[00:00:04] THE PUBLIC WORKS OF SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. [A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER] LET'S CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND START WITH THE ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER SIMPSON? I'M HERE. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ? PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON ABSENT. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI? HERE. COMMISSIONER BEELI? HERE. COMMISSIONER TSAO ABSENT. CHAIR ARRATA? PRESENT. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI, WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US TO THE SALUTE. STAND AND PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY? BEGIN. 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. MOVING NEXT TO APPROVE THE ORDER OF AGENDA. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDER. [D. APPROVE ORDER OF AGENDA] AND I'LL SECOND THAT. SOUNDS GREAT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY. BLUE FOLDER ITEM. ADDITIONAL BACKUP MATERIALS. [E. BLUE FOLDER ITEMS - ADDITIONAL BACK UP MATERIALS] BLUE FOLDER ITEMS ARE ADDITIONAL BACKUP MATERIAL TO ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS AND OR PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED AFTER THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE AGENDA PACKET TO RECEIVE AND FILE. THERE WAS ONE BLUE FOLDER ITEM TONIGHT FOR ITEM E.1, I MEAN FOR ITEM H NON AGENDA ITEMS, SO THAT WAS ADDED TO THE AGENDA THIS AFTERNOON. OKAY. MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CONSENT CALENDAR, BUSINESS ITEMS EXCEPT THOSE FORMERLY NOTICED FOR PUBLIC HEARING [F. CONSENT CALENDAR] OR DISCUSSION ARE ASSIGNED TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THE COMMISSION MEMBERS MAY REQUEST THAT ANY CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM BE REMOVED, DISCUSSED AND ACTED UPON SEPARATELY. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR WILL BE TAKEN UP UNDER THE CONSENT CALENDAR SECTION BELOW. THOSE ITEMS REMAINING ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR WILL BE APPROVED IN THE MOTION FOLLOWING ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. F.1. APPROVE AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS, SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MEETING. F.2. APPROVE THE PUBLIC WORKS, SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES FOR THE MARCH 23RD, 2026 REGULAR MEETING. F.3. RECEIVE AND FILE STATUS UPDATES ON PROJECTS DISCUSSED AT THE PUBLIC WORKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND FOR RECEIVE AND FILE THE MONTHLY UPDATE TO THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ANY HANDS RAISED? THERE'S NO HANDS RAISED ON ZOOM AND THERE'S NO ECOMMENT FOR THIS ITEM. OKAY. YOU SECOND, I THINK TOO. I'LL SECOND. I MADE THE MOTION THEN. ABSOLUTELY, YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PERFECT. EXCLUDED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. THERE'S NONE TONIGHT. MOVING ON TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. [H. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS] THIS SECTION IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON ANY SUBJECT THAT DOES NOT APPEAR ON THIS AGENDA FOR ACTION. THIS SECTION IS LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE AFFORDED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ONLY ONCE. WRITTEN REQUESTS, IF ANY, WILL BE CONSIDERED FIRST UNDER THIS SECTION. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. HELLO, WELCOME. I'M JIMMY ERICKSON. I'M A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT ONE HERE IN REDONDO, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LACK OF EV CHARGING THAT WE HAVE HERE IN REDONDO. I THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE THE PERFECT COMMISSION TO DO THAT WITH, AND ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF BUDGET PLANNING. SO I PULLED SOME DATA AND I FOUND THAT REDONDO IS VERY BEHIND OUR NEIGHBORS. IN THE CITY OF REDONDO WE HAVE 41 PUBLIC CHARGERS. HERMOSA HAS 57. MANHATTAN BEACH HAS 119. TORRANCE HAS OVER 250. [00:05:03] OF THESE, THE PUBLIC CHARTER OF THE CHARGERS IN EACH CITY. REDONDO BEACH OWNS 14 OF THEM. HERMOSA OWNS 35. MANHATTAN BEACH OWNS OVER 28. TORRANCE THERE'S A, THE NUMBERS OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY. I FOUND THE DATA THROUGH CHARGING STATIONS, NOT NUMBER OF PLUGS. ANYWAY, YOU GUYS KNOW THE POPULATION DIFFERENCES IN ALL OF OUR CITIES, AND IT IS CLEAR THAT REDONDO IS SUPER BEHIND. AND I CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT PERSONALLY FROM THIS. IT IS SUCH A PAIN IN THE BUTT TO FIND CHARGING. I LIVE IN A RENTAL AND I DON'T HAVE PARKING IN MY STRUCTURE, SO I RELY ONLY ON PUBLIC STATIONS. AND IT'S A PAIN IN THE BUTT, BUT WITH THE HANDFUL THAT WE HAVE THEY'RE OFTEN USED BY OTHER RESIDENTS. HALF THE TIME THEY'RE UNDER MAINTENANCE ANYWAY. SO I FOUND, I DID SOME DIGGING AND I FOUND SOME OPTIONS FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER. I FOUND A FEDERAL GRANT THAT'S OPEN CURRENTLY. IT'S THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION HAS UP TO $79 MILLION THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO TAKE THIS UP. SPECIFICALLY IN THE DC FAST CHARGING. THE DEADLINE FOR THAT IS IN SEPTEMBER HOWEVER, I THINK I SAW SOMETHING ABOUT JUNE IN THERE AS WELL. THERE'S ALSO A PROGRAM, IT'S THE CALEVIP PROGRAM. THAT IS THE PROGRAM THAT MANHATTAN BEACH USED, AND THEY GOT IT FULLY FUNDED. THEIR DEADLINE ENDED IN JANUARY, BUT THEY HAVE ANOTHER ONE. I REACHED OUT TO THEM. THEY HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT WILL BE COMING UP HOPEFULLY SOMETIME THIS SUMMER. ALSO EVGO CHARGEPOINT, YOU HAVE THEM IN THE PARKING LOT. THEY HAVE GREAT AND ROBUST PARTNERSHIPS WITH MUNICIPALITIES THAT HELP OUT WITH FUNDING, INSTALLATION AS WELL AS ONGOING MAINTENANCE TO TAKE THE LIFT OFF OF THE CITY. YOU KNOW, AND GRANTS AND PARTNERSHIPS ARE GREAT, BUT I THINK THAT REDONDO, YOU KNOW, NEEDS TO PUT THE MONEY ON THE TABLE AND INVEST IN A GREEN FUTURE FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. AND THERE'S NOT A CHARGER IN THE MARINA, WHICH IS CRAZY TO ME. ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. I HAVE SOME, I HAVE ALL MY REFERENCES AND SOME CONTACTS AND STUFF FOR THE PROGRAMS THAT THAT I SPOKE ABOUT. I'LL LEAVE THEM OVER HERE IF YOU GUYS WANT THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS. SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE ITEMS. I'LL SECOND. SECOND. COOL. THANKS, GUYS. THANKS. OKAY, ITEMS CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS AGENDAS. FOR THE RECORD. THERE'S NO HANDS RAISED FOR THIS ITEM. AND THERE'S NO ECOMMENTS. AND FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON SHOWED UP AT 7:02 P.M.. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSED PRIOR TO ACTION. HELLO. WELCOME. [J. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION] HI. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU. IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN WHERE WE'RE IN THE THROES OF PREPARING OUR NEXT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. WE WILL BE DELIVERING THAT DOCUMENT TO THE COUNCIL THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THEY WILL BE DELIBERATING ON IT OVER THE THREE HEARINGS SCHEDULED IN JUNE. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT YET TO SHARE SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARDS TO CURRENT REVENUE ESTIMATES AND EXPENDITURES. I'VE SEEN SORT OF ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE ESTIMATES. AND WE'RE WORKING ON REFINING THOSE WITH OUR, OUR TRADITIONAL PROCESS. GENERALLY SPEAKING, AS A MATTER OF APPROACH, I'M HOPING NOT TO DRAW FROM RESERVES THIS YEAR IN ORDER TO BALANCE OUR VARIOUS ONE TIME AND ONGOING INITIATIVES, THAT'S ONE OF THE PRIMARY SORT OF FOCUSES FOR US. IT MAY REQUIRE US TO DO SOME, WHAT I WOULD CALL FLEXIBLE HIRING, FREEZING, IF YOU WILL, IN ORDER TO STAY BALANCED. I'M NOT GOING TO RECOMMEND CUTS AT THIS POINT, BUT I AM GOING TO ASK FOR US TO SORT OF HIT A PAUSE ON VARIOUS POSITIONS THAT MIGHT BE CURRENTLY VACANT IN ORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SAVINGS THERE, RATHER THAN DRAW FROM ONE TIME SOURCES. WE ARE SEEING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR OVERALL EXPENDITURE STRUCTURE. OUR UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST COST DRIVERS YEAR OVER YEAR, IS HAS SOMEWHAT PLATEAUED, AND OUR PERS FORECASTS ARE FAIRLY POSITIVE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THAT, OF COURSE, CAN CHANGE ON A DIME. EVERY JUNE 30TH, AS WE LOOK AT THEIR YEAR OVER YEAR RETURNS, WE'RE SORT OF HOLDING OUR BREATH AND HOPING THAT THERE ISN'T ANY ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THE FUND AND FORCE US TO HAVE TO ULTIMATELY BE ASSESSED WITH ADDITIONAL UAL, AS IT'S CALLED. BUT RIGHT NOW, THINGS ARE SOMEWHAT POSITIVE ON THAT FRONT. SO THAT'S HELPING OUR LONGER TERM STRUCTURAL FORECAST AND BALANCE. SO THAT'S POSITIVE. WE'RE SEEING STRONG CONTINUED YEAR OVER YEAR GROWTH IN OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUES. [00:10:02] THAT'S ANOTHER BRIGHT SPOT FOR US. ON THE FLIP SIDE WE'RE SEEING CONTINUED SOFT TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE. THAT'S OUR BIGGEST WEAKNESS RIGHT NOW IN OUR REVENUE STREAM, THAT PARTICULAR, THAT TOT CATEGORY. WE WERE REALLY HOPING TO SEE THAT SNAP BACK THIS FISCAL YEAR AND NEXT UP IN PARTICULAR IN RECOGNITION OF THE VARIOUS EVENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING. WE'VE GOT THE WORLD CUP IN THE REGION THIS YEAR. WE HAVE OTHER SORT OF POSITIVE VISITOR DRAWS, BUT THAT AGAINST THE SORT OF CALM AND COOLING INTERNATIONAL VISITOR MARKET IS REALLY KIND OF HAMPERED OUR TOT GROWTH. SO THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE SHORT OF TRADITIONAL EXPECTATIONS FOR US NEXT YEAR. AND THAT'S REALLY THE HOLE, IF YOU WILL, IN OUR BUDGET IS REALLY DUE TO THAT SPECIFIC CATEGORY. SO HOPEFULLY BY 27-28, WE'LL SEE THAT TURN AROUND. BUT AS IT RELATES TO 26-27, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO CLOSE THAT KIND OF GAP, IF YOU WILL. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A TIGHT BUDGET, BUT NOT A DRACONIAN ONE, IF YOU WILL. SO WITH THAT, I DON'T HAVE MUCH ELSE TO OFFER. IT'S REALLY FOR ME HERE TONIGHT IS A IS A BIT OF A LISTENING EXERCISE. I'M HERE TO TAKE INPUT FROM YOU ALL AS WE PREPARE THE DOCUMENT. LIKE I SAID, WE'LL BE DOING THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. SO IF THERE'S ANY PARTICULAR INITIATIVE YOU'D LIKE TO SEE US CONTINUE, OR IF THERE ARE NEW IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS WORLD YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING, I'M ALL EARS, AND WE'LL WORK THROUGH IT WITH STAFF AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO PUT IT IN THE BUDGET. THOUGH RECOGNIZING, AS I SAID, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF SURPLUS FUNDS TO THROW AT NEW INITIATIVES AND IDEAS. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. OBVIOUSLY, THE NIGHT'S YOURS, AND I'M HERE AS LONG AS YOU HAVE ME. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION. I JUST HAVE A BASIC QUESTION BECAUSE YOU SAID IT SO FAST. WHAT WAS THE TOT STAN FOR? OUR TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX. SO OUR HOTEL LODGING TAX. SO WHEN WE HAVE VISITORS THAT COME IN, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A 12% TAX RATE ON ALL STAYS ON OVERNIGHT GUEST RATES. WE WERE ACTUALLY THE COUNCIL GAVE US DIRECTION LAST YEAR TO PUT ON A BALLOT AS PART OF NEXT MARCH, OUR GENERAL ELECTION CYCLE, A TOT INITIATIVE TO POTENTIALLY INCREASE THAT BY UP TO 2%. OKAY. AND IT'S A, IT GENERALLY FOR US IN A PEAK YEAR, CAN GENERATE $10 MILLION OR MORE OF ANNUAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE. WE'RE GOING TO BE ESTIMATING THAT FIGURE AT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN OR ROUGHLY AROUND $8 MILLION. SO WE'RE WELL SHORT OF WHERE WE COULD BE IF THINGS WERE AS STRONG AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI. YES, I KNOW IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY IN WHICH THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEIR EMPLOYEES WOULD STAY HERE. IS THAT NOT HAPPENING? HAS THAT LESSENED? WHAT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? BECAUSE THAT WAS. I THINK IT'S STILL HAPPENING. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AS ROBUST AS IT USED TO BE, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS IN PARTICULAR, SONESTA STILL MAINTAINS STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY, AND I THINK A FEW OTHERS ARE HAVING SOME SUCCESS AS WELL. IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHEN THE EDDY COMES ONLINE, THE NEW HOTEL DOWN ON PCH IF THEY WILL ALSO PICK UP A PARTNERSHIP. SO YEAH, I DON'T THINK IT'S AS STRONG AS IT USED TO BE. WHAT YOU'RE REMEMBERING, I THINK IS TRUE. I THINK IT SOFTENED SINCE THEN, BUT IT'S STILL POSITIVE. IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING GOOD TO WORK WITH THE CHAMBER WITH. YOU KNOW, TO GET A GROUP OF HOTELIERS WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO JUST. OR THE TEAM. TO OFFER. YEAH. YEAH, THE TOURISM MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. IT'S A SOLID PIECE OF REVENUE THAT WE CAN COUNT ON THAT DOESN'T IMPACT RESIDENTS. YEAH, THAT'S WHY WE LOVE TOT, IT'S ONE OF OUR. I THINK IT MIGHT BE WORTH THINKING ABOUT SOME TYPE OF STRATEGIC PLAN TO BRING THEM BACK. YEAH. OR EFFORTS TO BRING THEM BACK. YEAH. AND IT'D BE GOOD TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE HOTELS ARE DOING THEMSELVES TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE THAT BUSINESS. I KNOW BUSINESS TRAVEL IN GENERAL HAS CONTINUED TO REMAIN FAIRLY SOFT POST-PANDEMIC. NO ONE'S COMING TO REDONDO FOR BUSINESS TRAVEL, MOST LIKELY. YEAH. WE USED, THE MARINE AVENUE HOTEL SITES USED TO BE QUITE STRONG FOR BUSINESS TRAVEL WITH THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY. SO PROXIMITY. THAT'S TRUE TOO. AND THAT'S BEEN SOFT. A LITTLE BIT OF RETURN FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. WE MET WITH THE OWNERSHIP GROUP LAST WEEK. STEPHANIE MEYER, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, DID. SO THEY'RE SHOWING SOME, SOME POSITIVE FORECASTING, BUT NOT WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THEY'D BE POST-PANDEMIC. IT'S BEEN A KIND OF A SLOW RETURN. RIGHT. UNFORTUNATELY. DO YOU THINK THAT HOTEL ROOMS ARE. DO YOU THINK THAT HOTEL. OKAY, I'M SO SORRY. I'LL SAY IT OFF TO YOU. GO, YOU GO. NO, GO. I THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE, I APOLOGIZE. NOW I REALLY FORGOT. GO MINGLE PLEASE. I SWEAR, I SWEAR. IT WAS KIND OF A MOMENT. DO YOU THINK THAT THE YOU KNOW, LIKE, HOTEL OCCUPANCY OR THE PRICE THAT THEY'RE CHARGING PER NIGHT HAS AFFECTED THIS? AND IF SO, IS IT REDUCED TRAVEL OR. I THINK THE WHAT THEY CALL THE AVERAGE DAILY RATE, THE ADR IS DOWN FROM ITS PEAK. [00:15:02] AND I THINK THAT'S A REFLECTION OF THE REGION. WE'RE NOT THE ONLY CITY EXPERIENCING THIS DECLINE. IT'S REALLY REGION WIDE. I THINK THERE'S SOME HOPE THAT MAYBE WITH THE BIG EVENTS COMING UP, WE'LL SEE A BIT OF A LIFT. BUT OUR ADR ARE DOWN. OUR NEIGHBORS ADR'S ARE DOWN. RIGHT. OCCUPANCY IS JUST GENERALLY DOWN IN THE REGION. IN OUR PEAK, OUR AVERAGE OCCUPANCY WOULD BE ACTUALLY EXCEEDED 90%. WE'RE IN THE KIND OF LOW 70% RANGE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS WHICH IS PRETTY SOFT FOR US. EXTERNAL FACTOR LIKE ECONOMY AFFECTS IT AS WELL. YEAH. NATIONAL ECONOMY, INTERNATIONAL VISITORSHIP ISSUES, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE CHECKLIST. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF POSITIVE WIND IN OUR KIND OF SALES RIGHT NOW IN THAT FRONT. IS THE CITY LOOKING INTO AIRBNB STUFF? I KNOW THEY HAD BEEN THAT AT ONE TIME. IS THAT STILL AN ISSUE? YEAH. SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE STILL PROHIBITED IN OUR CODE. THEY HAVE BEEN FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SO ANYTHING UNDER 30 DAY STAYS ARE PROHIBITED UNLESS YOU ARE A HOTEL. OKAY. YEAH, NOT GOING TO REVISIT THAT. NO, I DON'T THINK SO. NOT BASED ON THE LAST POLICY DISCUSSION WE HAD. OKAY. YEAH. MAYBE I SHOULD CONSIDER IT FOR THE WORLD CUP. THE THOUGHT HAS COME UP. THE CHALLENGE WE FACE IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS, OUR PROHIBITION PREDATES THE COASTAL ACT, WHICH ALLOWS US TO HAVE IT IN THE COASTAL ZONE, AND IF WE UNDO THAT, WE THEN ARE SUBJECT TO OUR LCP REQUIREMENTS AND WOULD HAVE TO, TO PUT IT BACK IN PLACE, WE'D HAVE TO SEEK APPROVAL FROM THE COASTAL COMMISSION. I JUST READ SOMETHING. I MEAN, I REALLY DID GLANCE AT IT, BUT I HEARD THAT THEY ARE BEING MORE FORGIVING THAT THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION IS BEING MORE FORGIVING AROUND THE AREAS THAT WERE IMPACTED FOR THE FIRES AND SUCH. I MEAN, IT'S ALL RELATIVE BECAUSE WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE. SO I WONDER IF THERE'S THIS ARGUMENT THAT WE WANT TO OPEN UP THIS HOUSING BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO NEED HOUSING FOR A VERY SHORT TIME, NOT ONLY FOR, YOU KNOW, THE WORLD CUP, BUT ALSO TO SUPPORT THE WILDFIRES. RIGHT, WE, YOU KNOW, WE SENT LETTERS OUT TO OUR VRBO FOLKS WHO ARE KIND OF STILL ADVERTISING AGAINST THE PROHIBITION IN THE CODE, AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE APPEAL WE MADE. WE SAID, LOOK, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER MAKING THESE HOMES AVAILABLE FOR 30 DAY STAYS OR LONGER BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF DISPLACED RESIDENTS IN NEED. AND OF COURSE, IF YOU ASK HCD, THE STATE DEPARTMENT ON HOUSING, RIGHT, THEIR INTEREST ARE NOT THEY DON'T LIKE SHORT TERM RENTALS. THEY LIKE LONGER TERM STAY BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SEE MORE HOUSING STOCK AVAILABLE FOR PERMANENT HOUSING AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. SO THERE'S THIS WEIRD, YOU'VE GOT TWO STATE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE KIND OF COMPETING INTERESTS, ONE LONGER TERM HOUSING, ONE WHO LIKES TO VISIT OR SERVING ASPECT OF VRBO, SO WE'RE SHORT TERM RENTALS. SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING TO LAND. HCD IS KIND OF RULING THE WORLD RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING CRISIS AND THE NEED FOR MORE HOUSING IN THE STATE IS THE SORT OF DOMINANT POLICY INITIATIVE. SO I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THERE'S ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE LEGISLATURE TO START TO RESTRICT SHORT TERM RENTALS ACROSS THE STATE, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PUT IT INTO MORE PERMANENT HOUSING STOCK. I DON'T THINK THAT'LL HAPPEN ANYTIME SOON, BUT THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT THAT FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT BE INTERESTING. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. TO THE CITY MANAGER, THE WAR IN IRAN HAS DEFINITELY MADE PRICES HARD TO GAUGE, ESPECIALLY ON OUR COMMODITIES. AND YOU'RE TRYING TO ALSO BALANCE A BUDGET FOR CONTRACTS THAT WOULD HAPPEN A YEAR FROM NOW, RIGHT? SO WITH FLUCTUATIONS AND UNCERTAINTY, THE ONLY CERTAINTY. HOW ARE YOU MANAGING THAT BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR? YEAH, IT'S A CHALLENGE. THERE'S GOING TO BE NEEDS AND WE ALREADY HAVE IT LIKE TREE TRIMMING CONTRACTS, SOME OF OUR REGULAR MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS THAT YOU ALL SEE IN PUBLIC WORKS. THERE'S ALREADY THERE HAVE BEEN INFLATIONARY PRESSURES THE LAST COUPLE YEARS ON THOSE AGREEMENTS. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO THROW ONE TIME MONEY AT THEM TO KIND OF EXPAND OUR RESOURCE TO ALLOW FOR THAT INCREASED SCOPE OF WORK OR COST. BUT I'M NOT SURE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR. SO THERE MAY BE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE SORT OF SERVICE AREA CUTS, NOT TO PEOPLE PER SE, BUT TO CONTRACTS IN A SENSE. WE MAY, AS AN EXAMPLE, HAVE TO TRIM LESS OF OUR TREE GRID RIGHT THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE OF INFLATIONARY PRESSURES AND THE FACT THAT THE DOLLAR DOESN'T GO QUITE AS FAR AS IT DID BEFORE. SO WITH THOSE PARTICULAR CONTRACTORS. SO WE'RE VETTING THROUGH THAT IN THE NEXT MONTH, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME AREAS WHERE WE HAVE TO TIGHTEN THE BED A LITTLE BIT ON A SCOPE OF WORK BASIS IN ORDER TO BALANCE. WE WON'T BE ABLE TO THROW ADDITIONAL RESOURCE AT IT. THIS YEAR IS MY CURRENT EXPECTATION ANYWAY. I HAD ONE OTHER COMMENT ABOUT THE ELEVATED HAWTHORNE ALIGNMENT HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR METRO. SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO WORK WITH METRO TO ANTICIPATE THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONNECTIVITY, THOSE TWO MAIN AREAS BY THE REDONDO BEACH STATION AND THEN OVER BY THE MALL? [00:20:02] I SAY THIS BECAUSE I WORKED ON THE REGIONAL CONNECTOR, WHICH WAS $1 BILLION LESS THAN THE BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT, AND IT CAME ONLINE 2022-2023. I WORKED ON THE FINAL DESIGN, THE FINAL DESIGN IN 2014. AND IF THIS IS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT IN 2036, I'M CERTAIN IT WON'T. BUT THAT MEANS 2028 IS WHEN FINAL DESIGN STARTS. SO A LOT OF THESE IDEAS NEED TO START GETTING PICKED UP HERE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO SO. YEAH, NO GOOD QUESTION. WE YOU KNOW, WE WENT DOWN AND DID A LOT OF LOBBYING TO SUPPORT THE ALIGNMENT THAT WAS ULTIMATELY SELECTED. OUR COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE WERE REALLY INVOLVED, AND IT WAS QUITE THE, QUITE A VICTORY, I THINK, FOR OUR COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE PLEDGES WE MADE, IF YOU READ SOME OF OUR CORRESPONDENCE TO METRO AND THE BOARD WAS, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD WE WOULD DO EVERYTHING WE COULD TO EXPEDITE DESIGN, REVIEW AND PERMITTING WHERE APPROPRIATE FOR US WHERE WE HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY. WE DON'T HAVE NOW WITH THE NEW ALIGNMENT, WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF RIGHT OF WAY IN PLAY. WE HAVE THE ONE BIG PLATFORM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ACROSS FROM THE GALLERIA. WE SHARE THAT ROADWAY STRIP WITH TORRANCE. SO THEY'RE A BIG FACTOR IN THAT AS WELL. OBVIOUSLY THE BALANCE OF THE NORTHERN LEG IS COMING IN THROUGH LAWNDALE, THEY'LL BE THE DRIVERS OF THAT. BUT WE, WE'VE, WE'RE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT. WE'D LOVE TO SEE IT OCCUR. AND WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP EXPEDITE IT. BUT WE WON'T, REALLY BUT FOR MAYBE A FEW SMALL PORTIONS OF THE OF THE STRETCH HAVE A TRUE DIRECT OVERSIGHT ROLE. IT'LL BE PRIMARILY LAWNDALE AND TORRANCE ON THE PERMITTING SIDE. SO WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT. THOSE TWO AGENCIES WILL BE MORE IN PLAY. YEAH, I THINK THE FOLLOW UP, AND JUST IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THE BEST IMPROVEMENTS AS IT CONNECTS TO OUR CITY AS WELL, RIGHT IN THIS TRANSIT ORIENTED. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. AND, AND SOMETHING WE WILL BE THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TOGGLING BACK BETWEEN THE TRANSIT CENTER AND THE NEW PLATFORM AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THERE, GOOD PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LAST MILE DESIGN WHERE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE THE BEST TRAFFIC ENGINEER IN THE SOUTH BAY. SO AS LONG AS RYAN'S AROUND, I HAVE FULL FAITH AND CONFIDENCE THAT WE'LL BE IN A GOOD, GOOD POSITION, SO. AND TO SPEAK TO THAT, THE CONSULTANT THAT'S WORKING WITH METRO ON THE FIRST LAST MILE CONNECTIONS HAS ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH US ON CONCEPTS TO THAT. YEAH. YEAH, WE'RE EXCITED. WE'D LOVE TO SEE THE CURVE. THERE'S STILL, AS YOU POINT OUT, A LONG WAY TO GO. YEAH. AND A LOT OF BIT OF FUNDING TO SORT OUT THERE. COUPLE BILLION SHORT LAST I CHECKED ON ESTIMATES. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I THINK I MIGHT HAVE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION LAST YEAR, AND I'M EMBARRASSED THAT I FORGOT THE ANSWER. BUT WHERE DOES SALES TAX COME INTO PLAY IS, I GUESS MY QUESTION. AND THEN ARE WE LIKE, HOW ARE WE SEEING THIS YEAR WHAT'S FORECASTED COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS? AND I GUESS THE LAST PART OF THAT, ARE WE SEEING MORE BUSINESSES OPENING IN THE CITY THAN THAT ARE CLOSING? GREAT. GREAT QUESTIONS. SALES TAX IS GENERALLY FLAT YEAR OVER YEAR FOR US, WHICH IS NOT A GOOD THING. WE'D LIKE TO SEE INCREASE. AS I PROBABLY SAID LAST YEAR, I'VE SAID IT THE LAST FEW YEARS. OUR BIGGEST WEAKNESS IN OUR SALES TAX IS THE GALLERIA. THE GALLERIA IS PERFORMING AT ABOUT 20% OF ITS HISTORIC CAPACITY. IF IT WERE PERFORMING LIKE IT USED TO IN THE 90S. YOU KNOW, WHEN IT WAS AT ITS PEAK, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE DEALING WITH SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ANOTHER FIVE AND $7 MILLION A YEAR IN GENERAL FUND REVENUE. RIGHT. SO THAT HURTS. AND THE REASON THAT HURTS ISN'T JUST BECAUSE THEY WOULD GENERATE THE 5 TO 7 MILLION. BUT AND I THINK I MAY HAVE SHARED THIS FORMULAICALLY A LOT OF OUR SALES TAX IN THE REGION GOES INTO WHAT THEY CALL THE COUNTY POOL, RIGHT? SO WHEN YOU ALL BUY ONLINE, YOU THINK, OH, IT'S BEING DELIVERED TO REDONDO. WE GET THE SALES TAX. THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. IT GOES INTO THE COUNTY POOL, AND THEN THE COUNTY DISTRIBUTES THE SALES TAX BASED ON OUR CITY'S PERFORMANCE IN A BRICK AND MORTAR BASIS VERSUS ALL THE OTHER CITIES IN L.A. COUNTY. THE OTHER 88 CITIES IN L.A. COUNTY AND THE COUNTY ITSELF. THAT'S HOW THAT MONEY IS ALLOCATED. SO WE GET. SO CITIES LIKE TORRANCE, WHO HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH AMOUNT OF BRICK AND MORTAR SALES WITH BIG BOX RETAIL OR AUTO SALES. THEY ALSO GET A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF ONLINE SALES REVENUE. WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY NOT THOSE RESIDENTS THAT ARE BUYING THOSE GOODS. IT'S THOSE WHO ARE IN BEDROOM COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS. SO THAT IS A REAL KIND OF DOUBLE WHAMMY. SO WHEN THE GALLERIA ISN'T PERFORMING WELL, NOT ONLY DOES IT HURT THAT WE DON'T GET THE GALLERIA'S SHARE OF SALES TAX, BUT WE THEN GET THE LESS PROPORTIONAL VALUE AND ALLOCATION THROUGH THE COUNTY POOL, WHICH IS WHERE MOST OF THE COUNTY SALES TAX IS BEING COLLECTED. YEAH. THAT USED TO NOT BE THE CASE. BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, INCREASINGLY THE CASE WITH MORE AND MORE ONLINE SALES. SO THAT'S WHAT HURTS US. WE'D LOVE TO SEE THE GALLERIA COME BACK. WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENTITLE AND INCENTIVIZE THAT PROJECT. 650 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF NET NEW COMMERCIAL. [00:25:01] FULL REDESIGN OF THE SPACE. THEY'RE JUST STRUGGLING TO BRING IN THE RIGHT BUILDER, THE RIGHT PARTNER. SO WE'RE JUST SORT OF STALLED THERE. BUT WE VERY MUCH WANT TO SEE THAT SITE REVITALIZED AND REDEVELOPED. SO BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, OUR RESTAURANTS ARE DOING QUITE WELL. WE HAVE A VERY VIBRANT RESTAURANT SCENE. THE LITTLE BIT OF RETAIL WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, DEL AMO MOTORSPORTS, FERGUSONS, PLACES LIKE THAT, LIVING SPACES, THEY'RE DOING WELL, BUT THEY'RE NOT COSTCO, LOWE'S, HOME DEPOT, YOU KNOW, RANGE ROVER AND FORD, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE SEEING REALLY BIG SALES TAX THESE DAYS. AND THAT'S THE ONE THING YOU CAN'T BUY THAT STUFF ONLINE, YOU KNOW? SO WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PLACES FOR IT, YOU KNOW? YEAH. THANKS FOR SHARING THAT PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE SOMETIMES THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING, YOU KNOW, A THRIVING RESTAURANT SCENE IN THE RIVIERA VILLAGE OR DOWN AT OUR MARINA, BUT IT'S STILL PROBABLY JUST PALES IN COMPARISON TO THE BIG BUCKS. IT JUST DOES. GENERATION. YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING WELL OPENING BUSINESSES AND HELPING BUSINESSES COME ONLINE THAT ARE PROVIDING JOBS. OUR AEROSPACE INDUSTRY IS DOING QUITE WELL IMPULSE SPACE. WE'VE GOT ANOTHER COMPANY COMING IN FROM EL SEGUNDO THAT DOES SOME REALLY GREAT WORK. WE'VE, NORTHROP GOT A LOT OF FOLKS HOUSED ON THEIR CAMPUS. WE'VE HELPED THEM WITH TI. SO WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD ACTIVITY FROM THAT STANDPOINT JOBS WISE, JUST NOT A LOT OF RETAIL, NOT A LOT OF RETAIL, NOT A LOT OF NEW RETAIL. THANKS FOR THE EXPLANATION. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. I WISH IT WASN'T THE CASE. SO WE'RE MOVING COSTCO TO THE GALLERIA? IF THERE'S A, IF THERE'S AN EASY PATH FORWARD, SIGN ME UP. I, YOU KNOW, IF THE GALLERIA TURNED INTO 15 BIG, BIG BOX RETAILERS, THAT'D BE, WE'D BE CUTTING RIBBONS. YEAH. COMMISSIONER SIMPSON. I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHERE IT'LL GO. I THINK MORE LIKELY IT'LL GO INTO KIND OF A VILLAGE RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX TYPE PROJECT WITH SOME RETAIL, SOME SERVICE, SOME ENTERTAINMENT. THAT'S LIKELY WHERE THAT SITE HEADS IN TODAY'S DAY AND AGE. SO WE'LL SEE. SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE GOOD USE FOR IT. YEAH. AT THIS POINT, ANY KIND OF REINVESTMENT IN THAT SPACE ARE WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT. YEAH. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT? NO. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE STRATEGIES ABOUT HOW WE CAN ENGAGE OUR CAR DEALERSHIPS, BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST A WIN-WIN SITUATION ON ALL PARTS. THERE'S NO IMPACT TO RESIDENTS. WE GET INSANE SALES TAX. IT'S LOW MAINTENANCE. SO PLEASE SOMEONE ON YOUR TEAM, THINK ABOUT HOW WE ENGAGE THEM TO COME TO REDONDO IN SOME FASHION. YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY. I WISH WE COULD. THERE'S A THERE'S A STATE LAW THAT PROHIBITS WHAT THEY CALL POACHING FROM NEIGHBORHOODS. YEAH. WOW. SO YOU CAN DO IT IF THERE'S IF THE RELOCATION IS OCCURRING, LIKE, SAY, OUTSIDE THE COUNTY OR FROM A FAIR DISTANCE, THERE AREN'T ANY RESTRICTIONS. BUT WHAT YOU CAN'T DO IS USE TAX TO INCENTIVIZE BUSINESS TO MOVE FROM ONE ADJACENT COMMUNITY THE NEXT. SO IT CAN HAPPEN ORGANICALLY IF THEY IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SITES AND THEY NEED TO EXPAND. WE CAN HELP WITH THAT ON THE TI SIDE, BUT WE CAN'T ACTIVELY SOLICIT OR USE TAX INCENTIVE DEALS TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE THEM OR ENTICE THEM TO COME. SO IT'S A, IT'S TOUGH. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE ONE HALF DEALERSHIP, THE MITSUBISHI DEALERSHIP, AND WE'VE GOT OUR PLATINUM AUTO HOUSE AND WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP THEM EXPAND. AND DEL AMO MOTORSPORTS IS REALLY A BIG ONE FOR US. I MEAN, THEY SELL THEY DON'T SELL CARS, BUT THEY SELL, YOU KNOW, DUNE BUGGIES AND BOATS AND, YOU KNOW, DIRT BIKES AND THE LIKE. SEADOOS. THEY DO QUITE WELL. BUT YEAH, WE, WE'RE, OUR EYES ARE OPEN AND WE'RE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE FOR CONVERSATION, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S SOME LIMITS TO WHAT WE CAN DO. YEAH. I WASN'T THINKING NECESSARILY INCENTIVES, BUT JUST A STRATEGY ABOUT HOW WE ENGAGE THEM. SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES DOING SO WELL THAT THEIR FLOCK, I MEAN, TORRANCE IS VERY SUCCESSFUL. ORANGE COUNTY IS VERY SUCCESSFUL. IRVINE HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. I DO THINK THOSE CITIES HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON. THEY HAVE SPACE WHICH MAKES THEM VERY SUCCESSFUL. BUT THEN I'VE BEEN TO LIKE SMALLER CITIES LIKE NEWPORT BEACH, AND THERE'S LIKE SMALL LOTS THERE AND THERE'S LIKE A MILLION CARS THERE. AND THEY HAVE LIKE THIS BACKSTOCK OF CARS, OR IT'S THE ELON MUSK MODEL WHERE THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A SETUP SOMEWHERE, LIKE IN DEL AMO MALL AND THEIR CARS ARE SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO LIKE, I THINK I WOULD EMPOWER YOU OR THE CITY TO THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE BROAD ABOUT JUST LIMITING OUR HEADS TO SPACE BECAUSE IT'S 2026, YOU CAN BUY A CAR ONLINE, YOU KNOW. OR YOU DON'T NECESSARILY NEED THE BRICK AND MORTAR STORE ANYMORE. A LOT OF THESE CARVANA'S YOU LIKE BUY ONLINE AND PICK UP SOMEWHERE. IT'S LIKE WILD. YEAH, NO, IT'S KIND OF GREAT. I MEAN, WE WERE, WE WERE HOPEFUL THAT THE GALLERIA MIGHT BE A NATURAL SPOT AND THAT THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED. AND. THERE IS SOME UPSIDE IN THERE MAYBE, BUT. SORRY NOT TO INTERRUPT YOU. I'VE SEEN THAT MULTIPLE MALLS THAT THERE'S THESE EV PLACES, THEY'RE ALWAYS LIKE THE RIVIAN'S, [00:30:07] THE TESLAS, THEY'RE LIKE IN MALLS. SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN OUR BACK POCKET FOR YOU KNOW, COMING FOR OKAY. LAST THING, I'D BE REMISS TO SHARE THIS REQUEST BECAUSE A RESIDENT BROUGHT IT UP AT THE LAST MEETING. JUST THE EXPLORATION OF THE SAFE AND SOUND WALL IN THE 500-600 BLOCK OF PROSPECT YOU KNOW, THERE IS INCREASED OR THERE'S GOING TO BE INCREASED AT SOME POINT, WE THINK WITH BEACH CITIES AND THERE'S JUST INCREASED TRAFFIC, THERE'S NOISE. I KNOW THAT THE INITIAL BID THAT YOU GUYS HAD GONE OUT HAD GONE BEEN FOR A VERY, VERY TALL WALL. AND I WAS JUST WONDERING, WOULD YOU GUYS BE WILLING TO EXPLORE SOMETHING THAT'S SMALLER, A LITTLE MORE APPROPRIATE, YOU KNOW, 8 TO 10FT. YEAH, I THINK. SHORTER IN LENGTH TO JUST GET IT IN THIS BUDGET. TO LOOK. NO, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I APPRECIATE IT AND AWARE OF THE REQUEST AND WOULD AND CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT THE FOLKS ON PROSPECT WOULD LIKE AS MUCH PRIVACY AND SCREENING AND SOUND ATTENUATION AS WE CAN PROVIDE. WE'RE LOOKED AT THE OPTIONS. I THINK AT THIS POINT, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF CAPITAL RESOURCES AND BEING ABLE TO DO IT. THERE ARE CHEAPER OPTIONS THAN WE'RE YOU KNOW, THAN THAT KIND OF THE, WHAT THEY CALL THE SORT OF CALTRANS ENGINEERING SOUND WALL STANDARD. BUT THEY'RE STILL SIGNIFICANTLY EXPENSIVE. AND IT'S NOT AN EASY ENVIRONMENT TO BUILD IN GIVEN THE TERRAIN AND THE LIKE. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE MONITORING, WE'VE DONE SOME ENFORCEMENT WORK THERE TO TRY TO HELP SLOW SPEEDS DOWN ON PROSPECT. IT'S A BUSY STREET AS YOU ALL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT TOO FAR AWAY. IT'S A, IT'S AN ACTIVE CORRIDOR. WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD DOWN AT PROSPECT IN PV BOULEVARD WITH TRAFFIC STOPS. WE'VE WRITTEN A LOT OF CITATIONS THERE. TRUCKS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITY. AND WE'VE STARTED TO HIT THE DIAMOND LOCATION A LITTLE BIT TOO WITH OUR TRAFFIC UNIT. WE'VE GOT A FEW MORE OFFICERS IN THE TRAFFIC PATROL GROUP RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S AN AREA OF FOCUS FOR US. BUT THE PHYSICAL CHANGE IS, IS A FAIRLY EXPENSIVE ONE. WE WOULD HAVE TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO FUND. I WILL SAY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE THE SOUND WALL HAS BEEN REMOVED. AND THIS IS I LIVE NEAR THERE. THE SOUND FROM THE STREET IS INSANE. AND I FEEL BAD FOR THE PROSPECT PEOPLE, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CHALLENGES, BUT WE LIVE ONE STREET OVER AND WE, WE'RE HEARING. I HAVE ZERO PEACE, LIKE I CAN HEAR EVERYTHING IN THE BACK. AND IT COULD JUST BE THAT THAT LITTLE WALL DID SO MUCH, THAT GREEN WALL DID SO MUCH SOUND. YEAH. IMPACT, I DON'T KNOW. BUT I HEAR IT'S TREMENDOUS. IT IS STRANGE. THE, WE HAD THE OLD OLEANDERS THERE THAT DIED OFF AND RIGHT. WE TOOK THEM OUT. I DO THINK THIS GREENERY, ONCE IT GETS CONTINUES TO MATURE, IT SHOULD HELP TO SOME DEGREE. BUT IT'S NOT, PROSPECT IS LOUD AS YOU KNOW. I MEAN WE CAN HEAR YOU KNOW, WE HEAR 190TH TRAFFIC. WE HEAR PV BOULEVARD TRAFFIC, WE HEAR PCH TRAFFIC. IT'S WE'RE JUST IN A COMMUNITY WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TRAFFIC AND, AND SO, AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S A SOUND EFFECT COMING OFF OF THE HEALTH DISTRICT CAMPUS AND MAYBE IT'S. I KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT. ONCE ALL THAT CONSTRUCTION STARTS TO BEGIN HAPPENING, THAT ENTIRE, I MEAN, ASIDE A FEW BLOCKS DOWN IS GOING TO ABSORB THE IMPACT AND HEAR THE IMPACT. WE HAVE A SCHOOL THERE. THERE'S TWO STREETS THERE. AND SO I'M JUST WANTED TO SEE IF WE CAN EMPOWER YOU GUYS TO DO SOMETHING MORE THAN WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. YEAH, I APPRECIATE. I KNOW THAT THE FIRST BID WAS A VERY LARGE ONE, VERY EXPENSIVE ONE, BECAUSE THE WALL WAS REALLY BIG. CAN WE EXPLORE SOMETHING THAT'S HALF THE SIZE, LESS, YOU KNOW, HALF THE BUDGET TO BEGIN ABSORBING SOME OF THAT NOISE? NO, I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE STUDIED A FEW OPTIONS, BUT I CERTAINLY TALKED TO ANDY. AND WE CAN SEE IF THERE'S OTHER CHOICES OUT THERE, I JUST DON'T KNOW. IN KNOWING WHERE WE'RE AT WITH CAPITAL RESOURCES AND KNOWING UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S A FAIRLY LIMITED. THE RESOURCE FOR THAT TYPE OF CONSTRUCT IS KIND OF LIMITED IN OUR CIP. IF IT WERE DONE WITH A BROADER SORT OF PROSPECT, KIND OF COMPLETE STREETS EFFORT, OR WE WERE ADDING ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION CONCEPTS. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HAVING SUCCESS WITH OUR GRANTS, WITH THESE MANHATTAN BEACH BOULEVARD OR SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE RECENTLY EXECUTED. THOSE ARE MORE HOLISTIC EFFORTS, AND WE CAN USE METRO FUNDS FOR THAT OR REGIONAL MEASURE MONIES. HOW ABOUT THE BIKE TO NOWHERE? THE BIKE PATH TO NOWHERE. CAN THAT BE CONNECTED TO THIS? IT COULD. IT'S YOU KNOW, IF TORRANCE WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, FINISH THEIR LITTLE SEGMENT, WE'D BE WE'D BE GOLDEN. ALTHOUGH IT'S QUITE, IT'S QUITE HEAVILY USED EVEN IN ITS CURRENT STATE. BUT YEAH, I MEAN, WE'RE ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT. RYAN AND THE TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB PURSUING PROJECTS AND FUNDS, BUT YEAH, THERE'S JUST, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH TO GO AROUND, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT. WE'LL LOOK AT THE OPTIONS. ON THAT SAME AREA ON PROSPECT. HAS THE CITY LOOKED INTO DOING SOMETHING LIKE LAX HAS DONE WITH SOUND MITIGATION THROUGH AN ADDITIONAL SET OF WINDOWS. OH, IN TERMS OF SORT OF LIKE HELPING THE RESIDENTS WITH. [00:35:03] SURE. YEAH. KIND OF WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT. I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THAT. IT'S AN INTERESTING. MUCH CHEAPER WAY TO GO ABOUT IT. YEAH. THE QUESTION IS HOW WE, PROBABLY HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE CITY THAT CAN HEAR THE NOISE. YEAH. WE'D HAVE SOME TYPE OF INCENTIVE TO CHANGE YOUR WINDOWS. YEAH. YEAH. IT'S. AND ACTUALLY THE ONES THE, THE RESIDENCES RIGHT NEXT TO LAX THAT'S ACTUALLY A DOUBLE PANE WINDOW INSIDE OF A DOUBLE PANE WINDOW. YEAH. IT'S PRETTY ROBUST, RIGHT? IT IS. YEAH. I WISH LAX WOULD HELP US OUT WITH THE FUNDING. THAT WOULD BE BETTER. YEAH. YEAH, NO, IT'S AN INTERESTING THOUGHT. IT WOULD JUST COME DOWN TO MONEY FOR US. NO, I GET IT. I JUST YEAH. IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE CHEAPER THAN A. COULD BE CHEAPER THAN A SOUND WALL, DEPENDING ON HOW BIG. THAT WAS THE, WHERE IT WAS GOING. YEAH. LET THE ENGINEERS FIGURE IT OUT. APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS. YES. COMMISSIONERS. COMMISSIONERS. SO I'M SURE YOU'VE GOT THIS COVERED, BUT LIKE THE MOST EFFECTIVE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGY IS REDUCING FRICTION, RIGHT? FASTER PERMITTING LOWER INITIAL COSTS, AND ACTIVATING UNDERUSED COMMERCIAL SPACES COMBINED WITH TARGETED INCENTIVES FOR VACANCY REDUCTION AND SUSTAINABILITY UPGRADES. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS ARE WE, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A STAFF EXPLORING EVERYTHING TO LIKE MAXIMIZE THE BUSINESS ATTRACTION AND RETENTION FOLLOW UP WITH CURRENT BUSINESSES, FIND OUT IF THERE'S, HOW ARE THEY DOING OR AND ALSO YOU KNOW, STREAMLINING PERMITTING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, TARGETED FEE REDUCTIONS OR DEFERRALS FOR NEW AND VACANT STOREFRONT OCCUPANCY, AND PILOT INCENTIVE PROGRAMS SUPPORTING SUSTAINABILITY UPGRADES AND COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR ACTIVATION. YEAH, WE HAVE DONE WELL, I'LL SAY THIS. THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT THAT WE ARE WORKING ON VERY ACTIVELY. THE FIRST ONE, AND I GIVE MARC WIENER, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, A LOT OF CREDIT. WE'VE BROUGHT IN A WHOLE NEW WELL, THERE WAS A DEPARTMENT MASTER PLAN THAT WAS CREATED. WE CREATED STATED OBJECTIVES AND GOALS FOR PERMITTING CYCLES AND TIMING. WE'VE SUPPLEMENTED OUR WORKFORCE WITH THIRD PARTY PLAN CHECK CONTRACTORS. WE HAVE TAKEN WHAT USED TO BE, IN SOME INSTANCES, 6 TO 8 WEEK PLAN CHECK TURNAROUND TO, IN SOME CASES LESS THAN TEN DAYS NOW, EIGHT DAYS FOR LARGER CHECK. AND WE'RE DOING TURNAROUND, COUNTER TURNAROUND CHECK FOR SOME OF THE SMALLER PROJECTS. SO OUR ARE MET, AND WE'RE NOW QUANTIFYING AND CONSTANTLY ANALYZING OUR PERFORMANCE METRICS IN THAT RESPECT. THE DEPARTMENT USED TO GET JUST COUNTLESS COMPLAINTS FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. OH MY, IT TAKES FOREVER TO GET A PERMIT. I CAN'T GET AN INSPECTION. I THAT HAS COMPLETELY SHIFTED. WE DO REAL TIME SURVEYING. WE COLLECT FEEDBACK. WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF HAPPY CUSTOMERS, WHICH IS GREAT. THAT EFFORT. SO THAT'S OUR. THAT TO ME IS THE BEST THING WE CAN DO TO HELP INCENTIVIZE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS TO STREAMLINE PERMITTING, RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT'S THE BIGGEST CAUSE OF DELAY. ABSOLUTELY. AND OUR, AND I CAN SAY UNEQUIVOCALLY AND STATISTICALLY THAT WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE IN THE LAST YEAR. THE SECOND THING THAT WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON, IT'S TAKEN A WHILE, IS OUR AVIATION ARTESIA AREA CORRIDOR PLAN, THE AACAP, CORRIDOR AREA PLAN, REALLY TRYING TO FIND WAYS AND STRATEGIES TO BRING ABOUT NEW INVESTMENT ON THE BOULEVARDS, RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN A SORE SPOT FOR US. WE LEARNED WE'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT RESEARCH. AND WE'RE TRYING SOME PRETTY BOLD THINGS. WE, COUNCIL HAS TAKEN THE STEP TO ELIMINATE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR BUSINESSES ON THE BOULEVARDS TO TRY TO HELP THE DEVELOPERS SOLVE PROBLEMS. ONE OF THE BIG COMPLAINTS WE WOULD HEAR FROM PROSPECTIVE RESTAURATEURS OR OTHERS IS, I CAN'T FIGURE OUT ON THIS OLD MAIN STREET HOW TO COMPLY WITH YOUR OLD RETAIL PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND STILL HAVE THE SPACE I NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO NOW IT'S OKAY. YOU TELL US WHAT YOU NEED. THERE ISN'T A RESTRICTION. WE'RE HOPING THAT WILL HELP. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FLOOR AREA RATIO CHANGES. THOSE ARE THAT'S SOMETHING ULTIMATELY WILL HAVE TO BE PART OF AN ARTICLE 27 VOTE IN THIS FALL IN ORDER TO CEMENT AND CODIFY. WE HAVE ALSO BROUGHT IN A FIRM CALLED AREAS TO HELP DO AN ASSESSMENT OF THE OWNERS ALONG THE BOULEVARD. ONE OF THE FRUSTRATIONS WE'VE HAD IS WE HAVE A LOT OF THIRD PARTY SORT OF ABSENTEE TRUSTEE OWNERS OF LAND AND BUSINESSES ON ARTESIA. THEY DON'T LIVE IN REDONDO. THEY'RE DISCONNECTED FROM REDONDO. IT MAY HAVE BEEN THEIR PARENTS WHO FORMED THE BUSINESS, BOUGHT THE PROPERTY. IT'S NOW INHERITED BY SIBLINGS IN A TRUST. THEY'RE DISCONNECTED. THEY'RE JUST SIMPLY COLLECTING CHECKS FROM WHATEVER TENANTS THEY HAVE. [00:40:01] THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE REINVEST? HOW CAN WE REBUILD? IN PART BECAUSE PROP 13 IS SOMEWHAT OF A LIMITER, RIGHT? IF YOU HAVE A TRUST AND YOU SELL THAT PROPERTY, YOU NOW SUDDENLY HAVE TAX LIABILITY. AND THAT'S AN ISSUE, RIGHT? SO TRUST AREN'T IN THE HABIT OF DOING THAT. IF THEY IF THEY INVEST IN THE SITE, THEY'RE GOING TO GET REAPPRAISED. THEY MAY BE, THEY MIGHT BE LIGHT ON CASH FLOW. THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HANDLE THAT, THAT THAT SORT OF UPGRADE APPRAISED VALUE. SO THERE'S A FEW BARRIERS, BUT WHAT AREAS IS DOING IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO THESE TRUSTS ARE, FIND OUT WHO ARE THE DECISION MAKERS, AND THEN HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES WE'RE MAKING TO THE CORRIDOR, AND THEN MAYBE EVEN PAIR THEM WITH PROSPECTIVE TENANTS THAT WOULD BE PARTNERS TO ASSIST IN THE RECYCLING OF THE SITE. SO THAT'S A CONCERTED EFFORT. WE'VE SPENT SOME MONEY TO DO THAT AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THAT PAIRING HAPPEN. BUT IT'S SLOW. I MEAN, YOU CAN IMAGINE THESE TRUSTS INTERESTS ARE VARIED, RIGHT? SOME ARE JUST DON'T BOTHER ME. I'M YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF 100 PROPERTIES. I'VE GOT NO INTEREST. IT'S FINE. JUST KEEP THE CHECK COMING. I'LL HAVE TO AGREE. AND THEN OTHERS ARE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'RE NOT EVEN PAYING ATTENTION. THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY OWN THE SITE. THEY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OUT THERE. AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, ARTESIA BOULEVARD, WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF ABSENTEE LANDLORDS THAT JUST DON'T LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S SURPRISING. YOU KNOW, THE VILLAGE, A LOT OF OUR RESTAURATEURS ARE OUR OWNERS ARE LOCALS. WOW. FOR SOME REASON, ARTESIA BOULEVARD/AVIATION, NOT SO MUCH. THE PROPERTIES ARE OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY TRUSTS THAT ARE OUT OF THE IMMEDIATE AREA. RIGHT. SO DOING A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED THERE, WE REALLY ARE. THAT'S A. AND THAT WAS THE THIRD ONE. YEAH. THE THIRD FOCUS. YES. OKAY. WOW. GREAT JOB. WELL, I MEAN, MORE TO COME. YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WHAT WE FOUND, YOU KNOW, WE ENTITLED GRUBHAUS REALLY QUICKLY. WE HELPED WITH PERMITTING. THAT PROJECT STALLED DUE TO CAPITAL ISSUES. RIGHT. THE CAPITAL MARKETS STILL VERY EXPENSIVE. CONSTRUCTION LENDING IS VERY COSTLY RIGHT NOW. THE GALLERIA I MENTIONED, WE JUST DID EVERYTHING TO HELP AND JUST CAN'T GET IT OFF THE GROUND. THEY CAN'T PENCIL FOR THEM RIGHT NOW. SO I THINK THE MACROECONOMIC ISSUES ARE AFFECTING OUR PROGRESS AS MUCH AS ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. I AGREE. NOT SO MUCH ON THE HOUSING SIDE. THE HOUSING SIDE OF THE EQUATION IS HAPPENING. BUT THE COMMERCIAL SIDE IS STRUGGLING. YEAH. YEAH. ANYWAY. I THINK YOUR PRESENTATION WAS FANTASTIC. I APPRECIATE IT. ANY, COMMISSIONER BEELI? NO, I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI? NO, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON? NO, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ? NO. COMMISSIONER SIMPSON? NO, THANKS. WELL, I REALLY APPRECIATE. I ALWAYS ENJOY SEEING YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. AND WE'LL THINK ABOUT SOME OF THESE SUGGESTIONS AND WE'LL SEE YOU AFTER THE DELIVERY OF THE BUDGET. MAYBE THE NEXT TIME. SEE YOU AT THE BUDGET MEETING IN JUNE. I'LL GO. OKAY. THREE OF THEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME. YEAH. OF COURSE. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE NEED TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE ITEM. BUT THERE IS NO, THERE'S NO HANDS RAISED ON ON ZOOM AND THERE'S NO COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. OKAY. AND THERE'S NO ACTION FOR THIS ITEM AS WELL. SO IF THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT, WE CAN GET TO THE NEXT ITEM. GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE. NO. HE SAID THAT THERE WAS NO ACTION NEEDED. NO ACTION? NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM. SO I'M SO SORRY. OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON, ITEMS CONTINUE FROM, PREVIOUS DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-27. J.2 NOW. YEAH, PROJECT UPDATE AND DISCUSSION OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND CURB RAMP REPLACEMENTS ALONG PROSPECT AVENUE. J.2. GOOD EVENING, PUBLIC WORKS SAFETY SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS OUR PROJECT UPDATE FOR PROSPECT AVENUE SIGNALS AND RAMP REPLACEMENTS. SO JUST SOME GENERAL BACKGROUND LIKE ANY PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, LIKE SEWERS, PIPES TRAFFIC SIGNALS NEED PERIODIC REPLACEMENT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR. BUT SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT ARE INFLUENCING THE NEED TO REPLACE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON PROSPECT INCLUDE NEW STANDARDS FOR CURB RAMPS NEW STANDARDS FOR PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS, ADA PROWAG AND STANDARDS FOR SIGNAL TIMING AS WELL. CALTRANS HAS MUCH LARGER POLE FOUNDATION REQUIREMENTS IF YOU NOTICE ANY NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL, THE POLES ARE MUCH LARGER. THERE'S ALSO ADVANCEMENTS IN TRAFFIC DETECTION CAPABILITIES. WE'RE MOSTLY USING TRAFFIC CAMERAS IN OUR NEW INSTALLATIONS. OLDER TRAFFIC SIGNALS USE MAGNETIC LOOPS IN THE GROUND. THIS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE OUR SIGNAL TIMING TO CURRENT TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AND REQUESTS FROM RESIDENTS. NEWER TRAFFIC SIGNALS WE ARE ABLE TO MONITOR THEM REMOTELY FROM CITY HALL. [00:45:05] THIS IS ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMPLAINTS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT DEL AMO AND PROSPECT AND THE SIGNAL TIMING AND WANTING LEFT TURN SIGNALS THERE. AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THOSE COMPLAINTS. AND LASTLY PER CITY COUNCIL POLICY, TO ADD LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS AT SIGNALS THAT CURRENTLY CAN'T HANDLE THAT TYPE OF CAPABILITY, THIS IS THE HEAD START FOR THE PEDESTRIANS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE THE CURSOR, THE PICTURE TO THE RIGHT IS THE INTERSECTION OF PROSPECT AND PEARL. THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF VERY ANTIQUATED SIGNAL POLES. POLES THAT ARE NO LONGER MADE, NO LONGER STANDARD AND ARE AT RISK OF FAILURE, AND SO THIS PROJECT WOULD REPLACE THOSE TYPES OF POLES. THE BOTTOM PICTURES HERE SHOW AN OBSOLETE PEDESTRIAN PUSH BUTTON, THOSE PUSH BUTTONS ARE NO LONGER ADA COMPLIANT. THIS IS AT TORRANCE AND PROSPECT. AND THEN OVER AT THE RIGHT HERE, A PRETTY CORRODED POLE THAT DOES NEED REPLACEMENT. AND ALSO OLD PUSH BUTTONS THAT ARE NO LONGER STANDARD. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ADDRESS WHEN WE REPLACE ALL THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND CURB RAMPS ON PROSPECT. SO THAT'S OUR SCOPE OF WORK. CURRENT ADA REQUIRES PRECISE POSITIONING BETWEEN THE PEDESTRIAN PUSH BUTTONS, THE SIDEWALKS AND THE RAMPS. AND IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO TO REPLACE ALL THAT. AND WE NEED TO REPLACE ALL THAT. IT'S BEST TO REPLACE ALL THAT AT ONE TIME. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING BOTH CURB RAMPS AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS. THE MAP TO YOUR RIGHT SHOWS ALL THE EXISTING TRAFFIC SIGNALS ALONG PROSPECT. THOSE ARE ALL THE ONES THAT WILL BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT EFFORT IS FULLY FUNDED THROUGH DESIGN. SO WE HAVE A CONSULTANT WHO'S DOING THIS DESIGN FOR US. FULLY FUNDED THROUGH MEASURE M. AND WE WILL BE SEEKING MEASURE M FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL. SOME OF THE HIGH, THE MOST HIGHLY VISIBLE CHANGES THAT THE PUBLIC CAN EXPECT FROM THIS PROJECT. WE INCLUDED THE PLANS, THE 60% SIGNAL PLANS, SIGNAGE AND STRIPING PLANS FOR THIS PROJECT IN THE AGENDA PACKET FOR EVERYONE TO SEE, BUT I THINK THE CHANGES THAT ARE MOST VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC WILL BE LARGER POLE DIAMETERS AND FOUNDATIONS, CURRENT TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND INTERSECTIONS, DESIRE TO HAVE TWO RAMPS PER CORNER WHEREVER FEASIBLE. SO THAT'S ONE RAMP PER CROSSWALK. SO EACH CORNER WILL HAVE TWO RAMPS. WITH THAT WE'LL BE PUTTING IN CURB EXTENSIONS WHEREVER POSSIBLE. THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF REASONS WHY WE WANT TO DO THAT. WE'LL DISCUSS THOSE LATER. WE'LL ALSO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INSTALL FLASHING YELLOW ARROWS LEFT TURNS NEAR THE SCHOOLS. THIS ALLOWS US TO PROGRAM TIME OF DAY RESTRICTIONS FOR UNPROTECTED LEFT TURNS TO IMPROVE SAFETY. THIS INCLUDES DEL AMO AND PROSPECT, WHERE WE'VE RECEIVED LOTS OF REQUESTS FOR LEFT TURN SIGNALS ON THE SOUTHBOUND LEFT. THIS PROJECT WILL WILL ACCOMMODATE THAT CHANGE. AND ALSO REMOVING THE SPLIT PHASING ON DEL AMO. THAT CAUSES A LOT OF UNNECESSARY DELAYS. AS WELL AS RECONFIGURING THE EASTBOUND APPROACH AT DEL AMO AND PROSPECT TO PROVIDE A SECOND THROUGH LANE INSTEAD OF THE DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE. WE'LL ALSO ADD LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS FOR ALL MAJOR CROSSINGS. AND IMPROVE BICYCLE DETECTION AND FEEDBACK FOR BICYCLE USERS. SO ON THE RIGHT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A LIGHT THAT TURNS ON WHEN A BICYCLE IS DETECTED AT AN INTERSECTION. WE ARE PILOTING THIS AT ARTESIA AND RINDGE. RIGHT NOW. IT'S WORKING RELATIVELY WELL. WE'RE STILL GOING TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WE PLAN TO PUT THESE TYPES OF LIGHTS IN AT, MOST OF OUR MINOR STREET APPROACHES, WHERE CYCLISTS DO NOT KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE DETECTED OR NOT. SO THIS LIGHT WILL TELL THEM IF THEY'RE IF THE SIGNAL SEES THEM AND THAT THEY WILL GET A GREEN LIGHT SOON. HOPEFULLY WE'LL DECREASE THE NEED FOR CYCLISTS TO RIDE ON SIDEWALKS, RUN RED LIGHTS, AND PRESS THE PEDESTRIAN PUSH BUTTON WHEN THEY DON'T REALLY NEED TO. BELOW IS A PICTURE OF THE CURRENT STANDARD PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL, ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL. THESE THINGS TALK. THEY BEEP. THEY MAKE LOTS OF NOISES AND THEY ARE FULLY ADA COMPLIANT. RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE VERY COMPLEX. BUT THIS IS THE CURRENT STANDARD IN THE COUNTRY. THIS PICTURE AT THE LEFT SHOWS THE OLD INTERSECTION OF CATALINA AND TORRANCE. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS AN ANTIQUATED POLL. THE MOST RECENT PROJECT, THIS IS A CURRENT STANDARD POLL. WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN GOOD FEEDBACK ABOUT THIS WITH THE VIEWS. WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT CATALINA AVENUE AND IN SOME, YOU KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT CORRIDOR AT A FUTURE MEETING. BUT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW LARGE THE POLLS GET. PICTURES TO THE RIGHT SHOW EXAMPLES THAT WE WANT TO AVOID. OVER HERE SHOWS A RAMP THAT GOES, A SINGLE RAMP THAT GOES DIAGONALLY INTO THE INTERSECTION RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED WITH A LOT OF NON WALKABLE ROCKS AROUND IT. WE WANT TO AVOID EXAMPLES LIKE THIS THAT PEDESTRIANS CAN TRIP ON. [00:50:02] AS WELL AS RIGHT OUTSIDE CITY HALL AT PCH AND DIAMOND, THIS IS A CALTRANS INTERSECTION. THEY DID INSTALL THIS DUAL RAMP HERE, BUT THERE IS A PIECE OF RETAINING CURB IN THE MIDDLE. THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AN IDEAL SCENARIO. TECHNICALLY, THESE TWO EXAMPLES AT THE RIGHT ARE ADA COMPLIANT. BUT YOU KNOW, FROM I THINK FROM A PRACTICAL USABILITY STANDPOINT. IT'S NOT OUR DESIRED APPROACH. AND THIS IS WHY WE ARE STRONGLY, YOU KNOW, WANTING CURB EXTENSION BULB OUTS AT ALL OF OUR NEW SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, CURB EXTENSIONS SHORTEN THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, SAFER, MORE EFFICIENCY FOR THE SIGNALS DECREASES THE DAYLIGHTING ZONE IMPROVES VISIBILITY. BUT BESIDES THAT, IT ALSO REDUCES THE CHANCES FOR US TO RUN INTO UTILITY CONFLICTS DURING CONSTRUCTION. WE TRY TO SURVEY ALL THE UTILITIES WHEN WE'RE DOING THE DESIGN, BUT WE OFTENTIMES RUN INTO SITUATIONS WHERE THERE ARE UTILITIES THAT WE FIND RIGHT WHEN WE'RE DIGGING FOR THE FOUNDATION OF THESE LARGER SIGNAL POLES. WE RAN INTO SO MANY OF THESE ISSUES AT BERYL AND MARIA. AND SO IF WE ARE INCLUDING CURB EXTENSIONS WITH OUR RAMPS, IT GREATLY DECREASES THE CHANCES THAT WE'LL RUN INTO A UTILITY CONFLICT, REDUCES THE CHANCES FOR RETAINING CURVES, AND IT REALLY LETS US BUILD THOSE DUAL RAMPS AT THESE INTERSECTIONS, AND IT MAKES FOR A MUCH CLEANER CORNER, AS SHOWN IN THESE TWO EXAMPLES. ONE IS IN PASADENA AND ONE IS IN SAN JOSE. AND THIS MIGHT BE THE ONLY FEASIBLE WAY TO COMPLY WITH CURRENT STATE AND FEDERAL STANDARDS, THIS TO ACTUALLY PUT A CURB EXTENSION SO WE CAN FIT BOTH CURB RAMPS AT THE CORNER, THE POLES, AND NOT REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL POLES JUST FOR THE BUTTONS AND TO MAKE EVERYTHING ADA COMPLIANT. SOME OTHER THINGS TO NOTE IS THAT THIS PROJECT, WE DON'T EXPECT THIS PROJECT TO PREVENT THE INSTALLATION OF BICYCLE LANES ON PROSPECT OR EVEN MAKE THEM MORE DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT IF THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO PURSUE THIS TYPE OF STUDY IN THE FUTURE. SO WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT LOCKING OURSELVES OUT OF, YOU KNOW, ANY POTENTIAL FUTURE CHANGES ON PROSPECT. THIS PROJECT PURELY SERVES TO MODERNIZE AND ENHANCE THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND DO THE REQUIRED CURB RAMP REPLACEMENTS. THE SIGNAL POLE MAST ARMS WILL BE SIZED FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL. SO SPECIFICALLY CAMINO REAL AT PROSPECT. THERE ARE NO LEFT TURN LANES THERE AND AT, ON PROSPECT AT PV BOULEVARD, ALSO NO LEFT TURN LANES THERE. IF THE CITY WANTS TO CHANGE THE LANE CONFIGURATIONS TO HAVE LEFT TURN LANES, THOSE SIGNALS WILL BE READY FOR LEFT TURN SIGNALS. IF WE DECIDE TO GO DOWN ROUTE, IT'S A VERY MINOR THING, VERY MINOR INSTALLATION THAT WE HAVE TO DO AT THIS TIME, BUT WE'LL SAVE US A LOT OF MONEY IN THE FUTURE IF WE CHANGE THOSE CONFIGURATIONS. TO THE RIGHT YOU'RE SHOWING, WE'RE SHOWING AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THESE CURB EXTENSIONS AND SOME OF THE POLE COMPLEXITIES THERE. IF WE IF WE DID NOT PROPOSE THOSE CURB EXTENSIONS, I THINK THESE RAMPS WOULD LOOK A LOT UGLIER THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY PROPOSED. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY PROVIDING COMMENTS ON THESE 60% PLANS. WE DO WANT MORE AGGRESSIVE CURB EXTENSIONS TO MAKE IT WORTH OUR WHILE. WE DO HAVE SOME LOCATIONS WHERE THEY ARE PROPOSING THESE RETAINING CURBS. AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE WANTING MORE AGGRESSIVE BULB OUTS TO REDUCE UTILITY CONFLICTS AS WELL. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. WE DON'T HAVE A, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TONIGHT IS A RECEIVE AND FILE AND, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE US WITH ANY COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY OR FEASIBLY INCLUDE ON THIS PROJECT FOR PROSPECT AVENUE. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. YEAH, RYAN THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND YOUR EFFORTS TO WORK TOWARDS THE CURB EXTENSIONS TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THIS NEW EQUIPMENT AND PARTICULARLY TO HAVE THOSE, YOU KNOW, IN MY OPINION, BETTER DESIGNED CURB RAMPS AS WELL. IT'S FUNNY YOU SHOWED THE PICTURE NEXT TO THE MCDONALD'S BECAUSE I TOOK A PICTURE OF THAT EXACT SAME CURB RAMP TODAY BECAUSE I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT, ABOUT MAYBE PAINTING THE EDGE OF IT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, HERMOSA'S DONE ON THEIR STRETCH OF PROSPECT. THEY'VE ACTUALLY PAINTED YELLOW CURB AT ALL OF THOSE LITTLE STEP DOWN APRONS TO PREVENT, YOU KNOW, ANY UNNECESSARY TRIPPING AND SO FORTH. BUT YEAH, I, LIKE I SAID, I REALLY COMMEND YOUR EFFORTS TO LOOK INTO THE, THE CURB RAMP, SORRY, THE CURB EXTENSIONS TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THE NEW EQUIPMENT. YEAH, AND I THINK THESE ARE, THESE ARE NEW STANDARDS THAT A LOT OF ENGINEERS IN THE PRACTICE AND AGENCIES AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE STILL TRYING TO DEAL WITH AND LEARN FROM. AND I THINK TO US, THE CURB EXTENSION ROUTE IS PROBABLY THE BEST CHANCE WE HAVE OF AVOIDING THESE, YOU KNOW, SEEMINGLY ADA COMPLIANT, BUT, YOU KNOW, BEFUDDLING FOR THE AVERAGE PEDESTRIAN. WHY DO I HAVE TO MEANDER MY WAY AROUND ALL THESE CURBS? [00:55:02] YEAH. YOU KNOW, IT CONFUSES US. YEAH. GOOD. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. YEAH, THIS IS A LARGE PROJECT. ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT YOU'LL GET FULL FUNDING FROM METRO UPON FINISHING THE DESIGN PLANS? WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE CHANCES TO GET THE FULL FUNDING, BUT I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE WE ARE INCORPORATING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENTS TO THIS, WE STAND A BETTER CHANCE AT RECEIVING MEASURE M FUNDING FOR THIS. THE SOUTH BAY CITIES COG HAS BEEN TRYING TO PRIORITIZE FUNDING EXISTING PROJECTS. AND THIS IS NOW AN EXISTING PROJECT AND CERTAINLY IS WILL IMPROVE SAFETY. AND I THINK BECAUSE WE'RE PUSHING SUCH A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY APPROACH TO THIS, WE DO HAVE BETTER CHANCES AT FUNDING THIS OVER, YOU KNOW, IF WE DIDN'T PROPOSE ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU WOULD DO IT IN STAGES DUE TO THE FUNDING? POSSIBLY, YEAH. SO ONE THING I NOTICED IN THE IN THE REPORT THAT THROUGH THE APPENDICES IS THAT IT WAS HARD TO TRACK THE LEVEL OF SERVICE VERSUS THE FUTURE LEVEL OF SERVICE. SOME OF THESE THINGS. AND THERE WAS NO COST AVAILABLE. I THINK IT WOULD HELP ON A BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS IF WE HAD SHOWING WHAT IS THE EXISTING LEVEL OF SERVICE, WHICH IS BASED ON DELAY. THIS IS MY UNDERSTANDING ONLY, RIGHT. AND THEN TO THE FUTURE LEVEL OF SERVICE AND THEN THE COST. SO MAYBE YOU COULD CREATE A PRIORITIZATION LIST ON THOSE INTERSECTIONS. SO YOU COULD OBVIOUSLY MEET BIGGEST NEED FIRST FOR EACH ONE. IT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION, BUT A WAY TO HELP. IT WAS NOT CLEAR. AND I KNOW THAT I'M JUST LOOKING THROUGH THE TRAFFIC REPORT, NOT AN INDICTMENT ON ANYTHING, BUT IT WAS HARD TO TELL WHICH WOULD MAYBE BE THE BEST ONES TO GO AFTER. YEAH. I THINK WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THE TRAFFIC STUDY PROCESS, WE DIDN'T SEE MAJOR CHANGE. WE TRIED TO AVOID MAJOR CHANGES TO LOS AND DELAY. AND I THINK WE DID ACHIEVE THAT, ESPECIALLY IN SOME LOCATIONS WHERE LIKE PROSPECT AND DEL AMO, WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THINGS MORE EFFICIENT BY REMOVING THE SPLIT PHASING. I THINK WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO PRIORITIZING WHICH LOCATION OVER OTHERS, IT'S PROBABLY A LOCATION LIKE PROSPECT AND PEARL. PROSPECT AND TORRANCE BOULEVARD THAT HAVE THE MOST ANTIQUATED SIGNAL POLES. I THINK THOSE ARE THE ONES WE WANT TO FOCUS ON REPLACING FIRST IF WE NEEDED TO PRIORITIZE. BUT FROM MY RECOLLECTION, THE TRAFFIC STUDY SHOWED, YOU KNOW, PRETTY, PRETTY NOMINAL CHANGES TO DELAY AND LOS. IS THERE A REASON WHY THERE WASN'T FUTURE TRAFFIC COUNT NUMBERS THAT WERE PLACED IN THERE? I BELIEVE THE, THEY DID INCORPORATE A MODEST GROWTH RATE IN TRAFFIC IN THEIR ASSUMPTIONS. WE JUST WANTED TO LIMIT IT TO ONE SCENARIO, SINCE, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE CITY IS BUILT OUT AND, AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF TRAFFIC CHANGES IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. SO THE VOLUMES HAVE BEEN MOSTLY STABLE. I AGREE IT'S NOT GOING TO DOUBLE IN 20 YEARS BY ANY MEANS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE ABLE TO BUILD FOR A LARGE INCREASE OF TRAFFIC ANYWAYS. I THINK THAT'S COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO THE CITY'S CURRENT GOALS OF SAFETY. YEAH, FOR SURE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS ACCOUNTED FOR. YES, THEY DID ACCOUNT FOR SOME LEVEL OF TRAFFIC GROWTH. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A COMMENT ON THE BIKE LIGHT INDICATOR SYSTEM. AND I GUESS A CONCERN WOULD BE LIKE HAVE WE ARE, WE'RE TREATING THIS AS A SUPPLEMENTAL SYSTEM AND NOT A PRIMARY SAFETY CONTROL SYSTEM. YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT IF THE SYSTEM GOES DOWN OR DO YOU USE IT? AND IF USERS ARE GOING TO RELY ON IT TOO MUCH. SO IS THE SYSTEM, IT'S NOT GOING TO REPLACE THE STATIC SIGNALS. AND IS THERE GOING TO BE A DEFAULT TO A SAFE CONDITION IN THE CASE IN THE EVENT OF AN OUTAGE? SO THIS, THIS INDICATION LIGHT, WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING THIS A TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE. IT'S SIMPLY. BUT A WARNING, BUT, YOU KNOW. IT'S NOT A WARNING EITHER. SO IT'S ACTUALLY RELATIVELY LOW TECH. IT'S, IT'S BASED ON THE POLICE TATTILE LIGHT SYSTEM. SO POLICE AGENCIES, THEY WILL SOMETIMES INSTALL A LIGHT ON THE BACKSIDE OF A SIGNAL SO THAT THEY CAN SEE IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR WHETHER A LIGHT IS RED OR GREEN. THIS USES THE SAME TECHNOLOGY. AND IT SIMPLY LETS A CYCLIST KNOW THAT THE SIGNAL SEES THEM. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE RIDING YOUR BIKE AND YOU'RE APPROACHING A SIGNAL, MOST OF THE TIME YOU'RE NOT CONFIDENT THAT THE SIGNAL SEES YOU, IT'S GOING TO TURN GREEN, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S LATE AT NIGHT. YOU COULD BE SITTING AT THAT INTERSECTION FOR FOR MINUTES, AND YOU'RE NOT SURE IF THE SIGNAL SEES YOU. SO YOU MIGHT TAKE YOUR CHANCES AND RUN THE RED LIGHT, WHICH IS NOT WHAT WE WANT. OR YOU MIGHT START RIDING ON THE SIDEWALK TO PUSH THE CROSSWALK BUTTON BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE KNOW WHEN YOU PUSH THE CROSSWALK BUTTON, YOU'LL EVENTUALLY TURN TURN THE SIGNAL. WHAT THIS LIGHT PROVIDES, IT JUST SIMPLY TELLS THE CYCLIST THAT THE SIGNAL SEES YOU. IT'S NOT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THAT'S FOR THE CYCLIST. IT JUST SIMPLY TELLS THE CYCLIST THAT WE SEE YOU. [01:00:01] OKAY. IT'S NOT TELLING. IT'S NOT TELLING THE CYCLIST THEY CAN GO OR THEY HAVE TO STOP. IT'S SIMPLY PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE CYCLIST. AND SO IT'S NOT LIKE REPLACING ANYTHING. IT'S JUST A SUPPLEMENTAL DEVICE TO, WE'RE TRYING TO BE MORE HELPFUL TO ROADWAY USERS. ACTUALLY, IF FOR THESE PEDESTRIAN PUSH BUTTONS THESE NEW ONES HERE, WHEN YOU PRESS THAT BUTTON, A RED LIGHT TURNS ON. SO IT'S THE SAME, IT'S THE SAME CONCEPT. SOME PEDESTRIANS, YOU KNOW, THEY PRESS THE BUTTON, THEY PRESS THE BUTTON. THEY DON'T THINK IT WORKS. BUT WITH THESE NEW, WITH THESE CURRENT STANDARD BUTTONS, YOU PRESS THE BUTTON, IT TELLS YOU WAIT AND THEN A LIGHT COMES ON. THEN THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW THAT. OKAY. IT WORKED. I WILL GET MY SIGNAL SOON. I SHOULDN'T CROSS AGAINST THE SIGNAL OR RUN A RED LIGHT. AND IT'S MAINTAINED BY PUBLIC WORKS. YEAH, IT'S EASILY MAINTAINED BY US. IT'S A VERY SIMPLE SETUP. THIS TYPE OF LIGHT INTERFACE. AND WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT IT WILL BE, IT'S BEEN BACKED BY RESEARCH TO HELP, YOU KNOW, JUST PROVIDE HELPFUL INFORMATION TO CYCLISTS. OKAY. YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. ONE OTHER THING YOU SAID IN THE PRESENTATION THAT THERE'S SOME SIGHT LINE ISSUES, SOME UNHAPPY CONSTITUENTS DUE TO THESE NEW CALTRANS POLES. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? YEAH. SPECIFICALLY AT TORRANCE AND CATALINA, THE LARGE INCREASE IN POLE DIAMETER KIND OF GOES RIGHT UP AGAINST THE VIEW OF THE UPPER FLOORS OF, OF THESE MULTIFAMILY. AND SO WHAT THEY USED TO SEE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A SMALLER POLE OR UNIMPEDED OCEAN VIEW. NOW THEY SEE A, A WHAT LOOKS LIKE A POWER POLE IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT CAN'T BE AVOIDED WHEN YOU HAVE A SIGNAL MAST ARM THAT REACHES, YOU KNOW, ACROSS A VERY WIDE STREET. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO HAVE ONE HAND RAISED ON ZOOM IF YOU WANT TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ALEX, YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF. HI, MY NAME IS ALEX FEINMAN. I'M A DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT, BUT I HAVE A CHILD AT BERYL HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY AND ANOTHER IN PRESCHOOL ON CAMINO REAL. SO I'M A CYCLIST. I RIDE MY BIKE WITH MY KIDS TO SCHOOL MOST MORNINGS. AND SO I, I'M REALLY, REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE CITY TAKING STEPS LIKE THIS TO MAKE PROSPECT MORE FRIENDLY TO CYCLISTS AND TO PEDESTRIANS. AND I HOPE THIS IS, THESE ARE STEPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON. BUT ESPECIALLY I WANT TO CALL OUT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE CURB EXTENSIONS, WHICH ARE GOING TO REALLY HELP, I THINK, MITIGATE SOME OF THE SPEEDING CARS ON PROSPECT. THE LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS, WHICH WE'VE SEEN, I THINK AROUND, GRANT AVENUE, AND SOME OF THAT HAS BEEN GREAT. AND THEN THE IMPROVED BICYCLE DETECTION, WHICH IS TERRIFIC FOR ALL THE STUDENTS WHO ARE RIDING TO PARRAS, TO REDONDO UNION. AND THE SIGNAL FEEDBACK DEVICE AS WELL. WHICH ONE WAS RECENTLY INSTALLED ON RINDGE, WHICH IS TERRIFIC. SO I'M REALLY, REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT. AND I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMISSION TO REALLY CONTINUE THIS PROGRESS ALONG PROSPECT TO HELP MAKE IT A SAFER STREET TO HELP REMOVE CARS FROM THE STREET AND REPLACE THEM WITH BIKES, WHICH PRODUCE LESS NOISE FOR SOME OF THOSE RESIDENTS WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT NOISE. BY LOOKING INTO A STUDY FOR BICYCLE LANES ALONG PROSPECT, I KNOW STAFF HAS SAID THAT THESE CHANGES WON'T PRECLUDE THE ABILITY TO INSTALL THOSE BIKE LANES. SO I'D LOVE TO SEE THE CITY LOOK INTO THAT FURTHER. IT WOULD BE A HUGE HELP FOR CYCLISTS AND MITIGATING TRAFFIC ALONG PROSPECT AVENUE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THERE'S NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT ON ZOOM AND NO ECOMMENTS. OKAY. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON? YEAH, NO. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ? NOTHING. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. COMMISSIONER SIMPSON, I APOLOGIZE. NO. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI? NO, I'M GOOD. COMMISSIONER. OKAY. BEELI. SO I'M GOING TO GET A MOTION. CAN WE MOVE TO RECEIVE? I'M SORRY. SORRY. WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE AND FILE. YEAH. YEAH. MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE. YEAH. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PERFECT. LET'S GO TO J.3. RECEIVE AND FILE REPORT ON THE FULTON PLAYFIELD MULTI-BENEFIT INFILTRATION PROJECT. JOB NO. 60280. GREAT. GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONERS. LAUREN SABLAN, CITY ENGINEER. THE FULTON PLAYFIELD MULTI-BENEFIT INFILTRATION PROJECT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. JUST SOME BACKGROUND. BEACH CITIES WATERSHED MANAGEMENT GROUP IS A COLLABORATION OF REDONDO, [01:05:03] HERMOSA, MANHATTAN, TORRANCE, AND LA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT. THEY WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN, THE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN TO COMPLY WITH STATE REQUIREMENTS. EACH AGENCY DOES HAVE THEIR OWN TARGETS AND PROJECTS THEY'RE WORKING ON TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS. THIS PROJECT TONIGHT IS INCLUDED IN THE CITY'S APPROVED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND IS ALSO A HIGH PRIORITY REGIONAL PROJECT TO REDUCE POLLUTANTS IN THE SANTA MONICA BAY. ALL RIGHT, SO BEFORE YOU IS THE DRAINAGE AREA THAT WILL BE BENEFITING FROM THIS PROJECT. THE KEY BENEFITS WILL BE POLLUTION CAPTURE, FLOOD MANAGEMENT, PARK ENHANCEMENT ENHANCEMENTS THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IN AN OCEAN FRIENDLY GARDEN THERE. AND THERE'S ALSO HEAT ISLAND REDUCTION EFFECTS. SO THEY'RE GOING TO REMOVE SOME OF THE PARKWAY CONCRETE, A LONG RINDGE AND THEN REPLACE THAT WITH NATIVE LANDSCAPING. SO WE'LL ALSO BE INCREASING THE VEGETATION. LET'S SEE, THE EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS. THIS IS FULTON PLAYFIELD, IT'S BASICALLY A LARGE PLAY AREA GRASSY AREA. BUT UNDERNEATH THE GRASSY AREA IS A DETENTION BASIN AND A DIVERSION CHAMBER. SO THERE'S AN EXISTING STORM DRAIN THAT RUNS DOWN RINDGE. AND THEN IT'LL TURN THE CORNER ON 190TH AND GO OUT TO THE OCEAN. BUT BEFORE WATER WILL MAKE ITS WAY TO THE DETENTION BASIN HERE, AND IT GIVES IT A CHANCE JUST TO PREVENT FLOODING IN THE AREA. THIS IS A LOW SPOT HERE. BUT THAT'S ALL IT'S FOR. CURRENTLY IT'S JUST FOR FLOODING PURPOSES AND TO MAINTAIN TO HELP WITH THAT ISSUE. SO THIS PROJECT IS, WILL INSTALL 13 DRYWELLS ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE PLAY FIELD. AND ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, THE RETENTION THE BIO RETENTION PARKWAY AND THE OCEAN FRIENDLY GARDEN. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THERE'S GOING TO BE A TRENCH THAT WE WILL CREATE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE DETENTION BASIN, SO IT WILL CARRY WATER THAT USED TO JUST SIT AND WAIT BEFORE IT WENT OUT TO THE SANTA MONICA BAY, OUT TO THE OCEAN, AND IT WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO GO INTO THE DRYWELLS AND THEN PERCOLATE BACK INTO THE TO THE EARTH. THERE'S THIS SLIDE HERE IS JUST SHOWING YOU A LONG RINDGE HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE REMOVING THE PARKWAY. THERE'S CONCRETE AND JUST TREE WELLS CURRENTLY. AND SO WE'LL BE REMOVING THE CONCRETE AND ADDING PARKWAY BACK. AND THAT'S THE LAST DRYWELL THERE ON EARL. SO 75% OF CAP. WE ANTICIPATE 75% OF CAPTURE OF BACTERIA FOR THE WATERSHED WOULD BE INFILTRATED AND DIVERTED FROM THE OCEAN, AND WILL USE THAT WATER ALSO TO WATER THE PLANTS IN THE PARKWAY AND THE GARDEN. THE PLANTS ARE WE INTEND TO HAVE NATIVE PLANTS THAT WILL BE DROUGHT-TOLERANT. AND THEN HERE IS 13 DRYWELLS. BASICALLY IT'S 50FT DEEP AND SIX FEET WIDE. AND IT'LL JUST BE A, THE WATER WILL COME IN THROUGH BASICALLY THE TOP OR THROUGH A PIPE, AND THEN IT'LL DROP DOWN INTO THE DRYWELL, GIVING IT A CHANCE TO PERCOLATE INTO TO THE GROUND. WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS JUST A MANHOLE LID. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL MUCH, IS THERE? EXCEPT FOR THAT MANHOLE LID. WHEN WE COME OUT AND MAINTAIN IT, YOU'LL SEE SOME WORK THEN, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S A REALLY LOW IMPACT TO THE PARK. AND THEN ALSO WE'RE PUTTING SOME INTO THE STREET ON EARL AND SO THAT SHOULD MINIMIZE. LET'S SEE, SO FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, I DID WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE HAD A PROJECT INTRODUCTION MEETING. IT WAS HELD AT CHRISTIAN VALOR ACADEMY OR VALOR CHRISTIAN ACADEMY IN FEBRUARY OF 2024. WE TALKED TO THE RESIDENTS. THERE WAS ABOUT 20 RESIDENTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT CAME TO THE MEETING. THEY, WE DISCUSSED WITH THE CONSULTANT AND WE HAD CITY STAFF PRESENT. THEY EXPLAINED THE NEED AND THE REASON FOR THE PROJECT, THE DESIGN ELEMENTS AND THE IMPACTS THAT WOULD BE ON THE PLAYFIELD AND PARKING ALONG THE STREET. THE RESIDENTS DID GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK AT THE TIME, WE WERE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY INCREASE, YOU KNOW, AMENITIES AT THE PARK AS PART OF THE PROJECT. BUT THEY ACTUALLY REALLY WANTED NO EXERCISE EQUIPMENT. THEY WANTED TO KEEP IT A PLAYFIELD. AND SO THAT USING ALL THAT EXISTING GREEN SPACE AND PRESERVING THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO WE DID TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. AND JUST REMOVED THE EXERCISE EQUIPMENT THAT WAS KIND OF PLANNED. [01:10:08] AND THEN THE FINAL, SO THE FINAL DESIGN DOES INCLUDE THOSE PREFERENCES THAT, AND THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY PROVIDED. WE DID LET, AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION DURING WORKING HOURS, THE PARK WILL BE CLOSED. BUT IT SHOULD BE REOPENED AFTER PUBLIC TO THE PUBLIC AFTER THOSE HOURS, WE WILL HAVE SOME STAGING AREA. SO THAT WILL LIMIT THE SPACE, BUT PRIMARILY IT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE. WE WILL WORK WITH STAGING PRIMARILY FROM RINDGE AND RIPLEY, THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT THE LACK OF PARKING OR THE REDUCTION IN PARKING FROM EARL AND THEN ALSO THE SCHOOL. SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON THAT END. AND THEN ALSO COORDINATE WITH THE SCHOOL AND GET COMMUNICATION OUT TO THE PARENTS AND STAFF SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHEN CONSTRUCTION STARTS WHERE THE DETOURS WILL BE. WE'VE MADE SURE THAT THERE WILL BE ACCESS TO THE SCHOOL AT ALL TIMES. WE ALSO, IT WAS NOTED THOUGH THAT AT THE TIME OF THAT FEBRUARY 2024 MEETING, WE HAD ANTICIPATED DELAYING THIS PROJECT DUE TO FUNDING. THIS WAS A MUCH IT'S A MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE PROJECT THAN WHEN INITIALLY HAD STARTED. HOWEVER, THE SOUTH, THE REGIONAL SAFE CLEAN WATER BOARD INCREASED THEIR FUNDING. AND SO, IN ORDER TO GET THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD, KNOWING THAT IT WAS MORE SHOVEL READY THAN MAYBE SOME OTHER PROJECTS ON THE BOOK. AND SO THEN WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF WHEN WE ANTICIPATED, WHICH WAS 2028. SO THAT'S ONE REASON WHY WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD TONIGHT TO GET IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THIS IS THIS IS COMING FORWARD A LITTLE EARLIER THAN ANTICIPATED, WHICH I WOULD SAY NEVER HAPPENS, SO, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO DO THIS PROJECT. SO NOT ONLY ARE WE EXCITED TO DO THIS PROJECT BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE FUNDING, BUT THIS IS COMPLETELY MEASURE W FUNDED. SO THERE'S NO GENERAL AND GENERAL FUNDS GOING TO THIS PROJECT. IT'S FULLY FUNDED BY THE SAFE CLEAN WATER GRANT FUNDS. SO THAT'S EXCITING AS WELL. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT SCHEDULE, WE'VE THIS PROJECT IS OUT TO BID AND IS IN THE BIDDING PHASE AND WE ANTICIPATE AWARDING THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IN JUNE. ACTUALLY, IT'S OUT TO BID AS OF THIS THURSDAY. WE HAVE GOT THE NOTICE OF INVITING BIDS. IS IS IS ON HIS WAY ALREADY AND BEEN APPROVED. SO THAT'S WHY WE CALL IT THE BID PHASE. WE HAVE GOT THE SO WE ANTICIPATE THE AWARDING THE CONSTRUCTION IN JUNE. THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE WILL BE 120 WORKING DAYS WHICH IS A LENGTHY PROJECT. A LOT OF IT IS UNDERGROUND. WILL BE LIMITED, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. AND WE DO EXPECT ACCEPTING THE PROJECT AS COMPLETE NEXT SUMMER. SO I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROJECT. AND ALSO PRIMARILY, LIKE I SAID, THIS WAS JUST TO GET THE WORD OUT ANOTHER WAY TO GET THE WORD OUT. AND THEN MY, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU RECEIVE AND FILE THE PRESENTATION. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. EXCEPTIONAL. COMMENTS. COMMISSIONER SIMPSON? COMMENTS COMMISSIONER BAJAJ? COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT'S GREAT TO SEE THESE PROJECTS GET IMPLEMENTED. I NOTICE THERE'S AN O&M BUDGET LINE FOR $349,000 IN THERE. IS THAT OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF YEARS? IT WAS IN THE STAFF REPORT. IT WASN'T ON THE PRESENTATION. COULD YOU JUST KIND OF WALK ME THROUGH. I LOVE BMPS. I NOTICED AT CITY AFTER CITY, IF THEY DON'T MAINTAIN THEM, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T GO WELL. SO MIKE AND THE CREW READY TO TAKE IT OVER AND FUND IT. HE KNOWS HE WILL BE TAKING IT OVER. IS HE READY WHEN IT'S. WE DO HAVE A 90 DAY MAINTENANCE PERIOD THAT WE BUILD INTO THE CONTRACT. JUST SO YOU KNOW. SO THE PLANTS SHOULD BE MORE ESTABLISHED BY THE TIME WE DO TURN IT OVER TO MIKE KLEIN, THE DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND HIS STAFF. SO WE DO OUR BEST TO TURN OVER A PROJECT THAT IS MORE EASILY MAINTAINED. BUT YES, ALL OF THESE ADDITIONAL AMENITIES DOES TAKE STAFF TIME AND OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE. TAKE THAT ON. YEAH, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. COMMISSIONER BEELI. SIX FOOT CASE. IT'S 50FT DEEP. THOSE ARE SOME AWFULLY BIG HOLES. [01:15:09] WE'RE HOPING. WE HOPE TO GET THAT DEEP. I WILL SAY WE'VE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WITH INSTALLING DRYWELLS IN THE CITY. WE'VE GOTTEN TO ABOUT 30FT DEEP ON AVERAGE. AND SO WE DO HOPE TO GET TO THE 50FT, BUT IF ONCE IT STARTS TO GET REAL SANDY, IT STARTS TO CAVE IN. WE CONSIDER THAT INFILTRATION RATE ACHIEVED. AND SO, I YEAH, I AGREE. 50FT PRETTY DEEP. WHAT THE. SORRY, I GET REPORTS ALL THE TIME, SO I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THE MAKEUP OF THE SOIL WAS IN THAT AREA. BUT THAT'S, IT'S NOT HERE OR THERE REALLY. IT'S JUST MY OWN CURIOSITY. NO. WE DO. SO I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE DO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CONTRACTOR. THEY WILL PUT USUALLY SLURRY SO IT HOLDS UP A LITTLE LONGER AND THEN DRILL IT OUT. SO WE DO TRY TO GET AS DEEP AS WE CAN INTO, INTO LIKE, LIKE I SAID, 50FT DOES SEEM A LITTLE WISHFUL A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS PROJECT. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? THERE IS NO HANDS ON ZOOM AND THERE'S NO ECOMMENTS. OKAY. MOTION. MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COMMISSION MEMBER ITEMS AND FUTURE [K. COMMISSION MEMBER ITEMS AND FUTURE COMMISSION AGENDA TOPICS] COMMISSION AGENDA TOPICS. I THINK COMMISSIONER BAJAJ HAS HIS HAND. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. YEAH, I SAW THE NEW PARKING METERS DOWN THERE ON HERONDO, YEAH, THEY LOOK GOOD. AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO ALSO COMMEND THE STAFF FOR IMPLEMENTING THAT PROJECT. THERE ARE TWO SPACES, RIGHT? AS YOU, IF YOU'RE HEADING TOWARDS THE OCEAN RIGHT WHERE THE REVERSE PARALLEL PARKING ENDS AT THAT FIRST STOP SIGN, THERE'S TWO PARALLEL PARKING SPACES THERE THAT I THINK WERE LEFT OFF. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS INTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTIONAL, BUT JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT FOR. WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. YEAH. ABOUT THAT. YEAH. YEAH, THERE'S NO METERS THERE AND THERE'S NO PARKING STALLS, BUT IT'S AN AREA OF GRAY CURB AND SO YOU SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE LONG TERM PARKING THERE. COMMISSIONER SIMPSON? COMMISSIONER ANDERSON? NOTHING. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI? YEAH, LAUREN. WAS THERE ANOTHER PROJECT, LIKE WITH DRYWELLS AND STUFF OVER BY ANDERSON PARK AND D5? WE HAD, I THINK THERE, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS THE TEST DRYWELL THAT WE HAD DONE. WE'RE LOOKING, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE INFILTRATION RATES THERE. WE ALSO HAVE THE GREEN STREET PROJECTS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY. WE WERE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF TORRANCE TO INSTALL IT WAS A COMBINED PROJECT. AND SO WE DID DRYWELLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE MOMENT. SO IT MAY BE, YOU MIGHT BE REFERRING TO THAT ONE AS WELL. BUT YEAH, WE'VE BEEN INSTALLING DRYWELLS, NOT ONLY WITH THAT PARTICULAR GREEN STREET PROJECT, BUT WITH SOME OF OUR RESIDENTIAL STREET REHAB PROJECTS TOO. SO WE'VE DONE THAT. I THINK THAT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. SO I'M NOT SURE. WE'VE WORKING TO, TO ACHIEVE OUR. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, YEAH, WITH ALL THE FINANCIAL WOES THAT THE CITY HAS, I WAS JUST WONDERING WHERE THAT MIGHT BE. AND USUALLY WE'VE BEEN USING IF I COULD ADD OUR LOCAL MEASURE W MONEY FOR, FOR THIS, IT DOESN'T TOUCH OUR DISCRETIONARY CITY MONEY. THIS IS MONEY THAT'S MEANT FOR WATER QUALITY INFILTRATION PROJECTS. OKAY, COOL. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD FOR THAT FULTON PROJECT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE TEARING UP THE ENTIRE TURF, IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? NO. MOST OF THE WORK IS ACTUALLY WILL BE IN THE DETENTION BASIN, AND THEN THEY'LL BE DRILLING OUT FOR THOSE WELLS. OKAY. SO I, I DON'T ANTICIPATE A LOT OF THE TURF TO BE REMOVED OR DAMAGED. OKAY. IT SHOULD BE REALLY LOCALIZED TO WHEREVER THEY NEED A TRENCH AND WHERE THEY NEED, WHICH ISN'T EVEN ACROSS THE FIELD, [01:20:07] LIKE IS ANTICIPATED. THAT'S DOWN IN THE DETENTION BASIN. SO IT SHOULD BE, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT YOU WON'T SEE THAT WILL BE SPENDING, BUT IT'S A GOOD THING. AND I THINK THE WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IS GOING TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS. IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY BENEFICIAL. OH, YEAH. COOL. I'D ALSO LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT IT TAKES STRESS OFF THE EXISTING STORM DRAIN INFRASTRUCTURE TOO, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH, DEFINITELY. YOU COULD DO SOME FIELD TRIPS FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS. GO LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE BUILDING DOWN THERE. YEAH. YEAH, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THE TRACTOR THAT'S GOING TO HOLD THE DRILLING RIG UP IS GOING TO TEAR THE HECK OUT OF THAT. THAT'S TRUE. JUST SAYING. OKAY, WITH ALL THAT, ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS OR ANY MORE FUTURE COMMISSION AGENDA TOPICS? NOPE. IN CLOSING, OKAY. IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE ADJOURNMENT, IT LOOKS ON THE AGENDA THAT WE'RE ADJOURNING TO JUNE, ARE WE. CORRECT. SO WE ARE CANCELING MAY'S MEETING. OKAY. IT FALLS ON MEMORIAL DAY, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY PRESSING ITEMS TO BRING FORWARD. SO INSTEAD OF TRYING TO SCHEDULE A SPECIAL MEETING AND WE'LL JUST ADJOURN TO THE JUNE MEETING. YEAH. OKAY. SO THAT'S THAT WILL BE THE NEXT MEETING. ALSO MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE OF THAT, I KNOW CITY MANAGER CAME AND SPOKE TO, TO YOU GUYS TODAY REGARDING BUDGET. I THINK HE'LL HAVE A MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION WITH THE BUDGET FINANCE COMMISSION IN MAY. AND I FORGOT THE DATE OF THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW IT. LAUREN, OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. I DON'T, BUT WE CAN EMAIL THAT OUT TO. YEAH. SO YOU GUYS ARE INVITED TO NOT PARTICIPATE AS A COMMISSION. BUT IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN COMING AND GIVING YOUR COMMENTS. THAT WILL BE THE BUDGET WILL BE RELEASED BY THEN. SO THERE'LL BE MORE, MORE DETAILS TO SPEAK ABOUT. AND SINCE WE WON'T HAVE A MEETING UNTIL AFTER THE BUDGET ADOPTION THAT WOULD BE A CHANCE FOR YOU GUYS TO COME IN AND, AND VOICE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU HAVE TO, TO THE CITY MANAGER. SO THERE WILL BE NO JOINT MEETING WITH THE BUDGET? THERE WILL NOT BE. IT WAS GOING TO BE TODAY. WE DECIDED TO CANCEL THAT. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THE NEXT TIME WE MEET WILL BE PASSED THE BUDGET ADOPTION SO THAT THERE'S NOT REALLY A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THE RELEASED BUDGET, WHICH WILL BE RELEASED MAY 15TH. RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. SO YES, SIR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. THANK YOU. MOTION TO. SECOND THAT MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE REDONDO BEACH PUBLIC WORKS, SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION WILL BE A REGULAR MEETING TO BE HELD AT 7 P.M. ON JUNE 22ND, 2028 IN THE REDONDO BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 415 DIAMOND STREET, REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA. 6 P.M.. DID YOU SAY 6 P.M. OR 7 P.M.? DID I SAY, I READ 7 P.M.. OKAY, PERFECT. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T MAKE A MISTAKE. YES. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.