[4:30 P.M. - CLOSED SESSION - ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING]
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THE 4:30 P.M. CLOSED SESSION ADJOURNED. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
COULD I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? DO WE HAVE ANY BLUE FOLDER ITEMS FOR THE CLOSED SESSION? NONE FOR CLOSED SESSION. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE, ANYONE ONLINE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS AND NON AGENDA ITEMS? NO ATTENDEES ON ZOOM AND THERE ARE NO E-COMMENTS.
OKAY, COULD YOU READ OFF WHAT WILL BE DISCUSSING DURING CLOSED SESSION? YES, IT'S AUTHORIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT CODE IS LISTED ON THE PUBLISHED AGENDA.
CASE NUMBER 24TRCV03834. F2, THE NAME OF THE CASE IS GARY VERSUS SLATER WATERPROOFING, INC.
CITY OF REDONDO BEACH DOES ONE THROUGH 50. CASE NUMBER CI VRS2501454 ITEM F3.
ITEM F4 THE NAME OF THE CASE IS IN REGARDS TO 9300 WILSHIRE, LLC BANKRUPTCY CASE NUMBER 02:23-BK–10918-ER REF BY THE NAME OF THE CASE IS 9300 WILSHIRE LLC VERSUS CITY OF REDONDO BEACH.
CASE NUMBER 23021896 THE NAME F6. THE NAME OF THE CASES IN REGARDS TO 9300 WILSHIRE LLC 9300 WILSHIRE LLC, ET AL VERSUS AOS REDONDO BEACH, LLC BANKRUPTCY CITY COUNCIL CASE NUMBER 02:23-A—01163-ER. F7. THE NAME OF THE CASE IS YES IN MY BACK YARD, A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT CORPORATION. SONJA TRAUSS, AN INDIVIDUAL VERSUS CITY OF REDONDO BEACH.
CASE NUMBER 23TRCP00325 . FOR F8, THE NAME OF THE CASE IS NEW COMMUNITY, LLC VERSUS CITY OF REDONDO BEACH CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, AND THOSE ONE THROUGH 100 INCLUSIVE. CASE NUMBER 23STCV10146 AND THE NAME OF THE CASE IS NEW COMMUNE DTLA, LLC AND LEONID PUSTILNIKOV VERSUS CITY OF REDONDO BEACH AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH.
CASE NUMBER 22TRCP003. F10 . THE NAME OF THE CASE IS DTLA, LLC VERSUS CITY OF REDONDO BEACH.
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH. CITY OF REDONDO BEACH.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ET AL. CASE NUMBER 23STCP00426.
FOR F11, THE NAME OF THE CASE IS AES SOUTHLAND DEVELOPMENT, LLC AND AES REDONDO BEACH LLC VERSUS CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION CASE NUMBER BS157789, AND FOR ITEM F12, THE NAME OF THE CASE IS JAMS ARBITRATION CASE REFERENCE NUMBER F TWO. EXCUSE ME. 5220006179 HARRY STUVER, ET AL, VERSUS REDONDO BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CITY OF REDONDO BEACH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL DONE. CITY MANAGER WITZANSKY WHO WILL BE SPEAKING TO THESE ITEMS IN CLOSED SESSION? YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR ALL ITEMS MYSELF, CITY ATTORNEY JOY FORD AND ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY CHERYL PARK FOR ITEMS F1 AND F2.
WE WILL BE JOINED BY DIANE STRICKFADEN, OUR HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER OR DIRECTOR.
FOR ITEMS F3 THROUGH F 11, WE WILL BE JOINED BY OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL JON WELLNER AND ABBY O'BRYANT, AND THEN FOR ITEM F 12, WE WILL HAVE POLICE CHIEF JOE HOFFMAN AND OUTSIDE COUNSEL JOSHUA DALE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. COULD I GET A MOTION TO RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION, AND SECOND, ALL FOR.
AYE. ANYBODY OPPOSED? OKAY. WE WILL BE BACK ON OR ABOUT 6 P.M.
TO DISCLOSE ANYTHING FROM THE CLOSED SESSION AND TO START THE OPEN SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OPEN SESSION. CAN I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE?
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CITY MANAGER WITZANSKY, ANYTHING TO REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION? YES, MAYOR. THIS EVENING, TWO ITEMS TO REPORT ON.FOR THE CASE LISTED UNDER ITEM F1 . THE COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DEFEND THE CITY IN THE MATTER, AND THEN FOR THE CASE LISTED UNDER ITEM F2 , SAME RESULT.
COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DEFEND THE CITY IN THAT IN THAT PROCEEDING.
OKAY. THANK YOU. COULD I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO OPEN TO OUR REGULAR MEETING.
SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION A SECOND. ALL FOR? AYE. OKAY. I NOW CALL THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
[A. CALL TO ORDER]
MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? IF WE HAVE ANY VETERANS OR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR SERVICE.I GUESS I'LL STAND AGAIN. OKAY, NOW LET US ALL STAND FOR THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG AND REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. I'D LIKE TO CALL UP SOPHIA, WHO WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
SO, SOPHIA, THE FLOOR IS ALL YOURS. GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS SOPHIA. I'M A SOPHOMORE AT REDONDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL.
MY FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL IS ENGLISH. I LOVE BEING A PART OF THE CHEER TEAM IN REDONDO BEACH.
PLEASE PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT INVOCATION.
OKAY. PLEASE BE SEATED. SOPHIA, THANK YOU FOR LEADING US.
COME ON UP AND GET A PICTURE WITH THE COUNCIL UP HERE.
WELL DONE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. YEAH.
I FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN THE COACH. OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING DOWN TO ITEM D PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS,
[D. PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/ AB 1234 TRAVEL EXPENSE REPORTS]
ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND AB1234. TRAVEL EXPENSE REPORTS I DO HAVE SOME PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS TONIGHT SO LET ME START WITH THAT.DO YOU WANT TO DO MINE FIRST. PARDON? YEAH. GO AHEAD.
OH YEAH. YOU HAVE A SWEARING IN. GO AHEAD. OKAY.
HELLO I'M ELEANOR MANZANO, THE CITY CLERK FOR REDONDO BEACH.
I'M AN ADMINISTER THE OATH FOR THE NEW SENIOR DEPUTY CITY PROSECUTOR, STEPHANIE JOHNSON.
SORRY TO HAVE YOU COME UP. GIVE YOU THE MIC AND YOU'RE GOING TO REPEAT AFTER ME. I STATE YOUR NAME. I, STEPHANIE JOHNSON, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT DEFEND, THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH.
THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, AND THAT I WILL WELL, AND I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER.
WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.
SPEECH! SPEECH! WELL, I'M HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
IN THIS ROLE. I'M HAPPY THAT MY FAMILY IS HERE.
I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH ALL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO.
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IT HAS BEEN A WHIRLWIND OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AND BEING A PART OF THIS GREAT COMMUNITY.GREAT. WELCOME. WELCOME, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE A PICTURE WITH YOUR FAMILY OR.
SURE. I THINK THEY'RE SLIGHTLY EMBARRASSED, BUT, YES.
OKAY. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS HERE TO HONOR OUR TITLEIST.
FROM THE JV CHEERLEADER TEAM AT REDONDO UNION.
SO I HAVE A COMMENDATION FOR EACH OF YOU FOR WINNING THE NATIONAL TITLES.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP LISA HEDGESPETH, RORY KESSLER AS THE COACHES.
COME ON UP. SO THE REDONDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL FIRST EVER JV CHEER TEAM, PARTICIPATED AT THE US SPIRIT NATIONALS CHEERLEADING CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE ANAHEIM CONVENTION CENTER IN FEBRUARY.
THEY WON TWO NATIONAL TITLES. CONGRATULATIONS.
THEY EARNED EXTREMELY HIGH SCORES OF 97.5 AND THE CROWD LEADER DIVISION AND 98.4 IN THE BAND CHANT DIVISION, AND THAT SCORE IN THE BAND CHANT DIVISION WAS HIGHEST AMONGST OTHER COLLEGE VARSITY TEAMS, SO THEY BEAT OUT EVEN THE COLLEGE CHEERLEADERS.
PLEASE COME UP AS I CALL YOUR NAME, AND FORGIVE ME IF I DON'T SAY YOUR NAME RIGHT.
ELLA BOHLIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CONGRATULATIONS. ISABELLA MEDINA.
CONGRATULATIONS. GIANNA SAMARO.
THANK YOU. GABRIELLE VARGAS. THANK YOU.
JULIET MATTHEWS. THE SEA OF RED IS MOVING UP HERE.
THE TIDE'S COMING UP IN THE ROOM. LILY BURKE.
CONGRATULATIONS, LILY. LOLA BARK. CONGRATULATIONS.
MADDIE GUERRERO. CONGRATS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MARLENA LIPAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. WELL DONE. ROYA LEMA. THANK YOU. PAIGE RUSSELL. I LIKE THE CLINKING OF THE MEDALS AS YOU'RE COMING UP.
RYAN PEPPER. CONGRATULATIONS, SAMANTHA MILKIS. CONGRATULATIONS. SOPHIA MCGRAW. HEY, I KNOW YOU. CONGRATS, VALENTINA [INAUDIBLE].
CONGRATULATIONS. URSULA [INAUDIBLE] . CONGRATULATIONS.
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RORY KESSLER, AND LISA HEDGESPETH. MY PLEASURE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON BEHALF OF YOUR GIRLS? THANK YOU, MAYOR LIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMB ERS.WE'RE SO DELIGHTED TO BE HERE. I WILL TELL YOU THAT MY DAUGHTER, COACH IZZY AND COACH RORY, WE HAVE BEEN WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS IN THE REDONDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL FAMILY, AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE A PART OF IT, BUT TONIGHT IS THE DAY FOR THEM AND THEY HAVE WORKED SO HARD.
MAYOR. THEY HAVE WORKED COUNTLESS HOURS WHILE MAINTAINING A HIGH GPA, AND WHEN THEY HAVE REDONDO RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM, THEY REPRESENT OUR CITY WELL. THEY HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF WORK AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF THEM.
YES, AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF THEM, AND CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES.
CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
IT MEANS A BIG THING FOR US. I THINK WE I THINK WE NEED A CHEER.
YOU'RE ON THE SPOT. COME ON. JUST A SHORT ONE, LIKE V-I-C-T-O-R-Y SOMETHING.
[CHANTING] CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING REDONDO SO WELL.
CAN WE GET A PICTURE WITH THE COUNCIL? ONE LAST ROUND FOR THE CHEERLEADERS FROM REDONDO UNION.
OKAY, NEXT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A PROCLAMATION OF THE MAY 2025 AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.
BCHD BOARD MEMBER JANE DIEHL AND YOUTH ADVISORY GROUP MEMBER ALINA RASHID FAROOQUI.
I HOPE I GOT THAT RIGHT. DID I GET THAT RIGHT? OKAY, COME ON DOWN. MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.
AS A COMMUNITY, WE CAN DEEPEN OUR SOCIAL CONNECTIONS AND BUILD RESILIENCE.
LONELINESS HAS BEEN DECLARED AN URGENT PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN BY THE US GENERAL, DOCTOR VIVEK MURTHY.
ITS ASSOCIATION WITH HEART DISEASE, DEMENTIA, STROKE, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND PREMATURE DEATH, BUT THIS CAN BE PREVENTED BY SIMPLY SAYING HELLO TO YOUR NEIGHBORS.
INITIATE A CONVERSATION AND CHECK IN WITH YOUR FRIENDS.
JANE, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? OF COURSE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING US THIS EVENING. THANK YOU.
TO THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, NEWLY ELECTED INDIVIDUALS.
GLAD TO SEE YOU. I'M SURE WE'LL BE SEEING LOTS MORE.
AS MENTIONED, I HAVE TWO DISTRICT AMBASSADORS WITH ME, ELENA, WHO IS PART OF THE ALCOVE YOUTH COUNCIL, AND DENNIS, WHO IS NOW PRESENTLY ON OUR WORKING GROUP, WORKING WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS TO HELP US WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE CENTER FOR HEALTH AND FITNESS, BETTER KNOWN AS THE GYM.
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BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT HAS BEEN WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN HERMOSA, MANHATTAN BEACH. REDONDO BEACH RECOGNIZING MAY AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE IN IS ONE OF BCHD'S PRIORITIES.
THE OTHER PRIORITY IS PHYSICAL HEALTH. THIS YEAR'S CONTINUATION OF MENTAL HEALTH IS HEALTH CAMPAIGN FOCUSED ON SOCIAL CONNECTION, AS THE MAYOR HAS MENTIONED. UNFORTUNATELY, THE 2023 GALLUP WELL-BEING INDEX REPORTED NEARLY 1 IN 5 IN THE BEACH CITY RESIDENTS HAVING LITTLE OR NO SOCIAL CONTACT.
IN OBSERVANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IN MAY, BCHD IS ENCOURAGING THE COMMUNITY TO COMBAT LONELINESS AND FOSTER MEANINGFUL SOCIAL CONNECTIONS. THE HEALTH DISTRICT ITSELF PROVIDES YOU OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE YOUTH AT ALCOVE, WHICH WE'RE SO PROUD THAT ALL OF YOUR CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE HAVE COME TO VISIT US.
PLUS, IT GIVES OUR YOUTH A PLACE TO COME TO CONNECT WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE EXPOSED TO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS. WE HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADULTS TO VOLUNTEER AS WELL.
PLUS, WE VISIT HOUSEBOUND RESIDENTS. THE GYM PROVIDES A PLACE FOR MANY PEOPLE TO FORM FRIENDSHIPS.
WOULDN'T IT BE WONDERFUL IF THE BEACH CITIES WERE KNOWN TO BE THE HAPPIEST CITIES IN CALIFORNIA? IT WOULD BE. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
NOW AS MAYOR, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS OF REDONDO BEACH.
I PROCLAIM THIS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.
WELL, THAT WAS FUN. LOTS TO CELEBRATE. OKAY, ANNOUNCEMENTS.
TO 11 A.M., AND LATER THAT DAY, THE WOMAN'S CLUB OF REDONDO BEACH WILL BE HOLDING THEIR SPAGHETTI DINNER, SAY, MAY 10TH, FROM 5 TO 8 P.M. THEIR CLUBHOUSE IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE AT 400 SOUTH BROADWAY.
OKAY. COUNCILMEMB ER CASTLE. THANK YOU. JUST A QUICK UPDATE.
WE HAD THE BEACHLIFE FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND IN DISTRICT TWO DOWN AT THE WATERFRONT.
WE DID, WE DID. A FEW PEOPLE WENT DOWN, BUT IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL EVENTS THAT THEY'VE HELD FOR US DOWN IN THE WATERFRONT, AND THE CALIFORNIA SURF CLUB IS ALSO OPENING UP THIS WEEK, WHICH IS ANOTHER KEY COMPONENT IN THE OVERALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE WATERFRONT.
THERE'S A RECORDING OF THAT. WE HAD GUEST SPEAKER MIKE WITZANSKY, OUR CITY MANAGER, TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT ISSUES AFFECTING NOT ONLY DISTRICT TWO, BUT THE ENTIRE CITY, AND THEN ALSO, I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT MY NEXT COMMUNITY MEETING WILL BE ON MAY 29TH AT 5:30 P.M.
NEXT DOOR AT THE LIBRARY, AND I WILL BE SENDING OUT QUESTIONNAIRES IN MY NEWSLETTER AND IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL THOSE TO ME AND WE CAN DISCUSS THEM AT THE NEXT COMMUNITY MEETING.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KALUDEROVIC THANK YOU MAYOR.
I HAD MY DISTRICT THREE COMMUNITY MEETING ON ZOOM ON THE 22ND.
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THANK YOU FOR ALL. TO ALL THOSE WHO ATTENDED GREAT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE CITY.THE DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR NEXT YEAR IS FRIDAY, MAY 30TH.
WE ARE RECRUITING AGES 13 TO 19 TO BE ON OUR YOUTH COMMISSION, AND WE YOU KNOW, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE YOUTH COMMISSIONERS THAT WE'VE HAD SERVING THIS PAST YEAR, AND I WANT TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING.
SO MAY 30TH DEADLINE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMB ER OBAGI. NO MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
JUST. I DID HAVE LUNCH LAST WEEK WITH OUR ATHENS REPRESENTATIVE, SHARON FOX.
BEFORE WE GO DOWN THAT PATH, I DO WANT TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
IF THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU LOVE ABOUT ATHENS SERVICES RESPONSIVENESS, THEY PICK UP BULK ITEMS, THINGS THAT YOU THINK THEY COULD DO BETTER. PLEASE GIVE US THAT FEEDBACK AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT ROUND OF NEGOTIATING AND AMENDMENT WITH ATHENS.
THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMB ER BEHRENDT.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. I WANTED TO AGREE WITH WITH WHAT COUNCILMEMB ER CASTLE HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE BEACHLIFE FESTIVAL, AND I DO WANT TO THANK ALAN SANFORD AND COMPANY FOR A GREAT EVENT, AND I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR.
CITY STAFF, IN PARTICULAR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL, POLICE AND FIRE.
REGAN WAS THERE AND OTHERS AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, AND REALLY THE WHOLE OF CITY APPROACH THAT WAS QUARTERBACKED BY OUR CITY MANAGER. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
IT'S GOING TO BE WEDNESDAY, MAY 28TH. REDONDO BEACH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IT'S GOING TO BE OPEN TO THE ENTIRE CITY, AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AS OUR SPECIAL GUEST, THE NEWLY ELECTED CITY ATTORNEY, JOY FORD.
SO SHE'LL BE THERE, I PRESUME, GIVING HER PRESENTATION IN PERSON AS TO HER GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR HER TENURE, AS WELL AS ANSWERING QUESTIONS, PROVIDING INFORMATION AND THE LIKE.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 28TH AT 6 P.M. REDONDO BEACH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE BEEN UP HERE DOING THIS, SO I DO HAVE SOME STUFF THAT'S BEEN BUILT UP.
FIRST OFF, I DID GET TO ATTEND A ROTARY CLUB.
LUNCHEON DOWN IN THE HARBOR WHERE THEY RECOGNIZED OUR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND GAVE SOME WORDS OUT.
SO THAT WAS IT'S VERY NICE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY RECOGNIZE THE SERVICE OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND SIMILARLY I WENT TO THE BEACH LIFE GALA, WHERE THEY COLLECT MONEY FROM PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO DONATED AND GIVE THEM OUT TO CHARITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT THEY ALSO RECOGNIZED OUR FIREFIGHTERS WHO HELPED OUT IN THE PALISADES FIRE, AND THAT WAS VERY NICE. IN FACT, RICK SPRINGFIELD PERFORMED THERE, AND HE SAID HIS MOTIVATION WAS, YOU KNOW, SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND HIM LOST THEIR HOMES.
SO JUST GLAD TO SEE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO DO SO MUCH FOR US GET RECOGNITION, AND I APPLAUD THAT, AND I APPLAUD THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR POLICE AND FIRE FOR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I GOT TO ATTEND A WOMEN'S CLUB. OUR WOMEN'S CLUB WAS SPONSORING THE REGIONAL GET TOGETHER OF WOMEN'S CLUBS IN OUR IN OUR AREA AT THE KING HARBOR YACHT CLUB, ON WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A RAINY AND CLOUDY DAY.
BUT IT WAS AMAZING. WE'RE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE YACHT CLUB, LOOKING OUT OVER THE OCEAN, AND THERE ARE 80 KIDS THERE PARTICIPATING IN A SAILING COMPETITION IN OUR HARBOR, AND AT THE SAME TIME, LANAKILA WAS PADDLING OUT AND PRACTICING IN THE RAIN.
SO THESE LADIES GOT TREATED TO A GREAT SPECTACLE RIGHT? RIGHT IN OUR HARBOR, AND IT'S GOOD TO RECOGNIZE WOMEN'S CLUB.
SO HATS OFF TO THEM. COUNCILMEMBER KALUDEROVIC, AND I GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CIVIC SEAL JUDGING STUDENTS, GIVING THEIR CIVIC SEAL PRESENTATION. THAT WAS HALF A DAY.
I FOUND THAT VERY INSPIRING TO HEAR THOSE KIDS.
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THEY HAD A BATTLE OF THE BANDS AND SALSA DANCE ON THEIR QUADS.SO WE HAVE AN AMAZING SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND I WAS PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT.
THURSDAY, OUR COUNTY SUPERVISOR IS CALLED A MAYOR'S CONVENING, SO I'LL BE ATTENDING THAT AND HOPEFULLY BRINGING BACK SOME DATA FROM ALL THE MAYORS THAT FALL UNDER UNDER HER JURISDICTION. SO I'LL REPORT BACK OUT WHEN I HEAR WHAT HAPPENS THERE, AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. APPROVE THE ORDER OF AGENDA.
[E. APPROVE ORDER OF AGENDA]
CITY MANAGER WITZANSKY, I THINK YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED. ONE UPDATE THIS EVENING. IF WE COULD PLEASE. MAYOR MOVE THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, THE URGENCY ORDINANCE MATTER REGARDING THE SMOKE SHOPS FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING SECTION OF THE AGENDA TO THE DISCUSSION SECTION OF THE AGENDA, EFFECTIVELY MOVING L2 TO N2. SECOND OR FIRST.I CAN GO SECOND. IT'S FINE. WE FOLLOW THE TRANSIT ITEM.
WE DO NOT HAVE TO CONDUCT A HEARING AT THIS STAGE OF THE ACTION.
WHEN CONSIDERING THE URGENCY ORDINANCE, IT WOULD BE IF WE INDEED CONTINUE THE MORATORIUM BEYOND THE INITIAL 45 DAY CYCLE, WHERE WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE THE FULLY SCHEDULED AND NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING.
OKAY. SO FOR THE AUDIENCE, IF YOU DIDN'T FOLLOW THAT L2 TO N2.
L2 IS GOING TO N2. LET'S SEE. ANYONE FROM THE COUNCIL WISH TO MOVE SOMETHING IN THE AGENDA? OR CAN I GET A MOTION TO DO THE AGENDA AS MODIFIED BY THE CITY MANAGER? APPROVED. SO MOVED. SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL FOR? AYE. COUNCILMEMBER OBAGI. AYE. OKAY.
ANYBODY AGAINST? OKAY. THANK YOU.
SORRY I'M LOST ON THE AGENDA HERE. I FLIPPED IT AROUND TOO MUCH.
[F. AGENCY RECESS]
SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL FOR? OKAY. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER A MEETING OF THE REDONDO BEACH COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY.[F.1. REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY]
COULD I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDER OF AGENDA? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL FOR? AYE. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY BLUE FOLDER ITEMS FOR THIS AGENCY.THANK YOU. OKAY. THE CONSENT CALENDAR. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? THERE'S FOUR ITEMS ON THERE. OKAY. SEEING NONE.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. SO MOVED. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS ITEM C1, C2, C3, OR C4? OKAY. ANYBODY ONLINE? I HAVE NONE, NO AND NO E-COMMENTS. OKAY. I'LL CALL THE VOTE, THEN. ALL FOR? ANYBODY OPPOSED? OKAY. PASSES. OKAY. SKIPPING DOWN.
WE HAVE NO EXCLUDED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. SKIPPING DOWN TO ITEM E.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. DOES ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY ON ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY.
TONIGHT WE'LL LIMIT THIS TO 30 MINUTES. EVERYBODY GETS THREE MINUTES, AND YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK ONCE.
NOBODY. OKAY. ANYBODY ONLINE? NONE. OKAY. LET'S SEE ANY REFERRALS TO STAFF.
FOR THE COMMUNITY FINANCE. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL FOR? OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. RETURNING BACK TO THE REGULAR AGENDA ITEM G DO WE HAVE ANY BLUE FOLDER ITEMS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING? YES, MAYOR.
WE HAVE. OR SHOULD I DO A ROLL CALL HERE? OH, YES.
YEAH. CAN I HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? NOW, ANY BLUE FOLDER ITEMS. THANK YOU. FOR DAY ONE, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OF NON-AGENDA ITEMS.
[G. BLUE FOLDER ITEMS - ADDITIONAL BACK UP MATERIALS]
YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR P1 RELATED TO THE APPOINTING DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES AS OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES.[00:35:05]
REVISED RESOLUTION. THE TERM DATE CHANGED TO JUNE 30TH, 2026 AND THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS BY MAYOR LIGHT.THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. IF YOU COULD LET IT KNOW MY COMPUTER WENT DEAD AGAIN.
HE'S RIGHT THERE. SEEMS LIKE A WEEKLY OCCURRENCE NOW.
ONLY FOR YOU. OKAY. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
DOES ANYBODY WISH TO APPROVE ANY OF THE ITEMS UNDER CONSENT CALENDAR? MAYOR, I DIDN'T GET A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM. OKAY.
MOTION TO. CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? SECOND. ALL FOR? AYE. OKAY. NOW, CAN CONSENT CALENDAR.
[H. CONSENT CALENDAR]
ANYBODY WANT TO PULL ANYTHING FROM CONSENT CALENDAR.THE ITEMS UNDER H. COUNCILMEMB ER KALUDEROVIC.
ANYTHING I WOULD LIKE TO PULL H9, PLEASE. OKAY.
COUNCILMEMB ER OBAGI OR BEHRENDT FOR ME? H9 AS WELL.
OKAY. OKAY, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS OTHER THAN H9.
SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY, A MOTION, A SECOND. ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM H UNDER CONSENT CALENDAR OTHER THAN H9. LOOKS LIKE DOCTOR ANDY LESSER.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MY NEW COUNCILMEMB ER WALLER. COUNCILMEMBER CASTLE, JOY, CONGRATULATIONS, AND IT'S NICE TO SEE ALL OF YOU BACK AGAIN. I JUST WANT TO SAY BRIEFLY ON H14, YOU KNOW, I'M A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH BLOCK CAPTAIN, AND OF COURSE, FOLLOWED THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNING MARTIN VERSUS BOISE WITH GRANT PASS VERSUS JOHNSON, AND I'M SO PROUD OF OUR CITY FOR REWRITING A NEW ANTI-CAMPING ORDINANCE THAT ALSO STRESSES THAT WE'RE CONTINUING THE HUMANITARIAN APPROACH OF STILL OFFERING SHELTER, OFFERING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. SO IT'S THE CARROT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE.
SO NOW IT'S KIND OF THE STICK IS THERE TOO, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY IN THE CITY.
SO I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU INCLUDED THE BUS STOP PROVISION, BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH LOITERING AT THE BUS STOPS ON THE BENCHES, TRASH, AND UNFORTUNATELY AT TORRANCE AND PCH PEOPLE USING THE SIDEWALK AS A BATHROOM BY THE BUS STOP BECAUSE SOMEBODY LIVES AT THE BUS STOP AND DEFECATES RIGHT NEARBY.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT ORDINANCE. I MISSED THE FIRST READING.
SO HERE I AM FOR THE SECOND READING AND THE ADOPTION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS? CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS EXCEPT H9. ANYONE ONLINE? I HAVE NO HANDS RAISED AND I HAVE NO E-COMMENTS FOR ANY.
OKAY. ALL FOR? AYE. OKAY. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY.
MOTION PASSES. OKAY. H10 . ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY.
[H.9. ADOPT BY 4/5 VOTE AND TITLE ONLY, RESOLUTION NO. CC-2505-025, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING A FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 BUDGET MODIFICATION TO APPROPRIATE $338,560 IN SUBDIVISION PARK TRUST FUNDS FROM AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE TO THE SCE ROW WEST OF PCH LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS - PHASE 1, JOB NO. 30850, PROJECT ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NO. CC-2505-026, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AWARDING A CONTRACT TO MARINA LANDSCAPE, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, IN THE AMOUNT OF $946,560.50 FOR THE SCE ROW WEST OF PCH LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS - PHASE 1, JOB NO. 30850, PROJECT]
RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2505-027 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE SUSPENSION OF PREFERENTIAL PARKING HOURS IN THE VINCENT AND VINCENT TWO PREFERENTIAL PARKING DISTRICTS FOR LIMITED HOURS ON JUNE 11TH AND JUNE 12TH, 2025. H11 ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2505-028 A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA LEASING CERTAIN PROPERTIES TO PRO-LIFE USA, LLC FOR H14 ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE NUMBER 3292-25 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 34 TO TITLE FOUR REGARDING UNLAWFUL CAMPING FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. THANK YOU.OKAY. THANK YOU. NOW GOING TO EXCLUDED ITEMS H9 COUNCILMEMBER KALUDEROVIC.
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YES. I WANTED TO PULL THIS ITEM. THIS IS FOR THE SCE ROW AREA THAT IS WEST OF PCH[00:40:08]
ON HERONDO THERE, AND I REALIZED THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT IN THE WORKS FOR A WHILE.SO THIS IS TO APPROVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THAT PROJECT, AND THE I GUESS I'D LIKE TO OPEN THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION BECAUSE THIS IS USING ADDITIONAL QUIMBY FUNDS, WHICH ARE DEVELOPMENT FEES, AND . I WOULD LIKE TO JUST PUT OUT THERE THAT I THINK WE CAN. I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, WHILE THIS IT'S MUCH OVER BUDGET THAN WE HAD PLANNED, IS THERE ONE A WAY TO MAYBE REWORK THE SCOPE OF WORK TO FIT INTO THE BUDGET A ND OR I THINK IT COULD BE A GOOD DISCUSSION TO BRING DURING BUDGET WHEN WE ARE ALLOCATING FUNDS TO VARIOUS PROJECTS AND THIS BEING ONE OF THEM. I BEFORE YOU I YEAH, PART OF MY COMPUTER BACK I CAN OKAY PRESENTATION BUT NOT THE HANDS UP. SO WE'LL GO WITH THE HANDS UP UNTIL WE FIGURE THAT OUT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAD SIMILAR SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THOUGHTS ON THIS T HAT COUNCILMEMB ER KALUDEROVIC MENTIONED THAT I SPOKE TO YOU, THE MAYOR, ABOUT AND COUNCILMEMB ER OBAGI, CITY MANAGER.
BIG PICTURE. IT'S A MILLION PLUS DOLLAR EXPENDITURE.
IT MEANING THE PROJECT, WHICH IS A LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS WEST OF PCH.
KIND OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD WERE YOU KNOW, IS THIS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE GOING FORWARD WITH? I'M NOT SAYING I'M AGAINST IT, BUT I THOUGHT IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA TO MAYBE HAVE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION WITH RESPECT TO AND MAYBE KICK IT OFF WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
WHAT IS THIS PROJECT? WHAT ARE WE INTENDING TO ACHIEVE BY IT? DOES THIS MEET THE GOALS? IS IT BETTER SUITED TO BE PART OF THE BUDGET DISCUSSION? IS IT SOMEWHAT TIME SENSITIVE? BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME BIDS THAT HAVE COME IN.
WHAT ARE THE MAINTENANCE COSTS? UPSIDES. DOWNSIDES.
JUST SOME MORE BACKGROUND, AND I POINT TO THE CITY MANAGER.
SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN HERE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE FROM A MATTER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO GO WITH IT AND THEN HEAR FROM COUNCILMEMB ERS ON IT, AND I'D CERTAINLY LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE MAYOR, WHO'S AN EXPERT. I BELIEVE IN PARKLANDS AND OPEN SPACE AND THE LIKE.
SO THOSE WERE MY THOUGHTS. AS I SAID, I HAVEN'T REALLY DRAWN AN OPINION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
SO IF WITH YOUR INDULGENCE, IF WE COULD HEAR FROM THE CITY MANAGER.
SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. HAPPY TO EXPAND ON THIS PROJECT.
IT HAS, AS WAS MENTIONED, IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL YEARS IN THE MAKING.
IT'S BEEN THE SUBJECT OF MULTIPLE STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORTS.
THE GOAL TO EXPAND THE CITY'S OPEN SPACE AND UTILIZATION OF THIS PROPERTY AT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF COUNCIL CONSIDERATION FOR MY ENTIRE CAREER HERE, LITERALLY FOR SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 18 AND 19 YEARS.
THE GOALS HAVE REMAINED CONSISTENT. THAT CONVERSATION HAS EVOLVED OVER TIME, AND SOME IN SOME OF THE EARLY PROJECT DESIGN OR SCOPE CONVERSATIONS. IT'S CENTERED AROUND BALL FIELDS AND OTHER ACTIVE USES.
WE LICENSED THIS PROPERTY SEVERAL YEARS AGO AT ABOUT $5,000 A YEAR, TO GAIN ACCESS TO PERHAPS EXPAND OUR OPEN SPACE HOLDINGS IN THE COMMUNITY. TO GO BACK TO THE TRAIL OF THOUGHT, OF THE TYPE OF UTILIZATION, THAT SITE THAT'S BEEN CONTEMPLATED OVER THE YEARS. ACTIVE ACTIVE BALL FIELD USE, OTHER MORE TRADITIONAL SORT OF SPORTS OPPORTUNITIES THERE WERE NOT AN OPTION FOR US BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS THAT HE HAS. AS AS IT PERTAINS TO ERECTING STRUCTURES UNDERNEATH THEIR TRANSMISSION CORRIDOR.
SO WHAT WE'VE OVER THE YEARS, BEEN REALLY FUNNELED INTO AS IT PERTAINS TO A USE IS MORE OF A PASSIVE OPEN SPACE PROPERTY DISPOSITION, AND THAT HAS LENT ITSELF, WELL, NOT ONLY TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF EXPANDING OUR OPEN SPACE HOLDINGS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF OUR ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS PRESSURES THAT THAT COME WITH A MORE ACTIVE PLAY OR BALL FIELD SPACE.
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WHILE THE PROPOSED PLANTING WILL REQUIRE SOME LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE, PERIODIC WEEDING, MOST NOTABLY AND OCCASIONALLY DECOMPOSED GRANITE PATHWAY RELEVELING AND THAT TYPE OF THING, IT DOES NOT COME WITH THE DAY TO DAY MOWING AND MORE TRADITIONAL PARK LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR OTHER REGIONAL PARK SITES. SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, IT'S LONG BEEN ENVISIONED TO BE AN OPEN SPACE AREA FOR THE CITY.SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE STARTED WORKING IN EARNEST WITH SCE TO OBTAIN THE LICENSE FOR THE SITE.
WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN DOING THAT. THAT DID COME WITH CONDITIONS, I NOTED, AND THEN IT TOOK US SEVERAL YEARS, ULTIMATELY TO DESIGN AND THEN RECEIVE APPROVAL FROM EDISON FOR THE SPECIFIC PARK PROJECT THAT YOU SEE HERE.
IN FACT, WE RECEIVED, I WANT TO SAY THAT LAST DESIGN APPROVAL JUST THIS PAST FEBRUARY, WHICH WAS IS WHAT ALLOWED US TO GO OUT TO BID AND PURSUE THESE THESE CONTRACTOR PROPOSALS. THE PROJECT HAS BEEN FUNDED IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TRANCHES OVER TIME, ABOUT $150,000 OF GENERAL CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS WERE USED.
INITIALLY DESIGNED THE SITE. THE COUNCIL APPROPRIATED A LITTLE OVER $300,000 A FEW YEARS BACK OF OUR MORE FLEXIBLE AND DISCRETIONARY OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT, AND THEN ANOTHER TRANCHE OF ABOUT $400,000 OF QUIMBY FUNDS.
THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION WOULD ADD 300 PLUS THOUSAND DOLLARS OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO NOT ONLY PROVIDE WHAT'S REQUIRED FOR THE PROPOSED CONTRACT, BUT ALSO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR CONTINGENCY ABOUT $125,000.
SO IT'S NOT CERTAIN THAT WE'LL SPEND THE FULL 338.
THAT'S ONLY GOING TO BE IN THE EVENT OF US REQUIRING THAT CONTINGENCY, AND I'LL TELL YOU, WITH THE DESIGN WORK THAT'S OCCURRED OUT THERE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THOUGHT TO THAT.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE US USING MUCH OF THAT CONTINGENCY FOR THIS TYPE OF A PROJECT, BUT NONETHELESS, WE ALWAYS RECOMMEND THAT IT'S AVAILABLE TO US IN ORDER TO COMPLETE FULL EXECUTION.
AS I SAID, LITERALLY, ANDY AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS THIS AFTERNOON.
THOUSANDS OF STAFF HOURS HAVE GONE INTO PREPARING THIS PROJECT, THIS PROJECT APPLICATION AND DESIGN, AND THEN HUNDREDS OF HOURS ELIZABETH HAUSE'S TIME AND OTHERS TRYING TO CONVINCE SCE TO ULTIMATELY EXTEND US THE LICENSE.
SO THIS HAS BEEN REALLY A LONG, EARNEST EFFORT THAT'S SURVIVED MULTIPLE CITY COUNCILS.
WHAT I WOULD SAY AND WHY I RECOMMENDED THIS AS A AS A MORE PERFUNCTORY ITEM TONIGHT.
IT ALLOWS US TO GROW OPEN SPACE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT FOR DECADES, AND THAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THE QUIMBY FUNDING SOURCE, IS TO HELP EXPAND OPEN SPACE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THAT PURPOSE OF QUIMBY FUNDS IS TO EXPAND, IS TO EXPAND OPEN SPACE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE QUIMBY FUND, THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE.
EVERY HOME THAT'S CONSTRUCTED THERE'S A $25,000 FEE THAT'S CONTRIBUTED TO OUR QUIMBY FUND TO HELP ULTIMATELY EXPAND OUR OPEN SPACE HOLDINGS AND PROVIDE THAT RELIEF, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH HOUSING.
YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION? YEAH.
SO YEAH. SO ULTIMATELY THE ULTIMATELY, THE RECOMMENDATION HERE IS TO EXTEND THE UTILIZATION OF THAT QUIMBY ACCOUNT TO FUND WHAT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO HONOR THIS AND AWARD THIS CONTRACT, BUT THE TWO OTHER POINTS THAT THIS PROJECT MAKES FOR ME IS IT MAKES CLEAR TO EDISON THAT REGARDLESS OF THE ULTIMATE DISPOSITION OF THIS SITE, THAT THIS COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PROPERTY IN PERPETUITY USED FOR OPEN SPACE PURPOSES.
NOW, I THINK BUILDING THIS PROJECT AND MAKING CLEAR OUR INTENTIONS WITH THE LICENSE ALLOWS US TO DO THAT, AND THEN THIRD IT HAS BEEN CLEAR IN EDISON'S PRACTICE THAT ONCE A USE AND A LICENSE SITE HAS BEEN OCCUPIED AND DEVELOPED, THEY HAVE ROUTINELY EXTENDED THE FIVE YEAR LICENSE TERMS ALMOST ON A MINISTERIAL BASIS.
SO, SAME THE SAME CONDITION EXISTS FOR OUR NORTH REDONDO BEACH BIKE PATH.
YEAH, EXACTLY. SO AND THEN THE LAST BENEFIT, I SEE IT, IN ADDITION TO THE OPEN SPACE AMENITY THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO OUR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THE REGION AT LARGE. WE ALSO BEAUTIFY ONE OF OUR KEY ENTRY POINTS INTO THE CITY.
THIS AREA HAS BEEN DIRT GRAVEL LOT FOR DECADES.
IT'S UGLY IN MY VIEW HAS BEEN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
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SO IT CHECKS SEVERAL BOXES IN MY VIEW, WHICH IS WHY ULTIMATELY, I'VE RECOMMENDED TONIGHT'S ACTION.ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER, AND YOU HAD MENTIONED YOU'D PUT IT ON AS A CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM, PRESUMABLY INSTEAD OF. WE HAVE THE BUDGET COMING IN A FEW WEEKS.
WE DO. WHY NOW? WE WERE ANTICIPATING THIS PROJECT COMING TO FRUITION THIS FISCAL YEAR, EXECUTING THESE CONTRACTS, AND WE TRY TO MARCH FORWARD AND EXECUTE ACCORDING TO THAT SCHEDULE.
IF I DELAYED EVERY PROSPECTIVE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ASSOCIATED WITH PROJECTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND DELAYED IT PERHAPS TO MID-YEAR OR THE BUDGET, WE WOULD RARELY GET THINGS DONE, AND IT WOULD ULTIMATELY LEAD TO MULTIPLE DELAYS.
SO I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A CULMINATION OF A LONG STANDING EFFORT.
I'M HOPEFUL THE COUNCIL CONTINUES TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT, AND THAT WAS WHY I RECOMMENDED ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR TONIGHT AND REQUIRING THE FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE THAT'S THAT'S NEEDED FOR US TO MAKE THIS ACTION EFFECTIVE.
THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SURE.
PITCHED IT TO THE COUNCIL. AT THAT TIME, THE COUNCIL WASN'T RECEPTIVE TO IT AT THE TIME.
THE REASONING THAT BILL PITCHED IT WAS WE WERE FIGHTING THE POWER PLANT AT THE TIME.
WE HAD THE VISION. HE HAD THE VISION TO PUT A PARK DOWN AT THE POWER PLANT.
HE WANTED A GRAND GREENBELT LEADING DOWN TO THAT POWER PLANT SITE ALSO EXTENDING TO A GREENBELT.
MANY HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS A GREENBELT TO THE SEA CONNECTING NORTH REDONDO, SOUTH REDONDO, AND THIS WAS TO PUT THAT STAKE IN AS OUR FIRST EFFORT TO DO THAT.
IT'S AN UGLY DIRT LOT THAT THE MOST USE WE'VE SEEN OUT OF IT IS CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT PARKED THERE AND FOUR WHEELERS HAVING FUN JUST DOING DONUTS IN THE DIRT. THAT'S THE MOST ACTIVE USES WE'VE SEEN OUT OF IT FOR YEARS, AND IT'S A BLIGHT ON THE ENTRANCE TO OUR TOWN.
WE HAD PROPOSED THIS AND CITY STAFF AT THE TIME I WASN'T UP HERE, BUT CITY STAFF SAID THAT SHE WOULD NOT ENTERTAIN A COMMUNITY GARDEN, WHICH I SINCE INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED WITH THEM.
THEY DON'T WANT ANY COMMUNITY GARDENS. ALTHOUGH TORRANCE HAS ONE AND IS GRANDFATHERED IN, THEY SAID THEY'RE NOT APPROVING ANY MORE COMMUNITY GARDENS ON THEIR PROPERTY BECAUSE IF THEY EVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH THERE, THEY'D HAVE TO MESS UP PEOPLE'S GARDENS.
WE'RE AN ANOMALY AS A WEALTHY COMMUNITY THAT HAS LESS THAN THREE ACRES PER 1000 RESIDENTS, AND THAT'S THE THAT'S THE STATE STANDARD FOR PARK POOR, AND IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT FOR OUR CITY TO BE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A GREAT CITY AND WE'RE PARK POOR.
THIS IS THE FIRST ACQUISITION OF ANY SIZE I'VE SEEN SINCE I MOVED HERE IN 1989.
IN FACT, WE'VE LOST GROUND BECAUSE WE USED TO COUNT.
IF YOU TOOK THAT AWAY, WE'RE BELOW 2 ACRES PER 1000 RESIDENTS, AND I THINK THAT'S HOW L.A.
COUNTY CATEGORIZES US AS UNDER TWO RIGHT NOW.
THE JUST REDOING THE PLAYGROUND AT DOMINGUEZ FOR LESS THAN HALF AN ACRE COST US 1.5 MILLION.
HERE WE'RE GETTING TWO AND A HALF ACRES FOR ABOUT $1 MILLION, WHICH IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
SO I DO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE DID GO FOR GRANT FOR THIS, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THE PULLING THE A SIDE, WE LOST THE FUNDING FOR THAT, BUT THAT WAS BEFORE I WAS UP HERE TOO ELIZABETH.
ENLISTED ME TO HELP WRITE THAT GRANT, AND IT WAS FOR NATIVE PLANTS.
SO THAT'S BEEN THE VISION FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND IT'S BEEN SHOWN THAT WALKS IN NATURE ARE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH MONTH AND WALKS THROUGH NATURE ARE A POSITIVE FACTOR ON MENTAL HEALTH, AND SO YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING THE COUNCIL WILL SUPPORT THIS DUE TO ITS LONG HISTORY, DUE TO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS BILL BRAND'S WISH, AND IT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FRANKLY, FOR TWO AND A HALF ACRES, A MILLION BUCKS FOR TWO AND A HALF ACRES OF SOMETHING THAT'S DIRT NOW AND UNUSED IS PRETTY DARN CHEAP.
I THINK IT'S A BARGAIN. SO I'D ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER SUPPORTING THIS.
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IF YOU COULD LIGHT UP. TOBY, PLEASE. JUST FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.SO YOU KNOW WHAT PROPERTY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS THE PARCEL HERE, AND IT'S I THINK, AM I CONNECTED? LET'S SEE. IS THAT THE RIGHT CORD? FOLLOW THE CHORD. I'M IN 3D. YEAH, YOU'RE ON 2B'S OVER HERE.
OH, 3D. OKAY. I THINK. DID HE HEAR YOU SAY IT'S 3B INSTEAD OF PULL THE PLUG OUT? IS THAT IT? NO, IT'S NOT CONNECTED.
OKAY, I GOT THE WRONG CORD. LET'S SEE IF 2B NOW WORKS.
OKAY. HOLD ON. HERE WE GO. I THINK I GOT IT. ALL RIGHT.
WE PULLED THE SWITCH RIGHT HERE, BUT IT'S TOTALLY UNDERUTILIZED, AND I'LL SAY THAT YEARS AGO MAYOR BRAND HAD WORKED HARD NEGOTIATING WITH, SCE SPOKE TO THE CEO OF SCE TO TRY TO GET THIS LICENSE, AND EVENTUALLY GOT IT FOR A NOMINAL FEE, AND WE STARTED FUNDING IT. I'LL TELL, YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE COUNCIL ANECDOTALLY FROM MY WORK ON THE COG, WHERE WE AWARD MONEY AS PART OF THE PUBLIC AS PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE, WE ARE CONSTANTLY GETTING PROJECTS THAT WERE PARTIALLY FUNDED OR FULLY FUNDED AT THE TIME THAT THEY WERE FUNDED, BUT THEN NOW THERE'S THEY'RE COSTING WAY MORE, A THIRD, MORE 40% MORE, SOMETIMES 50% MORE, AND THEN WE'RE NEEDING TO APPROPRIATE THE ADDITIONAL MONEY TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
ONE, WHAT WILL WE DO WHEN PREVIOUSLY FUNDED PROJECTS COME BACK TO US NEEDING MORE FUNDING? WE JUST STOPPED THEM IN THEIR TRACKS OR WILL WE CONTINUE THEM ON? ALSO, WHAT WILL WE DO WHEN THE PRIOR COUNCILS HAVE MADE A POLICY DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT AND DIRECT STAFF TO WORK TOWARDS A PROJECT, AND THEN IT COMES TO US FOR A FINAL APPROVAL AND TO MOVE FORWARD.
WILL WE STOP IT IN ITS TRACKS, OR WILL WE CONTINUE THE PROGRESS THAT HAD BEEN MADE BEFORE US? SO I SAY THAT WE CONTINUE THE PROGRESS, EXPAND THE VERY LITTLE OPEN SPACE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN REDONDO, AND THIS IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF PARK THAT WE WANT LOW MAINTENANCE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A EXPENSIVE PLAYGROUND THAT'S GOING TO FADE IN THE SUN AND THE LIKE AND POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, A GREAT WALKWAY TO GET DOWN FROM DISTRICT FOUR.
DISTRICT THREE DOWN TO BEACHLIFE FESTIVAL'S FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO KNOW? I DO HAVE JUST A FEW MORE COMMENTS.
SO THESE QUIMBY FEES, DEVELOPMENT FEES ARE FOR LAND ACQUISITION AND RECREATION FOR AS A RELIEF FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTS THAT HAVE THAT BURDEN OF DEVELOPMENT.
SO DON'T GET ME WRONG. I THINK THIS PROJECT IS GREAT.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO EXPAND OUR OPEN SPACE.
WHAT IS GIVING ME HEARTBURN IS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK INTO IT, AND , YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BIDS COMING IN, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PIER PARKING STRUCTURE, WE'RE REWORKING THAT JOB SCOPE.
SO, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN DO THAT WITH THIS PROJECT TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FIT WITH THE BUDGET THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE? I MEAN, THE RFP WENT OUT, BUDGETS CAME BACK, AND WE'RE JUST TAKING IT.
WE LOOK AT OTHER BIDS AND REWORK THEM, AND I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE.
WHAT I WOULD HATE TO HAVE HAPPEN WITH THIS SPACE IS THAT WE SPEND $1 MILLION TO PUT OUR FLAG IN THIS, YOU KNOW, PUT OUR STAKE IN THE GROUND, AND NOBODY USES IT.
IT COULD BE LIKE THE CORNHOLE INSTALLATION I PUT IN AT FRANKLIN PARK, AND IT DIDN'T GO WELL, BUT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT, AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS REASONABLE TO THINK THAT WE WILL HAVE THE LICENSE EXTENDED SEVERAL TIMES OVER.
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IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, AND I WOULD HATE TO, MY POINT IN BRINGING THIS UP WITH BUDGET IS THAT I WOULD HATE TO FUND THIS, AND HAVE THIS DEPLETE OUR QUIMBY OR SUBDIVISION PARK FUNDS AND NOT HAVE THINGS TO.ALLOCATE TO OTHER THINGS LIKE THE PERRY PARK TEEN CENTER.
THE YOUTH COMMISSION'S WORKED ON THAT, AND THEY HAVE THEIR VISION, AND IF WE CAN'T PROVIDE THAT TO THEM BECAUSE THEY THEY HAVE COME TO ME SAYING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR YOUNGER KIDS, BUT THERE'S NO SPACE FOR OLDER KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND SO WHILE I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, IT'S GIVING ME HEARTBURN TO ADD THIS CHUNK OF MONEY TO IT.
SO I WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM THE VOTE TONIGHT.
MAYBE IF I COULD JUST ADDRESS TWO POINTS THERE.
WE WILL HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US TO CONSIDER IMPROVEMENTS AT THE TEEN CENTER.
THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT CONSIDERATION.
SECONDARILY, I WILL SAY WE WE ALREADY DID VALUE ENGINEER THIS PROJECT TO GET US TO THIS POINT.
IT'S AND WHAT WE'RE FINDING WHEN WE VALUE ENGINEER BY THE TIME WE GET THROUGH IT, AND BY THE WAY, VALUING ENGINEER HERE WOULD NOT ONLY REQUIRE US TO GO BACK TO [INAUDIBLE] SPEND MORE MONEY TO DESIGN THAT VALUE ENGINEERING, BUT WOULD ALSO THEN AFTER WE ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL, GO BACK TO SCE FOR AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE APPROVED PLAN SET, WHICH COULD FURTHER DELAY. THAT WAS IN ITSELF A FOUR YEAR PROCESS.
SO WE DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY, RIGHT. LIKE IT JUST WELL THERE'S THAT, AND THE PROBLEM WE'RE FACING WITH ALL ALL AWARDS AND PROJECTS IS DELAY IS JUST NOT OUR FRIEND. RIGHT. WHAT WE VALUE ENGINEER OUT OF THE SITE AND SCOPE WE MAY LOSE IN COST ESCALATION WAITING FOR THAT CHANGE.
WE WILL BE PROPOSING SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO PROGRAMING THAT STAND TODAY, AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK SOME FUNDS TO QUIMBY TO OFFSET THIS COST THROUGH PROJECT CLOSEOUT FOR THREE PROJECTS THAT WERE UNDER BUDGET, ULTIMATELY WITH FINAL APPROPRIATION.
OKAY, OKAY. DID WE GET A SECOND HERE, A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? OR STAFF? PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. IF THE MOTION MIGHT ALSO INCLUDE THE RESOLUTION OF AWARD, IT'S THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION HERE. YEAH. YEAH.
SORRY. YES. VOTE. TITLE ONLY. RESOLUTION NUMBER CC - 2505-025 AND RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2505-026. THANK YOU. YOU ACCEPT THAT CHANGE? YES. OKAY. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? ANYONE ONLINE? I HAVE NO ONE ONLINE OR E-COMMENTS.
OKAY. WELL, I WILL CALL THE VOTE THEN. COUNCILMEMB ER BEHRENDT.
OVERALL, THOUGH I BELIEVE WHAT THE MAYOR SAID, I FOUND TO BE VERY COMPELLING AND PERSUASIVE.
OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ADOPT BY 4/5 VOTE.
TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2505-025 A RESOLUTION.
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025 BUDGET MODIFICATION TO APPROPRIATE $338,560 IN SUBDIVISION PARK TRUST FUNDS FROM THE AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE TO THE SCE ROW WEST OF PCH LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS PHASE ONE JOB NUMBER 30850 ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY. RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2505-026 CITY COUNCIL REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA. AWARDING A CONTRACT TO MARINA LANDSCAPE, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, IN THE AMOUNT OF
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$946,560.50 FOR THE SCE ROW WEST OF PCH. LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS.JOB ONE, PHASE ONE. JOB NUMBER 30850 PROJECT.
THANK YOU. COULD YOU REREAD THAT? JUST KIDDING, JUST KIDDING.
THANK YOU. OKAY NOW WE'RE GOING TO ITEM J PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS.
[J. 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 ELSEWHERE IN THIS AGENDA FOR ACTION.EACH SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ONLY ONCE AND WILL DO WRITTEN REQUESTS FIRST.
THE FIRST ONE I HAVE HERE IS JIM MUELLER.
GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. EXCUSE ME. IT'S A PRIVILEGE, OF COURSE, TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS YOU.
PARADISE IS DESCRIBED AS A GARDEN ABUNDANT WITH FLOWERS AND LOVELY TREES.
HELL IS A ROW OF CONCRETE BOXES BROILING IN THE SUN.
DEVELOPERS EAGER TO SQUEEZE MORE PROFIT FROM A PROJECT CONTINUE TO JAMPACK LOTS WITH CONCRETE BOXES, AND LOTS ARE CLEAR CUT BECAUSE THAT'S CHEAPER TOO.
THAT'S WHAT WAS PLANNED FOR THIS LOT AT 2022 MATTHEWS AVENUE.
I CALLED THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND MANAGED TO CONVINCE THEM TO FORCE THE CONTRACTOR TO SAVE ONE OF THE TREES, AND THAT WAS LAST FALL. I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS WHAT THE CONTRACTOR DID TO THAT TREE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SAVED.
THEY HACKED IT UP, AND THE FINAL RESULT. IS THIS READY FOR THE TRASH MEN? THEY CUT IT DOWN. THE SECOND TREE.
THE SECOND TREE. THE ONE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SAVED.
SOME VAGUE LANGUAGE IS BURIED IN TITLE TEN 2.2 OF THE CODE ABOUT PRESERVING TREES IN DEVELOPMENTS.
IS IT TAKEN SERIOUSLY IN THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT OR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT REVIEW? WELL, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF MAYBE NOT. HOW LONG WILL OUR TREE PARADISE LIVE WITHOUT STRONGER ACTION? DO WE WANT 30 YEARS? DO WE WANT TO WAIT 30 YEARS FOR THOSE SAPLING REPLACEMENTS TO MATURE? REDONDO BEACH WILL BE A HELLSCAPE OF CONCRETE BOXES BEFORE THEN.
A CALIFORNIA CITY, THOUGH SIMILAR TO REDONDO BEACH, HAS TAKEN ACTION.
ENCINITAS HAS STUDIED THE ISSUE AND DRAFTED A SPECIFIC MATURE TREE ORDINANCE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE SET FOR APPROVAL BY THIS JUNE. PRESERVING MATURE TREES IS BAKED INTO THE DESIGN PHASE OF ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
I'M SORRY, JIM; YOUR TIME IS UP. PRESERVATION.
THANKS FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION. I APPRECIATE IT.
OKAY, NEXT IS JESS MONEY, AND THEN I HAVE NO MORE CARDS.
JESS MONEY, DISTRICT THREE. I'LL PICK UP HERE WHERE I LEFT OFF THE LAST MEETING I ATTENDED.
THIS LITTLE CHART I MADE UP JUST KEEP TRACK OF THINGS, AND SO I'LL GIVE YOU THE SUMMARY.
YOU KNOW, CHRIS BERMAN'S FASTEST THREE MINUTES ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.
BALL. AS FAR AS COMPLAINTS OF WRONGDOING, ALLEGATIONS OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.
AT THE STATE BAR, WE HAVE OBAGI MIKE WEBB AND JOY FORD.
AT THE FPPC, WE HAVE CHADWICK CASTLE MIKE WEBB AND JOY FORD AT THE LA COUNTY DA, WE HAVE JIM LIGHT,
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ZEIN OBAGI, TODD LOEWENSTEIN, MIKE WEBB, JOY FORD, AND MIKE WITZANSKY.AT THE SECRETARY OF STATE, WE HAVE JIM LIGHT, ZEIN OBAGI, TODD LOEWENSTEIN, MIKE WEBB, AND JOY FORD AGAIN, AND THEN AT THE DOJ, WE HAVE JIM LIGHT, ZEIN OBAGI, MIKE WEBB, JOY FORD.
BY THE WAY, MR. OBAGI, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE DOJ THAT THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE AND MAYBE FOUR OTHER COMPLAINTS AGAINST YOU FOR VIOLATIONS OF YOUR OR BREACHES OF YOUR DPA.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS HIRED PHIL TOOMEY NOW TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF MISUSE OF POLICE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC EQUIPMENT IN CAMPAIGN MATERIALS.
THAT ALLEGATION WAS ALREADY SUSTAINED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AGAINST THE OFFICERS INVOLVED.
SO I'M WONDERING WHAT'S TAKING MR. TOOMEY SO LONG.
I SUSPECT THAT HE'S DEFINITELY TRYING TO HOLD OFF UNTIL THE DOJ AND THE DA RENDER THEIR VERDICTS ON OUR ALLEGATIONS FOR FEAR OF ADDING FUEL TO THE FIRE.
NOW I'M A REALIST. I DON'T THINK MOST OF THESE WILL RESULT IN ACTION, BUT THERE'S 23 OF THEM.
IT'LL TAKE SIX MONTHS, A YEAR, MAYBE TWO YEARS, BUT I HOPE TO SEE SEVERAL OF YOU IN ORANGE.
OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS? COME ON UP.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL.
THAT'S OKAY. YEAH. IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR NAME.
MY NAME IS SCOTT WILLIAM GRIFFIN. I AM A RESIDENT OF REDONDO BEACH, AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT PUSHING FOR MORE CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA FOR IN TERMS OF WATER SUPPLY.
JUST HAVING MORE NATIVE PLANTS CAN DEFINITELY HELP US WITH WATER, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IN THE PALISADE FIRES AND ALL THESE FIRES THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING AROUND, WE HAVE RAN OUT OF WATER, WE RAN OUT OF WATER, BUT THIS IS JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, SORT OF THAT WE SHOULD PUSH FOR THIS AND TRY TO KEEP MORE NATIVE PLANTS WHILE PUSHING OUT INVASIVE SPECIES.
THAT IS THE CHOIR WITH ME. THANKS. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR COMING DOWN FOR YOUR FIRST TIME.
APPRECIATE IT. ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ONLINE? MARK NELSON. GO AHEAD, MARK? ARE YOU THERE? YEP, I HAD TO UNMUTE TWICE THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A REQUEST TO HAVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION ADDED TO THE ASSESSMENT OF THE 500, 600 BLOCK OF NORTH PROSPECT. LAST WEEK, SAFETY CONCERNS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE RETRIGGERED WHEN THE PUMPING STATIONS WERE MOVED AROUND AND THEY'RE NEAR THE BUS STOP AND DIRECTOR SIMON HAD GIVEN US A CHILD PREDATOR EMAIL A WHILE BACK FROM LA COUNTY ON SECURITY LIGHTING.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY AN ISSUE THAT ALSO TRIGGERED OTHER BUS STOP ISSUES, NOT WILDLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT DOCTOR LESSER BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE NEED AROUND THE BUS STOP TO HAVE IT OPENLY VISIBLE WITHOUT CARS BLOCKING IT, SO THAT WE CAN SEE FROM BOTH SIDES WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE SO WE DON'T WIND UP WITH THE FECES AND ALL THE REST OF IT THAT AGAIN, THAT DOCTOR LESSER BROUGHT UP AND ALSO BEACH CITIES HAS PREVIOUSLY HAD ISSUES WITH UNHOUSED IN THEIR PARKING STRUCTURES AND CAMPING IN THAT AREA BEHIND.
SO A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ISSUES GOT RATTLED WITH THAT CHAIN.
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HAS BEEN WORKING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE MANY PROBLEMS THAT HAVE INCREASED IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE DISCOMFORT AND FEARS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONTAGE, ROAD SAFETY AND OTHER THINGS. WE HAVEN'T SPENT MUCH TIME IN OUR REDONDO HOME IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.WE'RE RETIRED SO WE CAN BE AWAY, BUT MOST OTHERS DON'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF RBPD, OUR SECURITY SYSTEMS WERE BEEFED UP AFTER A 2 A.M.
STALKING INCIDENT RELATED TO YET ANOTHER HIT AND RUN ON OUR CARS.
WE CAN PROVIDE FOOTAGE TO THE CITY. OF ALL THAT.
OVER THE YEARS WE'VE HAD SIX VEHICLES HIT EIGHT TIMES IN TOTAL.
FOLLOWING THE STALKING AND HIT AND RUN, WE NO LONGER LEAVE A CAR PARKED OUT ON THE STREET POINTED NORTH AT THAT INTERSECTION, SO THERE'S NO VISIBLE CUE ANYMORE, INDICATING THAT THE SOUTH END IS ONE WAY.
AT LEAST OUR CAR POINTING NORTH MADE IT OBVIOUS.
THERE'S NUMEROUS OTHER PROBLEMS THAT ARE CAUSED AT THIS DECEPTIVELY COMPLICATED INTERSECTION.
WE APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSIONER LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS, AND WE STRONGLY REQUEST THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION BE ADDED, INCLUDING THE SAFETY OF YOUNG E-BIKERS THAT ARE USING THE ROAD THE WRONG WAY AS A BIKE PATH TO GET TO SCHOOL AND TO COME BACK.
WE STRONGLY URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO ENGAGE PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC WORKS TO JOINTLY WORK TO INCREASE SAFETY AT THE AROUND THE BUS STOP, THE BEACH CITIES AREA AND THE 500 600 SERVICE ROAD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOAN IRVINE.
HELLO, JOAN. HI. HOW ARE YOU DOING? DOING GREAT.
OH, WHAT HAPPENED HERE? OH. DID WE LOSE YOU? OH.
MAYORS, AND CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. OKAY, GREAT.
MAYOR, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, CITY STAFF AND PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT A GREAT FIRST SATURDAY SWEEP THAT KEEP THE ESPLANADE BEAUTIFUL.
HAD THIS PAST SATURDAY. WE WERE VERY, VERY FORTUNATE THAT SCOUT TROOPS.
THERE WERE FIVE OF THEM. 2935, 2002, 3005, 5555 , 4325 AND PACK 970 ALL CAME OUT TO HELP CLEAN UP THE ESPLANADE, SO IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE THAT, WE LOVE WHEN THE CHILDREN COME, AND OF COURSE THEN WE TAKE SOME TIME AND WE TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF CLEANING UP THE ESPLANADE, HOW IT'S GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, AND ALSO IT'S EXTREMELY GOOD FOR THE CHILDREN TO LEARN ABOUT VOLUNTEERISM DURING THAT TIME, AND AS I SAID TO THE EXCUSE ME, I HATE TO SAY TO THE GIRL SCOUTS, ONE OF THE THINGS, HAVING BEEN A GIRL SCOUT I KNEW ABOUT, BUT YOU JUST THINK ABOUT AND YOU GO BE PREPARED, AND THESE YOUNG WOMEN AND YOUNG MEN IN OUR TOWN, BY THEIR VOLUNTEERISM, ARE STARTING TO PREPARE TO BE GOOD COMMUNITY LEADERS.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. OUR NEXT PERSON IS WAYNE CRAIG.
HELLO, WAYNE. HI. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WAYNE CRAIG, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE. LAST WEEK, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND SEVERAL DAYS UP IN SACRAMENTO TALK WITH OUR WONDERFUL LEGISLATORS. A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP, AND I TEXTED SOME OF THE COUNCILMEMB ERS WERE SOME BILLS THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE AWARE OF. I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED, BUT ONE BILL CALLED AB 647, WHICH IS BEING SPONSORED BY ED GONZALEZ, BASICALLY WILL ALLOW IMMEDIATE UP-ZONING OF SINGLE PARCEL LOTS TO ALLOW EIGHT UNITS TO BE BUILT ON THEM.
YOU HEARD ME RIGHT. NOT ONE, NOT TWO, NOT FOUR, BUT EIGHT.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL MAKE SOME PROGRESS ON IT. ANOTHER THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER BILLS THAT ARE COMING UP, TOO THAT WILL EXPEDITE THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR PERMITS.
NOW IN SOME CITIES THAT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALSO FIGHTING AGAINST AS WELL, AND FINALLY, I WANTED TO MENTION SOMETHING LAST ABOUT A WEEK AGO THE I THINK I MENTIONED BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING SOME FRIENDS OF MINE WHOSE HOME WAS SAVED IN THE PALISADES FIRE WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND THEY ACTUALLY CAME TO FIRE STATION TWO AT A GREAT TACO TRUCK COME DOWN AND MAKE A, YOU KNOW, A REALLY GREAT MEAL FOR ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS THERE.
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COUNCILMEMB ER OBAGI WAS THERE WITH ME AS WELL, AND IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE.THERE'S AN EXCELLENT WRITEUP IN THE [INAUDIBLE].
REALLY GREAT EVENT, AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE ALL SHOULD BE PROUD OF AS A COMMUNITY, THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ABLE TO HELP A COMMUNITY IN NEED AT A VERY CRITICAL TIME.
ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
THANK YOU. OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES THE ZOOM, AND WE HAVE ONE COMMENT FOR THE RECORD.
THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[K. EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS]
SO ITEM K EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS. WE HAVE ONE REMINDER WE CHANGED THE L2 IS NOW N2.SO I'LL PULL THE COUNCIL ON ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS RELATED TO L1.
COUNCILMEMB ER WALLER. NOTHING. COUNCILMEMB ER CASTLE.
NOTHING. COUNCILMEMBER KALUDEROVIC. STAFF. COUNCILMEMBER OBAGI.
WHICH ONE IS THIS? THIS IS THE MORATORIUM? NO, THIS IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
EXCEPT FOR COUNCILMEMBER BEHRENDT T O ADDRESS THAT, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT.
[L. PUBLIC HEARINGS]
CDBG 2025 TO 2030 CONSOLIDATED PLAN. I'D LIKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TAKE TESTIMONY.SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL FOR? ANYBODY OPPOSED? OKAY. FLOOR IS YOURS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.
ELIZABETH HAUSE, COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR.
AS YOU KNOW, WE PRESENTED THIS ITEM TO YOU INITIALLY AT THE APRIL 15TH MEETING.
THAT WAS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WE'RE HOLDING TONIGHT, AND WITH ME TO WALK COUNCIL THROUGH THE PLAN AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR CDBG SUPPORTED PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS IS JOYCE LEE.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO JOYCE. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMEMB ERS.
SO AS A RECAP, THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN IS AN EXTENSIVE REPORT AS WELL AS AN APPLICATION TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO RECEIVE AND IMPLEMENT FEDERAL FUNDS. SPECIFICALLY, WE WILL BE APPLYING IN AIR QUOTATIONS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS, WHICH IS AIMED TO ADDRESS HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES SPECIFICALLY FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS.
THROUGH THESE ANALYSIS, STAFF WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY PRIORITY GOALS WHICH WILL GUIDE FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. STAFF IS PROPOSING THESE SEVEN GOALS, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.
THAT DOES INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF DECENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO PROVIDE VITAL PUBLIC SERVICES AND CREATE SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBORHOODS, TO CREATE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, AND TO PREPARE THROUGH PRE-DISASTER RECOVERY, PLANNING AND RESPONSE.
FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, STAFF DID RECEIVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT OVER THE 30 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD, WHICH BEGAN ON APRIL 5TH AND CLOSED ON MAY 5TH, AND IT WAS GENERAL OVERALL SUPPORT FOR THE FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
THAT'S WHY YOU PUT A CHECK THERE. THAT IS, AND THAT DOES CONCLUDE THE OVERVIEW.
I'M OVERWHELMED WITH INFORMATION. OKAY. ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? I CAN USE MY COMPUTER, I THINK. YES. SO I HAVE NO SPEAKERS.
OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER KALUDEROVIC NOT A QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT AND ALL YOU DO ON THIS.
JUST GIVEN THE CURRENT POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT, I REALIZE THAT SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS MAY BE CUT OR LIMITED, AND HOW HAVE WE PLANNED, OR IS THERE A WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS LIKE PRIORITY FOR SOME OF THESE IN TERMS OF FAIR HOUSING
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SPECIFICALLY? IT'S NOT. WE'RE BEING TOLD BY HUD OFFICES THAT IT'S NO LONGER A REQUIREMENT, BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE THESE THINGS CONTINUE TO CHANGE.WE'VE WE'RE JUST KIND OF, KIND OF CONTINUING OUR PATH AND.
OKAY, OKAY, I KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING IT AND WE'VE BEEN ALERTED AS WELL, BUT THANK YOU.
SO THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER OBAGI. SO I WAS JUST LOOKING THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
REALLY COMPREHENSIVE. JUST LOOKING AT THE REPORT ON INCOMPLETE KITCHENS AND THE LIKE, SORTED BY AREA MEDIAN INCOME, AND I JUST WONDER WHAT CAN WE DO? I SEE, YOU KNOW WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF UNITS AFFECTING ALL RACES WHERE THE THEY HAVE ONE OR MORE, ONE OR MORE OF FOUR HOUSING PROBLEMS JURISDICTION AS A WHOLE, 1680 UNITS.
WHAT CAN WE DO AS A CITY, A CITY COUNCIL, IN TERMS OF POLICY TO HELP BRING THESE UNITS INTO BETTER CONDITION, TO HAVE NO PROBLEMS. SO FOR ONE, WE DO HAVE OUR MOBILITY ACCESS AND EMERGENCY REPAIR PROGRAM.
UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS LIMITED TO A 7500 CDBG GRANT.
PREVIOUSLY THERE WERE A HANDYMAN PROGRAM, WHICH I BELIEVE PROVIDED A MAYBE I'M NOT SPECIFIC ON THE AMOUNT, BUT IT WAS SOME TYPE OF GRANT SLASH LOAN THAT PROVIDED AN EVEN MORE ENCOMPASSING REPAIRS TO THESE HOMES.
BECAUSE THE FIRST STEP THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN TERMS OF MAINTAINING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS KEEPING FAMILIES IN THEIR HOMES, RIGHT. THAT'S I THINK, IS AT LEAST BY STATISTICALLY.
SO I THINK THAT MAY BE A BENEFICIAL PROGRAM BECAUSE AGAIN, WITH THESE FEDERAL REGULATIONS, THERE ARE A LOT OF RED TAPE WHEN IT COMES TO THE TYPES OF EQUIPMENT.
RIGHT. BECAUSE HUD DOES SEE EQUIPMENT AS KIND OF A RED FLAG.
WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN THE TERMS OF EXPENDITURES.
SO IF WITH THE SUBSTANDARD ANALYSIS THAT INCLUDES EQUIPMENT FOR FOOD HEATING THE PROGRAM CAN SUPPLEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, WATER REPAIRS, MOBILITY ACCESSES, BUT WHEN IT COMES TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE REDOING THE ENTIRE ROOF. RIGHT.
THAT IS A VERY COSTLY EXPENDITURE THAT WE SEE THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO GO UP.
SO OF THAT 7500 THAT WE HAVE A YEAR, DO WE HAVE THAT LAST YEAR AND DO WE GO THROUGH ALL OF IT, AND IF SO, IF WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF IT, HOW QUICKLY DO WE GO THROUGH ALL OF IT? WE DON'T GO THROUGH ALL THE FUNDS. UNFORTUNATELY.
WE DO GET MAYBE 1 TO 3 APPLICANTS PER YEAR. WITH THIS GRANT, WE DO HAVE TO CHECK INCOME ELIGIBILITY, WHICH REQUIRES SIX MONTHS OF BANK STATEMENTS, RETIREMENTS, TAX INCOMES, VERIFYING THE TITLE AND HOME OWNERSHIP OF THE HOME, AS WELL AS ANY POTENTIAL LIENS THAT MIGHT BE ON THE PROPERTY.
UNFORTUNATELY, AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO AGAIN VERIFY THAT FIRST AND FOREMOST, THEY ARE RESIDENTS OF REDONDO BEACH AND SECONDLY, THAT THEY MEET THE LOW AND MODERATE STANDARDS SET BY HUD.
HOW DO THEY REACH OUT TO YOU ALL? THEY CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE.
WE HAVE A HOUSING TAB. THEY CAN CLICK THROUGH THOSE NUMBERS, DIRECT NUMBERS TO ALL OF OUR HOUSING STAFF THAT THEY CAN REACH OUT TO, AND THEY CAN REACH OUT TO ME AS WELL. MY INFORMATION IS ON THERE AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS. NO SPEAKER CARDS, AND NO ZOOM.
OKAY. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYBODY HERE. ANYBODY ON ZOOM? NO ZOOM AND NO E-COMMENTS FOR THIS ONE. OKAY.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL FOUR. OKAY. WILL SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE 2025 TO 2030 CONSOLIDATED PLAN? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY, MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL FOR? OKAY. IS THAT ONE YOU HAVE TO READ OFF? OKAY.
I JUST WANTED TO CHECK. I ALWAYS TRY TO JUMP THE GUN ON THAT.
LET'S SEE. NEXT ONE, WE'RE JUMPING DOWN TO ITEM N1.
[N. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION]
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE DIRECTION ON POTENTIAL FOR UTILIZING BUS STOP FURNITURE AND BUSSES TO GENERATE ADVERTISING.I THINK THIS IS YOUR ITEM, ISN'T IT? SO YES, FROM STRATEGIC PLAN.
NOT THIS LAST ONE, BUT THE ONE BEFORE. AFTER COUNCILMEMBER NEHRENHEIM AND I SAW A PRESENTATION AT INDEPENDENT CITIES ASSOCIATION WHERE CITIES WHERE THE ADVERTISING COMPANIES WERE SPEAKING ABOUT IT, BUT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW CITIES ARE GENERATING REVENUE FROM ADVERTISING AT THESE
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BUS SHELTERS. YEAH SO GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND MAYOR.THIS IS A STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVE THAT THE COUNCIL ASKED US TO LOOK INTO AND IS TO ASSESS THE POSSIBILITY OF UTILIZING OUR TRANSIT BUS STOPS AND ANY OTHER INVENTORY WE HAVE ON HAND FOR THE PURPOSE OF AN ADVERTISING PROGRAM.
SO WITH ME TONIGHT, WE HAVE OUR NEW TRANSIT TEAM, WHO I'M VERY PROUD TO INTRODUCE.
WE HAVE TYRONE GUNN, OUR TRANSIT MANAGER, AND BRIAN, OUR TRANSIT ANALYST, AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE LEAD ON PRESENTING TO THE COUNCIL, ESSENTIALLY WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW WITH OUR CURRENT INVENTORY AND WHAT OUR BUS STOPS AND, AND WHAT OUR BUSSES LOOK LIKE. WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH, THEY'RE GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT OUR ADVERTISING OPTIONS ARE, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION AT THE END. SO WITH THAT I WILL HAND IT OVER TO TY.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR LIGHT COUNCIL.
EVERYONE IS HERE, THOSE ONLINE AND THOSE IN-HOUSE.
SO WE ARE MORE THAN THRILLED, AND WE ALSO HAVE THIS ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE, NATALIE BONILLA.
THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE TEAM ON BEING THE TRANSIT MANAGER.
BRIAN IS OUR THE ANALYST AND NATALIE IS OUR ASSISTANT.
THE FIVE POINTS THAT WE HAVE OUR FIRST POINT, CURRENT STOP AND FLEET.
SO BASICALLY WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE THAT SERVICE BEACH CITIES TRANSIT SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, OUR FLEET, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE STOPS AND YOU WILL SEE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE.
AS FAR AS WHAT'S CURRENT OUR FTA REGULATIONS WILL BE COVERED BY BRIAN, WHAT WE CAN AND WHAT WE CAN DO BASED OFF THE FUNDINGS THAT WE HAVE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS FAR AS WHAT THE REGULATIONS BASED OFF OF FTA.
THE POTENTIAL ADVERTISEMENT. THE POTENTIAL WHAT DO WE HAVE? THERE IS POTENTIAL IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS. SO PLEASE DO NOT LOOK AT IT FROM A NEGATIVE STANDPOINT.
THERE IS POTENTIAL, BUT WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
THE IMPLEMENTATION MODELS. WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS WHAT WE CAN DO AS FAR AS THIRD PARTY VERSUS IN-HOUSE AND WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, WHAT WE RECOMMEND ABOUT DOING WITH THIS PROJECT.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO HERE ON OUR FIRST SLIDE THAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE ROUTE 109.
WE HAVE TWO ROUTES BEACH CITIES TRANSIT ROUTE 109 AND ROUTE 102.
IF YOU LOOK ON THE CHART TO THE LEFT, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE IT'S A TOTAL ON OUR NORTHBOUND ON 109, AND SOUTHBOUND, WE HAVE 139 STOPS THAT WE SERVICE, RIGHT? 102 ROUTE. WE HAVE 69 TOTAL STOPS. THEN YOU ALSO HAVE SHARED STOPS.
IT'S A TOTAL OF SIX. A TOTAL OF 214 STOPS THAT WE SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, MANHATTAN BEACH, HERMOSA BEACH, AND OUR VERY OWN GREAT REDONDO BEACH.
214 STOPS. YOU GUYS LET THAT SINK IN A LITTLE BIT.
THAT'S A LOT, RIGHT? WITH THIS, WE HAVE 20 BUSSES IN OUR FLEET.
12 OF THE BUSSES ARE CNG, WHICH IS THE PICTURE TO THE LEFT.
SEVEN OF THEM ARE CUTAWAYS, WHICH IS THE 30 FOOT TO OUR RIGHT.
WE HAVE ONE MINIVAN THAT SERVICE OUR WAVE SERVICES, AND WITHIN THESE 20 BUSSES? AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE FOUR BUSSES THAT WE HAVE TO REPLACE.
THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE BY 2029, ONE OF THESE BUSSES HAVE TO BE ELECTRIC BASED OFF THE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE, BUT ONE OF THOSE BUSSES CANNOT SUBSTITUTE FOR THE FOUR BUSSES THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
RIGHT OUT OF THE 20 BUSSES THAT WE HAVE, THAT SERVICE, THE FLEET THAT WE'RE DOING AS OF RIGHT NOW.
SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.
ALL THIS THAT WE HAVE SERVING THESE GREAT CITIES ARE ALL FEDERALLY FUNDED PURCHASES, RIGHT? OUR BUS STOPS, OUR BUSSES, ALL FEDERAL-FUNDED.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THIS IS IN OUR COMMUNITY AREAS. THESE STOPS HERE THAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDES ARE SINGLE SERVICE STOPS MEANING SINGLE BEING THAT IT'S JUST OUR OWN BEACH CITIES TRANSIT STOPS. IT'S NOT A SHARED STOP WITH METRO.
IT'S NOT A SHARED STOP WITH G TRANS OR TORRANCE OR ANYTHING ELSE.
THESE ARE DIFFERENT STOPS OR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE.
SO CURRENTLY THESE, YOU SEE THE ONE ON CARNEGIE RIDGE LANE, YOU SEE THAT THERE'S A CEMENT, THERE'S LIKE A CEMENT PILLAR THAT'S LIKE A BENCH, AND , AND THEN YOU HAVE THE TRASH, AND THEN THAT POLE WITH A STOP SIGN IS THAT'S THE SIGN AND NOTIFICATION OF WHAT ROUTE IT IS. RIGHT? ALSO IN FRONT OF THE PARK, YOU HAVE ANOTHER BENCH THAT'S SLANTED BACK,
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NOT CONCRETE, BUT ALSO HAVE A BENCH THERE AT THAT LOCATION, AND THEN ON CLARK YOU ALSO SEE ANOTHER CEMENT NON-BACK SUPPORT BUS STOP HERE THERE. SO WE ALSO ADDED TO THIS TO THE RIGHT OF THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT AT OUR REDONDO BEACH TRANSIT CENTER, A KIOSK THAT WE HAVE THAT'S A QUAD SIZE.I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S ONE SIDE THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING IN IT.
RIGHT. SO THERE'S SOME WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT OPPORTUNITY MAYBE.
MAYBE, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU GUYS THAT BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE ONE.
THERE'S ONLY ONE KIOSK THAT'S AT THE REDONDO BEACH TRANSIT CENTER.
RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, BRIAN, HAND IT OVER TO BRIAN TO TALK ABOUT THE FTA REGULATIONS.
THANK YOU TY. SO I'LL BE TOUCHING ON FTA REGULATIONS FOR OUR ASSETS.
I'M GOING TO REFER TO FTA CIRCULAR 4220.1G. THIS APPLIES TO ALL FTA ASSISTANT PROGRAMS WHICH TRANSIT IS A RECIPIENT. IT'S TO COMPLY.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'LL NEED TO OPEN UP REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WHICH IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESS AND THEN GO INTO REVENUE CONTRACT ONCE SIGNED, AND THEN ONCE WE SIGN THE REVENUE CONTRACT. WE HAVE THE.
I'D LIKE TO CITE. FEDERAL GRANT REGULATION TWO CFR PART 200.
ANY REVENUE GENERATED FROM THESE REVENUE CONTRACTS IS CLASSIFIED AS PROGRAM INCOME, WHICH IS DEFINED AS GROSS INCOME EARNED BY THE RECIPIENT OR SUB RECIPIENT THAT IS DIRECTLY GENERATED BY SUPPORTED ACTIVITY OR EARNED AS A RESULT OF THE FEDERAL AWARD DURING THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED. SO THAT'S THE REVENUE THAT WE'RE GENERATING.
THE SECOND PIECE OF THE REGULATION IS THE GENERAL EXPECTATION IS THAT THE PROGRAM INCOME EARNED DURING THE PROJECT PERIOD MUST BE RETAINED BY THE NONFEDERAL ENTITY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AWARDING AGENCY REGULATIONS OR THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE FEDERAL AWARD, MUST BE USED TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES OF THE PROJECT OR PROGRAM.
SO WHAT THAT ESSENTIALLY BOILS DOWN TO IS ANY REVENUE GENERATED FROM THE ADVERTISING PROGRAM MUST RETURN INTO TRANSIT AS TY MENTIONED, BCT ASSETS ARE CURRENTLY FEDERALLY FUNDED WITH THE 8020 SPLIT 80% FEDERAL, 20% LOCAL MATCH.
SO IF THE CITY CHOOSES TO USE CURRENT ASSETS, THEN WE MUST COMPLY WITH FTA GUIDELINES.
ANOTHER OPTION THOUGH, HOW THE HOWEVER, IS THE CITY CAN INVEST IN BUS, FURNITURE AND OR ASSETS THAT ARE NON FTA FEDERAL FUNDED, MAKING THIS AGREEMENT UNNECESSARY. THE REVENUE THAT'S GENERATED IS IT SPLIT 80/20 OR IT GOES ENTIRELY TO THE FEDERAL? SO THAT'S OUR EXPENSES IN PURCHASING THE ASSETS.
SO WE DO 80/20 SPLIT. SO 80% IS FEDERAL FUNDS AND THEN 20% IS LOCAL MATCH GENERATED 100% HAS TO STAY IN BEACH CITIES TRANSIT. SO THE REVENUE THAT'S GENERATED FROM THE ADVERTISING PROGRAM WOULD NEED TO COME BACK INTO THE TRANSIT.
MAYOR. I'M SORRY. COULD WE POSSIBLY USE USES.
SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING. COULD WE POSSIBLY USE THOSE FUNDS TO PAY FOR OUR 20% MATCH? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I WOULD, I WOULD ADD OUR 20% MATCH IS GENERALLY SUPPORTED WITH OTHER REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION RESTRICTED DOLLARS LIKE PROP C, BUT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE IT, IF WE FOR SOME REASON DIDN'T HAVE THE LOCAL REGIONAL OFFSET AND WE WERE HAVING TO SUBSIDIZE IT WITH GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, THEN TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, WE COULD. THANK YOU MAYOR, AND JUST TO PICK UP ON THAT POINT SO IF THE CITY WERE TO REMOVE AND GIVE BACK THE FEDERALLY FUNDED FURNITURE, BUS STOPS AND PROVIDE OUR OWN CITY FUNDED BUS STOPS, AND IF THE CITY WERE TO INCLUDE ADVERTISING ON THOSE BUS STOPS, WOULD THE CITY BE ABLE TO KEEP ALL OF THAT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND IF IT DESIRES? CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. EXCELLENT. YOU'RE SKIPPING TO THE PRESENTATION, BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. I DON'T WANT TO KNOW.
OKAY. YES, THE WHOLE THING. YES. WE'LL BE TOUCHING ON THAT.
THIS MAY BE IN IT AS WELL, AND I'LL ASK THIS QUICKLY. THERE'S 214 STOPS.
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CITY LIMITS? OR COULD WE DO IT FOR ALL OF THE STOPS FOR WHICH THE BCT SERVICES, IF, YOU KNOW, DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT RIGHT OFFHAND, BUT I WILL SAY THIS BECAUSE OF THE SHARED STOPS THAT WE HAVE WITH METRO, METRO, THOSE STOPS THAT THEY PURCHASED, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR.SO IF THERE'S ANY PURCHASING STOPS THAT WE PURCHASED THAT WE SHARED WITH METRO, THEN WE HAVE ACCESS TO DO WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. ARE THOSE SHARED STOPS WITHIN THE 214 THAT YOU MENTIONED? ARE THOSE ADDITIONAL. YES. YES. HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE SHARED STOPS? IF YOU KNOW OFFHAND IF IT'S IN YOUR PRESENTATION, I'LL WAIT.
WE DON'T KNOW RIGHT OFFHAND. WE'LL GET THAT ANSWER TO YOU FOR SURE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WELL DONE, WELL DONE.
GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
ARE YOU STILL HAVE SOMEONE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF OUR SHARED STOPS RIGHT.
CONSIDERABLY, S HELTER WISE. RIGHT. ANOTHER SLANTED BENCH M ETAL SHARE S TOP WITH TORRANCE TRANSIT, AND THEN TO THE RIGHT YOU SEE THAT THERE'S A BENCH SLANTED BENCH TRASHCAN THAT'S IN FRONT OF NEXT TO A BUSINESS IN FRONT OF AN OPEN PARKING SPOT.
NOW SOME OF THEM ONE HAS A SHELTER, ONE DON'T.
SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW.
YES, COUNCIL. THANK YOU. YOU NEED A SHELTER TO DO ANY ADVERTISING ON A BUS BENCH? NOT NECESSARILY. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO, YOU DON'T NEED A SHELTER.
TO ACTUALLY DO, BUT THIS BENCH IS NOT NECESSARILY.
WE'RE NOT. WE DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE JUDGMENTS, TO SAY YES OR NO ON THE SLANTED IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF ADVERTISEMENT THAT CAN GO ON THAT BENCH, PER SE. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THIRD PARTY PIECE A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT NEVERTHELESS, YOU DO SEE THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF BUS STOPS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN OUR SERVICES AS OF RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT TYPE OF SHELTER.
SO THE SHELTER ITSELF COSTS ROUGHLY ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 5000 TO $15,000 FOR THE SHELTER, THEN FOR THE KIOSK, IF WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT IT AT A KIOSK TO THESE PLACES DEPENDING ON THE SIZE, DEPENDING ON THE, THE ADVERTISEMENT, WHAT IT DISPLAY, THE ELECTRICITY CAN GO ANYWHERE FROM 25,000 TO YEAH, TO LIKE 50,000, BASICALLY JUST FOR JUST ONE THAT BE ADDED INTO OUR BUS STOPS, AND THEN ALSO FOR THE COST OF INSTALLATION IS ANYWHERE FROM 1500 TO $5000 FOR LIKE INSTALLATION FOR EACH STOP.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE HERE ALSO SO FOR POTENTIAL ADVERTISEMENT.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE AT MACKAY AND ARTESIA, WE HAVE A STOP ON OUR LEFT HAS A BENCH LIKE YOU ASKED, COUNCILMAN THAT NOT NECESSARILY HAVE A SHELTER, BUT IF YOU NOTICE, IT'S A DISTANCE AWAY FROM LIKE THE OTHER BENCHES, THE WAY THAT'S KIND OF OFFSET TO THE BACK. RIGHT? BUT THEN ALSO TO THE NEXT. THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, YOU SEE THAT THAT'S ALSO A SHARED STOP THAT HAS NO BENCH, NO SHELTER. JUST THE SIGN OF THE LOCATION OF WHERE THE BUS STOP IS.
IT COSTS A NICE PIECE OF FINANCES TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ALL THIS, TO ADD THESE CERTAIN THINGS, BECAUSE CURRENTLY IN OUR SERVICES, THROUGHOUT OUR ROUTES, WE DON'T HAVE CERTAIN BEGINNING PIECES TO MAKE THIS COME TO LIGHT IN OUR SERVICES AS OF RIGHT NOW. SO NEXT SLIDE. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION AND OUR DIFFERENT MODELS THAT THE CITY CAN IMPLEMENT BEFORE I GET INTO THE MODELS THE CITY WILL NEED TO COME UP WITH ADVERTISING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
THE CONTENT, WHAT IS GOING TO BE PROHIBITED? WHAT IS GOING TO BE ALLOWED? IF WE'RE ONLY GOING TO ALLOW COMMERCIAL CONTENT ONLY? IF SO, WHAT SPECIFIC CATEGORIES WILL BE RESTRICTED, SUCH AS TOBACCO, ALCOHOL AND FIREARMS? SO WE REALLY NEED TO SET AND ADOPT A CLEAR VETTED POLICY BEFORE WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
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SO NOW WITH THAT IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS, I'LL GO INTO THE TWO MODELS THAT WE HAVE.THE FIRST ONE IS THIRD PARTY CONTRACTING WITH AN ADVERTISING FIRM.
SO THIS ESSENTIALLY MEANS TO REMAIN COMPLIANT WITH FTA.
WE OPEN UP AN RFP BID, GET INTO AN ADVERTISING FIRM, GET INTO A CONTRACT WITH AN ADVERTISING FIRM.
THEY'LL MANAGE ADVERTISING ASSETS, THE SALES FOR ADVERTISING, INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE.
THIS WILL REQUIRE LESS UPFRONT CAPITAL, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, MANAGE OUR ASSETS.
THE CONTRACTOR WILL HAVE SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE.
SOME RISKS WILL BE REDUCED. CITY CONTROL REQUIRES REVENUE SHARING, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT 100% FROM OUR ADVERTISING SALES AND REQUIRES STRONG CITY OVERSIGHT. IF WE WERE TO EVER REQUIRE A CHANGE TO THE CONTRACT, IT WOULD REQUIRE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, AND WE'D NEED STAFF DEDICATED TO THE OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE CONTRACTOR WHO WOULD RUN THESE FINANCIAL AUDITS.
YOU KNOW, THE CONTENT MANAGEMENT. THE SECOND MODEL IS IN-HOUSE MANAGEMENT.
SO THAT WOULD MEAN TRANSIT STAFF RUNNING THE ADVERTISING PROGRAM.
THIS WOULD A PRO WOULD BE STRONG CITY OVERSIGHT.
WE WOULD RETAIN ABOUT RETAIN 100% OF THE TRANSIT REVENUE GOING BACK INTO THE TRANSIT PROGRAM.
HIGHLY ADAPTABLE CITY CAN ADJUST AS NECESSARY.
HOWEVER, A RISK IS SIGNIFICANT. CITY RESOURCES REQUIRES STAFF EXPERTISE.
THERE WILL BE UPFRONT CAPITAL NECESSARY, AS TY MENTIONED.
PURCHASING OF OUR ASSETS, PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF YOU KNOW AGAIN THESE ASSETS, IF WE'RE USING THE CURRENT ASSETS IN PLACE, WE'LL NEED TO OPEN UP COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS TO STAY WITHIN COMPLIANCE WITH FTA.
WE'LL ALSO NEED TO BUILD STAFF EXPERTISE. SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS KNOWS AD SALES, MARKET ANALYSIS AND OPERATIONS, RUNNING THE OPERATIONS, WHICH IS PRINTING PLACEMENT AND MAINTAINING ADVERTISING ASSETS, AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE PORTION WHICH IS COMPLIANCE MONITORING, CONTENT REVIEW AND FINANCIAL REPORTING. THANK YOU.
MISS ONE. WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO MARKET TO GET THOSE ADVERTISERS TO COME IN RIGHT.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF A STOP THAT WE HAVE.
SO THIS STOP IS HERE IS AT FELTON AND ARTESIA.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT HAS A SHELTER. IT HAS A SLANTED BENCH.
THE TRASH CAN IS NEXT TO IT. IT HAS A FLOWER BED BEHIND.
THE PICTURE IS NOT SLANTED. IT'S ON A DOWNWARD GRADE.
SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ADA COMPLIANCE, RIGHT? SO WITH THAT, HAVING THAT THE FLOWER BED HAS TO BE MANAGED BY THE PROPERTY BY 7-ELEVEN. RIGHT. SO THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE WHOLE ADVERTISEMENT PROJECT, RIGHT? WHERE A THIRD PARTY WILL ALSO, WITH THEIR EXPERTISE, WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE OTHER PIECES TO MAKE IT ALL COME TO LIGHT, WHICH JUST IN THIS PICTURE, IT'S A LOT THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.
COMMUNICATION WITH THE BUSINESS, COMMUNICATION WITH THE THIRD PARTY, THE PROS AND THE CONS.
MAKING SURE WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE, AND HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THE SPACES THAT THEY USE TO PUT MAYBE A KIOSK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT HAS TO ALSO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DISTANCE FROM THE BENCH TO THE CURVE FOR ADA COMPLIANCE, TO BE ABLE TO MOVE UP AND DOWN FOR PEOPLE DOWN THE STREET.
NEXT SLIDE. SO WITH RECOMMENDATIONS IN CLOSING FIRST AND FOREMOST, LIKE I SAID, WE THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING THIS TIME AND GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS TO PRESENT TO YOU GUYS AND GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM IS GOING TO PROVIDE FOR YOU.
WITH THAT BEING SAID WHEN ALLOWING STAFF TO CONDUCT TARGETED ECONOMIC RESEARCH, THE PROJECTED COST.
RIGHT. NOTHING IS CONCRETE, BUT WITH THE FUNDING MARKS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO US AS GOING INTO OUR NEXT BUDGET YEAR, WE ANTICIPATE A 10%, POSSIBLY A 10% CUT, RIGHT? SO WITH THAT, THAT MEANS THAT OUR LOCAL RETURN MONEY, WE MIGHT HAVE TO COVER THAT GAP, BUT IN COVERING THE GAP, WE ALREADY DIGGING IN TO FINDING OUT MUCH GRANTS, AS WE CAN GET MORE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE GAPS THAT WE MIGHT FACE.
SO SPENDING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS PROJECT COME TO FRUITION COULD BE A CHALLENGE, AND ALSO TO COMING UP FOR THE NEW PROPOSAL THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
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SO DEVELOPING THE ADVERTISEMENT, THE POLICIES.YEAH. SO AGAIN, JUST REALLY REITERATING WE NEED AN ADVERTISING POLICY SURROUNDING IF WE WERE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ADVERTISING THROUGH OUR BUS ASSETS AND THEN WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE REVENUE.
ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISERS. EXCUSE ME TO REACH THE MARKET.
HOWEVER, ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES HAS EXPERIENCED CHALLENGES REVENUE SHORTFALL FROM BUS SHELTER ADVERTISING, WHICH CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE. FROM CITY OF TORRANCE ADOPTED OPERATING BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
LIKE I STATED BEFORE, WE'RE ALSO SEEKING TO FIND MORE FUNDING IN DIFFERENT AREAS, BUT AT THIS CURRENT TIME, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING OUR TRANSIT TEAM.
WE'RE STILL WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE VERY ACCURATE IN GIVING YOU GUYS, GIVING THE CITY, SHOULD I SAY GIVE THE CITY THE BEST POSSIBLE WINNING ATTITUDE TO BE ABLE TO ADVERTISE? SO WE RECOMMEND AT THIS TIME, IT'S NOT FEASIBLE FOR US TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT DUE TO THE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE AMONGST US, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN COUNCILMAN OBAGI THAT WE CAN'T LATER ON USE AN RFP TO BE ABLE TO PUT ADVERTISEMENT FOR SOMEONE TO BID TO HAVE THAT SPACE IN THAT COLUMN THAT'S AT THE TRANSIT CENTER.
SO THANK YOU. THANKS AGAIN. YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY COMMENTS? WELL, FIRST, THANK YOU. THIS WAS A GOOD, GOOD PRESENTATION AND WELL PRESENTED.
GLAD TO SEE SOME ENERGY COMING TO A TOPIC THAT WE DON'T OFTEN GET A LOT OF ENERGY ON.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND THANKS FOR THE RESEARCH.
I WAS JUST GOING TO THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WAS GOING TO SAY THE, YOU KNOW, ONE THING ABOUT OUR CURRENT BUS BENCH DESIGN IS THAT IT IS INCONSPICUOUS, SO THE RESIDENTS DON'T EVEN REALLY KNOW IT'S THERE.
I WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT ADVERTISING AND THE PROS AND CONS BEYOND WHAT WAS DISCUSSED SO FAR.
REVENUE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THAT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THE INCONSPICUOUS NATURE VERSUS THE ADVERTISING WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BY DEFINITION IT'S GOING TO BE EYE CATCHING, IT'S GOING TO BE BRIGHT, IT'S GOING TO BE, HEY, CALL SO AND SO , BUT SO MAYBE IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH ADVERTISING, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF GUIDELINES THAT ARE YOU KNOW, WORK THAT BALANCE, AND I WANT TO SEE MORE ABOUT THAT.
SO THAT THAT WAS IT. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMB ER WALLER. I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE REPORT.
BACK IN THE OLD DAYS, I RAN AN ONLINE AD NETWORK.
I KNOW THERE'S NO WAY I WOULD EVEN COME CLOSE TO HAVING THE EXPERTISE TO DO TO MANAGE THIS, AND I DON'T SEE OUR STAFF BEING CLOSE TO THAT YET, SO I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'VE GOT THERE.
YOU KNOW, IF WE'VE GOT PROJECTIONS THAT COME IN AND SAY WHAT THE REVENUE IS GOING TO BE, OR IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AND SAYS THEY WANT TO PROVIDE THE FACILITIES, I WOULD STILL HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE CLUTTER AND THE BLIGHT.
SO AT THIS POINT, I THINK I WOULD AGREE WITH THE RECEIVE AND FILE AND LET'S GET MORE INFORMATION, AND WE'VE GOT IT. IT'S GOOD, BUT N OT READY FOR IT YET.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMB ER. OBAGI. YEAH.
THANK YOU. BY THE WAY, TYRONE AND BRIAN, THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION, AND I'LL SAY WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED TO US AT ICA, THE IDEA WAS THESE COMPANIES COME IN AND THEY'LL INVEST IN ALL THE OUTDOOR FURNITURE, ETC., AND THEN THEY SPLIT THE REVENUE WITH THE CITY.
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TO, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE ON YOUR VERY BUSY CORRIDOR.SO ARTESIA BOULEVARD, PCH, THOSE WILL PROBABLY BE TWO OF THE MAIN PLACES WHERE YOU CAN GET OUTDOOR ADVERTISING AND THE LIKE, AND WHAT OTHER OTHER STREETS ARE HIGHLY TRAVERSED OR TRAFFICKED IN OTHER CITIES.
I DON'T KNOW THAT EVEN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF THESE ARE SUITABLE FOR REDONDO BEACH.
I'LL SAY THAT. ALSO, I DID SPEAK TODAY WITH THE DEVELOPERS OF THE GRUBB HAUS, AND HE HAD COMPLAINED TO ME BEFORE ABOUT ONE OF THE ONE OF THE BUS FURNITURE THAT YOU SHOWED IN ONE OF THOSE PICTURES IN FRONT OF THE FENCE.
I SAID, HEY, CAN YOU MOVE IT TO THE NEXT BLOCK AND THE LIKE? AND WE LOOKED AT IT.
WE SAID, NO, WE CAN'T MOVE IT TO THE NEXT BLOCK.
I SAID, BUT HEY, WE'RE DISCUSSING BUS FURNITURE TONIGHT AT COUNCIL.
WOULD YOU PREFER A NEW BUS SHELTER? PERHAPS WITH ADVERTISING, HE SAID THE SIMPLER THE BETTER, AND ALL CAPS. NO ADVERTISING. WOW. SO IT'S A GOOD THING TO.
YEAH. KEEP IN OUR MINDS AS MAYBE SOMETHING WE CAN EXPLORE IF WE NEED THE REVENUE IN THE FUTURE, BUT AS ALSO I THINK ABOUT ARTESIA BOULEVARD AND THE BILLBOARDS THAT ARE THERE.
SOMETIMES I WISH THEY WEREN'T THERE AND IT TENDS TO JUST BRING THE INJURY ATTORNEYS ADVERTISE.
SO THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
OKAY. COUNCILMEMB ER CASTLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
IT WAS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION. A COUPLE OF THINGS.
SO IN YOUR PRESENTATION, THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, IN PARTICULAR THE STOP THAT WAS NEXT TO THE PARK.
SO I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY OF OUR 200 PLUS STOPS WOULD ACTUALLY BE VIABLE CANDIDATES FOR ADVERTISING, AND THEN SECONDLY IF WE COULD JUST MONITOR TORRANCE AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHY THEIR PROGRAM ISN'T SUCCESSFUL, IT MAY BE FOR THAT VERY ISSUE JUST IN TORRANCE VERSUS, FOR EXAMPLE, VERSUS SANTA MONICA, SOME PLACE LIKE THAT WHERE THERE'S LOTS OF TRAFFIC PRETTY MUCH ON EVERY STREET, ON ALL THE MAJOR CORRIDORS.
TORRANCE MAY HAVE, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR ISSUES THAT WE WOULD HAVE IN ANY KIND OF PROGRAM LIKE THIS, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I CONCUR WITH YOUR CONCLUSION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM.
COME ON. YOU DON'T HAVE TO RAISE YOUR HAND. OKAY.
HELLO. MY NAME IS SCOTT GRIFFIN. SO, ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR ON THIS MATTER, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I PERSONALLY, AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AND AS A STUDENT OF REDONDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL, THAT I DO NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF SEEING ADVERTISEMENTS AT THE BUS STOPS, ESPECIALLY AT THE ONE THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE SCHOOL BECAUSE IT'S IN THE PERFECT PLACE.
IT'S RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE TREE. THE LIKE SIDEWALK IS A LITTLE RUGGED.
IT LOOKS PERFECT, IT LOOKS NATURAL, AND IT LOOKS AMAZING.
THESE ADVERTISEMENTS, BOTH BIG AND SMALL, SORT OF RUIN THE NATURAL.
THEY RUINED THE NATURAL LOOK THAT THESE BUS STOPS CAN HAVE, BUT I DO AGREE WITH THE IDEA OF PUTTING MORE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE BUS STOPS AND HAVING LIKE SHELTERS OVER THEM, AND THAT IS REALLY ALL THAT I HAVE TO SAY FOR IT.
SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. SO YOU'RE A STUDENT AT REDONDO UNION? YES, I'M A STUDENT AT REDONDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL. OKAY, AND YOU'RE HERE FOR EXTRA CREDIT OR FOR A CLASS OR JUST TO SPEAK? I AM HERE FOR MY GOVERNMENT CLASS. YOU SHOULD GET EXTRA CREDIT FOR SPEAKING TWICE.
SO YEAH, I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD SHOW THAT OFF. WELL, WE HAVE A THERE YOU GO. ANYWAY, SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT THERE. NO WORRIES, MR. MAYOR. WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET YOU EXTRA POINTS. YES, IF YOU NEED A SELFIE, WE CAN DO A SELFIE.
NOT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME? ANYONE ONLINE? YES. SO WAYNE C RAIG. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
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COSTING RESIDENTS MONEY. I THINK IN THIS CASE, HAVING ADDITIONAL SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE CITY DOES PRESENT A PROBLEM BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, URBAN AREAS ARE VERY SUBJECT TO VISUAL POLLUTION.IF YOU DRIVE DOWN BUSY STREETS, YOU'RE INUNDATED WITH SIGNS.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD, WHERE WE'RE SPENDING ALL THIS TIME AND EFFORT AND CHANGING OUR ZONING TO MAKE IT A SHOWCASE FOR THE CITY AND HAVE IT YOU KNOW, OBSCURED WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, FANCY SIGNS AND SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT COUNCILMEMB ER OBAGI SHOWED.
THE OTHER THING IS ON SOME OF THE SITES THAT WERE SHOWN NEAR HOMES.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REAL BIG PROBLEM FOR THEM.
ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE LOOKING OUT THEIR WINDOW AND THEY SEE AN AD THIS WEEK FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME ENERGY DRINK IN THE NEXT WEEK. IT'S YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY NOT TOBACCO PRODUCTS OR OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD THING IN THOSE APPLICATIONS.
NOW, ON THE TOPIC OF REVENUE INCREASE, WHY DON'T WE LOOK AT I DON'T KNOW, ENFORCING DOG LICENSING? IF YOU GO TO VETERANS PARK IN ANY WEEKEND, YOU'LL ALSO SEE DOZENS OF DOGS THAT ARE THERE WHICH ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE OR, GOD FORBID, GO TO THE PIER IN A WEEKEND AND THERE'S DOGS ALL OVER THE PLACE, PEOPLE SMOKING THOSE THAT COULD BE SOME SIGNIFICANT TICKET GENERATION.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER IS BASICALLY MAYBE COMPARING OUR SALES TAX AND TOT REVENUE THAT WE GENERATED DURING THE BEACH LIFE WEEKEND AND COMPARE THAT TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, SAY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ON JULY 4TH OR RIVIERA VILLAGE AND OTHER AREAS.
ANOTHER TAX REVENUE COMPARISON MIGHT BE GOOD WITH THE SPRING FEST.
WE REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT COSTS AND HOW MUCH WE MAKE ON IT.
I KNOW FOR EIGHT YEARS THERE'S BEEN A PUBLIC REQUEST ASKING FOR THAT.
AGAIN, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT A HOLISTIC APPROACH AND OTHER THINGS IN THE CITY THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, MAYBE GET A BETTER HANDLE ON HOW TO RAISE REVENUE.
WHILE, THIS SOUNDS GOOD, I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY A PRACTICAL APPLICATION. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WITH THE THREAT OF POLLUTION AND IMPACTING SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NECESSARILY A GREAT THING.
ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE? YES. LET'S SEE. HOLD ON. KYLE. JOHNSON.
HELLO, KYLE. HI. MY NAME IS KYLE JOHNSON. YEAH.
FOR THE BEACH CITIES TRANSIT. I WOULD LOVE TO IMPROVE BUS INFRASTRUCTURE, BOTH AT THE STOPS.
SO, YOU KNOW MORE SHELTERED BUS STOPS, TRASH CANS AND BENCHES, AS WELL AS IMPROVE THE FREQUENCY AND HOURS OF THE BUSSES RUNNING IN ORDER TO CREATE A VIRTUOUS CYCLE. I THINK RIGHT NOW TRANSIT ISN'T A BIT OF A DEATH SPIRAL, FRANKLY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW IT TAKES SO LONG TO WAIT FOR A BUS TO GET THERE, AND THEN OFTENTIMES THEY'RE LATE OR SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED, AND BASICALLY NO ONE USES THE 109. I LIVE RIGHT ON IT, BUT I NEVER USE IT BECAUSE I'M TRAVELING NORTH SOUTH, AND IT'S ALWAYS FASTER TO JUST TAKE L.A. METRO 232 BUT I THINK THAT BY IMPROVING BUS INFRASTRUCTURE, WE COULD CREATE A VIRTUOUS CYCLE WHERE MORE MONEY IS GENERATED AND MORE PEOPLE USE THE BUS, WHICH LEADS TO BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH LEADS TO MORE MONEY, WHICH LEADS TO MORE PEOPLE USING THE BUS, AND WE WOULD GET A BETTER TRANSIT SYSTEM FOR EVERYONE, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IN TERMS OF POLLUTION PEOPLE'S HEALTH, IN TERMS OF WALKING AROUND BEING MORE MOBILE AND JUST BETTER FOR OUR COMMUNITY OVERALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
KYLE. NEXT PERSON IS NANCY SKIBA. HELLO, NANCY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND ALL WHO ARE PRESENT.
I WANTED TO SAY THAT I THINK THAT IF THEY HAD ADVERTISING ON THE CLOSED TYPE OF BUS STOPS, THAT MIGHT BE BETTER AND MORE ATTRACTIVE, BUT ONE THING I DO THINK IS IT COULD POSSIBLY SERVE AS SOME KIND OF A DISTRACTION FOR DRIVERS, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IF PEOPLE WANT TO SLOW DOWN TO LOOK AT A SIGN AND GET THEMSELVES REAR ENDED OR SOME SUCH THING LIKE THAT.
SO I DO THINK TRAFFIC SAFETY IS AN ISSUE IN REDONDO, AS I'M ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION, AND WE DO LOOK INTO THESE THINGS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER OBAGI. YEAH. JUST A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
I NOTICED THAT WE DON'T HAVE ADVERTISING ON OUR BUSSES.
IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY WOULD THAT GENERATE ANY SIGNIFICANT REVENUE FOR OUR SYSTEM?
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LIKE, IS THERE SPACE ON OUR BUSSES? I DON'T REALLY SEE IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THEY'RE DESIGNED TO HAVE ADVERTISING ON THEM, BUT YOU'RE REFERRING TO ON THE OUTSIDE, CORRECT? YES. IT WOULD BE THE SAME PROCESS AS FAR AS IT'S POSSIBLE.SO IT'S THE SAME PROCESS IS GOING THROUGH FOR RFP, SO ON AND SO FORTH, AND THEN THE POLICIES THAT HAVE TO BE IN PLACE, BUT THAT IS AN OPTION. NOW IS THAT SOMETHING THAT SEEMS MORE VIABLE TO GENERATE MORE, YOU KNOW, MORE ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION REVENUE BECAUSE IT'S NOT PERMANENT.
VERY WELL MIGHT BE, BUT WE'LL NEED TO LOOK INTO HOW, YOU KNOW, OTHER AGENCIES, SUCH AS SANTA MONICA, AND WHAT THE REVENUES LOOK LIKE IN THEIR BUS WRAPPINGS.
SO WE COULD GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE. ALSO, I GUESS THE EXTENT TO WHICH OUR BUSSES ARE MAYBE THEY'RE SEEING LESS THAN OTHERS AND THEREFORE WOULD GENERATE LESS DOLLARS. RIGHT.
SO YEAH, AND WHAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND, ALL THE LEGWORK STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE.
SO OTHER THAN THE INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE BUS STOPS, THE RFP, THE POLICYMAKING RIGHT, GETTING A THIRD PARTY ON BOARD, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF THE THIRD PARTY LIKE THAT STILL HAS TO BE DONE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S JUST THE BUSSES. SO WE MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY BE IN THE BLACK ON THAT ONE.
GOT IT, AND THEN THE REVENUE WOULD HAVE TO STAY IN THE BUS SYSTEM.
IT WOULDN'T REALLY COME TO US. YEAH THAT'S CORRECT.
RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I MOVE THAT WE RECEIVE AND FILE.
SECOND. NO, THIS IS ADOPT THE 23RD, 2025 TO 20.
OH I'M SORRY. I'M BACK ON THE OTHER THING. THE CORRECT THING.
SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. ALL FOR? AYE. THANK YOU. ANYBODY OPPOSED? OKAY. THANK YOU.
WELL DONE. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW JUMPING TO WHAT WAS L2 IS NOW N2 THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT TALK ABOUT THE URGENCY ORDINANCE IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON SMOKE SHOPS THE FLOOR IS YOURS, MARK. I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT. YOU WANT TO GO WITH. YES. YES. OH, OKAY. YEAH.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, THE LAST PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE TOUGH TO FOLLOW, BUT I'LL GIVE IT A TRY. AT LEAST THIS ONE WILL BE SHORT.
SO WHAT'S BEFORE YOU IS AN URGENCY ORDINANCE IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON SMOKE SHOPS.
THAT'S STILL BEING WORKED ON. HOWEVER, AT THAT MEETING, THE COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO RETURN WITH AN URGENCY ORDINANCE THAT WOULD PLACE A MORATORIUM ON ANY NEW ONES. WHILE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE PERMANENT ORDINANCE.
THIS ORDINANCE WOULD TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
IT REQUIRES A 4/5 VOTE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, AND IT ALSO MUST BE SUPPORTED BY FINDINGS RELATED TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. SO JUST HIGHLIGHTING THOSE FINDINGS REALLY QUICKLY, THE IN THE ORDINANCE IT DOCUMENTS SOME OF THE STATE AND LOCAL ISSUES WITH THE LEGAL TOBACCO PRODUCT SALES.
WE HAD SOME RECENT INCIDENCES IN REDONDO BEACH AND THOSE WERE PRESENTED AT THE LAST MEETING.
THERE'S ALSO STATEWIDE ISSUES AS WELL. THE FINDINGS ALSO NOTE FEDERAL STUDIES IDENTIFYING THAT TOBACCO PRODUCTS POSE A UNIQUE RISK TO YOUTH IN A HIGH RISK, AND THERE'S ALSO RECENT STATE LEGISLATION STRENGTHENING TOBACCO OVERSIGHT, AND IT'S REALLY DEEMED ESSENTIAL BY THE STATE TO LOWERING YOUTH TOBACCO USE.
IF YOU DON'T MIND AN INTERRUPTION, CAN WE EXPAND ONE TO SAY NON TOBACCO, TOO? HAVEN'T WE HAD ISSUES WITH NON TOBACCO PRODUCTS BEING SOLD OUT.
YOU MEAN SYNTHETIC? SYNTHETIC AND OTHER. SO THE ORDINANCE AND I CAN BRING IT UP IN A MOMENT.
SO IF YOU MEAN, ARE YOU SAYING THE ORDINANCE CARRIES THE FINDINGS? IT DOES. YES, AND THE RECITALS, AND IT'S, AND IT'S WORKING OFF SOME OF THE NEVER MIND KEEP GOING.
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THANKS. SO THE AS I STATED EARLIER, THE MORATORIUM WOULD GO IN TO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.THE INITIAL MORATORIUM WOULD BE FOR A PERIOD OF 45 DAYS.
SO THAT WOULD END ON JUNE 20TH. I DO ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO THAT DATE TO EXTEND THIS FOR AN ADDITIONAL TEN MONTHS AND 15 DAYS. THE REASON BEING IS THAT THE PERMANENT ORDINANCE HAS TO GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION PRIOR TO BEING RETURNED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO FOR THE NEXT MEETING. WHEN WE EXTEND THIS, ASSUMING THAT THAT OCCURS, IT WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL BE DOING FULL NOTICING FOR THAT MEETING, AND FINALLY, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE IMPOSING THE MORATORIUM, AND WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY.
THAT WAS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. ANYONE FROM THE COUNCIL? OH, COUNCILMEMBER KALUDEROVIC. YES. THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK SO QUICKLY WITH THIS.
MUCH APPRECIATED. THIS IS FOR SMOKE SHOPS AS DEFINED IN OUR CODE.
IS THAT RIGHT? BEFORE YOU HAD PRESENTED INFORMATION THAT THEY HAD TO SELL MORE THAN A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF SQUARE FEET OF PRODUCT. YEAH, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINITION OF SMOKE SHOP IN OUR CODE.
WE ARE PROPOSING ONE IN THE DRAFT ORDINANCE. THAT'S WHERE IT LAYS OUT THE PERCENTAGES.
THERE IS A GENERAL DEFINITION THAT'S USED. A STANDARD DEFINITION ACCORDING TO THE NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM THAT DEFINES IT. SO WE WOULD REFER TO THAT. OKAY. I GUESS THE REASON I ASK IS THAT THIS ISN'T LIMITING TOBACCO RETAIL LICENSES PER SE. IT IS NOT. IT WOULD BE SOLELY SMOKE SHOPS, AND THAT'S WHERE THE PRIMARY USE IS TO SELL TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
OKAY. SO I FORESEE ANOTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I KNOW THAT'S NOT AGENDIZED.
SO I APPRECIATE THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE ENFORCEMENT ON IT.
LOOKS LIKE NO OTHER COUNCIL HAS THEIR HAND RAISED? MOTION APPROVED BY FOURTH. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR WEINER FOR THIS, AND LIKE COUNCILMEMB ER KALUDEROVIC SAID, FOR COMING BACK SO QUICKLY WITH IT AND I WANT TO THANK CHERYL.
ALSO, SHE WAS A BIG HELP ON THE URGENCY ORDINANCE AS WELL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARK. ALL RIGHT. SO MOTION TO APPROVE BY 4/5 VOTE.
THE INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE. INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE IMPOSING MORATORIUM ON SMOKE SHOPS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65858 AND ADOPT THE FINDINGS I GUESS ORDINANCE NUMBER 329425 SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. TITLE ONLY. WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.
ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. JONATHAN [INAUDIBLE]. IN 2018.
THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY STARTED BEFORE IT BECAME THE MESS THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY, AND TOWARDS THE END OF THAT FIRST YEAR, THERE WAS THE FEDERAL FARM BILL THAT HAD PASSED, WHICH HAD OPENED UP THIS MASSIVE LOOPHOLE THE HEMP PRODUCTS THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING HERE IN LARGE PART WITH WHAT THIS ORDINANCE IS 2019.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS WITH THE SOUTH BAY COG AS WE DISCUSSED RESPONSIBLE REGULATIONS, AND THIS BECAME A BIG TOPIC, SO MUCH SO THAT THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH HAD ISSUED OUT A NOTICE TO ALL OF ITS RETAILERS TO CEASE SELLING ANY OF THESE PRODUCTS.
THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL HERE IN REDONDO BEACH WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO SEND LETTERS, BECAUSE THERE WAS A BILL AT THE STATE LEVEL BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER AGUIAR-CURRY, WHO HAD TRIED TO INTRODUCE A BILL TO ALLOW EVERY ONE OF THESE PRODUCTS TO BE SOLD WITHOUT ANY TESTING, REGULATIONS, TAXATION, YOU NAME IT, AND I SOMEHOW FOUND MYSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF BEING OF ALL THAT RIGOR, BECAUSE THE US HEMP ROUNDTABLE WAS SPONSORING A LOT OF THIS LEGISLATION, PUSHING IT DOWN INTO CALIFORNIA HERE, AND I HAPPEN TO BE THE FIRST AND ONLY OPPOSITION TO THE BILL.
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WE HAD THE VARIOUS OTHER CITIES RIGHT HERE. WE HAD THE ICA SEND OUT LETTERS AS WELL TO GOT THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES INVOLVED OVER THE YEARS.THAT BILL THANKFULLY DIED THAT FIRST YEAR, CAME BACK A SECOND YEAR, AND IN THAT TIME IT WAS A HORRIBLE BILL TO WHERE I REMEMBER GETTING INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS CONTROL, WHO HAD ABSOLUTELY NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT IT MEANT TO HAVE INTOXICATING CANNABINOIDS COMING FROM HEMP PLANTS, AND THAT ARGUMENT TURNED OUT TO WHERE WE STARTED HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHY WE NEEDED AGE GATING, AS WE DO SIMILARLY WITH TOBACCO PRODUCTS, WITH CANNABIS PRODUCTS, ALL THAT GOING FORWARD TO WHERE THE NEWSOM ADMINISTRATION CAME BACK AND MADE NEGOTIATIONS AND SAID WE WOULD NOT PUT IN AN AGE GATE FOR THESE PRODUCTS, BUT INSTEAD WE WERE GOING TO BAN ALL CONSUMABLE HEMP PRODUCTS, AT LEAST UNTIL THEY'RE TAXED AND FOR THE MOST PART, THIS HAS BEEN THE LAW OF THE LAND.
THE BILL CAME BACK A THIRD TIME, AND WE HAD SUCH A BIG DIVIDE AND FIGHT UP IN SACRAMENTO OVER THAT STUFF, AND IT ULTIMATELY DIED. I'M HAPPY HERE TONIGHT TO SEE THAT OUR CITY HAS TAKEN THIS POSITION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS EFFORT HERE TONIGHT. I WILL DEFINITELY BE SUPPORTING THIS. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OTHER ORDINANCE AND IF I CAN BE A FURTHER RESOURCE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ANYONE ONLINE? I HAVE NO ONE ON ZOOM. I HAVE 16 COMMENTS THAT I'LL SUPPORT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH A 4/5 VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES 5-0 . THANK YOU. JUST BEFORE I READ THE ORDINANCE, WHO WAS THE SECOND? THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD. OKAY. ADOPT BY 4/5.
VOTE IN TITLE ONLY. URGENCY. ORDINANCE NUMBER 3294- 25 AND INTERIM ORDINANCE URGENCY.
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, IMPOSING A MORATORIUM OF DEVELOPMENT OF SMOKE SHOPS IN THE CITY AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF.
THANK YOU. OKAY, JUST A MILESTONE. APPRECIATE STAFF GOING SO QUICKLY THROUGH THAT.
WITH THAT IT'S THE COURT IS YOURS. CITY MANAGER ITEMS.
[O. CITY MANAGER ITEMS]
JUST JUST ONE THIS EVENING. MAYOR COUNCIL. WE HAD OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION, AS YOU ALL KNOW, LAST LAST TUESDAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR. YOU MIGHT HAVE ALREADY FORGOTTEN.THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE THERE. A LOT A LOT OF GOOD WORK.
A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS. A LOT OF GOOD SUGGESTIONS, AND WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK THE MORE BROADLY DESCRIBED OBJECTIVES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AND GOALS AT I NOW THINK AT YOUR JUNE 3RD CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT ON THE MAY 20TH AGENDA THAT'S STACKING UP, AND GIVEN THE GRAVITY OF GETTING THAT BUDGET OUT TO YOU NEXT WEEK, I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME TO EDIT THAT DRAFT DOCUMENT. SO JUST FOR YOUR CALENDARING, I THINK WE'LL BE CONTEMPLATING STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVE AND REVISED GOAL APPROVAL ON JUNE 3RD, THIRD RATHER THAN MAY 20TH. WE ARE MEETING WITH JANE HARRINGTON IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS TO DEBRIEF WITH MORE MORE SPECIFICITY AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REVISED DOCUMENT FOR YOU.
SO THAT WAS MY ONE UPDATE. OTHERWISE, WE'VE GOT TUESDAY COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK THAT WILL BE LARGELY CLOSED SESSION WITH SOME OPEN SESSION ITEMS, AND THEN ON MAY 20TH, YOU WILL RECEIVE AND FILE FOR INITIAL DISCUSSION, ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE AGENDIZED HEARING THE, THE 2526 PROPOSED BUDGET ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER ACTIONS THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO BE BEFORE YOU.
SO TWO MEETINGS THIS MONTH, WE'LL HAVE ONE TUESDAY OFF AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK AT IT JUNE 3RD.
OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. NOW JUMPING TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL ITEMS, ITEM P ONE.
[P. MAYOR AND COUNCIL ITEMS]
THIS IS WHERE WE APPOINT DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES.JUST AS A HEADS UP, THERE WAS A BLUE FOLDER ITEM ON THIS.
I ASKED THE CITY CLERK TO EXTEND THE TIMING FROM MAY 6TH, 2025.
ON HERE, IT SAYS, TO JUNE 30TH, 2025. THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD CHANGE IN THAT TIME IS WHEN WE PICK THE NEW MAYOR PRO TEM, WHICH IS COMING UP. SO I ASKED HER TO EXTEND IT TO JUNE 30TH, 2026, AND THAT'S IN THE BLUE FOLDER.
I ALSO MADE A CUT AT THIS IS SOMETHING YOU GUYS GET TO PICK, RIGHT? THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WHERE I APPOINT, BUT I DID TAKE A CUT AT IT AND WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU NOW IS IT'S IN THE BLUE FOLDER IS A SPREADSHEET OF MY RECOMMENDATIONS,
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JUST BASED ON DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS. THE YELLOW REPRESENTS POSITIONS THAT WERE VACATED BY OUTGOING COUNCILMEMB ERS. THE KIND OF ORANGISH DULL ORANGE ARE CHANGES TO EXISTING POSITIONS TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND, AND THEN THE BLUE IS WHERE IT'S PRETTY PERFUNCTORY.IT'S THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM. SO WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO YOU GUYS TO DEBATE.
I HAVE IT ON THE SCREEN? SO I'M SORRY. I HAVE IT ON THE SCREEN.
YES. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. COUNCILMEMB ER OBAGI.
SO, FIRST OFF THE BAT, THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR TAKING A SHOT AT THIS.
THEY HAVE A RULE WHERE ANY NUMBER OF PEOPLE CAN BE THE ALTERNATE.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS HAVE EVERY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR BE THE ALTERNATE ON THE COG, BECAUSE AT TIMES, FOR EXAMPLE, COUNCILMEMB ER BEHRENDT RECUSED HIMSELF FROM METRO ISSUES, AND SOMETIMES NEITHER OF US COULD MAKE IT TO A MEETING.
THAT'S IMPORTANT. SO IT'D BE GOOD FOR ANY OF THE FOUR OF YOU TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT.
SO CAN YOU ADD. THAT'S THE POLICY? YEAH. YEAH, I'M HAPPY FOR THE POLICY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
AS LONG AS ALL OF YOU AREN'T THERE AT ONCE. RIGHT? AND MORE THAN ONE COULD ALWAYS ATTEND, BUT THAT INCLUDES THE MAYOR.
YES. THE MAYOR, TOO, PLEASE. I'LL PUT IT IN ORDER RIGHT NOW.
I WILL SAY ON THE EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE. I HAVE.
I THINK YOU'RE A WONDERFUL AND A SUPER NICE GUY, COUNCILMEMB ER WALLER, AND I ALMOST THINK YOU'RE TOO NICE FOR THIS ROLE BECAUSE WE'RE AT A CRITICAL TIME RIGHT NOW WHERE I'VE, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND, A MONTH OR TWO AGO, WE HAD A 4/5 DECISION COME TO US TO APPROPRIATE ABOUT $30,000, I THINK, FOR TWO MORE CROSSING GUARDS, ONE ARTESIA BOULEVARD AND ONE ON INGLEWOOD AND GRANT AVENUE, AND WE COULDN'T GET THE 4/5 VOTE ON THAT BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY SPENDING $550,000 ON CROSSING GUARDS AND GETTING NO CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ANY OF THE SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH REGARD TO CROSSING GUARDS THERE. ALSO, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LOVE THEM. THEY'RE GREAT FOLKS ON THE BOARD.
GREAT SUPERINTENDENT, BUT THIS IS JUST FROM MY VANTAGE POINT, NOT BEING ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
WHAT I SEE IS WE'VE CHARGED THE SAME AMOUNT, 100.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ELECTIONS, WE CONDUCT AN ELECTION EVERY TWO YEARS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
ON THE FLIP SIDE, EVERY SINGLE THING THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ASKED FOR REMOVING WITHOUT COMPENSATION FROM THE CHARTER, NOT KEEPING THEM IN THE CHARTER, NOT TAKING THEM OUT SO THAT THEY DON'T END UP GOING TO MULTIDISTRICT ELECTIONS, RIGHT WHERE THEY HAVE TO ELECT SOMEBODY FROM EVERY, DISTRICT WE'VE HONORED AND WE'VE ABIDED BY AND HEEDED THEIR REQUESTS.
SO AND DURING THE CANDIDATE FORUM, WHEN WE DISCUSSED IT, YOU WERE THE ONE PERSON WHO SAID, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD, SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, PAYING THE CITY OR REIMBURSING THE CITY ANY PORTION OF THE CROSSING GUARD. SO WITH THAT SAID, I'D BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH SOMEBODY WHO'S MORE ALIGNED WITH MY VIEWPOINT THAT WE'RE PARTNERS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A SHARE IN SOME OF OUR JOINT EXPENSES OR THE EXPENSES THAT WE ADVANCE FOR THEM, BE IT PERHAPS COUNCILMEMBER BEHRENDT. BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY WE HAD COUNCILMEMB ER LOEWENSTEIN, A FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, ON THIS SUBCOMMITTEE, AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY HARD RESULTS TO SHOW FOR THE WORK OF THAT SUBCOMMITTEE. WELL, AND I DON'T HAVE THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
I DON'T HAVE TWO CROSSING GUARDS IN MY DISTRICT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT YOU'RE VERY EDUCATED AS TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THE CITY MAKES TO THE DISTRICT, AND THE OTHER CONVERSATION THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS IN IS THE CONTRIBUTIONS THE DISTRICT MAKES TO THE CITY, WHICH YOU HAVE NOT BEEN PRIVY TO. SO UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO DIG INTO THAT.
I THINK HAVING SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU TO ENLIGHTEN YOU OR YOU CAN PARTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, I CAN GET UPDATES FROM THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER.
I KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN.
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THAT HAS NOT BEEN HAPPENING. SO I HAVE REQUESTED THE UPDATES N OW AFTER THOSE MEETINGS AND THEY CAN TELL ME WHAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN TELL ME WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOLKS SAID, AND I'VE BEEN UPDATED ON THAT, BUT THEN THEY WON'T TELL ME WHAT YOU ALL SAID? SO WE'RE NOT [INAUDIBLE] , BUT I'VE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, ON A COG.SO I'M PRETTY SPREAD THIN, AND FRANKLY, WE SHOULD GET EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE HERE.
WHEN WE MAKE POLICIES TO ADD OR REMOVE OR LIKE, HOW WOULD WE ASK THEM TO BE PART OF.
SURE, BUT BUT ELECTIONS, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE FOR THAT TRASH.
HOW ABOUT HOW ABOUT THE SROS? THEY'VE BEEN WE HAVE--WE'RE GETTING OUT OF SCOPE OF THE TOPIC.
OKAY. OKAY. SO WE GOT IT. YOU WANT SOMEONE ELSE? YOU WOULD PREFER SOMEONE ELSE I'D PREFER. I MEAN, I'LL VOTE. I'LL VOTE FOR COUNCILMEMB ER WALLER TO BE THERE AND I'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE THE IGNORANT STATEMENTS I MAKE IN PUBLIC BECAUSE I'M NOT PRIVY TO THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE OCCURRING THERE.
UNLESS SOMEBODY UPDATES ME. LET THE RECORD ACKNOWLEDGE.
I TAKE NO OFFENSE. LET THE RECORD R EFLECT THERE'S A LACK OF COMMUNICATION.
I WOULD SAY THAT LET'S GET BACK TO RAISING OUR HANDS, BUT GO AHEAD.
WHAT MAKES ME VALUABLE IS THAT I DO HAVE THAT SCHOOL BOARD EXPERIENCE.
I'VE BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND I KNOW WHAT THE SCHOOL, HOW THEY WORK.
OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? DO WE WANT TO GO ITEM BY ITEM? YEAH. I WAS GONNA SAY. IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS. I SAY, THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST EFFICIENT.
OKAY, WELL, LET'S GO WITH THE FIRST ONE. ANYONE HAVE COMMENTS ON THE.
I GOTTA GO BACK TO PRESENTATION. ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE FIRST LINE? THE INDEPENDENT CITIES ASSOCIATION. I'M HAPPY TO SERVE AS THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THAT, AND I'M FINE.
IS THE ALTERNATE? AGREED. OKAY, SO DO YOU GUYS WANT TO VOTE ON THAT, OR DO YOU OR CAN WE JUST VOTE AT THE END? YEAH. OKAY, SO WE'LL GO LINE BY LINE AND THEN.
OKAY. LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES I COMBINED THESE.
IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS COULD SEPARATE THEM BUT IT'S FINE LINE BETWEEN THE TWO.
SO ANY DISCUSSION THERE. NO I THINK SCOTT HAS STEPPED INTO THAT ROLE REALLY WELL, AND I THINK HE CARRIES IT FOR THE CITY, AND YOU'RE OKAY WITH BEING THE ALTERNATE? YEAH. OKAY. THE NEXT TWO WE DON'T HAVE REALLY A SAY IN THAT'S PRESCRIBED T HE SBCOG GOOD AS IS. WE JUST WE JUST ALTERED THAT ONE.
WITH ZEIN AS OUR PRIMARY, WHO IS ALREADY THE PRIMARY AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS AN ALTERNATE.
SOUNDS GOOD. ANY DISCUSSION THERE? THANK YOU.
OKAY. THE SCAG, CHADWICK AND BRAD THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YOU BOTH VOLUNTEER FOR THAT? SURE. ANY DISCUSSION? HELPING YOU GUYS. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT OVER.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I WAS I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I WAS IN THAT ROLE.
WE NEVER GOT A REPORT FROM YOU. OKAY. WEST BASIN WATER ASSOCIATION.
I HAD BRAD AND ZEIN YEARS REMAINING AS THE ALTERNATE THERE.
I'M ALL RIGHT WITH THAT. OKAY. CLEAN POWER ALLIANCE.
OH, SOMEHOW I LEFT ONE BLANK. SO YOU GUYS WILL HAVE TO PUT AN ALTERNATE.
I'M OKAY BEING THE PRIMARY ON THAT. OKAY. ANYBODY WANT TO BE BACKUP? WE NEED SOMEBODY. CHADWICK, I NOMINATE. OKAY.
CHADWICK. THANK YOU. I WAS LOOKING AT MARK. JUST.
YOU GOT TO SPEAK UP. OKAY, MARY. DRUMMER'S NOT UP RIGHT NOW.
WELL, I GUESS SHE IS, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO REPLACE HER.
SOUTH BAY AEROSPACE ALLIANCE, THIS IS ONE JUST THROUGH DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS.
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WANTED TO I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LIMIT TO WHO CAN.
WHO ELSE CAN ATTEND? BUT, PAIGE, I KNOW YOU WANTED.
YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB THERE, AND I RECOMMEND YOU REMAIN, AND THEN, CHAD, I THINK YOU WANTED TO BE ON IT, BUT WE CAN ADD WHOMEVER WE WANT. WE JUST GOT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE QUORUM.
A QUORUM OUT OF THE. I WILL SAY THAT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEIR GENERAL BOARD MEETINGS AND THEN THEY HAVE FOCUSED HOUSING MEETINGS. SO IF WE WANT IF THERE'S OTHERS THAT WANT TO JUMP IN FOR SOME OF THOSE, WE CAN YOU KNOW, JUST COORDINATE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM, I GUESS IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, ADD YOUR NAME NOW AND THEN.
PAIGE WILL KNOW TO COORDINATE. ANYBODY ELSE INTERESTED?
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I'M INTERESTED. I GOT ENOUGH OTHER STUFF. I'M GOOD.SO YOU DON'T WANT TO I'LL W ELL, I GUESS YOU COULD PUT MY NAME THERE AND FOR THE RIGHT.
OKAY. CAN YOU ADD SOMETHING? YOU MIGHT SHOW UP.
YEAH, BUT TODD WASN'T THERE. THAT'S TRUE . SO SOMEBODY ELSE WANT TO BE ON THERE? I MEAN, SCOTT, DO YOU WANT TO RECOMMEND SOMEBODY ELSE? I DID, I MEAN, I'M FINE. I'M FINE WITH AS LONG AS COUNCILMEMB ER WALLER IS COMMITTING THAT, HE'S GOING TO BE A STAUNCH ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY GETTING ITS FAIR SHARE.
SOME FAIR SHARE, SOME CONTRIBUTION FROM OUR WONDERFUL PARTNERS.
THEN I'M GOOD WITH THAT. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ONE? OKAY. THE NEXT ONE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S A NEW COMMITTEE BEING PUT TOGETHER BY THE CITY MANAGER.
HE ASKED US FOR A SUBCOMMITTEE. FROM THE DISCUSSION WE HAD LAST TIME, I THOUGHT I TOOK AWAY ONE FROM EACH ONE FROM NORTH REDONDO, ONE FROM SOUTH REDONDO, AND I THOUGHT THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT AMONGST THE NORTH REDONDO FOLKS.
THAT WOULD BE SCOTT. IS THERE ANY I KNOW, PAGE, YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN THIS.
ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? NO, I AM, AND SCOTT, YOU'RE OKAY WITH BEING NOMINATED THERE? YEAH. UNLESS, YOU KNOW, PAGE I KNOW WAS KIND OF THE BRAINCHILD OF HERS.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK YOU GUYS WANT TO DUKE IT OUT.
WE DIVIDE AND CONQUER, AND IT COMES BACK FOR DISCUSSION HERE, AND THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THERE.
SO I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ON THE. OKAY, WELL, IF IT'S GOOD WITH PAGE, IT'S GOOD WITH ME.
I DON'T KNOW, WE COULD WE COULD WRESTLE. WE COULD ARM WRESTLE FOR IT. I DON'T WANT TO LOSE. OKAY, AND I THINK THE SAME GOES FOR THE SOUTH IS I.
I WANTED THIS AS WELL, BUT IT'LL COME BACK. I TRUST CHAD, ELEANOR.
IT'S THE PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY THAT'S WITH ONE BOND WITH THE KINCAID'S.
I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW IT'S ONE. AT LEAST I KNOW IT'S ONE.
SOME FINANCING VEHICLE WITH KINCAID'S. WE'VE NEVER EXERCISED IT SINCE I'VE BEEN ON, SO I THINK THIS WAS ACTUALLY BLANK, BUT I PUT MY NAME IN THERE JUST FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE OTHER ONES.
I DON'T MIND GIVING THAT UP. IT WOULD JUST MEAN IF IT COMES UP, WHOMEVER THAT IS WOULD TAKE OVER AS CHAIRMAN, YOU KNOW, IN THE MEETING WHEN THAT HAPPENS. YEAH.
OKAY, AND THEN MAYOR PRO TEM, THAT'S NOT UP RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL VOTE ON THAT WHEN IT COMES UP, AND THEN AUDIT COMMITTEE, THERE WAS AN OPENING THERE FOR ONE COUNCILMEMB ER AND I'M HAPPY TO GIVE UP MY SPOT ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO BE ON IT.
SO ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO TAKE [INAUDIBLE] TO BE ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE? I'M HAPPY TO LET ZEIN CONTINUE. THE BUDGET AND FINANCE ALL THE PARTYING.
I GUESS I DESERVE THAT. OKAY. I THINK WE COVERED EVERYTHING.
YOU GUYS WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND. OKAY. THIS IS ADOPTING RESOLUTION CC2505-024, AS AMENDED ON THE SCREEN HERE.
YES. YEAH. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? ANYBODY ONLINE? I HAVE NONE FOR THAT'S WHAT I WAS CHECKING TO SEE.
N OW, WE GET TO SEE WHAT YOU LOOK AT. NO ZOOM, AND LET ME SEE, AND NO E-COMMENTS. OKAY, SO I'LL CALL THE VOTE. ALL FOR ANYBODY OPPOSED? OKAY. I THINK YOU READ THIS ONE OFF, DON'T YOU? RESOLUTION CC2505-024 RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NUMBER CC2406-053 BY APPOINTING DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES AS OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY FOR A TERM COMMENCING MAY 6TH, 2025 AND EXPIRING ON JUNE 30TH, 2025, AS AMENDED.
THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. GOING TO ITEM P2 DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF MY APPOINTMENTS TO THE VARIOUS COMMISSIONS. THERE ARE TWO OPENINGS. ONE WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ONE WAS ON THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMISSION.
THAT WAS HAPPENED WHEN COUNCILMEMB ER CASTLE GOT ELECTED THE ONE FOR THE BUDGET AND FINANCE
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COMMISSION SHOULD RIGHTFULLY GO TO DISTRICT THREE, BUT NOBODY APPLIED FROM DISTRICT THREE.SO MY RECOMMENDATION CAME FROM SOMEBODY WHO REALLY ADVOCATED FOR IT WHEN I WAS WALKING, WANTED TO WANTED TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. HE'S A PROFESSOR IN ECONOMICS, SO HE'S WELL VERSED IN THIS, AND HE WANTED TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. IT SOUNDED LIKE A PERFECT FIT. SO THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION THERE.
ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION I HAD TWO CANDIDATES.
I INTERVIEWED BOTH OF THEM. I THINK JULIE IS BETTER QUALIFIED.
SHE ALSO INDICATED A DESIRE TO RUN FOR OFFICE IN THE FUTURE, AND I FIGURED THIS IS A GOOD COMMISSION TO GET YOUR FEET WET AND START TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY. SHE'S FROM DISTRICT FOUR, WHICH IS THE POSITION WE'RE REPLACING.
SO IT'S A DISTRICT FOUR FOR DISTRICT FOUR. SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER MY APPOINTMENT.
THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR YOUR DILIGENCE AND SPEAKING TO TWO DIFFERENT.
JULIE YOUNG IS VERY INVOLVED WITH LITTLE LEAGUE, WITH GIRL SCOUTS, YOU NAME IT.
SHE KNOWS EVERYBODY. SHE'S BEEN A STORE MANAGER FOR THE LITTLE LEAGUE CLUBHOUSE AT PERRY PARK.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT TO HAVE HER, AND YEAH, SHE'S INTERESTED IN IN SUCCEEDING ME HERE IN DISTRICT FOUR, AND SO IT'D BE GREAT TO SEE SEE HER WARM UP TO THE SYSTEM AND LEARN THE ROPES.
OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COMMISSIONS? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. MOTION A SECOND. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? OKAY. ANYONE ONLINE? I HAVE NO ZOOM OR E-COMMENTS RELATED TO THIS ITEM.
OKAY. ALL FOR A ANYONE AGAINST. OKAY. THANK YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NUMBER OF OPENINGS AND I'LL GET THAT LIST OUT TO YOU NEXT WEEK.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING UP AND WHAT DISTRICTS ARE COMING UNCOVERED.
SO I'LL SEND YOU A LINK, ALL OF YOU REGARDING THE APP.
SO THAT WAY YOU CAN JUST SEND IT RIGHT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
[Q. MAYOR AND COUNCIL REFERRALS TO STAFF]
COUNCILMEMBER WALLER. YES, I HAVE LET ME OPEN THAT UP.I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT ONE. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. OKAY. COUNCILMEMB ER CASTLE. NOTHING. COUNCILMEMBER KALUDEROVIC.
I WOULD LIKE TO POTENTIALLY TIE IN A DISCUSSION WHEN THE ORDINANCE FOR SMOKE SHOPS COME BACK TO INCLUDE HOW TO REGULATE TOBACCO RETAIL LICENSES. IN ADDITION, IT'S KIND OF OUTSIDE, AND , I MEAN, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD CLOSE SOME LOOPHOLES .
YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING THAT BACK AS PART OF DISCUSSION. IT'S A MUCH BIGGER NUMBER AN ISSUE.
IT AFFECTS GROCERY STORES AND OTHER THINGS. YEAH, AND AGAIN IT CAN BE A DISCUSSION.
YEAH. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMB ER OBAGI. JUST TO BE OUR PLEASE ON DRESS UNIFORMS FOR THE COUNCIL, FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS ON FORMAL WEAR FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS OF BRR.
DRESS LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN DRESS UP TO, GO TO A BALL OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, AND SO AND WHETHER THAT WHETHER THE CHIEF WOULD RECOMMEND THAT OR NOT DOES EXIST.
I GUESS THEY DO EXIST, BUT I GUESS ONLY LIKE THE CHIEF DIVISION CHIEFS, ETC.
GET THEM. IT'S USUALLY THEM AND NOT THE POLICE.
I THINK THE POLICE HAVE THEIR UNIFORMS JUST AT A TIE TO THEM, RIGHT? AND THEY ALSO SEE THEM WHEN WE DISCUSS THIS. JUST THE BRR.
YES. LOOK, I ASKED A FIREFIGHTER UNNAMED. WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT? NEW STATION. OKAY. SOMETHING ELSE. THIS BUDGET.
IT WAS DURING THAT CELEBRATION OF THEM SAVING THAT THAT HOME.
RIGHT? HE GOES, MAYBE DRESS UNIFORMS. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE JUST.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY, AND I WAS LIKE, ALL RIGHT, I'LL ASK FOR THE COST.
THAT'S ALL I CAN PROMISE. I THINK THE COUNCIL SHOULD GET DRESS UNIFORMS. WE CAN WEAR ROBES LIKE THIS, RIGHT? OH MY GOSH.
OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER BEHRENDT.
I HAVE NOTHING. I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.
[02:40:02]
DO WE NEED A VOTE ON THE REFERRAL FROM. YEAH, THAT'S UNLESS THERE'S A.YEAH. USUALLY YOU TAKE A VOTE FOR A REFERRAL ON MY SECOND.
I NEED TO REPEAT IT. THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT. I SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT IT. I DID WHISPER IT.
YEAH. OKAY. A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL FOR? AYE.
OKAY, AND I HAVE NONE. SO WITH THAT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO RECESS TO RECESS THE CLOSED SESSION, BUT WE GOT ALL THAT DONE. SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION, AND A SECOND. ALL FOR? OKAY. THANK YOU. PRODUCTIVE EVENING, GENTLEMEN, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.