NATIVE PLANTINGS,
ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS THERE TO REALLY SHOW WHAT THE DESIRED VEHICLE PATHS ARE. SO WE WILL BE MOVING THE WESTBOUND STOP SIGN ON RIPLEY CLOSER
TO THE INTERSECTION AT PERKINS. 
          SQUARING UP THAT INTERSECTION SO THAT EACH APPROACH IS HOPEFULLY MORE 90 DEGREES TO EACH
OTHER. 
          USING CURB EXTENSIONS TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE TURNS AND PROVIDE THE NECESSARY SPACE FOR
CURB RAMPS. 
          HERE IN THESE GREEN RECTANGLES, WE'RE SHOWING THE PARKING SPACES THAT WILL BE KEPT AS PART
OF THIS PROHIBITING CONTINUING TO PROHIBIT PARKING ALL ALONG THE ISLAND. STAFF ORIGINALLY PROPOSED THIS ISLAND TO BE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER TO FIT SOME
PARKED CARS ALONG THAT ISLAND. 
          BUT AFTER HEARING FEEDBACK FROM FROM THE RESIDENT THAT PARKING IS,
YOU KNOW, NOT IN, IN HIGH DEMAND. 
          SO WE WE'RE PROPOSING TO KEEP THAT PARKING PROHIBITED JUST TO MAXIMIZE THE VISIBILITY IN
THIS AREA AND FOR HUNTINGTON LANE, NARROWING THAT APPROACH. AND IT'S NOT VERY APPARENT FROM THIS GRAPHIC RIGHT HERE,
BUT INFORMING THE DESIGNER FOR THIS PROJECT TO CURVE IN THAT STOP APPROACH SO THAT IT'S MORE SQUARED UP WITH RIPLEY. 
          BUT NOT PART. NOT PART OF THE ALL WAYS STOP AT THIS,
AT THIS INTERSECTION. 
          SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BENEFITS TO THIS, YOU KNOW,
OPPORTUNITIES FOR, LESS IMPERVIOUS SURFACES, CONSOLIDATING THE CROSSWALKS. IT PRESERVES A PARKING SPACE NEXT TO 2701 HUNTINGTON IN
FRONT OF THEIR OWN HOUSE. 
          AND NOT IF WE FLIP THE DIRECTION OF THE STREET. 
          WE WOULD HAVE TO GET RID OF IT. THERE WAS ALSO DISCUSSION ABOUT ADDING AN ADDITIONAL
CROSSWALK ACROSS RIPLEY TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF RIPLEY. STAFF LOOKED INTO THIS, AND DO NOT RECOMMEND IT AT THIS TIME BECAUSE THAT
WOULD REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL RAMP ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RIPLEY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THIS REHABILITATION PROJECT. 
          SO WE START RUNNING INTO SOME ISSUES WITH, THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE. 
          IN ADDITION, THERE ARE NO SCHOOL ENTRANCES ON THAT SIDE OF PERKINS,
THE ENTRANCE TO ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL IS CLOSER TO FELTON. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE THIS PICTURE HERE, THERE'S A CROSSING GUARD THERE THAT DOES,
IN MY OPINION, A VERY GOOD JOB OF CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO DIRECT A LOT OF THE PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS WHO A RE CROSSING
THERE. 
          AS PART OF A SEPARATE PROJECT THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING IN ITEM P .3,
THE METRO ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT. 
          WE WILL BE INSTALLING A RAISED CROSSWALK. WE'RE PROPOSING A RAISED CROSSWALK MIXED USE
PATH CROSSING AT INGLEWOOD. 
          SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL MAKE THAT CROSSING BETTER SAFETY AT THAT CROSSING. 
          AND SO WE BELIEVE AT THIS TIME THAT WE DO NOT NEED OR WANT TO ENCOURAGE ADDITIONAL SCHOOL
CROSSINGS AT PERKINS WHERE, THERE ISN'T REALLY A SCHOOL ENTRANCE. SO HERE ARE THE AVAILABLE ALTERNATIVES. 
          IF THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THIS DESIGN CONCEPT,
WE WILL WORK WITH THE PROJECT'S CONSULTANT TO FINALIZE THE PLANS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL STREET REHAB PROGRAM FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE. 
          AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. 
          FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. I WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND YOUR EFFORT FOR WORKING WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND COMING UP WITH A COLLABORATIVE SOLUTION THAT EVERYONE IS, YOU KNOW, THEORETICALLY ON BOARD WITH. SO WELL DONE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT KIND OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP THAT'S REALLY VALUABLE. 
          I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, YOU SAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING THERE'S A PLAN FOR A NEW
MARKED CROSSWALK AT RIPLEY AND INGLEWOOD. 
          SO THEREFORE THE CHALLENGE WITH PUTTING THE CROSSWALK RIGHT THERE. 
          BUT THE CROSSING GUARD WILL REMAIN AT ITS AT THE EXISTING LOCATION WHERE THEY'RE CURRENTLY
CROSSING THE CHILDREN. 
          RIGHT? I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT. THE CROSSING GUARD IS PROBABLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT THE
INTERSECTION, SINCE THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE COMING DOWN ON THEIR
BIKE. 
          I DON'T KNOW OF ANY PLANS TO MOVE THAT CROSSING GUARD. 
          BUT I THINK WITH THE CROSSING GUARD AT FELTON AND THEN THE PROPOSED RAISED CROSSWALK AT
INGLEWOOD, THOSE WILL PROBABLY REPRESENT THE TWO DESIRED LOCATIONS FOR CROSSING RIPLEY. 
          [01:05:04]
GOT IT. THANKS. OKAY. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. YEAH,
I WAS GOING TO SAY I'M GLAD WE DELAYED THIS DISCUSSION ANOTHER MONTH. WE INTENTIONALLY DID THAT. RIGHT. BECAUSE YOU WERE NOT AVAILABLE
LAST MONTH. AND WE REALLY WANTED TO GET YOUR INPUT. 
          AND ALSO WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO DIGEST THE RESIDENTS INPUT AS WELL. 
          SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD COMPROMISE AND REASSESSMENT OF THAT INFORMATION. 
          MY QUESTION IS THAT THE BULB OUTS ON RIPLEY IS THE PURPOSE. 
          NOW, IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A CROSSING ACROSS RIPLEY TO HAVE JUST TO KIND OF MAYBE
MITIGATE SPEED. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND DO WE SEE A LOT OF ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE OF PEOPLE JAYWALKING
ACROSS RIPLEY IN THIS AREA? I'M SURE THERE'S NO TRAFFIC COUNTS OR PEDESTRIAN COUNTS. WE DON'T HAVE HARD DATA FOR THIS. 
          TECHNICALLY, THIS IS STILL A LEGAL CROSSWALK,
SO PEDESTRIANS ARE WELCOME TO CROSS THERE. I THINK IF A PEDESTRIAN WERE TO CROSS THERE THAT CROSSING IS STILL SHORTENED SO THAT IS STILL A NET BENEFIT EVEN IF WE ARE NOT
PROVIDING A RAMP THERE. 
          BUT I THINK IF IT STARTS TO BECOME AN ISSUE,
IF WE NEED TO PUT UP SIGNAGE TELLING PEOPLE TO FORMALLY CLOSE THAT CROSSWALK, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER LATER. PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THERE IS NO ONE ON ZOOM, AND LET ME JUST DOUBLE CHECK IF THERE'S ANY ECOMMENTS. 
          THERE IS NO ECOMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. 
          I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. 
          I WOULD SECOND THAT. ALL IN FAVOR? I THINK WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL. 
          COMMISSIONER SIMPSON. AYE. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. 
          AYE. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. AYE. COMMISSIONER BEELI. 
          AYE. CHAIR ARRATA. AYE. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. 
          MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION OF TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES ON PROSPECT FRONTAGE ROAD 500 TO 600
BLOCK. 
          SO SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS ITEM. THERE WAS A DISTRICT THREE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WITH
COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC BACK IN DECEMBER 2024. 
          THERE WERE SOME RESIDENT CONCERNS ABOUT SPEEDING SAFETY AND CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC ON THE
PROSPECT FRONTAGE ROAD. 
          SO THIS IS AS YOU CAN SEE BELOW, THIS IS A FRONTAGE ROAD ON PROSPECT THAT AS YOU GO RIGHT
ON THIS IMAGE, YOU'RE GOING SOUTH EAST, SOUTH SOUTHBOUND ON AND PROSPECT. 
          THIS FRONTAGE ROAD STARTS SOUTH OF BERYL AND ENDS AT DIAMOND. 
          THESE ARROWS SHOW THE DIRECTIONALITY OF THE STREET OF THAT FRONTAGE ROAD. 
          IT IS TWO WAY FROM THE TOP UP TO THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL WITH BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT AND
ONE WAY NORTHBOUND FROM DIAMOND TO THAT SIGNAL. 
          BESIDES THOSE CONCERNS ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD,
THERE WERE ALSO CONCERNS ABOUT SPEEDING AND SAFETY ON THE MAINLINE OF PROSPECT. 
          SO BIG PROSPECT, THE MAIN, THE MAINLINE OF THE STREET. 
          WE COLLECTED DATA IN ADVANCE OF THAT MEETING THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU IN THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          THERE WAS ALSO CONCERNS ABOUT AMBULANCE SIREN NOISE VISUAL AND NOISE IMPACTS FROM THE
FRONTAGE, MEDIAN SHRUBS. SO HISTORICALLY, THERE WERE A LINE OF SHRUBS THAT WERE SEPARATING THE
MAINLINE AND THE FRONTAGE ROAD. 
          AND DUE TO DISEASE AND DROUGHT THOSE, THOSE SHRUBS HAVE HAD TO BE TAKEN AWAY. 
          THERE WAS ALSO A DESIRE FOR CRASH PROTECTIVE MEASURES SUCH AS K-RAIL OR A SOUND WALL TO
MITIGATE NOISE OR POTENTIAL ERRANT DRIVER DEPARTURES FROM MAINLINE PROSPECT. 
          SINCE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, TWO SAMPLE PLANTS WERE INSTALLED. 
          TIME IS NECESSARY TO GROW THOSE PLANTS, SO WE'RE SEEING HOW THOSE HOLD UP. 
          ENGINEERING IS RESEARCHING THE COST AND FEASIBILITY FOR ANY SOUND OR CRASH MITIGATION
DEVICES. 
          THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
ISN'T, YOU KNOW, COMMON IN REDONDO BEACH. SO WE'RE TAKING OUR TIME TO RESEARCH THE STANDARDS AND
CRITERIA AND REQUIREMENTS FOR ANY TYPE OF ATTENUATION DEVICES ALONG THE FRONTAGE ROAD. THE DISTRICT 3 COUNCILMEMBER ALSO REQUESTED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
TO REDUCE SIREN NOISE IF POSSIBLE. 
          REQUESTED POLICE DEPARTMENT ENFORCEMENT, I BELIEVE THEY PUT OUT A RADAR TRAILER FOR
MAINLINE PROSPECT, AND A NOTE ABOUT THE DATA FOR MAINLINE FOR THE MAINLINE OF PROSPECT. 
          WE MEASURED ABOUT 16,000 VEHICLES PER DAY, AND THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED WAS 42MPH. 
          ANY TYPE OF, YOU KNOW VERY EFFECTIVE COUNTERMEASURES ENGINEERING COUNTERMEASURES WOULD
PROBABLY REQUIRE SOME COUNCIL ACTION AND OVERALL CORRIDOR STUDY. 
          SO WE'RE NOT DOING SPOT TREATMENTS ALONG ONE BLOCK LIKE WE MIGHT TYPICALLY DO FOR A LOCAL
RESIDENTIAL STREET. 
          [01:10:06]
SO, SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THOSE ITEMS. THIS AGENDA ITEM IS SPECIFIC TO TRAFFIC
RELATED MEASURES ALONG THE FRONTAGE ROAD. 
          SO THAT WHAT THAT ENTAILS IS A SPEED CUSHION REQUEST AND A REFERRAL FROM THE COUNCILMEMBER
FOR THE SPEED, THE CITY SPEED CUSHION POLICY AND FRONTAGE ROAD ACCESS CONTROL MODIFICATIONS A TRIAL
MEASURE THAT STAFF IS PROPOSING. 
          AND SO NOTICE OF THIS ITEM WAS PROVIDED TO ALL THE FRONTAGE ROAD RESIDENTS AND THE
PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          IF THE PROPERTY OWNERS WERE DIFFERENT THAN THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE PER THE CITY'S SPEED
CUSHION POLICY. 
          SO JUST SOME GENERAL OVERVIEW ON THE SPEED CUSHION REQUEST AFTER THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING
IN DECEMBER. 
          STAFF PROVIDED THE COUNCILMEMBER AND THE RESIDENTS THE SPEED CUSHION POLICY. 
          SIGNATURE FORMS THE TYPICAL PACKAGE OF MATERIALS WE PROVIDE TO RESIDENTS WHEN WE GET THESE
REQUESTS. 
          THERE ARE 27 RESIDENCES ON THE BLOCK. WE RECEIVED 18 OF THOSE SIGNATURES. 
          SO THAT'S OVER TWO THIRDS. WE ALSO VERIFIED ALL THOSE SIGNATURES AGAINST THE CITY'S
PROPERTY OWNER DATABASE, OR COLLECTED A PROOF OF RESIDENCY VIA A UTILITY BILL. 
          SO WE PASSED THE RESIDENT SUPPORT PHASE. AFTER THAT,
WE CONDUCTED AN ENGINEERING STUDY FOR THE SPEED CUSHION POLICY. 
          SEVEN DAYS OF SPEED AND VOLUMES WERE COLLECTED ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD. 
          THESE ARE 24 HOUR DAYS IN FEBRUARY. AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE,
THE FRONTAGE ROAD MEETS GENERAL SPEED CUSHION CRITERIA SUCH AS BEING CLASSIFIED AS A LOCAL RESIDENTIAL STREET. IT'S NOT ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S CRITICAL EMERGENCY ACCESS ROUTES. 
          THE SLOPES ARE NOT TOO STEEP WITH A PRIMA FACIE SPEED OF 25MPH. 
          HOWEVER, THIS THE STREET, THE FRONTAGE ROAD DOES NOT MEET THE 32 MILE PER HOUR THRESHOLD
FOR THAT THAT IS REQUIRED IN THE CITY'S SPEED CUSHION POLICY. 
          THESE SPEEDS WERE COLLECTED IN TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ALONG THE FRONTAGE ROAD. STAFF
CONSIDERS THOSE TWO LOCATIONS TO BE PROBABLY THE POINT OF THE FRONTAGE ROAD THAT WOULD BE THE HIGHEST SPEEDS. WE ONLY MEASURED 22 OR 24MPH AS THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED. 
          85TH PERCENTILE MEANS THAT 15% OF THOSE DRIVERS,
15% OF DRIVERS ARE GOING FASTER THAN THAT, BUT 85% OF DRIVERS ARE GOING AT THAT SPEED OR BELOW. 
          HERE'S A TABLE OF THE SPEEDS THAT WERE COLLECTED ACROSS ALL SEVEN DAYS. 
          ONE AT 515 NORTH PROSPECT AND THE OTHER AT 603 NORTH PROSPECT. 
          SO PER THE CITY'S SPEED CUSHION POLICY STAFF IS UNABLE TO RECOMMEND SPEED CUSHIONS ALONG
THE FRONTAGE ROAD. 
          AFTER ARRIVING AT THAT ADMINISTRATIVE CONCLUSION,
WE INFORMED THE DISTRICT THREE COUNCILMEMBER WHO REFERRED THIS REQUEST TO THE COMMISSION FOR DISCUSSION. STAFF WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT NOT MEETING THESE POLICY THRESHOLDS IS
COMMON. 
          MOST OF THE REQUESTS WE GET FOR SPEED CUSHIONS DON'T EVEN PASS THE RESIDENT SUPPORT STAGE. 
          AND OF THE ONES THAT DO, NOT ALL OF THEM MEET THE SPEED THRESHOLD. 
          SO IN THE PAST YEAR, WE'VE GOTTEN THREE SEPARATE REQUESTS THAT DID MEET THAT RESIDENT
SUPPORT THRESHOLD BUT DIDN'T MEET THE SPEED THRESHOLD. 
          SO THOSE CASES WERE CLOSED AT THE STAFF LEVEL. 
          IF THE SPEED CUSHION POLICY THRESHOLDS WERE MET YOU KNOW,
IF STAFF WERE ABLE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THERE COULD BE THREE POTENTIAL LOCATIONS FOR THOSE SPEED CUSHIONS IF THE BLOCK WAS DIVIDED INTO ROUGHLY EQUIDISTANT SEGMENTS. 
          SO HERE THEY ARE ON THE MAP. AND I'M GOING TO PAUSE HERE AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE
MOVE ON TO THE ACCESS CONTROL MEASURES. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE DATA SHOWING THE VOLUME ON THE STREET? SO WE'RE AVERAGING LIKE 30 WHAT WE'RE SEEING DAILY VOLUMES 72 OR 75 VEHICLES A DAY. OKAY. YEAH. THEY I MEAN THAT'S RATHER LOW FROM THE OBSERVATIONS I GUESS. TWO QUESTIONS. DID YOU ACTUALLY SEE ONE OF THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY WAS A
KIND OF A CUT THROUGH ISSUE. 
          DID YOU ACTUALLY WAS THERE ANY WITNESSING OF LIKE VEHICLES ENTERING THE FRONTAGE ROAD,
GOING TO THE SIGNAL AND LIKE GETTING BACK ONTO PROSPECT OR EVEN WORSE, IF THEY CHOOSE TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, NOT COMPLY WITH THE DO NOT ENTER SIGN AND LIKE. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THAT DATA. I THINK THE DATA THAT WE REQUESTED AT THOSE TWO LOCATIONS WAS
JUST A SIMPLE TUBE MEASUREMENT OF SPEED AND VOLUMES. 
          GOT IT. THAT'S WHAT WE TYPICALLY COLLECT AS,
AS PART OF THE SPEED CUSHION POLICY. 
          I KNOW THERE IS SOME CAPABILITY TO TRACK VEHICLES ENTERING AND WHERE THEY GO,
BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT DATA IS, IS A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE IT REQUIRES THE TECHNICIAN TO TRACK EVERY SINGLE
VEHICLE THAT COMES THROUGH. 
          I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS SO I MEAN,
RELATIVELY SPEAKING, YOU KNOW, THESE KIND OF VOLUMES FOR AN ENTIRE DAY ARE PRETTY LOW. 
          [01:15:03]
THEY ARE. AND SO I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW,
OF OUR PAST SPEED CUSHION REQUESTS, YOU KNOW, NORTH PAULINA, NORTH MARIA, THOSE ALL THOSE STREETS IN DISTRICT TWO,
WE'VE GOTTEN ABOUT 500 CARS PER DAY. 
          YOU'VE SEEN MEYER LANE, ABOUT 3000 VEHICLES PER DAY. 
          SO SO THIS ONE, COMPARATIVELY, IS A LOT LOWER. 
          RIGHT. AND SO IF WE'VE GOT, LIKE, VERY LOW VOLUMES,
THEN IT MIGHT NOT BE A SIGNIFICANT CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC ISSUE. 
          AND THEN IF THERE'S NO SPEEDING ISSUE THEN IT'S NOT LIKE THE SPEED CUSHIONS WOULD HELP
DETER A CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC PROBLEM. 
          SO I'M JUST I GUESS I'M JUST KIND OF TALKING THIS OUT TO AGREE WITH THE STAFF
RECOMMENDATION OF, YOU KNOW, IF IT DOESN'T MEET, IT DOESN'T MEET PARTICULARLY WITH THIS DATA SET. 
          YEAH. WE DON'T HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS JUST BECAUSE OF BECAUSE OF THE CITY'S
POLICY. 
          THE CONCLUSION OF THE STUDY. YEAH, I WILL SAY THAT IF YOU'RE GOING SOUTHBOUND ON PROSPECT, THERE ISN'T MUCH POTENTIAL FOR CUT THROUGH SINCE YOU ENTER THE FRONTAGE ROAD AND THEN YOU
HIT THE BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT SIGNAL. 
          IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T OFFER THAT MUCH VALUE TO IT UNLESS YOU ARE DISOBEYING THE DO NOT
ENTER AND THEN EXITING ONTO DIAMOND, WHICH SPEED CUSHIONS LIKELY WOULD NOT PREVENT IF SOMEONE IS BLATANTLY IGNORING A DO NOT
ENTER SIGN. 
          THERE COULD BE SOME POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, VALUE TO CUT THROUGH IF IF THERE'S A DRIVER WHO'S
WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN FROM DIAMOND ONTO PROSPECT AND DECIDES TO USE THE FRONTAGE ROAD INSTEAD OF THE SIGNAL. BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL
AT DIAMOND PROSPECT IN THE BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT IS ON ONE CONTROLLER. SO THE GREEN LIGHT FOR THE BCHD DRIVEWAY AND THE FRONTAGE ROAD GOES AT THE
SAME TIME AS DIAMOND. 
          GOT IT. SO THEORETICALLY, IF SOMEONE WERE TO TURN FROM DIAMOND ONTO THE FRONTAGE ROAD,
YOU KNOW, THEY COULD THEY COULD GO TO THE BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT SIGNAL,
BUT THEY MIGHT CATCH THE RED THERE SO THEY WOULDN'T REALLY SAVE ANY TIME. 
          AND FROM OUR EXPERIENCE, THERE USUALLY HAS NOT BEEN A LOT OF LEFT TURN CONGESTION IN THAT
AREA. 
          RIGHT. THE LAST TRAFFIC VOLUMES WE TOOK IN THAT AREA,
THE LEFT TURNS FROM DIAMOND TO PROSPECT WERE NOT SUBSTANTIALLY HIGH WHICH IS WHY WE ACTUALLY REDUCED IT DOWN TO ONE LEFT TURN LANE RATHER THAN TWO LEFT TURN LANES,
WHICH WAS ACTUALLY A VIOLATION OF THE MUTCD. 
          SO FROM OUR ANECDOTAL EXPERIENCES IN THE DATA THAT WE HAVE IN THAT AREA THE CUT THROUGH
TRAFFIC PROBABLY IS NOT A MAJOR CONCERN. 
          IS THERE ANY ACCIDENT DATA? WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CRASH DATA ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD. 
          THERE IS THERE IS SOME HISTORY OF CRASHES ON THE MAINLINE. 
          AS IS TYPICAL FOR A STREET OF THAT FUNCTIONAL CLASS BUT NOT SPECIFIC TO THE FRONTAGE ROAD
THAT WE'VE SEEN. 
          OKAY. YOU SAID. I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. 
          YOU SAID THAT THERE'S BEEN A SECOND PART OF THIS WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT ACCESS,
LIKE MODIFYING ACCESS ISSUES HERE. 
          YES. OKAY. DO YOU WANT US TO MOVE TO THE SECOND PART OF THAT DISCUSSION OR. 
          NO, I MEAN, STILL FOCUS ON THE SPEED CUSHIONS FIRST. 
          I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. I'M SORRY IF I MISSED IT. 
          WHAT IS YOUR OBSERVATION TIME IS? FOR THESE SPEEDS AND VOLUMES. 
          SO THOSE TUBES WERE LAID DOWN FOR SEVEN DAYS. 
          SO IF YOU SEE ON THE CHARTS BETWEEN THE 18TH OF FEBRUARY TO THE 24TH,
AND THOSE TUBES WERE DOWN FOR 24 HOURS A DAY, SO IT'S CATCHING EVERY SINGLE VEHICLE FROM THE 18TH TO THE 24TH OF FEBRUARY AT ALL HOURS. 
          OH, SO THE SEVEN DAYS. YEAH. SEVEN TOTAL DAYS. 
          SEVEN TOTAL 24 HOUR DAYS. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE,
YOU KNOW THE VOLUMES A LITTLE BIT HIGHER DURING THE WEEKDAYS, A LITTLE BIT LOWER ON THE WEEKENDS, ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU SAID THERE'S A SECOND PART TO THIS SAME ITEM. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE US TO MOVE ON TO? YOU KNOW, RECOMMEND THOSE SPEED CUSHIONS FOR THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE IN VIOLATION OF THE
POLICY. 
          THAT'S CERTAINLY WITHIN THE COMMISSION'S. 
          WE DO . OKAY THAT IS WHAT I THOUGHT. 
          CONTROL ALONG THE FRONTAGE ROAD. WE'VE HEARD COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS ABOUT JUST THE NUMBER
OF TURNING MOVEMENTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS INTERSECTION. 
          SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE DIAMOND SIDE OF THE FRONTAGE ROAD,
IT'S A ONE WAY STREET AND A TWO WAY FOR THE SECTION OF THE FRONTAGE THAT'S CLOSER FROM BETWEEN BERYL AND THE BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT. 
          SO WHAT STAFF IS PROPOSING AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION AND TEST TRIAL IS TO PROHIBIT THIS
INBOUND ACCESS AT BCHD. 
          INBOUND ACCESS TO THE FRONTAGE ROAD WILL STILL BE PROVIDED AT THE NORTHERN END EITHER BY A
LEFT OR RIGHT TURN AND AT DIAMOND, TO COME INTO THE, INTO THE FRONTAGE ROAD. SO THIS WOULD REMOVE THAT EXTRA SORT OF THIRD
INBOUND OPTION HERE. 
          [01:20:05]
THERE IS SUFFICIENT SPACE IN THE FRONTAGE ROAD TO TEST THIS OUT,
SUCH AS PUTTING BARRICADES AND COVERING THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL POLES AND PUTTING THE APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE TO PROHIBIT INBOUND ACCESS HERE. 
          ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS IS JUST TO CREATE SOME EXTRA BREATHING ROOM FOR TO FOCUS THIS
ROADWAY SPACE ON VEHICLES THAT ARE EXITING. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S EASY TO TEST IF THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THIS AND,
THE COUNCIL APPROVES. 
          AND IT IS SUCCESSFUL AND THE COUNCIL APPROVES A PERMANENT SOLUTION. 
          THIS WOULD REQUIRE A CIP PROJECT TO MAKE THIS PERMANENT. 
          COMPARED TO THAT TEST AT RIPLEY PULLMAN THAT I THINK THE COMMISSION MAY RECALL,
THAT WAS A PRETTY EASY CHANGE THAT COULD BE MADE VIA STRIPING. 
          THIS WOULD REQUIRE SOME CURB AND GUTTER IMPROVEMENTS,
SOME SIGNAL MODIFICATIONS AS WELL. 
          SOME DOWNSIDES TO THIS IS THAT TYPICALLY ACCESS CONTROL MEASURES AFFECT THE RESIDENTS WHO
LIVE ON THAT BLOCK THE MOST. 
          WHILE IT MIGHT DETER SOME UNNECESSARY UNWANTED TRAFFIC OR VISITOR TRAFFIC THESE TYPES OF
MEASURES, YOU KNOW, ALL THE RESIDENTS ON THE BLOCK WHO ARE LIVING THERE DAY TO DAY HAVE TO HAVE TO
OBEY THESE AS WELL. 
          AND SO THAT MEANS ALL THE TRAFFIC HAS TO ENTER ON BERYL OR THE DIAMOND SIDES OF THE
FRONTAGE ROAD. 
          IT COULD ALSO INCREASE SOME CIRCUITOUS TRAFFIC ALONG CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE FRONTAGE ROAD
THAT ORIGINALLY MIGHT NOT HAVE OCCURRED. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, SOME VEHICLES MIGHT SOME DRIVERS WOULD HAVE TO GO AROUND THE BLOCK AND DRIVE
MOST OF THE FRONTAGE ROAD JUST TO GET TO THEIR HOMES. 
          SO STAFF DOESN'T HAVE A PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATION ON THIS EITHER. 
          BUT IT'S CERTAINLY A WORTHWHILE PROPOSAL THAT COULD BE TESTED IF THE COMMISSION CHOOSES TO
RECOMMEND THIS. 
          IS THAT THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION? YES IT IS. YEAH. 
          I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. YEAH. 
          YEAH. YES, PLEASE. COME ON UP. 
          I LIVE AT. IF YOU COULD COME TO THE MIC, PLEASE. 
          I LIVE AT 513. CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME? WHAT'S YOUR NAME. BERNARD DUBOIS, 513 PROSPECT AVENUE NORTH. 
          WELCOME. SO I LIVE RIGHT THERE WHERE YOUR ROAD'S CLOSED SIGN IS. THAT'S MY HOUSE. RIGHT
DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THAT. 
          I COULD GIVE YOU FREE EVALUATION OF WHO USES THAT STREET ON AND OFF AND HOW UNSAFE IT IS
FOR CYCLISTS, TOO. BECAUSE IF YOU ENTER FROM DIAMOND, AS A CYCLIST USUALLY DOES,
LIKE A KID IN THE MORNING AND THE SCHOOLS AND STUFF OR IN THE AFTERNOON, YOU HAVE ONE WAY GOING THIS WAY, BUT YOU HAVE U-TURNS,
AND THEY USE THAT ONE WAY TO GO BACK TO DIAMOND. 
          SO THEY DISREGARD, THEY DISREGARD THE SIGNS OF ONE WAY. 
          DO NOT ENTER. I OFTEN THOUGHT OF JUST PUTTING A BLINKING SIGN OR,
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND THEM THAT IT IS A ONE WAY BECAUSE THEY STOP, THEY LOOK AND THEY GET FROZEN. THEY DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S A ONE WAY BECAUSE IT'S SIGNS
REALLY HIGH. 
          SPEEDING. YEAH. THEY SPEED SOMETIMES. THE BIKES DO CARS. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY THE ONE TRANSITION THAT THEY DO IS THEY COME OFF A PROSPECT GOING SOUTH AND
THEY SEE A RED LIGHT ON DIAMOND. 
          THEY CUT THROUGH THE ONE WAY AND ENTER DIAMOND. 
          NOT IT'S A BLIND CORNER ENTER DIAMOND AND GO BACK OUT ON DIAMOND AND GO BACK OUT ON
PROSPECT. I SEE THAT QUITE A FEW TIMES. 
          CAMERAS. SOME OF OUR HOUSES HAVE CAMERAS, MAYBE CATCH IT. 
          SO. BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. SPEED BUMPS MIGHT SLOW THINGS DOWN. 
          DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, I'VE DRIVEN OVER THEM. THEY MAKE A LOT OF NOISE. 
          [LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A REALLY LOW CAR,
COULD CAUSE A PROBLEM FOR LOW CARS, YOU KNOW, RIDING CARS. BUT IT'S A TOUGH SITUATION FOR US. 
          I'VE LIVED THERE SINCE 2005. I BOUGHT A HOUSE THERE IN 2005 OR 4. 
          LIVED IN AVENUE F, GREW UP HERE IN REDONDO BEACH. 
          SO THAT MIGHT BE A TRIAL THAT'LL JUST CUT OFF THE STREET IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE,
AND THEN IT WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR SOME OF US TO GET INTO OUR PROPERTIES. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION IS. I THINK FRONTAGE OR FOLIAGE AND GUARDRAIL,
AS FAR AS SAFETY WISE, IT'S NEEDED ON THAT STREET. SOMETIMES I'VE SEEN ACCIDENTS WHERE THEY'VE HIT THE TELEPHONE
POLE, ROLLED THEIR CARS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET. 
          GUYS GOING TOO FAST? THERE WAS A GUY THAT FLEW COMPLETELY OUT OF HIS CAR,
AND THEY FOUND HIM IN THE BUSHES. 
          THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE HE WAS UNTIL LATER ON. 
          THERE SHOULD BE A RECORD OF THAT ACCIDENT SOMEWHERE. WE HAD A CAR ROLLOVER AT ONE TIME. 
          [01:25:02]
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE DATE WAS. ROLLOVER OFF OF PROSPECT AND TOOK OUT ONE OF THOSE
TREES. 
          AND OF COURSE, WHEN WE DID HAVE THE DROUGHT,
THE WATER GOT SHUT OFF AND ALL THOSE TREES DIED. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY KIND OF SLOWLY LOST, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THERE NOW. 
          YOU KNOW, WE COULD SEE THE STREETS AND, YOU KNOW,
LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO ENTER PROSPECT OFF OF OUR STREET. 
          WE CAN SEE WELL, BUT THAT'S JUST IT. THERE'S NOTHING THERE TO PROTECT IT,
YOU KNOW, PROTECT THE PARKED CARS OR PROTECT PEOPLE OR KIDS OR WHATEVER ON THAT STREET. 
          AND SOMETIMES THEY JUST GO FAST. NOT ALL THE TIME,
BUT THEY DO. 
          SO THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. TIME. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. HI, I'M JULIE HERNANDEZ. I'M AT 611 PROSPECT. MY FAMILY'S BEEN AT THAT RESIDENCE FOR OVER 40 YEARS,
AND I DID MOVE OUT BRIEFLY AND RENTED IT OUT FOR A SHORT TERM. 
          AND WHEN I CAME BACK, I WAS PRETTY SHOCKED TO SEE ALL OF THE SHRUBS AND BUSHES THAT WERE
JUST COMPLETELY DEAD. 
          FOR QUITE A WHILE, ACTUALLY. AND IT'S BEEN WELL OVER A YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN BACK. 
          AND IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING AND KIND OF DISCOURAGING TO SEE YOUR STREET JUST LOOK REALLY
DEVASTATED AND DEAD AND NEGLECTED. 
          I REMEMBER SEVERAL HOLIDAYS. CHRISTMAS WERE LIKE HUGE SHRUBS WERE JUST FELL OFF INTO THE
STREET, INTO MAIN PROSPECT, CAUSING ACCIDENTS, AND WE HAD FIRE TRUCKS ON OUR STREET. 
          AND THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHERE THE TREES ARE JUST LAYING DEAD IN THE STREET FOR
DAYS BEFORE WE HAVE TO CALL AND ASK THEM TO BE REMOVED. 
          SO I WOULD ASK THAT THE TREES AND THINGS THAT ARE BEING PLANTED,
THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT, YOU KNOW, AND PLANT LITTLE YOUNGLING SHRUBS OR TREES AND WAIT YEARS FOR THEM TO FILL IN,
BECAUSE I JUST REMEMBER, IT'S NICE TO HAVE THE PRIVACY, THE THICKNESS. 
          AS A WOMAN, I JUST FEEL KIND OF VULNERABLE OUT THERE DOING YARD WORK,
AND I CAN LITERALLY SEE ACROSS THE STREET IN BONDS OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DOING THEIR BUSINESS OR PRACTICALLY TO THE DOG PARK,
AND YOU JUST DON'T REALIZE IT UNTIL IT'S GONE. 
          WHEN YOU'RE USED TO HAVING A NICE PRIVATE STREET. 
          I WOULD ASK THAT WE PLANT SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DEVELOPED,
THAT'S A LITTLE FURTHER ALONG, THAT'S GOING TO FILL IN A LITTLE QUICKER. BECAUSE IT JUST LOOKS IT LOOKS TERRIBLE. IT'S NOT PRIVATE, AND IT JUST LEAVES ME FEELING KIND OF
VULNERABLE. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT CONSIDERATION. I KNOW WE CAN'T DO A BIG CINDER BLOCK FENCE. I'M SURE THAT'S HIGHLY EXPENSIVE. 
          GUARDRAILS ARE NOT REALLY ATTRACTIVE. BUT, YOU KNOW,
THE PICTURE THAT WAS SHARED WITH THAT WROUGHT IRON FENCE, YOU KNOW, COMBINED WITH THE TREES, I THINK WOULD BE VERY ATTRACTIVE AND INCREASE OUR
PROPERTY VALUE AS WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. SECOND STEP UP FOR A SECOND. 
          GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DARRYL BOYD. I'M AT 521 NORTH PROSPECT THERE FOR 32 YEARS NOW. 
          WAS VERY PRIVATE WHEN WE PURCHASED OUR HOME. THE SHRUBBERY AND EVERYTHING WAS KEPT UP
WELL, THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM WAS WORKING VERY GOOD PRIVACY. 
          EVEN THE OLD SOUTH BAY HOSPITAL WAS MUCH MORE QUIET THAN WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT
NOW. 
          A LOT MORE SIREN NOISE WITH THE I FORGET THE NAME OF THE SENIOR LIVING OFF THE RIGHT OFF
THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT WE'RE GETTING MUCH MORE AMBULANCE NOISE MORE
FREQUENTLY OVER THERE, JUST BLARING 3 OR 4 TIMES A DAY. AND I KNOW THAT PAIGE IS WORKING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
TO TRY TO GET THAT THAT WORK DONE. 
          BUT OUR PRIVACY IS DEFINITELY GONE. IN THE PAST YEAR,
EVEN WITH THE DEAD SHRUBBERY, IT DID MAINTAIN SOME PRIVACY FOR US AND EVEN A BIT OF A SOUND BARRIER. NOW WE HAVE NOTHING. 
          WE'RE LIVING IN AN ECHO CHAMBER OVER THERE. IT'S TERRIBLE. 
          IT'S JUST NONSTOP NOISE CIRCLING OUR HOMES OVER THERE. 
          WE'VE GOT SPEEDING CARS, WE'VE GOT LOUD EXHAUST,
WE'VE GOT BOOMING BASS. 
          JUST EVERYTHING. WE'RE BEING ANNIHILATED. CONSTANTLY WALK OUT OF YOUR HOUSE. 
          I LIKE TO WORK IN MY GARAGE. I'M A CAR GUY. CAN'T EVEN GO OUT THERE ANYMORE WITHOUT AN
AUDIENCE. 
          IT'S JUST IT'S GOTTEN THAT BAD. TRAFFIC HAS INCREASED. 
          SO WE'RE GETTING TRAFFIC BACKED UP FROM THE BEACH CITY SIGNAL BACK TO ABOUT 523,
I THINK MY. I'M AT 521, 523. WE GET TRAFFIC JUST SITTING IN FRONT OF OUR HOMES CELL PHONE
CONVERSATIONS BOOMING BASS, THE EXHAUST IDLING, JUST ALL OF IT. IT'S A NUISANCE. 
          IT'S GONE FROM BAD TO WORSE. SO WE APPRECIATE PAIGE. 
          SHE'S REALLY BEEN ON THIS AND BEEN INVOLVED AND MAYOR LIGHT AS WELL. 
          SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THINGS CAN BE EXPEDITED. 
          WE HAVE SEEN THE SAMPLE TREES AND SOME OF THAT GOING IN,
BUT IT'S REALLY WE'RE WATCHING. 
          WE'RE SEEING A FIRE HYDRANT PAINTED AND A RED CURB PAINTED,
BUT NOT MUCH ELSE AT THIS POINT. 
          [01:30:03]
AGAIN, LIKE JULIE SAID, WE'RE GOING ON A YEAR,
SO WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THINGS EXPEDITED STEPPED UP. 
          WE NEED OUR PRIVACY AND OUR PEACE BACK. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING AND HOPEFULLY WE
CAN GET THIS RESOLVED SOON. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE IS A HAND RAISED ON ZOOM IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE THAT. 
          SURE. MARK NELSON, YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF. YEAH,
WE'LL TRY IT AGAIN. 
          DOES THIS WORK? WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. GOOD DEAL. 
          I'M AT 511 NORTH PROSPECT. I'M ALSO DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE BEACH CITIES INTERSECTION. 
          I HAVE FILED A SORT OF COUNTER PROPOSAL AS A COMMENT ON SHUTTING OFF THE ENTRANCE TO THE
STREET AT B EACH CITIES. WE HAD NEVER EXPECTED THIS TO BE ONE OF THE OPTIONS. 
          SO WE'VE ALL BEEN KIND OF SCRATCHING OUR HEADS ON IT. 
          I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE TRYING TO STOP THE HARD LEFT TURNS THAT GO THE WRONG WAY DOWN THE
STREET. 
          DUE TO A CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, REDONDO POLICE HAD ADVISED ME TO PUT IN HEAVY SECURITY SYSTEM, SO I'VE GOT VIDEO OF THE WRONG WAY DRIVERS, THE TURNS,
THE ILLEGAL USE. 
          OBVIOUSLY, BIG PROSPECT DOESN'T ALLOW U-TURNS. 
          SO WHAT WINDS UP HAPPENING IS SOMEBODY STARTS A U-TURN AND THEN COMES WHIPPING THROUGH THE
ENTRANCE AND GOES THE WRONG WAY DOWN THE STREET. 
          BUT I HAD TOLD PAIGE, I'VE GOT HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF PEOPLE GOING THE WRONG WAY. 
          SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED SOMETHING THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE. 
          I'VE ALSO HAD EIGHT HIT AND RUNS ON CARS IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. 
          SIX CARS. EIGHT ACCIDENTS. I CAN TELL YOU WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY THAT COMING THROUGH THAT
T INTERSECTION, IT IS A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION. THE TURNS TO GO SOUTH ON BIG PROSPECT IS BASICALLY A
U-TURN IF YOU'RE COMING NORTH. AND IF YOU'RE COMING OFF OF BIG PROSPECT SOUTH TO GO NORTH ON THE FRONTAGE
ROAD IS BASICALLY A U-TURN. THOSE ARE BOTH VERY TIGHT TURNS. 
          THEY TAKE A LONG TIME TO NAVIGATE. PEOPLE DON'T STAY IN THEIR LANES. 
          BEACH CITIES TRAFFIC NEVER STAYS IN ITS OWN LANE. 
          SO CONSEQUENTLY, THEY COME OUT OF THEIR TWO LANES WIDE AND THEY TAKE UP BOTH SIDES OF
PROSPECT DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET OFF OF THE FRONTAGE. SO IT'S REALLY JUST BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION. 
          SO I WOULD URGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE COMMENTS I PUT IN DIAGRAMS. I'M THE WRONG KIND OF ENGINEER. I'M NOT A TRAFFIC OR A CIVIL. 
          SO I DIAGRAMED WHAT I COULD BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR WHAT WE CAN DO
THERE. 
          BUT I'M NOT COMPLETELY SURE THAT ANYBODY ON THE STREETS WILDLY SUPPORTIVE OF SHUTTING IT
DOWN, BUT I DON'T KNOW. THIS ALL JUST HIT US LAST WEEK,
AND SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS, I THINK, OF TRYING TO DIGEST IT AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THERE'S NO OTHER HANDS RAISED ON ZOOM, AND THERE'S NO COMMENTS. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE
FOLKS WHO JOINED US TONIGHT. 
          AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'M HEARING SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW,
TALKING TO RYAN, I'M HEARING THAT YOU KNOW, THERE'S MAYBE SOME CONCERNS OVER LACK OF COMPLIANCE FOR THE ONE WAY SEGMENT. 
          AND THEN THE NOISE ISSUE I'M NOT REALLY SEEING OR HEARING,
AT LEAST FOR TONIGHT, OTHER ISSUES THAT WOULD MAYBE NECESSITATE SPEED HUMPS. 
          AND WE DID HEAR ONE COMMENT AT THE END FOR ACCESS ISSUES. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU DO HAVE A PROTECTED LEFT TURN THERE. 
          SO IT IS A NICE PROTECTED, SAFE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S ALREADY THERE AT THE BEACH CITY
SIGNALS FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOING NORTH ON BIG, BIG PROSPECT TO, YOU KNOW, WANT TO GET ONTO LITTLE PROSPECT. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE SOME OTHER ENHANCEMENTS TO REALLY
REDUCE THE, THE LACK OF COMPLIANCE ON THE ONE WAY SEGMENT. 
          LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST IF YOU LOOK AT LIKE, NORTHBOUND LITTLE PROSPECT WHERE THE RED CURVE
IS, YOU CAN WE'VE DONE THIS A COUPLE OTHER PLACES YOU KNOW,
IN THIS CITY AND IN OTHER CITIES WHERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LIKE A LOW COST BUMP OUT WITH SOME BOLLARDS AND THEN YOU COULD PUT A
SECONDARY DO NOT ENTER SIGN THERE. 
          SO IT ALMOST CREATES LIKE A CHOKE POINT AS YOU'RE APPROACHING THE BEACH CITIES THESE
INTERSECTIONS. 
          SO THAT WAY IT'S VERY OBVIOUS AND APPARENT TO DISCOURAGE DRIVERS FROM DRIVING AGAINST IT. 
          [01:35:03]
IF YOU KIND OF CHOKE DOWN THAT LITTLE POINT,
LIKE IN FRONT OF MARK'S HOUSE, YOU KNOW, YEAH, WE COULD PROBABLY PUT IN A STRIPED BULB OUT. SO MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THAT MIGHT BE A
LITTLE LESS OF AN INVASIVE ALTERNATIVE THAN SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER,
BUT YEAH, I THINK A STRIPE BULB OUT MIGHT, MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO AT LEAST GIVE THE VISUAL IMPRESSION THAT THIS IS A SINGLE LANE.
YEAH, IT CREATES MORE SELF COMPLIANCE FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT CHOOSE TO. 
          YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT. WE ALSO LOOKED AT OTHER TYPES OF, YOU KNOW, LIKE DO NOT ENTER OR STOP BARS OR THINGS LIKE THAT,
BUT TECHNICALLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY STOP SIGN AT THIS INTERSECTION, AND WE'RE HESITANT TO ADD A STOP SIGN THAT'S SO CLOSE TO A SIGNAL THAT THOSE TWO THINGS
COULD BE MISINTERPRETED. 
          SO THAT'S WHY IT'S CHALLENGING TO TO ADD A STOP BAR,
LIKE A THICK BAR OR, OR A STOP SIGN AT THIS INTERSECTION BECAUSE THE PROSPECT SIGNAL IS RIGHT THERE. YEAH, BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID,
I THINK THIS YOU GOT SUCH A NICE LEFT TURN SIGNAL. 
          YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL REALLY FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL TO GET A PROTECTED LEFT TURN AT
AN INTERSECTION AND TO HAVE IT AND THEN CLOSE IT OFF JUST SEEMS A LITTLE DRASTIC. 
          BUT THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE EVERYONE ELSE COMMENTS AND MAYBE I'LL MAKE
A MOTION. 
          KIND OF LIKE THE BOLLARD IDEA, I THINK THAT'S REALLY SMART. IT WOULD BE LIKE RIGHT IN
FRONT OF WHERE THE BLACK CAR IS. 
          YEAH. RIGHT THERE. WE RECENTLY ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL RED CURB THERE TO HELP WITH THAT. 
          BUT I THINK WE COULD WE COULD PROBABLY, YOU KNOW,
PUT A LITTLE STRIPING THERE TO HELP SHOW, SHOW THAT. SOMETHING LIKE THAT CAN BE PILOTED. AND IF IT,
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A REDUCTION IN, YOU KNOW, COMPLIANCE OR LACK OF COMPLIANCE AND MAYBE,
YOU KNOW, OTHER SOMETHING MORE SIGNIFICANT CAN BE CONSIDERED. 
          BUT YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT CAN BE SOMETHING,
YOU KNOW, WE CAN WE CAN PAINT USING CITY OPERATIONS CREWS. 
          YEAH. BUT I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THAT. THAT THE ONLY ACTION TAKEN AT THIS TIME WOULD BE SOME TYPE OF A BULB OUT TREATMENT FOR
NORTHBOUND LITTLE PROSPECT. 
          REINFORCING THE ONE WAY. REINFORCING THE ONE WAY AND THEN KEEPING THE NOISE CONCERNS AS A
SEPARATE DISCUSSION. 
          TO BE CONTINUED WITH, I GUESS CITY STAFF. PERHAPS I MIGHT WANT TO CALL UP MIKE KLEIN. 
          HE MIGHT KNOW SOME MORE ABOUT THE RIGHT THE PLANS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT BEING
LUMPED INTO THIS ITEM. 
          CORRECT. BUT HE MIGHT HAVE MORE INFORMATION BASED ON WHAT THE RESIDENTS WERE TALKING
ABOUT. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS MIKE KLEIN. I'M THE DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS. AND RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS WE'VE BEEN TEST PLANNING A COUPLE OF
PLANTS ALONG THE ALONG THE ISLAND. 
          WE JUST PUT IN SOMETHING CALLED THE WAX MYRTLE,
WHICH IS MORE TO OUR NATIVE HABITAT, WHICH WE'VE BEEN TALKING QUITE A LOT ABOUT IN THE PAST. WE TRIED OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE THAT YOU SAW ON THE VERY ONE OF THE VERY
FIRST SLIDES THAT WAS ON PCH UP NEAR SOUTH HIGH. 
          AND THEY WERE USING PODOCARPUS ALONG WITH A GUARDRAIL AND THEN SOME FENCING RIGHT NOW. 
          THE PODOCARPUS , THEY'RE NOT NATURAL TO THIS AREA. 
          WE'RE TRYING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE NATURAL. 
          AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING CALLED A WAX MYRTLE. 
          WAX MYRTLE ENDS UP ABOUT THE SAME SHAPE, BUT IN A DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION WILL GROW. 
          RIGHT NOW WE'RE BUYING THEM AT FOUR FOOT HEIGHTS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME THAT ARE MORE,
MORE MATURE AT A SIX FOOT HEIGHT. 
          THEN THEY'LL GROW UP TO 8 TO 12FT. SO IT CREATES THAT THAT PLANTING BARRIER. 
          I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT A SOUND BARRIER BECAUSE IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY ALL THE SOUND. 
          BUT IT WILL HELP OUT. WE'VE SEEN THAT IN THE PAST. 
          WE'VE DONE THIS UP ON MANHATTAN BEACH BOULEVARD WITH SOME PODOCARPUS WE'RE GOING TO TRY
SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ALONG PROSPECT. SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          WE HAVE THE PLANTS. WE'RE GETTING THOSE ORDERED UP RIGHT NOW. 
          AND SO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING. THEY THEY'VE BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING. 
          WE WANTED TO TRY A COUPLE OF PLANTS OUT THERE. 
          WE HAVE SOME IRRIGATION THAT THAT WE'RE REDOING. 
          WE TOOK OUT ALL THE PLANTS ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO. 
          AND WE WANTED TO GET THE IRRIGATION BACK IN. WE'RE GOING TO BE USING A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT TYPE OF IRRIGATION. 
          WE'RE GOING TO BE USING SOME DRIP AND SOME ROTATORS ON THESE. 
          SO IT'LL HELP OUT WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE WATER USAGE DOWN. 
          BUT THEY WILL BE MAINTAINED. PART OF THIS WAS THAT DURING THE DROUGHT THEY GOT THEY DID
FALL OUT OF MAINTENANCE. 
          THEY DID. AND THEY WENT SOUTH REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY AND SO WE'RE GLAD THAT WE GOT THEM
OUT. 
          BUT THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN PATIENT ON THIS ONE,
SO ANY QUESTIONS. 
          FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT ARE THIS PART OF OUR DROUGHT TOLERANT,
DROUGHT RESISTANT NEW PALETTE THAT WE'RE USING. 
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THE WAX MYRTLE. YES. YEAH. AND SO MAYOR LIGHT HAD REQUESTED THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. 
          AND HE HAD TAKEN A LOOK AT A COUPLE OTHER PLANTS THAT WERE JUST THEY DIDN'T GROW AS FAST. 
          AND SO A LITTLE BIT OF INVESTIGATION ON OUR PART AND BY ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS TO SOME
NURSERIES CAME UP WITH SOME REALLY GOOD ALTERNATIVES FOR IT. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY THESE OUT. THANK YOU. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER FROM MIKE. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF I COULD. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. 
          I DEFINITELY SECOND. YEAH. THANK YOU. I DEFINITELY SECOND THE COMMISSIONER BAJAJ'S
RECOMMENDATIONS ON SOME ALTERNATIVE IDEAS FOR THE ACCESS. 
          AND DO BELIEVE THAT WE DO NOT SHOULD NOT PUT SPEED BUMPS IN. 
          I DID NOTICE IN THE AGENDA PACKET THAT THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT PUTTING IN A PERMANENT
CMU WALL SOUND WALL. 
          IF THAT IS A ROAD THAT THE CITY WANTS TO GO DOWN,
I DO RECOMMEND THAT THAT WOULD FOLLOW UNDER LIKE PROP 218. 
          BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA
SOLELY. 
          AND IF THAT WAS THE CASE, THEN THAT WOULD BE ASSESSED AT A TAX FOR THOSE RESIDENTS AT THAT
CASE NOTWITHSTANDING, IF THE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A MUCH GENERAL INTEREST IN HAVING A PRIVACY WITH THESE
PLANTS, AND THEY FEEL THAT IT MITIGATES SOME OF THE SOUND,
I DO THINK THAT IS THE BEST SOLUTION FOR THIS BARRIER AND WITH THE TRAFFIC AND ISSUES THAT THEY'RE HAVING ON THE MAINLINE. AND CAN I ADD SOMETHING QUICKLY TO THAT? THERE IS A BRR, A BUDGET RESPONSE REPORT ON THIS EXACT QUESTION ON THE WALL AND THE
LANDSCAPING THAT WILL BE GOING TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS PART OF THEIR BUDGET PACKET. 
          SO THIS WILL BE ADDRESSED TO THEM AS WELL ON THAT ASPECT OF IT. 
          THANK YOU. SO THEN I'LL CLARIFY MY MOTION AS BEING HAVE STAFF EXPLORE A STRIPE LIKE A STRIPING TREATMENT FOR THE NORTHBOUND PROSPECT FRONTAGE ROAD APPROACHING THE SIGNAL AT BEACH CITY DRIVEWAY. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE IT. I'LL SECOND THAT. THAT'S INSTEAD OF A BULB OUT. YEAH. SO THAT WOULD THAT IS THE BULB OUT. 
          AND THAT WOULD NOW MAKE IT. THERE'S NO [INAUDIBLE] TABLE AT THIS POINT AND NO TRIAL OF
THIS AT THIS TIME. 
          AND TO CLARIFY TOO, THIS COULD BE ITERATIVE,
RIGHT? CORRECT. WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT ANOTHER OPTION AND ANOTHER OPTION AND SEE WHAT WHAT WORKS BEST FOR THE CITIZENS. WE CAN DO THAT. 
          YEAH. DID YOU SECOND IT? I DID SECOND IT. YES. 
          SO WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND. ROLL CALL. YEAH. 
          COMMISSIONER SIMPSON. AYE. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. 
          YES. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. AYE. COMMISSIONER BEELI. 
          AYE. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI. AYE. CHAIR ARRATA . 
          AYE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. OKAY. 
          LET'S SEE. LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR THE METRO ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION GRANT
PROJECT FOR THE REDONDO BEACH BOULEVARD CORRIDOR AND THE NORTH REDONDO BEACH BOULEVARD EXTENSION TO GRANT AVENUE AND MOBILITY HUB PROJECT. 
          SO. SO THIS ITEM IS A MOUTHFUL. I KNOW THE PROJECT HAS TWO PROJECTS HAVE A LONG NAME. 
          SO WE'LL BREAK IT UP INTO SORT OF TWO, THREE SEPARATE PROJECTS. 
          THIS WHAT WE'RE SHOWING ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS SORT OF SOME INTRODUCTORY NOT PART OF
THIS DISCUSSION, BUT THE NORTH REDONDO BEACH BIKE PATH, THE BIKE PATH UNDERNEATH THE SCE RIGHT OF WAY THAT
GOES FROM YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY THROUGH NORTH REDONDO, FROM ROBINSON,
THROUGH ARTESIA AND IT ANGLES RIGHT TOWARDS, IT CURRENTLY ENDS AT FELTON. WE ALREADY AWARDED A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT,
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO TO EXTEND THAT TO INGLEWOOD AVENUE. 
          SO. SO THIS BIKE MIXED USE PATH WILL EXTEND TO INGLEWOOD AVENUE. 
          EXPECT CONSTRUCTION TO START SOMEWHERE AROUND THIS SUMMER BECAUSE THIS PATH IS GETTING
EXTENDED. 
          WE'LL BE EXPECTING A LOT MORE WALKING AND BIKING ALONG THE NRBB. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING TO CONNECT THE FUTURE TERMINUS AT INGLEWOOD WITH OTHER CORRIDORS AND
DESTINATIONS IN THE CITY. 
          SO SO THE FIRST PROJECT I WANT TO SHOW HERE IS THIS HAS COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION ABOUT
AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, 
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BEFORE I STARTED THE CITY, THE CITY RECEIVED A $6.5 MILLION GRANT FROM LA M ETRO TO
CONSTRUCT IMPROVED BIKING AND WALKING INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG THE REDONDO BEACH BOULEVARD CORRIDOR BETWEEN EL CAMINO COLLEGE IN UNINCORPORATED L.A. 
          COUNTY NEAR GARDENA AND TORRANCE TO DOMINGUEZ PARK. 
          THIS SINCE THEN, THE CITY HAS APPLIED FOR ADDITIONAL REGIONAL FUNDING TO COVER INCREASED
CONSTRUCTION COSTS. 
          AND SO FAR, WE HAVE COMPLETED THE 15% CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND ALL THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH. 
          SO, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP HERE THE ORIGINAL CORRIDOR FOLLOWED RIPLEY AVENUE,
BUT DUE TO THE GRADES AND THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT WAS PROVIDED, THAT ALIGNMENT IS NOW ALONG 190TH STREET, UP THROUGH LILIENTHAL PARK,
UP LILIENTHAL, AND THEN REJOINING RIPLEY BEFORE CONTINUING ON THAT RIPLEY GRANTS REDONDO BEACH BOULEVARD CORRIDOR WITH A CONNECTION AROUND THE SOUTH BAY GALLERIA. 
          SOUTH BAY SOCIAL DISTRICT THAT WE ARE HOPING THE PROJECT WILL FUND. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE PROJECT HAS DONE SOME QUITE EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH,
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT A COUPLE SURVEYS POP UP EVENTS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. WE ALSO PRESENTED AT THE DISTRICT THREE COMMUNITY MEETING AND ALSO THE DISTRICT
FOUR COMMUNITY MEETING. 
          I DIDN'T I DIDN'T SHOW THAT. MISSED THAT ON THIS SLIDE AS WELL AS SURVEY SENT TO OUR
UNIFIED RBUSD PARENTS, AS THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED WHEN THIS WAS LAST DISCUSSED AND RESIDENTS ALONG LILIENTHAL
AND RIPLEY. 
          HERE'S A CLOSE UP OF THE PROJECT AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW. 
          THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED FOR THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE. 
          WE'VE TAKEN ALL THOSE COMMENTS AND INCORPORATED THEM INTO THE 15% DESIGN. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, HERE'S THE PROPOSED PROJECT RUNS THROUGH REDONDO BEACH. 
          MOST OF THE WE ARE THE CITY, WE ARE THE LEAD AGENCY FOR THIS PROJECT,
AND WE HAVE THE MOST MILEAGE FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH LAWNDALE AND UNINCORPORATED LA COUNTY ON THIS PROJECT. 
          SO THEY'RE SORT OF EQUAL TEAMING PARTNERS ON THIS PROJECT. 
          AT THE TIME OF CONCEPTUALIZING THIS PROJECT AND APPLYING FOR THE FUNDS,
THE CITY OF TORRANCE WAS NOT INTERESTED IN BEING A PARTNER IN THIS PROJECT. 
          BUT THEY WERE WILLING TO ACCOMMODATE SOME SORT OF BIKE FACILITY WITHIN THEIR RIGHT OF WAY. 
          AS OF RECENT, I BELIEVE SOME OF THAT SUPPORT IS IS IN QUESTION RIGHT NOW. 
          SO WE'RE WE'RE WORKING WITH TORRANCE STAFF TO CLARIFY SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS AND HOPEFULLY
HAVE SOME SORT OF PROJECT, SOME SORT OF VIABLE PROJECT ESPECIALLY ALONG,
YOU KNOW, THEIR SIDE OF 190TH STREET AND THEIR SIDE OF REDONDO BEACH BOULEVARD. 
          THEY HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING LOTS AND SOME OTHER CONCERNS AS WELL. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE ORANGE LINES SHOW CLASS FOUR FACILITIES. 
          SO CLASS FOUR IS A PROTECTED BIKE LANE, WHETHER IT'S ONE WAY OR TWO WAY AND ONE WAY IN RED
OR TWO WAY IN ORANGE AND IN BLUE. 
          CLASS TWO IS JUST STRIPED BIKE LANES. THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS. 
          METRO PREFERS TO HAVE PROTECTED BIKE LANES, BUT THERE ARE SOME ENGINEERING CONSTRAINTS
ALONG THE CORRIDOR THAT MIGHT NECESSITATE CLASS TWO FACILITIES. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, IT CONNECTS TO EXISTING BIKE LANES ON BERYL TO CONNECT TO REDONDO UNION
HIGH SCHOOL, DOMINGUEZ PARK AND THE COAST TO WASHINGTON AND ADAMS SCHOOLS,
THE SOUTH BAY SOCIAL DISTRICT WHATEVER ALIGNMENT THAT THAT METRO WILL BUILD FOR THE K LINE AND THEN GOING UP TO EL CAMINO COLLEGE AND ALONDRA PARK NEAR GARDENA. 
          HERE'S A ZOOMED IN PORTION NEAR THE GRANT AND INGLEWOOD INTERSECTION. 
          SO THAT MAT PROJECT, THE REDONDO BEACH BOULEVARD PROJECT,
WILL COME UP RIPLEY WILL BE A SHARED USE PATH ON THE WEST SIDE OF INGLEWOOD, WHICH IS CURRENTLY A CITY PROPERTY. AND WE WILL BE RE-ENVISIONING GRANTS IN INGLEWOOD,
KEEPING THE SAME NUMBER OF LANES. 
          BUT RE-ENVISIONING THAT INTERSECTION TO BE VERY MULTIMODAL PROVIDING PROTECTED
INTERSECTION ELEMENTS WHERE POSSIBLE BY BIKE SIGNAL PHASES SO THAT IT CONNECTS WITH THE FUTURE WITH THAT FUTURE EXTENSION OF THE NORTH REDONDO BIKE PATH EXISTING BIKE LANES ON
GRANT WEST OF INGLEWOOD, AND FUTURE PROTECTED BIKE LANES ON GRANT EAST OF INGLEWOOD. 
          WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THIS TRIANGULAR PARCEL SOON. 
          SO THAT TRIANGULAR PARCEL IS PART OF THE SECOND PROJECT,
SECOND CITY PROJECT, WHICH IS THE NORTH REDONDO BIKE PATH THAT WE HOPE YOU KNOW IS UNDER, WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO BE EXTENDED TO INGLEWOOD. 
          THIS SECOND PROJECT WILL EXTEND THAT BIKEWAY AS A CLASS FOUR TWO WAY FACILITY DOWN TO
GRANT AVENUE, LINKING UP WITH THE METRO ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT AND THEN PROVIDING A NATIVE
PLANTING AND MOBILITY HUB, SORT OF PASSIVE REST AREA FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION USERS. 
          SO THIS TRIANGULAR SHAPED PROPERTY HAS BEEN PURCHASED BY THE CITY USING METRO FUNDS. 
          WE ARE REQUIRED TO PUT SOME SORT OF MOBILITY HUB ELEMENTS IN THIS AREA. 
          WE ARE HOPING WE ARE TRYING TO SCREEN OFF THE FROM THE CEMETERY A BIT AND PROVIDE A SORT
OF RELAXATION AND REST AREA FOR PEDESTRIANS AND 
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CYCLISTS, WHILE INCORPORATING A VARIETY OF NATIVE PLANTINGS. 
          HERE'S THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR THAT PUBLIC SPACE. 
          SO WE'VE ASKED FOR A VARIETY OF FEATURES IN THE CITY STAFF. 
          WE'VE, GONE THROUGH ONE ROUND OF COMMENTS WITH CITY STAFF,
VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS LIKE PUBLIC WORKS , OPERATIONS AND ENGINEERING. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ANY SECURITY CONCERNS AND COMMUNITY
SERVICES AS WELL. 
          SO WE'VE ASKED FOR PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS TO PROTECT THE SPACE FROM ERRANT VEHICLES. 
          PROVIDING A SMALL PAD FOR CITY MAINTENANCE. PERHAPS IT CAN SERVE AS A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO
DO, YOU KNOW, SELL GIRL SCOUT COOKIES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT WE'RE NOT INTENDING TO HAVE
ELECTRIC AND WATER HOOKUPS FOR FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          BUT WE DO WANT SOME SORT OF WATER BOTTLE FILLING STATION LOW PROFILE LIGHTING. 
          AT THIS TIME, WE'RE MANDATING AT LEAST 25% NATIVE HABITAT,
BUT THAT CAN BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. 
          METAL OR FABRIC, SHADE STRUCTURES, INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE,
FIX-IT STATIONS AND REST AREAS FOR CYCLISTS PUBLIC WI-FI AND MAYBE SOME SECURITY CAMERAS AND EMERGENCY LIGHTS. HERE'S A SAMPLING OF SOME OF THE SPECIES THAT THE LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECT FOR THIS PROJECT HAS PROPOSED. 
          YOU KNOW, THE EXACT SPECIES CAN ALWAYS BE DETERMINED. 
          AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG IN THE DESIGN PROCESS. 
          BUT THESE ARE SORT OF WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING AT THIS TIME. 
          ON THIS CORNER SOME SMALL PARK SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE A BREAK SINCE WE WE'RE EXPECTING
WALKING AND BIKING AT THIS INTERSECTION ESPECIALLY CONNECTING NEIGHBORHOODS EAST OF INGLEWOOD AVENUE. WE EXPECT A LOT OF BIKE PED CROSSINGS IN THIS
CORNER IN THE FUTURE. 
          HERE'S ALSO A CONCEPTUAL LEVEL DESIGN OF SORT OF THIS IS THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FROM THE
MAT PROJECT, FROM THE METRO PROJECT, AND THEN THE CURRENT ONE OF THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS FOR THE
BIKEWAY EXTENSION. 
          SO THESE ARE JUST CONCEPTS RIGHT NOW AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS WE KEEP MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS IS TO, TO SHOW THIS TO,
TO THE, TO THE COMMISSION TO DISCUSS AND GET GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          ONCE WE GET THROUGH THAT WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE A CONTRACT WITH THE,
WITH THE DESIGN CONSULTANT AND START THE FINAL DESIGN FOR THIS PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE FEELING PRETTY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'LL GET THE FULL CONSTRUCTION FUNDING AMOUNT
THROUGH OUR REQUEST WITH THE SOUTH BAY CITIES COG. WE WE WILL COORDINATE THE DESIGN OF THE INGLEWOOD GRANT INTERSECTION AND TO COMPLEMENT ALL THESE CITY PROJECTS HAPPENING AROUND
HERE. 
          AND WE STILL NEED TO WORK OUT SOME KINKS WITH CITY OF TORRANCE AND THEN SIGN SOME
AGREEMENTS WITH THE OTHER NEIGHBORING AGENCIES FOR WHERE THE WORK IS PROPOSED IN THEIR AREAS. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          HOW ABOUT SOME PUBLIC COMMENT? I DO HAVE ONE CARD FOR THIS ITEM. 
          LIAM WALSH. 
          I THINK IT IS. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. 
          MY NAME IS LIAM WALSH, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE. 
          ALSO VOLUNTEER AT THE SOUTH BAY BICYCLE COALITION. 
          SO I GOT TO SAY, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LIKE OF ALL THINGS THE CITY IS DOING THIS IS
ONE OF THE THINGS I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MOST ACROSS ALL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. 
          AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN NORTH REDONDO, AT MY LAST JOB,
I WOULD SOMETIMES RIDE ALONG THE DOMINGUEZ CHANNEL TO GET TO WORK AND GETTING FROM NORTH REDONDO TO THE DOMINGUEZ CHANNEL, LIKE EL CAMINO COLLEGE AREA IS REALLY THE HARDEST PART
BECAUSE THERE'S NO REAL GREAT WAY TO GET THERE ON GOOD BIKE LANES. 
          SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS GO THROUGH,
AND I THINK IT WILL. 
          IT'S JUST A HUGE GAP THAT WILL CONNECT LIKE TORRANCE,
LAWNDALE, REDONDO BEACH, EL CAMINO COLLEGE. 
          I LOOKED AT SOME STATS AND LIKE 27% OF THE EL CAMINO COLLEGE STUDENT BODY LIVES IN
TORRANCE, LAWNDALE OR REDONDO. SO THAT'S LIKE A PRETTY SIZABLE CONTINGENT. 
          AND ALSO FOLKS THAT ARE LIKELY TO COMMUTE BY BIKE AS FAR AS THE LIKE THE OVERALL BIKE
MASTER PLAN IN REDONDO BEACH. THIS WOULD BRING US FROM AROUND 34% COMPLETE TO 40% LIKE CITY WIDE
BIKE LANES. 
          SO IT'S A REAL CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT. AND NORMALLY THIS IS LIKE THE PACE THAT WE WOULD SEE
OVER A WHOLE YEAR OR TWO. 
          SO TO SEE THIS IN ONE PROJECT IS REALLY EXCITING. 
          I DO WANT TO SAY THAT LIKE IN REDONDO, THE FACT THAT WE'RE SEEING CLASS FOUR PROTECTED
BIKE LANES EVERYWHERE, I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT. AND I THINK THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE THE STANDARD THAT WE'RE
HOLDING THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. 
          I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE WE'RE LIMITED IN WHAT WE CAN DO IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS,
LIKE TORRANCE AND LAWNDALE AND THE COUNTY, BUT I HOPE WE CAN WORK WITH THEM AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THE STAFF HAS DONE THUS FAR TO
COLLABORATE. 
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AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET PROTECTED BIKE LANES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT. 
          BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH,
WITH THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO, TO SEE THAT. 
          AND YEAH, I, ON BEHALF OF THE BICYCLE COALITION,
ALONG WITH OTHER UNDERSIGNED FOLKS, WE SUBMITTED A LETTER. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL GOT THAT, BUT I HAVE PHYSICAL COPIES HERE IF YOU WANT TO RECEIVE
THAT. AND YEAH, GENERALLY WE'RE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT. 
          BUT WE DID OUTLINE A FEW IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE,
JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PROTECTED BIKE LANES FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LENGTH. THE LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE DIDN'T TOUCH ON IN THE LETTER
WAS I KNOW THE SEGMENT THAT GOES BY THE GALLERIA. 
          LIKE, I THINK I KNOW THE GALLERIA PROJECT IS IN A BIT IN LIMBO RIGHT NOW. 
          SO IF THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE DONE BY THE TIME THIS PROJECT IS DONE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF
THERE'S ANY SORT OF TEMPORARY ROUTING, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TON OF FOLKS TRYING TO GET THROUGH THERE. 
          BUT ON KINGSDALE AND ARTESIA, YOU KNOW, LIKE,
THE SIDEWALKS ARE NARROW, THE STREETS AREN'T GREAT FOR BIKING. 
          SO AND YOUR ONLY OTHER OPTION IS LIKE THE MALL PARKING LOT. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF TEMPORARY MEASURES WE COULD PUT IN PLACE BEFORE
THAT, LIKE TYING IT TO THE FULL MALL PROJECT, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT CONNECTED. 
          AND YEAH, THANKS FOR ALL EVERYTHING YOU'VE BEEN DOING. IS THERE A MOTION? JUST TO RECEIVE AND FILE. RECEIVE AND FILE. I'M SORRY. YEAH. IS THERE A MOTION? YEAH. WE
CAN. YEAH. I'M SORRY. YES, I'LL MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? I'LL GIVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          OKAY. AM I PERMITTED TO ASK A QUESTION? ABSOLUTELY. 
          TO. YES. CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. FIRST. [INAUDIBLE] CLARIFYING QUESTION. 
          YEAH, SURE. NOT REALLY CLARIFYING. COME ON, BACK UP. 
          ASK AWAY. I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK HOW. I'M SURE YOU'VE PRESENTED TO TORRANCE. 
          LIKE, HOW ARE THEY RECEIVING THE REQUESTS? YOU KNOW,
MAYBE WHAT YOU'RE HEARING MIGHT BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU KNOW, RYAN HEARS OR. YEAH, I GUESS I CAN. I KNOW SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE OCCURRED IN THE
LAST WEEK OR SO. 
          SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE AT LEAST I THINK ONE RESIDENT FROM TORRANCE HERE. 
          BUT YEAH, GENERALLY IT'S LIKE A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL PROJECT AND HOPING THAT,
LIKE, EVERYONE CAN COME TOGETHER AND DELIVER SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY WHAT THE WHOLE NETWORK NEEDS. BUT I WOULD DEFER TO CITY STAFF ON WHAT THE LATEST TORRANCE IS ON. 
          AND WE'RE TRYING TO ALSO ENGAGE WITH TORRANCE AND OTHER UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO HANDS RAISED ON ZOOM. 
          THERE ARE SIX ECOMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. WE HAVE SOME MORE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          YEAH. COME ON UP. 
          HI. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE. 
          STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE. MY NAME IS AARON ALTAMIRA. 
          I AM A RESIDENT OF TORRANCE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS,
FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE. I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM A PLACE OF PASSION. 
          JUST WANTED TO SAY, AS A RESIDENT OF TORRANCE,
THAT I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. 
          AND I'M DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE CLASS TWO BIKE LANES ARE BEING PROPOSED. 
          YOU KNOW, AS SOMEONE THAT I MOVED HERE ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND HAVE A FIANCÉ NOW WE'RE
LOOKING TO PUT DOWN ROOTS. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO LIVE AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE AND JUST THE IDEA OF MAYBE US AND MAYBE OUR
FUTURE FAMILY RIDING DOWN THAT STREET AND BEING UNPROTECTED AND VULNERABLE IS JUST REALLY SCARY. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU GUYS TEND TO RIDE BIKES,
BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN A BIKE LONG ENOUGH, INEVITABLY YOU'LL SEE A DOOR POP OPEN AND IT'S
ONE OF THE SCARIEST THINGS YOU'LL EXPERIENCE, AND YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. 
          AND YOU CAN'T REALLY GO THE OTHER WAY BECAUSE THERE'S ONCOMING. THERE'S TRAFFIC TO YOUR
SHOULDER. SO YOU KIND OF FEEL YOUR LIFE FLASH BEFORE YOUR EYES AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU'RE EJECTED FROM YOUR BIKE. 
          SO THIS REALLY IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. 
          AND I TRY NOT TO USE THAT TO YOU KNOW, TOO LOOSELY. 
          SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO REALLY SAVE LIVES AND HELP THE COMMUNITY FEEL SAFE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, BE REAL PUBLIC SERVANTS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          AND I KNOW IT'S NOT FOR A LACK OF EFFORT. AND ONE LAST THING IS JUST,
YOU KNOW EVEN IF TORRANCE ISN'T HERE WE DO CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AND YOU KNOW. SO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          THANKS. 
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THANKS COMMISSIONERS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ALEX FINEMAN. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE IN REDONDO BEACH. 
          I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF SOUTH BAY FORWARD TO VOICE OUR STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE REDONDO BEACH
BOULEVARD ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT. 
          IT WOULD GO RIGHT THROUGH MY HOME DISTRICT. I'M ALREADY A FREQUENT BIKER. 
          I OFTEN BIKE WITH MY CHILDREN. AND SO, TO BEGIN WITH,
I WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH FOR TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS PROJECT. 
          YOUR COMMITMENT TO ENHANCING ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IS REALLY COMMENDABLE. 
          THE CLASS FOUR BIKE LANE ALONG HARBOR DRIVE SOON,
PALOS VERDES BOULEVARD, HOPEFULLY ONE DAY PROSPECT AVENUE. 
          IT SETS THE STANDARD FOR SAFE CYCLING MOBILITY HERE IN THE SOUTH BAY. 
          AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. WE WOULD LOVE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE INCLUSION OF FULLY
PROTECTED CLASS FOR BIKE LANES ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF THIS PROJECT. 
          AS WE'VE ALREADY PLANNED HERE IN REDONDO BEACH IT WOULD PROVIDE A SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE
BIKING PATH FOR COMMUTES TO SCHOOL, TO THE REDONDO BEACH TRANSIT CENTER, WHICH WILL BE ESPECIALLY VALUABLE ONCE THAT K LINE
EXTENSION IS COMPLETED, WHICHEVER ALIGNMENT IT ENDS UP BEING. PROTECTED BIKE LANES THEY'RE ALSO NOT JUST A
PREFERENCE FOR ME AND FOR OUR ORGANIZATION, THEY'RE ALSO A VITAL COMPONENT OF ENSURING SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS FOR EVERYONE,
INCLUDING DRIVERS. 
          AT A TIME WHEN TRAFFIC COLLISIONS REPRESENT THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN IN
L.A. COUNTY, AND OVERALL TRAFFIC FATALITIES ARE AT A TWO DECADE HIGH IMPLEMENTING PROTECTED BIKE LANES
IS A CONCRETE STEP THAT WE CAN TAKE TO HELP CALM TRAFFIC, AND ALSO OFFER A SAFE AND HEALTHY ALTERNATIVE AT THE SAME TIME TO THE SHORT LOCAL CAR
TRIPS THAT SO MANY SOUTH BAY RESIDENTS TAKE. 
          AND AT THIS STAGE OF THE PROJECT, AT 15% DESIGN I WANT TO SHARE A STRONG SUPPORT ON BEHALF
OF OUR OTHER ADVOCATES IN BOTH LAWNDALE AND TORRANCE TO INCLUDE THESE CLASS FOR BIKE LANES THROUGH TORRANCE AND LAWNDALE AND IN UNINCORPORATED LA COUNTY. 
          THERE'S AMPLE ROAD WIDTH AND SAFETY TO DO THIS. 
          AND SO WE ARE ASKING FOR LAWNDALE AND TORRANCE OFFICIALS TO REALLY CONSIDER THE
DEMONSTRATED NEED FOR SAFE, CONNECTED BIKING INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO PARTNER FULLY WITH THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH IN
THIS REGIONAL EFFORT. SO I ASK THAT THE COMMISSION HEAR, CONSIDER AND INCLUDE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OUTLINED IN THE COALITION LETTER WHICH YOU'VE
RECEIVED AS PART OF YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL . THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THIS MATTER. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND FOR THERE ARE SIX ECOMMENTS ALL IN SUPPORT. 
          OKAY. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. ARE WE GOING TO LISTEN TO THE ECOMMENTS? WE USUALLY DON'T READ OUT THE COMMENTS. THEY'RE EITHER OPPOSED OR SUPPORT. 
          SO THEY'RE ALL SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD. 
          OKAY. FANTASTIC. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. YEAH. 
          YEAH. I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION FOR RYAN WITH RESPECT TO ARE THERE ANY PARALLEL EXAMPLES OF
THESE MOBILITY HUBS THAT THE CONSULTANTS HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT OR THE CITY HAS LOOKED AT WITH RESPECT TO HOW WE WANT TO INSTALL OUR MOBILITY HUB HERE? WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PRECEDENTS FOR THIS AROUND OUR REGION. 
          I KNOW, I KNOW SOME, YOU KNOW, CITY OF LA MIGHT HAVE A MOBILITY OR HUB,
YOU KNOW, HERE OR THERE, BUT I THINK THEY'RE ALL DEPENDENT ON SORT OF THE NEEDS AND THE SPACE AVAILABLE. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE CITY OF LA, A LOT OF MOBILITY HUBS REVOLVE AROUND BIKE SHARE. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A BIKE SHARE SYSTEM HERE. SO WE HAVE TO CONSIDER,
YOU KNOW, OTHER TYPES OF FEATURES FOR THIS. 
          BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO IMAGINE HERE IS A PLACE FOR A SHADED SPACE FOR
CYCLISTS TO REST, SOME TOOLS AND A FIX-IT STATION. BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO HEAR ANY SUGGESTIONS OR EXAMPLES THAT
WE COULD USE, SINCE WE ARE STILL PRETTY EARLY ON IN THE DESIGN FOR THIS SPACE. 
          [INAUDIBLE]. I HAVE A QUESTION, RYAN. WHAT IS SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU'RE RECEIVING
FROM THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS? YEAH, SO SO I CAME TO THE CITY WHEN THIS PROJECT HAD FINISHED MOST OF THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT LAWNDALE AND LA COUNTY, AS SORT OF PARTNERING AGENCIES WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH THOSE AGENCIES. 
          THEY'VE THEY'VE BEEN PARTICIPATING PRETTY FULLY ON THE CALLS. 
          THAT'S THAT'S BEEN THE EXTENT OF THEIR PARTICIPATION. I UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE CITY OF
LAWNDALE, THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF STAFFING CHALLENGES OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. 
          I THINK ONLY RECENTLY THEY'VE HAD A NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. 
          SO I BELIEVE THEY'RE GETTING UP TO SPEED ON ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE THAT ARE
HAPPENING AROUND THEIR AREA. 
          HOW ABOUT TORRANCE? AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, TORRANCE DID NOT WANT TO PARTNER ON THIS
PROJECT. 
          I BELIEVE AS A YEAR AGO, WE SHOWED THEM THESE CONCEPT PLANS. 
          SO THE CONCEPT PLANS THAT ARE INCLUDED AS A LINK IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS WE SHOWED
THEM TO THIS, I THINK AT THE TIME CITY OF TORRANCE SAID THEY ONLY WANTED CLASS TWO BIKE LANES. 
          THEY WERE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF ANY CLASS FOUR BIKE FACILITIES. 
          THIS WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO. SO THEY REVIEWED CLASS TWO BIKE LANES AS WE PROVIDED TO THEM. 
          WE AS A COURTESY. AND BECAUSE WE ARE PROPOSING WORK IN THEIR RIGHT OF WAY,
BUT THEY WEREN'T INCLUDED ON SORT OF THE COORDINATION WITH THE DESIGN CONSULTANT AND 
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METRO, BECAUSE METRO LED THIS, THAT LED THE PLANNING EFFORT UP UNTIL RECENTLY. 
          AND SO TORRANCE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT BY,
BY THEIR OWN CHOICE. 
          BUT TORRANCE DID LOOK AT THE, AT THE PROJECT PLANS AS THEY WERE AND PROVIDED COMMENTS. 
          SO THE CONCEPTS, THE 15% DESIGN AS IT STANDS NOW REFLECT TORRANCE'S COMMENTS FROM ONE YEAR
AGO. 
          AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN UNTIL WE RECEIVE WORD FROM THEIR STAFF THAT THEY,
THEY MAY WITHHOLD SUPPORT OF ANY BIKE FACILITY AT ALL. 
          COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. SO WHAT ARE WE BEING ASKED AS A COMMISSION FOR TONIGHT ON THIS ITEM? PROBABLY A RECEIVE AND FILE OF THE REPORT AND A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS WE
AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AND FOR STAFF TO TAKE THIS TO THE CITY COUNCIL . 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. CAN I ASK A QUESTION, BEFORE WE. 
          COMMISSIONER NAFISSI. SORRY. OF COURSE. TWO QUESTIONS. 
          I SEE THAT YOU HAVE AN ART INSTALLATION, WHICH IS GREAT. 
          ANY TALKS ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE OR HOW WE CAN INVOLVE OUR COMMUNITY IN THE ART? IS THERE SOME WAY WE CAN TIE BEACH LIFE INTO THE ART? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YEAH, I BELIEVE THE CONCEPT AS IT STANDS NOW HAS A LOCATION FOR
AN ART INSTALLATION. 
          THE EXACT ART PIECE WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS ON. 
          I BELIEVE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE INSTALLED OR PUT IN,
YOU KNOW, INDEPENDENT OF THIS, OF THE SCHEDULE FOR THE OVERALL BIKE LANE EXTENSION,
THE GRADING AND THE PLANTING OF ALL THE OTHER COMPONENTS. 
          BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE ART INSTALLATION IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WILL BE DECIDED,
YOU KNOW, NOT BY ENGINEERS. SURE, SURE. ENGINEERING STAFF. 
          BUT BY PROBABLY BY THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. 
          YOU SAID THAT YOU CAN'T INSTALL WATER THERE,
RIGHT? SO YOU CAN'T HAVE, LIKE, A WATER FOUNTAIN. WE DO WANT A WATER FOUNTAIN. 
          OKAY. WE WANT A WATER FILLING STATION. BUT I THINK WITH RESPECT TO PROVIDING ANY POTENTIAL
SPACE FOR VENDOR. 
          NO. LIKE WATER HOOKUPS FOR VENDOR. I THINK WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING IS MAYBE,
YOU KNOW, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A COMMUNITY MEMBER TO PUT A TABLE OUT THERE TO SELL COOKIES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT WE'RE NOT ENVISIONING THIS TO BE A REGIONAL DESTINATION FOR
THE LATEST FOOD TRUCK. 
          GOT IT. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BEELI. 
          YES. WASN'T THERE AN ART PIECE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE UP IN NORTH REDONDO FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION? HUB. THANK YOU. 
          THAT IS A CIP. IT'S IN THE CIP. THERE WAS SEVERAL ART PROJECTS MURALS THAT WERE APPROVED
BY THE CITY COUNCIL LAST YEAR. 
          THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THEM. THE FIRST ONE WAS THAT WAS COMPLETED WAS THE SKATE PARK
MURAL DOWN AT THE HARBOR. 
          THE NEXT ONE WILL BE THE PUBLIC WORKS YARD ON CATALINA AND GERTRUDA ON THAT CORNER TO PUT
A MURAL THERE THAT'S UPCOMING. 
          AND THEN THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER ONES, ONE BEING AT THE TRANSIT CENTER. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE ARE ALL MANAGED BY THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          BUT THE TRANSIT CENTER ALREADY COMPLETED, I DON'T THINK THEY'VE HIRED A MURALIST AT THIS POINT YET. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS AN ART PIECE. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A MURAL. 
          YOU COULD BE RIGHT. IT COULD BE AN ART PIECE. 
          I KNOW THERE WAS TALKS OF A SCULPTURE. I THINK THE COUNCIL DIDN'T LIKE THE LOCATION OF IT. 
          SO THEY SAID THEY DIRECTED THE TRANSIT DIVISION TO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY A DIFFERENT,
EITHER LOCATION OR DIFFERENT TYPE OF ART PIECE AT THE TRANSIT CENTER. 
          SO IT IS STILL ON THE BOOKS. IT'S JUST NOT I DON'T THINK IT'S IN MOTION AT THIS POINT. 
          AT THIS MOMENT. OKAY. SO YOU'VE GOT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR,
RIGHT? YEAH. OH, YEAH. I MADE THAT MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AND FOR STAFF TO TAKE THIS
RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL . 
          SECOND. AND WHO WAS THE SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. 
          I THINK COMMISSIONER NAFISSI SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL. 
          COMMISSIONER SIMPSON. AYE, COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. 
          AYE. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. AYE. COMMISSIONER BEELI. 
          AYE. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI. AYE. CHAIR ARRATA. 
          AYE. MOTION PASSES. OKAY. 
          SO. OKAY. SO MOVING ON TO P THREE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITEMS TO
BE ADDED OR MODIFIED ON THE NEXT STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION. 
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YES. ONE SECOND HERE. SORRY. THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO DISCUSS THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND BEFORE YOU WE HAD DISCUSSED THIS IS ACTUALLY
A CONTINUATION. 
          WE DISCUSSED IT A BIT AT OUR LAST MEETING AND PROVIDED COMMISSIONER ANDERSON WAS ABLE TO
PROVIDE A A LETTER DRAFT LETTER FOR YOU. IT'S BEEN INCLUDED AS PART OF THE AGENDA TONIGHT,
AND WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT TO DISCUSS ANY ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD TO COUNCIL? WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLANNING ITEM A MEETING TOMORROW
NIGHT, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GET ANY RECOMMENDATIONS IN WRITING FROM YOU AND PRESENT THAT TO THEM
AS A BLUE FOLDER ITEM FOR THE MEETING. 
          SO WE HAVE A DRAFT THAT YOU DID, RIGHT? CORRECT. 
          IT'S IN THE AGENDA PACKET. YES. YEAH, I'M HAVING TROUBLE. BUT I DID READ IT AND I THOUGHT
IT WAS VERY THOROUGH AND EXCELLENT JOB. 
          AND I THINK SPEAKS VERY WELL FOR OUR POSITION ON THE COMMISSION. 
          AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PARTICULAR TO ADD TO IT. 
          I THINK THAT WE SHOULD FORWARD THAT EXCELLENT LETTER THAT YOU DRAFTED FOR US. 
          THANK YOU. THAT WOULD BE BLUE FOLDER, ITEM FOUR. 
          SO IF YOU LIKE, WE CAN ALSO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS. 
          AND I FEEL WE CAN EDIT IN REAL TIME. SO HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE TO,
TO START. 
          OKAY. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DON'T HAVE ANY HANDS RAISED ON ZOOM. LET ME CHECK ANY COMMENTS. 
          AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ECOMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. 
          I CAN. 
          WE COULD GO THROUGH EACH OF THE BULLETS IF YOU'D LIKE,
OR AND I CAN JUST. 
          YEAH. SO IN REVIEWING THE CITY STANDARDS DATABASE TO UPDATE AND INCLUDE ADDITIONAL
STANDARDS RELEVANT TO THE CURRENT CITY CONDITIONS OF THE CITY, SOME POTENTIAL STANDARDS INCLUDE TREE WELLS,
RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY APRONS CURB RAMPS STREET DIMENSIONING AND SURVEY MONUMENTATION. FOR THESE YOU KNOW,
WE TYPICALLY USE THE APWA STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAYS AND CURB RAMPS AT THIS TIME. 
          SO IF WE HAD SPECIFIC CITY STANDARDS, YOU KNOW,
WE COULD DEFINITELY DO THAT, THAT IS OUR PREROGATIVE. 
          HOWEVER YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE WE DO WANT TO KEEP UP WITH THE CURRENT STANDARDS. 
          AND SO I WOULD CAUTION HAVING OUR OWN CITY STANDARD AND TAKING ON THAT LIABILITY AS WELL. 
          SO. BUT TREE WELLS THAT MAKES SENSE. YOU KNOW,
WE'VE GOT OUR OPERATIONS AND WE COULD ASK FOR THEM AND THEIR INPUT ON THAT. AND SURVEY MONUMENTATION IS PRETTY MUCH STANDARD PRACTICE AS WELL. SO POTENTIALLY THESE ARE POTENTIALS. 
          I, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DEFINITELY WE'LL FLESH IT OUT. 
          BUT I HEAR THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL STANDARDS THAT ARE RELATIVE TO THE CITY OF
REDONDO BEACH. 
          I THINK THAT'S THE UNDERLYING THEME HERE. AND IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT. 
          YEAH, DEFINITELY. IT'S NOT SAYING DO THIS. MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ONE FOR THESE. 
          IT'S JUST HERE'S SOME AREAS WHERE WE THINK THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS AND OR
CLARIFY IT. 
          BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK IN THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW,
IT DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY STATE APWA GREEN BOOK IS USED FOR STANDARD PLANS OR SPECS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. RIGHT. SO THEY COME BACK AND SAY,
HEY, WE THINK IT'S GOOD AS IS. 
          AND TO THAT POINT, IF YOU'RE SAYING POTENTIALLY IT'S GETTING THAT INFORMATION ON,
ON OUR WEBSITE SO THAT THEY KNOW WHICH STANDARDS TO GO 
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AND, AND REVIEW. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY. I SEE THAT NOW AS NOT MAYBE CREATING OUR OWN
CITY STANDARD, BUT THE ONES THAT WE ACTUALLY USE AND SENDING THOSE LINKS OUT AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION
TO THE RESIDENTS. 
          BECAUSE AS I RECALL, WHEN I LOOKED THROUGH THE WEBSITE,
THERE WAS ABOUT TWO STANDARDS, AND THEY WERE PRETTY UNUSUAL STANDARDS. 
          YEAH, TRENCHING. TRENCH DETAIL AND. YEAH. AND THEN A COMMERCIAL DRIVEWAY. 
          YEAH. SO THAT'S THE FIRST ONE. AND THEN THERE'S THE REVIEW OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY
TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON FIRST LAST MILE SOLUTIONS THAT'S I THINK BIKE LANES AND TRANSIT CONNECTIONS,
THE PUBLIC ART FUNDING WE MENTIONED AND POTENTIAL FUNDING COMMITMENTS THERE'S UTILITY UPGRADES, PAVEMENT UPGRADES,
DRAINAGE BMPS, IMPROVING DRAINAGE FACILITIES TO THE CURRENT NOAA DATA. 
          THIS WOULD BE SOUNDS LIKE MOSTLY OUR FACILITIES. 
          AND SO REINFORCING I THINK A LOT OF WHAT THE CIP WE DISCUSSED TONIGHT THAT THIS ITEM AND
BULLET SEEMS TO KIND OF REINFORCE WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THIS POINT. SO I SEE THAT IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE ANY
MODIFICATIONS, THAT'S NOT TACIT ACCEPTANCE. I THINK THAT WAS ONE THING THAT COMMISSIONER BAJAJ SAID AT
ONE POINT. 
          WE'RE NOT ACCEPTING ANYTHING THAT METRO PROVIDES TO US RIGHT NOW. 
          WE'RE JUST TRYING TO LOOK AT WAYS WHERE THE CITY IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE INTEGRATED
POTENTIALLY INTO WHATEVER THAT FINAL CORRIDOR IS. 
          AND WHEN METRO DECIDES TO START WITH THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. AND THEN WITH THE ACCEPTANCE OF FP OR MEASURE FP ,
WHAT AREAS OF FUNDING CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO STRATEGIC PLAN? AND AGAIN, THAT WAS ALSO DISCUSSED AS PART OF OUR CIP THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING MONEY FROM FP, BUT WE ARE REDISTRIBUTING THE FUNDS THAT WERE INITIALLY GOING TO MAINTENANCE OF THOSE
FACILITIES THAT NO LONGER ARE GOING TO NEED THAT FOR THE TIME BEING, BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING NEW FACILITIES WITH FP. 
          SO REDIRECTING THAT TO OUR FACILITIES THAT ALSO ARE OUTSIDE OF THOSE FOUR BUILDINGS. 
          SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE'D LIKE TO ADD, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ADD THAT. 
          I'D LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE LAST BULLET REGARDING FP SINCE FP DOES PERTAIN
TO SPECIFICALLY FUNDING FOR, YOU KNOW, OUR POLICE AND FIRE STATION THAT WE CLARIFY TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER
FUNDING FOR WHATEVER YOU WANTED TO INTEND ON THE LAST BULLET. I DON'T, I THINK IT WAS JUST MORE OF WE'VE THE STRATEGIC PLAN,
SPECIFICALLY STATES, AREAS OF FIRE AND POLICE IMPROVEMENTS. AND I THINK JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY THAT NOW THAT
MEASURE FP HAS PASSED, HOW THIS CAN FULLY BE INCORPORATED INTO THAT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THEY HAVE,
WHICH IS PART OF THE AGENDA PACKET, THE STRATEGIC PLAN LISTED OUT THERE. SO PERHAPS. 
          I THINK THAT'S OKAY. I YEAH, I THINK THAT LAST BULLET NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY,
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S GIVING THE CITY COUNCIL VERY MUCH GUIDANCE. MAYBE CAN'T BE INCORPORATED TO. 
          EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXTRA FUNDING IN THIS REGARD. 
          LIKE WHATEVER HE WANTS TO SAY, EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES OF ANY OPEN FUNDING. 
          GOD AND IT'S SUCH A WILD THING TO SAY BECAUSE THERE'S NEVER ANY OPEN FUNDING. 
          ALWAYS, NEVER ENOUGH MONEY. FOR FUNDING ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FUNDING? EXTRA FUNDING? YOU'RE LOOKING FOR EXTRA FUNDING TO OR FUNDING OF PROJECTS OTHER THAN
POLICE AND FIRE? WELL, IT WAS IT WAS INTERESTING. TODAY IN THE EARLIER IN OUR BUDGET MEETING,
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THERE IT LOOKS AS IF THERE'S SPECIFIC TARGETS FOR THAT FUNDING, THAT FP FUNDING. RIGHT. THAT $90 MILLION. RIGHT. 
          THOSE ARE DEDICATED TO POLICE AND FIRE FACILITIES. 
          THOSE WE WOULD NOT BE USING ANY OF THAT TOWARDS LIKE CITY HALL,
YOU KNOW AREAS. 
          WE HAVE THE TEEN CENTERS. WE'VE GOT OUR SENIOR CENTERS THAT ALSO NEED IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THOSE FACILITIES MAYBE WERE NOT PRIORITIZED AS MUCH PREVIOUSLY IN OUR CIP'S OR
[INAUDIBLE]. 
          AND SO NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REDIRECT THAT FUNDING THAT WAS PRIORITIZED FOR
POLICE AND FIRE FACILITIES TO ANY OTHER, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE OR,
OR KNOW OF A NEED. 
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LIKE, WE HAD THE SCOUT HOUSE WAS IN NEED IN PREVIOUS CIPS. 
          SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU KNOW, THAT YOU KNOW OF THAT WE NEED TO REDIRECT TO OR WOULD
LIKE TO SUGGEST THIS IS DEFINITELY THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. 
          AND WE MIGHT SUGGEST, YOU KNOW, CITY FACILITIES CITY HALL IMPROVEMENTS,
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE BUDGET MEETING, THAT IT'S A MUCH TIGHTER BUDGET THIS UPCOMING YEAR. 
          SO MAYBE SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF EXPLORING NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO SUSTAIN THIS PROJECT? I DON'T KNOW. IT'S VERY VAGUE, BUT I THINK IT TAKES FP OUT OF IT TO FURTHER SUPPORT THIS
PROJECT, I DON'T KNOW. OR MAYBE JUST REMOVE THE BULLET. 
          I'M NOT AGAINST THAT EITHER. YEAH, WE CAN REMOVE IT. 
          WE COULD DO THAT FOR NOW. JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT VERY CLEAR. 
          WE'RE NOT VERY DIRECT IN TELLING WHAT YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. 
          YOU KNOW, FP IS DEFINITELY, I THINK, A CITY PRIORITY. 
          AND VOTERS HAVE DEFINITELY VOTED ON THAT. SO I IF WE PUT IT IN HERE OR NOT,
IT'S SOMETHING I THINK IS ALREADY A PRIORITY. BUT AND SO BUT SO IF WE DON'T HAVE MAYBE A REALLY CLEAR IF WE WANTED TO DO
ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THAT FP IS SUCCESSFUL OR IF IT'S TO REDIRECT THE FUNDING,
THEN I THINK YEAH, WE CAN IT'S ALREADY GOING TO BE A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AS WELL. SO PART ONE OF GOAL FOUR,
DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME OF MEASURE FP , PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE COUNCIL ON THE PROCESS TIMELINE TO ISSUE BONDS AND BEGIN THE
DESIGN OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES. 
          I GUESS IT'S INCORPORATED ALREADY IN THAT GOAL. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED OR. IT COULD BE STRICKEN. 
          SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PREVIOUS STRATEGIC PLAN,
CORRECT? YEAH. THAT WAS PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF MEASURE FP WHEN WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL
ITEMS. GIVEN THAT IT HAS BEEN APPROVED, UPDATE THAT STRATEGIC PLAN BULLET ITEM ON THIS ONE THEN
MAYBE. 
          YEAH. JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW AND AWARE, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING ON AN
OWNER'S REP REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE MEASURE FP SO THAT PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD. YOU KNOW, AS WE SPEAK. YEAH. SO MAYBE IT'S JUST FLIPPING THAT NOW. 
          HEY, IT'S BEEN PASSED. LET'S, YOU KNOW, LET'S SEE. 
          PROVIDE. IT COULD BE JUST SIMPLY AS NOW THAT MEASURE FP HAS PASSED PROVIDE A REPORT AND
TIMELINE ON THE BONDS AND, THE NEXT STEPS. SO MAYBE UPDATE THE STRATEGIC PLAN ITEM REGARDING MEASURE FP . YEAH. BASICALLY TO CONTINUE BASICALLY TRACKING IT'S
PROGRESS. 
          YEAH. YEAH. THE PROGRESS OF MEASURE FP . YEAH. 
          AND WE CAN DEFINITELY CONTINUE. I DON'T WANT TO SAY I'M POSITIVE,
BUT I'M PRETTY POSITIVE THIS ITEM WILL STAY IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          AND WE DO GIVE THE MONTHLY UPDATES. AND WE WOULD CONTINUE TO UPDATE THIS COMMISSION WITH
THE STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATES AS WELL FOR THAT. 
          SO YEAH, I THINK YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS. AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO TO KEEP YOU GUYS UPDATED ON THAT. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO. QUESTIONS? I'M. PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          I THINK THERE MIGHT BE PUBLIC COMMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
AGAIN. SURE. 
          THANKS. YEAH. LIAM WALSH, DISTRICT. DISTRICT FIVE. AGAIN. 
          YEAH. I THINK ONE OF THE MEETINGS LAST MONTH OR TWO MONTHS AGO,
I MENTIONED THAT IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE IF THE CITY COULD HAVE A SORT OF IMPLEMENTATION PLAN INSOFAR AS HOW WE'RE GOING TO COMPLETE THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN IN SOME DEDICATED TIME
FRAME. 
          SO JUST READING THIS ITEM I HAVEN'T READ THE FULL STRATEGIC PLAN,
SO THIS ELEMENTS MIGHT ALREADY BE IN THERE, LIKE THE FIRST LAST MILE PARTS. BUT I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER AS PART OF THE PUBLIC
WORKS S TRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE HAVE YOU KNOW, FUNDING AND STAFFING SUFFICIENT TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN COMPLETE THE
BICYCLE MASTER PLAN AT SOME TARGET. 
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BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A PLAN IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE,
YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL MECHANISMS, MECHANISMS WE PUT IN PLACE TO SEE IT THROUGH COMPLETION. 
          AND I'M LIKE, REDONDO BEACH HAS BEEN DOING MORE THAN REALLY ANY OTHER CITY IN THE SOUTH
BAY, I THINK, WITH REGARDS TO BUILDING BIKE LANES AND EVERYTHING. SO THIS IS LIKE,
SUPER POSITIVE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK WE'RE ON THE TRAJECTORY TO BE DONE IN LIKE THE 2050S. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW,
SEE HOW WE CAN SPEED THAT UP AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE'RE COMMITTED TO SEEING IT THROUGH COMPLETION. SO JUST JUST A THOUGHT FOR THE STRATEGIC PLANNING. 
          THANKS. THANK YOU. 
          ALEX FINEMAN FROM DISTRICT THREE AGAIN. JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE MORE RECOMMENDATION AS WELL
WHICH KIND OF TIES TOGETHER BOTH OF THE ITEMS WE HEARD ABOUT EARLIER IN THE MEETING. BUT WE'D LOVE TO SEE A BUDGET ITEM FOR THE COUNCIL TO
FOR CITY COUNCIL TO FUND A STUDY FOR PROTECTED BIKE LANES ALONG PROSPECT AVENUE. BOTH AGAIN TO IMPROVE OUR BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE
AND TO CALM TRAFFIC ON ON PROSPECT AVENUE. 
          THERE ARE FROM PRESCHOOL ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL 11 SCHOOLS WITHIN A BLOCK OR SO
OF PROSPECT. 
          THAT'S ABOUT 7000 STUDENTS. IT'S PRESCHOOLS THAT MY KIDS HAVE AND ARE ATTENDING NOW AND
REDONDO UNION, WHERE THEY WILL ONE DAY ATTEND. AND I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT BE STUDIED FOR FUTURE
CONSIDERATION FOR A PROTECTED BIKE LANE ALONG PROSPECT. 
          THANKS VERY MUCH. JESSE THERE'S NO HANDS RAISED ON ZOOM. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI. 
          NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ANYBODY? OKAY,
SO WHAT DO WE HAVE SITTING ON THE TABLE? SO DO WE MOTION THE LETTER WITH THE EDITS WITH LAUREN THAT LAUREN ON BULLET THREE. 
          RIGHT. AND IF YOU WANTED TO ADD ANY AFTER WHAT WAS RECEIVED IN PUBLIC COMMENT,
WE'D HAVE I'D HAVE TO TAKE THAT FROM FROM YOUR DIRECTION. 
          SO COMMISSION'S DIRECTION. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW. 
          WE'LL NEED TO FINALIZE THE LETTER FAIRLY HOPEFULLY TONIGHT SO WE CAN GET IT SIGNED. 
          WELL, I WANT TO ADDRESS YOU KNOW, THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD,
AND I KNOW WE'VE HEARD IT TWICE, AND I THINK IT'S A LITTLE CHALLENGING TO YOU KNOW,
ASK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR, LIKE, A SUNSET DATE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF A PLAN, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF PLANS CAN REQUIRE MORE LENGTHY
PUBLIC OUTREACH OR HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF COMPLEXITY AND DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CONTENTION SURROUNDING THEM. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT CAN GET WHEN,
YOU KNOW, EXPLORING YOU KNOW, CHANGES TO ROADWAY CONFIGURATIONS AND SO FORTH. 
          SO THAT'S MY HESITANCY TO PUT THAT IN AS SOMETHING SO,
SO DEFINITIVE. 
          DEFINITIVE. BUT YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO MAYBE SOMETHING LIGHTER OF LIKE,
YOU KNOW, PLEASE KEEP THIS THEME IN MIND WHEN EXPLORING,
BUT I WOULD NEED, YOU KNOW, SOME ADVICE HERE ON HOW TO LIGHTLY SPRINKLE THAT IN THERE TO KIND OF KEEP IT IN THE CONVERSATION. BUT I THINK IT'S A LITTLE TOO CHALLENGING TO,
YOU KNOW, PUT IN A SUGGESTION, SAY, HEY, GET ME A, YOU KNOW,
A FIRM PLAN FOR WHERE THE REMAINING, YOU KNOW, 67% OF THE MOBILITY PLAN, HOW IT'S GOING TO BE DONE AND WHEN,
MY OPINION. 
          BUT I DON'T WANT TO DISCARD, YOU KNOW, JUST DISREGARD THE COMMENTS WHICH WE'VE HEARD NOW
TWO MEETINGS IN A ROW. 
          I THINK THERE WAS TWO DIFFERENT COMMENTS. ONE WAS,
TO YOUR POINT, ON THE SUNSET OF IT. 
          AND I DO AGREE WITH YOU. THERE'S COMPETING FUNDS AND COMPETING ISSUES. 
          THE BIGGEST ELEMENT OF THE STRATEGY IS ALWAYS TO KEEP IT FRONT OF MIND,
RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          WITH EACH CIP AND WITH EACH TIME WE GO FORWARD. 
          CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK THERE'S A GENERAL CONSENSUS THAT THE CITY IS DOING A
VERY GOOD JOB OF THAT. YEAH. IT MIGHT EVEN BE ADDING YOU KNOW SOMETHING INTO YOUR SECOND BULLET POINT. RIGHT. REVIEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON FIRST
LAST MILE SOLUTIONS, INCLUDING BIKE LANE, AS WELL AS OTHER BIKE LANE CONNECTIVITY PROJECTS OR SOMETHING ALONG
THOSE LINES, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP IT IN THERE WHERE IT'S JUST KEEP THAT IN THE DISCUSSION. 
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AS WELL AS OTHER I'M JUST SPIT BALLING HERE,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. 
          LIKE, MAYBE IF WE ADD IT IN THERE, THEN AT LEAST YOU KNOW CAN. 
          GOT IT THERE, INCLUDING BIKE WE SAY REVIEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON,
IF WE REMOVE FIRST LAST MILE SOLUTIONS, COULDN'T WE JUST SAY REVIEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY TO PROVIDE CONTINUED PROGRESS ON
THE MOBILITY PLAN ON THE. 
          YEAH, BIKE LANE MOBILITY. WELL, FIRST, LAST MILE TO ME IS TRANSIT CONNECTIONS,
PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS WELL AS BIKE. 
          IT'S ALL OF THE ENCOMPASSING. SO WE COULD SAY REVIEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY TO PROVIDE
FIRST LAST MILE SOLUTIONS INCLUDING BIKE LANES AND TRANSIT CONNECTIONS C OMMA PROGRESSING THE BIKE LANE MASTER PLAN. YEAH, YEAH, WE COULD I KNOW THAT THAT LANGUAGE IS GOING TO BE
SPECIFIC TO THE GREEN LINE EXTENSION. COULD HAVE ITS OWN SEPARATE ONE AS WELL,
JUST AS HOW FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PUT IT WITHIN GOAL FOUR IN THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE INCREASE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN TERMS OF IT COULD BE ITS OWN
SEPARATE SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. JUST WHERE, LIKE I SAID,
KEEP IT IN THE CONVERSATION BUT. 
          WOULD THERE BE ANY INTEREST IN SOME SORT OF FEEDBACK LOOP ABOUT PROGRESS ON THE BIKE PLAN? MAYBE THAT'S A WAY TO WORD IT. MAYBE SOME SORT OF REPORTING OR FEEDBACK,
YOU KNOW, MECHANISM FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR BICYCLE MASTER PLAN. 
          AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A REGULAR UPDATE OR SOME SORT OF,
YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF TRACKING. 
          YEAH. I MEAN, YEAH, JUST JUST SOMETHING LIKE I SAID,
IF THERE'S A DESIRE AND A PUBLIC DESIRE TO JUST KEEP IT LIKE I SAID, JUST KEEP IT IN THE CONVERSATION. AND IT DOES SOUND LIKE OUR CURRENT CITY COUNCIL IS,
IS, YOU KNOW, MAKING THOSE STRIDES AND MAKING EFFORTS TO. 
          YEAH, I SUSPECT THAT SOME OF THIS FEEDBACK YEAH, IT MIGHT BE COMING FROM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE NEWS WE HEAR IN OTHER CITIES. YOU
KNOW, YOU HEAR ABOUT MEASURE HLA AND HOW PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF THAT. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF MEASURE HERE. BUT I THINK WHAT THE PUBLIC MIGHT DESIRE IS SOME
SORT OF ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, TRACKING OF PROGRESS. RIGHT. SO WHAT WAS YOUR SUGGESTION, RYAN? I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A SUGGESTION. 
          I WAS JUST TRYING TO SYNTHESIZE WHAT THE PUBLIC MIGHT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING. 
          PRIORITIES FOR POLICIES. WHICH MAY NOT BE INCLUDED IN THIS LETTER,
WHICH IS THE FOCUS. 
          SO BUT I IN HEARING WHAT YOU SAID, ADDED THAT THIS LANGUAGE HERE,
IF DOES THAT KIND OF CAPTURE WHAT YOU'RE, YOU WANTED TO SAY. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. 
          WHERE ARE MY WHERE THE AS WELL AS OTHER BIKE FACILITIES. 
          OH IT'S UP. OH. OH. PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU CLICK ON PRESENTATIONS,
YOU CAN SEE IT ON YOUR OWN SCREEN. 
          YEAH, I THINK SO. OKAY. THAT CAPTURES WHAT MY INTENTION WAS. 
          SO WE CAN EDIT IT. IT'S BASED ON YOU KNOW, WHAT MY COLLEAGUES SAY. 
          BUT THAT WAS MY INTENTION OKAY. I THINK IT'S GOOD. 
          DOESN'T PERFECT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE ENEMY OF GOOD WITH THIS LETTER,
RYAN? NO, NOT AT ALL. YEAH IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, I WOULD LIKE TWO EXPLANATIONS. 
          ONE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE BMP ACRONYM STANDS FOR? AND THE NOAA ACRONYM OR WE CAN JUST WRITE IT OUT. YEAH BMP STANDS FOR BEST MANAGEMENT
PRACTICES. 
          THEY ARE FOR VERY COMMON NOW IN TERMS OF MITIGATING TRASH AND DEBRIS GOING INTO OUR
STORMWATER FACILITIES. 
          SO YOU KNOW, YOU'LL SEE COMMON ONES NOW, FOR EXAMPLE,
WOULD BE SCREENS ON A CATCH BASIN INLET. 
          DRY WELLS WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE POTENTIALLY. AND THEN NOAA STANDS FOR NORTH AMERICAN
ATMOSPHERIC ASSOCIATION. 
          AND IT IS BASICALLY A NOAA. YEAH. ANYWAY I PROBABLY GOT THAT WRONG,
BUT IT'S LATELY THERE'S A LOT OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE BASED UPON OLD DATA. YOU KNOW,
WHEN THEY'RE SIZING A LOT OF THIS STORM DRAIN INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND SO AS WE GET NEW DATA AND INFORMATION COMING IN AND AS WE'RE COMING TO REBUILD THESE
FACILITIES IN THE AREA OF THE GREEN LINE, GIVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S RAINING LESS,
MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE TO INCREASE THE PIPE SIZES HERE. 
          WE CAN HAVE SMALLER PIPES, WE HAVE LARGER PIPES,
WHATEVER THAT IS. 
          RIGHT. SO THAT WAY WE HAVE THE BEST AVAILABLE DATA FOR US WHEN WE'RE IMPROVING THIS
INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          I THINK IT'S ADMINISTRATION, NOT ASSOCIATION. 
          ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU. THERE'S NO WAY I WAS GOING TO GET ALL FOUR OF THEM. 
          NO. I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. THAT'S A GOOD CATCH ON THE ACRONYMS 
          [02:35:05]
THOUGH. THANK YOU. IT'S GOOD TO ME. SO IS WHAT'S BEING ASKED OF US TO. WHAT IS BEING ASKED OF US HERE? I MEAN, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON THE LETTER,
BUT GO AHEAD. 
          WELL, I'M JUST ASKING. I MEAN, SO THEN SO WHAT IS THE COMMISSION DECISION OR LIKE WHAT IS
THE WHAT IS OUR ACTION. 
          THE ACTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE LETTER AS EDITED. 
          SESSION. GOT IT. I HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. 
          I WILL MAKE SURE IT GETS PRINTED SHORTLY AFTER THIS MEETING. 
          I'M SORRY. I HAVE A QUESTION, LIKE IN THE LETTER THAT HE WROTE TO JESSE SAYS,
WE'VE DEVELOPED A LIST OF PRIORITIES FOR THE POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND FUNDING FOR THE CITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON PROJECTS OF SHARED
INTEREST, WHICH. ARE LOOKING AT THIS LETTER RIGHT HERE. ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE BLUE FOLDER. NO,
I KNOW IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THIS ONE, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO COORDINATE BOTH OF WHAT I'M SEEING AND WHAT I'M READING. RIGHT. SO I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE FIRST ONE AND THE SECOND
ONE BECAUSE I DON'T SEE IN THIS LETTER THAT OR I'M JUST. WHICH LETTER ARE YOU LOOKING AT? THE ONE THAT YOU WROTE LIKE INTRODUCING INTRODUCING THE LETTER. RIGHT. BECAUSE I JUST AM NOT SEEING THAT IN THIS LETTER. I UNDERSTAND WE'RE EDITING THIS,
BUT, LIKE, IF YOU READ THE LETTER OF WHAT HE WROTE, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THIS LETTER. AND I DON'T FEEL THAT THIS CONTENT IS ALIGNED WITH WHAT I
WAS READING OF THE INTENT OF THE TIMELINES. 
          AND LET ME SEE. LET ME GO BACK TO IT. I WISH I COULD DO A SIDE IMAGE. 
          I WISH I COULD PRESENT IT SIDE TO SIDE AND MAKE IT EASIER. 
          YOU'RE THE I KNOW, BUT USUALLY YOU CAN DO IT SIDE BY SIDE,
RIGHT? CAN'T DO IT. I SEE WHY NOT. 
          CAN I TAKE ONE MORE STAB AT THE MEASURE FP BULLET? OKAY. HOW ABOUT THIS? EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES TO REDIRECT FIRE AND POLICE FACILITIES. 
          REPAIR FUNDING THAT MEASURE P NOW COVERS TO PRESSING PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS OR NEEDED CIP
PROJECTS. 
          THAT SOUNDS GREAT. OKAY. I GOT EXPLORE OPPORTUNITY. 
          OKAY. OKAY. I'LL SAY IT SLOWER. IT SOUNDS GREAT. 
          IT WAS LONG. OKAY. EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES TO REDIRECT. 
          FIRE AND POLICE FACILITIES. 
          REPAIR FUNDING. THAT MEASURE P I'M SORRY MEASURE FP NOW COVERS TO PRESSING PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS. OR NEEDED CIP PROJECTS. 
          THEN WHEN YOU TAKE OUT THE LINE BEFORE THAT THE UPDATE STRATEGIC. 
          WE CAN LEAVE IT IN. DOESN'T BOTHER ME OKAY. BUT I THINK IT'S JUST A WAY TO CAPTURE THE
EXTRA FUNDING THAT WAS USED. 
          I THINK THAT SOMEWHAT CAPTURES WHAT YOU WANTED. 
          YEAH. OKAY. DO YOU NEED TO COMPLETE CHAIRPERSON? I DO, I WAS. CHAIRPERSON. THAT WHAT? YEAH. CAN I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THAT AND AS EDITED AND SEND IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL . 
          SURE. CAN I MAKE ONE COMMENT OR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE UPDATE,
THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          [02:40:06]
MAYBE ADD UPDATE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PROBABLY NOT KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY UPDATE THE
STRATEGIC PLAN ITEM. 
          I JUST HAVE A QUESTION EVERYBODY READ THE BLUE FOLDER ITEM. UPDATE THE STRATEGIC PLAN ITEM
REGARDING MEASURE FP TO PROVIDE ONGOING PROGRESS OF. 
          OH. GOT IT. YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT LETS THEM THE COUNCIL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR THERE. 
          YEAH. TO REFLECT ONGOING PROGRESS. OKAY. 
          AND EVERYBODY READ THE BLUE FOLDER ITEM. OKAY. 
          YEAH. YEAH. THE LETTER. EVERYBODY READ IT. SO WE NEED A MOTION TO SEND THAT. 
          ARE YOU LISTENING? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO ACCEPT THE LETTER WITH THE EDITS. 
          AND THEN SEND THIS VERSION. AND SEND THE EDITED LETTER TO CITY COUNCIL . 
          OH, IT'S SIGNED WITH MY NAME. [LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW,
I CAN I WAS I MEAN, BUT I DO NEED SOMEBODY TO SIGN IT. SO CHAIRMAN SHOULD SIGN IT. 
          I'LL JUST PUT CHAIRMAN. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S NICE,
BUT I GUESS LIKE. SO YOU'RE NOT LIABLE FOR ANYTHING. I MEAN,
I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. 
          I MEAN, I WAS READING THE LETTER AND I'M SORRY IF I'M LOOKING TOO INTO IT,
AND I'D LOVE SOME, SOME YOU KNOW, SUPPORT HERE. I'M READING THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED A LIST OF PRIORITIES FOR
POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND FUNDING FOR THE CITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON THE PROJECTS OF SHARED
INTERESTS, WHICH WE HAVE SHARED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND ATTACHED HERE. BUT I'M NOT SEEING THAT IN THE LETTER. WHAT AM I MISSING? IT'S IN THE SOUTH BAY FORWARD LETTER. CORRECT THAT WAS. 
          WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING HERE, RIGHT? NO. 
          OKAY. THIS IS SEPARATE THE LETTER. THIS IS HERE. 
          CAN YOU GET IT ON HER SCREEN? OH, NO. I CAN SEE HOW TO PRESENT IT. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS THIS, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. 
          THE BLUE FOLDER ITEM WAS THE LANGUAGE INTRODUCING THIS ONE? NO, NO COMPLETELY SEPARATE. SO JUST TO CLARIFY,
THE BLUE FOLDER ITEM WAS A LETTER SUBMITTED BY SOUTH BAY FORWARD ASKING FOR SUPPORT FOR THEIR PROJECTS. I HAVEN'T READ THE FULL LETTER. 
          I THINK THEY JUST SENT IT TO ME RECENTLY ATTACHED. 
          SO THE LETTER THAT WAS AS PART OF THE ITEM WAS DRAFTED BY COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. 
          THAT IS THE LETTER THAT IS BEING DISCUSSED. IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO INCORPORATE ELEMENTS OF
THE SOUTH BAY FORWARD, THAT IS YOUR PREROGATIVE TO DO SO WHETHER YOU LIKE OR NOT. 
          BUT THIS IS THE LETTER THAT IS BEING DISCUSSED AS PART OF THIS ITEM. 
          OKAY. SO MY THOUGHT HERE WAS WHEN THEY INTRODUCED IT OF LET ME SEE. 
          LET ME GO BACK TO THE LETTER BECAUSE IT'S INTRODUCING THIS. RIGHT. SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE
THIS AND THAT ALIGN WHEN HE, WHEN WHOEVER WROTE IT. THAT LETTER HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS LETTER. 
          YEAH. OKAY. IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS LETTER. 
          THIS IS ATTACHED HERE. SO THIS IS THE LETTER THAT'S ATTACHED. 
          THAT LETTER HAS THAT CONTEXT OF THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COMMENTS. 
          IT'S PUBLIC COMMENTS. CORRECT. IT'S A PUBLIC COMMENT BUT THAT IS COMING FROM SOUTH BAY FORWARD, NOT FROM THE COMMISSION. 
          SO THE LETTER THAT IS BEING DISCUSSED AND IS THE LETTER THAT COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. 
          I THOUGHT THEY WERE TOGETHER. SO I'M LIKE, OKAY,
I'M TOTALLY CONFUSED. CORRECT. 
          WELL, I MEAN CLARITY IT'S IMPORTANT WHAT I'M SIGNING MY NAME TO. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE REAL KNOWLEDGE OF IT,
YOU KNOW. 
          AM I RIGHT HERE? I WAS LIKE, WAIT. I WAS COMPLETELY LOST WE'RE READING THE BLUE FOLDER
ITEM THAT SAYS ATTACHED HERE. 
          AND I'M SEEING THIS AND I'M LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE. LIKE,
OKAY, SO LET ME JUST TAKE A PEEK AT THIS. 
          WE NEED A MOTION TO AGREE TO ACCEPT THE EDITS AND SEND THIS TO THE CITY COUNCIL . 
          RIGHT. OKAY. SURE. AND I WOULD MAKE THAT MOTION. 
          MAY I ASK. LET HER READ IT FIRST? OKAY. I MEAN,
I JUST HAVE A QUESTION HERE. 
          SO IF WE'RE EDITING IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE ME. BUT EVEN THOUGH COMMISSIONER ANDERSON WROTE IT. 
          NO. SO THIS IS I WILL PUT THIS ON A LETTERHEAD THAT IT WILL STATE THAT IT'S COMING FROM
THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION,
AND THEN YOU WOULD BE SIGNING IT BASED BECAUSE WE DO NEED SOME. 
          I MEAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WE CAN DO IT AS A MEMO. 
          AND THEN NOBODY SIGNS IT AS A MEMO TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION,
TO THE CITY COUNCIL FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION. 
          HOWEVER, IT WAS DRAFTED AS A LETTER. WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST WITH THIS COMMISSION BODY
WHERE WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A LETTER THAT WAS DRAFTED AND SIGNED. 
          WE USUALLY HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME AND BUT THIS TIME WE DON'T BECAUSE THE STRATEGIC PLAN
MEETING IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. 
          [02:45:04]
SO YOU KNOW, IF THIS WAS THIS IS THE WAY WE'VE SET IT UP AS A LETTER. 
          AND TYPICALLY, THE CHAIRPERSON WOULD SIGN IT. 
          OKAY. AND JUST HAVE A QUESTION. AND IT'S NOT DONE AS A MEMO TO THEM FROM LIKE,
YOUR DEPARTMENT BECAUSE ? THIS IS RIGHT. 
          SO IF IT'S BETTER TO DO IT AS A MEMO. AND THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT SIGNING IT. 
          AND I CAN DEFINITELY WE COULD ALSO MAKE THAT MOTION TO USE THIS LANGUAGE,
PUT IT IN MEMO FORM AND I CAN SEND IT OVER TO THE COUNCIL AS A BLUE FOLDER ITEM. AND THAT TAKES THE SIGNATURE OUT OF IT,
WHICH ACTUALLY I KIND OF REALLY LIKE. 
          SO YEAH, I MEAN, BUT YOU'D HAVE TO WE JUST I'D NEED TO. 
          I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY AS THE CHAIRMAN, WHY YOU WOULDN'T JUST SEND A LETTER ON BEHALF OF
THE COMMISSION. 
          OKAY. DONE THAT ALL THE TIME IN THE PAST. WHICHEVER WAY YOU WANT IT,
IT'S FINE. 
          I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. CAN YOU CLARIFY FOR ME THAT IN THE PAST THAT WE HAVEN'T
SENT LETTERS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION? I'VE SERVED ON SEVERAL COMMISSIONS IN THE CITY. THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION,
THE LIBRARY COMMISSION, ACTUALLY, WE SERVED ON THE LIBRARY COMMISSION FOR AND WE'VE SENT LETTERS ON BEHALF OF THE
COMMISSION. 
          IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CHAIRPERSON. SO IS THERE A RULE NOW THAT WE HAVE TO IT HAS TO COME
FROM THE CHAIRMAN. 
          I JUST NEVER HEARD THAT. NO, WE'VE HAD LETTERS IN THE PAST THAT WERE DRAFTED SIMILAR TO
THIS, WHERE ULTIMATELY THE CHAIRPERSON DID SIGN IT. 
          AND THEN WE SENT THAT ON TO THE COUNCIL. SO THAT WAS THE LAST TIME WE,
YOU KNOW, BUT WE ALSO CAN DO A MEMO. 
          ACTUALLY, WE TYPICALLY WE HAVE DONE MEMOS IN THE PAST AS WELL. 
          SO NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT WHERE IT WASN'T SIGNED. 
          SO EITHER WAY YOU KNOW. AND I THINK THE SIGNATURE IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE WHEN THE MAYOR
SIGNS A CONTRACT THAT THE COUNCIL HAS VOTED ON. 
          SO IT'S THE MAYOR OR THE CHAIR THAT'S SIGNING ON BEHALF OF THE DECISION BY THE BODY. 
          YEAH. IT'S NOT COMING FROM CHAIR. ARRATA. RIGHT. 
          SUGGESTION. ABSOLUTELY. COMMISSIONER SIMPSON. 
          AND THAT MAKES IT CLEAR THAT IT'S COMING FROM THE WHOLE COMMISSION. THANK YOU. 
          DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH. OF COURSE. ABSOLUTELY. 
          I'M SORRY. I MADE AN ANALYSIS PARALYSIS. [LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW,
THAT'S OKAY. 
          MBA GAVE THAT TO ME. CLARIFICATION THAT'S ALL YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          MOVE THAT UP. YEAH, IT'LL. I GOT TO GET THIS ON THE RIGHT LETTERHEAD,
ACTUALLY. 
          SO. IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? IT'S CHANGED. SURE. WE'LL FIND OUT THROUGH VOTE. RIGHT? YEAH. CHAIRPERSON ON BEHALF OF THE. 
          YEAH. THE REDONDO BEACH PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION. 
          I KNOW IT'S. YEAH. OKAY. WE'LL GET ALL THE EDITS. 
          WE'LL GET THE TRACK CHANGES ALL CLEARED UP BEFORE IT'S SENT. 
          WE NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT AND SEND. YEP. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. 
          I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL VOTE. 
          ROLL CALL VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR. ROLL CALL VOTE. COMMISSIONER SIMPSON. 
          AYE. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. YES. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. 
          AYE. COMMISSIONER BEELI. AYE. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI. 
          AYE. CHAIR ARRATA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. 
          OKAY, LET'S GO BACK TO THAT THING. OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO. WHY AM I NOT GETTING THE. 
          I AM STUCK HERE ON THE SCREEN I CAN'T MOVE. I KNOW,
ALL RIGHT. 
          PUT IT TO THE SLIDE. MY COMPUTER'S CAUGHT UP. 
          LET'S GO. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? WE HAVE ITEM Q. OH THERE'S ITEM Q. WHICH IS THE COMMISSIONER MEMBER ITEMS AND FUTURE
COMMISSION AGENDA TOPICS. 
          [Q. COMMISSION MEMBER ITEMS AND FUTURE COMMISSION AGENDA TOPICS]
OH, HOLD ON A SECOND. I'M SORRY. THANKS COMMISSIONER BEELI. 
          LET'S SEE. OH, HERE IT IS. OKAY. COMMISSION MEMBER ITEMS ON FURTHER COMMISSION AGENDA
TOPICS OF COURSE, FOR FUTURE. ALL RIGHT. SO SMALL. WHICH IS WHEN WE USED TO MAKE STAFF REQUESTS. 
          RIGHT. BUT NOW WE HAVE TO. YOU CAN'T USE THAT TERM ANYMORE. 
          YEAH. YEAH. IT USED TO BE CALLED REFERRALS TO STAFF. 
          HOW DID IT GET SO SMALL? YEAH, EXACTLY. SO SMALL. 
          OH, THERE IT IS. OKAY, I GOT IT, I GOT IT, THANKS. 
          [02:50:02]
YEAH, I CAN SEE IT NOW I GOTCHA. 
          OKAY. ANY COMMISSION MEMBERS? I HAVE NOTHING. 
          ANY REFERRALS TO STAFF? I'M STILL LOOKING TO ANDY WINJE ABOUT STREET LIGHTS IN CERTAIN
INTERSECTIONS IN NORTH REDONDO. YES. SO I BELIEVE THE LAST ONE OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS YOU ASKED ABOUT I
FORGOT WHICH ONE ROBINSON AND PHELAN IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. WE ARE PROCESSING THAT REQUEST WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON. 
          OKAY. IS THERE A MASTER LIST FOR WHAT INTERSECTIONS GET STREETLIGHTS? OR SHOULD BE ALL OF THEM? OR JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY,
IF THAT WAS ANYTHING LIKE THAT SUPPOSED TO BE AVAILABLE? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE AN ASSESSMENT OF OR A LIST OF. 
          WHERE STREETLIGHTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE. YEAH. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A LIST A NEEDS
ASSESSMENT FOR STREET LIGHTING IN THE CITY. 
          NO. NOT CURRENTLY. YEAH. BUT FOR THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION IN QUESTION,
WE HAVE PUT IN THAT REQUEST WITH EDISON JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A POLE THERE THAT SEEMS TO BE A CANDIDATE LOCATION FOR A LIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. 
          WELL, WITH NO MORE REFERRALS TO STAFF. MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          THERE YOU GO. JUST. I'LL JUST NOTE ON THE ADJOURNMENT. 
          WE'RE ADJOURNING TO THE JUNE MEETING. SINCE THE MAY MEETING IS LANDS ON MEMORIAL DAY. 
          OKAY, PERFECT. OH, OKAY. MOTION TO ADJOURN TO OUR JUNE MEETING,
WHICH IS. 
          DO YOU HAVE THE DATE IN FRONT OF YOU, BY ANY CHANCE? JUNE 23RD. JUNE 23RD,
FOURTH MONDAY OF JUNE. 
          THE NEXT MEETING OF THE REDONDO BEACH PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION. 
          OUR PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION WILL BE HELD AT 7:00 ON? THE 23RD OF JUNE. JUNE 23RD REDONDO BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 415 DIAMOND STREET,
REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA. SO THERE WAS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. 
          WAS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. I THINK WE COULD DO A VOICE VOTE FOR THIS. 
          YEAH. AYE. YEAH. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. I'M OPPOSED? [LAUGHTER] JUST FOR THE RECORD.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.