[4:30 P.M. - CLOSED SESSION - ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING] [00:00:03] POSSESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. COULD I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI IS CURRENTLY ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. HERE. MAYOR LIGHT. PRESENT. DO WE HAVE ANY BLUE FOLDER ITEMS FOR CLOSED SESSION? NONE FOR CLOSED SESSION. OKAY. AND THERE'S NOBODY HERE IN PERSON. IS THERE ANYBODY ONLINE WHO WOULD SPEAK TO NON AGENDA ITEMS FOR CLOSED SESSION? WE DO NOT HAVE ZOOM ATTENDEES OR ECOMMENTS. OKAY. SO WE'LL MOVE ON. WHAT WILL WE BE TALKING ABOUT IN CLOSED SESSION? [F. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION] OKAY. AS AUTHORIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT CODE IS LISTED ON THE PUBLISHED AGENDA. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION ITEMS F.1 THROUGH F.3 UNDER THE TITLE, CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION. FOR F.1. THE NAME OF THE CASE IS DANIEL MENDOZA-CONNER VS CITY OF REDONDO BEACH ET AL. CASE NUMBER, 23TRC00481. FOR F.2. THE NAME OF THE CASE IS JEFFREY PALLETT VS CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, AND DOES 1 THROUGH 25, INCLUSIVE. CASE NUMBER 25STCV22128. FOR F.3. THE NAME OF THE CASE IS JAMS ARBITRATION CASE REFERENCE NO. 5220006179. HARRY STUVER, ET AL. VS REDONDO BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CITY OF REDONDO BEACH. ITEMS F.4 THROUGH F.7 UNDER THE TITLE, CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR. FOR F.4. THE PROPERTY IS 230 PORTOFINO WAY (A PORTION OF APN: 7503-029-903). FOR F.5. THE PROPERTY IS 230 PORTOFINO WAY (A PORTION OF APN: 7503-029-903). FOR F.6. THE PROPERTIES ARE PORTIONS OF THE REDONDO BEACH MARINA PARKING LOT, SEASIDE LAGOON AND CALIFORNIA SURF CLUB. 239 & 245 N. HARBOR DRIVE (PORTIONS OF APN #S: 7503-029-900 AND 7503-029-903). FOR F.7. THE PROPERTIES ARE, 3007 VAIL AVE (A PORTION OF APN: 415-001-7931). PARKING LOT AT THE CORNER OF FELTON LN, AND 182ND ST. (APN: 415-803-3900). 715 JULIA AVENUE (PORTIONS OF PARCELS APN: 750-702-0900 AND APN: 750-702-1900). 1935 MANHATTAN BEACH BLD (APN: 404-900-8903) 807 INGLEWOOD AVE. (A PORTION OF APN: 408-302-4900) 200 N. PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY (A PORTION OF APN: 750-500-9902). AND FOR ITEM F.8. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED POTENTIAL LITIGATION. THERE ARE TWO POTENTIAL CASES. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, AND CITY MANAGER WITZANSKY WILL BE SPEAKING TO THESE ITEMS. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR ALL ITEMS MYSELF, JOY FORD, CITY ATTORNEY AND ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY CHERYL PARK. FOR ITEM F.1 AND F.3. WE WILL BE JOINED BY JOSH DALE, OUR OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL ON THE TWO MATTERS. FOR ITEM F.2, WE WILL HAVE PHIL TOOMEY, OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL AND DIANE STRICKFADEN, OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR. FOR ITEMS F.4 THROUGH F.6, WE WILL BE JOINED BY GREG KAPOVICH, OUR WATERFRONT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. AND THEN F.7 AND F.8 WILL CONTINUE TO JUST BE MYSELF, JOY AND CHERYL. OKAY. THANK YOU. COULD I GET A MOTION TO RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION? MOVE TO RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? AND CAN WE SHOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI HAS SHOWN UP. AT 4:31 AND 55 SECONDS BY THAT CLOCK. OKAY. SO WE WILL BE MOVING TO CLOSED SESSION. WE WILL COME BACK ON OR ABOUT 6 P.M. TO DISCLOSE ANY ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKING THAT ARE REPORTABLE AND THEN TO START THE REGULAR OPEN SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BACK TO OPEN SESSION FROM CLOSED SESSION. COULD I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. HERE. MAYOR LIGHT. HERE. CITY MANAGER WITZANSKY, ANYTHING TO ANNOUNCE FROM CLOSED SESSION? YES, MAYOR. THIS EVENING TWO ITEMS. WE WERE JOINED UNDER MATTERS LISTED ON F.1 AND F.3 BY LEE SMITH, OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL. HE PARTICIPATED IN THOSE TWO. AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO ITEM F.2, THE CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DEFEND THE CITY IN THE CASE. [00:05:05] OKAY. THANK YOU. COULD I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO OUR REGULAR OPEN SESSION MEETING? SECOND. I'LL MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. A SECOND, ALL FOR? AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU. I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. [A. CALL TO ORDER] COULD I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. HERE. MAYOR LIGHT. HERE. IF WE HAVE ANY VETERANS OR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE STAND NOW TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR SERVICE. ANYBODY OUT THERE? [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. LET US ALL STAND NOW FOR THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG, AND REMAIN STANDING AFTERWARD FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. I'D LIKE TO CALL UP NIVEN, WHO WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. NIVEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MAYOR LIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NIVEN, AND I'M A SEVENTH GRADER AT ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL. MY FAVORITE SUBJECT IS SOCIAL SCIENCE. AND MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT REDONDO BEACH IS THE BEAUTIFUL BEACH. PLEASE PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT INVOCATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. EVERYONE. YOU CAN TAKE YOUR SEATS. NIVEN COME ON UP. GREAT JOB. SO STAND UP HERE AND GET A PICTURE. MOM, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND GET A PICTURE? HIS BROTHER CAN COME UP HERE TOO. YOU'LL BE NEXT. DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND GET A PICTURE? OKAY. THANKS AGAIN. WELL DONE. VERY GOOD. OKAY, SO THAT TAKES US DOWN TO ITEM D. PRESENTATION/PROCLAMATIONS/ANNOUNCEMENTS AND AB 1234 TRAVEL EXPENSE REPORTS. [D. PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/ AB 1234 TRAVEL EXPENSE REPORTS] I DO HAVE SOME PROCLAMATIONS TONIGHT. I DON'T THINK ENOUGH FOR COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI, BUT. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THE FIRST PROCLAMATION OF THE EVENING IS ACTUALLY RELATED TO OUR INAUGURAL GEORGE FREETH WATER POLO TOURNAMENT. SO GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WE RECENTLY HAD A HISTORIC FIRST IN THE SOUTH BAY. WE HELD OUR FIRST OPEN WATER WATER POLO TOURNAMENT IN KING HARBOR. TONIGHT WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE PEOPLE WHO MADE IT HAPPEN. JORDAN THOMPSON, VETERAN KALUDEROVIC AND GRANT CURRY, COULD YOU COME FORWARD, PLEASE? [APPLAUSE] COME ON DOWN. YOU'RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT. I WANT TO HELP HER. SO IN JULY, I GOT AN EMAIL FROM TWO LEADERS IN WATER POLO CLUB UP IN PV EXPRESSING INTEREST IN DOING OPEN WATER POLO IN KING HARBOR. WE DISCUSSED DOING A PROOF OF CONCEPT BY CONDUCTING A ONE DAY TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR. UNFORTUNATELY, THEIR SCHEDULES GOT BOGGED DOWN AND THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC'S HUSBAND, VETERAN, AND OUR OWN RESCUE BOAT CAPTAIN, GRANT CURREY, EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE EVENT. SO I REACHED OUT TO THEM AND THEY ENLISTED JORDAN THOMPSON. AND IN LESS THAN A MONTH AND A HALF, THEY PULLED TOGETHER OUR FIRST OPEN WATER TOURNAMENT. WE NAMED IT AFTER GEORGE FREETH. GEORGE FREETH WAS BROUGHT TO REDONDO BEACH BACK AT THE EARLY 1900S, 1907, TO DEMONSTRATE HIS SURFING ABILITY TO VISITORS AT THE HOTEL REDONDO. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HE STARTED UP WHAT WE WOULD CALL IN MODERN LIFEGUARD PRACTICES, AND HE WAS A PROMOTER OF SWIMMING. SO HE ACTUALLY TRAINED REDONDO, SEVERAL REDONDO RESIDENTS WHO WENT ON TO BECOME OLYMPIC SWIMMERS. AND WHILE HE WAS DOING THAT, HE ALSO REVITALIZED OUR WATER POLO TEAM, WHICH WAS IN ITS INFANCY ACROSS THE WHOLE US, BUT CERTAINLY ACROSS THE WEST COAST. AND FROM THERE HE PUT TOGETHER A WINNING TEAM THAT WOULD CHALLENGE. [00:10:04] THEY PUT OUT A NOTICE AND PAPERS ALL OVER CALIFORNIA SAYING, WE WILL TAKE ALL COMERS AND THEY BEAT THEM. SO. SO THIS WAS IN HONOR OF GEORGE FREETH AND THE EFFORTS HE PUT INTO INTO OUR COMMUNITY. THE EFFORT TO PULL THIS TOGETHER WAS NOT EASY. THEY HAD TO GET THE COURTS. THEY HAD TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION TO THE CITY. THEY HAD TO GET THE ENDORSEMENT OF USA WATER POLO. THEY HAD TO ATTRACT THE TEAMS. THEY HAD TO GET A REFEREE AND LIFEGUARDS GET A VOLUNTEERED VOTE. VOTE. SET UP THE COURSE AND THE SOUND SYSTEM AND THE SCOREBOARD AND TIMER AND DO ALL THE OTHER LOGISTICS, ALL IN LESS THAN A MONTH AND A HALF. IN THE END, THEY ATTRACTED 15 TEAMS, INCLUDING FOUR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TEAMS, AND WE HAD A TROUBLE FREE TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS PRETTY REMARKABLE FOR THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN OPEN WATER IN OUR HARBOR. AND THAT TOURNAMENT WAS ATTRACTED. SO MANY PEOPLE WENT FROM 8 A.M. TO 5:30 P.M. AND CULMINATED IN AN AWARD CEREMONY AT THE CALIFORNIA SURF CLUB. THEIR EFFORTS NOT ONLY HONORED THE LEGACY OF GEORGE FREETH, BUT HAS CREATED A TRADITION THAT I THINK WILL ONLY GROW OVER TIME. IT IS ONLY RIGHT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS OF VETERAN, JORDAN AND GRANT, PLUS OUR ANNOUNCER WHO COULDN'T BE WITH US TONIGHT, DAVE WILLIAMSON WHO DID THE ANNOUNCING DURING THE WHOLE DAY. SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF REDONDO BEACH, THE CITY COUNCIL, AND AS MAYOR, I'M HONORED TO PRESENT YOU EACH WITH A CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS FIRST GEORGE FREETH OPEN WATER WATER POLO TOURNAMENT. [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] SECOND VETERAN KALUDEROVIC. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR OWN RESCUE BOAT CAPTAIN, GRANT CURRIE. AND BECAUSE JORDAN WAS WEARING A USC HAT FOR THE WHOLE EVENT, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A REDONDO EVENT, I'M ALSO GOING TO PRESENT THEM EACH A HAT. SO NEXT YEAR THEY CAN FLY THE RIGHT COLORS DURING THE EVENT. SO. THANK YOU. AND ALSO THE CITY. THE CITY COIN. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. PRECIOUS POINT. SO WHAT'S UP, YOU GUYS WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? I'LL JUST SAY ONE THING. I WANT TO THANK ELIZABETH. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY HARBOR PATROL, HARBOR MASTER AND THEN MIKE KLEIN AND PUBLIC WORKS, BEING IN WATER POLO, WHICH IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A FRINGE SPORT, THIS IS ALREADY A LOT OF POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE FOR US. SO KEEPING IT EXCEEDINGLY BRIEF, IT IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND SOMETHING THAT'S THIS EXCEPTIONAL AND TO HAVE A COMMUNITY EMBRACE US THIS WAY. THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER AND MADE THIS, I'VE PUT TOGETHER A NUMBER OF EVENTS. THIS WAS THE MOST SMOOTHLY OPERATED ONE I'VE BEEN A PART OF IN MY ENTIRE LIFE BY A LONG MARGIN, AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF EVERYBODY HERE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO CONTINUE THIS AND TURN IT INTO TRADITION. GOING BACK TO THE EARLY 1900S, AS WAS ESTABLISHED HERE BACK THEN BY GEORGE FREETH. DO YOU WANT TO FEEL SMALL. PUT ON A WATER POLO TOURNAMENT. ALL THESE GUYS ARE LIKE, 6.8. [LAUGHTER] BUT ANYWAYS, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS. IT WAS AN IDEA THAT WE HAD, AND YOU 100% SUPPORT IT THE WHOLE WAY. AND IT WAS IT WAS JUST TURNED OUT TO BE AWESOME TO WORK WITH THESE GUYS AND TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL AND ESPECIALLY YOU. SO THANK YOU. WELL, AGAIN, THANKS TO YOU GUYS FOR MAKING THAT DECISION A SMART ONE AND NOT MAKING ME LOOK BAD. SO CAN WE GET A PICTURE OF THE GROUP UP HERE? WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE THE TWO TWO LITTLE HELPERS HERE? OKAY, THIS IS XENA AND XANDER. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? XANDER. OKAY. THANK YOU. GET A PICTURE WITH THE COUNCIL. ONE TIME. WE SHOULD. WE HAVE. WE'LL JUST SLIDE TO THE SIDE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB. THANKS FOR ACTIVATING OUR WATERFRONT. THANK YOU. YEAH. GOOD JOB. WE'LL DO IT AGAIN. THANK YOU. YOU CAN REALLY SET PRECEDENT AND GIVE ME A KISS. I KNOW I WAS. YOU KNOW, LIKE A. WATCH [INAUDIBLE] OUT! OKAY. SECOND OF TONIGHT'S PROCLAMATIONS. TONIGHT, WE CELEBRATE THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF STATEHOOD FOR CALIFORNIA. [00:15:06] WE ARE HONORED TONIGHT TO HAVE SKYE CONNORS, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM GOVERNOR NEWSOM'S OFFICE, TO JOIN US WITH THE CELEBRATION. SKYE, COULD YOU COME UP? HI, SKYE. PLEASED TO MEET YOU. LET'S SEE. IN 1948, THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO OFFICIALLY ENDED THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR WITH CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, UTAH, AND PARTS OF ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, COLORADO, AND WYOMING, OFFICIALLY BECOMING U.S. TERRITORY. ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 1850. THE CALIFORNIA JOINED THE UNION AS A FREE STATE. IN THE SUBSEQUENT 175 YEARS. CALIFORNIA HAS GROWN TO THE FOURTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD. WE'RE HOME TO 39 MILLION PEOPLE. WE'RE A GLOBAL LEADER IN TECHNOLOGY, ENTERTAINMENT, THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE, AND IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. CALIFORNIA IS KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD AS A PLACE OF DREAMERS AND DOERS, WELCOMING PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, UNITED IN THE BELIEF THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE HERE. IT IS THAT DIVERSITY THAT MAKES CALIFORNIA WHAT IT IS TODAY, AND THAT IT IS THAT EMBRACEMENT OF DIVERSITY THAT IS REFLECTED HERE IN THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH. EVERY DAY, AS WE CELEBRATE THIS 175TH MILESTONE, WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE NEXT 175 YEARS WITH COURAGE AND DETERMINATION. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU MAYOR. ON BEHALF OF GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IT IS AN HONOR TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION FROM MAYOR LIGHT AND THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH AS WE COMMEMORATE 175 YEARS OF STATEHOOD. SINCE ITS FOUNDING ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 1850, CALIFORNIA HAS GROWN TO NEARLY 40 MILLION RESIDENTS COMING FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE PLANET. OUR STORY IS ONE OF RESILIENCE, DIVERSITY AND INNOVATION. AND WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN THE HOME OF THE ADVENTURERS AND THE VISIONARIES THAT DRIVE THE WORLD FORWARD, INCLUDING GOLD RUSH PIONEERS, AEROSPACE ENGINEERS, AGRICULTURAL INNOVATORS AND TECHNOLOGY VISIONARIES. THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH HAS BEEN A KEY PART OF THIS CALIFORNIA STORY, AND A STRIKING EXAMPLE OF THE RANGE OF WHAT CALIFORNIA HAS TO OFFER, FROM THE ICONIC BEACHLIFE FESTIVAL TO THE MECCA OF AEROSPACE INNOVATION AT NORTHROP GRUMMAN FOR ONE OF THE MOST DENSELY PACKED CITIES IN THE SOUTH BAY. YOU'VE SHOWN AN EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT TO EXPANDING ACCESS TO PARK SPACE FOR RESIDENTS, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ADVANCING INNOVATIVE HOUSING SOLUTIONS BY BEING THE FIRST CITY IN THE STATE TO ACHIEVE FUNCTIONAL ZERO HOMELESSNESS. REDONDO BEACH DEMONSTRATES THAT WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER, THERE IS NO CHALLENGE TOO GREAT FOR CALIFORNIA TO ACCOMPLISH. SO, ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNOR, I AGAIN WANT TO THANK MAYOR LIGHT, THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER WITZANSKY, AND THE PEOPLE OF REDONDO BEACH FOR YOUR RECOGNITION AND FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN BUILDING A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS. THANK YOU AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CALIFORNIA. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SKYE. SO I OWE YOU FOR THAT ADVERTISING. NO. WE GOT IT RECORDED. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW THAT SPEECH AND GIVE IT TO THE CLERK. THANKS AGAIN. THAT'S GOOD. AND THE LAST ONE FOR TONIGHT. WHETHER WE REALIZE IT OR NOT, WE LIVE IN THE ANCESTRAL LAND OF THE TONGVA/GABRIELINO PEOPLE. THE ORIGINAL STEWARDS OF WHAT WE NOW CALL REDONDO BEACH. AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY IS CELEBRATED ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 13TH. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND PROCLAIM THIS DAY TO HONOR THE TONGVA PEOPLE. BASED ON LOCAL ARCHEOLOGICAL DIGS, THE TONGVA CONTINUOUSLY OCCUPIED OUR AREA FOR OVER 5000 YEARS. THE LAND WHERE OUR CITY IS TODAY HAS ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES ACROSS THE COASTAL PART OF THE CITY, AT THE OLD SALT LAKE. THERE WAS A VILLAGE THAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE SEASONAL, WHERE THE TONGVA COLLECTED SALT FOR TRADE, AND THERE ARE TWO TRAILS THAT LED INLAND FROM THAT SALT LAKE BECAME THE FIRST ROADS FROM LA TO REDONDO BEACH, THE OLD SALT ROAD AND THE NEW SALT ROAD. AND TODAY THOSE EXIST AS THE GREEN BELT THAT GOES THROUGH HERMOSA AND 190TH STREET. SO THOSE, THOSE, THOSE TRAILS LED TO ROADS LED TO WHAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY. THERE ARE NUMEROUS SITES ALONG CATALINA AND ESPLANADE. THERE WAS A LARGE VILLAGE LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE REDONDO BEACH AT MALAGA COVE. ALTA VISTA PARK WAS A BURIAL GROUND FOR THE TONGVAN PEOPLE, AND WILDERNESS PARK JUST BEHIND IT WAS A LOOKOUT POINT BECAUSE IT WAS THE HIGHEST SAND DUNE IN THE COASTAL DUNES BACK THEN. OUR BEACHES WERE ALSO A POINT OF DEPARTURE, A POINT OF DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL FOR TRADE BETWEEN THE TONGVAN WHO LIVED [00:20:06] HERE AND THOSE WHO LIVED ON THE ISLANDS OF CATALINA, SAN NICOLAS AND SAN CLEMENTE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR HISTORICAL PRESENCE ACROSS OUR WATERFRONT, SO LET US BOTH CELEBRATE AND HONOR THE RICH HERITAGE OF THE TONGVAN PEOPLE WHO RESIDED IN REDONDO BEACH LONG BEFORE EUROPEAN SETTLERS. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PEOPLE OF REDONDO BEACH, AND AS MAYOR, I PROCLAIM OCTOBER 13TH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY IN THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH. AND THIS IS THE PROCLAMATION. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANNOUNCEMENTS. I'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. THANK YOU. MAYOR. WE HAD A BUSY TIME WHILE WE WERE OFF. I'M SURE MANY OF YOU WILL ALSO BE SEEING A LOT OF THESE SAME EVENTS THAT I ATTENDED. BUT THE BERYL HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY 100TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION WAS A GREAT, EXCITING DAY. IT'S GOT A LOT TO SEE, A LOT OF HISTORY. SEE TEACHERS THAT HAD BEEN THROUGH THERE MET PEOPLE OLDER THAN ME WHO ATTENDED IT AS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND STILL LIVE IN THE AREA, AND EVEN HEARD FROM A THIRD GENERATION GRADUATE OUT OF BERYL THAT THEIR FAMILY OWNS PETER'S NURSERY DOWN THE STREET. THAT SAME DAY, OF COURSE, WE HAD THE WATER POLO TOURNAMENT THAT WE JUST HEARD ABOUT. WE CELEBRATED OUR VOLUNTEERS AT THE CITY, INCLUDING ONE VOLUNTEER WHO HAS VOLUNTEERED FOR THE CITY FOR 52 YEARS. NOT QUITE SURE HOW OLD HE WAS WHEN HE STARTED VOLUNTEERING, BECAUSE HE'S NOT OLD. AS WELL AS MANY OTHER VOLUNTEERS THAT WERE HAVE BEEN FOR ANYWHERE FROM, YOU KNOW, 1 OR 2 ON UP. I ATTENDED THE BIZFED FRESHMAN POLICYMAKER EVENT AT THE GRAMMY MUSEUM WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC, AND THE PERRY PARK TEEN CENTER GRAND OPENING. I'LL LET SOMEBODY ELSE GO INTO DETAILS ON THAT ONE, SINCE THAT WAS UP IN THEIR DISTRICT. I ATTENDED THE CLEAN POWER ALLIANCE ANNUAL RETREAT. THAT'S WHERE WE HAD LEADERS FROM OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, INCLUDING HERMOSA, MANHATTAN, HAWTHORNE, CARSON, SANTA MONICA, AND MORE AT THAT. I GOT TO GET TO KNOW THEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER, WHICH HELPS FOR OUR COORDINATION. KEEPS US GOING ALONG. AND ON AT THAT RETREAT, WE MADE HEADWAY ON GOALS FOR MOVING TO PROVIDE 100% GREENHOUSE GAS FREE ENERGY BY 2035 AS A GOAL, BUT NOT A HARD COMMITMENT. WHICH IS A DECADE AHEAD OF WHERE THE STATE MANDATE IS REQUIRING ALL ELECTRICITY GENERATION. AND WE ALSO DOVE INTO THE POWER READY PROGRAM, WHICH INSTALLS CLEAN BACKUP ENERGY SYSTEMS AT CRITICAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES SUCH AS EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTERS, CITY HALLS, CITY CENTERS, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS. I ATTENDED THE COFFEE WITH A COP ON SUNDAY. IT WAS A CHANGE OF PACE TO HAVE IT ON THE WEEKEND. BROUGHT IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ABLE TO SHOW UP BECAUSE IT WAS A WEEKEND INSTEAD OF A NORMAL WEEKDAY EVENT. AND THEN LAST NIGHT WAS THE SOUTH BAY AREA CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE MIXER, WHERE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME COUNCIL MEMBER KALANI FROM TORRANCE. MY FIRST TIME BEING ABLE TO MEET HER. BUT I ALSO GOT TO INTERFACE WITH A LOT OF OTHER ELECTEDS AND BUSINESS LEADERS FROM THE AREA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. I ATTENDED MANY OF THE SAME EVENTS. WE HAD, OF COURSE, THE WATER POLO EVENT IN THE HARBOR AND ALSO THE BERYL ELEMENTARY CELEBRATION FOR THEIR CENTENNIAL. ONE OF THE LARGER EVENTS FOR DISTRICT TWO, WE HAD THE GROUNDBREAKING AT THE NEW PARK THAT'S ON HERNANDO STREET AND PCH, AND I'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL EMAILS FROM CONSTITUENTS WITHIN DISTRICT 2, BUT ALSO FROM ACROSS THE CITY ASKING THAT WE CONSIDER NAMING THE PARK FOR OUR FORMER MAYOR, BILL BRANDT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S UNDER DISCUSSION. WE ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH THE WATERFRONT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP FOR A POTENTIAL BOAT RAMP AND THE LOCATION OF THAT. I ATTENDED THE VOLUNTEER CEREMONY AS WELL, AND HAD MY COMMUNITY MEETING OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AS WELL. COMING UP, WE HAVE, THE COASTAL COMMISSION IS ACTUALLY MEETING IN REDONDO BEACH THIS WEEK, SO I'M PLANNING TO STOP BY THAT TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE HEADING DOWN TO LONG BEACH FOR THE CAL CITIES CONFERENCE, [00:25:06] WHERE I'LL BE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. YES. WE'VE BEEN BUSY SINCE WE LAST MET. IN ADDITION TO ALL THOSE EVENTS I WAS REPRESENTING OUR REGION ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS ALIGNMENT, WHICH IS DISCUSSING HOW WE ARE CREATING A REGIONAL PLAN AND SPENDING OUR MEASURE, A-TAX DOLLARS. I'LL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT THAT DURING N.4, IN OUR DISCUSSION. ALSO, I ATTENDED SPACE FORCE'S BIRTHDAY AND DISCUSSED WITH THE SOUTH BAY AEROSPACE ALLIANCE MILITARY HOUSING NEEDS IN THE REGION. I GOT TO CELEBRATE WITH THE REDONDO BEACH ROTARY CLUB, AS THEY WERE KIND OF MARKING THEIR DEDICATION TO FRANKLIN PARK FOR THEIR 100 YEARS OF VOLUNTEERING AND DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN LASTLY, THE DISTRICT 3 MEETING WILL BE ON OCTOBER 18TH AT 9 A.M. ON ZOOM. YOU CAN REGISTER. I'LL HAVE THAT LINK UP TOMORROW ON MY PAGE. AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER OBAGI. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO. YOU ONLY GET THREE. DO I GET TO BRING PEOPLE UP EVERY TIME? WE HAD A PHENOMENAL DISTRICT 4 COMMUNITY MEETING AT THE NORTH BRANCH LIBRARY WITH LIBRARY DIRECTOR DANA VINKE. AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AT THE LIBRARY, AFTER SCHOOL KRAFT, EXPRESS LIBRARY ACCESS. THERE'S A CHESS CLUB AT THE LIBRARY, THERE'S STITCH AND SEW REDONDO. THERE'S SHELF CARE, A BOOK CLUB. I'M GOING TO ASK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THESE WITH THE CLERK, AND THEN I'LL ALSO SEND THEM OUT TO MY EMAIL LIST. THANK YOU. MOTION. SECOND. MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. I ALREADY SECONDED AND A SECOND. ALL FOR? AYE. MAN TO STAND UP AND DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW? AND THEN ALSO WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH COMMUNITY SERVICES AND OUR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR A BEAUTIFUL PERRY PARK TEEN CENTER. [APPLAUSE] WHEN YOU SEE THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES OF THIS PLACE, IT LOOKED LIKE A CARNIVAL BEFORE. AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE A MODERN PLACE WHERE AN ADULT WOULD WANT TO HANG OUT, HAVE SOME COFFEE AND DO SOME WORK. SO I'M SO GLAD TO SEE THAT COME ONLINE. I THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR THOUGHTFULNESS. AND PLAY VINTAGE VIDEO GAMES. RIGHT? YEAH. OH, YEAH. AND THE POOL TABLE IS COMING. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT PLACE FOR TEENS. I CAN'T WAIT FOR MY KIDS TO GO THERE. AND THERE EVEN WAS AN OUTDOOR. THERE WAS A BAND FROM SCHOOL OF ROCK PLAYING MUSIC OUT THERE. REALLY GREAT. SO AND OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHADWICK CASTLE AND I HAD THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF MEETING WITH OUR WONDERFUL HARBOR PATROL AND FIRE STATION 3 PERSONNEL, AND WE TOOK A, I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS A WONDERFUL TRIP OUT ON THE WATER WITH, WE HAD FIREBOAT CAPTAIN DARREN MALLABON. WE HAD FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC WHO, YOU KNOW, BRANT WEST AND HARBOR MASTER KURT MAHONEY JOINED US. SO IT WAS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE TO SEE THEM IN ACTION AND LEARN ABOUT REALLY THE HIGH LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE THAT THEY EXHIBITED. SO THANK YOU TO OUR FIRE CHIEF, PATRICK BUTLER AND OUR CITY MANAGER FOR ARRANGING THAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. AND MUCH MORE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU GUYS COVERED MOST OF MINE. BUT THERE WAS A MAYOR'S CONVENING CALLED BY OUR COUNTY SUPERVISOR, HOLLY MITCHELL. AND IT WAS AT MAYOR BASS'S HOUSE. I GOT TO HAVE QUITE A CONVERSATION WITH MAYOR BASS. SHE'S VERY INTERESTING AND VERY DOWN TO EARTH TO TALK WITH, AND WE ALL HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS. HERS ARE OBVIOUSLY MUCH BIGGER IN BREADTH, BUT NOT NOT NECESSARILY DIFFERENT. MAIN TOPIC WAS HOMELESSNESS. AND WE DID GET HIGHLIGHTED AGAIN FOR ACHIEVING FUNCTIONAL ZERO AND ESPECIALLY FOR OUR HOMELESS COURT. SO WELL DONE BY OUR WHOLE HOMELESS TEAM. APPRECIATE THAT JOY. I'VE GOT, I'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE OLYMPIC SUBCOMMITTEE. WE DID JUST RECENTLY MEET TO DISCUSS THE AND DISCUSS CHANGES TO BOTH THE VIDEO AND THE WEBPAGE THAT'S GOING UP. WE'RE HOPEFULLY NARROWING IN. I THINK WE GOT ONE MORE NARRATIVE FROM THE POLICE CHIEF THAT WE'VE GOT TO WE'VE GOT TO GET. AND WE KNOW YOU LIKE BEING ON CAMERA, SO THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM. BUT THOSE SHOULD BE ROLLING OUT SOON. LET'S SEE, I DID MEET WITH THE HARBOR ASSOCIATION TO TALK ABOUT EVENTS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER. I THINK THEY'VE BECOME A VERY FORWARD LEANING GROUP. SO I'M YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB AT ATTRACTING MORE BUSINESS IN THE OFF MONTHS AND THAT'S THEIR THEIR GOAL. [00:30:02] SO I APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS. AND THE REST OF IT YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY COVERED. SO, WITH THAT, I'LL BE GOING TO CAL CITIES AS WELL FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK AND WELL, ACTUALLY THROUGH THURSDAY AND THEN FRIDAY I'M HEADING OFF FOR VACATION FOR TWO WEEKS. AND MAYOR PRO TEM BEHRENDT WILL BE TAKING THE HELM UP HERE. SO APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT FOR ME. GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND THE COUNCIL BECAUSE FROM THE WILDERNESS PARK GROUNDBREAKING, TO THE REDONDO PARK GROUNDBREAKING, TO THE PERRY PARK GROUNDBREAKING. EVERY ONE OF THOSE EVENTS, THERE HAVE BEEN ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR. AND OFTEN, IF NOT ALL THE TIME, THE CITY ATTORNEY. AND THAT'S PRETTY PHENOMENAL. I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT IN MY 4 PLUS YEARS ON COUNCIL TO HAVE SO MANY, YOU KNOW, 100% ATTENDANCE, MORE OR LESS ALL THE TIME. SO ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. AND ADDITIONALLY, NOT ALL CITIES HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF THE CITY MANAGER BEING PRESENT TOGETHER WITH HIS STAFF IN EACH OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO WERE THERE. AND I THINK TO YOUR POINT, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING WHAT IT WAS THAT WE, AS A COUNCIL, HAD ASKED TO BE DONE. SO THANK YOU. SO NOW JUST ADD TO THAT IT'S AN HONOR TO WORK WITH THIS COUNCIL. IT'S BEEN LEANING FORWARD AND WE MAY NOT AGREE ON EVERYTHING, BUT WE WORK PROFESSIONALLY TO MOVE THE BALL FORWARD. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM E. [E. APPROVE ORDER OF AGENDA] APPROVING THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO CHANGE ANYTHING IN THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA? NO, THANK YOU. NO. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA AS PUBLISHED? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION AND SECOND. ALL FOR? AYE. OKAY. NEXT IS AN AGENCY RECESS TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY. [F. AGENCY RECESS] CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECESS? MOVE TO RECESS. OKAY. CAN WE GET A SECOND? SECOND. ALL FOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY. I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER A MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY. COULD I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MEMBER WALLER. PRESENT. MEMBER CASTLE. HERE. MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. HERE. MEMBER OBAGI. HERE. MEMBER BEHRENDT. HERE. CHAIRMAN LIGHT. HERE. CAN GOING DOWN TO A IN THAT AGENDA. COULD I GET AN APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF AGENDA? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. ALL FOR? AYE. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY BLUE FOLDER ITEMS FOR THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY? NO BLUE FOLDER ITEMS. OKAY, AND JUST TO JUST TO KEEP PEOPLE STRAIGHT ON THIS, WOULD YOU MIND GIVING A LITTLE PRIMER ON WHAT THIS FINANCING AUTHORITY IS ABOUT? IT'S. CITY MANANGER WITZANSKY. YEAH, SURE. IT'S A SUCCESSOR TO WHAT USED TO BE KNOWN AS THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. IT'S THE KIND OF MODERN VERNACULAR FOR THAT, AND THROUGH THE AGENCY, THE CITY IS ABLE TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS AS IT PERTAINS TO REAL ESTATE. IN THIS CASE, THE MATTER PERTAINS TO THE KINCAID'S LEASEHOLD, WHEREBY THERE WAS AN ADVANCE OF FUNDS TO HELP BUILD THE BUILDING. AND NOW THROUGH THIS STRUCTURE, THE CITY IS EFFECTIVELY PAID BACK FOR THOSE EXPENSES IN A WHAT IS EFFECTIVELY A LEASE LEASEBACK STRUCTURE. SO IN ORDER TO APPROVE THE CHECKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, TO MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS, THE COUNCIL STEPS IN AND ACTS AS AN AGENCY. AND ULTIMATELY, THE CITY IS THE BENEFICIARY OF THESE FUNDS. AND SO THAT ITEM IS THE ONLY THING THAT'S UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THIS. YEAH, IT'S THE ONLY MODERN CONSTRUCT THAT WE HAVE. THAT'S THAT WAS THE GENESIS OF WHICH IS STARTED THROUGH THIS STRUCTURE. RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. LET'S SEE, WE'VE GOT THE CONSENT CALENDAR, ITEM C, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO APPROVE OR PULL ANY OF THE 4 ITEMS? NO. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BEFORE I CALL THE VOTE. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM C.1 TO C.4 ON THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY AGENDA? OKAY. NO ONE IN THE PUBLIC. ANYONE ONLINE? NONE ONLINE OR ECOMMENTS. OKAY. ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY, NOW WE'RE ON TO ITEM E, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. THIS IS FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK TO ITEMS UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY THAT ARE NOT ON THIS AGENDA. SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO BRING UP TO THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY? ANYONE ONLINE? NO. NOTHING ONLINE OR ECOMMENTS, FOR THE RECORD. OKAY. WITH THAT, THE LAST ITEM IS. ANY REFERRALS TO STAFF FOR THIS AUTHORITY? ANYONE? OKAY, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THEN. MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND BACK TO THE OPEN COUNCIL MEETING. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL FOR? [00:35:01] AYE. OKAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. WE WILL BE RECONVENING THE NEXT MEETING OF THE REDONDO BEACH COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY ON, AT 6 P.M. ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025, RIGHT HERE IN CITY HALL CHAMBERS. OKAY, SO RETURNING BACK TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. F.2, THE PARKING AUTHORITY WAS CANCELED. SO WE WILL GO BACK TO THE BLUE FOLDER ITEM. DO I NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL? OKAY. CAN I HAVE A ROLL CALL? I'M CALLING BACK TO ORDER THE OPEN CITY COUNCIL MEETING. COULD I HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. HERE. AND MAYOR LIGHT. HERE. THANK YOU. SHOCKING, NO CHANGE. ITEM G, BLUE FOLDER ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY BLUE FOLDER ITEMS FOR THE OPEN SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL? YES WE DO. H.19, RELATED TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE SOUTH BAY CITIES COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TO ACCEPT ALLOCATED COUNTY LOCAL SOLUTIONS FUNDS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOLUTION AGENCY, FUNDS FOR HOMELESS COURT AND MOTEL AND SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY. WE HAVE THE SIGNED MOU. H.22. APPROVING AGREEMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES WITH COAST LAW GROUP. WE HAVE THE SIGNED AGREEMENT. J.1, ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. N.1. DISCUSSION - POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING TEMPORARY PREFERENTIAL PARKING PROGRAM TO ADDRESS HOLIDAY TRAFFIC AND PARKING IMPACTS IN THE MESSINA AVENUE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH HAS PUBLIC COMMENT COMMUNICATIONS. AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. OKAY, CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ALL THE BLUE FOLDER ITEMS? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION TO SECOND. ALL FOR. AYE. ALL RIGHT OKAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [H. CONSENT CALENDAR] NEXT WE'RE GOING TO ITEM H. CONSENT CALENDAR. DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL WISH TO PULL ANY OF THE ITEMS H.1 THROUGH, I THINK IT'S H 22 THIS EVENING. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER? NONE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE? NO, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC? NO, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI? YES. H.22, PLEASE. H.22, OKAY. AND COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT? H.22 AS WELL. H. SAME THING. OKAY. SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL THE REST OF, EVERYTHING IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF H.22. MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDARS H.1 THROUGH H.21. SECOND. OKAY, MOTION AND A SECOND. DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS ANY OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS H.1 THROUGH H.21? AND WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO H.22 LATER. SO, ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS H.1 THROUGH H 21? OKAY. ANYONE ONLINE? NO ONE ONLINE. WE HAVE THREE ECOMMENTS, ONE FOR H.10 SUPPORT, H.12 SUPPORT, AND ONE FOR H.17 OPPOSE. OKAY. I'M JUST LOOKING WITH YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? DID YOU WANT TO. I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO SAY SOME THINGS ON CONSENT. NO. I'LL SAVE IT FOR THE DISCUSSION. FOR N.4. OKAY, SO WITH THAT, I WILL CALL THE VOTE ON. MAYOR. MAYOR. I JUST WE DO HAVE MR. HEINZMAN IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY IF HE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF FOR H.18. FOR IF, I DIDN'T WANT YOUR TRIP OUT HERE TO BE FOR NAUGHT. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY HI OR IF NOT, THAT'S. THAT'S OKAY. COME ON DOWN. HI. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS. MR. MAYOR. MY NAME IS JOSHUA. I'M WITH THE HERO COMMUNITY SERVICES. I BELIEVE I MET THE COUNCILWOMAN A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE CITY'S INTEREST IN THE ALTERNATIVE CRISIS RESPONSE. I'D BEEN CONTACTED BY THE CITY TO SEE ABOUT DOING CONSULTING WORK FOR THE ALTERNATIVE CRISIS RESPONSE. BASED OFF OF MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE CITY OF LAVERNE AND THE CITY OF MONROVIA'S SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF THOSE PROGRAMS. AND I HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY STARTED MY OWN NONPROFIT. AND WE WILL NOW BE OUT WITH SOME OF YOUR SISTER CITIES PROVIDING OTHER SERVICES BUT SPECIFIC TO REDONDO BEACH, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING COUNCIL APPROVES I WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT ON YOUR ALTERNATIVE CRISIS RESPONSE THAT YOU ARE, HAVE CREATED WITH CLEAR AND SO VERY MUCH SO LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO BRING THAT TO FRUITION AND HAVE IT BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS THE PROGRAMS IN LA VERNE AND IN MONROVIA. SO PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. JUST TO GIVE CONTEXT TO IT WE, THIS ALTERNATIVE CRISIS RESPONSE IS TARGETED TOWARDS MENTAL HEALTH FOR ALL RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON PUTTING TOGETHER FOR SOME TIME NOW. [00:40:06] AND YOU ARE PART OF THAT TEAM. SO WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THIS AS IT PERTAINS ALSO TO OUR ENHANCED RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS. BUT LIKE I SAID, THIS IS NOT FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS PER SE, BUT IT'S FOR ALL RESIDENTS NEEDING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. AND IT'S AN EXTENSION THAT WE'RE ADDING TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE HERE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE GOOD THINGS WE'LL BE DOING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WITH THAT I WILL CALL THE VOTE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS H.1 THROUGH H.21 EXCLUDING H.22. SO ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR TO READ. WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO READ. PLEASE BE PATIENT. I HAVE 17 ITEMS TO READ. SO H.10. ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY, RESOLUTION NO. CC-2510-069. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY (OTS), SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM (STEP) GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE OTS AND CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. ADOPT BY 4/5 VOTE AND TITLE ONLY, RESOLUTION NO. CC-2510-070. A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING A FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 BUDGET MODIFICATION TO APPROPRIATE $179,000 IN STATE OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANT FUNDS FOR THE SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM (STEP) TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL GRANT FUNDS. H.11. ADOPTED BY 4/5 VOTE IN TITLE ONLY, RESOLUTION NO. CC-2510-071. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING A 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET MODIFICATION TO APPROPRIATE $1,747,973 OF PROPOSITION C FUNDS FROM LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TO THE AVIATION BLVD RESURFACING ARTESIA BLVD TO MANHATTAN BEACH BLVD PROJECT, JOB NO. 41440. H.13. ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY, RESOLUTION NO. CC-2510-072. A RESOLUTION, CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 GRANT AGREEMENT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF DOCK INFRASTRUCTURE STRUCTURE IN BASIN III, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTS. ADOPTED BY 4/5 VOTE AND BY TITLE ONLY, RESOLUTION NO. CC-2510-073, OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA. A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING A FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 BUDGET MODIFICATION TO ALLOCATE $1,466,279 FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF DOCK INFRASTRUCTURE IN BASIN III. H.14. ADOPTED BY TITLE ONLY, RESOLUTION NO. CC-2510-074. A RESOLUTION, CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM ASSISTANCE GRANT AGREEMENT FROM THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION TO FUND A SEA LEVEL RISE ASSESSMENT FOR ALL PROPERTIES WITH A COASTAL ZONING DESIGNATION, AS REQUIRED BY SENATE BILL 272, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OF THE DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE APPLICATION CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS AND AMENDMENTS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE GRANT. ADOPT BY 4/5 VOTE BY TITLE ONLY, RESOLUTION NO. CC-2510-075. RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING A FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 BUDGET MODIFICATION TO ALLOCATE $500,000 FROM THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION FOR LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM ASSISTANCE. H.16. ADOPTED BY 4/5 VOTE AND TITLE ONLY, RESOLUTION NO. CC-2510-076. A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING A 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET MODIFICATION TO APPROPRIATE $250,000, IN CLEAN POWER ALLIANCE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTS FUND TO THE PUBLIC WORKS INTERGOVERNMENTAL GRANT FUND. OKAY, TAKE A BREATHER BECAUSE THIS NEXT ONES, WHAT NINE OF THEM. H.17. INTRODUCTION BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE 3298-25, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE II, CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 1, SECTIONS 2-9.100, 2-9.101, 2-9.102, 2-9.103, 2-9.106, 2-9.107, AND SECTION 2-9.109 AND ADDING SECTIONS 2-9.110 AND 2-9.111, AND DELETING IN ITS ENTIRETY SECTION 2-9.108 PERTAINING TO THE UNIFORM REGULATIONS OF COMMISSIONS FOR INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING. INTRODUCTION BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE 3299-25, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF REDONDO BEACH, [00:45:05] CALIFORNIA, AMENDING REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE II, CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 4, SECTIONS 2-9.401, 2-9.402 AND 2-9.403 PERTAINING TO THE PUBLIC WORKS SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION FOR INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING. INTRODUCTION BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE 330-25, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE II, CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 7, SECTION 2-9.702 AND AMENDING SECTION 2-9.704 AND 2-9.709 AND RENUMBERING TO 2-9.703 AND 2-9.704 RESPECTIVELY, AND DELETING SECTIONS 2-9.705, 2-9.706, 2-9.707, 2-9.708, 2-9.709, 2-9.712 AND 2-9.714; AND RENUMBERING SECTION 2-9.710 TO 2-9.705; AND 2-9.711 TO 2-9.706. PERTAINING TO THE HARBOR COMMISSION FOR INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING. INTRODUCTION BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE 3301-25, ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE II, CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 10, SECTION 2-9.1002 AND 2-9.1003 PERTAINING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING. INTRODUCTION BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE 3302-25, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE II, CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 13, SECTION 2-9.1301 AND 2-9.1302 PERTAINING TO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMISSION. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING. INTRODUCTION BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE 3303-25, AN ORDINANCE TO THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE II, CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 14, SECTION 2-9.1402 AND 2-9.1403 PERTAINING TO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION FOR INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING. INTRODUCTION BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE 3004-25. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE II, CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 15, SECTION 2-9.1502 AND 2-9.1503 PERTAINING TO THE PUBLIC AMENITIES COMMISSION FOR INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING. INTRODUCTION BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE 3305-25, ORDINANCE OF CITY COUNCIL OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 4, ARTICLES 1, 03, 4, 5 AND 6. SECTIONS 10-4.104, 10-4.302, 10-4.304, 10-4.307, 10-4.308, 10-4.309, 10-4.310, 10-4.404, 10-4.501 AND 10-4.601 PERTAINING TO THE HISTORIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION FOR INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING. THIS LAST ONE. H.19 ADOPTED BY 4/5 VOTE BY TITLE ONLY, RESOLUTION NO. CC-2510-077, A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF REDONDO BEACH CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING A FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 BUDGET MODIFICATION TO APPROPRIATE $339,150 FROM THE SOUTH BAY CITY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL GRANTS FUND FOR HOMELESS COURT AND IN HOTEL AND SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY (SRO) BEDS. THANK YOU. CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? CAN YOU START OVER? I MISSED THE FIRST ONE. JUST APOLOGIZE TO THE PUBLIC. THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO IS READ OUT THESE SPECIFIC APPROVALS PER CALIFORNIA TRANSPARENCY LAWS. AND SO, I ACTUALLY FEEL FOR THE CITY CLERK HAVING TO READ ALL THAT IN PUBLIC. BUT APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, SO WITH THAT WE ARE MOVING TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. [I. EXCLUDED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS] WE EXCLUDED H.22, AND I'LL LET COUNCILMEMBER BEHRENDT HAVE THE FLOOR. THIS IS ABOUT APPROVING AN AGREEMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES WITH COAST LAW GROUP, LLP. I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN AND. SO RECUSE YOURSELF. WELL, ABSTAIN ON THE VOTE AND NOT PARTICIPATE, BUT I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. THANK YOU. FIRST. SO WHATEVER, FOR FOLKS WHO ARE FOLLOWING AND ARE INTERESTED IN THE METRO EXPANSION IN REDONDO THROUGH REDONDO BEACH. WE HAD OUR ATTORNEY HIRED TO REPRESENT US ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT OF THE METRO FINAL EIR, WITHDRAW FROM REPRESENTING US FOR PERSONAL REASONS. I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR JUMPING INTO QUICK GEAR GETTING LOOKING INTO NEW COUNCIL, FIGURING OUT WHO WOULD BE BEST TO REPRESENT REDONDO BEACH AND BRINGING FORWARD IS IT COASTAL LAW GROUP, COAST LAW GROUP HERE, WHICH IS THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US. PRIOR TO THIS TIME, BEFORE WE, WHEN WE WEREN'T REALLY SURE IF OUR ATTORNEY WAS GOING TO CONTINUE, [00:50:04] I STARTED SPEAKING WITH THE MAYOR OF LAWNDALE, MAYOR PULLEN-MILES, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM LAWNDALE, BERNADETTE SUAREZ, PAT KEARNEY AND SIRLEY CUEVAS AND IN EACH. AND I ASKED THEM, HEY, DOES IT MAKE SENSE FOR REDONDO BEACH TO TEAM UP WITH LAWNDALE AND SHARE THE SAME COUNCIL SO THAT WE BEAR HALF THE COST, WE SHARE IN THE COSTS OF LITIGATION IF IT COMES TO THAT OR AND EVEN ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS. THERE'S A LOT OF EXPERTISE AND EXPERT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH UNDERSTANDING WHAT ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THAT ARE NOT ADEQUATELY REPRESENTED IN THE FINAL EIR. AND SO THEY EXPRESSED AN INTEREST. OF COURSE, OUR COUNCIL HASN'T WEIGHED IN ON IT. WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM OUR ATTORNEY YET WHETHER THERE'S ANY THERE'S A CONFLICT THAT WE CAN OVERCOME, WHETHER WE SHOULD TRY TO TEAM UP WITH LAWNDALE. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET LAWNDALE EXPLORE THAT ON THEIR SIDE AND SEE IF THEIR COUNCIL WILL, THEIR CITY COUNCIL WILL ALLOW US TO SHARE LEGAL COUNSEL WITH THEM. SECONDARILY, HAVE I GIVE OUR COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY, AND THEIR ATTORNEYS ARE ALESHIRE & WYNDER. AND GIVE OUR CITY COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON WHETHER WE SHOULD DO THAT OR NOT. AND IF NOT, THEN PROCEED WITH THIS FIRM. SO IN THE MEANTIME I'M WILLING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES WITH COAST LAW GROUP SO THAT WE HAVE COUNCIL IN PLACE, BUT ASK THAT WE PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STOP WORK UNTIL WE DECIDE UP OR DOWN WHETHER OR NOT TO SHARE COUNSEL WITH THE CITY OF LAWNDALE AND THEN MAKE A DECISION AS TO IF WE DO ASSUME THEIR COUNSEL, WHETHER THERE'S A DIFFERENT ROLE FOR COAST LAW GROUP TO PLAY HERE TO REPRESENT SPECIFICALLY REDONDO BEACH'S INTERESTS. AND IF NOTHING ELSE, PROVIDE DIRECTION TO COORDINATE ANY LEGAL ACTION THAT WE TAKE WITH LAWNDALE. IT'S A LONG MOTION. SO DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION AMONGST THE COUNCIL? SO HOW LONG WOULD YOU WANT TO GIVE LAWNDALE TO GET BACK TO US, TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO WORK TOGETHER? WELL SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE METRO BOARD. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. METRO BOARD IS NOT GOING TO BE TAKING THIS UP IN OCTOBER AT THEIR OCTOBER MEETING. THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD, ALTHOUGH I DON'T SEE THE AGENDA PUBLISHED ON THEIR ON THEIR WEBSITE. SO I THINK WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BEFORE WE HAVE, WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ANY LEGAL ACTION. SO I'D SAY A COUPLE OF WEEKS TILL THE END OF THE MONTH TO MAKE A DECISION. THEY SHOULD THEY SHOULD WITHIN THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS, THEIR COUNCIL SHOULD WEIGH IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ON WHETHER THEY LET US KNOW WHETHER THEY'D WAIVE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS FOR US TO ASSUME THEIR COUNSEL. AND WE'D HAVE TO ULTIMATELY HAVE DISCUSSION IN CLOSED SESSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO DO THAT, I THINK, RIGHT? CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. AND GET OUR ATTORNEY'S LEGAL ADVICE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO DO THAT. AND DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS ON THE STRATEGY HERE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH LAWNDALE VERSUS GOING IT ALONE? WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THAT AT CLOSED SESSION NEXT WEEK. OKAY. DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY NEED FOR LITIGATION OR ATTORNEY ADVICE IN THE NEXT MONTH? THE LITIGATION DOESN'T START UNTIL THE BOARD MAKES A DECISION ON THE PROJECT. SO FOR LITIGATION PURPOSES, NO, BUT THERE'S OBVIOUSLY PREPARATION FOR THAT. SO WE, I CAN ASK THE ATTORNEY TO HOLD OFF UNTIL WE HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER, BUT SHE FEELS VERY CONFIDENT THAT SHE'S CAPABLE TO DO IT, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IN OCTOBER. GOOD. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE DO HAVE OTHER NON LEGAL EXPERTS WORKING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT OF THIS, DEVELOPING THE CASE IF YOU WILL. AND I KNOW SHE'S BEEN READING OUR STUFF BECAUSE SHE REITERATED SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE MADE TO THE DRAFT EIR. I JUST CAUTION, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE WEEK BEFORE THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S HEARD BY THE METRO BOARD. SO YOU GOT TO GIVE THE LAWYERS TIME SO I WOULDN'T WAIT TOO LONG. I'D SAY TWO WEEKS, THREE WEEKS MAX FOR LAWNDALE. I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE LONG, BUT OKAY. OKAY. SO WE. ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO COMMENT ON THIS ONE? OKAY. DOES ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO OPINE ON THIS ONE? NIKI NEGRETE-MITCHELL. DISTRICT 3, RIGHT-OF-WAY STAKEHOLDER IN THE TRENCH ZONE FOR THE HYBRID OPTION. THIS IS A KIND OF A JARRING NEWS, BUT THE ADVANTAGE, I GUESS, OF USING THE SAME AS LAWNDALE HAS THAT THEY'RE ALREADY PREPARED. [00:55:01] AND SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE A DECENT, THING TO DO. I BROUGHT IN SOME COMMENTS, BUT I'LL PROBABLY, IT PROBABLY MORE QUALIFIES FOR NON-AGENDA AS OPPOSED TO THIS. BUT IT'S ABOUT A CASE AND IT'S. SHOULD I? I GUESS I'LL DO THAT LATER. BUT I ALSO GOT THE SAME NEWS IN THAT MEETING. AFTER THE NEXT MEETING, AFTER THE OCTOBER 23RD MEETING IS ON DECEMBER 4TH BECAUSE THEY DON'T DO THANKSGIVING. SO DECEMBER 4TH IS DROP DEAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? HELLO? KEVIN MITCHELL, RIGHT-OF-WAY STAKEHOLDER. SO A NEW DOCUMENT CAME UP TO US TODAY THAT'S IN THE EIR, AND IT'S FROM TORC, WHICH IS TORRANCE OIL REFINERY CORPORATION. AND, IT WAS THEIR LETTER TO METRO. AND I THINK THAT AT THIS POINT, IT MIGHT BE WHOEVER'S TO SPEAK TO THEM DIRECTLY. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW JURISDICTIONS WORK IN THIS CASE, BUT THEY HAVE SOME VERY IMPORTANT CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT THE DEIR WAS DOING. AND I JUST THINK THAT THEY MAY HAVE SOME INSIGHTS INTO HOW TO PROCEED WITH THIS, SO THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? ANYONE ONLINE? YES, I HAVE MARK NELSON. GOOD EVENING. MARK. MARK NELSON, DISTRICT 3. IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THERE'S TWO NEEDS HERE. ONE WOULD BE FOR THE FEIR AND ONE WOULD BE, RATHER THAN JUST ENVIRONMENTAL, IT WOULD BE IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TWO SEPARATE LAW FIRMS OR TWO SEPARATE INTERESTS. I CERTAINLY SUPPORT WORKING WITH LAWNDALE. I THINK THAT ANYTIME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SHARE RESOURCES, THAT'S GOOD FOR TAXPAYERS. BUT I JUST WANT I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE POINT THAT THERE'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE SEPARATE OF A BUSINESS ISSUE HERE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY STANDING FOR CAUSE TO OPPOSE THEIR BUSINESS ISSUE, BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WHATEVER LAW FIRMS THAT YOU ENGAGE, THEY'RE CAPABLE OF LOOKING AT THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? YES. NEXT PERSON IS KYLE JOHNSON. ARE YOU THERE? HI. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES. MY NAME IS KYLE JOHNSON. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE. I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT THE CITY IS ALREADY GEARING UP TO SUE METRO OVER THIS DECISION. IT'S DISAPPOINTING CONSIDERING HOW MANY PEOPLE EARLIER CLAIMED THEY SUPPORTED PUBLIC TRANSIT IN THE SOUTH BAY. THAT ONCE THE DECISION IS MADE THAT THEY DON'T AGREE WITH TO IMMEDIATELY TURN AROUND AND START TRYING TO STYMIE THE PROJECT. I WOULD OPPOSE TAKING ON THIS LEGAL COUNSEL. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. WE DON'T OPPOSE EXTENSION OF THE METRO. WE JUST WANT IT TO GO IN A PLACE THAT DOESN'T IMPACT OUR RESIDENTS SO MUCH. OKAY, SO THAT CONCLUDES. OKAY. RESUME AND THE ECOMMENTS. SO I WILL CALL THE VOTE THEN. ALL FOR? AYE. AND ONE ABSTAIN. ABSTAIN. OKAY. SO THAT'S 4 TO 1. THE MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. NOW WE'RE DOWN TO 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 ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT FOR ACTION. THIS SECTION IS LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES IN TOTAL. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE AFFORDED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ONLY ONCE AND WRITTEN REQUESTS, IF ANY, WHICH I DO HAVE WILL BE CONSIDERED FIRST UNDER THIS SECTION. OKAY. SO FIRST IS VICKI CASTALDI. AND THEN LORI ARMOR. [01:00:10] GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND STAFF. MY NAME IS VICKI CASTALDI AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 2 IN REDONDO BEACH. YOUR DISTRICT. I AM HERE TONIGHT TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP. I AM AN AIRBNB HOST SHARING MY HOME WITH GUESTS ALL OVER THE WORLD. I HAVE LIVED IN MY TOWNHOUSE SINCE 1989 AND I AM 74 YEARS OLD NOW. 12 YEARS AGO I STARTED LISTING MY EXTRA BEDROOMS ON AIRBNB AS I WAS CARING FOR MY HUSBAND WITH M.S. FOR MANY YEARS AND ALL OF HIS MEDICAL EXPENSES AS DEPLETED OUR SAVINGS, THE SHORT TERM RENTALS WERE A GODSEND AS IT ALLOWED ME TO SURVIVE AND PAY MY MORTGAGE. IN ADDITION TO HELPING ME STAY IN MY HOME. IT GAVE ME ENOUGH SPENDING MONEY TO ENJOY AND SUPPORT THE LOCAL BUSINESSES THROUGH SHOPPING, DINING OUT AND ENTERTAINMENT. AS I LIVE IN MY HOME AND IS NOT PART OF THE RENTAL POOL, I HAD A VERY LONG AND SUCCESSFUL CAREER AS A FASHION DESIGNER AND OWNED MY OWN COMPANY FOR OVER 20 YEARS. BUT 12 YEARS AGO THAT CLOSED AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR A 60 YEAR OLD WOMAN TO GET HIRED IN THAT INDUSTRY. LAST WEEK, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM REDONDO BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYING THAT I COULD NO LONGER OFFER SHORT TERM RENTALS. SO BASICALLY TELLING ME YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE ALL YOUR INCOME THAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR BASIC NEEDS, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. I CALLED THE NUMBER AND SPOKE TO THE WOMAN WHO WAS TAKING THE PHONE CALLS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND SHE WAS VERY NICE AND INFORMATIVE, BUT SHE WAS JUST THE MESSENGER. MY HEART SANK. I UNDERSTAND THIS AREA IS ONLY ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL, BUT PEOPLE WHO STAY FOR 3 TO 7 DAYS ARE ON VACATION TO ENJOY OUR BEACHES OR GO TO A WEDDING OR TO THE BEACHLIFE FESTIVAL, OR JUST ENJOY A LITTLE GETAWAY. WON'T FIND ANY PLACE TO STAY THAT THEY CAN AFFORD. OTHERWISE, THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HURT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS, MOM AND POP SHOPS, ETC. I THINK THIS IS A VERY TOUGH SITUATION AND I WANTED TO SPEAK UP. I AM NOT A REALTOR BUYING PROPERTY RENT. I AM NOT HAVING PARTIES OR CAUSING TROUBLE. I'M NOT GETTING COMPLAINTS FROM MY NEIGHBORS. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET AND STAY IN MY HOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO ME. THANK YOU. AND I BROUGHT ONE VISUAL. I KNOW, IT'S A PHOTOGRAPH OF A MAP I HAVE IN MY KITCHEN. AND IF YOU CAN SEE ALL THE PINS, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE I'VE HOSTED OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS, JUST SHOWING ALL THE COUNTRIES THEY'VE COME FROM. I THINK THERE'S SO MANY THAT PEOPLE STOP PUTTING PENS BECAUSE THEY WERE OVERLAPPING, BUT LIKE THE GERMANS LOVE REDONDO BEACH JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE. BUT I ALSO GET A LOT OF INTERNS THAT COME IN THE SUMMER THAT WORK IN AEROSPACE, THAT NEED A PLACE TO STAY, AND THEY HAVE A VERY CHEAP PER DIEM, I GUESS, FROM THEIR COMPANIES OR THEIR SCHOOLS, SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION. CLARIFYING QUESTION. DO YOU THINK THAT YOU COULD OFFSET YOUR MORTGAGE COSTS WITH LONGER TERM RENTALS OF LIKE 30 DAYS AND GREATER? HAVE YOU EVER TRIED THAT? THE PROBLEM IS, YOU DON'T GET THAT MANY. I MEAN, YOU MIGHT GET A RELOCATION OR YOU MIGHT GET SOMEBODY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO STAY THAT LONG BECAUSE MAYBE THEY'RE OUT OF THEIR HOME BECAUSE IT'S BEING REMODELED. BUT NOW MY CALENDAR BECAUSE I CHANGED IT ACCORDING TO YOUR CODE, I'M NOT GETTING ANY INTEREST AT ALL BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO STAY 30 DAYS. AND WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S LIKE A 30 DAY STAY. IT BLOCKS YOUR CALENDAR FOR ANY SHORT TERM STAY. IT JUST IT JUST DOESN'T WORK. IT'S KIND OF A MESS RIGHT NOW. SO I JUST ACTUALLY BROUGHT ONE OTHER VISUAL JUST FOR FUN. THIS IS THE BOARD. I KEEP TRACK OF THE PEOPLE IN MY HOME. THESE ARE THE LAST PEOPLE THAT WERE ABLE TO STAY BECAUSE OF THE. SHE ANSWER MY QUESTION. YOU ANSWERED HIS QUESTION. SO. OKAY, YOUR TIME IS UP. I'M FINISHED. OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY. YOU'RE OKAY, I NEVER DID. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. LAURIE ARMOR AND THEN LISA HABE-CATES COATES. CAN'T QUITE TELL COATES OR COATES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR LIGHT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS LAURIE ARMOR. I'M A RESIDENT SINCE 17 YEARS IN REDONDO AND ALL MY LIFE IN THE SOUTH BAY. AND AS YOU SAID EARLIER, MAYOR LIGHT ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE IN OUR COUNTRY, IN OUR STATE. SO I'M HERE FOR THE SAME REASON THAT OUR GUEST JUST BEFORE THAT WAS HERE. I ALSO RECEIVED A NOTICE TO CEASE MY AIRBNB. I'M A RETIRED TEACHER, NEWLY DIVORCED, AND I, [01:05:07] AIRBNB SUPPLEMENTS MY RETIREMENT INCOME AND HELPS ME PAY MY MORTGAGE. I LIVE IN A SMALL TWO BEDROOM HOUSE IN NORTH REDONDO IN DISTRICT THREE, AND I SERVED GUESTS WHO COME TO VISIT THEIR CHILDREN, THEIR GRANDCHILDREN, THEIR ELDERLY PARENTS, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AS SHE WAS SPEAKING AND WHO TRAVEL HERE TO LEARN ABOUT OUR AREA AND MOVE ON TO OTHER AREAS WHO COME AND GO FROM THE AIRPORT. PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. I UNDERSTAND ASKING NONRESIDENT IN HOMES TO FEAST SHORT TERM RENTALS. BUT FOR HOSTS LIKE US WHO LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE, I BELIEVE WE CAN FIND A LOCAL APPROACH THAT WILL ALLOW RESPONSIBLE HOSTS TO OPERATE. I ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A REGULATED, SHORT TERM RENTAL PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTS WHO LET OUT ROOMS IN THEIR PERMANENT RESIDENCE. WE CAN INCLUDE A MANDATORY REGISTRATION, A LOCAL 24 HOUR CONTACT, OCCUPANCY AND PARKING RULES. WE CAN REQUIRE A HOME BUSINESS PERMIT, AND THIS APPROACH PRESERVES THE PUBLIC SAFETY, NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE AND GENERATES LOCAL REVENUE SUPPORTING OUR BUSINESSES AND THAT RELY ON OUR VISITORS. I'M PREPARED TO WORK WITH THE STAFF AND NEIGHBORS AND BUSINESS OWNERS ON A PILOT PROGRAM THAT ADDRESSES PRIORITIZING PRIMARY RESIDENTS. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING A BALANCED SOLUTION FOR THIS SITUATION THAT UPHOLDS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD VALUES, PROTECTS HOUSING, AND SUPPORTS LOCAL ECONOMY. I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE A ONE PAGE PROPOSAL AND MEET STAFF AND NEIGHBORS TO REFINE IT. THANK YOU. CLARIFYING QUESTION. OKAY. QUICK CLARIFYING QUESTION. SO YOU'RE OPERATING IT OR YOU WERE OPERATING IT AS A SHARE. WERE THESE SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE COMING IN AND THEY'RE OCCUPYING A BEDROOM IN YOUR PLACE WHILE YOU ARE STILL OCCUPYING IT? CORRECT. I OFFER THEM COFFEE AND COOKIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. LISA HABE-CATES. I BELIEVE IT IS. AND THEN. OTIS SCHLOFF. GOOD EVENING. MAY I REQUEST TO RECEIVE AND FILE? IS THAT RIGHT? MOVE TO RECEIVE. AND MAY I MOVE TO RECEIVE? I MOVE TO RECEIVE THAT WE RECEIVE A SECOND. OKAY. ALL FOR? AYE. GOOD EVENING. I'M LISA HAPPEE-CATES, DISTRICT 1 RESIDENT OF 18 YEARS AND PRESIDENT OF KEEP THE ESPLANADE BEAUTIFUL. OUR MISSION IS SIMPLE BUT VITAL TO KEEP THE ESPLANADE CLEAN AND WELCOMING FOR RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. MYSELF HAVING A MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS. THIS IS VERY PASSIONATE, AND I'M VERY DEDICATED TO THIS CAUSE. ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO INSPIRE OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN US. WE DO THIS IN A FEW WAYS. WE HAVE OUR MONTHLY SWEEPS FIRST SATURDAY AT 9 A.M. AT AVENUE I IN ESPLANADE. JUST THIS MONTH, SCOUT TROOP 555 JOINED US. AND IN DECEMBER, THE BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT WILL PARTICIPATE. AT OUR. LAST WEEK, WE COLLECTED 23 POUNDS OF TRASH. WE TALLIED THAT AND WE KEEP THAT IN OUR DATABASE TO SUBMIT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FUTURE PROJECTS REQUIRING SUCH TALLIES. EACH MONTH WE HOLD THESE SWEEPS AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN US. OR IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE. WE ALSO HAVE OUR ANNUAL COMMUNITY MIXER, WHICH IS WHAT THE FLIERS ARE FOR, COMING ON OCTOBER 22ND. SPACE IS LIMITED, SO WE ARE ASKING EVERYONE TO RSVP. WE NOW HAVE OVER 40 SILENT AUCTION ITEMS, A RAFFLE, AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A LIVE AUCTION. SO LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE. WE ALSO HAVE OUR FIRST TWO CANDIDATES FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. I'M VERY EXCITED. THESE YOUNG KIDS WILL LEARN ABOUT OCEAN AWARENESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANLINESS. THEY'RE OUR FUTURE. AND AS WE ALL SAY, IT TAKES A VILLAGE. SO WE'RE JUST HERE TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT, AND PROGRESS IS CONTINUING. AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. OTIS SCHLOFF AND THEN HOLLY OSBORNE. CAN I. GET THAT? PULL THAT MIKE TOWARDS YOU. PULL THE MICROPHONE DOWN. THERE YOU GO. HELLO. MY NAME IS OTIS AND I'M A FOURTH GRADE STUDENT AT JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I LOVE RIDING MY BIKE TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY. IT'S MY FAVORITE WAY TO START THE MORNING BECAUSE IT GIVES ME EXERCISE, HELPS ME FEEL HEALTHY, AND GETS MY BRAIN READY TO LEARN. I WORKED REALLY HARD TO BUILD UP THE STRENGTH TO WRITE UP ALL THE HILLS IN OUR TOWN. [01:10:04] AND DON'T BE FOOLED, I'M NOT RIDING AN E-BIKE. I PUMPED THE PEDALS THE WHOLE WAY. [APPLAUSE] THIS IS MY VERY FIRST YEAR RIDING ON MY OWN WITH AN ADULT AND MY SIBLINGS BY MY SIDE. I AND I'VE AND I'VE ALREADY LEARNED HOW DANGEROUS IT CAN BE TO RIDE A BIKE IN TRAFFIC. THE SCARIEST PLACE I RIDE THROUGH IS THE INTERSECTION AT FORT AND AVIATION. THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS I SAW SOME REALLY DANGEROUS THINGS. A CAR COMPLETELY RAN A RED LIGHT. DROVE STRAIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION AND SAT THERE BLOCKING TRAFFIC IN EVERY DIRECTION. IT WAS SO SCARY WATCHING ALL THE CARS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO. THAT SAME DAY, I SAW A CYCLIST JUST LIKE ME AND NOT ON AN E-BIKE, FLIP OFF HIS BIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT SAME INTERSECTION. THERE WAS ALSO A TERRIBLE COLLISION. I, RECENTLY, I SPOKE WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS AT THE SCENE AND THEY TOLD ME IT'S WELL KNOWN HOW DANGEROUS THIS INTERSECTION IS, BUT IT'S STILL MY ROUTE TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. I KNOW THERE ARE 27 CROSSING GUARDS IN THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH. FOUR OF THEM ARE ALREADY ASSIGNED TO JEFFERSON. WOULD YOU PLEASE CONSIDER MOVING ONE OF THOSE CROSSING GUARDS TO THE BUSY, DANGEROUS INTERSECTION OF FORD AND AVIATION. RIDING OR WALKING TO SCHOOL SHOULD BE SAFE, FUN, AND A HEALTHY WAY TO START THE DAY. BUT FOR BUT FOR KIDS LIKE ME, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THAT. EVERY MORNING I TRY TO DO EVERYTHING RIGHT. I WEAR MY HELMET, STOP AT THE LIGHTS AND WATCH FOR CARS. BUT I CAN'T CONTROL WHAT DRIVERS DO. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE MAKE OUR ROUTE TO SCHOOL, SAFER. MOVING A CROSSING GUARD TO FORD AND AVIATION WOULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. IT WOULD HELP FAMILIES FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE LETTING THEIR KIDS WALK OR RIDE TO SCHOOL. I MEAN, WALK OR RIDE. AND IT WOULD SHOW THAT THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH TRULY CARES ABOUT PROTECTING STUDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO BE ACTIVE, HEALTHY, AND SAFE. LET'S MAKE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, SOMETHING EVERY KID CAN COUNT ON BECAUSE NO ONE SHOULD BE AFRAID ON THE WAY TO LEARN. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND CARING ABOUT THE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. [APPLAUSE] OTIS DID YOU WRITE THAT YOURSELF? MAYOR CAN I. DID YOU WRITE THAT YOURSELF? WELL, I HAD A LITTLE HELP FROM MY MOM. OKAY, WELL, YOU DID VERY WELL. I'M VERY IMPRESSED. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. YOU EARNED THAT. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. OTIS, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YES. YOU MAY. ARE THERE OTHER KIDS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT USE THAT SAME LIGHT THAT THAT WOULD NEED A CROSSING GUARD THERE? YES. IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, CAN YOU LET US KNOW? MAYBE WITH AN EMAIL OF HOW MANY STUDENTS CROSS AT THAT LIGHT. YES. THANK YOU. WELL DONE. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. WELL DONE. OTIS. AND YOU'RE SPEAKING TO TWO OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE ON OUR SUBCOMMITTEE FOR SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS. SO YOU'RE SPEAKING TO THE RIGHT AUDIENCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I KNOW IT TOOK SOME BRAVERY TO COME UP HERE, SO GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. [APPLAUSE]. OKAY. HOLLY OSBORNE AND THEN JIM MUELLER. ALL RIGHT. HOLLY OSBORNE, DISTRICT 5. I DON'T THINK I CAN FOLLOW THAT. [LAUGHTER] BUT ANYWAY, I ACTUALLY GAVE THIS AT LAWNDALE LAST NIGHT AND I WAS GOING TO DO IT. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD THAT OTHER METRO THING. BUT THIS IS RELEVANT. IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY A LOT. SAY A LOT ABOUT THE WIDTH OF THE ROW IN LAWNDALE, HOW METRO CLAIMED IT WAS 81FT, AND THAT SORT OF ALLOWED IT TO MAKE THINGS FIT WHEN IT WAS REALLY 75FT. AND WHEN WE CALLED THEM OUT ON IT DURING THE PRE BEFORE THE DYE WAS ISSUED, THEY CHANGED IT TO 75 AND SOME OF THEIR SKETCHES, BUT THEY DID NOT CHANGE IT IN THEIR DETAILED DRAWINGS IN THE APPENDIX. AND I WROTE ABOUT THAT, AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS THE ROW. IT'S JUST AN ASSESSOR'S MAP RIGHT HERE. IT'S 75.77FT. BUT WHO'S COUNTING? BUT WHAT THEY DREW, ALL OF A SUDDEN AT 171ST, THEY JUST MADE IT JUMP BY 6 FEET. IT JUST MAGICALLY JUMPED. ROSE, DON'T JUMP LIKE THAT. BUT IT ENABLED THEM TO SAY WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY PROPERTIES BECAUSE THEY MADE THE ROW WIDER, AND THEY CLAIMED THAT THAT WAS ALL THEIRS. SO WHEN THE NEW EFFIE CAME OUT, I RACED TO THE LIBRARY TO SEE HOW THIS WAS [01:15:02] FIXED. OKAY. SO WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE ROW JUMP ANYMORE. NOW THEY SAY IT'S 75FT, BUT THEY TOOK A BIG SWATH AND HASHTAGGED THIS WHOLE THING UP HERE SIX FOOT WIDE AND CALLED IT A CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT. THEY TOOK IT ANYWAY. OKAY. AND I SPOKE ABOUT THIS. I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY BORING TO YOU, BUT THAT IS A BIG MISTAKE FOR THEM TO MAKE. AND ONE OF THEM ONE TIME, MOST OF THEM WERE NICE, BUT ONE TIME ONE OF THEM TRIED TO DEMEAN ME BECAUSE I WASN'T A CIVIL ENGINEER. I'M A REGISTERED ENGINEER IN CALIFORNIA, BUT IT'S NOT CIVIL. WELL, HERE'S WHAT I SAID LAST NIGHT AT LAWNDALE, CIVIL ENGINEERS SIGNED DRAWINGS THEY KNOW ARE WRONG. THEY CAN LOSE THEIR LICENSE. AND ANYBODY WHO SIGNED THIS DRAWING IN THE PREVIOUS APPENDIX KNEW THEY WERE DOING IT WRONG. OKAY, SO THAT'S MY STATEMENT. THANK YOU. HOLLY. THANK YOU. OKAY. JIM MUELLER THEN NIKI NEGRETE-MITCHELL. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU. THE COUNCIL PRAISED THE TWO DINE AROUND EVENINGS ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD, SPONSORED BY THE NRBBA. THOSE EVENTS GOT A PRETTY GOOD CROWD ONTO ARTESIA, BUT ONLY FOR TWO EVENINGS OUT OF 365. IMAGINE GETTING THAT KIND OF CROWD EVERY WEEKEND 52 TIMES A YEAR. THAT'S WHAT A WEEKLY, PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED FARMER'S MARKET COULD DO FOR ARTESIA BOULEVARD. STARTUP EFFORT IS NEEDED. BUT THE IDEA IS POPULAR. THIS PAST WEEK, I ASKED THE NEXTDOOR CROWD IF THEY WOULD LIKE A FARMER'S MARKET ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD, AND I GOT OVER 100 AMAZING RESPONSES, MOST OF WHICH WERE NOT JUST IN FAVOR OF THE IDEA, BUT LOTS OF I LOVE IT. I ASKED THE SAME QUESTION ON NORTH REDONDO FACEBOOK PAGE. SAME QUESTION. DIFFERENT PEOPLE. PEOPLE LOVE THE IDEA OF A FARMER'S MARKET ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD. THERE ARE ISSUES TO BE RESOLVED, BUT THAT'S TRUE OF ANY STARTUP. A FARMER'S MARKET ATTRACTING A CROWD ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD EVERY WEEK WOULD SHOW DEVELOPERS THAT THE BOULEVARD ISN'T THE DEAD ZONE IT SEEMS TO BE. THE CITY GOVERNMENT IS COUNTING ON THE ARTESIA AVIATION CORRIDOR ACTION PLAN, AACAP TO DO THAT, BUT A FARMERS MARKET RUN BY A PROFESSIONAL MANAGER IS A FAR QUICKER AND CHEAPER WAY TO JUMPSTART REVITALIZATION. AND REVITALIZATION IS KEY TO THE CITY'S FUTURE, BECAUSE THE CLOCK IS TICKING ON CITY FINANCES. HOW MANY MORE YEARS CAN RESERVES BAIL OUT A DEFICIT? IMAGINE TWO THAT THE MARKET DAY ON ARTESIA BECOMES MORE THAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. WHEN LOCAL ARTISTS AND CRAFTERS SEE A CROWD HEADED TO THE MARKET, THEY'LL WANT TO BE THERE TO THE MAKERS FAIR AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT PROGRAM WHERE KIDS CREATE PRODUCTS AND LEARN HOW TO MARKET THEM. THEY'LL WANT TO DISPLAY AT THE MARKET, AND SOME HIGH SCHOOLERS IN THE ECHO PROGRAM MAY WANT TO TRY OUT THEIR BUSINESS IDEAS. THE SCHOOL OF ROCK DANCE ONE. OTHER ART SCHOOLS WILL BE POTENTIAL AUDIENCES AND WON'T WANT TO BE LEFT OUT, AND OTHER SERVICES BUSINESSES WILL BE INTERESTED IN HAVING A PRESENCE. RESTAURANT OWNERS WILL LOVE IT. THIS CAN COME TRUE, BUT THE CITY IS IN THE BEST POSITION TO HELP IT GET IT STARTED AND SOLVE THE ISSUES THAT ARE INEVITABLE IN ANY STARTUP. I'M HOPING THE CITY DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE WILL DO THAT. CONTACT THE MARKET MANAGERS. DEAL WITH THE PERMITTING AND PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATION. MAYBE DO A LITTLE PR. COME ON COUNCIL. THIS IS A WORTHWHILE IDEA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NIKI NEGRETE-MITCHELL AND THEN LAST ONE I HAVE WRITTEN IS KEVIN MITCHELL. HI, NIKI NEGRETE-MITCHELL. DISTRICT 3. AND THE LAST TIME I SPOKE HERE, I BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN 5 INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THIS FUEL CORRIDOR. TALK ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, JUST COMPLETELY INCOMPATIBLE. THAT CORRIDOR IS WITH RUNNING HUMAN COMMUTERS. AND SO BURIED IN THE YOU KNOW, AMONG ALL THE RESPONSES TO THE DEIR, THERE WAS LIKE ALL OF THAT, LIKE 1200 OF THOSE FAKE FORM LETTERS FROM TORRANCE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD THEIR QR CODE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I JUST REALIZED? THIS IS A WHOLE NEW, EXCEPT FOR OBAGI. EVERYBODY HEARS DIFFERENT. BUT ANYWAY THERE'S THIS LETTER FROM TORRANCE REFINERY COMPANY ON THEIR LETTERHEAD. IT'S SEVEN PAGES LONG, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN'T BE IGNORED. [01:20:05] THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN'T BE, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF SWEPT UNDER THE CARPET. AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ AN EXCERPT. AS AN OPERATOR OF MAJOR INDUSTRIAL FACILITY IN THE SOUTH BAY THAT WOULD BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE PROPOSED PROJECT. TORRANCE REFINERY COMPANY, OR TORRANCE, YEAH, WHATEVER. THE REFINERY HAS SERIOUS CONCERNS THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE SAFETY, SECURITY, ACCESS AND OTHER IMPACTS TO OUR EMPLOYEES, OPERATIONS, CONTRACTORS AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY REVIEWED AND ADDRESSED IN THE DEIR. WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED THAT THE DEIR DOES NOT DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS OF ADDING PROSPECTIVE PASSENGERS TO A RAIL LINE PREVIOUSLY USED FOR, ONLY FOR COMMERCIAL FREIGHT, INCLUDING PASSENGERS PROXIMITY TO POTENTIAL HEAT, NOISE AND AIR QUALITY IMPACTS THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY UNEXPECTED REFINERY EMERGENCY INCIDENT OR NECESSARY EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES. THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT WE TALK ABOUT AND IT'S LIKE, OH, NIKI, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST BEING A LITTLE NIMBY OR WHATEVER. YOU KNOW, IT'S THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IT IT GETS SO INFURIATING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT JUST GETS DISMISSED AND JUST KIND OF HIDDEN. AND THE OTHER THING IS I KEEP MENTIONING I'M IN THE TRENCH ZONE, SO WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH NUMBERS OF HOW MANY. RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 65 PLUS. THAT INCLUDES ME. I TRY TO PRESENT YOUNGER THAN THAT, BUT NO, I'M GOING TO BE 67. AND I HAVE A COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEM. IN THE TRENCH ZONE. IT'S RED. UNAVOIDABLE. SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS, AIR QUALITY, NOISE, VIBRATION, EVERYTHING ACROSS THE BOARD. I WOULDN'T SURVIVE THAT 24/7. THANKS, NIKI. YOUR TIME IS UP. OKAY. APPRECIATE IT. THANKS FOR SENDING THE LETTER. YEAH. OKAY. KEVIN MITCHELL. AND THAT'S THE LAST CARD I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. KEVIN MITCHELL. DISTRICT 3, I THINK IT IS. AND WE ARE ON THE ROAD, AND MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO OUR HOUSE. MAYOR BRAND AND MR. MAYOR LIGHT CAME TO OUR HOUSE, AND WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT METRO IN THE SOUTH BAY. SO HERE WE ARE. THE DEIR, I'M SORRY. CAME OUT AND THEY INTRODUCED THIS IDEA AFTER THE DEIR OF THE HYBRID, AND THE DEIR DID NOT COVER THE HYBRID. SO THE HYBRID IS TUNNELING UNDER 182ND AND 170TH STREET. IT DID HAVE A TUNNELING SECTION, BUT IT WASN'T COVERING THESE PARTICULAR INTERSECTIONS. SO NOW WE HAVE THAT. AND THESE ARE HUGE MAJOR THINGS THAT WILL LITERALLY HAPPEN IN OUR BACKYARD. SO THAT ALONG WITH THIS LPA, THIS YOU KNOW, LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE IDEA IS REALLY A SLEIGHT OF HAND THAT METRO IS DOING HERE. WE KNOW THAT EVERYBODY WANTED METRO THROUGH THE SOUTH BAY, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANTED IT ON HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD. AND NOW, YOU KNOW, THEY ACTED LIKE THAT WASN'T WHAT WE SAID OR WHATEVER, BUT, IT'S VERY PROBLEMATIC FOR US NOW. BECAUSE THIS FEIR HAS COME OUT AND THEY ARE GOING TO TRY AND MAKE A DECISION SOON. SO WE'RE HOPING FOR THE CITY TO COME BEHIND US AND UNDERSTAND HOW SIGNIFICANT THIS WILL BE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. ACTUALLY, IT'S THIS IS BIGGER THAN JUST NORTH REDONDO. SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL? COME ON UP. YOU DON'T HAVE TO RAISE YOUR HAND. JUST COME ON DOWN. APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH. THANK YOU. EVERYONE HERE. I MY NAME IS JEROME NORIA. I OWNED INFAMOUS SMOKE SHOP HERE IN TOWN. I NAMED THE SANDBOX SMOKE SHOP. I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING BY THE BOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT I TREAT THE CITY WELL. [01:25:03] I DON'T DO ANYTHING WRONG BY YOUR STANDARDS, CITY OR STATE STANDARDS. I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I CAN DO ACCORDING TO PLAN. I HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS I TAKE CARE OF. MY FATHER JUST RECENTLY LOST MY MOM, AND I TRY TO DO EVERYTHING BY THE BOOK, AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET OUT ACTUALLY ON THREE SMOKE SHOPS. I SOLD TWO THIS YEAR AND I WAS SELLING MY LAST ONE. I'M A CHRISTIAN AND I'M TRYING TO MOVE OUT OF THIS SPACE, BUT EVEN IN DOING SO, I RESPECTED EVERY BOUNDARY. AND I UNDERSTAND WE SHOULDN'T DO THINGS TO DEAL WITH KIDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OR YOU SHOULDN'T DEAL WITH ANYONE UNDER 18. I HAVE EVERY THING IN ORDER. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SELL SINCE APRIL AND I'VE BEEN STUCK SINCE THEN. I'VE GOTTEN BURGLARIZED SIX TIMES AND I'VE LOST SIX FIGURES THIS YEAR JUST IN BURGLARIES. AND I'M STUCK INSIDE OF THIS BUSINESS THAT'S BLEEDING ME AND MY FAMILY DRY. AND I'VE HAD BUYERS LINED UP SINCE APRIL AND I'M NOT ABLE TO SELL, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SUPPOSEDLY A CITY ORDINANCE IN INTACT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THINGS A GRANDFATHER PEOPLE IN. I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND I'LL MAKE SURE WHOEVER'S BUYING IT RESPECTS THE CITY, BECAUSE I LOVE THE CITY SO MUCH. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SO GREAT TO ME, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT HERE. BUT NOW I'M IN THIS SITUATION WHERE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 6 OR 7 YEARS, AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GREAT, BUT THIS IS THE TIME WHERE I'M BLEEDING OUT, AND I NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP HERE. LIKE, HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO LIKE MY FAMILY'S GOING TO BE HOMELESS AT THIS POINT. EVERYTHING THAT I'VE DONE FROM SELLING MY OTHER TWO BUSINESSES, I'VE DUMPED ALL THE MONEY BACK INTO THIS BUSINESS, AND I'M GETTING BLED DRY AND I CAN'T LEAVE. I'VE NEVER HEARD OF A SITUATION LIKE THAT, BUT I'M IN IT AND I'M OKAY. IT'S LIFE. I CAN'T, I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND CRY AND MOAN, BUT I JUST NEED TO KNOW, WHAT'S THE PLAN HERE? ANYBODY IN DISTRICT 4. ACTUALLY, I'M ON ARTESIA SMOKE SHOP. QUESTION FOR YOU. SANDBOX? YES, SIR. IT'S A GREAT, ICONIC STORE, SO I MADE SURE I KEPT IT CLEAN. I'VE KEPT EVERYTHING CLEAN. WE CAN'T DISCUSS STUFF RIGHT NOW, BUT I'LL JUST SAY WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. THE COUNCIL IS MOVING TOWARDS RELAXING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD. HOLD ON TO YOUR PROPERTY A LITTLE LONGER. IT'S GOING TO BE WORTH A LOT MORE IN A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. THE PROPERTY. BUT THE BUSINESS. THE BUSINESS OF THE PROPERTY. JUST ASKING. DYING. THEIR THREE DAUGHTERS. OKAY. THAT'S ALL. I JUST, I MEAN, IF WE HAVE ANYTHING, IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN EMAIL ME OR CONTACT ME AND LET ME KNOW? SO SHOOT ME AN EMAIL ZO@REDONDO.ORG. ZO? ZO. THANK YOU. OCTOPUS. I APPRECIATE IT THANK YOU GUYS. HAVE A BLESSED NIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY NON AGENDA ITEMS? ANYONE ONLINE? YES. MARK NELSON. GO AHEAD MARK. OKAY. GOT A FEW ITEMS. FIRST OFF, I THINK THE YOUNG MAN DID A WONDERFUL JOB TRYING TO GET A CROSSING GUARD FOR HIS CORNER. AND I WOULD FULLY SUPPORT LETTING RBUSD HIRE AN INCREMENTAL CROSSING GUARD FOR THEIR OWN USE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. REGARDING THE AIRBNB ISSUE. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY THE CITY WOULD RESTRICT RENTING OUT ROOMS IN YOUR HOME WHILE YOU ARE AN ON SITE HOMEOWNER. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE OUT OF CONTROL PARTY HOUSE STUFF THAT WENT ON DOWN ON THE, YOU KNOW, WALK STREETS, I GUESS WOULD BE THE CLOSEST THING TO CALL THEM. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. THAT WAS UNACCEPTABLE. I THINK THAT RENTING ENTIRE DWELLINGS THAT ARE IN THE CITY IS UNACCEPTABLE AS WELL. IT SEEMS TO COME TO A BAD END. BUT I THINK THAT THE FOLKS HERE THAT WEIGHED IN DID A GREAT JOB IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THEIR ON SITE OWNERS, THEY'RE DOING THIS FOR BASICALLY SURVIVAL INCOME. AND I THINK THE CITY SHOULD REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. LAST ISSUE. I FORWARDED A LETTER FROM DARRYL BOYD TO THE COUNCIL. I BELIEVE THAT THAT MR. BOYD HAD ALREADY SENT IT TO THE COUNCIL. BUT IN ANY EVENT, IN REGARDS 500 600 NORTH PROSPECT, FRONTAGE, ROAD NOISE AND TRAFFIC SAFETY, AND I BELIEVE MR. BOYD HAS VALID POINTS AND CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PART OF THE ROAD THAT HE LIVES ON WHICH WOULD BE NORTH OF THE BUS STOP. I THINK THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN A LOT OF EIRS HOW NOISE IS, IN FACT, DAMAGING TO HEALTH. [01:30:06] AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE METRO FEIR DRAFT, THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NOISE IS BAD FOR HEALTH AND FOR SOME PEOPLE. AND THEN THEY SAY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A COOKIE CUTTER SOLUTION TO APPLY TO THIS, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO IGNORE IT. AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THE CITY WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE NOISE ISSUES IN THE CITY THAT WOULD INCLUDE METRO, AS WELL AS THE 500 600 BLOCK, AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO. AND I DO SUPPORT MR. BOYD'S EFFORTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S THE END OF THE 30 MINUTES. OKAY. WE'RE DONE WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. LET'S SEE. NO PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT. SO NO EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS. [N. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION] NEXT IS ITEM N. THE ITEMS UNDER N, ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION. WE'LL START WITH N..1. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING TEMPORARY PREFERENTIAL PARKING PROGRAM. WHERE WE BORDER TORRANCE AND THEIR LIGHT SHOW. SO WITH THAT, I THINK. ANDREW, YOU'VE GOT THE FLOOR. YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. ANDY WINJE WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. AND WITH ME IS RYAN LU. WE'LL BE PRESENTING TONIGHT. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE WERE HERE TALKING ABOUT THE NEED TO UPDATE THE CITY'S PREFERENTIAL PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM. AND ONE OF THE DRIVERS OF THAT WAS THE AVENUE H NEIGHBORHOOD HOLIDAY LIGHT ISSUES THAT COME UP EVERY YEAR. WE'VE BEEN WORKING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN SIGNAGE AND OTHER THINGS THERE TO HELP MITIGATE THE TRAFFIC ISSUES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THE DIRECTION YOU GAVE US WHEN WE WERE HERE LAST TIME WAS TO RETURN WITH A SOLUTION IN THE SHORT TERM, RATHER THAN TRYING TO ADDRESS THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE AT ONE TIME. SO WE HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD TONIGHT A PROPOSED ORDINANCE FOR A TEMPORARY PREFERENTIAL PARKING PROGRAM, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER TRAFFIC STRATEGIES RELATED TO A REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF TORRANCE. SO THAT'S THE INTRO TONIGHT. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO RYAN, WHO WILL WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE TOPICS HERE THAT WE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND MAYOR. AS WE MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND PARKING IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SLEEPY HOLLOW CHRISTMAS LIGHTS RANCHO SEASIDE YOU KNOW, THOSE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN TORRANCE, AND THERE ARE LIMITED ENTRY WAY POINTS INTO THAT TORRANCE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND OVER THE PAST COUPLE DECADES, WE HAVE CLOSED THAT STREET AT THE TORRANCE BORDER. BUT NONETHELESS, A LOT OF PATRONS FROM THE AREA PARK IN REDONDO BEACH NEIGHBORHOODS, TOLEDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND SO WE PRESENTED THAT AS SORT OF THE DRIVING FACTOR TO REFORM OUR PREFERENTIAL PERMIT PROGRAM. SO THIS PICTURE IS SHOWING WHAT THE LIGHTS LOOK LIKE LAST YEAR. PARDON ME, IF I COULD QUICKLY MAYOR. WHAT STREET WAS THAT? WAS THAT WITHIN REDONDO BEACH OR TORRANCE? SO THE STREETS AFFECTED OUR AVENUE H, EAST OF PROSPECT. IN THE PHOTO, THAT'S A TORRANCE STREET. TORRANCE STREET. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS A NEW SECTION OF THE REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE THAT CREATES A TWO YEAR PILOT PROPOSED TEMPORARY ZONE, TSPP. THIS WILL BE A RESIDENTS ONLY PARKING PERMIT BETWEEN THANKSGIVING AND NEW YEARS, EFFECTIVE FROM 5 P.M. TO 10 P.M. DAILY, THAT THOSE HOURS ALIGN WITH WHEN WE GENERALLY PUT UP THE BOLLARDS TO CLOSE AT THE CITY BORDER, AND THE PEAK HOURS FOR WHEN IT GETS DARK AND WHEN EVERYONE'S LIGHTS START TURNING ON. THIS WILL COVER AVENUE H, MOSTLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET, MASSENA DRIVE AND CIRCLE DRIVE. WE'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOW UP TO THREE PARKING PERMITS PER REGISTERED VEHICLE TO THAT ADDRESS. SO THESE ARE RESIDENT VEHICLES. THE NUMBER OF THAT CAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK IS PROBABLY OPEN TO SOME CHANGE DEPENDING ON THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT. AND AS I MENTIONED, THIS WILL REQUIRE CHANGES TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ENACT THIS TYPE OF ZONE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS IN GREEN THE STREETS THAT ARE AFFECTED AND SUBJECT TO THOSE TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS DURING THE HOLIDAY PERIOD. THIS RED LINE ON THE TOP HERE DEPENDING ON YOU KNOW, THE NEXT PART OF THIS, OF THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BOLLARDS AND TORRANCE REQUESTS, YOU KNOW, MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE PARKING AT ALL DURING THAT HOLIDAY PERIOD. AND SO THIS IS THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. THE HOMES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW HAVE DIRECT FRONTAGE ONTO AVENUE H, MESSINA AND CIRCLE. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS REALLY THE ONLY ENTRY ENTRYWAY INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY ONCE THE BOLLARDS GO UP IN WHATEVER FASHION IT, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BECOMES A CUL DE SAC NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I JUST HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION. ON THE NORTH SIDE OF AVENUE H RIGHT THERE. THE NO PARKING IS FROM THE 5 TO 10, CORRECT? IT'S NOT ALL DAY BECAUSE. CORRECT. OKAY. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT TOLEDO AND. YEAH. AND THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT OF THE NEXT PART OF THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BOLLARD CLOSURE. [01:35:05] OKAY. BUT YOU KNOW THIS, IT'S LIKE TWO SEPARATE THINGS THAT WE COULD WE COULD DO HERE. OKAY. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND RESIDENTS CAME TO US WITH CONCERNS ABOUT THIS TSPP. SOME OF THE CONCERNS INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE TREAT INVITED GUESTS FOR RESIDENTS? I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THIS PERMIT RELATIVELY SIMPLE AND EASY TO ADMINISTER. ONCE WE START INTRODUCING GUEST PERMITS, THAT TURNS INTO, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS PEOPLE SELLING THOSE PERMITS. HOW DO WE ENFORCE THAT TYPE OF PERMIT? SO IN THIS CASE, WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THESE PERMITS BE FOR RESIDENTS ONLY. SO THERE IS SOME IMPACT TO RESIDENTS, GUESTS DURING A HOLIDAY, YEAR END PERIOD. WHEN THERE ARE MORE GATHERINGS, THERE COULD BE SOME SPILLOVER TRAFFIC AND PARKING IN ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT REALLY THE POINT OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DISCOURAGE ENTRIES INTO THIS CUL DE SAC NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE'RE NOT QUITE AS CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC ON THROUGH RUNNING STREETS WEST OF PROSPECT, WHERE THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS IN AND OUT OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. THE POLICE HAS ALSO EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE AND ENFORCEMENT BURDENS THAT WE HAVE POLICE HERE WHO CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND WE DO WANT TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS ON ENFORCEMENT, THESE THESE TYPES OF CALLS FOR SERVICE. YOU KNOW, BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS. AND, YOU KNOW, AND BASED ON THE PRIORITY OF OTHER CALLS DURING THAT TIME. WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A POLICE OFFICER ROAMING THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD EVERY SINGLE NIGHT DURING THE PEAK HOURS. SO THERE'S, WE CAN, I THINK POLICE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. THE SECOND PART OF THIS DISCUSSION IS THE ANNUAL TRAFFIC MITIGATIONS WE IMPLEMENT AT THE TORRANCE BORDER. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES, COUPLE DECADES, WE'VE PUT IN A BOLLARD CLOSURE FROM THAT 5 TO 10 P.M. TIME BETWEEN THANKSGIVING AND NEW YEAR'S. THIS HAS BECOME. THIS IS A YEARLY ITEM THAT COMES BEFORE THE COUNCIL AS TYPICALLY AS A CONSENT ITEM. SO WE'RE BRINGING IT FORWARD AS A DISCUSSION ITEM THIS YEAR. WE'VE PUT UP A VARIETY OF SIGNS IN THE PAST YEAR TO HELP DISCOURAGE ENTRY INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THROUGH TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, TELLING PEOPLE HOW TO GET TO THE HOLIDAY LIGHTS SHOWING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NO OUTLET, ONLY CHANGEABLE MESSAGE SIGNS AND ROAD CLOSURES AHEAD SIGNS. LAST YEAR, WE INSTALLED A TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CIRCLE AS A SORT OF A LAST CHANCE. THIS IS YOUR, THIS IS THE EASIEST WAY TO TURN AROUND AND GET YOUR VEHICLE OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL WAYFINDING SIGNS AND TRASH CANS. THIS YEAR, TORRANCE HAS COME TO US WITH A REQUEST. THEY WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW EGRESS FROM THEIR SIDE OF THE CITY. FROM FROM THE TORRANCE SIDE INTO REDONDO BEACH. THE TORRANCE NEIGHBORHOOD SEASIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS LIMITED ENTRY POINTS AS WELL. THEY SUFFER FROM EXTREME TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND PARKING ISSUES. THEY'VE ASKED US TO ALLOW FOR EXITS FROM TORRANCE INTO REDONDO BEACH. THE WAY THIS COULD BE ACHIEVED WOULD BE TO FOREGO. INSTALLING THESE TWO BOLLARDS OVER HERE, WE WOULD KEEP INSTALLING THESE THREE BOLLARDS TO PREVENT ENTRY FROM REDONDO BEACH INTO TORRANCE FOR THE LIGHTS DISPLAY, BUT ALLOW SORT OF A RELIEF VALVE FOR PEOPLE EXITING SO THEY CAN GET TO PROSPECT MORE QUICKLY. IF THIS IS. GO AHEAD. QUESTION ON THAT. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO ONLY DO THE MOST INBOARD OF THOSE TWO BOLLARDS? SO YOU HAVE JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S A SINGLE LANE. SO THE BOLLARD THAT ON THIS SCREEN IS ON THE FAR LEFT WOULD ALSO BE THERE. SO WE'D HAVE FOUR. I THINK THE SPACING WOULD BE REALLY TIGHT IF WE JUST REMOVED ONE BALL, IF WE ONLY IF WE INSTALLED ALL BUT ONE BOLLARD WITH THAT POWER POLE TO THE RIGHT AND THE BOLLARD TO THE LEFT. I THINK WE MIGHT GET SOME UNHAPPY DRIVERS WITH DINGED MIRRORS AND THE LIKE. IN THIS SCENARIO, IF WE WERE TO LEAVE THAT OPENING FOR EXITS, WE WOULD. THAT'S THE SCENARIO WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO PROHIBIT PARKING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF AVENUE H DURING THOSE THAT 5 TO 10 P.M. PERIOD. REGARDLESS OF PARKING PERMITS. AND SO THIS IS A REQUEST THAT CAME FROM FROM THE CITY OF TORRANCE. SOME OF THE CONCERNS ARE THAT WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THE ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY WILL BE FROM TORRANCE. THEY HAVE MENTIONED THAT THEY ARE THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO STAFF THAT TO PREVENT ENTRY INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT WE BELIEVE PROBABLY SOME SORT OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE, WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR, FOR THE CITY. OBVIOUSLY THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ON, ON AVENUE H. SO THIS IS THIS IS REALLY A FAVOR THAT WE'RE GRANTING TO TORRANCE. FOR TORRANCE TO STAFF THAT BOLLARD INTERSECTION, A OF COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER POINT TO ENSURE IT'S ONLY ONE WAY EGRESS. IF THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO APPROVE. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'LL TAKE SOME PUBLIC INPUT AND MAKE A DECISION ON THE TEMPORARY PARKING PERMIT ZONE WHETHER TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT AND RETURN FOR A SECOND READING MODIFY IT IF IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY MODIFIED. [01:40:01] WE DO HAVE TO COME BACK FOR FIRST READING OR TO NOT ESTABLISH THAT PERMIT PARKING ZONE THIS YEAR. WE'D ALSO APPRECIATE SOME DIRECTION ON ANY FEE, IF ANY FEE ON THIS PARKING PERMIT ZONE. AND AS WELL AS APPROVING THE MODIFIED AS YOU DISCUSSED THE AVENUE H CLOSURE PLAN FOR THIS HOLIDAY PERIOD, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AGAIN FOR THAT. YEAH. I'LL JUST ADD HERE THAT THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM. WE HAVE, WE'RE NOT SURE ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS IN THIS PROGRAM. WE DO KNOW THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LAST YEAR, THE INPUT WE GOT WAS THAT THERE WERE FAVORABLE RESPONSES TO THE IMPROVEMENTS WE MADE LAST YEAR WITH SIGNAGE AND THE ROUNDABOUT. BUT THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS LAST YEAR AND THIS WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION ABOUT MAYBE DOING SOMETHING MORE TO HELP OUT WITH CONGESTION IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE'RE PRESENTING THIS TONIGHT AS A PILOT, A TWO YEAR PILOT, JUST TO GIVE IT A COUPLE YEARS TO SEE, TO REALLY SEE HOW IT WORKS. THE RECOMMENDATIONS HERE REALLY ARE TO TAKE TO FIND OUT WHAT THE NEIGHBORS WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO, AND EITHER APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS WE'VE WRITTEN IT OR MAKE MODIFICATIONS AND MAY OR MAY NOT REQUIRE US TO COME BACK FOR ANOTHER FIRST READING NEXT WEEK. AS WAS MENTIONED, WE HAD THE DRAFT ORDINANCE THAT'S IN YOUR PACKAGE TONIGHT. HAS NO FEE ASSIGNED TO THE PERMIT OR FEE FOR THE PERMIT. UNLESS YOU DIRECT US TO COME BACK WITH A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A FEE FOR THAT AT A FUTURE DATE. THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN TONIGHT OR NEXT WEEK. THAT COULD HAPPEN BEFORE WE ISSUE PERMITS, BUT CERTAINLY FURTHER DOWN IN THE PROCESS. AND THEN THE THE MODIFIED AVENUE H CLOSURE PLAN, AGAIN, IS A REQUEST FROM TORRANCE. WE CAN NOT DO THAT CERTAINLY. AND THAT DECISION IS REALLY INDEPENDENT OF THE PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM AS WELL. WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THOSE THE SAME. YOU CAN MAKE ONE AND NOT THE OTHER. YOU CAN MAKE BOTH. YOU CAN MAKE NEITHER. SO JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. THE PERMIT WOULD BE A HANG TAG OR A STICKER. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND KEEP IT SIMPLE THIS YEAR. GIVEN THE SHORT TIMELINE, I'D SUGGESTED THAT, YOU KNOW, AN EXPECTATION THAT MIGHT WORK IS JUST AN EIGHT AND A HALF BY 11 SHEET OF PAPER WITH THE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR A LICENSE PLATE NUMBER AND A SITTING ON THE, YOU KNOW, INSIDE THE WINDSHIELD OF THE CAR ON THE DASHBOARD. SOMETHING. THAT'S EASY TO DUPLICATE OR JUST MAKE. WELL, THE LICENSE PLATE IS GOING TO HAVE TO MATCH UP WITH WHATEVER'S ON THE PERMIT ON THE INSIDE OF THE CAR. SO THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE ENFORCEMENT TEAM TO MATCH THOSE THINGS UP, BUT THAT SEEMS THE SIMPLEST WAY IN THE SHORT TIME FRAME WE HAVE BEFORE THE HOLIDAY PERIOD STARTS. AND ARE WE GETTING ANY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BOWING TO THE REQUEST OF TORRANCE TO DO THIS. ARE WE GETTING ANY COOPERATION ON THE THINGS WE'VE ASKED OF TORRANCE FROM A TRAFFIC PERSPECTIVE, LIKE THE TRUCK ROUTES? WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR IN TORRANCE ABOUT THE SIGNAGE THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE TO CHANGE SOME OF THE TRUCK ROUTES, OR AT LEAST ALERT TRUCKERS THAT THE TRUCK ROUTE ENDS AT THE CITY BOUNDARY. THEY'VE BEEN VERY AMENABLE TO THAT. THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY INSTALLED THEM ON DEL AMO. THAT WAS PENDING. I HAVEN'T QUITE SEEN THEM YET. YEAH, ONE WAS INSTALLED TODAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN THE PV BOULEVARD IS THE OTHER IMPORTANT ROUTE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CLOSE DOWN AT SEPULVEDA. BEFORE TRUCKERS WOULD MAKE THAT TURN ONTO PV BOULEVARD TO THE SOUTHWEST. WE WERE WAITING TO MAKE ADVANCES THERE, PENDING THIS CONVERSATION TONIGHT TO SEE WHAT WAS AGREED TO TONIGHT. SO, YEAH, WE'RE IN WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH THEM AND WE'RE READY TO PUSH FORWARD WITH THAT. MAYBE TWIST YOUR ARM A LITTLE ON THE BIKE PATH ALL THE WAY TO EL CAMINO. SO I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMMODATE THEM. THERE'S NO VALUE TO US, RIGHT? IF WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMMODATE THEM, THEY SHOULD THEY SHOULD ACCOMMODATE SOME OF OUR REQUESTS. I JUST THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, QUID PRO QUO. YEAH. I THINK THAT'S THE MOOD THEY'RE IN IS KIND OF A DEAL MAKING HERE WITH THAT REQUEST. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. SO I GIVE YOU GREAT DEFERENCE ON, YOU KNOW, YOUR SOLUTION WHETHER WE BUY INTO THIS SOLUTION OR NOT. I DO LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE HERE SO WE CAN GET THEIR FEEDBACK. BUT LAST WEEK, I HAD THE LETTER THAT WE SENT TO THE RESIDENTS, AND INSTEAD OF HAVING THE CITY STAFF DELIVER THAT, I KNOCKED ON EVERY DOOR. PROBABLY SPOKE TO 10 OR 15 OF THE 38 HOUSEHOLDS AND GOT VARYING OPINIONS. SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ON THE PARKING PERMIT SIDE OF IT, SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS A WONDERFUL IDEA. SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS NEEDED. ON CLOSURE OF AVENUE OR THE OPENING OF AVENUE H FOR EXIT ONLY AS LONG AS THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS EXIT ONLY AND IT WOULD BE CONTROLLED WITH SOMEBODY MANNING THAT INTERSECTION. GENERALLY PEOPLE WERE IN FAVOR OF THAT. NOT ALL OF THEM. SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE MANNED. AND SO I WOULD URGE THAT WHEN WE MAKE OUR AGREEMENT OR IF WE IF WE PROCEED WITH THIS THE AGREEMENT WITH TORRANCE IS THAT THE BOLLARDS GO UP. [01:45:07] IF THAT'S NOT MANNED. LIKE, I GET A PHONE CALL. WE PUT A BARRICADE UP. WE PUT THE BOLLARDS RIGHT BACK, YOU KNOW, WITHIN HOURS OR WITHIN MINUTES. NOT. WHO CONTROLS THE BOLLARDS? WE DO. WE DO. OKAY. SO I'VE TOLD, I HAVE TOLD RESIDENTS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU CALL ME UP AND TELL ME THAT THE POLICE LEFT AND THERE'S NOBODY MANNING IT, YOU KNOW, I'LL TAKE YOU. I'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THOSE BORDERS UP RIGHT AWAY. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY. TRY ONE OF YOUR CLASSIC CARS INTO THE [INAUDIBLE]. PARK AT SIDE ROAD. THE OTHER ONE? YEAH. WITH REGARDS TO THE FEE, SINCE THIS IS AN EXPERIMENT IF WE CAN DO THIS, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S BEING DONE ON A HALF BY 11 PIECE OF PAPER, I THINK IT'S EFFECTIVELY NO COST TO US. IF THIS WAS TO BE A STICKER OR A TAG AND THERE WAS A SMALL COST I WOULD STILL THINK IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE TO TO EAT THAT COST. BECAUSE WITH 48 HOUSES OR 38 HOUSES, HOWEVER MANY IT IS 2 OR 3 CARS PER, WE'RE STILL TALKING MAYBE 100 PERMITS TOTAL. A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN COSTS TO THE CITY TO PRINT UP PERMITS. I DON'T THINK IS UNREASONABLE FOR US TO DO, IF THIS IS GOING TO BE AN EXPERIMENT, WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT AFTER THIS FIRST YEAR IF IT WORKS. YOU KNOW, IT'S A TWO YEAR EXPERIMENT, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS END IT IF IT IF IT DOESN'T WORK. AND VISITORS? THE VISITORS THING IS A TOUGH ONE. THAT, MY THOUGHT ON THE VISITORS IS RIGHT NOW, IF IT'S ONE OF THOSE WEEKEND DAYS WHERE THERE IS NO PARKING ANYHOW BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY A MADHOUSE, YOU'RE NOT HAVING VISITORS SHOW UP TO YOUR HOUSE AND PARKING IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE. THEY'RE PARKING AT TOLEDO. THEY'RE PARKING BLOCKS AWAY. SO THE PERMIT HOPEFULLY WOULD THEN ALLOW YOU TO PUT YOUR CAR ON THE STREET AND ALLOW VISITORS TO USE YOUR DRIVEWAY. OR IF IT'S ACTUALLY NOT A CROWDED NIGHT, MAYBE THEY'RE PARKING IN YOUR NEIGHBOR'S DRIVEWAY. MAYBE THEY'RE. WITH AGREEMENT. I DID TALK TO NEIGHBORS THERE THAT HAD SUGGESTED, YOU KNOW, GIVING AWAY THE PARKING PERMITS. BUT SINCE YOU CAN'T GIVE THE PARKING PERMIT SINCE IT'S TIED TO A VEHICLE, THEY COULD STILL GIVE AWAY A PARKING SPACE IN A DRIVEWAY, OR FOR THE MORE ABLE BODIED VISITORS, THEY COULD PARK AT TOLEDO AND WALK. OR TAKE AN UBER. OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT I DO IN THE HOLIDAYS, YEAH, TAKE AN UBER ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH PARKING. BUT OTHERWISE THE NUMBER OF PERMITS, INSTEAD OF LIMITING IT TO THE NUMBER OF PERMITS PER HOUSEHOLD BEING A MAX OF THREE, THERE ARE, THERE'S ONE FAMILY I KNOW OF, I BELIEVE THEY HAVE FOUR CARS, TWO ADULTS, TWO KIDS. WELL, KIDS, THEY WERE THEY WERE MY DAUGHTER'S CONTEMPORARIES. SO TWO PARENTS, TWO ADULT KIDS WHO LIVE AT HOME RIGHT THERE. THERE'S FOUR AND THEY MIGHT WANT FOUR PERMITS. IF THE CAR HAS TO BE REGISTERED TO THAT ADDRESS AND IT'S BEING TIED TO A CAR, THEN I DON'T THINK THERE'S A NEED FOR THE NUMBER OF PERMITS TO BE LIMITED. IF WE WANTED TO COME UP WITH A GUEST PASS OF SOME SORT, WHICH I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO RYAN ABOUT IT. IT COMPLICATES THINGS BECAUSE. THEN WHAT IS THE GUEST PASS? DOES IT GET PASSED AROUND FROM PERSON TO PERSON? DOES EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW. DO THEY GET SOLD? I DON'T, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THAT, I WOULD WANT TO AVOID THE COMPLICATIONS AND KEEP THIS AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE. SO AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS BEFORE WE COME UP WITH TOO MANY CONVERSATIONS, TOO MANY DECISIONS. BUT BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR THE PARKING PERMITS AS I MODIFIED HERE AND ALLOWING EXIT, AS LONG AS IT'S MANNED AT ALL TIMES BY A TORRANCE POLICE OFFICER. POSSIBLE BACKUPS. AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER ASK? JUST THE NUMBER OF THE NUMBER OF PERMITS. YEAH. SO. REGISTRATION, CAR REGISTRATION MAKES SENSE. I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE. I'D LIKE TO HEAR OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHER AND THE RESIDENTS HERE AS WELL. SO WITH WHAT YOU JUST HEARD, BE A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE TO THE ORDINANCE THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE. SO SO THIS COULD STILL BE THE FIRST READING WITH WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER STATED. OKAY. IS THAT IT? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I HAD A QUESTION OR TWO FOR THE CITY MANAGER. IN TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION AND IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT, THERE WAS REFERENCE TO ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN. AND MY QUESTION IS, ON WHICH DEPARTMENT WOULD THAT ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN FALL? AND WHAT, IF ANYTHING, CAN WE DO? CAN YOU DO TO ALLEVIATE AND MITIGATE THAT BURDEN? [01:50:01] IF THE COUNCIL WAS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE ALL SENSITIVE TO ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ON STAFF IN LIGHT OF ALL THE PRIORITIES AND THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY PUSHING THROUGH. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. PREDOMINANTLY THE WORK. WELL, I GUESS I PUT IT INTO TWO BUCKETS. THE BOLLARD INSTALLATION, THE DAILY TAKE IT AND PUT IT UP, TAKE IT DOWN. IS PERFORMED BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS PERSONNEL. I BELIEVE DOWN AT OUR DOWN AT THE PIER. OUR PIER MAINTENANCE FOLKS HAVE THE APPROPRIATE. OPERATING HOURS TO ACCOMMODATE THAT INSTALLATION. SO THAT WORK IS, HAS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE. BEEN DOING FOR YEARS. IT'S PART OF OUR NORMAL ANNUAL WORK PLAN AT THIS POINT. MODIFYING IT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF BOULDERS THAT ARE INSTALLED WILL NOT BE AN IMPACT ON US. AT LEAST DURING THE COURSE OF THE PILOT PROGRAM, THE INSTALLATION OF THE TEMPORARY TRAFFIC MATTERS WOULD FALL TO PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL. THE OPERATIONS TEAM, RYAN'S LAID THEM OUT. THEY WOULD HAVE TO INSTALL THEM. THERE WOULD BE SOME MAINTENANCE, DIVERSION OF MAINTENANCE RESOURCE IN ORDER FOR US TO ACCOMMODATE THIS FOR THE FOR THE PILOT PERIOD. BUT AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT IS TYPICAL IN OUR NORMAL COURSE OF DUTY. SO NOT A NOT A HUGE LIFT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL RECEIVE, I THINK, PROBABLY THE LARGEST SHARE OF IMPACT. THE LARGEST SHARE? YEAH. AS IT PERTAINS TO CREATION OF THE PARKING PERMITS IN THE PASSES THEY ULTIMATELY ISSUE THE PASSES, AS ANDY ALLUDED TO. I THINK ONE WAY TO MITIGATE THAT WOULD BE TO CREATE A SIMPLISTIC PROGRAM. OUR RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMITS HAVE ASSIGNED NUMBERS AND TAGS, AND THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO FROM A PRODUCTION STANDPOINT THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ORNATE. AS PART OF OUR REGULAR PROGRAM. I THINK WE WOULD PROBABLY LOOK TO AVOID THAT FOR THIS PILOT PERIOD. DO SOMETHING MORE SIMPLISTIC. IT COULD BE HANGING PLACARDS. YOU KNOW, ANDY'S IDEA OF PRINTED SHEETS IS PRETTY RUDIMENTARY THAT THAT WOULD BE LESS OF A BURDEN THAN THE MORE TRADITIONAL PLASTIC HANGARS AT SOME POINT AS WE IMPLEMENT OUR ONLINE PAYMENT PROGRAM FOR PARKING PASSES. I THINK THIS ISSUE ISN'T QUITE AS INTENSE AS IT IS CURRENTLY, BUT WE'RE STILL, I BELIEVE, LARGELY ACCEPTING PAYMENT FOR THESE PASSES THROUGH OUR PROGRAM. IF WE CHOOSE NOT TO IMPLEMENT A FEE, THEN THAT ALSO WOULD SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS FOR US ADMINISTRATIVELY. NOT IMPLEMENTING A FEE. NOT IMPLEMENTING A TEMPORARY PILOT PROGRAM AT A MINIMUM FOR THIS BEGINNING SEASON. IT WOULD IT WOULD MAKE OUR WORK EFFORT LESS INTENSE. THAT'S LESS ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. CORRECT. CORRECT. AS IT PERTAINS TO ENFORCING THE PARKING BAN BRINGING FOLKS DOWN THERE ARE MSOS. WE HAVE A PRETTY HEAVY PRESENCE IN THE AREA CURRENTLY. WE CERTAINLY DID THIS PAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC CONCERNS AND THE LIKE THIS PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD FORCE US, I THINK, TO DIRECT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. THERE WOULD BE AN IMPACT TO THAT TEAM IN TERMS OF ISSUING PARKING SITES AND THE LIKE. WE DON'T YET KNOW WHAT WILL ENSUE AS A RESULT IF PRESUMABLY WE ELIMINATE THE EGRESS CLOSURE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. NOW, IF WE START ALLOWING TRAFFIC OUT OF AVENUE H, OUT OF THE SLEEPY HOLLOW COMMUNITY, THERE WILL BE MORE FOLKS ROLLING THROUGH THERE. I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT WILL CREATE MORE OF A BURDEN FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT IT WILL. THE CONFLUENCE OF THAT WITH THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MONITOR CLOSELY, AND WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE SOME PRESENCE AND ALLOCATION OF RESOURCE TOWARDS. TORRANCE, IF THEY STAFF IT THE WAY THEY CLAIM, THEY WILL STAFF IT. I THINK IT WOULD HELP US PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY AND IT WOULD REDUCE OUR BURDEN. WE DON'T YET HAVE ANY FIRM COMMITMENT FROM THEM THROUGH AN MOU OR A FORMAL OPERATING PLAN THAT THEY'VE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING FOR US. SO WE WILL NEED TO WORK ON THAT BETWEEN NOW AND THE HOLIDAY PERIOD IF WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS. SO, I THINK, YOU KNOW, TO SIMPLIFY THE RESPONSE, IF WE CREATE A LESS COMPLICATED PROGRAM WITH NO FEE, WE REDUCE SOME OF OUR BURDEN. I, YOU COULD MAKE THE CASE THAT, THAT OUR MSO CREW AND OUR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT TEAM HAS TO BE PRESENT IN THAT REGION ANY WAY THAT THEY'VE BEEN THERE PRETTY HEAVILY THE LAST FEW YEARS. I THINK THAT WOULD CONTINUE UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO FORCE US TO BE TO INTENSIFY THOSE EFFORTS A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT SUCCINCT RESPONSE. THE SIMPLIFIED PARKING PERMIT THAT RYAN HAD SPOKE, RYAN LIU, OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, HAD SPOKEN TO TOGETHER, AS YOU JUST SAID, WITH MAYBE NOT CHARGING A FEE, AND WE COULD COME BACK ON THAT, I UNDERSTAND AT A LATER TIME, NOT NECESSARILY. TONIGHT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? IT WOULD BECAUSE WHAT WE WOULD ULTIMATELY DO THEN IS PROBABLY WORK WITH PARKING AND PUBLIC WORKS TO SIMPLY ISSUE, [01:55:05] DIRECTLY ISSUE THE PERMITS. MAIL THEM OUT. IT AVOIDS THE REGISTRATION, THE APPLICATION PROCESS, THE REVIEW PROCESS, THE QUESTIONS. IT WOULD, IN EFFECT WE WOULD, MUCH LIKE WE DID THE NOTICES THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER DISTRIBUTED. WE WOULD PREPARE THE PERMITS AND EFFECTIVELY DISTRIBUTE THEM TO THE RESIDENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. YEAH, JUST A FEW THOUGHTS. BASED ON THE DISCUSSION AND I DO GIVE DEFERENCE TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBER IN DISTRICT 1. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE THE PAPER PARKING PERMIT ATTACHED TO THE REGISTERED CARS. IS THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, OR CAN WE DO THAT IN A SIMPLIFIED VERSION AND DELIVER THOSE? I'D LIKE US TO THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW WE WOULD ROLL THAT OUT. I THINK IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE FOR US TO JUST CREATE, YOU KNOW, IF THE COUNCIL ULTIMATELY THINKS THREE PASSES IS THE APPROPRIATE OR PERMITS IS THE APPROPRIATE PER RESIDENCE. WE WOULD CREATE A STANDARDIZED PLACARD. WE WOULD ISSUE THREE PER RESIDENCE TO ALL OF THE WHATEVER IT IS 36 HOUSEHOLDS. DISTRIBUTE THOSE IN THE MAIL. THEY WOULD THEN HAVE THEM AND THEY WOULD PLACE THEM ON THEIR CARS. THAT TO ME SIMPLIFIES OUR PROCESS. HOW DID THEY THEN VERIFY THAT IT'S REGISTERED TO THAT HOUSE? WELL, THAT'S WHAT I THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO BECAUSE WHAT HAS ALSO BEEN RAISED IS DO WE WANT TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GUESTS IF WE ISSUE IT SPECIFICALLY TO THAT, IF WE ISSUE IT TO THE HOUSEHOLD TO LET THEM DISSEMINATE AT THEIR LEISURE, I THINK WE WE HAVE IT SIMPLIFIES OUR PROCESS. IF WE'RE GOING TO INDEX IT AGAINST A VEHICLE REGISTERED TO THE HOUSE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE WORK TO DO. SO I, I, I THINK WE WOULD WANT TO THINK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THE PRO AND CON OF THAT IF WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE HERE. I MEAN, JUST BASED ON THIS CONVERSATION I'M LEANING AGAINST THE SCENARIO WHERE THOSE PASSES COULD BE SOLD, AND MAYBE THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN COULD BE ALLEVIATED BY THOSE RESIDENTS. JUST I MEAN, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS PRINT UP A COPY OF THEIR REGISTRATION, BRING IT IN, AND THEY GET HOWEVER MANY PASSES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. RIGHT. THAT WOULD BE YEAH, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO DO THIS. YES. SO JUST THAT, BUT AGAIN YOU SPOKE WITH THE RESIDENTS AND YOU HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THEY'RE LEANING. BUT THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS AS FAR AS AGREEING TO ALLEVIATE THAT TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA FOR THE REQUEST FROM TORRANCE, I WOULD, AT THIS POINT LIKE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE WE AGREE TO DO THAT FOR YOU AND OR ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER TO TALK TO COUNCIL IN, IN TORRANCE AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND BRING UP SOME OF THE OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES, LIKE FOR OUR NEIGHBORING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NEIGHBORING CITIES, AND THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES THAT I THINK THIS CAN BE A GOOD JUMPING OFF POINT. AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD SQUANDER IT WITH JUST AGREEING TO THIS. SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE DO THAT. AND IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO COME, I'M HAPPY TO. I KNOW SAYING YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT BIKE PATHS AS WELL. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRUCK ROUTES. THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES THAT I THINK COULD WARRANT A GOOD DISCUSSION, SO. THIS ORIGINATED WITH MY DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MARTUCCI ABOUT THE TRUCK ROUTES. PERFECT. BUT IF WE WANT TO BRING IN A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S ALONG THE MIT, MAT BICYCLE ROUTE, WHATEVER THAT'S CALLED, UP ALONG REDONDO BEACH BOULEVARD. RIGHT. MAYBE WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND WE TRY AND TIE THEM BOTH TOGETHER AND GET A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST THE TRUCK ROUTES. I'D BE HAPPY TO. I JUST THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. IT SEEMS REASONABLE, BUT YOU ALSO BROUGHT UP. WE NEED TO IRON OUT THOSE DETAILS AS WELL, SO. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS BEING IRONED OUT. WE CAN HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH TORRANCE. COUNCIL. YEP, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. YEAH. I THINK IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF DISCRETION IN HOW WE IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM SO WE CAN THINK IT THROUGH, CONSIDER OPTIONS. PD ENGINEERING CAN WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER ON HOW BEST TO AND EFFICIENTLY TO ADMINISTER THE PARKING PARKING PLAN. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. SOMEBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? WE'LL GET TO THE PUBLIC. I MOVE THAT WE GIVE DIRECTION TO STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLAN AS MODIFIED BY MY DISCUSSION POINTS. AND ARE YOU NOT TAKING PUBLIC? THAT COMES NEXT. TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. AFTER THE MOTION. AFTER THE MOTION? OKAY. IS THAT SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. NOW, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM. DO WE HAVE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS? OKAY. HI THERE. [02:00:06] MY NAME IS AMY CHAFFIN. I'M A RESIDENT OF MASSENA AVENUE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE IMPACTED AREAS. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DID LAST YEAR ON THE MITIGATION, THE MAPPING, THE TRASH CANS. WE FELT TREMENDOUS IMPACT FROM THAT. I THINK IT WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS MISTAKE TO REMOVE THE BLOCKADE, EVEN AS A ONE-WAY EXIT. I THINK THAT WOULD ENDANGER OUR SMALL COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE THERE. I THINK THAT ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IS THAT PEOPLE LOVE TO GO WALK THROUGH IT. I ACTUALLY THINK THE WHOLE THING SHOULD BE BLOCKED OFF JUST FOR WALKING. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT'S TORRANCE'S PROVOCATIVE OR PREROGATIVE AND THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT. BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A BIG MISTAKE. I THINK IT WOULD PUT TREMENDOUS BURDEN ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MORE SO THAN IS THERE TODAY. I THINK THE ONE, I ACTUALLY FELT LIKE LAST YEAR'S PROGRESS WAS SUFFICIENT. I DON'T THINK WE NEED PERMITS. I DON'T THINK WE NEED FURTHER WORK. THE ONE THING THAT I DID NOTICE LAST YEAR WAS THAT WE HAD A NUMBER OF THE VENDORS PUSH INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE TORRANCE CRACKED DOWN ON THEM. SO THAT'S THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO MONITOR. BUT I THINK THAT THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS, I THINK YOU WOULD LOSE THAT U-TURN ABILITY IF YOU OPENED IT UP, AND THAT WOULD JUST CREATE A COMPLETE BOTTLENECK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I ALSO FEEL THAT A TWO-YEAR PERMIT PROCESS IS WAY TOO LONG OR A TWO-YEAR TRIAL. WHY WOULD YOU NOT JUST DO ONE YEAR AND THEN CHECK ON IT AFTERWARDS? I THINK THAT TWO YEARS IS TOO LONG. BUT AGAIN, I WOULD FEEL THAT. PLEASE LEAVE THE BLOCKADE. IT IS TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN, OUR NEIGHBORS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, I TAKE A GROUP OF GIRL SCOUTS CAROLING THROUGH THERE EVERY YEAR. THEY PARK AT TOLEDO. WE TAKE OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FRIENDS, OUR COLLEAGUES THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. WE DO HOST MANY PARTIES THROUGH THE HOLIDAY SEASON. SO A PERMIT PROCESS WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC FOR US. WE ALSO BOTH WORK AND WE HAVE SMALL KIDS AND WE HAVE A NANNY. SO HOW WOULD YOU. SHE'S NOT. HER CAR IS NOT REGISTERED TO HER HOUSE. THAT WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC TO US AS WELL. SO I LOVE WHAT WE'VE DONE LAST YEAR. I'D LIKE TO JUST CONTINUE ALONG THAT PATH AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ELEANOR, CAN YOU MAKE SURE YOU START THE CLOCK? I LIVE ON CIRCLE IN MASSENA. REGARDING THE EGRESS WE CAN'T HAVE THAT BECAUSE FIRST AND FOREMOST, THAT STOP SIGN AT PROSPECT AND AVENUE H IS ALREADY TERRIBLE. EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW THIS AT THIS POINT. IT CAUSES A LOT OF ACCIDENTS BECAUSE ONE WAY OVER HERE, ONE'S OVER THERE AND PEOPLE GET CONFUSED. ALL YOU'RE DOING IS WORSENING THE PROBLEM, RIGHT? NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE SUPERVISION BY TORRANCE 100% OF THE TIME. THAT'S JUST, IT'S RIDICULOUS TO EVEN BELIEVE THAT. SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS PEOPLE GO COME BE COMING OUT AND GOING IN AND THERE'LL BE ANOTHER TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE. AND TO YOUR POINT, IT WILL BE SUCH THAT PEOPLE TRY TO MAKE U-TURNS AND WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THING I PERSONALLY AGREE, BELIEVE WE SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF PASS PROGRAM. MAYBE IT'S 3 OR 4 AND THEY CAN COME BACK TO CITY HALL AND GET AN EXCEPTION IF THEY NEED MORE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND AN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM WHICH WOULD GENERATE REVENUES TO HELP PAY FOR ALL THIS STAFFING THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO PROVIDE HERE, RIGHT. SO HE CAN'T GO, NO TICKET. AND PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING TO LAUGH AT THAT AND PARK IN MY FRONT LAWN AS THEY DO, AND DROP A DIAPER ON MY ON MY LAWN AS THEY DID LAST YEAR, MULTIPLE TIMES. THE OTHER THINGS I PRESUME THAT THIS WOULD PEOPLE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO PARK AT TOLEDO. AND SO AS SUCH, WE'RE ALREADY GIVING TORRANCE RELIEF BY VIRTUE OF THEM PARKING THERE AND BASICALLY WRECKING THE PLACE. WHEN THEY DO PARK THERE AND LEAVE ALL THE GOODIES FOR US TO PICK UP. SO YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S THE CASE, YOU NEED MORE, WE NEED MORE TRASH RECEPTACLES IN THAT WHOLE AREA BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST, THEY OVERFILL THEM, AND IT JUST ENDS UP ON THE GROUND. AND THE LAST THING I WOULD RECOMMEND IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE OUT TICKETS, WHICH I RECOMMEND, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SIGNAGE SAYING, AT THE FRONT, AT PROSPECT SAYING IT'S GOING TO BE A TICKET IF YOU PARK HERE, YOU CAN'T JUST SAY, WELL, PERMITS REQUIRE IT. IT SHOULD SAY SOME SORT OF SIGN. SO PEOPLE ARE DETERRED FROM EVEN COMING DOWN INTO THAT AREA TO TRY TO FIND PARKING. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? YOU DON'T HAVE TO RAISE YOUR HAND. JUST COME ON UP TO THE FRONT. HI, I'M SARAH CARTLIDGE. [02:05:07] I LIVE ON CIRCLE DRIVE. I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND CHECKING THE AREA LAST YEAR AND DOING EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING. I THINK THERE REALLY IS SOME PROGRESS IN THE SITUATION. BUT THE NEW PART ABOUT TAKING DOWN THE BLOCKADE IS CONCERNING BECAUSE AS WE'VE MENTIONED IN THE PAST, THE TRAFFIC GOING DOWN, WHILE YOU DID PUT UP THAT LITTLE TRAFFIC CIRCLE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO TURN, THEY STILL GO ALL THE WAY TO THE BLOCKADE. SO NOW YOU HAVE PEOPLE EXITING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET, AND THEN PEOPLE TRYING TO DO A U-TURN THERE AT THE BLOCKADE WOULD BE A MESS. AND I HAVE A DEAR FRIEND. SHE'S THE LAST HOUSE ON AVENUE H ON THE SOUTH SIDE. SHE'S HAD HER CARS HIT MULTIPLE TIMES, AND I THINK THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE A DISASTER FOR HER AND EVERYBODY AT THE END OF THAT STREET WHERE PEOPLE NEED TO TURN AROUND. SO I REALLY DO HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. AND AS FAR AS THE PERMITTING GOES, I'M NOT REALLY FOR OR AGAINST IT. I'D BE OPEN TO A TRIAL PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. JUST TO ECHO WHAT AMY CAMPBELL WAS TALKING ABOUT, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TRY IT FOR TWO. BUT REALLY, IT'S THE BLOCKADE THAT I'M REALLY, REALLY WORRIED ABOUT. I THINK WE PUT IT UP FOR A REASON. THERE'S NOTHING IN IT FOR US AS RESIDENTS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA TO TAKE IT DOWN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? WHAT'S YOUR SIDE OF THE STREET? TERRY SLEMMONS I LIVE ON AVENUE H, RIGHT NEXT TO THE TOLEDO PARKING LOT WHERE THERE'S LOTS OF PARKING. THERE'S 15 TO 20 CARS THAT CAN PARK THERE. SO IF THAT LITTLE PICTURE YOU SHOWED WITH THE RED LINE IS NO PARKING, YOU LOSE 20 SPOTS. PEOPLE IN TORRANCE, THE RESIDENTS OF TORRANCE PARK THERE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET TO THEIR HOUSE, SO THEY PARK THERE. SO THIS ISN'T ALL ABOUT JUST REDONDO BEACH AND WOOLWORTH. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET A PERMIT. SO WHO'S GOING TO PARK THERE? BUT TO TAKE IT AWAY WOULD BE, IN MY MIND, A MISTAKE. THE BARRICADE, AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM EVERYBODY, I THINK IT'S DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB. I'VE BEEN IN THAT HOUSE FOR OVER 40 YEARS NOW, AND I WAS THERE BEFORE THIS ALL STARTED. AND AS IT GRADUALLY GETS WORSE AND THE WHOLE KEY IS CONSISTENCY. IF YOU KEEP CHANGING IT EVERY YEAR. THERE'S PEOPLE. IT'S NOT THE TORRANCE PEOPLE THAT ARE CAUSING THE PROBLEMS, IT'S THE PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT ARE COMING. I'VE SEEN PROPOSALS IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S DECORATIONS AND THEY DON'T EVEN LIVE IN LA. I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING. THEY THEY TRY TO BUST PEOPLE IN. THEY DO UBER. THE UBER COSTS A FORTUNE BECAUSE IT TAKES YOU TWO HOURS TO GET TWO BLOCKS. IT'S CRAZY. BUT THE PARKING PERMIT, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO SOLVE ANYBODY'S PROBLEM, BECAUSE THE THOSE OF US THAT HAVE A PARTY, WE TELL THEM TO COME BEFORE 4:00, GET A PARKING SPOT. IF YOU COME AFTER FIVE, THERE'S TOO MANY RESIDENTS. YOU GIVE OUT THREE PERMITS PER HOUSEHOLD. ALL THE STREET PARKING IS GOING TO BE GONE. SO THE PERMITS, I DON'T THINK WILL REALLY HELP IN OUR AREA. AND I THINK IT JUST CONFUSES PEOPLE WHEN YOU KEEP ADDING A DIFFERENT RULE EVERY YEAR. LAST YEAR I THOUGHT WAS MUCH BETTER WITH THE THE ROUNDABOUT, WHICH WAS RIGHT. SORT OF. I HAD A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORS THAT DURING THE DAYTIME OR LIKE RIGHT WHEN IT STARTED, THEY'D GO AROUND THREE TIMES JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT TO MAKE THE KIDS LAUGH AND STUFF. SO IT WAS ENTERTAINING, BUT I THINK IT DID HELP. I DIDN'T HEAR ANY COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUT AND THE SIGNAGE DID GET BETTER. THE TRAFFIC SEEMED TO GET BETTER, BUT EVERY MORNING I JUST GET MY BUCKET AND PICK UP TRASH AND GO UP THE STREET TO TOLEDO, BECAUSE THAT'S A NO MAN'S ZONE. BUT IT'S IT'S CHRISTMAS AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE WONDERFUL. PEOPLE COME BECAUSE IT'S WONDERFUL. AND I KNOW IT'S GETTING HARD FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE, BUT PARKING IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO. I THINK THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PARKING ON THE CUL DE SACS, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DRIVEWAYS THERE, AND IT'S HARD FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE A U-TURN. BUT THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? [02:10:06] HELLO. MY NAME IS KEITH FOURNIER AND I LIVE DOWN ON AVENUE H, THE LAST HOUSE BEFORE TORRANCE. THE THE BARRICADE GOES UP IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. AGAIN, I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING WE ENJOY THE NEIGHBORHOOD. GREAT PEOPLE. WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME. I'M NOT TRYING TO BE BAH HUMBUG, BUT I THINK THE MAYOR SAID IT BEST. WE'RE BEING BLACKMAILED BY TORRANCE, AND WE'RE GETTING SCREWED FOR IT. YOU'RE GOING TO SACRIFICE MY PARKING. MY FAMILY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET. EVERY ONE OF THOSE RESIDENTS LOSES THEIR PARKING. SO TORRANCE CAN SOLVE THEIR PROBLEM. THEY HAVEN'T DONE. EVERY TIME THEY DO SOMETHING. THEY ELIMINATE PARKING ON HALF THEIR STREETS ON ONE SIDE. THAT'S WHAT CAUSES IN THE FIRST PLACE. NOT NOT US. THEY DON'T ALLOW PARKING BECAUSE OF EMERGENCY VEHICLE, WHICH AS WE ALL KNOW IS BS. SO THOSE PEOPLE NOW PARK OVER ON OUR SIDE. YOU DO THE PARKING PERMIT, YOU'RE JUST TAKING THE PARKING PROBLEM AND PUSHING IT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF PROSPECT. YEAH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN COME DOWN THERE AND DO ALL THIS STUFF. BUT THEY GOT THE VENDORS. YOU'VE GOT THE PARKING, THE HIT AND RUNS ON OUR CARS WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE U-TURNS. AND I DON'T MEAN I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO TORRANCE, SO APOLOGIZE. BUT I RETIRED FROM TORRANCE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I KNOW WHAT THEY DO DOWN THERE. I WAS THE ONE SIGNED UP, MAKING THESE SIGN UP SHEETS. THEY STAFFED THAT ON OVERTIME ONLY. THERE IS NO PERSON ASSIGNED TO THAT UNLESS THEY'RE CLOSE OR SOMEBODY GOES DOWN THERE. SO IF YOU SIGNED UP, SOMEONE WILL COME DOWN AND WORK IT. IF IT'S NOT, IT'S EMPTY. THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T HAVE A SET UNIT THERE. MINIMUM STANDARDS, MINIMUM STAFFING. IF THERE'S EVER A UNIT THAT NEEDS TO BE PULLED, THEY PULL IT OFF OF THIS. SO THEY HAVE 7-8 UNITS IN THE FIELD. IF SOMEONE CALLS IN SICK THEY PULL THAT PERSON OUT. SO HAVING THEM STAFF THAT, OUR BARRIERS WHICH WERE PUT UP BECAUSE OF THEM, IT'S SILLY. I MEAN TO HOPE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO ANYTHING. AND IF THEY DON'T SHOW UP, I HAVE TO PERSONALLY CALL HIM AT HOME. HOPE HE CALLS OR ANSWERS THE PHONE SO HE CAN CALL SOMEONE ELSE SO HE CAN CALL TORRANCE SO HE CAN CALL THE PIER PEOPLE TO COME PUT A BLOCKADE IN. THAT'S BEEN WORKING FOR 35 YEARS. I MEAN, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT DOESN'T TO ME. I'M, MAYBE I'M SILLY, BUT WE'VE COMPLICATED THIS INTO SOMETHING SIMPLE. TORRANCE CAUSED A PROBLEM. WE PUT THE BARRIERS UP. WELL WE DIDN'T. THE OTHER PEOPLE VOTED ON BEFORE I MOVED IN. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT ALL BECAUSE WE WANT TRUCKING ON ARTESIA. COME ON, GUYS, WE GOT WE GOT TO THINK THIS THROUGH. THERE'S A BETTER SOLUTION THAN THIS. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND GOOD LUCK. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? CHRIS ROBERTS. YOU GOTTA WAIT TIL YOU GET TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE. I'M SORRY. CHRIS ROBERTS I LIVE ON AVENUE H, ALSO ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET. MOSTLY JUST. I REALLY DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TAKE DOWN THE BARRICADE. I MEAN, I REMEMBER AND WAS INVOLVED IN THAT FINALLY GOING UP AND IT HAS MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. AND ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO LOSE ALL THE PARKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET. AND I THINK SOMEONE ELSE SAID THAT THE THING ABOUT THE PERMITS AND I CAN LIVE WITH THE PERMITS IF THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE FAMILY COMING IN FOR HOLIDAYS, DRIVING IN, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I HAVE, YOU KNOW, FOUR ADULT CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES COMING. WELL, WE, WHERE DO WE PUT THOSE CARS BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE FOR 2 OR 3 DAYS. SO FROM 5 TO 10 EVERY NIGHT THEN WE NEED TO MOVE. BUT AS I SAID, MY BIGGEST THING IS PLEASE DON'T TAKE DOWN THE BLOCK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ONLINE? YEAH, I HAVE CHRISTIAN [INAUDIBLE]. CHRISTIAN GO AHEAD. YEAH. CHRISTIAN [INAUDIBLE], I'M A SENIOR. I THINK TAKING DOWN THE BLOCKADES WOULD BE A MASSIVE MISTAKE. I THINK EVERYBODY'S MADE THAT VERY CLEAR. I THINK THE PERMITS KIND OF MISSED THE POINT OF TRAFFIC IS THE PROBLEM. PARKING ISN'T. IF WE TAKE DOWN THE BLOCKADE, THE TRAFFIC AND THE TWO CUL DE SACS IS GOING TO BE DISASTROUS. IT'S ALREADY A NIGHTMARE. IT'S NOT THE PARKING THAT'S THE ISSUE. IT'S PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN GET OUT THAT WAY. THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE. SO I THINK IF WE WERE TO IMPLEMENT A PASS SYSTEM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD ACCOMPLISH, TO BE BLUNT. AND I THINK PEGGING IT TO DRIVERS OR TO LICENSE PLATES IS JUST SILLY. IF YOU'RE GOING TO REQUIRE US TO DO THIS, LET US HAVE THE DISCRETION HOW WE USE IT. [02:15:05] THE LAST SPEAKER MADE A VERY IMPORTANT POINT WE HAVE OUT OF TOWN GUESTS. WE HAVE OUR IN-LAWS COME INTO TOWN. THEY STAY FOR A WEEK. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE CAR EVERY NIGHT. THAT'S RIDICULOUS, RIGHT? SO I THINK LAST YEAR'S IMPROVEMENTS WERE WONDERFUL. I THINK THIS IS KIND OF OVERTHINKING IT AND OVERPLAYING IT. AND I REALLY DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BEING A BARGAINING CHIP FOR SOMETHING WITH TORRANCE. THAT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING AND DISAPPOINTING TO HEAR, TO BE VERY BLUNT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? LET'S SEE. I THINK I HAVE ONE MORE ON MARK. MARK NELSON. OKAY. HE MUST HE HAD HE HAD. HE HAD HIS HAND RAISED, BUT I IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JUST LEFT OVER FROM THE LAST ONE. OKAY. THAT'S IT. AND THERE'S NO ECOMMENTS. OKAY. THANKS. SO BASED ON WHAT YOU HEARD, ANY CHANGES YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE TO YOUR MOTION? WE DEFINITELY HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE DEFINITELY AGAINST REMOVING THE BOLLARDS. THE ONLY, YOU KNOW, I REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, A DISTRICT. WE REPRESENT THE WHOLE CITY AND THERE'S ALSO A VERY VOCAL GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THE TRUCKS ALL ALONG PALOS VERDES BOULEVARD. AND IF YES, WE CAN DO A BARGAINING AND IMPACT A NEIGHBORHOOD AND YES, IT WOULD IMPACT THESE PEOPLE, I GET THAT. TWO WEEKS OUT OF THE YEAR, THREE WEEKS OUT OF THE YEAR. THAT MIGHT BE WORTH IT IF WE CAN, IF THAT HELP US ENFORCE THAT TRUCK ROUTE AND KEEP MORE OF THOSE TRUCKS OFF PALOS VERDES BOULEVARD. BUT I DEFINITELY GET THAT. YEAH, I HEARD YOU. I GET IT. BUT IT'S A HARD DECISION. BUT I THINK IN THIS CASE, IT WOULD BE WORTH IT IF WE CAN USE THIS AS A QUID PRO QUO WITH TORRANCE AND SAY, GET THAT BICYCLE ROUTE GOING, DEAL WITH THE TRUCK ROUTES AND, YOU KNOW, YEAH, WE'LL LET YOU DO THIS FOR A YEAR. BECAUSE THE OTHER THING IS, IF THIS IS A EXPERIMENT AND IT DOES NOT WORK, BUT WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THEM TO COMMIT TO CHANGING THE TRUCK ROUTES. THAT'S NOT GOING TO, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PUT THE TRUCK ROUTES BACK AFTER A YEAR. BECAUSE WITHIN TWO YEARS OR SO, A LOT OF THOSE TRUCK ROUTES ARE GOING TO BE PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE OF THE NEW LAW THAT'S GOING IN ABOUT WAREHOUSES AND TRUCK ROUTES THROUGH RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. WHATEVER YOUR PREFERENCE IS ON THIS, I'LL SUPPORT IT. AND THE CITY MANAGER'S INDICATED HE'LL PROVIDE SOME FLEXIBILITY ON HOW TO HANDLE THINGS. SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE REST OF THE COUNCIL TO HEAR YOUR OPINIONS TOO, THOUGH. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI HAS HIS HAND UP, SO I WAS NOT SUPER TUNED TO ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT WHERE PARKING WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN THE PARKING PASSES, BECAUSE I JUST THOUGHT WE'D GO WITH WHAT YOU WANTED COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER I MIGHT SUGGEST A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO YOUR MOTION TO REQUIRE A WRITTEN MOU WITH TORRANCE THAT REQUIRES THAT THEY PUT A HUMAN ON THE ONE-WAY STREET. IN ADDITION, THAT INCLUDES AN AGREEMENT REGARDING THE TRUCK ROUTES THERE AND A PROVISION THAT IF A PERSON DOES NOT SHOW UP ONE DAY, THEN THE BOLLARD IS GOING TO COMPLETELY BLOCK OFF THE STREET, BECAUSE I AM EMPATHETIC TO THE ANXIETY THAT I'M HEARING FROM THESE RESIDENTS ABOUT A FAILURE IN THE BLOCKADE. AND I. OR BARRICADE WHATEVER IT IS. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF IT AIN'T BROKE, WHY FIX IT? I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THEM, BUT I ADMIRE AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IN SOLVING MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS IN YOUR DISTRICT THAT WE'VE HAD. BY THE WAY, THE PRESS REACHING OUT TO THE CITY FOR COMMENT ABOUT WHY WE'RE IGNORING THE OTHER RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT 1, WHY WE'RE IGNORING RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT 1 REGARDING THE TRUCK ROUTES, AN ISSUE CAUSED BY TORRANCE. I DON'T WANT TO CATER TO TORRANCE. THEY HAVE NEVER DONE MORE OR LESS ANYTHING FOR US ON OUR REQUEST. I'VE GONE TO THEIR CHAMBERS BEFORE. I'VE GOTTEN JUST ONE MINUTE. THEY COME HERE, ASK US TO PUT OUR GUN RANGE INDOORS. WE TRY TO DO THAT. WE APPROPRIATE MONEY TO DO THAT. TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR THEIR SCHOOLS THEIR SCHOOL THERE. WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM, BUT THEY HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN DOING ANYTHING FOR US. SO I THINK IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO START WORKING WITH US NOW. OTHERWISE, WE'LL JUST KEEP, YOU KNOW, KEEP DOING WHAT SERVES OUR RESIDENTS. I'M HAPPY TO ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. THANKS. OKAY. AND THE SECONDER. YOU HAVE TO AGREE TO THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. YES. THAT'S FINE. OKAY, I HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. CAN I CALL SOMEBODY FIRST? PHONE A FRIEND. YEAH. [02:20:04] HELP A FRIEND. I JUST WANT TO CALL THE CHIEF UP FOR A SECOND. I SAW YOU NODDING YOUR HEAD DURING SOME OF THE TESTIMONY. I JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON ALL OF THIS, SINCE IT'S GOING TO IMPACT YOUR FOLKS. THANK YOU. I WAS HOPING I WAS GOING TO GET CALLED UP. SO OBVIOUSLY I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA, AND I'VE DEALT WITH IT IN A VARIETY OF CAPACITIES THE LAST SEVERAL AS THE CHIEF. AND LAST YEAR WE MADE SOME DIFFERENT ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THE VENDORS BEING PUSHED OUT. WE HAD AN INCREASE IN CODE ENFORCEMENT. WE ISSUED MORE CITATIONS, AND I THINK THAT WE MADE A POSITIVE IMPROVEMENT IN SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE THERE FOR SURE. THE PARKING PASS ISSUE, MAYBE IT'S A SOLUTION, MAYBE IT'S NOT. YOU KNOW, THE ENFORCEMENT WILL BE CHALLENGING. I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, BECAUSE TYPICALLY WITH LIKE, THE PARKING METERS, IT'S A STICKER ON THE BACK OF THE CAR. PARKING ENFORCEMENT IS ABLE TO DRIVE DOWN A BLOCK, LOOK FOR THE STICKERS. IF THERE ISN'T ONE, THEN THEY CAN GET OUT. IF THE METER'S EXPIRED, WRITE A TICKET. IF THIS IS SOMETHING ON THE DASH OR A HANGTAG, IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO GET OUT OF THE CAR. LIKELY GO UP TO THE DASH, WITH A FLASHLIGHT. IT'S GOING TO BE DARK. LOOK INTO EVERY SINGLE VEHICLE. IF YOU'RE TALKING 100 VEHICLES, THAT CAN BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME. YOU KNOW, 38 DAYS AT FIVE HOURS A DAY. THAT'S 190 HOURS. SO THAT'S TWO FULL TIME, PART TIME PARKING ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE. SO EVEN AT A MODEST RATE, THAT'S PROBABLY $10,000 OUT OF OUR BUDGET FOR THAT, WHICH WOULD BE A CHALLENGE. WE CAN DO IT. WE CAN CERTAINLY DO IT. BUT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SERVICES AWAY FROM OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY AND REQUIRE RESCHEDULING FOR SURE. AS FAR AS THE BOLLARD ISSUE, I UNDERSTAND THE NEGOTIATION THAT'S GOING ON BACK AND FORTH, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY CHALLENGING. AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DO AN MOU, I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU DON'T SAY PUT A HUMAN BEING THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT A SECURITY GUARD THERE OR SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN PAY $15 AN HOUR THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITY. YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE A POLICE OFFICER NEEDS TO BE SOMEBODY DRESSED LIKE ME, BUT WITH TORRANCE PATCHES THAT CAN ACTUALLY MAKE ENFORCEMENT IF THEY'RE VIOLATING A DO NOT ENTER SIGN, YOU KNOW, 190 HOURS, EVEN AT A MODEST OVERTIME RATE, YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT ABOUT $30 - $31,000 TO COVER THAT FOR THE ENTIRE PERIOD. SIGNIFICANT EXPENSE. AND YOU KNOW, THE RETIRED TORRANCE OFFICER MAKES SOME GOOD POINTS ABOUT THE STAFFING. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO IF I HAD SOMEBODY AT AN INTERSECTION LIKE THAT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAVE A SERIOUS TRAFFIC COLLISION OR A VIOLENT CRIME, I'M GOING TO SAY, OKAY, THAT'S THE FIRST PERSON GO, AND WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT LATER. YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW WE TREAT TRIAGE. THAT'S HOW WE DO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. I THOUGHT YOU'D DEPLOY OUR DRONE FIRST. YEAH, WELL, I MEAN, IT'D BE FUN. IT'D BE FUN TO WATCH, I SUPPOSE, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO DO MUCH FROM AN ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT. JUST KIDDING. AND AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC, I MEAN, ARGUABLY, I THINK THAT IT COULD MAKE IT WORSE BECAUSE, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT STREET I LIVE ON, BUT LET'S JUST SAY I CAN SEE THAT FROM MY HOUSE. AND THE TRAFFIC DOWN THERE IS SO BAD FOR HOURS AND HOURS ON END. ONCE THOSE BALLOTS ARE OPEN, THAT TRAFFIC ON AVENUE H GOING WESTBOUND IS GOING TO BACK UP AT PROSPECT, AND ALL THOSE CARS ARE GOING TO BE LINED UP IN FRONT OF THESE HOUSES, HONKING THEIR HORNS, BLASTING MUSIC, GETTING OUT. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLES, BECAUSE I NEVER DRIVE DOWN THERE AREN'T FROM THE AREA. SO AS THEY START GOING WESTBOUND ON AVENUE H, THEY'RE GOING TO THINK THEY CAN TURN DOWN MASSENA AND CIRCLE AND GET OUT THAT WAY. AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL THESE CARS IN THOSE THREE DEAD ENDS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET BACK. AND IN THE PARKING PASS DOES NOT PROHIBIT PEOPLE FROM DRIVING IN. IT JUST PROHIBITS PEOPLE FROM PARKING THERE. SO PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO BE COMING IN, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO FIGHT TO MAKE A U-TURN TO GET OUT. AND WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO BE DOING? THEY'RE GOING TO BE CALLING THE REDONDO BEACH POLICE, SAYING, WE HAVE A TRAFFIC MESS. WE NEED MORE ENFORCEMENT DOWN HERE AND DRAWING OUR RESOURCES AWAY. BUT I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE. AND WITHOUT THE COOPERATION FROM TORRANCE WITH THE BOLLARDS, IT'S GOING TO BE CALLING PUBLIC WORKS, SAYING WE NEED THE BOLLARDS BACK IN. WELL, YOU KNOW, DIRECTOR WINJE SAID THEY SHOW UP AT 5 P.M. AND THEY SHOW UP AT 10 P.M. 5 P.M. TO PUT THEM IN AND 10 P.M. TO TAKE THEM OUT. SO IF AT 8:00, IT'S LIKE, NO TORRANCE OFFICER SHOWED UP, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? WELL, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS TO CONSIDER THERE. AND I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION FROM THE RESIDENTS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN WITHIN REASON WITH THE STAFFING THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT DOWN THERE. BUT IT WILL BE CHALLENGING WITH, WITH SOME OF THESE THINGS, THE EXPECTATIONS FOR ENFORCEMENT, IF IT'S AN 8 AND A HALF BY 11 PIECE OF PAPER, OR THE POTENTIAL TRAFFIC IMPLICATIONS IF THOSE, IF THOSE BALLOTS ARE REMOVED, SO. SO, WHAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION? WELL, I MEAN, I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED. I MEAN, THIS IS A POLICY CALL ON THE PART OF THE COUNCIL, AND IT'S NOT AN EASY ONE, QUITE FRANKLY. SO I WANTED TO AT LEAST PROVIDE MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION AS BEING A POLICE OFFICER IN THIS CITY FOR OVER 31 YEARS AND HAVING DEALT WITH THAT IN A VARIETY OF CAPACITIES. I THINK I OFFER A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE. SO IT'S A CHALLENGING DECISION, AND I JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO VERY CLEARLY OFFER MY FEEDBACK ON THAT. IF YOU WERE KING, WOULD YOU KEEP IT AS IS OR SOME MODIFIED HYBRID OF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY HEARD? WELL, I DO THINK THAT OPENING UP THE TRAFFIC PATTERN IS GOING TO CREATE AN UNKNOWN BURDEN THAT WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE FOR US AND QUITE FRANKLY, [02:25:02] COULD MAKE EMERGENCY RESPONSE EVEN MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT COULD CAUSE INCREASED CONGESTION DOWN THERE. I CAN SEE THE CONCERNS FOR THE PARKING PASSES BY THE RESIDENTS AND, AND ALL THAT PARKING BEING OCCUPIED, AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME SORT OF A REASONABLE WAY TO DO THAT. AND I THINK THAT AS LONG AS THE EXPECTATION IS KEPT AT A REALISTIC LEVEL, AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT, I CAN'T PUT SOMEBODY DOWN THERE FOR FIVE HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. WE JUST DON'T HAVE THOSE TYPES OF RESOURCES WITH ALL THE OTHER ISSUES GOING ON IN THE CITY. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE PEOPLE PASS THROUGH A FEW TIMES A NIGHT AND CHECK AND, AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORD GETS OUT. AND I THINK THAT WITH SIGNAGE, BIG SIGNBOARD AT THE ENTRANCE OF AVENUE H AND PROSPECT, TEMPORARY SIGNS LIKE WE PUT UP FOR SUPER BOWL SUNDAY. SAME PERMIT PARKING ONLY THESE HOURS. HOPEFULLY THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO FOLLOW THE RULES WILL REALIZE, OH, THINGS HAVE CHANGED. I CAN'T PARK HERE ANYMORE. SO THERE MAY BE SOMETHING REASONABLE AS A FIRST STEP THERE. BUT AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A POLICY CALL BECAUSE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS GOING ON WITH TORRANCE, BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ON THE TRUCK ROUTES AND PALOS VERDES BOULEVARD, WHICH I FEEL WE'VE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TRYING TO WORK ON THAT ISSUE. SO ANYWAYS, THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME UP. I WANTED TO AT LEAST OFFER MY PERSPECTIVE ON IT. I KNOW IT'S A DIFFICULT DECISION, BUT I THINK I BRING A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE. I APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT, CHIEF, AND I QUESTION, I GUESS I'D CALL IT. IF THIS DOES, YOU KNOW, IF WE WENT THROUGH WITH THIS AND WERE ABLE TO GET THE AGREEMENT WITH TORRANCE TO END THE TRUCK ROUTES WITH PALOS VERDES BOULEVARD IS NEVER A TRUCK ROUTE, IS THERE AN OFFSET TO THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING IN? BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S BEEN MANY HOURS DONE TO DEAL WITH THAT. THE FACT THAT ENFORCEMENT OF THE TRUCK ROUTE WOULD BE A LOT EASIER AND EVERYTHING ELSE. IS THERE AN IMPACT TO THAT? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE CITY AS OPPOSED TO JUST AT THAT TWO WEEKS AFTER. SURE, I THINK THAT WE PROBABLY PROVIDE MORE ENFORCEMENT ON THAT PALOS VERDES BOULEVARD CORRIDOR THAN ANY OTHER STREET IN THE ENTIRE CITY. SO I THINK WE WOULD STILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ENFORCEMENT THERE. WE WOULD JUST BE ABLE TO RIGHT THE TRUCK SITE, TRUCK ROUTE CITATIONS FOR THE VEHICLES THAT ARE TRAVELING WESTBOUND AS OPPOSED TO EASTBOUND BECAUSE OF THE SIGNAGE, AND IT WOULD BE A MORE ENFORCEABLE VIOLATION. RIGHT NOW, THE MAJORITY OF CITATIONS ARE STOP SIGNS AT ALBERTA AND PV ARE SPEEDING ON PV BOULEVARD. YOU KNOW, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF PROSPECT AS IT LEADS INTO TORRANCE THERE. SO THE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE. THE PRESENCE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IS GOING TO CONTINUE. THE JOINT OPERATIONS WITH CHP FOR TRUCK ROUTE INSPECTIONS, THOSE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE. IT'S JUST THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO WRITE MORE TRUCK ROUTE CITATIONS AND HOPEFULLY OVER TIME. THIS ISN'T THE TYPE OF PROBLEM THAT'S GOING TO BE SOLVED OVERNIGHT. BUT ONCE THAT TRUCK ROUTE IS PROPERLY SIGNED AND WE'RE ABLE TO CONDUCT MORE ENFORCEMENT FOR ALL THOSE VEHICLES. THE TRUCKS DON'T WANT TO GET CITATIONS AND EVENTUALLY THEY'RE GOING TO BE REROUTED. IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT TO GET TOO FAR INTO THAT. THAT'S NOT A TOPIC. SURE. AND I THINK I'M DONE WITH MY QUESTIONS FOR YOU, CHIEF. I TALKED TO RYAN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THE MESSAGE BOARD SIGNS AND SAID, YOU KNOW, OFFERED HIM LATITUDE, WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, YOU WILL BE TOWED, RESIDENT PARKING ONLY. WHATEVER THE MESSAGE IS, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING FOR US TO FIGURE OUT THE MESSAGES, BUT ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE CHIEF? NO, I THINK I'M GOOD. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CHIEF? OKAY. THANKS, CHIEF. APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT. SO I THINK IF RYAN CAN COME UP WITH SOME IMAGINATIVE MESSAGING FOR OUR VARIOUS MESSAGE BOARDS AND WE HAVE ENOUGH COVERAGE THERE ON PROSPECT AND AVENUE H TO LET PEOPLE KNOW. NO ENTRY FOR RESIDENT PARKING ONLY. YOU WILL BE TOWED. YOU'LL BE CITED. WHATEVER THE RIGHT MESSAGES ARE. I THINK THAT CAN HELP ALLEVIATE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WON'T BE LOOKING FOR PARKING IN THERE IF WE HAVE THE SIGNAGE, IF THE APPROPRIATE INTERSECTIONS TO KEEP PEOPLE THAT ARE EITHER EXITING AVENUE H YOU KNOW, EXIT ONLY FOR THE PEOPLE LEAVING AVENUE H, YOU KNOW, YOU MUST GO STRAIGHT SO THEY DON'T GO LOOKING THROUGH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A SECRET EXIT. THINGS LIKE THAT. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC HAS BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY. I'M GOING TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. BUT I DID WANT TO ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION. WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING WITH RESIDENTS. DID. WAS IT PREFERRED TO HAVE THE PREFERENTIAL PARKING OR WAS, YOU SAID THEY WERE KIND OF INDIFFERENT. I WOULD SAY, DEFINITELY MORE PEOPLE. IT SEEMS THAT THIS YEAH, EVERYONE LIKED THE ROUNDABOUT. THAT WAS FUN. AND THE WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR SEEMED LIKE WAS ALSO A STEP UP FROM YEARS BEFORE. YEAH, I WILL SAY THAT AVENUE H WAS DEFINITELY MORE INDIFFERENT TO THE NEED FOR THE PARKING PERMITS. OKAY. AND OBVIOUSLY MORE AGAINST THE REMOVAL OF THE BOLLARDS. OKAY. BUT ON MASSENA AND CIRCLE IS WHERE I SAW PRETTY STRONG PREFERENCES FOR THE PREFERENTIAL PARKING PERMIT. [02:30:01] AND OKAY, MODERATE ACCEPTANCE OF THE REMOVAL OF THE BOLLARD. OKAY. AND SO YOUR MOTION WAS TO GO WITH THE PERMIT PARKING. YES. AN MOU. WITH AN MOU. TORRANCE. STRONGLY WORDED, REQUIRING TORRANCE POLICE OFFICER PRESENCE AT A MINIMUM, ONE OFFICER, ETC.. YOU KNOW. SO, AS I SAID, I GIVE STRONG DEFERENCE TO YOU. THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT. MY SUBSTITUTE MOTION WILL BE TO ALSO DO THE PREFERENTIAL PARKING FOR RESIDENTS ONLY, AND I WILL GIVE DISCRETION TO STAFF AS TO HOW BEST TO DO THAT. OBVIOUSLY SIGNAGE AS YOU DISCUSSED IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS, BUT I WOULD SAY FOR THIS YEAR, LET'S KEEP THE BOLLARDS UP. LET'S DISCUSS WITH TORRANCE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE POTENTIALLY OPEN TO, BUT WE NEED A CONVERSATION. THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS AND THEY'RE STAYING UP THIS YEAR. AND WE'LL JUST SAY, SO THAT IS MY MOTION. I'LL SECOND. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED TO JUMP TO DO WHAT THEY WANT. I THINK THEY WE CAN START A PROCESS OF COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION TOWARDS COMMON SOLUTIONS. WE CAN LET THEM KNOW THIS DISCUSSION HAPPENED. THERE WAS AN OPENNESS TO POTENTIAL DISCUSSION AS TO HOW THIS MIGHT HAPPEN, BUT NOT THIS YEAR. AND I JUST WANTED TO INTERJECT WITH BOTH MOTIONS. IT APPEARS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO SAY IN SECTION, SUBSECTION E, IN THE WAY THAT THOSE, THESE PERMITS ARE BEING ISSUED, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE LATITUDE TO STAFF TO COME UP WITH A PROCESS. I THINK THAT IS A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE TO THE ORDINANCE SUCH THAT IT CANNOT BE INTRODUCED TONIGHT. WE WOULD HAVE TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE AND COME BACK. INITIALLY WHEN THE MAYOR ASKED IF WE COULD JUST DELETE THE SUBSECTION E.3, WHICH RELATED TO PROVIDING A MAXIMUM OF THREE PREFERENTIAL PERMITS PER ADDRESS. I THINK THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DELETED. BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE ENTIRE PERMITTING SCHEME, THAT IS A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK. I'D HAVE TO REWRITE THAT AND THEN COME BACK FOR FIRST READING THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS THE 14TH, NEXT TUESDAY. SO CAN I JUST MAKE A COMMENT ON THE GUEST PASS PART? THE NEXT HAND UP. SO. OKAY. WELL BEFORE YOU. SO I WAS, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THE COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ABOUT GUEST PARKING AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE HOLIDAYS. SO OF COURSE, YOU HAVE FAMILY COMING HOME. LOTS OF PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN. I THINK WE COULD DELETE THE 3 AND JUST LET IT BE UP TO THE RESIDENTS AS TO HOW MANY PARKING PASSES THEY NEEDED. BECAUSE AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THE PARKING FOR THE RESIDENTS REALLY ISN'T THE ISSUE. AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S A HIGH RISK WITH THESE PERMITS BECAUSE IT'S ONLY EFFECTIVELY ONE MONTH THAT THEY WOULD BE SOLD, YOU KNOW, TO OTHER PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE USUALLY THE VISITORS COMING IN ARE JUST COMING IN ONE DAY TO SEE THE LIGHTS. THEY'RE NOT SHOWING UP EVERY WEEK, AS OPPOSED TO PERMITS AROUND THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE YOU COULD HAVE SOMEONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO WORKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO WOULD WANT TO BUY A PERMIT FROM A RESIDENT. SO I THINK THE RISK OF, YOU KNOW, CALL IT THE BLACK MARKET OF PARKING PERMITS IS VERY LOW. BUT SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GIVE THE RESIDENTS AS MANY PARKING PERMITS AS THEY NEED, WHETHER IT'S FOR NANNIES OR RELATIVES OR KIDS COMING IN FROM COLLEGE THAT WILL BE HOME OVER THE HOLIDAYS. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP THAT FLEXIBLE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO. I WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT. AND IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT IT NEXT YEAR. OR SOONER. SO COULD I AMEND MY MOTION THEN TO ACCEPT THE ORDINANCE AS YOU HAVE WRITTEN IT. BUT REMOVING THE THE NUMERICAL NUMBER OF PARKING PERMITS. CORRECT. SO THAT WOULD BE SUBSECTION E.3, AND IT CURRENTLY STATES A MAXIMUM OF THREE PREFERENTIAL PARKING PERMITS SHALL BE ISSUED FOR EACH ADDRESS LOCATED IN THE TSPP ZONE. THAT WOULD BE DELETED. CORRECT. [INAUDIBLE] 4, THAT'S ALSO NON-SUBSTANTIVE, IF YOU REMOVED THAT ONE, WHICH IS THE ASSOCIATED WITH A LICENSE PLATE. YEAH, THAT'S THE PART I THINK WE NEED A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE GET YOUR COMMENTS AND WE COME BACK WITH REINTRODUCTION NEXT WEEK. THAT DOESN'T COST US ANY TIME. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO THINK THROUGH HOW WE IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. [02:35:04] BUT I GOT TO BE CANDID, IF WE'RE IF WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT ADJUSTING THE BOLLARD, I GUESS I WOULD ASK, IS THE PERMIT PROGRAM NECESSARY? AND AND ARE WE JUST CREATING SOMETHING? THAT WAS THE INTENTION OF THE PERMIT PROGRAM WAS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF THROUGH TRAFFIC COMING WESTBOUND ON AVENUE H. IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT, I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT THE PERMIT PROGRAM. SO THAT'S. WHAT ABOUT OUT OF OUT OF CITY PEOPLE PARKING THERE AND THEN WALKING IN? THEY SAID IT WASN'T A BIG PART. I MEAN, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE RESIDENTS IS THAT'S NOT BEEN A MASSIVE ISSUE FOR US. CURRENTLY, BASED ON THE IMPLEMENT, WHAT WE IMPLEMENTED LAST YEAR. SO I DON'T. THAT THE TWO WERE IN TANDEM TO TRY TO RESOLVE THE IMPACTS POTENTIALLY OF THE THROUGH TRAFFIC. I'M NOT SURE WE NECESSARILY NEED THE LATTER IF WE'RE GOING TO IF WE'RE GOING TO PUMP THE BRAKES ON THE BOLLARD EXCHANGE. JUST TO BE CLEAR. WHAT'S YOUR MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. WELL, NOW IT JUST KEEPS CHANGING. YEAH. I MEAN, THAT'S WHY THIS IS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A DISCUSSION. SO NEXT YEAR TO SEE HOW IT GOES AGAIN THIS YEAR WITH THE. YEAH. YOU KNOW, THIS IS CLEAR THAT THIS IS AN IMPOSITION ON THIS COMMUNITY EVERY YEAR. AND, AND WE'RE ADDRESSING IT IN CREATIVE WAYS EVERY YEAR. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ROUNDABOUTS AND PARKING PERMITS AND WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO ADDRESS IT. BUT SOMETIMES THROUGH THIS PROCESS, SOMETIMES WE JUST MISS THE MARK. SO I WILL I WILL AMEND THE MOTION THEN, BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO PUT THE BALLOT OR TO TAKE THEM DOWN THIS YEAR AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH TORRANCE. NOT TO. NOT TO REMOVE THEM, BUT TO INSTALL THEM, AS WE HAVE EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST 35 PLUS YEARS. BUT ENGAGE TORRANCE. SO I WILL SAY THAT THE MOTION IS TO LEAVE THE BALLOTS UP THIS YEAR. AND ALSO, IT SEEMS BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THAT, WE DON'T HAVE A PERMANENT RESIDENT PERMIT PARKING PASS AND WE. AND DIRECT STAFF. TO WORK ON AN MOU FOR NEXT YEAR REGARDING, RIGHT OR NO. NO, WE NEED A DISCUSSION WITH TORRANCE BEFORE WE WOULD DO THAT. WELL, THAT'S THE START OF A DISCUSSION, ISN'T IT? LIKE REGARDING THE BOLLARDS AND TRUCK ROUTES AND. I THINK WE'LL HAVE THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE PART OF MY MOTION, BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO TALK TO THEIR COUNCIL FIRST. IT SEEMS LIKE STAFF HAS BEEN TALKING TO OUR STAFF, BUT I THINK THE DIRECTION NEEDS TO COME FROM THE LEADERSHIP, SO THAT WILL BE. WELL, I'LL SAY THIS, I'LL SECOND IT. BUT IF YOU VOTE AGAINST IT, I'LL VOTE NO AGAINST IT. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE MOTION IS OTHER THAN. MOTION IS TO KEEP IT AS IS. SO THE MOTION IS TO. KEEP IT AS IS. NOT DO ANYTHING. AND TO ENGAGE FOR NEXT YEAR. I THINK TO SIMPLIFY IT WOULD BE THE SAME CLOSURE PLAN AS LAST YEAR. YES. CAN THAT ALSO INCLUDE THE ROUNDABOUT? IT SEEMED VERY POPULAR. LAST YEAR. YEAH. THAT WAS THE SAME PROGRAM. WE WOULD ROLL OUT THE SAME ROUNDABOUT. YEAH. IT WAS A BIG HIT WITH. RIGHT? YES. AND YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, PUTTING UP MORE SIGNS, I THINK AT THE AVENUE H AND PROSPECT INTERSECTION, WE'RE MAXED OUT ON THE MESSAGING THERE. OKAY. YEAH. OUTLET 5 TO 10. IT'S LIKE A IT'S LIKE A SLEEPY HOLLOW LIGHT SHOW ALL TO ITSELF. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. BUT WE'LL TAKE THAT INPUT. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR SEEMED TO HELP. SO IF WE'RE NOT MAKING CHANGES, THEN WE'LL PROBABLY KEEP THE SAME MESSAGES. YEAH. THIS WILL, I WILL. AND TO PUT OUT. YES. I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE PART OF MY MOTION TO INCLUDE SOME SOCIAL MEDIA BLURB ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS RESIDENT PARKING OR. BUT IT'S. IT'S NOT MANDATORY, BUT THERE'S NO ACCESS TO. IF THAT'S IF, IF THAT'S HASHTAGS, ALL THAT STUFF TO TRY TO GET IT IN LINE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO VISIT THE SITE, PRESS RELEASES, BUT IT STILL DOESN'T. THAT THEN DOESN'T ADDRESS PARKING ISSUE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF MASSENA AND CIRCLE. THEY'LL BE AS IMPACTED AS THEY HAVE BEEN OKAY. THERE IS ANOTHER OPTION. WHICH MAY NOT BE HIGHLY SUPPORTED, BUT THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THAT WOULD PROHIBIT US FROM TRYING IT ON A COUPLE OF NIGHT A WEEK BASIS AS OPPOSED TO A SEVEN NIGHT. I MEAN, WE COULD TEST THE BALLER CONCEPT IN SMALL DOSES. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE POPULAR WITH EVERYBODY WHO'S DOWN HERE TODAY, BUT IN TERMS OF TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONVERSATIONS WITH TORRANCE, [02:40:03] THAT WOULD BE A MORE MEANINGFUL STEP. WE, THIS THIS ACTION TONIGHT, WHICH I VERY MUCH WONDERED IF THIS WOULD BE THE OUTCOME FOLLOWING THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. IT WILL STYMIE THE THE PROGRESS ON THE THE TRUCK ROUTES. WE WON'T, I DON'T THINK, MAKE MEANINGFUL GAINS THIS YEAR IN THAT RESPECT BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD THUS FAR. SO PERHAPS THIS FLIPS IT. PERHAPS THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE FIRST MOVE, BUT THE TRUCK ROUTE ISSUE FOR US IS, IT'S SIGNIFICANT AND IT IS SEVERE. IT IS. AND IF THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO TORRANCE, WHY HAS THEIR COUNCIL NOT CALLED ME? WELL THEY'VE. OR CALLED. ABOUT. OKAY ABOUT THIS. YEAH. THAT'S WHERE THIS STARTED. THAT'S HOW THIS STARTED. YEAH. WE MET I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THE TRUCK ROUTES, AND HIS RESPONSE WAS ALLOWING THAT EXIT ON AVENUE H. THAT YOU. YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER, SIR. YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER SIR. I'M ASKING YOU TO TO FOLLOW DECORUM. OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, IT DID COME UP FROM A TORRANCE COUNCIL MEMBER DISCUSSION DIRECTLY WITH US OR WITH ME. SO AND THEN THE PARKING HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, PREDATES ME ON THIS OF RESIDENTS ASKING FOR PARKING SOLUTIONS. YEAH, I KNOW YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF OUTREACH ON IT AND THESE ARE NOT EASY SOLUTIONS. THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T SOLVED IT YET, RIGHT? I MEAN THE OTHER OPTION IS YOU TABLE IT TONIGHT, WE GO BACK TO TORRANCE. THIS WEEK, WE WE WE LAY OUT WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR. AND IF THE RECEPTION IS, HEY, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT SCENARIO, YOU KNOW, WE PUT A PIN IN IT AND WE, WE TABLE IT A YEAR. SUBSTITUTE. SUBSTITUTE TABLE DISCUSSION FOR ONE WEEK. REACH OUT TORRANCE LET THEM KNOW IT'S DO OR DIE RIGHT NOW. WE NEED AN AGREEMENT ON EVERYTHING. I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S OKAY. LET'S GET SOME DECORUM HERE. ARE YOU? I AM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER FOR HIS THOUGHTS AND ANY OTHER OPTIONS HE'S GIVEN THOSE AS HER, WHICH IS APPRECIATED. ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE US TO KEEP IN MIND OR CONSIDER? THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A OBVIOUSLY A BALANCED TEST ISSUE FOR ALL OF YOU. WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT THIS. YOU KNOW, THIS POLICY CALL FOR MANY YEARS. IT'S THE RESIDENTS HAVE SUFFERED THE IMPACTS OF THE WONDERFUL HOLIDAY LIGHT DISPLAY THEY PUT UP WITH IT. IT'S ALSO NICE, I THINK ON CERTAIN OCCASIONS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT TORRANCE HAS REACHED OUT TO US ON MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS. I MEAN, PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD FORMALIZED OVERTURE FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO TO FORMALLY REQUEST THAT WE CONSIDER THIS IN SOME TIME. I KNOW THE BOLLARDS HAVE BEEN A POINT OF FRUSTRATION FOR THE CITY OF TORRANCE SINCE WE'VE BEEN DEPLOYING THEM AS A COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT OBVIOUSLY IMPACTS THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AS A RESULT. BUT IT'S IT'S THEIR HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW, NOT OURS. SO THAT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S A SELF INFLICTED WOUND, IF YOU WILL. SO I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP TALKING. I DO THINK THE ONLY WAY THIS WORKS IS IF TORRANCE IS FULLY ON BOARD, AND THEY COMMIT THE RESOURCES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO MAKE IT WORK. IT'S DIFFICULT TO GUARANTEE THAT BASED ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT, WE FEEL THE SAME. I THINK IT'S MAYBE IT'S WORTH GOING BACK TO THEM ONE MORE TIME TO LAY OUT OUR CONCERNS. AND IF WE GET NO TRACTION, WE'LL REPORT BACK, AND WE WON'T HAVE THIS ON. WE'LL TABLE IT FOR THE YEAR. OKAY. OKAY. I HAVE A CONCERN. I'M SORRY. I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK, AND COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. DID YOU SECOND? I SECOND. OKAY, THEN LET'S DO, LET'S DO IT. BUT SUBJECT TO. SEEMS LIKE YOU WERE GOING TO BEAR THE COST OF SOMETHING WE'RE DOING ON BEHALF OF TORRANCE. SO IS IT FAIR TO ASK THEM TO FUND THE DELTA IF WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THIS UP, AND IT REQUIRES MORE POLICE HOURS. AND LET'S FACE IT, IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAN IT, YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY HAVE TO PAY SOMEBODY TO. WELL, CANDIDLY, IF THEY DON'T MAN IT, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THE FLEXIBLE POINTS I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO HAVE IS, IF THEY DON'T MAN IT, WE STOP THE PROGRAM, WE PUT THE BOLLARDS BACK UP. I JUST, I MEAN, I CAN SEE HOW THIS IS GOING TO EVEN IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE TRAFFIC INTERSECTION THERE AT H AND PROSPECT. IT WILL. AND WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO PUT AN OFFICER OUT THERE DIRECTING TRAFFIC. I MEAN, IS THERE A WAY TO RECOUP COSTS FROM. IS IT REASONABLE TO ASK? NO, I DO THINK IT'S REASONABLE TO ASK. I THINK IF AS PART OF THE EGRESS SCENARIO, I MEAN, THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER HAS BROUGHT UP, IS IF IT CREATES IMPACTS AT BOTH THE BOLLARD LOCATION AND AT PROSPECT, IT PRESUMABLY IT'S FAIR FOR US TO REQUEST RESOURCES TO [02:45:08] ADDRESS BOTH. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GETTING ALL THE NEGATIVES OUT OF THIS. THEY GET THE NICE LIGHT SHOW. THEY GET PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THEIR TOWN. YOU KNOW, THEIR RESIDENTS GET THE BIG BOOST TO HEAVEN. THEY, LIKE THEIR SLEEPY HOLLOW THING. WE GET THE TRAFFIC AND PARKING ISSUES, AND WE GET THE INCREASED COST OF ENFORCEMENT AND TRYING TO MAKE THIS THING WORK, AND THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP. THERE'S NO THERE'S NO INCENTIVE FOR US THERE OTHER THAN QUID PRO QUO. AGREED, ABSOLUTELY AGREED. WHICH IS WHY FOR 35 YEARS, WE PUT THE BALLERS UP AND THAT'S, AND THAT IS THE EASY SOLUTION FOR US. I JUST ASK THAT REIMBURSEMENT FOR COST AND WE SHOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF ESTIMATE. CHIEF CAME UP WITH SOME OFF THE TOP OF HIS HEAD THERE. THAT WAS FOR PARKING ENFORCEMENT. PARKING. YEAH. THAT'S BECAUSE. BUT THAT WAS PARKING ENFORCEMENT, THAT WAS NOT TRAFFIC. THAT WAS NOT SUBSTITUTE TO THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION PASSES. THIS CONVERSATION CAN HAPPEN WITH YOU. AND IF YOU'D LIKE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE THERE. I'M JUST ASKING THAT YOU DO THAT. YEAH, I THINK IT'S A FAIR. I THINK IT'S A FAIR INQUIRY. OKAY. BECAUSE THEY HATE ME. SO WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE TO THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION, WHICH IS TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A QUESTION. JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT THE SUBSTITUTE TO THE SUBSTITUTE IS. IS IT LAST YEAR'S MODEL? IS ASSUMED, UNLESS WE HEAR OTHERWISE FROM TORRANCE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK, IS THAT? IN WHICH CASE WE BRING IT BACK. THEY'RE NOT MAKING THE CALL. ULTIMATELY, IT'S WHETHER THERE'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS MOVEMENT TOWARDS A TRUCK ROUTE, A HOLISTIC AGREEMENT FOR DISTRICT ONE, RIGHT. IS THAT IT? YEAH, I THINK THE IDEA IS WE ARE WE'RE TABLING THIS. IT'LL COME BACK. SO YOU'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING UNTIL IT COMES BACK NEXT WEEK WHERE THIS COULD FAIL AGAIN. AND WHAT WE MAY BRING BACK IF WE GET NO TRACTION FROM TORRANCE, WE'LL BRING BACK OUR TRADITIONAL CLOSURE RESOLUTION, WHICH SIMPLY INSTALLS THE BOLLARDS DURING THE HOLIDAY PERIOD, AS WE ALWAYS HAVE. AND WE'LL IMPLEMENT LAST YEAR'S PLAN. SO IT'LL BE ONE OF TWO ITEMS NEXT WEEK, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE HEAR FROM TORRANCE. SO THE RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE ON TORRANCE. IF THEY WANT TO HAVE THIS, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STEP UP QUICKLY. YES. THE SPEED OF GOVERNMENT, WHO KNOWS. AND THE ORDINANCE IS DRAFTED TONIGHT WOULD BE THE ONE YOU WANT BACK. THERE'S NO MINOR CHANGES, OR. WE'LL BE MAKING CHANGES BACK TO BASED ON THE PROGRAM. IF WE COME BACK WITH THE PROPOSED PERMIT PROGRAM TO AWAY, WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE FLEXIBILITY. WE'LL ADJUST THE ORDINANCE AND GO FORWARD BASED ON WHAT WE HEAR. OKAY. AND JUST JUST ONE LAST THING FOR YOUR THINKING IS THE HOLIDAY STARTS NOVEMBER 28TH. WE NEED 30 DAYS AFTER THE SECOND READING. SO THAT BACKS US UP TO THE OCTOBER 21ST MEETING IS KIND OF THE LAST CHANCE THIS YEAR TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING. OR LATE START. OR. YEAH, I'D SAY, OR THE PERMITS END UP STARTING DECEMBER 1ST. FIVE DAYS OR WHATEVER. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE TO THE SUBSTITUTE. I'M NOT GOING TO PRETEND TO. I GUESS IT'S WE'RE CONTINUING IT, TABLING IT FOR NEXT MEETING WITH SOME DISCUSSIONS TO TAKE PLACE. SO CITY MANAGER'S GOING TO WORK ON GETTING TRACTION TO ACHIEVE WHAT THE MAYOR AND OTHERS HAVE EXPRESSED AS FAR AS SOME TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP ON THESE ISSUES, AND YOU'LL EMPLOY AND DEPLOY AND INVOLVE COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER AS NEEDED AND IT IS REQUEST. AND I WILL ATTEMPT TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH MYSELF, ANOTHER ONE OF OUR BOARD, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM TORRANCE. YOU SHOULD SEE THEM, PRESUMABLY AT CAL CITIES THIS WEEK. OKAY, QUIT HEADING TO THIS QUICK. OKAY, BUT ONE OTHER THING. I DON'T WANT TO GUARANTEE THAT IT COMES BACK NEXT WEEK NECESSARILY. IF WE DON'T HAVE LUCK COMMUNICATING AND CONNECTING WITH TORRANCE, WE MAY HAVE THIS BACK ON THE 28TH, SO OR 21ST. OKAY. MOTION MAKERS. FINE. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. OKAY. OKAY. ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY UNANIMOUS, MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, NEXT ITEM. TWO MORE MINUTES, PLEASE. N.2. POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING A CONCESSIONARY AGREEMENT MADE BY MBM HOSPITALITY. DID YOU BRING SNACKS? I KNOW. DIRECTOR HAUSE. WELCOME BACK. WELCOME BACK. YEAH. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. ELIZABETH HAUSE, COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR. WITH ME, I HAVE KELLY ORTA, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES. AS YOU CAN TELL BY MY VOICE, IT'S MY FIRST DAY BACK AT WORK AFTER TRIPS FROM A VERY, VERY COLD. SO IF MY VOICE GIVES OUT, KELLY WILL HOP IN AND FINISH THE PRESENTATION FOR US. TONIGHT WE ARE PRESENTING THE CONCESSIONAIRE AGREEMENT FOR THE VETERANS HISTORIC LIBRARY. IT IS WITH MADE BY MEG, AND THE TEAM IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU TONIGHT. IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS OF WORK IN PUT INTO THIS. [02:50:01] SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PRESENT TO YOU SOME OF THE BACKGROUND. AS YOU KNOW, THE FACILITY, THE HISTORIC LIBRARY IS A LANDMARK BUILDING. IT IS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. FROM 1930 TO 1991, IT DID SERVE AS THE CITY'S MAIN LIBRARY, AND IN 91 THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE, AND THAT REQUIRED THAT WE DO SOME RETROFITTING TO THE BUILDING, AND SO THE MAIN LIBRARY WAS REBUILT NEXT TO CITY HALL, AND THE HISTORIC LIBRARY WAS WORKED ON AND RETROFITTED. AND IN 1995, AN RFP WAS RELEASED TO OBTAIN PROPOSALS FOR CATERING AND MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS OF THE FACILITY. IN 1996, THE CONTRACT FOR MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS WAS AWARDED TO SPECTRUM HOLDING, AND THAT CONTRACT WENT THROUGH 2013. IT WAS RENEWED IN 2013 UNTIL 2020, WHEN IT EXPIRED. IN 2020, IT WAS NOT RENEGOTIATED AND RFP WAS RELEASED BECAUSE WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC AND THAT BUSINESS JUST WASN'T VIABLE AT THE TIME, BUT AS THE PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS WERE LIFTED IN 2022, STAFF CAME TO COUNCIL WITH A DRAFT RFP TO RELEASE. IT DID MIRROR THE FORMER SPECTRUM TERMS AND CONDITIONS, BUT AT THAT TIME, COUNCIL WANTED TO REVISIT EXACTLY HOW WE USED THE SPACE. THEY DID WANT TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, MORE COMMUNITY FACING AND OPEN TO EVERYONE TO USE. AND SO STAFF WAS DIRECTED TO DO SOME EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH. WE DID A SURVEY, WE DID TWO OPEN HOUSES. WE CONNECTED WITH THE COMMISSIONS, AND WE COLLECTED ALL THIS FEEDBACK AND FED IT INTO AN RFP THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL IN THE MIDDLE OF 2022. COUNCIL GAVE US THE GREEN LIGHT TO RELEASE THE RFP, WHICH WE DID LATER THAT YEAR. AND THEN WE PRESENTED THE TWO RESPONDING PROPOSALS TO COUNCIL IN 2023. AT THAT TIME, COUNCIL WANTED THE TWO RESPONSIVE PROPOSERS TO COME BACK ONCE MORE WITH EVEN MORE INFORMATION ON HOW THEY CAN OPEN UP THE FACILITY TO COMMUNITY EVEN MORE. OUT OF THOSE TWO PROPOSALS MADE BY MEG DID PROVIDE THE MOST RESPONSIVE DOCUMENTATION AND COUNCIL GAVE US THE RED LIGHT TO GO, THE GREEN LIGHT TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN. SORRY, GREEN LIGHT. BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS WITH MADE BY MEG. TO TO BRING US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WHICH IS A PROPOSED AGREEMENT. ON THE SCREEN, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A FEW TERMS. KEY TERMS IN OUR AGREEMENT WITH MADE BY MEG, THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT. I WILL GO THROUGH THEM. BUT IF AT ANY POINT YOU WANT ME TO PAUSE AND YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THE FIRST ONE IS THE TERM LENGTH. IT IS 10 YEARS, WITH AN OPTION TO EXTEND TO ADDITIONAL 5-YEAR TERMS. SO ALTOGETHER 20 YEARS. THE SECOND TERM OF THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS PRETTY KEY TO THE COUNCIL WAS THE OPENING OF CAFÉ. IT WILL BE OPEN FOR A MINIMUM OF FOUR HOURS DAILY WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SO THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO THAT PART OF THE FACILITY. IN TERMS OF EXTERIOR USE MADE BY MEG WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE NORTH AND WEST LAWNS, BUT THE CITY WILL HAVE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE NORTH LAWN IF WE HAVE ANY SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE WANT TO HOLD THERE. IN TERMS OF THE CITY USE OF THE INTERIOR OF THE FACILITY, WE CAN RESERVE SPACE IN THE FACILITY OR THE USE OF THE FACILITY UP TO TWO YEARS IN ADVANCE. WE CAN DO IT 14 DAYS IN A ROW IF WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE AN ART EXHIBIT, BUT NO MORE THAN 45 DAYS TOTAL PER YEAR. IN TERMS OF CULTURAL COMMITMENTS, THINGS THAT WE DEFINITELY WANTED OUR NEW AGREEMENT TO HAVE WITHIN IT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC HAD CONSISTENT ACCESS TO THE SPACE. MBM WILL ORGANIZE AND PRESENT AT LEAST FOUR ROTATING ART AND HISTORICAL EXHIBITS ANNUALLY. THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD COMMUNITY FOCUSED EVENTS AND AS PART OF REOPENING THE FACILITY, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WILL BE ORGANIZING A OPENING DAY CELEBRATION FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND WHEN IT COMES TO PARKING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WEREN'T ANY MAJOR IMPACTS. THERE IS VERY LITTLE PARKING THERE. SO WHAT MBM WILL DO FOR THEIR EVENTS IS THAT THEY WILL COORDINATE VALET SHUTTLE SERVICES OR OFF-SITE PARKING AS NEEDED. ALL THREE IF NECESSARY. IN TERMS OF FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, MBM WILL BE INVESTING CLOSE TO $900,000 IN INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ADA IMPROVEMENTS AND A COMPLETE RENOVATION OF THE KITCHEN AND BATHROOMS. TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS INVESTMENT, THEY WILL BE GRANTED UP TO $325,000 IN CREDIT IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THEIR AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, AND I WILL DEMONSTRATE THIS IN A SAMPLE REPORT LATER ON IN THIS PRESENTATION. SO YOU SEE HOW THAT MIGHT BE CAPTURED ON A REGULAR BASIS. IN TERMS OF UPKEEP, MADE BY MEG WILL ALSO BE MAINTAINING THE MAJOR FACILITY SYSTEMS, INCLUDING HVAC, PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL. AND TO RECOGNIZE THIS WORK, THE CITY WILL BE PROVIDING A CREDIT OF $3,500 MONTHLY. AND IN TERMS OF ONGOING INVESTMENT INTO THE FACILITY AND THE BUSINESS, 1% OF ANNUAL NET ANNUAL SALES WILL BE GOING TOWARDS FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE [02:55:09] FACILITY. AND THEN 2.5% OF NET ANNUAL SALES WILL BE GOING TOWARDS MARKETING OF THE FACILITY AND EVENTS THERE. ONE OF THE PRIMARY TERMS, OF COURSE, IS RENT PAID TO THE CITY. THE STRUCTURE IS VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER LEASEHOLDS THAT THE CITY HOLDS. IT IS A MINIMUM RENT, RENT THAT THE CITY IS GUARANTEED TO RECEIVE. AND THEN THERE IS ALSO A PERCENTAGE COLLECTED ACROSS THE FOUR CATEGORIES YOU SEE UP THERE ON THE SCREEN. IF AT ANY POINT DURING A QUARTER MBM DOESN'T PERFORM TOO GREAT, WHICH WE DON'T ANTICIPATE, BUT LET'S SAY THEY HAVE AN UNDERPERFORMING QUARTER, THEY CALCULATE 15% AT THE END OF THE QUARTER. AND IT'S UNDER WHAT WE, REQUESTED THEM IN TERMS OF MINIMUM RENT. THE CITY STILL RECEIVES THE MINIMUM QUARTERLY RENT. SO AS YOU SEE IN THE FIRST YEAR, IT STARTS AT $125,000. IT'S AN ESCALATING FORMAT. SO BY YEAR TEN, WE'RE RECEIVING $320,000 IN MINIMUM RENT. AND WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS JUST WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, GIVING ALL THE TERMS WE JUST WENT OVER. SO YOU SEE THE FOUR CATEGORIES UP THERE. THIS IS ALL JUST NUMBERS STAFF MADE UP. SO IT'S NOT ANYTHING FIRM. BUT LET'S SAY QUARTER ONE IS JANUARY THROUGH MARCH. THOSE ARE THE REVENUES THEY COLLECT FOR THOSE FOUR CATEGORIES THAT WE COLLECT ON. YOU'LL SEE THE 15% COLLECTED ACROSS THOSE FOUR CATEGORIES. ALL THE WAY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU SEE THE TOTAL, WHICH IS $87,750. WHAT THE CITY DOES IS COLLECT MINIMUM RENT AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH QUARTER. SO THAT'S THE $31,250. SO ESSENTIALLY $56,500 IS WHAT'S OWED TO THE CITY AT THE END OF THE QUARTER, AND PERCENTAGE RENT OUT OF THAT, WE OWE THEM THAT $3,500 IN FACILITY MANAGEMENT CREDITS, SO $10,500. AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT'S OWED TO THE CITY AT THE END OF ALL THAT IS $46,000. NOW, IF YOU REMEMBER EARLIER IN THE SLIDES, I SHOWED THE TERMS THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE THEM A $325,000 FACILITY IMPROVEMENT CREDIT. SO IF THIS IS WITHIN YEAR ONE OR YEAR TWO, THAT $46,000 WOULD GO TOWARDS THAT $325,000 CREDIT. AND STAFF, AS LONG AS WELL AS MBM WOULD BE KEEPING TRACK OF THAT TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHEN WE HIT THAT CREDIT LIMIT WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY, GREAT. JUST WANTED TO GO OVER SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS COMING TO THE FACILITY IN TERMS OF WHAT MBM WILL BE DOING FOR THE HISTORIC LIBRARY. THE INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS WILL INCLUDE MINOR THINGS LIKE CARPET REPLACEMENT AND PAINTING, BUT ALSO MAJOR UPGRADES TO THE RESTROOM AND A FULL RENOVATION OF THE KITCHEN. THEY ARE ALSO UNDERTAKING INTERIOR ADA IMPROVEMENTS. IN TERMS OF CITY IMPROVEMENTS, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY INSTALLED A NEW ROOF. WE HAVE SERVICED THE ELEVATORS AND HVAC SYSTEMS. WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF REPLACING ALL THE WINDOWS AT THE FACILITY, BUT WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO USE SOME GRANT FUNDING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL THE REQUIRED ADA IMPROVEMENTS ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AS WELL. SO THIS BUILDING WILL BE A BRAND NEW BUILDING. NEXT TIME THE PUBLIC STEPS INTO IT, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING. WE ARE OPTIMISTIC. WE HOPE AND ARE PLANNING ON HAVING ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED BY JUNE 30TH, 2026. THAT IS ASSUMING NO CONSTRUCTION OR PERMIT DELAYS. ONCE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMPLETED THERE IS A 6-MONTH WINDOW WITHIN WHICH MBM WILL GO AHEAD AND PLAN AND ORGANIZE A BIG OPENING DAY CELEBRATION FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT TO, TO SEE THE NEW FACILITY. SO JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION ON THAT. SO THE PLAN IS TO HAVE IT OPEN BY JUNE 30TH? TO HAVE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED, COMPLETED BY JUNE 30TH, 2020, OPEN WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. OKAY. IS THAT A NEW ACCESSIBILITY RAMP ON THE OUTSIDE? YES IT IS. YEAH. IN TERMS OF FISCAL IMPACT, FUNDING FOR THE CITY'S IMPROVEMENTS WERE CAPTURED IN THE CIP PROGRAM FOR THE WINDOW REPLACEMENT, AND I BELIEVE THE ROOF REPLACEMENT AS WELL. WE ALSO USE SOME HUD FUNDING, WHICH WE DIDN'T NOTE IN HERE TO HELP WITH THAT. AND THEN MEASURE A WILL BE FUNDING THE ADA IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXTERIOR. IN TERMS OF REVENUE, JUST BASED ON MINIMUM RENTS OVER THE INITIAL 10-YEAR TERM, THAT WOULD BE AROUND $2.2 MILLION. THAT'S JUST MINIMUM RENT PLUS WHATEVER PERCENTAGE RENT ABOVE THAT THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO GENERATE FOR US. WE ANTICIPATE AT A VERY CONSERVATIVE RATE OF THEM INCREASING THEIR SALES BY 3% EVERY YEAR, [03:00:04] THAT THAT COULD AMOUNT TO AROUND $2 MILLION ON TOP OF THE 2.2. SO THAT'S OUR INITIAL ESTIMATES FOR THAT. OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE PROPOSED CONCESSIONAIRE AGREEMENT WITH MADE BY MEG FOR THE VETERANS HISTORIC LIBRARY FACILITY, AND THE TEAM IS HERE, IF YOU'D LIKE THEM TO SAY A FEW WORDS, THEY'RE HAPPY TO STEP UP AND SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS. WELL, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HAUSE. FOR ALL THE WORK YOU PUT IN AS WELL AS KELLY. I KNOW THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CHRISTINE SHIN IS HERE. AND OTHERS. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU MADE BY MEG AND TEAM. WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED THAT YOU BELIEVE IN AND ARE INVESTING IN OUR CITY, AND WE'RE EXCITED AT THE PROSPECT OF HAVING AN AMAZING AMENITY OUT HERE ON OUR WATERFRONT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS TO, ON YOUR PROJECT OR ANY OTHER MATTER RELATED TO THIS? YES, I WOULD. ALL RIGHT. ALL THE WAY UP? YES. OKAY. IT GOES HIGHER. IT GOES, IT GOES UP. IT'S JUST SLOW. 6 FEET TALL. YOU GOTTA, YOU KNOW, RAISE THE PODIUM HERE. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS MEG WALKER, AND I'M THE OWNER OF MADE BY MEG CATERING. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE FOR THIS MEANINGFUL MILESTONE. THE SIGNING AND OFFICIAL START OF, HOPEFULLY SIGNING OFFICIAL START OF THE MADE BY MEG AS STEWARD OF THE REDONDO BEACH HISTORIC LIBRARY. THIS BUILDING IS FAR MORE THAN A VENUE. IT'S A CHERISHED PIECE OF THE CITY'S HISTORY, STANDING ALONG OUR COASTLINE SINCE 1930. AS GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES, COUPLES AND NEIGHBORS HAVE GATHERED HERE FOR LIFE'S SPECIAL MOMENTS. WE'RE DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP, TRUST, AND COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING THIS LANDMARK THROUGH RECENT IMPROVEMENTS LIKE NEW WINDOWS, A NEW ROOF, AND MORE. ALLOWING US TO KEEP IT AS PART OF THE LIVING, A LIVING PART OF THE COMMUNITY'S HERITAGE. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US. WE'RE A LOCAL COMPANY HEADQUARTERED IN TORRANCE, WITH A TEAM BUZZING TO BRING OUR ENERGY TO THE LIBRARY. AFTER 3 YEARS OF ANTICIPATION, WE'RE VERY EXCITED. SINCE OPENING OUR DOORS IN 2007, WE'VE STEADILY GROWN AND WE RECENTLY HAVE EARNED A SPOT ON INC. 5000 LIST OF FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES. WE'VE ALSO EARNED A FEW AWARDS THIS YEAR. BEST CATERER FOR CALIFORNIA WEDDING DAY IN LOS ANGELES. DAILY BREEZES FAVORITE CATERER, IN 24 AND 25, AND BEST OF ZOLA'S VENUE IN 2025 FOR LA VENTA INN, WHICH IS A HISTORIC SITE WE CURRENTLY MANAGE IN PALOS VERDES ESTATES. WE ENVISION THE LIBRARY ALIVE WITH WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARIES, MILESTONE CELEBRATIONS, GALAS, COMMEMORATIONS, PARENT SOCIALS AND WHICH WILL BE ENHANCED BY OUR LOCALLY SOURCED SEASONAL CUISINE AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES. AS OPERATORS, WE ARE GOING TO HANDLE ALL THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MAINTENANCE EXPENSES AND UPDATES, AND WE'LL BE DRAWING ON OUR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE THAT WE HAVE GAINED AT LA VENTA INN. TO DEMONSTRATE OUR COMMITMENT. AS ELIZABETH, SO WONDERFULLY ENUMERATED HERE. WE'RE INVESTING IMMEDIATELY IN RENOVATIONS. WE'LL BE DOING KITCHEN UPGRADES, NEW CARPET, NEW PAINT, BATHROOM REMODELS, AND NEW EQUIPMENT. LOOKING AHEAD, WE ARE ESTABLISHING ACCRUAL FUNDS FOR ONGOING IMPROVEMENTS, MARKETING CAMPAIGNS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND FACILITY ENHANCEMENTS. AND WE INVITE YOU TO FOLLOW OUR PROGRESS ON INSTAGRAM. WE ARE AT REDONDO BEACH HISTORIC LIBRARY, ALL LAID OUT AND TO VISIT REDONDOBEACHHISTORICLIBRARY.COM TO LEARN MORE, SUBMIT YOUR INQUIRIES AND JOIN OUR EVENT WAITLIST. ON BEHALF OF OUR TEAM, THANK YOU FOR ENTRUSTING US WITH THIS LEGACY. AND WE'RE THRILLED TO TO WELCOME RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY, HISTORY AND HEART OF REDONDO BEACH THROUGH THE HISTORIC LIBRARY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK WE'VE ASKED THEM OVER THE PAST YEAR. SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH. DID YOU BRING ANY PERSEVERANCE? BRING ANY SAMPLES? NO, I DID NOT. NOT TODAY. I APPRECIATE YOU STICKING WITH THE PROJECT. AND YOU'RE GETTING ONE OF OUR NEATEST ASSETS IN THE CITY WITH THAT HISTORIC LIBRARY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT REOPENING. I USED TO COME HOME AFTER MY AIR FORCE DUTY, AND I LIVED RIGHT ON ESPLANADE THERE, WALKED ACROSS THE STREET AND I'D READ THE DAILY BREEZE EVERY DAY OVER IN THE BIG PICTURE WINDOWS WHEN IT WAS STILL A LIBRARY. AND SO I MISSED WHEN IT WAS GONE AND, AND THEN IT WAS OPEN AS A CATERING PLACE, NOT CATERING EVENT SPACE. AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT. BUT IT'S BEEN CLOSED FOR SO LONG. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT REOPENING AND I TRUST THAT YOU'LL DO A GREAT JOB WITH IT. SO THANK YOU. LOOKING FORWARD TO GREAT THINGS FROM YOU. ME TOO. THANK YOU. THANKS. OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI HAS HIS HAND UP. [03:05:09] I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO. JUST MAKE IT CLEAR, WHAT WAS YOUR MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? YES. MY MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE CONCESSIONAIRE AGREEMENT WITH MBM HOSPITALITY, INC. FOR USE OF THE VETERANS PARK HISTORIC LIBRARY FACILITY. AND NEW SECOND. SECOND. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I'M OVER THE MOON TO SEE THIS. TO USE MR. [INAUDIBLE] PHRASEOLOGY. THANK YOU TO ATTORNEY SHEN. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HAUSE, US FOR WORKING SO HARD AND OBVIOUSLY MADE BY MEG. MADE BY MEG, FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR. SHE CATERED THE CANDIDATES FORUM HOSTED AT THE HISTORIC LIBRARY. AND IT WAS EXCELLENT. THERE WERE EVEN GLUTEN FREE OPTIONS FOR FOLKS, VEGAN OPTIONS, YOU NAME IT. SO I THINK SHE'S A GREAT CONCESSIONAIRE TO, YOU KNOW, TO BE THERE AT THIS HISTORIC VENUE AND IT'S GOING TO BRING GREAT THINGS TO THE AREA AND EXCITED TO SEE IT HAPPEN. THANKS FOR THE INVESTMENT. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. YEAH. I TO YEAH, I WAS HOPING TO MAKE THE MOTION, BUT YOU BEAT ME TO IT. LOOK FORWARD TO TO THIS ENTHUSIASTIC. I REMEMBER VOTING IN THAT LIBRARY WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO REDONDO BEACH. THAT USED TO BE A VOTING LOCATION. SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT OUR PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO SEE, PARTICULARLY IN DISTRICT 1, THAT THEY. I GET ASKED ABOUT THAT PLACE EVERY TIME ANYBODY TALKS TO ME, CONSTITUENTS ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW WHEN'S IT GOING TO OPEN, WHEN'S IT GOING TO OPEN. SO IT'S NICE IF I CAN SAY YES, IT WILL BE OPEN BY WHATEVER INSTEAD OF WELL, WE'RE NEGOTIATING. SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS. OKAY. NO OTHER HANDS UP. SO I WILL CALL THE VOTE. ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. YES. OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. ITEM N.3. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING UPDATING THE CITY FLAG WITH NEW LOGO AND INCORPORATING THE NEW LOGO ON OTHER CITY-MAINTAIN FLAGS AND PENNANTS. OH, JANE RUNNING IN AT THE LAST MINUTE. SHE'S MAGICALLY APPEARS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, JANE CHUNG WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING UPDATING THE CITY FLAG WITH A NEW LOGO AND INCORPORATING THE NEW LOGO ON OTHER CITY-MAINTAINED FLAGS AND PENNANTS. TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING. A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT CITY FLAG AND THE NEW CITY LOGO. A BREAKDOWN OF ESTIMATED COSTS FOR UPDATING THE CITY MAINTAINED FLAGS AND PENNANTS, FOLLOWED BY THREE POTENTIAL DESIGN OPTIONS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION. EXCUSE ME, AND THEN WE'LL CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. SO THE CURRENT CITY FLAG DISPLAYED IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, OR USUALLY IS DISPLAYED IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WAS INTRODUCED IN 1999 THROUGH A CITYWIDE CONTEST INITIATED BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BOB PINZLER. THE WINNING DESIGN WAS CREATED BY REDONDO BEACH UNION HIGH SCHOOL ART STUDENT VANESSA PONCE. IN ADDITION TO THE STANDING FLAG IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, THE CITY ALSO MAINTAINS TEN ADDITIONAL FLAGPOLES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, INCLUDING PARKS OR LIBRARIES, FIRE STATIONS, THE PIER, AND THE CIVIC CENTER. THE CITY ALSO MAINTAINS 22 COLORED PENNANTS ALONG INTERNATIONAL BOARDWALK. BANNERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, ARE PROVIDED BY LOCAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS, AND THE CITY SUPPLIES AND MAINTAINS THE MOUNTING HARDWARE. IN JULY 2024, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED AN OFFICIAL NEW LOGO FOLLOWING A DESIGN COMPETITION, AND THE CITY RECEIVED 199 SUBMISSIONS FROM 76 APPLICANTS AND SELECTED A DESIGN SUBMITTED BY STELLEN DESIGN LLC, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU. EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL ADDED THIS ITEM TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AS WELL AS APPROPRIATED $10,000 AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 BUDGET. BEFORE YOU LEAVE THAT, YOU SAY THERE'S 10 FLAGS, WE DON'T HAVE 10 CITY FLAGS FLYING ANYWHERE RIGHT NOW. NO. 10 FLAG POLES. THESE ARE 10 WHERE WE FLY AMERICAN FLAGS. CORRECT. AND WE FLY A CITY FLAG WOULD BE AMERICAN FLAG. CALIFORNIA FLAG. CITY FLAG, THAT IS. COULD BE AN OPTION. THAT'S THE PROPER PROTOCOL. YES. OKAY, THANKS. STAFF DETAINED QUOTES FROM TWO LOCAL FLAG PRODUCTION VENDORS. THE TABLE BEFORE YOU IS A BREAKDOWN OF ASSOCIATED COSTS FROM THE LOWEST PRICED VENDOR. THE LOWEST BID TOTALED $8,285, WHICH INCLUDES A NEW STANDING POLE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. [03:10:07] AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, DURING THE 2025 2026 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A $10,000 APPROPRIATION TO REPLACE PENNANTS ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BOARDWALK. AT THAT TIME, THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO REPLACE HALF OF THE PENNANTS THIS FISCAL YEAR AND THE REMAINDER NEXT FISCAL YEAR. HOWEVER, WITH THE SECOND QUOTE THAT WE RECEIVED, ALL UPDATES TO CITY FLAGS AND PENNANTS COULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE APPROVED BUDGET BASED ON COMPETITIVE PRICING. THESE ARE THREE DESIGN OPTIONS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION. ALL FLAGS WILL BE DOUBLE SIDED, ENSURING THE NEW LOGOS DISPLAYED AND CLEARLY VISIBLE FROM BOTH SIDES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, AND MAINTAINS A CONSISTENT PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCE ACROSS ALL DISPLAY LOCATIONS. I'LL JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO PAUSE HERE. BAD BACKGROUND FOR THESE FLAGS. YEAH. DOESN'T LOOK SO GREAT ON THE PRESENTATION SIDE. WOULD'VE BEEN NICE IF WE HAD JORDIS HERE TO TELL US WHICH ONE OF THOSE SHE PREFERS TO. I TEXTED HER, OKAY. OH. OKAY, I WILL PROCEED. SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO REQUEST CITY COUNCIL DIRECTION ON THE FOLLOWING ONE. GUIDANCE ON THE NUMBER OF FLAGS AND OR PENNANTS TO REPLACE WITH THE NEW CITY LOGO, AND TWO SELECTION OF ONE OF THE THREE DESIGN OPTIONS OR DIRECTION TO DEVELOP A FOURTH OPTION BASED ON CITY COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK TONIGHT, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. WE'RE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. AND THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. AS FAR AS WHEN YOU SAID ABOUT THE FLAGPOLE, YOU MEAN THESE THESE KIND OF. NOT THE FLAGPOLES OUTSIDE? BOTH. YOU SAID REPLACING $200. OH, FLAG POLES, I APOLOGIZE. TO REPLACE. YES. THE STANDING FLAG. WE HAVE AN EMPTY ONE. AND WE HAVE THE ONE THE THE OLD FLAG WAS ON, SO I DON'T I'M NOT SURE. I MEAN, IT'S ONLY 200 BUCKS, BUT WHY. WE DON'T NEED MORE LANCES TO JOUST WITH THAT. WE CERTAINLY CAN REUSE THE LANCES. YES. SO. AND ONE OTHER OPTION I THINK YOU COULD CONSIDER HERE, TOO, IF IT'S A CHALLENGE TO PICK ONE OF THOSE THREE OPTIONS, WE COULD FABRICATE ALL THREE, HAVE A PHYSICAL VERSION TO LET YOU SEE THEM TOO, BEFORE COMMITTING. NO PUN INTENDED. I'LL TELL YOU, MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE IS THE COLORED VERSION, NOT THE ALL WHITE VERSION, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL. AND I'M AGNOSTIC AS TO THE BACKGROUND. I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC IS IN, BUT WHAT SHE OPINED ON. IS SHE COMING BACK? BUT SHE OPINED ON IS FOR THE PARENTS TO GET A THIRD COLOR SO WE COULD GO WHITE DARK BLUE WITH MAYBE AN INTERMEDIATE BLUE. SO FOR THE PENNANTS, NOT FOR THE REGULAR FLAG. AND LIKE I SAID, I LIKE THE COLOR ONE. I DON'T CARE WHETHER IT'S BLUE OR WHITE. I DO THINK SINCE WE HAVE A WHITE STATE FLAG, HAVING A BLUE FLAG UNDERNEATH, IT MIGHT PROVIDE SOME CONTRAST. AND BLUE WOULD LOOK CLEANER LONGER THAN A WHITE FLAG. SO THAT'S MY TWO CENTS. AND YOU COULD HAVE PENNANTS WITH THE WHITE BACKGROUND. I MEAN YOU COULD CONCEIVABLY, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE CALIFORNIA FLAG DOWN AT THE BOARDWALK, SO YOU COULD DO THAT SEPARATELY. I THINK SHE WANTED TO MIX THE THREE. I'LL LET HER REPRESENT IT. I'M SURE SHE'LL RAISE HER HAND. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS. I ASKED GROK WHAT IS, WHAT CONSTITUTES A GOOD CITY FLAG? AND THE RESPONSE WAS. GROK IS AI. IT'S LIKE OPEN. IT'S LIKE OPEN AI, CHATGPT EXCEPT A COMPETITOR. BUT I HAVE A SUBSCRIPTION, SO IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AS SMART AS ALL THE PHD'S IN THE COUNTRY. BUT ANY EVENT. SO IT SAID THAT A GOOD FLAG IS, A GOOD CITY FLAG IS SIMPLE CHILD DRAWABLE DESIGN MEANINGFUL SYMBOLISM, 2 TO 3 BASIC COLORS, NO LETTERING OR SEALS, DISTINCTIVE. ALL RIGHT. AND I SAID GIVE ME EXAMPLES. AND SO IT GAVE ME, IF WE COULD LIGHT UP 2.B. PLEASE. OKAY. IT SHOWED ME EXAMPLES. THESE AREN'T CITIES THAT ARE EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OURS. BUT JUST TO SHOW YOU SOME OTHER CITY FLAGS. HERE'S CHICAGO, WASHINGTON, D.C., TULSA, OKLAHOMA, SALT LAKE CITY AND MADISON, WISCONSIN. ALL RIGHT. AND HERE'S OUR GATOR IN THE WATER FLAG. AND THEN, SO I, THEN I PUT THIS OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND I SAID, HEY WHICH OF THESE THREE DO YOU LIKE? BECAUSE I DO AGREE. WE GOT TO GO WITH OUR LOGO. SOME FEEDBACK I GOT WAS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE LETTERING. THAT THE LETTERING IS TOO SMALL AND THE CIRCLE IS TOO SMALL ON THE FLAG. SO MAYBE BLOW THE CIRCLE UP. SO I BLEW IT UP TO THE MAXIMUM. THAT'S WHAT IT COMES OUT AS. MAYBE A LITTLE SMALLER. [03:15:03] THAT'S WHAT IT COMES OUT AS. AND THEN I THOUGHT, WELL, WHAT IF YOU REMOVE THE LETTERING LIKE IT SAID SAID, AND YOU END UP WITH THAT? I ASKED JORDIS SMALL. I SAID, HEY, JORDIS, WHICH OF THESE DO YOU LIKE? I THINK HER ACTUALLY PULL IT UP. JUST REPRESENTING THE ACCURATE THING. I THINK SHE LIKES THE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOARDWALK. THE ONE WITH THE LETTERING, BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY TELLS YOU WHERE YOU ARE, RIGHT? FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT BE SO FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT HER OPINION WAS FOR 2 OR 3, AS IN THE BLUE BACKGROUND. IF COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC IF YOU WANT LIKE A THIRD COLOR BACKGROUND, I'M OPEN TO THAT. ALSO. ABOUT THE PENDANT FLAGS? WHAT ARE THOSE FLAGS BANNERS. YEAH. THE BANNERS? SURE. I'M OPEN TO THAT. LIKE MAYBE A YELLOWISH. THIS YELLOW COLOR, LIKE A BACKGROUND, A LIGHTER BLUE. SO THAT IT'S BLUES. IT'S CONSISTENT, BUT IT'S NOT JUST A BLOCK OF THE SAME FLAG. SO IT'S LIKE DARK BLUE, A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER BLUE. OKAY, BUT DON'T WE HAVE A COLOR PALETTE? IS DO WE HAVE A SAYING. DO WE HAVE A WE HAVE A LIGHTER BLUE COLOR COLOR PALETTE. YEAH. IF YOU LOOK IN THE THE LOGO ITSELF THERE IS THAT BOTTOM BLUE RIGHT THERE. GOT IT. YEAH. YEP. OKAY. AND THEN A COMMENT I GOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA FROM A PERSON WHO WORKED FOR A FLAG COMPANY WAS YOUR WHITE BACKGROUND WILL GET DIRTY AND YOUR BLUE BACKGROUND WILL FADE. I SAID, WELL, GOOD. WE BUDGETED FOR THAT. LIKE, THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERY OTHER WHAT NOT RIGHT. BUT WE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE ORDER WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO DO. WE'RE GOING TO ORDER IN BULK SO WE CAN REPLACE THESE AND WE GET ECONOMIES OF SCALE. I'M, I DEFINITELY LIKE THE BLUE BACKGROUND MORE THAN THE WHITE ONE. AND I'M OPEN TO EITHER, AND I DO, I WOULD LIKE THE CIRCLE TO BECOME BIGGER. NOT AS SMALL AS IT IS, YOU KNOW, RELATIVE SPEAKING. AND I'M OPEN TO EITHER OF THESE, REDONDO BEACH OR SO THAT YOU CAN READ IT OR ELSE JUST THE CIRCLE. THAT'S IT. THANKS. SO I WOULDN'T ALWAYS RELY ON AI. THIS IS AI CAME UP WITH THIS, AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE OLD TONY'S. AND IT'S THE MANHATTAN BEACH PIER. THAT'S WHAT CHATGPT CAME UP WITH FOR OUR AWARDS FOR THE GEORGE FREE, WHERE WE WANTED TONY'S OUTLINE, BUT I DIDN'T. I WASN'T BROUGHT INTO THE CIRCLE. THERE WERE COMMENTS ABOUT IT. IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. YEAH. SO ANYWAY. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. I WOULD DEFER GREATLY TO JORDIS BECAUSE SHE DESIGNED THIS, AND SHE UNDERSTANDS COLORS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. DO YOU KNOW, IF YOU DID YOU SHOW HER ANY OF THE VERSIONS WITHOUT THE LETTERING TO SEE? ESPECIALLY ON CITY HALL, BUT DOWN BY THE BOARDWALK. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE THE CITY NAME ON THERE TOO, SINCE THAT IS A BIG TOURIST DESTINATION. NOT EXACTLY A RINGING ENDORSEMENT, I THINK I UNDERSTAND, BUT SHE CAN STAND IT. I CAN STAND. YEAH, IT'S NOT A RINGING ENDORSEMENT. I'M GOING TO START SAYING THAT. BECAUSE. END OF THIS MOTION. NUMBER 3 OR NUMBER TWO. BUT I THINK NUMBER THREE IS LIKE. MY THOUGHTS. I LIKE NUMBER THREE THE BEST. THE COLORS EXCEPT FOR THE LOGO'S A LITTLE SMALL. YEAH. THAT WAS THAT WAS AGAIN MY THOUGHT. BUT I'M SURE THERE'S LOTS OF GRAPHIC DESIGNERS OUT THERE THAT WILL TELL YOU HOW MUCH WHITE SPACE YOU NEED TO HAVE, HOW MUCH WHATEVER. SO I WOULD ALMOST LIKE TO SAY MORE GIVE DIRECTION TO SAY IF WE WANT TO CHOOSE OUR BACKGROUND, MY CHOICE WOULD BE THE DARK BLUE BACKGROUND. BUT THEN LET SOMEBODY WHO IS A MORE PROFESSIONAL THAN US HERE DECIDE HOW BIG WE CAN MAKE IT. THAT IS STILL AS BIG AS IT CAN BE, BUT NOT VIOLATE TOO MANY THINGS. I'D BE OKAY WITHOUT THE WORDS FOR THE ONE, FOR THE FLAG, FLAGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AT CITY HALL. BUT IF WE WANT TO HAVE PENNANTS, THOSE COULD BE DIFFERENT. WE COULD DO PENNANTS, MULTICOLORED PENNANTS WITH REDONDO BEACH. I'D BE PERFECTLY FINE WITH THAT. THE CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC. YEAH. IT DOES. IT'S NOT SIMPLE. DO YOU WANT ME TO BRING IN THE CITY FLAG? JUST. YOU KNOW, HAVE A FIREPLACE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? I'M GOOD. IS YOUR HAND STILL UP OR DID YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. I'M IN FAVOR OF NUMBER THREE, BUT FOR THE BANNERS THAT WOULD HANG DOWN AT THE INTERNATIONAL BOARDWALK. IF WE WANT TO ALTERNATE COLORS, I WOULD TAKE THE ONE OF THE BLUES AS A BACKGROUND. AND THEN THE YELLOW GOLD, WHATEVER COLOR YOU WANT TO CALL THAT. AND HAVE THOSE BE THE ALTERNATING COLORS SINCE THEY'RE PART OF THE DESIGN. I THINK HAVING THE VARIOUS BLUES, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE, YOU KNOW, MAKE SOME LOOK FADED AND PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE SURE. SO I THINK JUST TO KEEP IT SIMPLE, JUST GO BLUE AND GOLD ON THE BANNERS. [03:20:03] AS FAR AS THE WORDS, I MEAN, I'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC. I'VE SEEN OTHER STATES AND CITIES WITH, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISHED DATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I WOULD WANT TO CHECK WITH THE DESIGNER, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THE CIRCLE SIZE, WHETHER WE HAVE REDONDO BEACH AND THE WORDS AROUND IT OR JUST THE ACTUAL INTERIOR PART OF THE LOGO, THE CIRCLE HAS TO BE A CERTAIN PROPORTION TO THE SIZE OF THE FLAG. TO IT WOULD JUST LOOK NORMAL TO US, BUT I THINK THE LOGO DESIGNERS WOULD UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, HOW LARGE WE CAN MAKE IT AND WHAT WOULD BE VISUALLY MOST APPEALING. SO IF WE COULD GET HER INPUT FROM HER ON THAT. BUT THE BLUE BACKGROUND I THINK WORKS. I LIKE THE WHITE, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A WHITE FLAG AS OUR YOU KNOW, CITY FLAG. SO PIECE, PIECE. EXACTLY. WE'D NEVER GET ANYWHERE ON THE TRUCK ROUTES. SO MY PREFERENCE IS NUMBER THREE, WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS. AND THEN BLUE AND GOLD FOR THE PENNANTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOARDWALK. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. IT SEEMS TO INCLUDE REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA AS KEY. I MEAN, OKAY, I'M SEEING HEAD SHAKING. YES. IT'S WHY WE DID THIS TO BRAND. IF WE'RE EVER SO FORTUNATE TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE CALIFORNIA IS WHERE THEY COULD SELL HATS WITH THE LITTLE BEAR ON IT, AND THAT'S IT. THE DAY WE GET THERE. GREAT. UNTIL THEN, HAVING THE NAME SEEMS TO BE CRITICAL. I AGREE WITH THAT. I WITHDRAW MY SUGGESTION TO. OKAY. IT STARTS TO LOOK LIKE A LITTLE FLAME WITHOUT. OKAY. CAN WE FORMULATE A MOTION? MOTION TO GO WITH NUMBER THREE. NUMBER THREE. NUMBER THREE. EXPLORER. CIRCLE AS BIG AS POSSIBLE. NO, NO, NOT AS BIG AS POSSIBLE. EXPLORE A SLIGHTLY LARGER CIRCLE THAT ALLOWS THE LETTERING TO BE MORE VISIBLE, AND ALTERNATIVE BACKGROUNDS FOR THE PENNANTS. RIGHT, YES. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE? BOTH IN THE YELLOW AND THE BLUE FAMILY. YEAH. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH US? MAYBE PUSHING THAT ALTERNATING COLOR SCHEME BACK TO JORDIS ON THE PENANCE AND JUST KIND OF GETTING HER PROFESSIONAL. I THINK WE COULD HAVE HER. AND THE SIZING. YEAH. AND THE SIZING QUESTION. I THINK WE DO NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT SIZING. I THINK THERE IS SOME THOUGHT TO THAT DIMENSIONALITY. YEAH. BUT YEAH, IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT FLEXIBILITY, I THINK WE CAN. AS LONG AS IT'S NO CHARGE. SHE'S ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT FOR US. JORDIS HAS GIVEN MORE, MORE VOLUNTEER HOURS. YEAH. YEAH. SHE'S PROBABLY WORKING FROM 10 BUCKS AN HOUR. I LIKE THE YELLOW SUGGESTION, BUT PICTURE THAT WITH A YELLOW BACKGROUND. IT MIGHT GET LOST, BUT LET'S JUST SEE WHAT SHE SAYS. SHE'S EXCITING. WHY DO WE NEED TO BRING IT BACK? NO, NO, WE'LL JUST PURCHASE. I MEAN, AND I PRESUME YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH US BUYING ALL TENANTS, ALL 22 TENANTS. AND ALL FLAGS. AND DO YOU WANT. I GUESS THAT'S THE OTHER POINT OF DIRECTION. DO YOU WANT US TO GET 10 FLAGS FOR ALL OF OUR CITY FLAGPOLES? EVEN IF WE DON'T PUT THEM ALL UP ON THE FLAGPOLES, WE'LL AT LEAST HAVE SOMETHING TO PUT UP AS THEY WEAR OUT. RIGHT. SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO GET THROWN AWAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. BECAUSE FLYING THEM AT EACH OF THE SITES WOULD BE NEW FOR US. WE'VE NOT FLOWN THE CITY FLAG ANYWHERE OTHER THAN IN COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI OFFICE. DID WE COUNT THE ONE IN THE LIBRARY? INSIDE THE LIBRARY? THAT'S BEEN STUFFED. I'M KIDDING NOW. WE CAN WORK PLACEMENT LATER. 26 YEARS, IF WE BUY TEN FLAGS, THAT'LL PROBABLY BE 26 YEARS WORTH OF FLAGS FOR US. OKAY. AND THINK ABOUT THAT. THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO DESIGNED THIS IS IN THEIR 40S. CORRECT? WHERE ARE THEY? ALL RIGHT. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. THAT WORKS FOR US. IF THAT'S THE MOTION, DO WE GET A SECOND? I DIDN'T HEAR ONE. I DID SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL FOR? AYE. OKAY. ANYONE OPPOSED? WE NEED THE PUBLIC. HAVE SOMEBODY ON. OH. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. YES. I SAW NO AUDIENCE. SO MY BAD, MY BAD. KYLE JOHNSON. WE'LL REDO THE VOTE, SO. YEAH. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. KYLE JOHNSON, MEMBER OF DISTRICT 1. MY ONLY COMMENT IS THAT I THINK THE FLAG DESIGN LOOKS BETTER WITHOUT TEXT. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. THANKS FOR CATCHING ME ON THAT. I JUST SAW NO AUDIENCE, SO I ASSUMED. WHICH IS BAD. LET'S SEE. N.4. SO I'M. YOU KNOW, WE HAD COMMITTED TO SHORTER MEETINGS, AND IT IS ALMOST 9:30. I ASSUME YOU ALL WANT TO PRESS, WE ONLY HAVE ONE SUBSTANTIVE ITEM LEFT. HOPEFULLY THAT GOES QUICKLY. I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT. SO YOU'RE ALL GOOD WITH CONTINUING? YES. THANK YOU FOR ASKING. OKAY, SO LET'S GO TO N.4. DISCUSSION REGARDING AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S ENHANCED HOMELESS RESPONSE TO HOMELESS PROGRAM. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND MAYOR, JOY FORD, CITY ATTORNEY. I, AS A FOLLOW UP TO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS EARLIER, IT IS ALSO MY HONOR TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU. [03:25:06] I DO SAY EVERY DAY I AM BLESSED TO HAVE THIS COUNCIL TO WORK WITH IN MY CAREER AS CITY ATTORNEY. TONIGHT WE ARE HERE TO GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL UPDATE OF OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE. AND WITH THE GOAL OF GIVING THE NEW MEMBERS AND SOME RESIDENTS WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE, SOME BACKGROUND IN HISTORY OF OUR EFFORTS IN HOMELESSNESS, AND TO SHOW YOU HOW FAR WE'VE COME. I, STEPHANIE JOHNSON, IS OUR NEW QUALITY OF LIFE PROSECUTOR. SHE HAS BEEN DOING AN AMAZING JOB. TONIGHT YOU PASSED THREE ITEMS. AMAZING JOB. AN AMAZING JOB. AS QUALITY OF LIFE PROSECUTOR. ME TOO. DID YOU GET THAT SAME EMAIL? DIFFERENT TOPIC? YEAH. SAME EFFORT AND RESULT. SO GOOD. YES. I THINK SHE'S A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE PROSECUTOR THAN I WAS. SHE, YOU KNOW, SHE HAD THE THREE ITEMS ON CONSENT THAT WAS PASSED TONIGHT. ONE OF WHICH WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD NOT BE GETTING ADDITIONAL MEASURE A FUNDS FOR OUR HOMELESS COURT, AND SHE WAS STILL ABLE TO OBTAIN THAT. AND SHE IS DEVELOPING OUR ACR PROGRAM, SO SHE IS DOING AMAZING. AND I AM HONORED TO BE INTRODUCING HER TONIGHT. THANK YOU. WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, COLLEAGUES. NOT SO MUCH COMMUNITY IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT THE COMMUNITY ONLINE IF YOU'RE LISTENING, IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT. AS JOY INDICATED, MY NAME IS STEPHANIE JOHNSON. I'M A SENIOR DEPUTY CITY PROSECUTOR WITH THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH. IN THIS ROLE, I OVERSEE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES WITHIN THE CITY, INCLUDING HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING PROJECT INITIATIVES. TONIGHT I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE IN THAT REGARD, SPECIFICALLY ON THE CITY'S ENHANCED RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS. WE ARE MORE THAN A DECADE INTO THESE EFFORTS. WHAT STARTED AS A SMALL WORKING GROUP IN 2014 HAS GROWN INTO A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT ACROSS MANY CITY DEPARTMENTS, ENTITIES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS. BY 2016, THE SOUTH BAY CITIES COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS HAD IDENTIFIED PATH, WHICH IS PEOPLE ASSISTING THE HOMELESS TO HELP CITIES IN SERVICE PLANNING AREA A, WHICH THE CITY OF REDONDO BELONGS TO. ADDRESS THE CONCERNS SURROUNDING HOMELESSNESS. REDONDO BEACH PD RECOGNIZED THEIR NEED TO PARTNER WITH DMH TO GET A CLINICIAN TO RESPOND TO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CRISES AND HELP TRAIN THEIR OFFICERS TO RESPOND TO THESE TYPES OF CALLS AS WELL. THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THEN ESTABLISHED THE ONE AND ONLY QUALITY OF LIFE PROSECUTOR POSITION TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY ON THE ISSUES OF HOMELESSNESS, HOUSING AND CRIME. IN 2017, AS THE CITY'S NEEDS EXPANDED, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKED WITH HARBOR INTERFAITH TO PROVIDE THE CITY WITH A DEDICATED INDIVIDUAL TO HELP WITH HOMELESS OUTREACH AND CASE MANAGEMENT. AND IN 2018, THE ENTIRE BEACH CITY COMMUNITY RECOGNIZED ITS NEED FOR A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO HANDLE HOUSING NAVIGATION. IN 2019, COUNCIL APPROVED A FIVE YEAR HOMELESS PLAN IN CONJUNCTION WITH RECEIVING MEASURE H FUNDING THROUGH THE COG AND THE COUNTY, AND IN JUNE OF THAT YEAR, THE CITY EXECUTED. ITS OWN VISION OF RESPONDING TO HOMELESSNESS AND THE ENHANCED RESPONSE TO HOMELESS PILOT PROJECT WAS BORN. THE CITY TOOK STEPS IN PHASES TO EXECUTE THE PLAN, STARTING WITH THE HOMELESS COURT IN 2019. IT MOVED OUTDOORS WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT IN 2020, AND THE IDEA BEHIND HOMELESS COURT WAS TO IMPLEMENT A ONE-OF-A-KIND, PROSECUTION LED DIVERSIONARY PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD COMMITTED LOW LEVEL MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES WHILE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR HOUSING INSECURITIES WITHIN OUR CITY. THE INCENTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM REMAINS THAT IF A PERSON WHO ACHIEVES PERMANENT HOUSING WHILE THEY ARE PARTICIPATING IN HOUSING COURT, THAN THEIR CRIMINAL CASE WILL GET DISMISSED. THIS PROGRAM MEETS PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE, AND THIS CITY COLLABORATES WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, THE JUDICIARY, [03:30:03] AS WELL AS MULTIPLE INNER-CITY DEPARTMENTS TO BRING RESOURCES, SERVICES AND CASE MANAGERS TO THESE INDIVIDUALS AND HELP THEM GET BACK ON THEIR FEET AND ROOFS OVER THEIR HEADS. IN 2020, THE CITY STARTED ITS PALLET SHELTER PROJECT. CURRENTLY, ALL 20 UNITS ARE OCCUPIED WITH AN EXPANSION ON THE HORIZON. IN 2021, IT PARTNERED WITH SWAMI INTERNATIONAL TO OBTAIN BRIDGE HOUSING UNITS IN WILMINGTON AND FURTHER EXPANDED OUTREACH SERVICES BY CONTRACTING WITH CITYNET TO HELP WITH CASE MANAGEMENT AND CENSUS DATA. IN 2022, REDONDO BEACH ADDED ADDITIONAL UNITS AT THE PALLET SHELTER, HIRED OUR OWN HOUSING NAVIGATOR AND WAS RECOGNIZED FOR THESE EFFORTS BY RECEIVING THE HELEN PUTNAM AWARD. GROWTH AND EXPANSION CONTINUED IN 2023 AND 2024, WITH 13 ADDITIONAL UNITS TO BRIDGE HOUSING, AS WELL AS THE MOONSTONE PROJECT AND THE SUCCESS OF HOMELESS COURT, AND THESE HOUSING PROJECTS CULMINATED IN THE CITY ACHIEVING FUNCTIONAL ZERO LAST YEAR. AS WE ARE NEARING THE END OF 2025, OUR HOUSING NAVIGATION TEAM IS SET TO EXPAND IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. NEW BEACH CITIES TEAMS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED FOR HOUSING NAVIGATION PURPOSES, AND THE CITY IS ABOUT TO ROLL OUT THE ALTERNATIVE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM. THROUGHOUT ALL OF THESE EFFORTS, EXPANSIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS, THE CITY'S MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE A CONTINUUM LEVEL OF CARE TO THOSE THAT WE SERVE. THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS A VISUAL OF THE PHASES I'VE JUST DESCRIBED. AND IT STARTS REALLY WITH A CALL COMING IN THROUGH DISPATCH A RESPONSE TEAM GOES OUT. THIS COULD BE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. THE ACR TEAM. IT COULD BE A RESPONSE BY DMH POLICE FIRE, HOUSING, NAVIGATION OR SOME COMBINATION THEREOF. THE INDIVIDUAL IS ASSESSED. A CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN IS STARTED. THIS PLAN COULD INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, REFERRALS AND OR HOUSING NAVIGATION EFFORTS. BUT THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THESE RESPONSES IS TO GET THE PERSON SET UP WITH THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED. ALL OF THESE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF SO MANY PEOPLE AND FUNDING SOURCES. THE CITY THIS FISCAL YEAR HAS RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY $2.9 MILLION IN FUNDING AND RESOURCES TO HELP CONTINUE ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS WITHIN OUR CITY AND BEYOND. THE HEALTH NET GRANT WILL FUND THE ACR TEAM, WHICH IS GOING TO BE SERVICED BY CLEAR AND HERO, AS WELL AS THE PALLET SHELTER EXTENSION. ASSEMBLY MEMBER AL MURATSUCHI OBTAINED FUNDING FOR THE CITY TO HELP SUPPORT HOMELESS COURT. SUPERVISOR HOLLY MITCHELL OBTAINED FUNDING FOR THE PALLET SHELTER EXPANSION. THE COG WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE CITY TO ALLOCATE MEASURE H AND MEASURE A FUNDING FROM LA COUNTY, AND THESE FUNDS ARE USED TO SUPPORT HOMELESS COURT AND BRIDGE HOUSING. PLHA, WHICH IS PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION PROGRAM COVERS, IT HELPS COVER OUR PALLET SHELTER OPERATIONS AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY FUNDS SUPPORT OUR SERVICES WITH HARBOR INTERFAITH, HOMELESS OUTREACH AND NAVIGATION EFFORTS. IT IS WITH THE SUPPORT OF THESE FUNDING SOURCES THAT HELPS MAKE THIS HOMELESS PROJECT PILOT SUCCESSFUL. TO THAT END, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT SUCCESS OF HOMELESS EFFORTS IS TRACKED IS THROUGH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY ANNUAL POINT IN TIME COUNT. THIS IS A CENSUS OF SORTS WHEREBY ON A SPECIFIC DATE AND TIME, VOLUNTEERS FROM THE COMMUNITY PARTNER WITH THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS TO WALK THE CITY STREETS AND DETERMINE HOW MANY PEOPLE, HOMELESS PEOPLE, AND INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS FAMILIES ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. REDONDO HAS PARTICIPATED IN THIS HOMELESS COUNT SINCE 2013, WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF 2014 AND 2021 AND UP UNTIL 2024, THE TOTAL PERSONS IN UNINHABITABLE DWELLINGS WERE BASED ON AN EXTRAPOLATION SAMPLING APPROACH FOR EACH CAR, CAMPER, RV, TENT OR MAKESHIFT SHELTER. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A VOLUNTEER DEEMED A CAMPER TO REPRESENT AN UNINHABITABLE DWELLING, IT COULD [03:35:10] BE ASSIGNED UP TO 3.1 PERSONS, EVEN IF NO ONE WAS ACTUALLY LIVING IN THAT PARTICULAR CAMPER. AND WHILE THIS EXTRAPOLATION APPROACH REFLECTED GENERALLY THE COUNTY, LA COUNTY AS A WHOLE, IT DIDN'T REFLECT THE POPULATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL CITIES. SO IN 2024, THE LOS ANGELES HOMELESS SERVICES AUTHORITY, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS LAHSA, RELEASED RAW DATA, AND THESE NUMBERS ARE REFLECTED ON THE CHART BEFORE US. SO IN 2017, AT THE AT THE PEAK, THE HOMELESS POPULATION HAD A POINT IN TIME COUNT OF TWO 60 ONE. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN THEY BEGAN TO CHANGE THE FROM THE EXTRAPOLATION POINT IN TIME TO JUST AN ACTUAL NUMBER, IT SUBSTANTIALLY DECREASED IN 2024 TO 92, AND IN 2025 TO 64. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY A 75% DECLINE. AND IN THESE TWO CHARTS, YOU CAN SEE FROM 2024 TO 2025 BASED ON THIS NEW RAW DATA, THE DOWNWARD TREND CONTINUES FOR OUR CITY, AND THE VISUAL TALLY OF UNSHELTERED PERSONS AND DWELLINGS CONTINUES TO DECLINE IN NEARLY EVERY CATEGORY, AND OUR PALLET SHELTER REMAINS AT CAPACITY OF 20, BEING SERVED AND SHELTERED. SO, AS I SAID BEFORE, THE SUCCESS OF THIS HOMELESS PILOT PROJECT IS A COLLABORATION OF THE CITY'S FEARLESS LEADERS, AN OUTPOURING OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT, AND A VERY GENEROUS GROUP OF FUNDING SOURCES. AND WITH THAT, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE THIS REPORT. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION DURING THIS PRESENTATION, AND OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL DONE AND GOOD REPORT, BUT ALSO GOOD RESULTS. CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE PLEASE. YES. SO I STILL THINK OUR NUMBERS SIGNIFICANTLY SKEWED. IF YOU LOOK AT IT I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE 17, YOU KNOW TOTAL PEOPLE THAT WE'VE SEEN. BUT FOR EXAMPLE MY VAN IS PARKED ON THE STREET IS AN RV. YOU KNOW, IT'S A IT'S A CONVERTED SPRINTER. IT'S LEGAL SIZE FOR OUR STREET. AND THEY PROBABLY COUNTED IT. AND THERE'S NOBODY LIVING IN THERE. AND ALSO I KNOW AND I HAVE A VAN ON THE STREET TO MY VOLKSWAGEN VAN. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY COUNT THAT OR NOT. I'D HOPE THEY WOULDN'T. BUT YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THIS NUMBER IS KIND OF HIGH. AND THE OTHER EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE, ESPECIALLY DURING GOOD WEATHER, IS WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE ILLEGALLY CAR CAMPING AS VACATIONERS, RIGHT? THEY'RE DRIVING BY. THERE'S NO CAMPSITES NEARBY. SO THEY PICK A CITY STREET NEAR THE BEACH. AND AND WE GET THAT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ALL THE TIME. YOU CAN TELL THEM, YOU KNOW, WINDOWS ARE PULLED. THEY STAY A FEW DAYS AND THEN THEY TAKE OFF. AND THOSE AREN'T HOMELESS PEOPLE. THOSE ARE PEOPLE VACATIONING AND DRIVING THROUGH OUR CITY ON TO ANOTHER DESTINATION. SO YOU KNOW, I TRUST THE 17, A 27. I DISCOUNT AND I, I MEAN, FRANKLY, THE WHOLE REASON WE HAVE A PALLET SHELTERS IS TO HOUSE THE UNHOUSED. SO TO COUNT THEM AND I MEAN, MY REAL NUMBER IS 17 PEOPLE THAT PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING ON THE STREET. AND THAT'S THAT'S JUST PHENOMENAL. ESPECIALLY AFTER FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM LEILA, WE GET A BIG INRUSH DURING THE SUMMER BECAUSE PEOPLE FROM INLAND WANT TO ESCAPE THE HEAT. SO THEY HOP ON THE BUS AND STAY OUT HERE. AND THEN AS IT GETS COOLER HERE, THEY GO BACK. SO JUST PHENOMENAL RESULTS. AND AS I SAID, YOU HEARD THE GOVERNOR'S REPRESENTATIVE TONIGHT TOUTING OUR HOMELESS PROGRAM. AND I'LL TELL YOU, HOLLY MITCHELL CALLED US OUT AT THE AT THE MAYOR'S GATHERING AT MAYOR BASS'S HOUSE. SO, YOU KNOW, JUST A PHENOMENAL PROGRAM. JOY, YOU UNDERPLAY YOUR ROLE. I DON'T YOU KNOW, YOU STARTED THIS THING. YOU GOT THE MOMENTUM GOING. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HOPE FOR BETTER AND BETTER PERFORMANCE AS WE GO ON. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DO WHEN WE GET TO ZERO, BUT I SUPPOSE THERE WILL ALWAYS BE NEW PEOPLE COMING IN. BUT I'M HOPING WE GET MORE ON THE PROACTIVE SIDE AND LESS ON THE REACTIVE. WHEN, WHEN ARE WE PUTTING IN THE REST OF THE PALETTE, THE ADDITIONAL PALLET SHELTERS? THE TIMELINE IS BY MARCH. BY MARCH? YES. SO THE BID ADVERTISING IS GOING TO BEGIN, I THINK, [03:40:02] NEXT WEEK. BID OPENING DATES IN EARLY TO MID NOVEMBER. IT USUALLY TAKES US ABOUT A 45 DAY PERIOD TO AWARD THE CONTRACT. ACTUALLY, EXISTING CONTRACT SHELTERS, RIGHT? YEAH. WE OWN WE HAVE THE PALACE. THIS IS JUST CITING. THIS IS SITE WORK, PLUMBING, UTILITIES DROPPING IN THE ELECTRICAL. WE'RE EXPANDING THE FENCE LINE, OR IS IT A NEW. SAME JUST IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT JUST TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THEY'RE AT TODAY. IT'LL BE A, I THINK, A CO-MINGLED SITE. SO THERE'LL BE SOME KIND OF GRADING TO WORK THE TWO TOGETHER MORE HARMONIOUSLY. AND AS JOYCE SAID, WE SHOULD BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN JANUARY AND COMPLETED IN MARCH. AND INCLUDE NEW RESTROOM AND SHOWER. EXPANDED FACILITIES, YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WELL DONE. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I SLIGHTLY DISAGREE WITH THE MAYOR INSOFAR AS I THINK THOSE NUMBERS ARE ACCURATE. I WAS AT THE PIER. WHAT'S IT CALLED? THE PIER PLAZA THIS MORNING AT 8:30. AND I DEFINITELY SAW SOME AT LEAST ONE FULL PERSON SLEEPING IN THEIR CAR. I CAN'T IMAGINE THEY'RE THERE ON VACATION ALONE. I DON'T THINK THE CARS ARE. BUT THE VAN, THE RVS, IT'S HARD TO TELL. OKAY BUT Y'ALL HAVE DONE GREAT WORK. AMAZING WORK. JOY. CITY ATTORNEY FORD, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU WERE DOING THIS BEFORE YOU BECAME CITY ATTORNEY AND HELPED US GET OR GOT US TO ZERO FUNCTIONAL HOMELESSNESS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. WHAT I WONDER ABOUT, BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD AT THE COG THAT MEASURE A FUNDING NOW THAT THE TAX HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED BY THE COUNTY OR ADOPTED BY THE RESIDENTS IS FUNDING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, NOT TEMPORARY HOUSING SOLUTIONS LIKE OUR PALLET SHELTERS. IS THAT UNDERSTANDING CORRECT? NO. THE THERE'S STILL LOCAL SOLUTION FUNDS. AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC CAN SPEAK TO THIS, BUT WE'RE STILL GETTING FUNDING FOR OUR BRIDGE HOUSING. WE DO NOT, WE HAVE NOT ASKED THE COG FOR HOUSING, FOR FUNDING FOR THE PALLET SHELTER. WE HAVE THE PLHA AND THE COUNTY FUNDS FOR THAT. I'M NOT SAYING WE WON'T IN THE FUTURE, BUT THE LOCAL SOLUTIONS FUNDS ALLOWS THE COG TO WITH THE CONSENT OF ALL THE CITIES TO DETERMINE HOW TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS. THERE'S TWO SIDES TO MEASURE. A THERE'S THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS LA CASA. THAT IS REALLY THE BULK OF IT. I THINK THERE'S 11 MILLION COMING TO THE SOUTH BAY COG FOR THAT. AND THEN FOR THE LOCAL SOLUTIONS FUND, WHICH IS FUNDING MORE SERVICES, INTERIM HOUSING. HOMELESS COURT, WE'VE GOT, I THINK, 3.5 MILLION FOR THE ENTIRE REGION. SO THERE'S A LOT MORE MONEY GOING TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN THE MEASURE. OKAY. DO WE SEE THAT THE FLOW. THIS, I GUESS, GETS TO MY POINT, WHICH IS, ARE WE SEEING THAT THE FLOW OF COUNTY STATE MONEY FOR SUPPORTING OUR PALLET SHELTERS IS GOING TO BE CONTINUOUS, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM CONTINUING TO FUND THE PALLET SHELTERS? OR IS IT DRYING UP AS THEY'RE AS THEY'RE FOCUSING ON PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN THE, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THAT MONEY, $14 MILLION COMING TO THE COG, 11 MILLION IS GOING TO. IT'S WRITTEN OUT IN THE MEASURE WHAT PERCENTAGE HAS TO GO TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND WHAT HAS TO COME TO LOCAL SOLUTIONS. 15% OF THE MEASURE MONEY HAS TO COME TO THE LOCAL SOLUTIONS, MEANING THAT WOULD BE DETERMINED BY THE COG AND THE NEGOTIATION WITH THE COUNTY. BUT I WILL SAY THAT I THINK THERE'S SOME GRAY AREA. THE COUNTY HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT OUR CITY SPENDING THE MONEY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE COUNTY GOALS. AND I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT TRICKY LANGUAGE BECAUSE THE COUNTY COULD PUSH BACK ON FUNDING THINGS LIKE OUR HOMELESS COURT, WHICH IS A CORNERSTONE OF OUR SUCCESS. AND SO ONE OF MY GOALS OR ROLES ON THIS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS TO TO BE THE LOCAL VOICE FOR US ON THAT, BECAUSE IT IS A LOCAL SOLUTIONS FUND. WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE MEANT TO DETERMINE WHAT WE NEED AT THIS LOCAL LEVEL. BUT I THINK THAT'S TO, WE ARE GETTING PUSHBACK BECAUSE THE COUNTY IS GETTING STRAPPED FOR SOME OF THEIR PROGRAMS, AND THAT'S SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FACE NOW. THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT WE WILL BE CUTTING PROGRAMS IN THE NEXT. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS TO VOTE NEXT JANUARY ON THIS. AND SO WE HAVE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHAT GETS CUT. AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT PROGRAMS IN THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I GUESS BACK TO MY QUESTION. IF I'M HEARING 3 MILLION, 3 PLUS MILLION FOR LOCAL SOLUTION PROGRAMING FOR THE COG, WHICH HAS, [03:45:03] I THINK 16 CITIES IN IT, I'M NOT SEEING A LOT OF THAT MONEY POTENTIALLY FLOWING TO REDONDO BEACH FOR OUR PALLET SHELTERS. SO WHERE, FOR HOW MUCH FUNDING DO WE HAVE TO RUN OUR DOUBLE SIZED PALLET SHELTERS. WHERE DO WE ANTICIPATE GETTING THE NEXT TRANCHE OF FUNDING? LIKE, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAINABLY FUND THIS OR IS THIS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE COME, YOU KNOW, 12 MONTHS FROM NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT OUR GENERAL FUND. SO WE ARE COMING BACK NEXT WEEK WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT 20 UNITS IN TERMS OF OPERATION. AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE FOR SIX MONTHS BECAUSE IT IS DEPENDENT UPON OUR PLHA FUNDING. WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL PLHA FUNDING. WHAT'S THE PLHA? THAT'S THE PERMANENT LOCAL. FROM THE COUNTY STATE? THAT'S THE STATE HOUSING ALLOCATION. STATE. OKAY. STATE. SO BUT THAT IS DEPENDENT ON HOW MANY SALES OF HOMES THERE ARE IN OUR CITY. SO THERE HAS BEEN A DECLINE IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AS TO HOW MANY HOMES ARE SOLD. SO WE HAVE TO SEE HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GOING TO GET FROM THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER HALF IS FUNDED THROUGH THE COUNTY. AND THIS SHELTER IS RUN BY THE COUNTY, SO THEY HAVE AN INCENTIVE FOR IT TO CONTINUE. SO WE ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS AS TO HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST US AFTER THE SIX MONTHS WHEN WE DO THE EXPANSION. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT'S, THERE IS FUNDING THERE. I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY RIGHT NOW, AT THIS MOMENT HOW MUCH IT WILL BE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN I SUPPOSE THE END RUN OF THAT IS, NOT THAT I WANT PERMANENT HOUSING AT THAT SITE, BUT IF THERE'S MORE MONEY AVAILABLE, LET'S SAY DOWN THE DOWN THE ROAD, IF WE SEEM TO RUN OUT OF THE FUNDING FOR THE PALLET SHELTERS, DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO POTENTIALLY LOOK AT PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR THAT SITE SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE A PLACE TO HOUSE OUR UNHOUSED? SO THAT LOCATION IS CURRENTLY ZONED AS INDUSTRIAL. THE PALLET SHELTERS ARE THERE ON A TEMPORARY BASIS BASED ON THE EMERGENCY ORDER OF THE COUNTY. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO REZONE IT FIRST OF ALL. SECONDLY TO, WE ARE ALWAYS EVALUATING OUR PROGRAMS AND DOWNSIZING OR ADDING AS NEEDED. AND A LOT OF IT IS BASED ON LILA OMURA'S RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT THE NEEDS ARE, WHAT THE BARRIERS ARE, WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE FOR HER CLIENTS. SO I'M NOT SAYING NO, BUT THERE ARE LIMITATIONS AS WELL. AND BASED ON WHAT I'VE LEARNED FROM LILA OMURA, IN REFERRING RESIDENTS WHO'VE HAD A FAMILY MEMBER WHO BECAME HOMELESS AND HER SAYING, HEY, THE THE PALLETS ARE FULL RIGHT NOW. IT SEEMS LIKE WE DO HAVE A NEED FOR MORE, MORE TEMPORARY PALLET SHELTERS, RIGHT? YES. AND IT COULD BE THAT WE DOWNSIZE ON OUR BRIDGE HOUSING. SO IT'S A WE EVOLVE AS WE GO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. OKAY. I WAS REMISS. I WOULD SAY THIS IS A TEAM SPORT DOING THIS, AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THE LEGISLATIVE SIDE OF THIS. SO APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS THERE. WITHOUT HER, WE WOULDN'T BE GETTING AS MUCH FUNDING AS WE ARE. AND SHE'S A GOOD WATCHDOG FOR US. SO APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. YES. ON THE SLIDE THAT YOU HAD WITH THE THE COUNT WOULD IT BE CORRECT THAT SINCE 2024, SINCE YOU'RE COUNTING PEOPLE NOT EXTRAPOLATING, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE VEHICLES BEING SHOWN, THOSE ARE NOT COUNTED AS 3.4 PEOPLE IN A VAN? IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. THEY JUST COUNT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE. THEY DON'T ASSIGN IT AN EXTRAPOLATION NUMBER. OUR COUNT OF PEOPLE IS BASED ON ACTUAL PEOPLE, SO IT ISN'T ADDING TO OUR HOMELESS COUNT. SO THOSE, THAT SLIDE THOSE CHARTS IS DIRECTLY OFF THE DASHBOARD OF LAHSA. SO THAT'S HOW THEY DISPLAY THE DATA. IN THE PAST, THEY'VE ALWAYS TOTALED EVERYTHING. AND SO JUST BEING CONSISTENT WITH THAT, THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE 64 IS BY ADDING IT ALL UP, EVEN THOUGH IT INCLUDES THE 20 PEOPLE IN OUR PALLET SHELTER. THEY JUST SHOW HOW MANY VEHICLES ARE THERE. SO YES, IN REALITY, THEY SAW 17 PEOPLE THE NIGHT OF THE COUNT. WE'VE NEVER PUT THAT MUCH EMPHASIS ON THE POINT IN TIME COUNT, BUT IT HAS SHOWN A DOWNWARD TREND AND THAT'S WHAT WE RELIED ON. YEAH, THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING. YEAH, I KNOW OF. WELL, THERE USED TO BE MORE, I THINK TWO IN THE RIVIERA VILLAGE AREA, THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, LIVING IN VEHICLES OF SORTS. ONE OF THEM I HAVEN'T SEEN IN A LONG TIME, ACTUALLY. [03:50:03] SO WE MIGHT BE DOWN TO MORE LIKE ONE AND A HALF. THERE'S ONE PRETTY PERMANENT. ANOTHER PART TIME AND ANOTHER PART TIME. BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT WE ARE DOING. THE POINT IN TIME COUNT AND LOOKING AT PEOPLE. YES. AND AND WE REALLY RELY ON THE FACT THAT WE HAVE REACHED FUNCTIONAL ZERO HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE THAT IS A BY NAME LIST. AND WE HAVE CONTINUED TO, TO COUNT PEOPLE BY THE BY NAMES LIST. AND WE'RE TRYING TO GATHER THAT DATA. WE DO DEPEND ON THE COG TO DEEM US IN THE STATE OF FUNCTIONAL ZERO. WE DON'T SELF DECLARE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THE COG RECOGNIZES, BUT WE DO STILL PROVIDE THEM WITH THAT DATA. AND SO THAT NUMBER 17 IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DATA WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING. SO FOR THE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE VOLUNTARILY, PERMANENTLY LIVING IN A VEHICLE, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NOT AN INCREASE OR A DECREASE TO US, BUT WE KNOW WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE AND THEY'RE PART OF OUR CONSISTENT. YOU SAID THE BY NAME LIST. SO THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S IT. I'M GOOD. OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THIS AS AWESOME JOB, BY THE WAY. THANK YOU. AND YOU MENTIONED BEING PROACTIVE RATHER THAN REACTIVE. AND I THINK THE ADDITION OF OUR ACR PROGRAM, THE ALTERNATIVE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, IS JUST THAT DE-ESCALATING SITUATIONS AND KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED. I WAS MEETING WITH LILA AND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THIS TEAM TODAY AS THEY'RE STARTING OFF, AND THEY WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, COMING INTO A SITUATION WHERE THERE WAS POTENTIALLY A HOARDING SITUATION THAT COULD LEAD TO AN EVICTION. HOW DO THEY RESOLVE THIS TO KEEP THIS PERSON HOUSED? AND THESE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY STEM THE BLEED INTO ADDING MORE HOMELESS TO OUR STREETS AND OTHERS. BUT THAT BEING SAID, I THINK WE'RE ALL AWARE OF ISSUES WITH BUDGETS, STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL, AND A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED ARE GETTING CUT, SPECIFICALLY FEDERAL PROGRAMS. SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS HERE. OUR FOR EXAMPLE, THE HOUSING VOUCHERS, THE EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS THAT WERE GIVEN OUT DURING THE PANDEMIC ARE SET TO EXPIRE IN 2026. THOSE VOUCHERS ARE NO LONGER GOING TO BE, WE WERE HOPING TO ABSORB THEM INTO OUR SECTION 8 HOUSING. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SLASHED THAT BUDGET TO A THIRD. SO EVEN THOSE WHO HAVE A VOUCHER ARE GOING TO LOSE THEIR VOUCHER. SO THIS SYSTEM THAT YOU HAVE BUILT IS A SYSTEM. AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME DOWNWARD PRESSURE. WE HAVE PEOPLE MOVING FROM THE STREETS TO OUR PALLET SHELTER TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AT MOONSTONE, AND THEN ULTIMATELY ONTO A HOUSING VOUCHER WHERE THEY CAN LIVE INDEPENDENTLY. THOSE HOUSING VOUCHERS HAVE BEEN CUT OFF. THAT LIST IS NO LONGER. WE CAN'T MOVE PEOPLE UP ANY LONGER. SO I SAY THAT AS A CAUTION THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO START FEELING PRESSURES IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AND THAT MAY NOT REFLECT THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE MAKING. BUT JUST OUTSIDE YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE THINGS HAPPENING. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS, BUT THERE WILL BE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES COMING UP. TO THAT END, I THINK WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE VOLUME OF THAT RISK. YET WE HAVE 21 FAMILIES ON THAT EMERGENCY VOUCHER LIST. FUNDING PERSPECTIVE, AND I THINK IT DOES. WE DISCUSSED THIS. IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO GET A NICE UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IS BEING FUNDED BY US RIGHT NOW, BY FEDERAL SOURCES, BY STATE SOURCES, AND YOU KNOW WHERE THAT'S GOING SO THAT WE CAN, HOW LONG IT'S, HOW MUCH WE GOT LEFT, HOW LONG IT'S GOT LEFT. SO WE CAN AT LEAST WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGETING PROCESS, UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE OVER THE NEXT YEAR. YEAH. AND I WILL TELL YOU, TALKING WITH MAYOR DAN O'BRIEN AT THE RECENT MAYOR GATHERING, HE'S GOT A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM THAN US. HE'S GOT A PROGRESSIVE COUNCIL. THEY PUT 20 MILLION OF THEIR BUDGET, AND THEY'RE IN A BUDGET DEFICIT BIGGER THAN OURS TO FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. CULVER CITY MAYOR, DAN O'BRIEN. YES. YES. AND THEY'RE BASICALLY GIVING THAT MONEY TO A DEVELOPER TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE DO THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WE MAY WANT TO SOFTEN THE BLOW OF THE OF, [03:55:04] OF A DECLINING NUMBER SO THAT WE HAVE TIME TO REACT TO IT BY FUNDING IT SOMEWHAT WITH OURSELVES. BUT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A PICTURE OF WHAT THE MAGNITUDE OF THAT WOULD BE. BUT WE CAN TALK TO OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY. I MEAN, WE HAVE THAT NUMBER. AND JUST HAVING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHO'S WITHIN THE SYSTEM THAT WE NEED TO FIND A VOUCHER FOR OR WHERE THOSE CONSTRAINTS ARE. AND YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB OF OR AND LILA DOES A GREAT JOB OF INFORMING ME AT LEAST OF LIKE WHAT IS NEEDED AT THE MOMENT. BUT A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS, THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE IS AN ANNUAL BASIS. WE HAVE TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS EVERY SINGLE YEAR. THERE'S NO GUARANTEE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AT ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK, BUT I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO DO THE JOB OF TELLING OUR SUCCESS STORY SO THAT WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR THE MONEY IN, IN A MUCH MORE COMPLETE WAY. SO I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON THAT SO WE CAN GET, YOU KNOW, A WEBSITE UP. WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT'S BEING FUNDED FROM WHERE. I THINK GETTING OUR ARMS AROUND THAT'S IMPORTANT SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE, BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO LOBBY WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW. YES. HOW MUCH IS FALLING OFF THE TABLE? YES. YES. AND WHAT WE'RE FACING FISCALLY. YEAH. YEAH. SO I THINK THERE MIGHT ALSO BE A STORY. WE'RE DOING IT VERY EFFICIENTLY. BUT DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS BUILT UP. YEP. BUT WE KNOW THE MESSAGING IS GETTING OUT. WE HEARD IT TONIGHT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S STAFF. I HEARD IT WITH HOLLY MITCHELL. SO, YEAH, MESSAGING IS GETTING OUT. WHETHER THEY CHOOSE TO FUND IT OR NOT. THE CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING TO BE DIFFICULT BECAUSE AT LEAST WHERE I SIT ON THIS COMMITTEE, THERE IS TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD PUT THE MONEY IN THE AREAS WHERE THERE THAT ARE MOST AFFECTED, AND WE AREN'T MOST AFFECTED BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM. SO IF THAT MONEY GOES TO WHERE IT'S MOST EFFECTIVE, WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE CHASING OUR TAIL. BUT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE THAT. YEAH. SUPERVISOR MITCHELL SAID HER TOP PRIORITY IS KEEPING THOSE THAT WE'VE TAKEN OFF THE STREET. YEAH. KEEPING THEM OFF THE STREET. SO HOW THAT PANS OUT. AND NOW SOME FUN STUFF. WE'LL SEE. YEP. I WAS JUST GOING TO. ADD. JUST TO THAT POINT ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THE SOURCES OF THE MONEY. WHEN I WAS ON BUDGET AND FINANCE, THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT CONTINUED TO COME UP THAT WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM TODAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE SORT OF SAW THE STORM CLOUDS GATHERING ON THE HORIZON FOR THE STATE. AND FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL WE GET PIECES FROM BOTH. AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IF SUDDENLY FUNDING IS CUT, YOU KNOW, CAN WE MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE AND HOW MUCH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE IT WOULD BE, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT PROMPTED A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM US JUST ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING NOW. AND SO STRATEGICALLY, WHERE DO WE CUT IF WE HAVE TO? RIGHT, EXACTLY, SO. NOT FUN DISCUSSIONS, BUT I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE. SO WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING FOR? JUST RECEIVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE NO OTHER. HANDS UP. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? YES, WE HAVE KYLE JOHNSON. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? KYLE JOHNSON. KYLE JOHNSON. GOOD EVENING, KYLE JOHNSON, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 1. YEAH. I WANT TO COMMEND CITY COUNCIL AND THE STAFF AND THE STAFF ON REDUCING OUR HOMELESS NUMBERS SIGNIFICANTLY. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WORK TO HELP THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE SO THAT THEY CAN GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. WITH THE CURRENT CONCERN ABOUT FUNDING FOR THESE PROGRAMS, I GUESS ONE IDEA OR THOUGHT THAT I HAVE IS REDUCING OR CHANGING ZONING CODES AND ALLOWING FOR MORE HOUSING TO BE BUILT IN THE FORM OF ADUS AND OTHER DENSE HOUSING IN THE CITY THEREBY INCREASING THE HOUSING SUPPLY AND HOPEFULLY LOWERING HOUSING COSTS SO THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN THIS WONDERFUL CITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? THAT'S IT. AND THERE'S NO ECOMMENTS. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL DONE. OKAY. ITEM O, CITY MANAGER ITEMS. JUST GIVEN THE LATENESS OF THE EVENING, MAYOR. [O. CITY MANAGER ITEMS] JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CALENDARING. WE HAVE MEETINGS THE NEXT TWO TUESDAYS, THE 14TH AND THE 21ST WILL BE DARK ON THE 28TH OF OCTOBER. BUT DID WANT TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE. WE WILL HAVE A MEETING THE FIRST TUESDAY OF NOVEMBER. THE VETERANS DAY HOLIDAY THIS YEAR FALLS SQUARELY ON TUESDAY THE 11TH. SO CITY HALL WILL BE CLOSED THAT DAY. WE WILL NOT HAVE A MEETING ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH. WE WILL PICK IT UP AGAIN ON THE 18TH AND THEN BE DARK ON THE 25TH FOR THE THANKSGIVING WEEK. [04:00:03] SO JUST THE NEXT FOUR MEETINGS ARE THE 14TH AND THE 21ST OF OCTOBER AND THEN THE 4TH AND THE 18TH OF NOVEMBER, FYI. WHEN DO WE EXPECT TO GET BACK THE ORDINANCE ON SMOKE SHOPS? SMOKE SHOP ORDINANCE WILL BE COMING ON THE 21ST. NEXT WEEK WE WILL BE DEALING WITH THE PARKING REGULATION ORDINANCE ON AVIATION AND ARTESIA. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'LL DO IT. OKAY. ANY MAYOR AND COUNCIL REFERRALS TO STAFF? [Q. MAYOR AND COUNCIL REFERRALS TO STAFF] NONE. I HAVE ONE. WITH THE OLYMPICS AND THE WORLD CUP COMING UP. AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AGAIN ON BUDGET AND FINANCE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THE TRANSIT OCCUPANCY TAX. JUST A QUICK REFERENCE. L.A., MANHATTAN BEACH, HERMOSA ALL CHARGE 14%. WE ONLY CHARGE 12. SO I THINK THAT IF WE CAN GET THAT IN PLACE AND COME UP TO, YOU KNOW, EITHER PARITY WITH THEM OR AT LEAST A PERCENTAGE CLOSER. THAT, STEPHANIE AND I ARE PLANNING ON THAT ITEM, THAT SHOULD BE I THINK ON THE 11/4 AGENDA IS TENTATIVELY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, EARLY NOVEMBER. SO DO YOU THINK SO WITH THE WORLD CUP NEXT JULY, DO YOU THINK WE WOULD HAVE IT IN PLACE BY THEN OR WE WOULD NEED AN ELECTION, AND IDEALLY WE WOULD IF THE COUNCIL WERE SUPPORTIVE OF HAVING THE VOTERS CONSIDER IT, WE WOULD WANT THAT ELECTION TO TIME UP WITH THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATES, WHICH WE'RE HOPING TO OCCUR THIS SPRING. OKAY. SO IDEALLY THE TWO YEAH, WOULD BE IT WOULD BE IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A SPECIAL ELECTION. THAT WOULD OCCUR IDEALLY NEXT SPRING. OKAY, BUT YOU SAID NOVEMBER 4TH. YOU SAID. WELL, THAT'S FOR US TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO. YOU HAVE TO DECIDE AS A POLICY MATTER WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO PURSUE THAT. BUT THAT WAS A PART OF THE BUDGET MOTION THAT IS ON OUR TO DO LIST. YOU DON'T NEED TO REFER. I DON'T NEED A REFERRAL. YEAH. YOU DON'T NEED A REFERRAL. THAT WAS PART OF THE BUDGET MOTION. AND THE DISCUSSION WILL INCLUDE NOT JUST RAISING IT, BUT POTENTIAL CARVE OUTS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT. NEW BUILDS, WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE FOR IMPLEMENTATION PER THE PER THE MOTION DISCUSSION. CHAIR, THE WHOLE DEAL THAT WE. YEAH. THAT HAS THAT IS BEING RESEARCHED. YES. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE. THAT'S IT. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. YEAH. CAN I REQUEST A BRR FOR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULES, FOR PPE, FOR FIRE AND AUTO PULSE FOR ALL OF THE VEHICLES THAT THEY'RE ON. YEP. WELL, IT'S JUST. YEAH. YEAH. FOR ALL OF OUR AUTO POST PULSE DEVICES. EVERY APPARATUS, RIGHT? YES. FOR A MATRIX OR THE EXPIRATION DATE? YES, YES. EXPIRATION DATE OF WHAT? PPE, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, AND THEN THE AUTO POST DEVICES, WHICH. OH. YES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. ALL RIGHT. JUST A FEW REFERRAL TO HAVE A DISCUSSION. MAYBE AT THE TIME OF THE OTHER RENAMING DISCUSSIONS TO RENAME THE REDONDO PARK THE MAYOR BILL BRAND NATIVE PARK. YEAH. ANY SECOND TO THAT. SECOND. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, OKAY, IF I COULD. OR OTHER NAMES. RIGHT? SURE. A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT OR ANY OTHER NAMES? YEAH. BECAUSE. THERE'S. A DISCUSSION AND THE TITLE CAN LEAVE IT OPEN. YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN, WHAT WE'RE COMING BACK WITH IS A REFERRAL BASED ON THE PRIOR TWO REFERRALS. IS THE JOE DAWIDZIAK DISCUSSION FOR [INAUDIBLE] PARK. THERE'S THE CONVERSATION THAT WAS RAISED EARLY, I THINK, DURING BUDGET ORIGINALLY, BUT A REFERRAL BY COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI ON THE PERRY PARK TEEN CENTER, POTENTIALLY FOR MIKE WEBB. AND THEN NOW THIS, THE OPEN SPACE AREA FOR BILL BRAND. EACH OF THOSE WOULD BE, EACH OF THOSE WOULD INCLUDE OR OTHER NAMES. I MEAN WE'VE GOT TO DECIDE HOW WE WANT TO PROCEED WITH THOSE ITEMS. OR OTHER LOCATIONS. COULD THAT, WOULD THAT BE WITHIN THE AGENDA ITEM OR IS THAT JUST PART OF THE DISCUSSION? I THINK IT'S PART OF THE GENERAL DISCUSSION. I THINK IT WOULD BE A DISCUSSION ON RENAMING OF THOSE THOSE THREE FACILITIES, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED IN THE PAST. WE DON'T HAVE A FORMAL NAMING POLICY CURRENTLY. IT'S GENERALLY BEEN BY RESOLUTION COUNCILMAN AND ACTION. SO THAT'S ANOTHER CONVERSATION THAT MAY ENTER INTO THAT DISCUSSION. POINT IS TO TO MAKE THE AGENDA ITEM OPEN ENOUGH FOR ALTERNATIVES. YEAH. WHICH I WHICH MAKES PERFECT SENSE. I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO DO THAT BY JUST BY NATURE OF OUR CURRENT PROCESS, WHICH IS ARGUABLY LACK THEREOF. SO FOR. ALL FOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. NEXT ONE I'VE DISCUSSED WITH CHIEF HOFFMAN. I'D LIKE RPD TO COME BACK WITH AN ANALYSIS OF THE RISKS. BASICALLY THE SAME TYPE OF BRR ANALYSIS WE HAD FOR ALL THE CROSSING GUARDS, BUT PARTICULARLY FOR AVIATION AND FORD. [04:05:07] AND UPDATE THE ANALYSIS RELATIVE TO THE MOST ADJACENT, THE CLOSEST OTHER CROSSING GUARDS SO THAT COUNCIL CAN DECIDE WHETHER TO MOVE ONE OF THE EXISTING ADJACENT CROSSING GUARDS TO THAT INTERSECTION. IT'S A FAIR POINT. AND SUBCOMMITTEE. WELL, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. I'LL LET COUNCIL MEMBER ON FIRST. I WELCOME THE ANALYSIS OF THAT LOCATION. I DON'T KNOW IF TYING IT TO AN ADJACENT ONE IS NECESSARILY RELEVANT TO HOW WE ALLOCATE THEM, BUT. THAT WAS A SUGGESTION FROM CHIEF HOFFMAN AND FRANKLY, FROM, WELL, NOT TO GET TOO INTO IT, BUT THE OTHER CROSSING GUARDS ARE CROSSING ENTIRELY ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS. RIGHT. SO OUR ANALYSIS IS. IS BEYOND THAT, I THINK WHAT THE ANALYSIS WILL SHOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF OUR VARIOUS OPTIONS, WHICH INCLUDE OTHER OPTIONS SIMILAR TO THIS WITH ARTESIA AND THE BIKE PATH, WHERE WE SHOW BASICALLY BASED ON OUR CRITERION, WE SHOW NEED, WE SHOW INCIDENT COUNT, WE SHOW TRAFFIC VOLUMES, ETC. THIS LOCATION WOULD BE ADDED TO THAT LIST. THE THE EFFICACY OF THAT VERSUS THE REST WILL BE CLEAR. SO A GENERAL DISCUSSION ABOUT REALLOCATING CROSSING GUARDS FOLLOWING THAT ANALYSIS, I THINK HE SAID THEY NEED AT LEAST THREE, FOUR WEEKS. LET'S CALL IT TWO MONTHS OR THREE MONTHS. YEAH. THIS, THIS THIS CONVERSATION IS GOING TO COME UP DURING EITHER MID-YEAR OR BUDGET, OUR REGULAR BUDGET DISCUSSION. SO WE ARE PLANNING ON THAT. WE ARE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ADD THAT LOCATION TO THE MATRIX. THANK YOU. RIGHT. AND THE CROSSING GUARD SUBCOMMITTEE REMAINS IN EFFECT WITH STAFF INCLUDING JANE. SHE'S THERE SHAKING HER HEAD. YES. AND OTHERS. SO SHE. MUCH TO HER. FAVORITE SUBCOMMITTEE. YEAH. AND SO I DON'T NEED TO VOTE ON THAT. NO, WE'LL ADD IT TO IT. I, IT'S A BRR. IT'S PART OF OUR BUDGET ANALYSIS. THIS IS COMING. YES. AND FINAL THING, A DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT NEW HOMELESSNESS TO CREATE AN EXCEPTION TO OUR SHORT-TERM RENTAL BAN FOR SHARED SHORT-TERM RENTALS. I WOULD SAY BEFORE WE LET'S NOT DO THAT DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW. WHY DON'T WE? YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LOT OF. TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX. THAT, LET'S NOT GET INTO THAT YET. WE'RE NOT SAYING WE DO IT NOW, TODAY. WE BRING IT SOON. LET'S NOT GET INTO THAT. THAT'S A HUGE, HUGE DISCUSSION. AND I THINK WE SHOULD WAIT AND SEE HOW THINGS PLAY OUT FIRST ON WHAT'S ALREADY IN EFFECT, WHICH IS LETTERS AND ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS AND SEE HOW THEY SHAKE OUT. WE HEARD SOME VOICES TONIGHT. THAT'S PART OF THE FABRIC AND MOSAIC, BUT LET'S WAIT TILL WE GET SOME HARD DATA. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. NO, I WANT STAFF TO FINISH THEIR WORK, BUT I DON'T KNOW CITY MANAGER HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY. I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT, I THINK AS PART OF THIS EXERCISE. IF WE HAD MORE TIME, I WOULD HAVE MENTIONED IT DURING MY CITY MANAGER ITEMS. BUT THE THE LETTERS HAVE GONE OUT. WHAT WE'RE REMINDING FOLKS IS THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROHIBITION FOR DECADES. THIS IS NOT NEW. I THINK WHAT IS NEW, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT IS, WE'RE TAKING A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO THE ENFORCEMENT RATHER THAN A REACTIVE APPROACH TO ENFORCEMENT, WHICH IS CLEARLY NOT BEEN SATISFACTORY. IF WE'VE GOT 500 LOCATIONS CURRENTLY BEING ADVERTISED IN THE CITY. THIS WAS A THIS WAS A EFFECTIVELY A NOTIFICATION LETTER, A NOTIFICATION LETTER. WE'LL SEE. I'M CLEARLY IT'S HAVING AN IMPACT. FOLKS ARE PAYING ATTENTION. THEY'RE HOPEFULLY WE'RE GAINING COMPLIANCE. I LIKE THE LINE OF QUESTIONING TONIGHT. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO LOOK AT 30 PLUS DAY RENTALS. THAT STILL IS ALLOWED UNDER THE CODE. AND I THINK THERE'S QUITE A MARKET ON THAT. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GO. I'M WITH YOU. I'M WRAPPING IT UP. JUST TO SAY THAT WE WILL HAVE SUBSEQUENT ACTION. THERE WILL BE MUCH MORE INFORMATION LEARNED TO COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT POINT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AS TO THE IMPACT OF WHAT'S OCCURRING. SO I WOULD SAY GIVE THE APPROACH TIME YOU KNOW, THESE MAY BE ISOLATED INCIDENTS, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION DOWN THE ROAD. AND I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE PERIODIC UPDATES TO THE COUNCIL IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. SO IS THERE A DISCUSSION COMING UP TO UPDATE US ON WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THOSE LETTERS? IS THAT SCHEDULE? THAT'S IT'S NOT CURRENTLY. I'M HAPPY TO DO IT OFFLINE IN OUR INDIVIDUAL ONE ON ONES. AND I'M ALSO HAPPY IN 4 TO 6 MONTHS TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE IF WE HAVE SOME CONCRETE OR TANGIBLE RESULTS FROM THAT ENFORCEMENT EFFORT. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST ENFORCING THE CODE AS WRITTEN. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND. OKAY. COLLECTING DATA, WORKING WITH DECKERD. OKAY. AND FOLLOWING UP AND HOPEFULLY GAINING VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE. ARE YOU OKAY WITH GIVING THAT A FEW MONTHS TO SEE WHAT DATA WE HAVE AND RECEIVE INFORMATION PERIODICALLY FROM THE CITY MANAGER OFFLINE IN THE MEANTIME? [04:10:08] I MEAN, SURE. BUT I ALSO SEE THE CHALLENGE THAT THESE TWO WOMEN, SINGLE WOMEN NOW ARE HAVING AND UNDERSTAND THE HIGH COST OF LIVING IN CALIFORNIA CORNEA AND INFLATIONARY ENVIRONMENT WE LIVE IN. AND SO I ALSO SEE IT A SHARED SHORT TERM RENTAL AS A DIFFERENT SPECIES FROM AN ENTIRE HOME. SHORT TERM RENTAL. SO I'M NOT IN A RUSH TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION, BUT MAYBE, WE'RE FOUR MONTHS OUT SO THAT WE SEEM RESPONSIVE. AND THEN THEN WE CAN LOOK AT IT AT THAT TIME. WE CAN DO ANYTHING THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE IN THIS REGARD. IT'S FOUR MONTHS AWAY. CAN. YES, NO? I'M FINE WITH THAT. CAN I ASK BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU I'M CASHED OUT AND I DON'T WANT TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THAT DISCUSSION. CAN YOU BRING IT UP NEXT TUESDAY WITH THAT? LIKE ME THINKING ABOUT IT BEFORE VOTING ON WHETHER TO HAVE OR NOT HAVE. SURE. I APPRECIATE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE HAPPENING ANYTIME SOON, SO. I JUST DON'T WANT, I WANT TO MAKE IT. YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE? NO, THAT WAS IT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. NO, I HAVE NOTHING. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE SUSPENSE. LET'S SEE. SO WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURNMENT. TONIGHT WE ARE ADJOURNING. IN THE MEMORY OF MARIE KASPARIAN, MOTHER OF CITY EMPLOYEE VICKI KASPARIAN. SO, CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOVE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF VICKI. NO. MARIE. MARIE KASPARIAN. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL FOR? AYE. OKAY. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ADJOURNED. REGULAR MEETING HELD AT 4:30. THAT'S CLOSED SESSION AND REGULAR MEETING HELD AT 6 P.M. OPEN SESSION ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, 2025. RIGHT HERE WITH MAYOR PRO TEM BEHRENDT IN CHARGE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.