[00:00:02] OKAY, I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE 4:30 P.M. [A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER] CLOSED SESSION, ADJOURN REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. COULD I HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. HERE. MAYOR LIGHT. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC IS GOING TO BE ABSENT, AND WE BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI WILL BE SHOWING UP. DO WE HAVE ANY BLUE FOLDER ITEMS FOR THE CLOSED SESSION? THERE ARE NO BLUE FOLDER ITEMS FOR CLOSED SESSION. OKAY. THERE IS NO ONE ON THE IN THE AUDIENCE. IS THERE ANYBODY ONLINE WHO WOULD WANT TO SPEAK TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS AND NON-AGENDA ITEMS? THERE ARE NO PARTICIPANTS ON ZOOM AND NO ECOMMENTS FOR CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. OKAY, COULD YOU READ OFF E.1 TO E.12 WHICH ARE THE ITEMS WE'LL BE SPEAKING TO? [E. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION] AS AUTHORIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT CODE AS LISTED ON THE PUBLIC CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. E.1 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL AND LABOR NEGOTIATOR REGARDING THE MANAGEMENT CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE GROUP. E.2 CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR REGARDING PROPERTY BASIN THREE SLIPS AT REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA 90277 A PORTION OF APN 7505-002-932. ITEM E.3 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EXISTING LITIGATION REGARDING THE CASE OF CALIFORNIANS FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP, INC. VERSUS THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH. CASE NUMBER 26STCP02197. E.4 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. EXISTING LITIGATION IN THE WITH THE CASE OF GALAXY HOLDING LLC AND CALIFORNIANS FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP, INC. VERSUS THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH AND DOES 1 THROUGH 10 INCLUSIVE CASE NUMBER 26STCP02642. ITEM E.5 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL ANTICIPATED POTENTIAL LITIGATION REGARDING ONE POTENTIAL CASE AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION RECEIVED FROM THE LOS ANGELES REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD DATED JUNE 24TH OF 2026, ATTACHED AS A PART OF THE AGENDA PACKET. ITEM E.6 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. EXISTING LITIGATION REGARDING THE CASE OF AES SOUTHLAND DEVELOPMENT LLC AND AES REDONDO BEACH LLC VERSUS CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION. CASE NUMBER BS157789. E.7. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EXISTING LITIGATION REGARDING NEW COMMUNE DTLA LLC VERSUS CITY OF REDONDO BEACH. CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH. CITY OF REDONDO BEACH. DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ET AL. CASE NUMBER B337897. ITEM E.8 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. EXISTING LITIGATION WITH THE CASE OF NEW COMMUNE DTLA LLC VERSUS CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH AND DOES 1 THROUGH 100 INCLUSIVE CASE NUMBER 23STCV10146. ITEM E.9 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. EXISTING LITIGATION WITH THE CASE OF 9 93000 WILSHIRE LLC VERSUS CITY OF REDONDO BEACH. CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY REDONDO BEACH. CITY OF REDONDO BEACH DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND DOES 1 THROUGH 100 INCLUSIVE CASE NUMBER 23STCP02189. ITEM E.10 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. EXISTING LITIGATION WITH THE CASE OF YES IN MY BACK YARD, A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT CORPORATION, SONJA TRAUSS AN INDIVIDUAL VERSUS THE CITY. REDONDO BEACH, CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY. REDONDO BEACH CITY REDONDO BEACH, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND DOES 1 THROUGH 25 INCLUSIVE CASE NUMBER 23TRCP00325. ITEM 11 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, EXISTING LITIGATION AND WITH THE CASE OF 99300 WILSHIRE LLC BANKRUPTCY. C.D. CAL CASE NUMBER 223BK10918ER. AND LASTLY, ITEM E.12 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EXISTING LITIGATION IN REGARDS TO THE CASE OF 9300 WILSHIRE LLC. 9300 WILSHIRE LLC ET AL. VERSUS AES REDONDO BEACH LLC BANKRUPTCY. C.D. CAL CASE NUMBER 223 AP01163ER. AND THAT IS IT MAYOR. AND CITY MANAGER WITZANSKY WHO WILL BE SPEAKING TO EACH OF THESE, PLEASE? YES, THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR ALL ITEMS MYSELF, CITY ATTORNEY JOY FORD, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY CHERYL PARK. AND THEN FOR ITEM E ONE, WE WILL HAVE DIANE STRICKFADEN, OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR. FOR ITEM E TWO WE WILL BE JOINED BY ELIZABETH HAUSE, OUR WATERFRONT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR, AND KATHERINE BUCK, OUR WATERFRONT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, FOR ITEMS E THREE AND FOUR. WE WILL HAVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR MARC WIENER, AS WELL AS OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL KIANA AMIRI DANI. I'M SORRY, DANNY OR DEVANEY. AND THEN FOR ITEM E FIVE, WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ANDY WINJE FOR ITEMS E SIX THROUGH E WHAT IS THAT? 12 WE WILL HAVE OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL JON WELNER AND ABBY O'BRIENT. [00:05:08] OKAY. THANK YOU. AND CAN YOU LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI ARRIVED AT 04:34. COULD I GET A MOTION TO RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION, RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND, ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. WE ARE REASSESSING THE CLOSED SESSION WILL BE BACK ON OR ABOUT 6 P.M. TO REPORT OUT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS THAT ARE REPORTABLE AND TO START THE OPEN SESSION. THANK YOU. CONVENING. WE'RE RECONVENING TO OPEN SESSION. [F. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION] BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION. COULD I HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. HERE. MAYOR LIGHT. HERE. CITY MANAGER WITZANSKY, ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? [H. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION ACTIONS] YEAH. ONE ITEM THIS EVENING, MAYOR IN THE MATTER LISTED UNDER ITEM E.4. IN THAT CASE, GALAXY HOLDING VERSUS CITY OF REDONDO BEACH. THE COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DEFEND THE CITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. COULD I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO OUR REGULAR MEETING? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. [A. CALL TO ORDER] I NOW CALL TO ORDER THE 6 P.M. OPEN SESSION REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. HERE. MAYOR LIGHT. PRESENT. IF WE HAVE ANY VETERANS OR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR SERVICE. ANYBODY? OKAY, THANKS. NOW LET US ALL STAND FOR THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG AND REMAIN STANDING AFTERWARDS FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. I'D LIKE TO CALL UP LOLA, WHO WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. BUT BEFORE YOU START, LOLA, I WANT TO LET THE AUDIENCE KNOW SHE'S OUR FIRST REPEAT STUDENT. SO SHE CAME IN, I THINK, IN THIRD GRADE. AND NOW YOU'RE IN FIFTH, CORRECT? SO WELCOME BACK AND THANKS FOR DOING THIS. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LOLA. I'M A FIFTH GRADER AT ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MY FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL IS SCIENCE AND I LOVE WILDERNESS PARK IN REDONDO BEACH. PLEASE PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 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. AND NOW PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT INVOCATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. LOLA, THANK YOU FOR LEADING US ON THE PLEDGE. COME ON UP AND GET A PICTURE WITH US. YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR PAPER UP THERE SO YOU'RE NOT HOLDING. COME ON. UP. UP HERE. MOM, DO YOU WANT TO GET IN WITH HER? AND NOW ONE WITH THE PARENTS. COME ON UP. MOM, DAD. ALL RIGHT. ONE. TWO. THREE. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. OH, WAIT. WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER ONE. OH, JANE'S GOING TO GET A PICTURE ON THEIR ON THEIR PHONE. 12 MORE TIMES. ALL RIGHT. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL DONE. OKAY. NOW WE'RE GOING DOWN TO ITEM D PRESENTATIONS PROCLAMATIONS ANNOUNCEMENTS AND AB 1234 TRAVEL EXPENSE REPORTS. [D. PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/ AB 1234 TRAVEL EXPENSE REPORTS] WE HAVE NO PROCLAMATIONS OR PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT, SO I WILL START. I DO HAVE AN EXPENSE. I ATTENDED THE LIFEGUARD MEDAL OF VALOR DINNER THAT KICKED OFF THE INTERNATIONAL SURF FESTIVAL. AND THAT RECORD IS IN THE PUBLIC RECORD OF THE COST FOR THAT. ON OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, I DID HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING A PLAQUE FROM THE CITY TO COLONEL DERMANOSKI FROM LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE [00:10:06] BASE AT HIS CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY AND WELCOMED COLONEL SLAGLE, WHO'S TAKING HIS PART. THEY WERE A BIG PART OF THE SUBMISSION OF THE GRANT FOR OUR POTENTIAL NEW FIRING RANGE. SO WE'RE STILL HOPING. WE'RE HOPING TO HEAR IN AUGUST WHETHER WE GOT THAT GRANT, BUT WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE BASE. AND COLONEL DERMANOSKI WAS CERTAINLY A BIG PART OF THAT. THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'VE GOT TO SEND THEIR SECURITY FOLKS TO MARCH AIR FORCE BASE FOR TRAINING. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS. AND THEN LAST WEEK, WE ALSO HAD THE RIBBON CUTTING OF THE BILL BRAND GATEWAY PARK. I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT, GREAT OPENING AND APPRECIATE THE ATTENDANCE OF EVERYBODY. IT WAS WELL ATTENDED. AND, BUT NOT JUST BY LOCALS, BUT BY OUR COUNTY AND STATE LEGISLATURES, NEIGHBORS AND THE NEIGHBORS. YEAH. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. ANY ANNOUNCEMENT? NONE TONIGHT MAYOR. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. I ATTENDED THE DINE AROUND ARTESIA ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD, HOSTED BY THE NORTH REDONDO BEACH BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU TO THE ORGANIZERS OF THAT, ROB AND MICKEY. GREAT WORK. THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER ONE IN AUGUST, IN CASE YOU MISSED THE FIRST ONE. I ALSO HAD OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT PROCURE A TICKET FOR ME TO THE MEDAL OF VALOR DINNER. BUT I COULD NOT GO BECAUSE I WAS AT DINE AROUND ARTESIA SO TREASURER EUGENE J. SOLOMON WENT IN MY SPACE. SO I'LL DO THE AB 1234 REPORTING FOR HIM. OKAY LET'S SEE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. I ATTENDED THE LIFEGUARD MEDAL OF VALOR DINNER AS WELL, SO SAME REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THAT. I ALSO ATTENDED THE RIBBON CUTTING OF THE BILL BRAND GATEWAY PARK. IT'S AGAIN OUR LATEST PARK ADDITION TO REDONDO BEACH AND WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED BY, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORS AND SUPPORTERS AND FAMILY AS WELL. AND AND THEN I ALSO HAD MY COMMUNITY MEETING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT, WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE CITY. AND IT WAS WELL ATTENDED BY A LOT OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY FROM THE PEER ASSOCIATION, THE KING HARBOR ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER AS WELL AND COMMUNITY TO AS MEMBERS AS WELL. AND THAT'S COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. I TOO ATTENDED THE LIFEGUARD MEDAL OF VALOR CEREMONY. I GAVE AWAY MY TICKETS FOR DINE AROUND ARTESIA. SO I MADE THE OPPOSITE SWAP THAT COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI MADE FOR THAT NIGHT. I ATTENDED THE SOUTH BAY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS BOARD MEETING ON JULY 23RD. WE HEARD FROM THE COMPANY LOOKING TO TAKE OVER THE SOUTH BAY FIBER NETWORK. I DID LIKE WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY AND I BELIEVE THEY WILL WORK WELL. WE ALSO HAD ROBUST DISCUSSIONS ON METRO AND TRANSPORTATION, MICROMOBILITY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUNDING AND HOUSING ISSUES. I WAS AT THE BILL BRAND GATEWAY PARK RIBBON CUTTING. ON JULY 30TH, I ATTENDED THE CITY SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR THE MAYOR, WHILE HE WAS AT THE CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY, A NEW VICE CHAIR WAS ELECTED TO THE CITY SELECTION COMMITTEE, AND A NUMBER OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE VOTED ON. ALL BUT ONE WERE APPROVED, WITH THE NORTH COUNTY MTA REPRESENTATIVE BEING SENT BACK TO COMMITTEE. I ATTENDED A FIRST DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH MEETING WITH A PRESENTATION FROM SERGEANT RYAN HARRISON ON DEALING WITH ACTIVE SHOOTERS AND EMERGENCY SITUATIONS THAT HE MADE TO THAT BLOCK CAPTAIN AND GROUP OF BLOCK CAPTAINS MEETING SO THAT THEY COULD PERHAPS BRING THAT OFF TO THEIR OTHER OTHER AREAS ON SATURDAY AS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL SURF FESTIVAL, I PLAYED IN THE CHARLIE KELLY SIX MAN VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT. I HAD A TEAM WITH A NUMBER OF ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND CELEBRITIES. I ACTUALLY GOT TO PLAY WITH BROOKE VANDEWEGHE AND RANDY STOKLOS, WHICH WAS VERY EXCITING. WE'VE BEEN INTERVIEWING STUDENTS FOR THE YOUTH COMMISSION AND WE'LL FINISH UP THIS WEEK. THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR VETERANS PARK HISTORIC LIBRARY WILL BE THURSDAY AT 3:30 P.M., RIGHT AT THE HISTORIC LIBRARY AND OF COURSE, CRUISE AND LAGOON EVERY FRIDAY, 3 TO 6 P.M. AT THE HARBOR PARKING LOT AND LIVE MUSIC AT THE PIER THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS THIS SUMMER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. A COUPLE TAKEAWAYS FROM THE LIFEGUARD DINNER THAT WE HAD THE WEEKEND BEFORE THAT DINNER. BECAUSE OF THE BIG WAVES AND BECAUSE OF THE TEMPERATURE, A LOT OF PEOPLE WENT TO THE BEACH, BUT THEY GOT CAUGHT IN RIP CURRENTS AND IN WAVES. THEY HAD 1950 RESCUES IN ONE WEEKEND. AND THEIR AVERAGE ACROSS THE WHOLE YEAR ACROSS YEARS IS SEVEN, 7000. SO THEY CAUGHT ABOUT A THIRD OF THEIR RESCUES IN ONE SINGLE WEEKEND. [00:15:01] WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, HUGE WORKLOAD ON THOSE GUYS. SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THEM. AND THE SECOND ONE WAS THEY WERE PRESENTING A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TO, TO ONE OF THE LIFEGUARDS THAT HAD RETIRED BUT HAD CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE, TO THE PRACTICE. AND HE TOLD, THEY TOLD A STORY ABOUT HOW AT 80, HE SWAM OUT IN HAWAII AND RESCUED SOMEONE. AND HIS POINT WAS, ONCE YOU'RE DONE BEING RETIRED FROM BEING A LIFEGUARD, YOU'RE NEVER DONE. AND HE, HE HE, HE ESTIMATED HE'S DONE AS MANY RESCUES IN RETIREMENT AS HE DID BEFORE, BUT THIS 80 YEAR OLD GUY SWAM OUT AND SAVED A MARINE. AND HE WAS A FORMER MARINE. SO IT WAS PRETTY PRETTY HEARTWARMING STORY THERE. YEAH. YEAH. IN FACT, MOST OF THE STORIES THAT WE HEARD WERE NOT ON DUTY STORIES. THERE WAS ONE ON DUTY STORY AND EVERYTHING ELSE HAPPENED. SOMETHING IN THEIR LIFE. OKAY. THANK YOU. LET'S SEE. SO WE'LL GO DOWN TO ITEM E APPROVING THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA. [E. APPROVE ORDER OF AGENDA] DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL WISH TO CHANGE THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA? MAYOR, I STAFF HAS A REQUEST THIS EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM H.9 FROM CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING AND BRING THAT BACK AT A LATER DATE. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO PULL ANYTHING? NOPE. DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT? YOU HAVE TO CONCUR, I THINK, AS A GROUP, TO TAKE A MOTION TO KEEP THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA THE SAME AND CONCUR WITH THEM PULLING H.9. SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY, MOTION A SECOND. ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. [F. AGENCY RECESS] NOW WE HAVE AN AGENCY RECESS. COULD I GET A MOTION TO RECESS TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. I'M NOW GOING TO THE AGENDA FOR THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. COULD YOU DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MEMBER WALLER. PRESENT. MEMBER CASTLE. HERE. MEMBER KALUDEROVIC IS ABSENT. MEMBER OBAGI. HERE. MEMBER BEHRENDT. HERE. AND CHAIRMAN LIGHT. HERE. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. DO WE HAVE ANY BLUE FOLDER ITEMS FOR THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY? THERE ARE NO BLUE FOLDER ITEMS FOR THIS MEETING. OKAY. THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WE HAVE ITEMS C.1 THROUGH C.4. DOES ANY MEMBER OF OF THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY WISH TO PULL ANY OF THOSE ITEMS? HEARING NONE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR IN ITS ENTIRETY. MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. BEFORE WE VOTE, DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK TO ITEMS C.1 THROUGH C.4 ON THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY AGENDA? ANYONE ONLINE? THERE ARE NO PARTICIPANTS ONLINE AND NO ECOMMENTS. OKAY. I WILL CALL THE VOTE THEN. ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING YOU NEED TO READ THERE. CORRECT. THERE'S NOT. OKAY. WE HAVE NO EXCLUDED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY ON ANYTHING UNDER ITS PURVIEW, NOT THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL DUTIES, BUT UNDER THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY? ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS? I JUST I'M NOT SURE IF I'M IN THE RIGHT TO SPEAK, BUT I'M HERE. CAN YOU COME TO THE MIC SO WE CAN AT LEAST CAPTURE IT? YES. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I'M A MURAL ARTIST AND MY WORK IS SET TO BE PAINTED OVER TOMORROW ON A CITY WALL, AND. I DON'T THINK THAT'S PART OF THIS TODAY. SO THAT'S WHY I'M NOT SURE, BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN I COULD SPEAK ABOUT THAT. IT'S UNDER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. ANYONE ONLINE? THERE ARE NO PARTICIPANTS ONLINE. OKAY. LET'S SEE. JUMPING DOWN ANY REFERRALS TO STAFF BY ANYONE? A MEMBER OF THE FINANCING AUTHORITY? NOPE. NOPE. OKAY. SEEING NONE. I'LL GET IT. I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN BACK TO OUR OPEN CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO MOVED. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE REDONDO BEACH COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY WILL BE A REGULAR MEETING HELD AT 6 P.M. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026, RIGHT HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. OKAY, WE'RE RETURNING BACK TO OPEN SESSION. COULD I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. HERE AND MAYOR LIGHT. [00:20:01] HERE. OKAY, NOW WE'RE DOWN TO ITEM G. DO WE HAVE ANY BLUE FOLDER DOCUMENTS FOR THE OPEN COUNCIL MEETING? [G. BLUE FOLDER ITEMS - ADDITIONAL BACK UP MATERIALS] YES, MAYOR. WE HAVE EIGHT BLUE FOLDER ITEMS FOR TONIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE HAVE ONE ITEM FOR H.7 A PUBLIC COMMUNICATION REGARDING THE AGREEMENT WITH SAN PEDRO SIGN COMPANY FOR THE KING HARBOR GATEWAY SIGN REPLACEMENT. WE HAVE AN ITEM FOR H.8 A PUBLIC COMMUNICATION REGARDING THE APPROVAL OF A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH MS MNS ENGINEERS, INC.. WE HAVE AN ITEM FOR H.10 A PUBLIC COMMUNICATION REGARDING RESOLUTION CC2608-060, AUTHORIZING A FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO 2027 BUDGET MODIFICATION. WE HAVE AN ITEM FOR H.12, A PUBLIC COMMUNICATION REGARDING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL FOR CANNABIS TAX FUND GRANT PROGRAM AWARD. WE HAVE AN ITEM FOR H.18 ASSIGNED SIGNATURE PAGE FOR THE LEASE WITH THE QUALITY SEAFOOD, INC. WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMUNICATION FOR J.1, WHICH IS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OF NON-AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMUNICATION ON L.1, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL LAND USE ELEMENT ZONING ORDINANCE, LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AND COASTAL LAND USE PLAN. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN ITEM FOR P.1 MAYOR LIGHT APPOINTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO VARIOUS BOARDS COMMISSIONS DUE TO VACANCIES. AND THAT IS ALL. MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? I MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE. SECOND. ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE NOW DOWN TO ITEM EIGHT. [H. CONSENT CALENDAR] CONSENT CALENDAR. WE HAVE 18 ITEMS H.1 THROUGH H.18. EXCEPT WE PULLED H NINE FOR A FUTURE MEETING. DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL WISH TO PULL ANY OF THE OTHER ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? OKAY. SEEING NONE, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS H.1 THROUGH H.18 EXCEPTING H.9? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BEFORE WE VOTE, WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC INPUT. AND WE'LL GO WITH CARDS AND THEN TO FOLKS ONLINE. SO THE FIRST ONE IS DESIREE GALASSI ON ITEM H.7 SEVEN, THE KING HARBOR SIGN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. DESIREE GALASSI DEFOUR. I'M HERE AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, THOUGH I DO SERVE ON THE PUBLIC AMENITIES COMMISSION, WHICH FOR WHICH WE ALSO DO PRESERVATION. I WANT TO REREAD SOMETHING, A PIECE OF SOMETHING THAT I PRESENTED TO YOU BACK IN JANUARY IN THE PRESERVATION PROGRAM FOR LANDMARK PROPERTIES. THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION REQUIRES THAT ELEMENTS DETERIORATED BEYOND REPAIR, MUST BE REPLACED LIKE FOR LIKE IN COLOR, MATERIALS AND DESIGN. INTERESTINGLY, THE TWO LIKENESSES, WHICH HAVE SINCE BEEN REPLACED, THE ORIGINAL IMAGE OF THE CENTER OF THE KING HARBOR SIGN, IS STRONG EVIDENCE THAT A SIMILAR PRESERVATION PROCESS WAS APPLIED HERE. IT WAS AN INTENTIONAL ACT TO PRESERVE THE ORIGINAL INTERPRETATION OF THE SIGN. THAT SAID, THE QUESTIONS ARE, IS THE COUNCIL PLANNING TO SEEK LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR THIS SIGN SO THAT IT CAN BE PRESERVED SO THAT WE MAY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GRANT FUNDING AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CLG FOR ITS UPKEEP? WHAT IS THE REAL STORY WE WANT TO TELL ABOUT THIS SIGN? AND IS THE NEW LOGO AND FONT REPRESENTATIVE OF A NARRATIVE OF PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY? IS IT IN LINE WITH THE ADJACENT NEW PARK, WHICH WE PROUDLY SAY REPRESENTS RETURNING OUR LAND TO ITS NATIVE ROOTS? I WANT TO, THERE'S A RECEIVE AND FILE SOME IMAGES. MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE. SECOND. ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? SORRY, I ONLY HAVE FIVE COPIES BECAUSE I RAN OUT OF INK. THE LAST IMAGE ON THIS PAPER REPRESENTS AN AI GENERATED VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL 1967 SIGN. WHY HAVE WE NOT CONSIDERED THIS OPTION CONSIDERING THE PASSIONATE PLEAS OF MANY RESIDENTS? SO I'M ASKING, AS I ASKED BEFORE THAT THE NECESSARY REPAIRS AND PAINTING OF THE SIGN CONTINUE. HOWEVER, PLEASE CAN WE MAINTAIN THE CURRENT FONT WHICH IS REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR 1960S SURF ERA, AND THE IMAGE THAT IS A LIKE FOR LIKE REPRESENTATION OF THE ORIGINAL SIGN? THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS? THERE IS NO ONE PRESENT ONLINE. OKAY, I HAVE ONE MORE FROM THE ONE MORE CARD. JOAN IRVINE ON H.12. JOAN IRVINE DISTRICT ONE. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE AND LISTENING. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT H.12. THIS IS THE CANNABIS GRANT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE. I SUPPORT THE REDONDO BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SUPPORT EFFORTS TO REDUCE IMPAIRED DRIVING. [00:25:01] IF THIS GRANT HELPS KEEP IMPAIRED DRIVERS OFF OUR STREETS, THAT IS A GOOD THING. WHAT I FIND INTERESTING IS THE POLICY CONTRADICTION. FOR YEARS, REDONDO HAS RESISTED ALLOWING REGULATED CANNABIS BUSINESSES THAT COULD GENERATE MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN RECURRING ANNUAL LOCAL TAX REVENUE THAT OUR CITY DESPERATELY NEEDS AT THIS POINT. YET TODAY, WE ARE ACCEPTING OVER $63,000 GENERATED FROM THE STATEWIDE CANNABIS TAX PROGRAM TO FUND ENFORCEMENT AND EDUCATION RELATED TO IMPAIRED DRIVING. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION. IN A STUDY OF 3267 PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR DWI, 78% HAD ALCOHOL IN THEIR SYSTEM, 29% SHOWED SOME EVIDENCE OF CANNABIS USE. ONLY 4% TESTED POSITIVE FOR THC ALONE WITHOUT ALCOHOL OR ANOTHER DRUG. BUT THE NHTSA ALSO CAUTIONS THAT POSITIVE THC TEST DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN A DRIVER WAS IMPAIRED. UNLIKE ALCOHOL, THC CAN REMAIN DETECTABLE LONG AFTER IMPAIRMENT. THE GRANT REIMBURSEMENT OVERTIME FOR DWI SATURATION POINTS AND IMPAIRED DRIVING EDUCATION INVOLVES ALCOHOL, CANNABIS AND OTHER DRUGS, INCLUDING, I'M ASSUMING, LEGAL MEDICATION. IT REQUIRES NO CITY MATCHES, WHICH IS CERTAINLY POSITIVE SINCE THERE IS NO ACTUAL EXTRA FUNDS FOR ANYTHING IN REDONDO. HOWEVER, I HOPE THAT THIS REALLY FOCUSES ON ACTUAL IMPAIRMENT, NOT JUST THE SIMPLE USE OF CANNABIS BY RESPONSIBLE ADULTS. MANY RESIDENTS, INCLUDING MYSELF, HAVE CHOSEN CANNABIS INSTEAD OF ALCOHOL FOR PERSONAL HEALTH REASONS, AND ALSO I WOULD USE, WHEN I BROKE MY ANKLE, I USED CANNABIS RATHER THAN AN OPIOID. AND SO I HAVE USED IT FOR MEDICAL REASONS. SO LAWFUL CANNABIS USE SHOULD NEVER BE CONFUSED WITH IMPAIRED DRIVING. I DO HOPE THAT THE CITY PROVIDES TRANSPARENCY ABOUT HOW THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED. IF THIS GRANT IS PRIMARILY USED TO ADDRESS ALCOHOL IMPAIRMENT DRIVING, WHICH REMAINS THE LEADING FACTOR IN DWI ARRESTS AND DEATHS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT IMPAIRED DRIVING OF ANY KIND. THEN I FULLY SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE? THERE ARE NO PARTICIPANTS ONLINE. AS FAR AS ECOMMENTS GOES, WE DID HAVE THREE RECEIVED FOR H.7 WITH THE POSITION OF OPPOSE, ONE RECEIVED FOR H.9 WITH THE POSITION OF OPPOSED AND ONE RECEIVED FOR H.12 WITH NO POSITION INDICATED. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS H.1 THROUGH H.18, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF H.9? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I WILL CALL THE VOTE. ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. DO YOU WANT TO READ OFF YOUR ITEMS? YES. WE HAVE H.10 ADOPT BY 4/5 VOTE IN TITLE ONLY. RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2608-060. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO 2027 BUDGET MODIFICATION TO APPROPRIATE $7,929.13 AND GRANT FUNDS AWARDED BY THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE UNDER THE 2025 PATRICK LEAHY BULLETPROOF VEST PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL GRANTS FUND. WE HAVE APPROVE BY RESOLUTION BY TITLE ONLY, RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2608-061. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING GRANT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF 60 $63,627.20 FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL UNDER THE CANNABIS TAX FUND GRANT PROGRAM, APPROVING THE CANNABIS TAX FUND GRANT PROGRAM AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. WE HAVE APPROVED BY 4/5 VOTE AND TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2608-062. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING A FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 BUDGET MODIFICATION TO APPROPRIATE 60 $63,627.20 IN CANNABIS TAX FUND GRANT PROGRAM AWARD FUNDS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL GRANTS FUND. WE HAVE ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NUMBER 2608-063, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE HOURLY PARKING RATE AT THE PIER AND PLAZA PARKING STRUCTURES AND THE MARINA PARKING LOT FROM $2 TO 2.25 PER HOUR, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 20TH, 2026. CONSISTENT WITH THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CITY-WIDE PARKING METER RATE INCREASE UNDER ORDINANCE NUMBER 3313-26. ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NUMBER 2608-064. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA ADOPTING THE SALARY RANGE FOR THE POSITION OF PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER. AND LASTLY, WE HAVE ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2608-065. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, LEASING CERTAIN PROPERTY TO QUALITY SEAFOOD, [00:30:05] INC. AND THAT IS ALL MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. LOTS OF RESOLUTIONS TONIGHT AND MORE TO COME. LET'S SEE. WE HAVE NO EXCLUDED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. SO NOW WE'RE GOING DOWN TO ITEM J WHICH IS THE 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 IS NOT ON THIS AGENDA FOR ACTION. THIS SECTION WILL BE LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES TOTAL. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE AFFORDED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL. AND EACH SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ONLY ONCE. AND PER THE NEW BROWN ACT, LAWS WILL BE GOING BY CARDS AND ONLINE FIRST, AND THEN TO THE FOLKS WHO DID NOT SUBMIT CARDS IF TIME ALLOWS. SO THE FIRST CARD I HAVE IS HOLLY OSBORNE. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. HOLLY OSBORNE, DISTRICT FIVE. IF I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT METRO, I'M TALKING ABOUT TREES AND SHADE AND PARKS. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. THERE'S A PARK CALLED EL NIDO PARK ON 182ND STREET. NOW, I WENT TO MY FILE, MY OLD FASHIONED FILING SYSTEM WHERE I CLIP OUT NEWSPAPER ARTICLES. AND GUESS WHAT I FOUND? THERE'S GOING TO GET 500 000 TO FUND WORK ON THE EL NIDO PARK REVITALIZATION PAY FOR CONCEPTUAL DESIGN DEVELOPMENTS. EXPLORE THE FIELD OF PUTTING NEW FIELDS IN UPGRADED PARK FACILITIES, BLAH BLAH BLAH. THAT SOUNDS SO WONDERFUL. BUT THEN I WENT ONLINE. IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT THE 200 NEW, NEW PARKING SPACES. IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT CUTTING MATURE TREES. OKAY. AND ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT, SOME OF YOU WILL GET THIS. SOME OF YOU WON'T. THE LINE ABOUT PAVING PARADISE TO PUT UP A PARKING LOT. OKAY. SO I'M JUST. I'M DISCOURAGED ABOUT THIS. AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S SO HOT, WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO MAKE ANYTHING BE MORE OF A HEAT ISLAND. WE SHOULD BE GETTING MORE SHADE, NOT LESS. AND THAT EVEN THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS HAVE TALKED ABOUT RIPPING UP ASPHALT IN THE CITY, AT THE SCHOOLS AND STUFF AND PUTTING DOWN GRASS THAT MAKES THINGS COOLER. SO THAT'S JUST WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S TORRANCE. I KNOW. AND IT'S GOT A REDONDO ADDRESS AND IT'S NEXT TO REDONDO PEOPLE. OKAY. YOU WANT US TO. I KNOW IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, SO I'M TALKING ABOUT IT. OKAY. AND SO THERE'S ONE OTHER SONG THAT YOU OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT. I'M. THIS ONE'S EVEN OLDER, BUT I THINK WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN? OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. HOLLY. OKAY. ANYONE ONLINE? THERE'S NO ONE ONLINE. OKAY. THE NEXT CARD I HAVE IS MYLES BURKHART. MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL AND MYLES BURKHART, 14 YEAR RESIDENT. IF YOU ARE TRULY COMMITTED TO PUBLIC SAFETY, YOUR RESULTS MUST SHOW IT. WHEN CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS NO TEETH, SAFETY HAZARDS GROW EXPONENTIALLY WHILE RESIDENTS LEARN THEY CAN SIMPLY WAIT OUT THE SYSTEM. THERE'S A MASSIVE BLACK HOLE IN OUR CITIES PROCESS RIGHT NOW. I PULLED CPR DATA ON OUR HEDGE FENCE AND OBSTRUCTION CASES TO REVEAL IT. FROM 2012 TO 2025, 39% OF COMPLAINTS WERE NOT RESOLVED WITHIN ONE YEAR. 1 IN 5 TOOK OVER TWO YEARS. I FOUND ONE ACTIVE COMPLAINT OVER 13 YEARS OLD. IF IT WERE A CHILD WOULD BE STARTING HIGH SCHOOL NEXT YEAR. COMPLAINTS GREW BY 40% ANNUALIZED. THAT'S BEFORE 2026. YET LOOK AT THE ENFORCEMENT OUTPUT. HOW MANY CITATIONS DID THE CITY ISSUE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS? ZERO. HOW MANY CASES DID WE TAKE LEGAL ACTION ON? ONE. AND THAT CASE WAS DISMISSED BY THE CITY IN JUNE. STAFF SENDS NOTICES, BUT THE CITY DOESN'T FOLLOW THROUGH. LET ME SHOW YOU SOME REAL EXAMPLES OF THIS FAILURE. THIS IS THE LONGEST RUNNING NOTICE OF VIOLATION THAT I COULD FIND IN CITY RECORDS. [00:35:03] OVER 280 DAYS OLD. I FILED THIS LAST OCTOBER AFTER WITNESSING A NEAR ACCIDENT AT THE DRIVEWAY. SINCE THEN, WE'VE SEEN TWO MORE NEAR ACCIDENTS AT THIS DRIVEWAY. THE CITY KNOWS ABOUT THIS SIGHTLINE HAZARD. SO WHAT IS THE CITY WAITING FOR? OVER HERE, THE OWNER GOT A NOTICE AND CUT THE HEDGE, BUT QUICKLY REPLACED IT. THEY REPLACED IT WITH A SIX FOOT TALL CHICKEN WIRE FENCE IN THE FRONT. SETBACK. VINES ARE ALREADY FILLING IT BACK IN, CREATING EVEN WORSE SIGHTLINE HAZARDS. THIS HAS BEEN OPEN FOR OVER 145 DAYS. AGAIN, WHAT IS THE CITY WAITING FOR? WE, THE RESIDENTS, SHOULD NOT HAVE TO ACT AS UNPAID CODE INSPECTORS JUST TO HAVE SAFE STREETS. WE CAN DO BETTER. AS A VERY SMALL START, I REQUEST THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY ADOPT TORRANCE NOTICE OF VIOLATION TEMPLATE. IT'S IN YOUR BLUE FOLDER. IT MUCH MORE CLEARLY DETAILS, CODES, CORRECTIVE ACTIONS AND FINE STRUCTURES FOR HOMEOWNERS. RESIDENTS ARE DOING THEIR PART BY REPORTING THESE HAZARDS. IT'S TIME FOR THE CITY TO DO THEIRS. THANK YOU. ANYONE ONLINE? THERE'S NO ONE ONLINE. OKAY. ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS NON-AGENDA ITEMS? THIS WOULD BE YOUR TIME TO COME UP. YES. ALL RIGHT. SO YES. SO THIS IS MY EMAIL THAT I ADDRESSED TO COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER ELIZABETH HAUSE, HAUSE OR HAUSE? YES. SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY. SHE'S RIGHT HERE. RIGHT HERE TODAY. HI THERE. THIS IS FOR YOU. SO I'M GOING TO READ THIS OUT LOUD. SO WHAT'S YOUR NAME? MY NAME IS MARIANNA DESALLES. I'M A MURAL ARTIST AND I'VE BEEN PAINTING ON HERONDO STREET. THAT WALL THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE PARK THAT YOU GUYS JUST OPENED. SO IT SAYS, I HOPE THIS MESSAGE FINDS YOU WELL. I'M WRITING RESPECTFULLY, REQUESTING A TEMPORARY PAUSE ON THE SCHEDULED PAINT OVER OF THE MURAL I HAVE BEEN CREATING, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS SET TO TAKE PLACE TOMORROW BECAUSE IT WAS NOT APPROVED THROUGH THE CITY'S PERMITTING PROCESS. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF FOLLOWING CITY PROCEDURES, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY MISUNDERSTANDING REGARDING THE APPROVAL PROCESS. MY INTENTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO CREATE A MEANINGFUL PIECE OF PUBLIC ART THAT CONTRIBUTES POSITIVELY TO THE COMMUNITY, NOT GRAFFITI OR AN ACT TO DISREGARD CITY REGULATIONS. I AM A REDONDO BEACH RESIDENT, PROFESSIONAL MURAL ARTIST AND TEACHING ARTIST AT ROLLING HILLS COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL, A K THROUGH EIGHTH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL IN ROLLING HILLS ESTATES. DURING MY SUMMER BREAK, I DEDICATED TIME TO THIS MURAL AS A SINCERE ARTISTIC ENDEAVOR ROOTED IN COMMUNITY CONNECTION, BEAUTY, AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION. OVER THE PAST MONTH, I HAVE POURED COUNTLESS HOURS PERSONAL RESOURCES AND CARE INTO THIS PIECE. THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, I'VE RECEIVED AN OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE HONKED AS THEY DROVE BY AND JUST SHOUTED SHOUTED OUT, GREAT JOB! THAT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL AND KIND WORDS ABOUT THE ARTWORK. LOU, THE OWNER OF THE FITNESS BUSINESS ACROSS THE STREET, HAS ALSO EXPRESSED HIS SUPPORT OF THE MURAL. MY VISION HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOR THIS PIECE TO BE THE POTENTIAL TO TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROCEED THROUGH PROPER APPROVAL PROCESS, I WOULD LOVE TO WELCOME OTHER LOCAL ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CONTRIBUTE IN A THOUGHTFUL AND COHESIVE WAY WHILE MAINTAINING INTEGRITY TO THE ORIGINAL VISION. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY TO CONSIDER PAUSING THE PAINT OVER WHILE I WORK WITH APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS TO SUBMIT ANY NECESSARY APPLICATIONS AND FOLLOW THE REQUIRED PERMITTING PROCESS. I AM FULLY COMMITTED TO COLLABORATING WITH THE CITY AND MEETING ALL REQUIREMENTS. IT WOULD MEAN SO MUCH TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE THE WORK AND EXPLORE PATH FORWARD, RATHER THAN HAVING IT REMOVED BEFORE THE OPPORTUNITY EXISTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. I DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF THE ARTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I HOPE WE CAN FIND A CONSTRUCTIVE SOLUTION TOGETHER. WARMLY, MARIANNA DESALLES. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. CLARIFYING QUESTION. WHAT PART? THIS IS THE HERONDO WALL. YEAH. THE ONE. THE RETAINING WALL FOR ALL THAT DIRT THAT HAS, LIKE, CHAINLINK COMING OUT OF IT BESIDE THE PARK. NOT DOWN. IT'S RIGHT ALONG ALL THOSE OTHER MURALS. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF JUST PART OF THAT REDONDO WALLS MURAL PROJECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT WAS THAT WAS MY QUESTION. WHERE EXACTLY? BUT IT'S BY THE NEW PARK ACROSS FROM THE. THE POWER PLANT TOWER. I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T JUST HAVE PEOPLE GOING UP TO ANY WALL AND PAINTING IT. [00:40:01] I DO. I MEAN, I'VE I'VE GONE THROUGH THE ROLLING HILLS ESTATES CITY PROCESS FOR. I'VE PAINTED TWO PARKS IN ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, HIGH RIDGE PARK AND ERNIE HOWLETT PARK. AND I GET THE PROCESS TAKES LIKE UP TO A YEAR, EVEN FOR APPROVAL. SO AS AN ARTIST, OBVIOUSLY INSPIRATION STRIKES IN THE MOMENT. AND I REALLY THOUGHT IT WAS PART OF THE CONTINUATION OF PAINTED WALLS. WELL, THAT PAINTED WALL DOWN BELOW IS PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER. OH, OKAY. EACH OF THOSE WAS APPROVED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER. I PAINTED ONE AND THAT WASN'T THE PROCESS FOR ME. WELL, THEN YOU VIOLATED THE PROCESS AND THEY JUST DIDN'T CATCH YOU. BUT YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE PEOPLE PAINTING WHEREVER THEY WANT IN THE CITY. IT'S YOUR OWN PRIVATE WALL. DO WHAT YOU WANT. BUT IF IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE'S WALL, WE CAN'T HAVE ANYBODY JUST DEEM THEMSELVES ELIGIBLE TO PAINT ART THERE. OKAY. AND THERE'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN ART AND GRAFFITI. I KNOW THAT ONE'S VERY BEAUTIFUL WHEN CALLED GRAFFITI, BUT SOME PEOPLE CALL THEIR GRAFFITI ART, TOO. SO COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I DON'T WANT TO START A WHOLE DISCUSSION, BUT IS THAT WALL IN OUR CONTROL OR IS THAT? THAT'S ACTUALLY IT'S A RETAINING WALL FOR EDISON'S FOOTINGS, FOR THEIR TRANSMISSION TOWER. SO IT'S ACTUALLY AN EDISON OWNED STRUCTURE. OKAY. AND THEY'RE LOOKING INTO WHETHER THEY GOT APPROVAL OR NOT. WE JUST FOUND OUT THEY DIDN'T. OKAY. SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS DOES THAT MEAN IT'S GOING TO BE PAINTED? WE CAN'T WE CAN'T ACT ON THINGS ON NON, NON AGENDA ITEMS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T AGENDIZED. LET'S SEE. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS? I'VE GOT THREE MORE CARDS. OH. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. DO YOU MIND WAITING? RON MAROKO. IT WAS A FREUDIAN SLIP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I DO CONCUR WITH THE ARTISTS THAT YOU SHOULD DELAY TAKING IT DOWN UNTIL YOU CAN FULLY DOCUMENT WHAT'S UP THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL MURALS DOWN IN THAT AREA, AND IT WOULD BE A SHAME WITHOUT THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION. I DO WANT TO QUICKLY SPEAK ABOUT FIVE THINGS AND I THINK I CAN GET THEM ALL IN IN THREE MINUTES. WILDERNESS PARK. I'M STILL HOPING YOU GUYS BRING IT BACK SO THAT WE CAN HAVE IT ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER. I NOTICE WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HERE, THE DAWIDZIAK PARKETTE. YOU GUYS REFERRED IT OVER A YEAR AGO. ALMOST. TOMORROW IS THE YEAR HIS BIRTHDAY IS COMING UP. IT'LL BE EIGHT. WOULD HAVE BEEN 80 IF HE WAS STILL ALIVE. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE OUR. WE DID HAVE OUR WE DO HAVE OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES PERSON HERE THAT'S DOING THE POLICY. BUT THIS ONE REALLY IS NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY REASON THAT IT WOULDN'T BE APPROVED. WE HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY HERE. I WOULD LOVE TO FOR THE COUNCIL TO DIRECT TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO FIX THE MILLS ACT CONTRACT SO THAT SOMEBODY BECOMES A LANDMARK. THEY CONSENTED ALSO TO BE PART OF A HISTORIC DISTRICT AS I'VE APPROACHED YOU BEFORE. I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING LATER TONIGHT TO FILL UP THE PUBLIC AMENITIES COMMISSION, BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC SESSIONS GOING ON. PLUS WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S PROVIDED SERVICE TO THE PARKS AND RECS. I DO UNDERSTAND THERE'S A PROCESS, AND I'M HOPING THAT THE CITY WILL DO SOMETHING TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THESE COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE NO LONGER ON THE COMMISSION. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD ONE PERSON ON THE PUBLIC AMENITIES COMMISSION WHO SERVED TWO FULL TERMS AND PRESERVATION TEN YEARS TOTAL MADE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION. AND IT'S JUST A SHAME TO HAVE PEOPLE DO THESE VOLUNTEER THINGS, EVEN IF THEY DO GET BOUNCED OUT FOR ATTENDANCE AND NOT BE RECOGNIZED FOR IT. AND HE'S ONE OF THE LONGEST PEOPLE THAT'S EVER SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY AS A PUBLIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE MEMBER. 47 SECONDS. I'LL CRAM IN THE LAST PIECE, BILL BRAND PARKS. FABULOUS. WHEN THE RUNNERS FIND IT, THEY WILL BE EXTREMELY PLEASED. SO THANK YOU. MIKE KLEIN WHO WAS HERE? IT'S PACKED DIRT. NO RUTS, NO SHADE. BUT IT'S STILL A REALLY GOOD RUNNING SURFACE, SO I'M HOPING YOU'LL SEE MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. ANYONE ONLINE? THERE'S. THERE'S NO ONE ONLINE. EXCUSE ME. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS? GEORGETTE GANTNER DISTRICT TWO. JUST TO ANSWER THE LADY SITTING BEHIND ME, I JUST WANTED YOU GUYS KNOW THIS PREACHING TO THE CHOIR. BUT THE PROCEDURE FOR PUBLIC ART IS USUALLY IT'S IT'S SUGGESTED OR BROUGHT TO THE PUBLIC ART. WELL, IT USED TO BE THE PUBLIC ART. IT'S THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION NOW, AND THAT IT'S VETTED OR LIKE THE MAYOR CAME IN LAST TIME WITH A WONDERFUL SUGGESTION. [00:45:08] YEAH, THE LADY COULD COME IN AND SUGGEST AND MAYBE THE PIECE COULD GET VETTED. AND THEN I GUESS FROM THERE IT GOES THROUGH THE COUNCIL. SO THAT'S THE PROCEDURE JUST LIKE FOR HER AND OTHER PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET YOUR ART DISPLAYED, BUT IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS. SO THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? JOAN IRVINE DISTRICT ONE. I'M REALLY EXCITED NOW THAT REDONDO IS ACCEPTING CANNABIS TAX MONEY. THEN WE DO HAVE OPTIONS THAT IF WE WOULD ALLOW DISPENSARIES IN TOWN, BESIDES GETTING $1 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE, WE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF GRANT MONEY. AND I AM IN CONTACT WITH THE PERSON WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THAT UP IN SACRAMENTO. SO AT ONE POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS BRINGING THAT BACK. BUT THEN I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE I LOVED ABOUT THE LIFEGUARD. I CAME FROM A FAMILY OF LIFEGUARDS. MY DAD WAS A LIFEGUARD AT JONES BEACH, NEW YORK, IN 1934. THREE OF MY BROTHERS WERE LIFEGUARDS THERE AND THERE THEY HAD. THE OLDEST LIFEGUARD WAS REGGIE JACKSON. HE PASSED THE TEST AT AGE 80 THE NEXT YEAR HE MISSED IT BY TWO SECONDS AND THEY TRIED EVERYTHING. SO HE HAD TO RETIRE. BUT THEN HE BECAME A DOCENT FOR THE MUSEUM THERE. HE WAS THE STORYTELLER. HE WAS THE HISTORIAN. SO THAT AND MY OLDER BROTHER, WHO JUST IS TURNING 85, JUST WENT TO JONES BEACH THIS PAST WEEKEND TO GO TO A REUNION OF THE JONES BEACH LIFEGUARD. LIFEGUARDS JUST CONTINUE ON. ALSO ONE OF MY BROTHERS, WHEN HE LIVED IN NEW JERSEY, HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RIPTIDE AWARENESS PROGRAM THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN NEW JERSEY. SO I, AS I SAID, I COME FROM THIS LONG HISTORY OF LIFEGUARDS. AND IT WAS JUST, IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE MY PARENTS USED TO HAVE THE LIFEGUARD PARTY AT THEIR HOUSE AND MY DAD JUST ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT BECAUSE HE WAS LIKE THE OG AND EVERYBODY WAS COMING UP TO HIM AND IT JUST GAVE HIM SUCH PRIDE. AND SO IT REALLY GIVES ME PRIDE TO HAVE HAD MY FATHER AND THREE OF MY BROTHERS LIFEGUARDS AT JONES BEACH. SO WHEN I SEE THE LIFEGUARDS HERE IN REDONDO BEACH, YOU KNOW, I JUST I JUST TAKE IT TO HEART. AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT THEY'RE BEING HONORED AND EVERYBODY IS INVOLVED IN THAT. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS? WAYNE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WAYNE CRAIG, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE. THREE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. PIZZA, POKE AND PARKS. HOW ARE THEY RELATED? WELL, TOMORROW YOU CAN GET PIZZA AND POKE AT THE FARMERS MARKET IN NORTH REDONDO. I HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF YOU GUYS LATELY. I'VE SEEN MR. BEHRENDT ALL THE TIME. THANK YOU FOR COMING BY. I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU LEAVE WITH A FEW MORE SHOPPING BAGS WITH THE STUFF. BUT YOU KNOW THIS, YOU'RE SHOWING UP AND HELPING OUT. WE HAVE A NEW VENDOR THAT JUST CAME IN LAST WEEK. WE ACTUALLY HAVE SEAFOOD NOW. WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT BEFORE. SO I'M TOLD THAT THEY HAVE A GREAT SELECTION. SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BRING SOME TOMORROW. I'LL LET YOU KNOW NEXT WEEK IF THAT'S THE CASE. AND REGARDING PARKS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE AND ALSO OF RON MAROKO WE SERVED TOGETHER ON THE ACTUALLY CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND THIS INDIVIDUAL ALSO WAS VERY HELPFUL IN THE RESCUE WATERFRONT CAMPAIGN BACK IN THE DAY. THAT'S JOE DAWIDZIAK. HE DID PASS AWAY OVER A YEAR AGO. I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT GETTING A PARK, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING THE SECURITIES ROUTE THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE WE HAVE HAVE SOME PARKS THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THEM BE NAMED AFTER HIM THAT JOE SERVED AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. HE DID A LOT OF WORK IN THE CITY. AND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS A GOOD GUY. AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A PARK IN HIS HONOR. I'M SURE HIS FAMILY WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS? ANYONE ONLINE? THERE ARE NO PARTICIPANTS ONLINE. AND THERE WERE NO ECOMMENTS AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME HEARING TONIGHT. SO WE WILL BE DOING ITEM K EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS. [K. EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS] I WILL START THE ITEM WE HAVE IS ITEM L ONE WHICH ADDRESSES THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATES AND RELATED DOCUMENTS. I'VE SPOKEN WITH CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND EXCHANGED EMAILS WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. I MET WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND SPOKE WITH THE MAYOR ABOUT THIS. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. I MET WITH CITY STAFF AND THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS, AND I DID SPEAK WITH MEMBER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON THIS AS WELL. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. THIS IS THE. L.1 THIS IS THE GENERAL PLAN. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. MAYOR. STAFF. PUBLIC. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. THE SAME MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI, STAFF, I SPOKE AND MET WITH THE MAYOR [00:50:10] AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. [L.1. 26-0920 PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT, ZONING ORDINANCE, LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM, AND COASTAL LAND USE PLAN IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCE AND AN ADDENDUM TO THE CERTIFIED PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE FOCUSED GENERAL PLAN UPDATE PERTAINING TO THE PROPOSED AMENDED C-2 AND C-2-PD DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND ROOF TOP DINING REGULATIONS ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NO. CC-2608-066 ADOPTING AN ADDENDUM TO THE CERTIFIED PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (STATE CLEARINGHOUSE NUMBER 2023050732) FOR THE REDONDO BEACH FOCUSED GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, ZONING ORDINANCE UPDATE AND LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT PERTAINING TO THE PROPOSED C-2 AND C-2-PD DEVELOPMENT STANDARD AMENDMENTS AND ROOF TOP DINING REGULATIONS WITHIN THE ARTESIA AND AVIATION CORRIDOR AREA PLAN ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NO. CC-2608-067 UPDATING THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT TO IMPLEMENT A LAND USE PLAN, GOALS, POLICIES, AND IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES THAT SERVE AS THE FRAMEWORK TO EXPRESS THE COMMUNITY’S DESIRED FUTURE FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OVER THE SUBSEQUENT 20-30 YEARS ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NO. CC-2608-068 AMENDING THE COASTAL LAND USE PLAN OF THE CITY’S LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM TO MAKE CONSISTENT AND IMPLEMENT THE CITY’S UPDATED GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT AND DIRECTING STAFF TO SUBMIT THE AMENDED COASTAL LAND USE PLAN TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION INTRODUCE BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE NO. CC-3314-26 AMENDING TITLE 10 PLANNING AND ZONING, CHAPTER 2 ZONING AND LAND USE OF THE REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE FOR CONSISTENCY WITH AND TO IMPLEMENT THE UPDATE TO THE CITY’S GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT INCLUSIVE OF THE LAND USE PLAN, GOALS, POLICIES, AND IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES INTRODUCE BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE NO. CC-3315-26 AMENDING TITLE 10 PLANNING AND ZONING, CHAPTER 5 COASTAL LAND USE PLAN IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCE OF THE REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE FOR CONSISTENCY WITH AND TO IMPLEMENT THE UPDATE TO THE CITY’S GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT INCLUSIVE OF THE LAND USE PLAN, GOALS, POLICIES, AND IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES PROCEDURES 1. Open the public hearing, take testimony 2. Close the public hearing 3. Adopt Resolution No. CC-2608-066, adopting an Addendum to the Certified Program Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse Number 2023050732) for the Redondo Beach Focused General Plan Update, Zoning Ordinance update and Local Coastal Program Amendment 4. Adopt Resolution No. CC-2608-067, amending the General Plan Land Use Element 5. Adopt Resolution No. CC-2608-068, amending the Coastal Land Use Plan of the City’s Local Coastal Program 6. Introduce for first reading Ordinance No. CC-3314-26, amending Title 10, Chapter 2 Zoning and Land Use of the Redondo Beach Municipal Code 7. Introduce for first reading Ordinance No. CC-3315-26, amending Title 10, Chapter 5 Coastal Land Use Plan Implementing Ordinance of the Redondo Municipal Code] THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL PLAN AND SEVERAL OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS, THERE ARE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE RESOLUTIONS. NO. I'M SORRY. THREE RESOLUTIONS AND TWO ORDINANCE CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. FIRST RESOLUTION WOULD AMEND THE EIR. IT'S A, IT'S A MINOR CHANGE TO THE EIR. THE SECOND IS A CHANGE TO LAND USE ELEMENT, THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT. THE SECOND RESOLUTION IS TO CHANGE THE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE COASTAL AREA. AND THEN THE TWO ORDINANCES ARE CHANGES TO THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCES, INCLUDING BOTH THE LAND THE INLAND SIDE AND THE COASTAL ZONE. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. I'LL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO STAFF. YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. CAN WE GET THE PRESENTATION DISPLAYED THERE? SO WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE UPDATED LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN FOR ADOPTION. ALSO THE IMPLEMENTING ZONING ORDINANCE, THE AMENDMENTS TO THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM, AND A ADDENDUM TO THE EIR FOR THESE DOCUMENTS. AND IT'S BASICALLY A MINOR AMENDMENT TO THE EIR. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE IT'S TAKEN TEN YEARS FOR THIS MOMENT TO BRING THIS TO YOU FOR ADOPTION. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE INVOLVED, THE GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE OUR PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED THIS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE CITY COUNCIL WHO REVIEWED IT PROBABLY CLOSE TO TEN TIMES JUST OVER THE PAST YEAR ALONE. SO A LOT OF THOUGHT AND EFFORT HAS GONE INTO THIS DOCUMENT. WHAT'S PROVIDED YOU TONIGHT DOES INCORPORATE THE CITY COUNCIL'S DIRECTION FROM THOSE PRIOR DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE BACKGROUND OF EACH OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS. AND WITHIN THE LAND USE ELEMENT, THERE ARE GOALS AND POLICIES RELATED TO LAND USE. THERE'S THE CREATION OF SPECIAL POLICY AREAS, AND THOSE ARE REALLY FOCUSED PLANNING AREAS WITHIN THE CITY. IT INCLUDES A NEW LAND USE MAP. IT INCLUDES FLOOR AREA RATIO OR FAR LIMITS FOR MOST DESIGNATIONS IN THE CITY, PER THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, WE DID NOT SET A FAR LIMIT IN THE GENERAL PLAN FOR THE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL ZONE, SO I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT IN THE EIR, IT'S STILL REFLECTED AT THE 1.25 FAR AND THE 0.75. AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THE COUNCIL HAS DEFERRED A DECISION ON THIS. AND WE'LL BE CONSIDERING THE FAR FOR THE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL A FUTURE DATE. THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW WOULD STILL BE NECESSARY FOR THAT. AND IT'S NOT A POLICY SETTING DOCUMENT. IT JUST PROVIDES THE CITY WITH OPTIONS TO SET THE CAP AT THAT LIMIT. SO I WANTED TO. DID YOU SAY 0.75 OR 1.2, 1.25 FOR CITY, FOR THE CIVIC CENTER FOR BEACH CITIES HEALTH, AND THEN 0.75 FOR THE OTHERS. SO AND SO JUST FOR THE EIR. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THE LAND USE ELEMENT, IT STATES THAT SUBJECT TO PLANNING COMMISSION DESIGN REVIEW. SO THERE'S ALSO THE ZONING ORDINANCES BEING PROVIDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION. AND THAT IMPLEMENTS THE POLICIES OF THE GENERAL PLAN. THAT INCLUDES THE INCREASED FLOOR AREA RATIO CAP ALONG THE AACAP CORRIDOR. THE FAR INCREASE IN THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE NORTH OF MANHATTAN BOULEVARD AND AN FAR INCREASE ALONG SOME SMALL PORTIONS OF PCH. AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES NEW DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE AACAP THAT ADDRESS THE BUILDING HEIGHT AND SETBACKS AND ALLOWANCE FOR ROOFTOP DINING, AND THESE ARE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE UPDATED FAR THE COUNCIL AS PART OF THIS PACKAGE. SO WITH THAT THERE'S SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS. ONE IS TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, TAKE TESTIMONY, THEN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THERE'S 2 OR 3 RESOLUTIONS AND TWO ORDINANCES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FOR THE CITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION. SO I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. I THINK WHAT YOU KNOW, WE GOT A NUMBER OF EMAILS ON THIS. I THINK WHAT CONFUSED PEOPLE IS WHEN YOU READ THE PLACE WORKS SUMMARY. IT HAD THE 125 AGAINST THEY CALLED IT PI2. I THINK CAN YOU GO OVER WHY THAT WAS IN THERE OR HOW, [00:55:03] WHERE THAT THAT DOCUMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE THE ZONING CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING? IT DOES NOT. IT'S NOT A POLICY SETTING DOCUMENT. IT'S RELATED TO THE TRAFFIC AND LAND USE ANALYSIS. IT'S REQUIRED UNDER ARTICLE 27. ORIGINALLY WE WERE GOING TO SET THE CAP ON THE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL. SO THAT WAS PART OF THE OVERALL ARTICLE 27 ANALYSIS. FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THIS OF THESE ITEMS. THAT DOCUMENT WILL BE UPDATED AND WE'RE ACTUALLY, WE INTEND TO STILL MAKE REFERENCE TO IT BECAUSE IT IS PART OF THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS. IT IS PART OF THE AGGREGATE. BUT WE'RE GOING TO NOTE THAT A DECISION ON THE FAR LIMIT IS NOT BEING MADE AT THIS TIME. JUST SO IT'S CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO PROVIDE SOME OTHER CLARIFICATIONS IN THE DOCUMENTS AS WELL. AND I THINK WHAT'S ON ESSENCE IF YOU IF YOU ALLOW ME. YEAH, YEAH. GO AHEAD. SO IN ESSENCE THE EIR SUPPLEMENT WOULD OVERSTATE THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS BECAUSE YOU'RE ANALYZING AT A 1.25 POTENTIALLY. CORRECT. IT. IT DOES. SO THERE'S TWO STUDIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. ONE IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, WHICH KIND OF OVERSTATED IT. AND THE ARTICLE 27 TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, WHICH IS SEPARATE. BOTH OF THOSE HAVE THE ANALYSIS FOR UP TO THAT 1.25 LIMIT AT BEACH CITIES HEALTH. HOWEVER IT'S STILL BEING LEFT UNDETERMINED OR UNSPECIFIED. AND THAT'S THE THE CASE IN THE CITY'S CURRENT GENERAL PLAN AND THE GENERAL PLAN THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS. AND BASED ON PRIOR CITY COUNCIL DIRECTION, THERE WILL BE A FUTURE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF THAT ITEM AND POTENTIALLY SETTING OF A CAP LIMIT. AND ALSO WORTH NOTING, IF I COULD, MAYOR, THAT DOCUMENT WAS PUBLISHED AND PUT ONLINE PRIOR TO YOUR JULY 7TH DIRECTION TO SEPARATE THE TWO ACTIONS. SO THAT WAS THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT, THE AGGREGATE EFFECT, AS MARC SAID PRIOR TO THE DIRECTION ON THE SEVENTH, TO SEPARATE THAT DECISION, TO DEFER IT TO A LATER DATE. SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE WITH WHAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE AMENDED SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENT THAT WILL GET POSTED WITHIN TEN DAYS OF TONIGHT'S ACTION, IS YOUR FINAL ACTIONS AS A BODY OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS CONSISTENT WITH TONIGHT'S DIRECTION. WELL, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. I APPRECIATE IT. AND THAT DOCUMENT EVEN EVEN I MEAN, THAT'S NOT ONE WE'RE APPROVING TONIGHT. IT'S A SUPPORT DOCUMENT TO THE RESOLUTIONS AND THE ORDINANCE CHANGES. SO. CORRECT. THERE'S NOTHING WE'RE DOING TONIGHT THAT THAT THAT WOULD LOCK THAT IN CONCRETELY AT THIS POINT. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. FIRST OFF, NOW THAT I'M DONE WITH MY QUESTION. GREAT JOB. I KNOW, YOU KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER AND I WERE ON THE GPAC FOR ALL THAT TIME AND NOW WE'RE UP HERE SEEING IT COME BACK. I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME TO GET THIS THING DONE. THE FLOOR, IT SEEMS LIKE THE WORLD KEEPS MOVING WHILE WE KEEP TRYING TO NAIL THIS THING DOWN. SO I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE THIS GET ON THE BALLOT AND GET APPROVED. SEAN, YOU WERE WITH US. I THINK THE LONGER OF ANY CURRENT STAFF MEMBER. SO THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON IT. I REMEMBER YOU IN THOSE PLACE WORK MEETINGS AND THOSE WERE A LOT OF FUN. SO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK BY STAFF AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANY MEMBER. OH I SEE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP. I DID I THINK MAYBE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI DID YOU WANT TO. I CAN MAKE A MOTION IF YOU WANT. OKAY. YEAH, SURE. ALL RIGHT. MAKE A MOTION INTRODUCE, TO ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY. RESOLUTIONS NUMBER CC-2608-067. RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2608-068. INTRODUCE BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE NUMBER CC-3314-26 AND ORDINANCE NUMBER CC-3315-26. AND ALSO RESOLUTION C66-066. 66. MISSED THE FIRST. ONE. OH YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. YOUR SCREEN WAS TOO FAR DOWN. AND ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY. RESOLUTION NUMBER 2608. CC-2608-066. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. IS YOUR HAND STILL UP? IT IS NOT MAYOR. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI YOUR HAND IS DOWN. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC INPUT. I DO HAVE CARDS. THE FIRST IS HOLLY OSBORNE. YOU KNOW, I MISSED THE POSTERS. OKAY, I HOPE I'M NOT A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ABOUT THIS, BUT THIS IS HOLLY OSBORNE, DISTRICT FIVE. AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR ZONING FOR THE SCHOOLS. [01:00:02] OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PUBLIC OR WHATEVER IT IS, BUT I AM CONCERNED IF YOU RAISE IT OVER WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS, WHICH IS MOST OF THEM WERE ABOUT, I THINK, 0.2 OR 0.3 WHEN I SAW THE CHART. AND HERE'S WHY. HERITAGE PARK, IS THAT WHERE THERE'S NOW? SENIOR HOUSING IS A GOOD POINT. THAT WAS THE SCHOOL HAS IT, HAD IT, AND THEY LEASE IT OUT NOW. AND THEY BUILT SENIOR HOUSING ON ONE PART, BUT THEN THEY KEPT THE REST AS A PARK. WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO INCREASE THE ZONING AND RISK HAVING PEOPLE PUT HOUSING ON THE PARK PART? I THINK THE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT'S ALMOST A VIOLATION OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY TO HAVE THEIR SCHOOL PROPERTIES UP ZONED. WHY WOULD YOU DO IT A SECOND? YES. I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR TIME BACK. BUT THAT'S NOT AN ACTION WE'RE TAKING TONIGHT. WE'RE DEFERRING THAT YOU HAD. SO YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT IF THAT'S YOUR ONLY CONCERN. THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN. YEAH. WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING THAT TONIGHT. WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH PI. OKAY. AND YOU KNOW I'LL BE BACK IN PUBLIC. INSTITUTIONAL IS THE SCHOOLS THE CIVIC CENTER. PCHD. SO WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH THE SCHOOLS TONIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE DOING. OKAY? NO, I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ONLINE? THERE IS NO INDIVIDUAL ONLINE. AND THERE WAS ONE COMMENT FOR L.1 IN THE POSITION OF OPPOSE. OKAY. WE HAVE MICKEY JOHNSON. AND THAT'S THE LAST CARD I HAVE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MICKEY JOHNSON AND I SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH REDONDO BEACH BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. NRBBA STRONGLY SUPPORTS YOUR APPROVAL OF THE LAND USE ELEMENT AND THE ACTIONS THAT ADVANCE THE ARTESIA & AVIATION CORRIDORS AREA PLAN. FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE, WE SEE THE AACAP AS AN IMPORTANT AND POSITIVE STEP THAT HELPS SET THE STAGE FOR LONG TERM REVITALIZATION OF THE CORRIDOR. THROUGH CLEARER DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, A MORE WORKABLE FRAMEWORK FOR REINVESTMENT, AND A SHARED DIRECTION THAT CAN HELP ATTRACT THE KIND OF IMPROVEMENT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE OVER TIME. JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, THIS EFFORT BENEFITS THE RESIDENTS. THOUGHTFUL UPDATES LIKE THESE CAN CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT FITS THE CORRIDOR. ALONG WITH PLACEMAKING, THE KINDS OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT MAKE A STREET FEEL MORE WELCOMING AND MORE VIBRANT. THAT INCLUDES GATHERING SPACES AND FUNCTIONAL, COMMUNITY ORIENTED AMENITIES, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THE PUBLIC ART SURVEY CONDUCTED IN 2025 SAID THE RESIDENTS WANTED. WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT SOME CHANGES ARE ALREADY HELPING. FOR EXAMPLE, RELAXING THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS HAS ALREADY BENEFITED SOME BUSINESSES, MAKING IT EASIER TO IMPROVE SPACES AND SUPPORT LOCAL ACTIVITY ALONG THE CORRIDOR. NRBBA IS COMMITTED TO BEING A CONSTRUCTIVE PARTNER IN MAKING THIS SUCCESSFUL, NOT JUST IN CONCEPT, BUT IN REAL OUTCOMES. PEOPLE CAN SEE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE IS ACTIVELY WORKING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS RIGHT NOW TO IDENTIFY THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN A COST SHARE STOREFRONT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. WE BELIEVE THIS KIND OF PROGRAM CAN BE PRACTICAL, EARLY WIN THAT FURTHER ENHANCES THE CORRIDOR, SUPPORTS SMALL BUSINESSES, AND HELPS BUILD MOMENTUM FOR REINVESTMENT. WE'RE CURRENTLY COMPILING INTERESTED PARTICIPANTS AND PROJECT CONCEPTS, AND WE PLAN TO BRING A PROPOSED STOREFRONT IMPROVEMENT PACKAGE TO THE CITY THIS FALL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. FINALLY, AS THIS MOVES FORWARD, WE'D ASK THE CITY TO CONTINUE PROVIDING EASY TO UNDERSTAND GRAPHICS AND PLAIN LANGUAGE EXPLANATIONS SO RESIDENTS CAN FOLLOW WHAT'S CHANGING, ESPECIALLY ON THE MORE TECHNICAL TOPICS LIKE INCREASING THE FAR, THE FLOOR AREA RATIO. NRBBA IS COMMITTED TO HELPING WITH THAT COMMUNICATION JUST AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR ALL THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO UPDATING THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE AACAP. NRBBA RESPECTFULLY URGES YOU TO APPROVE THE LAND USE ELEMENT AND CONTINUE MOVING THIS EFFORT FORWARD. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ONLINE? THERE'S NO ONE ONLINE. OKAY. ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? TERESA. HI, MY NAME IS TERESA MITCHELL. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR, AND I WANTED TO ONE. THANK YOU. I KNOW THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK TO PUT INTO THESE, AND I'VE COMMENTED ON BEFORE. WHAT I'D, I'D LIKE TO SAY IS I SUPPORT THE INCREASE OF THE FAR 1.5 IN THE ARTESIA AND AVIATION CORRIDOR PLAN. [01:05:05] BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AS A PROFESSIONAL, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THERE'S CONFLICTS BETWEEN TWO OF THE ORDINANCES, THE LAND USE, THE LAND USE ELEMENT IS IDENTIFYING SPECIAL POLICY AREAS AS ARE AVIATION AND ARTESIA AND A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL WITH THE 1.4, 1.5 FAR. HOWEVER, THE OTHER ORDINANCE I THINK IT'S ATTACHMENT ONE IS REFERENCING IT AS ARTESIA AND AVIATION CORRIDOR PLAN AND USING THE C-2 AND C-2 PD. SO THE GENERAL PLAN IS NOW NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING CODE ONCE THESE ARE PASSED. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT AS A PROFESSIONAL THAT I SEE IS BECOMES PROBLEMATIC. AND THIS WEEK ALONE I'VE SUBMITTED SEVEN PERMITS IN FOUR DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES. THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT OR TO, TO SAY IS THAT I KNOW THAT THAT HEIGHT LIMIT, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, IS OF AN ADDITIONAL 45 FOOT FOR THREE STORIES. AND WHILE I THINK THAT THE INTENT IS TO INCREASE THE BUILDING ENVELOPE, WHAT THAT DOES IS A 45 FOOT BUILDING IS, IS A FOUR STORY BUILDING. AND IF WE WANT TO IF WE WANT TO PROMOTE GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL, WHICH I THINK IS THE INTENT OF THE ARTESIAN AVIATION AREA, WE WANT TO KEEP THAT GROUND FLOOR USED AS COMMERCIAL, NOT AS PARKING, NOT AS RAISING IT, NOT AS STAIRS. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND KEEPING THE HEIGHT LIMIT IN THE 30 TO 36 RANGE, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO WHAT SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES ARE THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE WALKABLE COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS HERMOSA AND MANHATTAN BEACH IN THEIR DOWNTOWN AREAS. AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANTED TO BRING UP IS THAT BACK IN DECEMBER, THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION HAD REVIEWED A DRIVEWAY ORDINANCE TO REDUCE THE THE MAXIMUM OR MINIMUM WIDTH FOR DRIVEWAYS. AND THAT HASN'T MADE IT BACK TO COUNCIL. BUT WHAT THAT DOES IS IT VERY MUCH INCREASES THE THE FOOTPRINT IS PARTICULARLY ALLOWING FOR REAR PARKING, WHICH IS ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE PREMISES AND, AND ONE OF THE PREMISES AND ONE OF THE PURPOSES THAT ARE SHOWN IN THE INTENT IN THE ZONING CODE BY REDUCING FROM 14 FOOT TO 12 FOOT OR TEN FOOT, AND INSTEAD OF 30 FOOT DOWN TO 24 FOOT, IT ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE A NARROWER DRIVEWAY, YOU HAVE MORE STREET FRONT, YOU HAVE MORE COMMERCIAL. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR, FOR INCREASING THE BUILDING SIZES AND THE COMMERCIAL FOOTPRINT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF I MAY. ARE YOU GUYS AWARE OF THE CONTRADICTION OR DO YOU AGREE? YEAH. AND IN FACT, THEY'RE NOT INCONSISTENT. IT'S A GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION OF COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND A ZONING DESIGNATION THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH IT OF C-2 AND C-2 PD. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE IDENTICALLY NAMED. JUST THE THE LAND USE ALLOWANCES OR COMMERCIAL. AND THE C-2 ZONING AND C-2 PD ARE COMMERCIAL. SO IT'S JUST A NAMING CONVENTION NOT INCONSISTENCY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ONLINE? THERE'S NOONE ONLINE. ANYONE ELSE FROM THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WAYNE CRAIG, RESIDENT, DISTRICT ONE. I I'M GLAD WE'RE FINALLY MOVING THINGS AHEAD. I MEAN, TEN YEARS AGO, LIKE I SAID, I THANK BILL BRAND FOR NOT APPOINTING ME ON TO THE GPAC. AND BRAD AND ME WERE LAUGHING ABOUT THAT. EVEN THOUGH I WENT TO A LOT OF THE MEETINGS. BUT ONE THING THAT STILL IS IMPORTANT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M TALKING A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY'RE CONFUSED. THEY LIKE THE GENERAL IDEA WHEN WE TELL THEM AND EXPLAIN TO THEM WHY IT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY ARTESIA AVIATION. I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE FOR THE LAST YEAR. I MEAN, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE THIS THING VOTED ON LAST YEAR SO WE COULD ACTUALLY START GETTING SOME DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN THE AREA. BUT TWO THINGS. ONE, WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE I TALK ABOUT, WHAT IS THIS? I HEARD THIS THING CALLED SOMETHING ELSE, I SAID, WELL, IT'S A GENERAL PLAN. AND THEY SAID, WELL, WHY ISN'T IT CALLED THAT? THE VOTE ON THAT? SO IT GETS BACK TO THE COMMENT, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI DON'T AGREE ON THIS MAYBE DIRECTLY, BUT I STILL THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE GOING TO UNDERSTAND IT AS GP AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET MOST OF THE VOTES IN DISTRICTS ONE, TWO AND THREE. THAT'S JUST WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE. WELL THE NAMING COMES UP LATER. YEAH, EXACTLY. NOW ANOTHER ANOTHER ISSUE WITH AND AGAIN, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, RELATED TO IT AND PART OF IT. BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS MAY BE THIS WILL BE COMING UP LATER IN A FUTURE DISCUSSION, BUT YOU REALLY GOT TO DO A LOT MORE COMMUNITY OUTREACH. I SUGGEST THERE'S THREE LOCATIONS THAT YOU CAN GO EVERY WEEK AND TALK TO PEOPLE. THERE'S A FARMER'S MARKET ON NORTH REDONDO, SOUTH REDONDO, RIGHT BY THE PIER. THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GET PEOPLE TALK TO THEM. PUT A BOOTH. [01:10:01] YOU HAD A BOOTH THERE FOR THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION AT THE SUMMERFEST. DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO THE SAME THING FOR THIS? THIS IS WAY IMPORTANT. THIS IS A PROBABLY A ONCE A GENERATIONAL TYPE OF OPTION WE HAVE. AND IT WOULD REALLY BE A SHAME THAT SOME OF THE CONSPIRACY FOLKS IN OUR CITY WOULD TRY TO HARPOON THIS BY TWISTING IT AND SMEARING THINGS AROUND. THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH THAT IS DEAL WITH FACTS AND INFORMATION AND EDUCATE PEOPLE. AND IT'S CONFUSING ENOUGH WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS DOCUMENT, YOU HAVE TO REFERENCE A 45 PAGE REFERENCE TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT YOU. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SUBSECTIONS BETWEEN 190TH AND DIAMOND AND THEN DIAMOND AND RUBY AND THEN RUBY DOWN. PEOPLE STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. SO AS EQUALLY IMPORTANT AS THE LANGUAGE YOU'RE DOING HERE. PUBLIC OUTREACH AND PUBLIC EDUCATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I CAN, I, I'M GOING TO BE DOING WHAT I CAN TO HELP OUT, BUT THE CITY REALLY NEEDS TO STEP UP AND DO THIS BIG TIME. THANK YOU. I'M HOPING THE ARTICLE 27 SUMMARY WILL HELP. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS INTENDED TO DO, WAS TO SIMPLIFY IT FOR IT. WELL, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FEHR AND PEERS ON THIS AND THEY'RE GOING TO CREATE A MORE SIMPLIFIED CONSOLIDATED VERSION THAT'S EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE BY THE LAYPERSON. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE. ANYONE ONLINE. THERE'S NO ONE ONLINE. ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO CHANGE ANYTHING BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE CITY COUNCIL? I MEAN, THE PUBLIC. OKAY, THEN I WILL CALL THE VOTE. AND WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. AYE AND COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. AYE. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AND DO YOU WANT TO READ OFF THOSE RESOLUTIONS? YES. WE HAVE ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2608-066. ADOPTING AN ADDENDUM TO THE CERTIFIED PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, THE STATE CLEARINGHOUSE NUMBER 2023050732 FOR THE REDONDO BEACH FOCUS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, ZONING ORDINANCE UPDATE AND LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT PERTAINING TO THE PROPOSED C-2 AND C-2 PD DEVELOPMENT STANDARD AMENDMENTS AND ROOFTOP DINING REGULATIONS WITHIN THE ARTESIA & AVIATION CORRIDORS AREA PLAN WE HAVE ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2608-067. UPDATING THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT TO IMPLEMENT A LAND USE PLAN GOALS, POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES THAT SERVE AS A FRAMEWORK TO EXPRESS THE COMMUNITY'S DESIRED FUTURE FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OVER THE SUBSEQUENT 20 TO 30 YEARS. WE HAVE ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY. RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2608-068. AMENDING THE COASTAL LAND USE PLAN FOR THE CITY'S LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM TO MAKE CONSISTENT AND IMPLEMENT THE CITY'S UPDATED GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT, AND DIRECTING STAFF TO SUBMIT THE AMENDED COASTAL LAND USE PLAN TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION. WE HAVE INTRODUCE BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE NUMBER CC-3314-26. AMENDING TITLE TEN PLANNING AND ZONING CHAPTER TWO ZONING AND LAND USE OF THE REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE FOR CONSISTENCY WITH AND TO IMPLEMENT THE UPDATE TO THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT INCLUSIVE OF THE LAND USE PLAN GOALS, POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES. AND THEN WE HAVE INTRODUCE BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE NUMBER CC-3315-26. AMENDING TITLE TEN PLANNING AND ZONING CHAPTER FIVE COASTAL LAND USE PLAN. IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCE OF THE REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE FOR CONSISTENCY WITH AND TO IMPLEMENT THE UPDATE TO THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN. LAND USE ELEMENT INCLUSIVE OF A LAND USE PLAN, GOALS, POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES. THANK YOU. SO THOSE TWO ORDINANCES WILL COME BACK AS CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS AS A SECOND READING OR NEXT WEEK? OKAY. AND THEN THERE'LL BE FINAL. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU TO MARC AND SEAN ON THIS. THIS IS A MILESTONE. I GUESS YOU'RE STICKING AROUND FOR THE NEXT ONE. OKAY. SO THAT ITEM IS CLOSED. WE'RE GOING DOWN TO ITEM N.1, WHICH IS RELATED. [N.1. 26-0863 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RESOLUTIONS, CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION BY CONSOLIDATING WITH THE LA COUNTY STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2026 TO PLACE A BALLOT MEASURE REQUIRED BY ARTICE XXVII MAJOR CHANGES IN ALLOWABLE LAND USE ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION CC-2608-057, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, CALLING FOR THE HOLDING OF A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2026, FOR THE SUBMISSION TO THE VOTERS A CITY MEASURE RELATING TO MAJOR CHANGES IN ALLOWABLE LAND USE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XXVII OF THE CITY CHARTER ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION CC-2608-058, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO CONSOLIDATE A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3, 2026, WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THAT DATE PURSUANT TO § 10403 OF THE CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE FOR A PROPOSED CITY MEASURE ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION CC-2608-059, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, SETTING PRIORITIES FOR FILING WRITTEN ARGUMENT(S) AND REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS, AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS REGARDING A CITY MEASURE REGARDING MAJOR CHANGES IN ALLOWABLE LAND USE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XXVII OF THE CITY CHARTER TO BE SUBMITTED AT A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2026, AS CALLED BY RESOLUTION NO CC-2608-057] BUT THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE ARTICLE 27 ELECTION. REQUIRED ELECTION. SO OR BALLOT I SHOULD SAY. SO THERE'S THREE RESOLUTIONS IN THAT ONE CALLING FOR THE HOLDING OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION. ONE ASKING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO CONSOLIDATE IT WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION. AND THEN A FINAL ONE SETTING THE PRIORITIES FOR WHO CAN WRITE ARGUMENT. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO STAFF. OKAY, GREAT. WE'RE HERE FINALLY FOR THE NOVEMBER 3RD. THIS WEEK IS THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT ALL THE RESOLUTIONS TO THE LA COUNTY SO WE CAN CONSOLIDATE FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION. [01:15:02] THE AS YOU MENTIONED, THE FIRST ONE WAS TO CALL IT, THE SECOND ONE WITH THE QUESTION. AND WE HAVE THE BALLOT MEASURE TEXT, WHICH IS THE EXHIBIT A, WHICH WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE AND ON THE IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS, WE WILL, WE CANNOT DO A QR CODE, BUT WE WILL HAVE A LINK AND THE WEBSITE SO THEY CAN GO TO THAT OUR WEBSITE AND SEE THE ORDINANCE. THE OTHER ONE IS THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST, AND ALSO TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE THE IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS. SO ON, FOR THE ARGUMENTS TO BE FILED FOR AND AGAINST, LAST WEEK WE HAD IT SET UP FOR THE LAST MEETING WE HAD. IT DUE DATE WAS TEN DAYS, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN THE 14TH, BUT THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDED DATE FROM THE COUNTY. WE LIKE TO GO BASED ON THE LEGAL DATE FOR THE ELECTION CODE. SO YOU GOT FOUR MORE DAYS. SO THE ACTUAL FILING OF ARGUMENTS IS DUE ON AUGUST 18TH AT 5:30 P.M. AND IT'S 300 WORDS. THE IF THERE'S ANY REBUTTALS, THAT'LL BE AT 5:30 FRIDAY ON AUGUST 28TH, THAT'S 250 WORDS. THE IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL BE DUE ON AUGUST 28TH AT 5:30 AND THAT WILL BE 500 WORDS. AND PER THE LAST MEETING, THE LETTER DESIGNATION, FIRST CHOICE WILL BE ART, SECOND CHOICE AR, AND THIRD CHOICE WOULD BE AAC. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS RELATED TO ANY OF THE DEADLINES OR ANYTHING. BUT OTHERWISE, TOMORROW MORNING, THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE FILING WITH THE COUNTY. OKAY. THE RESOLUTIONS ARE SIGNED. WELL THANK YOU. AND I JUST I JUST WANT TO ADD ON, I DID LEAVE OUT THE DIRECTING. THE LAST RESOLUTION DIRECTS THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE THE IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS. AND WAYNE, I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT REALLY GETS SIMPLIFIED BECAUSE IT'S LIMITED IN WORDS. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I OFTEN START WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THESE THINGS. SO WE'LL BE COUNTING ON JOY AND HER STAFF GETTING IT DOWN TO SOMETHING SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND. AND I'M CONFIDENT YOU CAN DO THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO FOR TONIGHT, YOU NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION, THE THREE RESOLUTION ADOPT BY TITLE THE THREE RESOLUTIONS? CORRECT. OKAY. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT MOTION TO ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY. RESOLUTION CC-2608-057. ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY, RESOLUTION CC-2608-058 AND ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION CC-2608-059. DOES ANYONE CARE TO SECOND THAT? SECOND. SORRY. SECOND. WE GOT TWO SECONDS. THAT'S FINE. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER GOT IT. I THINK COUNCIL. DO YOU NEED THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROPONENT? WHO'S GOING TO WRITE THE PROPONENT STATEMENT? NOW, THAT WAS DESIGNATED LAST TIME. AND IT'S IN THIS RESOLUTION, RIGHT? RIGHT. AND SO TOMORROW MORNING I'LL BE EMAILING BOTH OF YOU. THE ARGUMENT BOOKLET. WE HAVE IT ALL ORGANIZED AND EVERYTHING, AND YOU'LL JUST FILL THAT OUT AND SUBMIT IT TO ME. THAT'S IT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE THE LETTER DESIGNATION YET? WE PUT WE'RE PUTTING THOSE THREE CHOICES TOMORROW. WE'LL GIVE IT TO THE COUNTY, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME KIND OF YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET AN APPROVAL SOON. OKAY. OKAY. LET'S OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC. DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS ON THIS ONE? NO CARDS. OKAY. DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? ANYONE ONLINE? THERE IS NO ONE ONLINE. AND THERE WERE NO ECOMMENTS FOR THIS. OKAY. LAST CHANCE. OKAY, I WILL CALL THE VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. AYE. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES FOUR ZERO. DO YOU WANT TO READ OFF THE RESOLUTIONS, PLEASE? SO WE HAVE ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION CC-2608-057. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, CALLING FOR THE HOLDING OF A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026 FOR THE SUBMISSION TO THE VOTERS, A CITY MEASURE RELATING TO MAJOR CHANGES IN ALLOWABLE LAND USE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 27 OF THE CITY CHARTER. WE ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NUMBER 2608-058, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO CONSOLIDATE A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026 WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THAT DATE PURSUANT TO 10403 OF THE CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE FOR PROPOSED CITY MEASURE, [01:20:04] WE HAVE ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION CC-2608-059. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, SETTING PRIORITIES FOR THE FILING, WRITTEN ARGUMENTS AND REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS, AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS REGARDING A CITY MEASURE REGARDING MAJOR CHANGES IN ALLOWABLE LAND USE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 27 OF THE CITY CHARTER TO BE SUBMITTED AS A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026, AS CALLED BY RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2608-057. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST REAL QUICKLY, JUST TO ECHO WHAT YOU SAID, THERE WAS JUST AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO ITEM L.1 AND ITEM N.1 IN PARTICULAR. I'D LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK JOY FORD, HER TEAM, ELEANOR MANZANO, HER TEAM. DEREK. AND AND AGAIN, MARC AND SEAN, THAT JUST, I CAN'T TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT WENT INTO PREPARING THESE DOCUMENTS, GETTING THEM CLEANED UP. AND AGAIN, THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, I THINK TWO WEEKS AGO, REALLY HELPFUL IN GETTING US TO THIS POINT TODAY. BUT IT DESERVES A LITTLE RECOGNITION. THERE WAS A LOT OF STAFF TIME PUT INTO THIS. EFFORT IN TEN YEARS. VERY BIG EVENT. SO MY THANKS TO ALL OF THEM. THANK YOU. AND I CONCUR WITH THOSE COMMENTS. GOING TO ITEM N.2. [N.2. 26-0791 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR CALTRANS’ PCH IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT PALOS VERDES BOULEVARD] THIS IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THE PCH IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT PV BOULEVARD AND PCH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ANDY WINJE FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. I HAVE WITH ME TONIGHT LAUREN SABLAN, OUR CITY ENGINEER, AND RYAN LIU, OUR SENIOR TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER. TONIGHT, THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS DEALING WITH THE PROJECT THAT ACTUALLY IS BEING PERFORMED BY CALTRANS, BUT HAS TO DO WITH AN INTERSECTION THAT SOME MAY RECALL WAS INVOLVED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WHAT USED TO BE CALLED LEGADO, NOW THE EDDY REDONDO SITE. WE JUST WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT SOME OF THE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY FORWARDED TO CALTRANS AS THE CITY PREFERENCES MAY NOW BE SHOULD NOW BE RECONSIDERED. AND WE WANTED TO JUST STAY LIKE THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND GET YOUR DIRECTION ON WHETHER OR NOT CALTRANS TO MAKE SOME CHANGES HERE. TO EXPLAIN FURTHER LAUREN'S GOING TO START OFF AND THEN RYAN WILL TAKE OVER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO WE'LL BE REFERRING TO PCH IN THE NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION AND PV BOULEVARD IN THE EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND DIRECTION. HOWEVER, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE TRAFFIC COUNTS WERE ORIENTED PCH EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND FOR YOUR ATTACHMENT THERE. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT FOR CALTRANS. THEY ARE REHABILITATING PCH FROM SOUTH BAY TO SANTA MONICA. THEY'RE DOING PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY AND TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE REHAB OF THE PAVEMENT, UPDATING CURB RAMPS. THEY'RE DOING BUS PADS, SIDEWALKS, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND STRIPING. THEY HAVE BEGUN CONSTRUCTION. IT WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT THEY STARTED UP IN THE NORTH END OF TOWN, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO HEAD BACK DOWN TOWARDS REDONDO. THIS IS ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED IN WINTER OF 28-29. THE PROJECT, THE CALTRANS PROJECTS, INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS NEW RIGHT TURN POCKET ON NORTHBOUND PCH TO EASTBOUND PV BOULEVARD, WHICH WOULD WIDEN THE INTERSECTION. AS PART OF THE EDDY PROJECT OR THE EDDY DEVELOPMENT, THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION, THERE WAS AN IRREVOCABLE OFFER TO DEDICATE AN EASEMENT FOR FUTURE STREET PURPOSES. THIS WAS RECORDED ON THE TRACK MAP. THIS REQUIREMENT TO BUILD THE RIGHT TURN POCKET WAS ACTUALLY REDUCED TO THE IRREVOCABLE OFFER AS A RESULT OF THE REDUCTION OF THE COMMERCIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PROJECT. ONCE ONCE THE CITY WIDENS THE STREET OR THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED, THAT AREA WOULD BECOME PERFECTED AS PART OF IT WOULD BECOME BE PERFECTED AS RIGHT OF WAY. WITH THE ANTICIPATION OF THE CALTRANS PROJECT INSTALLING THE RIGHT TURN POCKET AND WIDENING THE STREET. THE LEGADO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT WAS ALLOWED TO INSTALL HARDSCAPE AREAS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN LANDSCAPED. THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU THE EXCERPT OF THE ACTUAL PLANS FROM CALTRANS FOR THE WIDENING. THERE ARE TWO CURRENT NORTHBOUND THRU LANES ON PCH, SO IT WOULD BE A THRU RIGHT TURN ONTO PV BOULEVARD. THE PROPOSED CURB LINE WOULD BE SHIFTING TO THE EAST TO CREATE A 16 FOOT LANE. THERE IS CATCH BASINS, A CATCH BASIN AND STORM DRAIN LINE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE RELOCATED, AS WELL AS STREET LIGHTS. THE DARKER ORANGE AREA IS THE FUTURE STREET DEDICATION AREA AND THAT WOULD BECOME THE 12 FOOT SIDEWALK. I'LL KICK IT OVER, RYAN. AND SO THE REASON WHY WE'RE COMING BEFORE YOU TODAY IS JUST SOME ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION. [01:25:06] PRIOR CEQA AND TRAFFIC ANALYSIS PRACTICES TYPICALLY ONLY CONSIDERED DRIVER CONVENIENCE AND DELAY THROUGH LEVEL OF SERVICE CALCULATIONS AND A NUMBER OF SECONDS OF DELAY EXPERIENCED ON AVERAGE PER DRIVER. WE ALSO FOUND A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS IN THE INDUSTRY HAVE FOUND THAT TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYZES TEND TO OVERESTIMATE TRAFFIC DEMANDS BASED ON TRIP GENERATION RATES AND VERY ISOLATED SUBURBAN AREAS WITHOUT ANY WALKING OR BIKING OR TRANSIT ACTIVITY, SO THAT THE CURRENT PRACTICE OF THE INDUSTRY DOES REMOVES LEVEL OF SERVICE AND DRIVER DELAY FROM FROM TRAFFIC STUDIES AND, AND INCLUDING CALTRANS, THEY'RE FOCUSING MORE ON SAFETY, REDUCING DRIVING AND LOWERING SPEEDS. THAT'S THAT'S THE FOCUS OF THE TRANSPORTATION PRACTICE TODAY. WE FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE VOLUMES AT THIS INTERSECTION HAVE BEEN FLAT OR EVEN DECLINING PCH AND PV BOULEVARD, WHILE THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS HAVE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY. WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED REQUESTS TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AT THIS INTERSECTION. SO IN THE CONTEXT OF A RIGHT TURN LANE, GENERAL INDUSTRY PRACTICE YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ALWAYS. BUT WE SHOULD CONSIDER A RIGHT TURN LANE WHEN THOSE RIGHT TURN MOVEMENTS REACH ABOUT 100 TO 125 VEHICLES PER PEAK HOUR. SO EITHER IN THE AM PEAK HOUR OR THE PM PEAK HOUR, THOSE ARE THE TWO HIGHEST TRAFFIC HOURS OF THE DAY WHEN FOLKS ARE COMMUTING TO AND FROM HOME AND WORK OR WHEN THE RIGHT TURN VOLUMES ARE 10% OR MORE OF THE TOTAL DIRECTIONAL APPROACH VOLUME. SO NORTHBOUND PCH, IF THE RIGHT TURNS ARE 10% OR MORE OF THAT TOTAL VOLUME, THEN THAT COULD SUGGEST THAT A RIGHT TURN LANE COULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THAT TRAFFIC. IF IT'S BELOW 10%, THEN THAT RIGHT TURN TRAFFIC MIGHT NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO EVEN ENTER THAT RIGHT TURN POCKET, WHETHER IT'S THERE OR NOT. SO WE DO HAVE TRAFFIC COUNTS FROM 2023 BEFORE EDDY REDONDO WAS BUILT. AND WE RECENTLY TOOK TRAFFIC COUNTS IN MARCH. AT THAT TIME, WE NOTED THAT THE EDDY REDONDO WAS ABOUT 61% LEASED ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE AND 25% LEASED ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE. WE FOUND THAT BETWEEN THE TWO COUNT YEARS, WE SAW ABOUT A 13 TO 19% INCREASE IN THE RIGHT. THAT NORTHBOUND RIGHT TURN, PCH VOLUME, AND WE ASSOCIATE THAT WITH THE EDDY REDONDO DEVELOPMENT COMING ONLINE. THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY SIGNIFICANT LARGE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA. BESIDES THAT, THESE NORTHBOUND RIGHT TURNS REMAIN LESS THAN 8% OF THAT NORTHBOUND APPROACH VOLUME ON PCH. THOSE 52 PEAK HOUR VOLUMES IN THE AM AND THE 69 IN THE P M ARE STILL WELL BELOW 100 TO 125 VEHICLES PER HOUR. WE EXPECT THAT WHEN THE EDDY REDONDO IS FULLY LEASED, WE DON'T EXPECT THIS VOLUME TO DOUBLE. IT WOULD NEED TO DOUBLE IN ORDER FOR US TO CONSIDER THAT A RIGHT TURN LANE COULD BE WORTH WORTH THE EFFORT. AND OVERALL, THE OVERALL INTERSECTION VOLUME HAS BEEN FLAT BETWEEN THE TWO YEARS. SO THE OTHER MOVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MORE OR LESS STABLE. WE HAVE SEEN PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS UP AND BICYCLE CROSSINGS UP IN THE PM PEAK HOUR, LIKELY DUE TO THE TO THE INCREASED DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA. SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS WITH ADDING A RIGHT TURN LANE IS INTERSECTION WIDENING. THIS. THIS DOES NOT IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY SINCE IT INCREASES THE LENGTH OF THE CROSSWALK. ADA STANDARDS NOW REQUIRE THAT WHEN YOU INCREASE THE LENGTH OF THE CROSSWALK, YOU HAVE TO INCREASE THE TIME FOR THE PEDESTRIAN TO CROSS THE STREET. THAT TIME HAS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE. AND SO THAT WOULD LIKELY DECREASE THE GREEN TIME ON PCH. AND THAT'S A, THAT'S AN EFFECT THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN STUDIED IN THE PAST. AND THAT WOULD BE CONTRARY TO THE INCREASE IN BIKE PED VOLUMES IN THE AREA. HOWEVER, THE CITY COULD STILL INSTALL THIS RIGHT TURN LANE IN THE FUTURE IF THOSE VOLUMES WARRANTED THAT. SOME OF THE ALTERNATIVE USES FOR THIS FUNDING THAT. SO. SO THE RIGHT TURN LANE IS CURRENTLY FUNDED BY CALTRANS. BUT IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR STAFF, WE BELIEVE THERE COULD BE A WORTHWHILE EFFORT TO REDIRECT THAT FUNDING TO, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCT THAT LANE AND RELOCATE THE DRAINAGE. WE COULD LOOK INTO ASKING CALTRANS OR THE REDONDO PROJECT TO INSTALL TREE WELLS ALONG PCH. I BELIEVE THIS WAS A DESIRED IMPROVEMENT BY SOME IN THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS REPAIRING CROSS GUTTERS ALONG PCH. SO ESPECIALLY AS YOU'RE TURNING ONTO THE EAST SIDE OF PCH ON ALL THOSE SIDE STREETS, THE AVENUES AND KNOB HILL, THERE ARE SOME PRETTY SEVERE CROSS GUTTERS RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE PAVEMENT AND THE VEHICLES. WE BELIEVE WE CAN ASK CALTRANS TO REPAIR THESE. THIS IS NOT CURRENTLY IN THEIR SCOPE OF THEIR PROJECT, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT REDIRECTING THESE FUNDS TO INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS ELSEWHERE WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL TO THE OVERALL COMMUNITY. WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR THAT? LAUREN, WOULD YOU FOR THE CROSS GUTTERS? YEAH. [01:30:04] SO THEY WOULD FLATTEN OUT. SO THE FLOW LINE WILL STAY THE SAME, BUT THEY WOULD FLATTEN OUT THE ACTUAL CONCRETE AREA. AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO RECONSTRUCT FURTHER BACK ONTO THE SIDE STREETS OF THE AVENUES AND REGRADE THE GRADE. YEAH. SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. AND OUR THREE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE LISTED BELOW. REQUESTING CALTRANS TO DELETE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS NORTHBOUND RIGHT TURN POCKET PLAN FOR THEIR PROJECT, DIRECT STAFF TO WORK WITH CALTRANS AND OR THE EDDY REDONDO TO INSTALL TREE WELLS OR ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING ALONG THEIR PCH FRONTAGE, AND DIRECT STAFF TO REQUEST CALTRANS TO REPAIR THE CROSS GUTTERS ALONG PCH BETWEEN KNOB HILL AND AVENUE H WHERE FEASIBLE. OKAY. THANK YOU. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE INCREASE IN OR THE CHANGES IN TRAFFIC RIGHT THERE? SO YOU SAW 13 TO 19% INCREASE IN TRAFFIC IN THE EVENINGS ON THE RIGHT HAND TURN MOVEMENT THERE. THAT'S CORRECT. FROM IN THE PM PEAK HOUR, FROM 60 TO 69 VEHICLES PER HOUR IN THAT SINGLE HIGHEST HOUR. AND THAT WAS WITH ONLY 61% OF THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS FILLED IN, ONLY 25% OF THE COMMERCIAL. THAT'S CORRECT. SO, YOU KNOW, IF THEY FILL UP TO 100, I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL THAN I AM THE RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE THAT COULD DRIVE HIGHER TRAFFIC. YOU DON'T THINK IF ONCE THEY FILL UP, THEY'RE GOING TO EXCEED THAT THAT 10% VOLUME FOR THE RIGHT TURN? I THINK WITH THE INCREASE IN DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL LEFT TURNS THROUGH THROUGH TRAFFIC AND RIGHT TURNS. BUT WE DON'T BELIEVE THE PROPORTION OF TRAFFIC THAT IS THE RIGHT TURN WILL INCREASE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE BIKE TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING AT THAT. I MEAN, IT'S EASIER TO GET A BIG JUMP WITH THE LOW NUMBERS THAT ARE THERE. SO IT'S NOT THE BIKE TRAFFIC ISN'T A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE AT THAT INTERSECTION. SO IT'S YOU KNOW, I LIKE, I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. I LIKE PUTTING IN TREES ALONG THERE. BUT IS, CAN WE GO BEYOND THAT AND PUT IN A PARKWAY WITH TREES ALONG THAT SECTION RATHER THAN JUST CONCRETE AND TREES? CAN WE ACTUALLY HAVE. YEAH. SO CAN YOU GO TO THE PHOTO THAT SHOWS THE FRONTAGE THERE. THE PHOTO. YEAH. TOWARDS THE LATER IN THE. OH YES. YES. SO THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT THERE SHOWS I THINK IT'S A NORTHBOUND PHOTO ON PCH. THE LIGHT GRAY IS CURRENTLY STATE RIGHT OF WAY. THE ORANGE BROWN COLORED SIDEWALK. THERE IS PRIVATE PROPERTY WHICH WOULD BE DEDICATED .IF WE DON'T COMPLETE THE PROJEC, THE DEDICATION IS NOT PERFECTED. IT REMAINS PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER TO CHANGE THAT LANDSCAPE INTO SOMETHING. TREE WELLS OR MAYBE TREES AND ADDITIONAL PARKWAY. SO THE TREES WOULD BE UP AGAINST THE BUILDING. THEY WOULD BE CLOSER. CALTRANS IS RELUCTANT TO PUT TREES AND MAYBE COULD PUT TREE WELLS IN THE IN THEIR CURRENT RIGHT OF WAY, BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT FIBER OPTIC RUNNING UNDER THAT SIDEWALK, AND THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT CUTTING INTO THAT OR INTERFERING WITH THAT IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. AND IS THERE ANY CHANCE OF MAKING THAT WHOLE SIDE A WIDER FRONT LAWN, IF YOU WILL. ON, ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY SIDE? YEAH. YEAH, WE WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE DEVELOPER THERE. ACTUALLY, MARC WIENER HAS REACHED OUT TO THEM. WE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK YET, BUT THAT'S OUR INTENT. I PREFER THAT OVER JUST TREE WELLS. BUT YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE I'LL TAKE THE TREE WELLS. BUT IF WE CAN GET MORE. YEAH, WE'D PROBABLY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING BESIDES LAWN. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MEANT LAWN SPECIFICALLY. NO NO NO NO NO, I MEAN NATIVE, NON NATIVE PLANT. I DIDN'T EVEN I THOUGHT I HEARD LAWN. IT SURPRISED ME. YEAH EXACTLY. EXACTLY. YEAH. I MEAN THAT WOULD BE OUR RECOMMENDATION ARE THE DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS AFTER THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH LEGADO REQUIRED THIS AND NOT MUCH MORE THAN THIS. I SHOULD SAY WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE NONFUNCTIONAL. THAT'S CORRECT. I THINK THE WE WILL CERTAINLY GO BACK TO THEM. AND THAT'S OUR. OUR HOPE IS THAT WE CAN THEY MAY BE INTERESTED, SHOULD BE INTERESTED IN BEAUTIFYING THAT AREA AS WELL. GOOD. AND AND IF AS THE AS THE COMMERCIAL FILLS, HOPEFULLY THEY GET 100%. IF THAT TRIPS THAT 10% NUMBER, WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND ASK FOR THIS. WE DON'T LOSE THE THE OFFER OF DEDICATION. IT'S ON THE MAP. IT'S AVAILABLE TO US AS SOON AS WE FUND AND GET PERMITS FOR THE PROJECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. THANK YOU. CAN WE GO TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS? SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION, A REQUEST THAT CALTRANS DELETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NORTHBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE ON PCH PV BOULEVARD THAT THEY HAD PLANNED FOR THEIR PROJECT, DIRECT STAFF TO WORK WITH CALTRANS AND OR THE EDDY REDONDO TO INSTALL TREE WELLS OR OTHER GREENERY AS APPROPRIATE ALONG EDDY REDONDO PCH FRONTAGE, AND I'D ASK YOU TO CONFER WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BRAD WALLER, WHOSE DISTRICT THIS IS IN, [01:35:01] AND TO DIRECT STAFF TO REQUEST CALTRANS REPAIR CROSS GUTTERS ALONG PCH BETWEEN NOB HILL AND AVENUE H WHERE FEASIBLE. AND I JUST WANT TO FOOT STOMP THAT THOSE CHANGES TO THE GUTTERS ARE CRITICAL. I SEE PEOPLE BOTTOMING OUT THERE ALL THE TIME. IT DOES HELP SLOW TRAFFIC FOR THOSE WHO KNOW IT'S THERE, BUT OTHERS ARE WRECKING THE BOTTOM OF THEIR CARS. YOU CAN SEE THE SCRAPES ON THE STREET. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. I WOULD SECOND THAT MOTION. THAT WAS A MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT MADE. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? NO, I DO HAVE. YEAH, I YEAH, I SPOKE TO RYAN LIU ABOUT THIS AND ORIGINALLY I DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT REMOVING THAT, THAT, THAT TURN LANE, BUT THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THERE AND HONESTLY, THE TRAFFIC FLOW INCREASE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY IT REDUCES THE TRAFFIC FLOW ON PCH. IF WE IF WE EXTEND THAT AND KEEPING TRAFFIC GOING ON PCH IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AS THE MAYOR SAID, THOSE THOSE INTERSECTIONS WITH A REALLY STEEP APPROACH AND DEPARTURE ANGLE. I SEE PEOPLE BOTTOM OUT ON THAT OR SCRAPE THEIR BUMPERS ALL THE TIME. THOSE ARE HUGE IMPACTS THAT EVERYBODY WILL NOTICE AS OPPOSED TO POTENTIAL RIGHT TURN LANE ISSUE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WITH THAT. SO THE FACT THAT THIS BASICALLY IS A, I CALL IT A SAFER, FASTER, GREENER SOLUTION. SO I STRONGLY SUPPORT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THAT IT? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. I JUST HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION, AND I SAW ON THE MAP THAT TECHNICALLY IT'S IN TORRANCE, BUT ON THAT CORNER, THAT WOULD BE THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF PCH AND THE EASTBOUND SIDE OF PV BOULEVARD THERE AT ROCK AND BREWS, WHICH IS A VERY CONGESTED CORNER WHERE THE SIDE STREET COMES IN AS WELL. DO YOU KNOW IF IF CALTRANS HAS ANY PLANS FOR THAT CORNER? THEY ABSOLUTELY DO. YEAH. THEY ARE GOING TO LENGTHEN THE LEFT TURN POCKET. THEY'RE GOING TO CREATE A DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE IN FRONT OF ROCK AND BREWS. AND THEN CONTINUE WITH TWO THROUGH LANES AS WELL AS CLOSE OFF THE OUTBOUND FROM VISTA DEL MAR. OKAY, SO THE ANGLE TO ELIMINATE PEOPLE SHORTCUTTING AND TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO PV BOULEVARD FROM THERE. PERFECT. THAT THAT IS THE WORST STREET FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T MAKE A RIGHT TURN ONTO PCH FROM THERE ANYHOW, SO THAT'S PERFECT. THEY'RE CLOSING THAT OFF. THAT WILL SOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS. RIGHT. COULD POTENTIALLY THEY COULD PUT IN ANGLED PARKING AT THAT POINT. I'M GLAD YOU HAVE THE DIRECTIONS ON HERE BECAUSE THIS IS THE MOST CONFUSING. I WILL SAY THAT EARLIER TO COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, WHICH WAY IS NORTH? SO THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT, THAT CORNER IN PARTICULAR AT THAT INTERSECTION PROBABLY IS JUST THE WORST FOR BOTH PEDESTRIANS AND CAR TRAFFIC AS WELL. YEAH. I ACTUALLY HAD AN EXCHANGE WITH THE ENGINEER ABOUT NORTH, SOUTH, EAST WEST, THE, THE, THE NORTHBOUND LEG VERSUS THE SOUTHBOUND LEG AND THE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC. IT'S, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN NOMENCLATURE. AND I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT IT TAKES TIME. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS? WE HAVE NO CARDS. SO ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? ANYONE ONLINE? THERE ARE NO PARTICIPANTS ONLINE AND NO ECOMMENTS. OKAY, SO I WILL CALL THE VOTE THEN. ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. OKAY, NOW DOWN TO N.3. THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE TERMINATION OF THE GATEWAY PROJECT AND WHAT TO DO WITH THE MONEY [N.3. 26-0851 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING TERMINATION OF THE GATE WAVE ART PROJECT AND REALLOCATION OF THE $275,000 OF PROJECT FUNDS TO OTHER POTENTIAL PUBLIC ART PROJECTS] THAT IT LEAVES ON THE TABLE. I. HOPE YOU'RE WORKING ON YOUR DRIVE. SORRY. THERE YOU GO. GOOD THING ON MY LAPTOP. ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. ELIZABETH HOUSE, WATERFRONT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR. TONIGHT WE ARE PRESENTING ON THE GATE WAVE OF ART INSTALLATION. AS YOU MAY RECALL, YOU APPROVED THIS INSTALLATION IN DECEMBER FOR PLACEMENT AT THE GATEWAY PARKETTE AT OUR HERMOSA AND REDONDO BEACH BORDER. I'LL HAVE JACK OR JACK MEYER, OUR CULTURAL ARTS MANAGER, WALK YOU THROUGH THE MOST RECENT HISTORY AND WHY WE'RE PRESENTING THIS TO YOU TONIGHT. BUT THIS HAS BEEN AN ART PIECE THAT HAS BEEN UNDER WORK FOR ABOUT 14 YEARS. IT WAS INITIALLY SUPPOSED TO BE PLACED AT THE TRANSIT CENTER. WE EVENTUALLY, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE PUBLIC ART COMMISSION AND THEN CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION DECIDED ON A NEW LOCATION. [01:40:06] WE DID EVEN A LOT OF UNDERGROUND WORK TO ENSURE THAT THAT LOCATION WOULD WORK FOR THE FOUNDATIONS. SO A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT HAS BEEN PLACED INTO THIS PROJECT. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND LET JACK WALK YOU THROUGH RECENT HISTORY AND WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE AT WITH THE PROJECT STATUS AND WHAT NEXT STEPS MAY BE FOR YOU. AS ELIZABETH MENTIONED, IT WAS DECEMBER 16TH THAT WE BROUGHT THIS TO YOU FOR APPROVAL AND WAS APPROVED TO SPEND THE $275,000, WELL, $270,000 ALREADY ALLOCATED AND $5000 ADDED AT THE TIME OF THE BUDGET MODIFICATION. TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, THE PROJECT BEGAN IN IN EARLY JANUARY, AND IT BEGAN SLOWING DOWN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. THEN IN MARCH, THE ARTIST REQUESTED SOME EXTENSION OF TIME AND A LOT OF THAT HE WAS BLAMING ON FABRICATION ISSUES AND METAL AVAILABILITY DUE TO RECENT CHANGES IN TRADE POLICIES AND TARIFFS. SO WE WERE PREPARING THAT AND HAD IT PRETTY MUCH READY TO GO IN JUNE WHEN HE SUGGESTED SOME EVEN LENGTHIER EXTENSIONS TO THE BEFORE WE EVEN GOT THE AMENDMENT FINISHED. SO WE DECIDED TO HAVE A LITTLE SIT DOWN WITH HIM AND SEE IF WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. AND WE BROUGHT IN DEPUTY DIRECTOR KELLY ORDA AND I HAD A ZOOM MEETING WITH THE ARTIST IN JUNE, AND HE HAD ALREADY SUBMITTED HIS FINAL DESIGN, AND HE HAD SUBMITTED HIS ENGINEERING WET STAMP DRAWINGS. AND HE WAS. IF THOSE HAD BEEN APPROVED, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REACHED THE FIRST MILESTONE FOR PAYMENT. AND HE TOLD US HE DIDN'T WISH TO PURSUE THE PROJECT ANYMORE. HE SIMPLY DIDN'T WANT TO GO FORWARD. HE DID NOT GIVE US A REASON. HE JUST SAID THAT IT WOULD BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH OF US, THE CITY AND HIM, IF WE TERMINATED THE PROJECT. WE OFFERED HIM ADDITIONAL TIME IF THAT WOULD HELP SEE IF WE COULD FIND SOME WAY TO MASSAGE AROUND THE PROBLEM. AND HE SIMPLY REPEATED IT IN ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME WORDS THAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL TO TERMINATE THE PROJECT. WE REALIZED THIS WAS A DECISION HE HAD ALREADY MADE, AND HE WAS NOT SHARING THE REASON WITH US. WE DISCUSSED THIS RATHER IN DEPTH WHETHER OR NOT WE WANTED TO PURSUE A LEGAL ACTION OR TRY AND PUSH HIM TO FINISH IT WE ALL REALIZE THE SAME THINGS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET OUR BEST ART BY FORCING AN ARTIST TO WORK. SO WE GAVE HIM THE LETTER OF TERMINATION THAT HE REQUESTED IN EARLY JULY. AND NOW WE FIND OURSELVES WITH $275,000 AND IN NEED OF DIRECTION. WHETHER WE WISH TO CONTINUE A PROJECT IN THIS LOCATION, WHICH WE DO. I SHOULD POINT OUT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE PHOTOS, THERE IS RATHER A LOT WE DISCOVERED UNDERNEATH THAT GRASS AT VARIOUS DEPTHS. THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU CANNOT DO IT. THEY WERE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK. IT JUST HAS TO BE DONE CAREFULLY WITH ALL CONSIDERATIONS OF BOTH ENTITLEMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS UNDERNEATH THERE IF WE WISH TO CONTINUE IN GATE WAVE PARK. ALTERNATIVES CAN RETURN THE FUNDING TO THE JOHN PARSONS PUBLIC ART FUND AND COME UP WITH AN ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT PROJECT IN THE FUTURE OR MULTIPLE PROJECTS CAN RETAIN SOME OR ALL OF THE FUNDING TO TRY AN ALTERNATIVE PROJECT IN THE SAME LOCATION AND WE CAN ALLOCATE SOME OR ALL THE FUNDING TO MULTIPLE PROJECTS IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. THESE ARE ALL OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE COUNCIL. THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION DID WEIGH IN ON THE SUBJECT, AND THEY WERE VERY FOND OF THE NOTION OF KEEPING THE PROJECT AT THAT LEVEL AND IN THAT LOCATION. THEY CONSIDER IT A GATEWAY AND A LANDMARK PROJECT. AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THE CITY WOULD BE BEST SERVED WITH ANOTHER PROJECT OF THAT TYPE IN THAT LOCATION. AND NOW WE ARE WAITING FOR YOUR DIRECTION. AND I MIGHT, IF I COULD ADD MAYOR. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET MODIFICATION RESOLUTION HERE FOR YOU, SO WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR AN APPROPRIATION OR FORMAL ACTION TO CREATE NEW PROJECTS. WHAT YOU WOULD REALLY BE HELPING US DO IS DECIDE HOW DO WE EXPEND OUR SUBSEQUENT EFFORTS? DO WE WORK WITH THE COMMISSION TO PURSUE PROPOSALS IN SMALLER SCALE AT THE SITE OTHER LOCATIONS, ETC.. SO THIS IS REALLY A WORK EFFORT MORE SO THAN IT IS A FINAL ACTION. EVENTUALLY WE WILL NEED TO TAKE WHETHER IT BE THROUGH BUDGET OR A 4/5 BUDGET MODIFICATION RESOLUTION FORMAL ACTION TO ADJUST THE [01:45:08] FUNDING TO OTHER PROJECTS. BUT RATHER THAN WAIT FOR THAT NORMAL LIFE CYCLE THROUGH OUR CAPITAL PLANNING PROCESS OR ANNUAL BUDGET ACTION, WE FELT IT IMPORTANT TO GET MOVING ON, YOU KNOW, PLAN B AND OR PLAN B, C, AND D GIVEN THE FACT THAT THIS PROJECT IS NOW DISAPPOINTEDLY TERMINATED. WE ARE, I THINK IT'S, I WAS, I WAS VERY SAD TO HEAR THIS WHEN STAFF BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION, AND I FELT IT VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING THIS PUBLIC AND MAKE SURE YOU ALL UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD OCCURRED, AND WE NEED SOME DIRECTION ON HOW WE PROCEED FROM HERE. SO A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY WENT INTO THIS. JACK WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS. ELIZABETH. I MEAN, BACK TO THE JOHN LAROC DAYS, YOU KNOW, FINDING SITING, ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS. MY GOODNESS, WE'VE HAD 4 OR 5 CONVERSATIONS ON THIS PROJECT IN THIS CHAMBERS ALONE. SO YOU KNOW, IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE BEST OF THIS CIRCUMSTANCE. SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE AFTER TONIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL GOOD GOOD REPORT. I THINK IT WAS A PRUDENT DIRECTION TO GO TO TERMINATE. YOU CAN'T FORCE AN ARTIST TO. WELL, YOU CAN, BUT YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET CRAP OUT OF THEM. SO I THINK WE DID THE RIGHT THING. YOU KNOW, IT IS A SHAME BECAUSE I FOLLOWED THIS SINCE IT WAS AT THE TRANSIT CENTER. THEN WE SAID WE WANT TO PUT IT DOWN AT THAT GATEWAY, BUT THEN WE FOUND THE INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERNEATH AND THEN FOUND A WAY TO WORK THROUGH THAT, BUT THAT'S LOADED UP FOR A WHILE AND THEN FINALLY GOT IT GOING. SO I'M SAD TO SEE THIS END THIS WAY. AND I AM CERTAINLY SENSITIVE TO THE COMMISSION'S INPUT TO PUT AN ALTERNATE PROJECT RIGHT THERE FOR THAT SAME VALUE. IT'S A LOT OF MONEY IN THE ART FUND. I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE HIGHEST WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW. YEAH. OUTSIDE OF THE APPROPRIATION FOR ARTESIA, THIS IS FOR MULTIPLE YEAH, THAT'S FOR MULTIPLE PROJECTS. THIS IS THE SINGLE HIGHEST APPROPRIATION. AND I'M NOT AVERSE TO PUTTING SOMETHING THERE, BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK WE NEED TO KEEP THE 275 K THERE, I THINK. AND THERE'S A COUPLE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, I HOPE COME UP IN THE HARBOR, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO ASK THAT YOU ALLOCATE TO THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE GOING TO COST YET. SO I ACTUALLY SUPPORT THROWING IT BACK IN THE JOHN PARSONS ART FUNDING, YOU KNOW, CAN CONSIDER IT A DIFFERENT DATE WHAT WE PUT DOWN THERE. NOW, I WILL TELL YOU, I WAS THERE WHEN WE KIND OF DID THE WHOLE RIBBON CUTTING ON THE CONNECTION OF THE BIKE PATH TO THE NEW BIKE TRACK, AND THE CEREMONY OF BREAKING DOWN THE WALL AT THE PARKING LOT THERE. AND WE DID PUT UP ART THERE THAT THE CITY DID. I SHOULDN'T SAY WE. THE BICYCLE WITH THE WIND MOVING WHEELS. AND THAT WAS CONSIDERED A GATEWAY PROJECT AT THE TIME. SO WE DO HAVE SOMETHING AT THAT GATEWAY TODAY. SO, I'M AN ADVOCATE OF PUTTING IT BACK IN THE JOHN PARSONS ART FUNDING, AND WAITING TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH IT LATER. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. SURE. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I WATCHED FIRST OF ALL, JACK, I WANTED TO COMMEND YOU ON HOW YOU LIAISE WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION BECAUSE YOU DO IT WITH THE SAME DEMEANOR, TEMPERAMENT, PATIENCE, EXPLANATORY KIND OF A PERSONA THAT YOU'VE DEMONSTRATED HERE TODAY. AND IT'S A GREAT CREATIVE GROUP AND I THINK YOU BRING OUT THE BEST IN THEM. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE ART COMMISSION AND I WATCHED, I DID WATCH THEIR MEETING DID WATCH YOUR PRESENTATION AT THEIR MEETING. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS WITH THEM. AND I DO SENSE THEIR FRUSTRATION WITH THE CANCELLATION OF THE THE PROJECT, WHICH IS IN NOBODY'S CONTROL, AS WELL AS THEIR FRUSTRATION WITH HOW LONG IT TOOK TO GET HERE AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE TOTALLY DEAD IN THE WATER. I ALSO SHARE WITH THEM THEIR DESIRE TO SEE SOMETHING AT THIS GATEWAY LOCATION BECAUSE FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T AWARE, THIS GATEWAY WAS SUPPOSED TO START AT THE TRANSIT CENTER ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TRANSIT CENTER. THEN THEY BUILT THE NEW TRANSIT CENTER. AND FOR ADA REASONS, IT COULDN'T GO ON THE OUTSIDE AND IT WAS GOING TO BE BURIED ON THE INSIDE. AT THAT POINT, WE SAID, NO WAY, WE CAN'T PUT $200,000. I THINK IT WAS 200, 225 AT THE TIME. THOUSAND DOLLARS OF ART ON THE INSIDE OF A TRANSIT CENTER THAT NOT VERY MANY REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS ARE USING. SO WE EXPLORED DIFFERENT LOCATIONS TO TO LOCATE IT. AND THEY FOUND THIS GATEWAY PARK AND IS A GREAT LOCATION BECAUSE IT'S REDONDO BEACH. AND IT'S ALSO A LOCATION WHERE A LOT OF NORTH REDONDO RESIDENTS GO WHEN THEY GO TO THE BEACH, INCLUDING MYSELF FOR THAT MATTER. AND I APPRECIATE THAT THE BICYCLE IS THERE, BUT IT'S NOT A GATEWAY MONUMENT, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T STAND OUT TO YOU. YOU COULD GO THERE 20 TIMES AND NEVER SEE THE BICYCLE. [01:50:01] SO I ALSO DID LIKE IN YOUR PRESENTATION, IF YOU LIGHT UP 2B MAYOR THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS WALL, NOT NECESSARILY WITH THE PARTICULAR ARTIST THAT YOU SELECTED. LET'S SEE. IT MIGHT BE ME, BUT I THINK WE'RE CONNECTING. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. FOR THIS WALL AT THE PIER. AND WHAT'S COOL AND I HADN'T REALLY REALIZED BEFORE, BUT THERE IS ANOTHER PIECE OF ART RIGHT THERE. I CAN'T PULL IT UP APPARENTLY. THERE'S A HISTORIC VIEW DOWN THERE. RIGHT, JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM THERE, THERE'S ANOTHER MURAL AND THERE'S FISH A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM THAT. SO WHAT I'D, WHAT I'D LIKE. THERE WE GO. THAT'S PRETTY COOL. AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED MAYOR. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THAT NOW, BUT THAT THE ARTIST THAT YOU FOUND DOESN'T ACTUALLY PAINT ON A MURAL ONTO THE WALL, BUT PAINTS A PAINTING AND THEN PRINTS IT OUT ON A GRAPHIC THAT'S SEALED ONTO THE WALL. IS THAT IT? SO THAT IT LASTS LONGER. THE SHIELD TO THE WALL, OR YOU BUILD A SKIN WALL TO PUT IT ON. OKAY. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS MAKE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO RETAIN $200,000 IN THE JOHN PARSONS ART FUND FOR AN ART INSTALLATION AT THE GATEWAY PARK. AND I'D LIKE THE AUTHORITY FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE RFP FOR THAT PROJECT TO BE GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION SO THAT OR SO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION. SO IT DOESN'T NEED TO COME BACK TO US AND WE CAN GET THIS ROLLING ON, ON AN EXPEDITED BASIS, BUT THAT WE CONTINUE TO ABIDE BY THIS RFP PROCESS THAT HAS DONE SO WELL IN THE CITY TO LAND US BOTH SEA CHATTER AND THE MURAL AT THE SKATE PARK. AND WE WILL WANT TO INCLUDE IN THE RFP STAFF THE SPECIFICITY AROUND THE TOUCH POINTS THAT THIS ART INSTALLATION CAN HAVE IN THAT, IN THAT VERY PECULIAR PARTICULAR SPACE, AND ALSO THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT THAT THE ART PROJECT CAN HAVE. AND A MAXIMUM BUDGET OF $200,000, RIGHT? SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVE TO SPEND $200,000. MAYBE IT'S $150, MAYBE IT'S $175, MAYBE IT'S $125. AND THAT WE GET THAT ROLLING. AND SECONDARILY ALLOCATE ANOTHER $75,000 TO FOR A MURAL OR ART SKIN, WHATEVER IT MAY BE ON THIS WALL. CONSIDER WHETHER IT SHOULD WRAP AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE. AND ALSO THROUGH AN RFP THAT THEY ISSUE LIKE THEY'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. THEY'VE ISSUED TWO OTHER RFP BEFORE. I DON'T THINK COUNCIL NEEDS TO HAVE EXTREME OVER OVERSIGHT ON A PROCESS THAT'S ALREADY BEEN TRIED AND TESTED. THEY CAN ISSUE IT STAFF CAN ISSUE IT AFTER CONSULTING WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION AND GET THAT ROLLING. AND THEN WE CAN ALL BE AS DELIBERATIVE AS WE WANT WHEN WE'RE CONSIDERING THE RESULTS OF THAT THE RESULTS OF THE RFP AND THE SUBMISSIONS THAT WE GET. SECOND. THAT PROCESS HAS WORKED. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER BEHRENDT. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THAT WAS HELPFUL. IT DOES SEEM WE'VE INVESTED A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT AND SCOPING AND UTILITY DISCOVERY AT THAT LOCATION AND OTHER WORK. AND SO I'M NOT REALLY COMFORTABLE AT THIS POINT IN TIME ABANDONING THAT. AND IT REALLY IS A GATEWAY. I GO DOWN THERE, I'VE BEEN GOING DOWN THERE FOR A LONG TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS FROM MARINA DEL REY IN THE NORTH TO TORRANCE IN THE SOUTH. YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR CITY. IT'S THE GATEWAY. SO I DO THINK IT MAY BE IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL THERE. AND YOU KNOW, NOTHING QUITE SAYS SPECIAL LIKE A PUBLIC ARTWORK. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. AND I, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD WITH IT. AND SO THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT IT. I SUPPORT THE MOTION. WAS THERE A MOTION? THAT WAS MY MOTION. YEAH. SO YOU'RE SECONDING. THAT'S WHAT HE DID. OKAY. AND I WILL VETO THAT MOTION. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN IT COMES UP FOR A VOTE. OKAY. AND MY REASONING ISN'T BECAUSE I DISAGREE WITH THE GATEWAY ART. IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE AND I DID NOT APPROACH THE ARTIST OR FIND THE ARTIST. THE ARTIST FOUND US A WORLD RENOWNED ARTIST, JOHN VAN HAMERSVELD. HE'S NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN RFP PROCESS. THAT'S NOT THE WAY WORLD RENOWNED ARTISTS WORK. SO WE EITHER WANT HIS WORK OR WE DON'T. I WASN'T ACTUALLY TARGETING ANY PARTICULAR ARTIST'S WORK. I THINK THESE RFP PROCESSES HAVE WORKED OUT JUST FINE TO GET GREAT ARTISTS TO SUBMIT THEIR WORK. YOU KNOW, THAT 3D ARTIST WHO DID THAT 3D ART IN MANHATTAN BEACH AND HERMOSA BEACH IN SANTA MONICA, [01:55:04] LIKE THE EARTHQUAKE IN SANTA MONICA, NEAR WHERE YOU DO YOUR AERIAL GYMNASTICS. THAT ARTIST SUBMITTED YOU KNOW WHAT PITCHES TO US AS PART OF THE FIRST RFP THAT WE ISSUED? YEAH. FOR SEA CHATTER. SO I DON'T DOUBT THAT WE WILL GET GREAT ARTISTS. I THINK WE'LL GET GREAT ARTISTS. WE WON'T GET JOHN VAN HAMERSVELD. SO YOU'RE GOING TO VETO BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GETTING YOUR PARTICULAR ARTIST. NOPE. AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN. NO BECAUSE YOU'RE MAKING IT. I WILL DO MY BEST TO GET A 4/5 VOTE TO OVERRIDE YOUR VETO. OKAY, YOU GUYS. SO JOHN VAN HAMERSVELD HAS ART IN EL SEGUNDO AND MANHATTAN BEACH DIDN'T GO THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS. HE'S YOUR PAL TO ASK HIM IF HE'LL SUBMIT. HE'S NOT MY PAL. YOU KEEP MISCHARACTERIZING. THIS GUY APPROACHED US, AND IT'S A GREAT HONOR. A WORLD RENOWNED ARTIST APPROACHED US TO PUT SOMETHING IN OUR HARBOR. GREAT. AND IF, BY THE WAY, IF THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSIONER SAY, HEY, WE DON'T WANT TO ISSUE RFP, WE WANT TO DO THAT. HE DIDN'T SAY THAT. THEN MAYBE IT'LL COME BACK TO US. HE DIDN'T SAY THAT. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. THANK YOU MAYOR. I, YEAH, I WAS ALSO THERE IN JUNE 2015 WHEN WE UNVEILED THAT KINETIC BICYCLE SCULPTURE. AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE IN CORONADO, RIGHT BY THE HOTEL WHERE ICA WAS I WENT FOR A WALK AND I SAW A SCULPTURE AND I WAS LIKE, THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE REDONDO'S. SAME ARTIST HE'S GOT ONE THERE AS WELL. THAT WAS A LEADERSHIP REDONDO PROJECT. IN FACT, THAT BICYCLE THAT GOT PUT UP THERE IN 2015. I SUPPORT RETURNING THE FUNDING TO THE JOHN PARSONS ART FUND. BECAUSE IT DOESN'T STOP THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION TO COME UP WITH THE RIGHT REMEMBER THEIR NAME. IT DOESN'T STOP THEM FROM REPEATING THE PROCESS AND DOING THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO DIRECT THEM NOW WITH A DOLLAR AMOUNT. IF, IF THEY WANT TO COME BACK FOR A $250,000 PROJECT OR $150,000 PROJECT, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEM THAT MUCH DIRECTION. THAT'S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE REALLY, I HAVE BETWEEN WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT DOING AND THE MOTION. BUT YEAH, IT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR ART. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ART THERE. BUT AFTER 14 YEARS, THAT'S LONGER THAN GPAC. IT'S PUT IT BACK AND LET THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, I'D SAY DO THEIR JOB AND COME TO US AND SAY, WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT IDEAS. SEEMS LIKE A REASONABLE APPROACH. YEAH. SO WE'LL ACCEPT THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. I'LL ACCEPT THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. SO WHAT'S THE MOTION NOW DON'T CAP THEM AT 200. IS THAT IT. WELL, THE MOTION IS TO JUST RETURN IT TO THE JOHN PARSONS ART FUND AND GIVE THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION THE FREE REIN TO. YOU'RE SAYING THE WHOLE $275. THE $275 GOES BACK TO JOHN PARSONS ART FUND? I'M NOT TELLING THEM. HOW MUCH TO ALLOCATE TO THE. HOW MUCH TO ALLOCATE TO THIS PROJECT? AND WHAT ABOUT THE MURAL STUFF? I WOULD LET THEM LOOK INTO THAT. I DIDN'T REALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO SOMETHING, WE ALWAYS SEND IT BACK TO COMMISSION ANYHOW. SO I LIKE GOING TO COMMISSION AND SAYING, GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS. WOULD YOU MANDATE AN RFP? IT'S WHAT I WOULDN'T MANDATE AN RFP. I WOULDN'T NOT MANDATE AN RFP. I'M JUST SAYING. LEAVE IT UP TO THEM. LEAVE IT UP TO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION. OKAY, BUT TO BE CLEAR, LEAVE WHAT UP TO THEM? I THINK THE THING THAT WE NEED DIRECTION ON IS WHAT ARE WE TASKING THE COMMISSION TO ULTIMATELY DO? ARE WE ASKING TO TO THEY'VE GIVEN US THEIR RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT TO DO WITH THE $275. IT'S TO BASICALLY DO AN ALTERNATIVE PROJECT AS IS. SO WE NEED SOME. WE JUST NEED SOME DIRECTION ON. DO WE WANT THEM TO CONSIDER AN RFP FOR AN ALTERNATIVE PROJECT AT THAT LOCATION, AND THEN ALSO CONSIDER AN RFP OR ALTERNATIVE SOURCING OF A PROJECT FOR A MURAL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PIER WALL. ARE WE JUST HAVING THEM COME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH THEIR NORMAL COURSE OF WORK? THAT'S I THINK THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE SEEKING TODAY, IS THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACT ON THE MONEY TONIGHT. WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DO IS TASK US AND THE COMMISSION WITH FOLLOW UP RESPONSE. DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COMMISSION THAT COULD SPEAK TO US AND PERHAPS GIVE US SOME OF THEIR THOUGHTS? WELL, WE'LL GET TO THAT. OKAY. YEAH. I MEAN, JACK CAN PROVIDE ANY CONTEXT AS TO THEIR CONVERSATION ON THIS. CERTAINLY IF WE CAN HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THEM, IF THEY'RE HERE. BUT THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEKING FROM YOU ALL KIND OF CORPORATE DIRECTION ON HOW TO APPROACH THIS AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. SO CITY MANAGER WITZANSKY. [02:00:06] RIGHT NOW THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION IS RECOMMENDING THAT THEY RETAIN THE $275. IF WE HAD A PROPOSAL FOR THE MURAL THE MURALS ON THE SEAWALLS OR PAINTINGS ALONG THE WALL UNDERNEATH THE POLICE ANNEX, WE COULD ALWAYS COME BACK AND ALLOCATE MONEY FROM THE $275 TO THOSE OTHER PROJECTS. WE ABSOLUTELY CAN. I MEAN, THE WE CAN APPROPRIATE FUNDING LATER THROUGH OUR NORMAL PROCESS THROUGH 4/5 ACTION. WE CAN EXPAND AND CONTRACT THE THE PUBLIC ART PROJECT LIST THROUGH OUR NORMAL COURSE OF MIDYEAR REVIEW AND ANNUAL BUDGETING. I THINK WHAT, WOULD BE HELPFUL IS HOW DO WE WANT. WHAT DO WE WANT THE COMMISSION WORKING ON NOW? RIGHT. THEY'RE FAIRLY BUSY WITH THE ARTESIA EFFORT. THAT'S THEIR SORT OF CURRENT FOCUS. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU TWO THAT THEY'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON AS IT RELATES TO THE PUBLIC ART. THE ESPLANADE PROJECT IS THEY'VE ONLY COME UP WITH THE FIRST $15,000 OF THE $100,000 AVAILABLE TO SPEND, AND THAT PROJECT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO YOU SHORTLY. BUT THERE'S $85,000 TO WORK THERE THAT'S ALREADY ALLOCATED. AND THOSE ARE THE TWO PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE SORT OF ACTIVELY. THOSE ARE THE PRIMARIES. SO THEY'VE GOT BANDWIDTH. THEY'VE GOT BANDWIDTH FOR OTHER WORK EFFORT, I THINK. SO, YEAH. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY IS WHAT DO WE WANT THE COMMISSION TO BE WORKING ON? AS IT PERTAINS TO PUBLIC ART BEYOND THOSE TWO EFFORTS. SO, SO COULD I OFFER A SECOND MOTION? SO I WOULD A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. SO I WOULD GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION TO RETAIN THE $275 RIGHT NOW AT THAT LOCATION. AND THEY CAN SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR SHORT LIST, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, I'M GUESSING THAT THEY PROBABLY HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND. THEN SECONDLY, WHILE THEY'RE IN THAT PROCESS, IF WE DO HAVE PROPOSALS COMING IN BECAUSE IN TERMS OF OTHER PROJECTS, WHETHER IT'S A $50,000 PROJECT, $100,000 PROJECT, $500,000 PROJECT. WE DON'T KNOW THE SCALE OF THAT. SO EVEN TO TAKE 75 OUT OF THE 200, THAT'S JUST SORT OF SHOOTING IN THE DARK. SO IN ANY EVENT, WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AND PROBABLY ALLOCATE MORE MONEY TO THAT PROJECT OR TAKE MONEY FROM THIS PROJECT. AND UNTIL WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, AN ALTERNATIVE PROJECT, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THE $275 WE WOULD EVEN SPEND. SO AS FOR NOW, I WOULD JUST SAY GO WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION OF KEEPING THE $275 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LEANING TOWARD. AND THEN IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN COME BACK. AND JUST BASED ON WHAT THEY FIND, AND I'M WILLING TO SECOND THAT WITH A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT WE AUTHORIZE THEM IF THEY DO DECIDE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE RFP OR RFQ, RFI, WHATEVER IT IS FOR THE PROJECT, THAT'S 275 UP TO $275 THAT THEY BE AUTHORIZED TO DO THAT WITHOUT COMING BACK TO US, THAT WE DON'T GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE, YOU KNOW, LONG PROCESS. AGAIN, THAT TAKES ESSENTIALLY FOREVER. THAT'S KIND OF FRUSTRATED THEM. THE PROCESS THAT LED TO THE WAVE PROJECT, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THE PROCESS THAT'S LED TO ANY OF THE ART PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE BROUGHT TO DATE? YOU KNOW, THE SEA CHATTER, THE MURAL AND THE LIKE. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE AS THE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL FOR SOME FUTURE ART PROJECT? SO WHAT I'M ENVISIONING IS IF IT GOES BACK TO THEM AND THEY SAY, OKAY, WE WANT THIS PARTICULAR ARTIST FOR $200,000 TO BUILD THIS SCULPTURE. OKAY. THEY HAVE SOMEBODY IN MIND AND THAT COMES TO US AND WE DECIDE, YAY OR NAY, OR THEY SAY WE WANT TO ISSUE AN RFP, BUT WE DON'T WANT IT TO TAKE FOREVER. SO WE JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ISSUE AN RFP DIRECTLY. STAFF, YOU KNOW, PREPARE AN RFP, COME BACK TO US THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY, WE APPROVE THIS. AND THEN THEY LAUNCH THE RFP FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR PROPOSED ART AT THIS PARTICULAR SITE. EVENTUALLY, THEY WHITTLE DOWN THE VARIOUS SUBMISSIONS AND THEY SAY, HEY, COUNCIL, THIS IS THE SUBMISSION WE RECOMMEND. STAFF COMES BACK TO US. BY THE WAY, THIS IS WHAT THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED. AND HERE ARE THE RUNNER UPS THAT THEY LIKED. COUNCIL CHOOSES ULTIMATELY WHICH ONE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, RIGHT? OKAY. I MEAN, AND I THINK IF, YOU KNOW, IN THE MEANTIME, WHILE ON THIS, JUST LIKE AS WE WERE GOING WITH THE WAVE PROJECT, IF THERE'S ANY ARTIST OR ANY OTHER PROJECT OR OPPORTUNITY THAT COMES OUR WAY, WE CAN ALWAYS ANALYZE THAT AS IT COMES IN, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT SEEMS. BUT, BUT AS FOR NOW, WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S LEAVING $150, $200, WE MIGHT AS WELL LEAVE THE FULL AMOUNT 275. I AGREE WITH THAT AND FOLLOW THEIR LEAD. ALL RIGHT. SO SO THAT'S MY MOTIONS. LEAVE $275 IN. AND DO YOU AUTHORIZE THEM TO PROCEED WITH ISSUING AN RFP FOR THIS SITE. FOR THIS SITE. YES. OR WHATEVER THEIR NORMAL PROCESS IS FOR LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES FOR SCULPTURES OR LANDMARK GATEWAY. RIGHT. RIGHT. GRAVITAS. IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE DON'T WE HAVE DONE IT BOTH WAYS. WE'VE. HAVE YOU SECONDED IT. YEAH, I'M GOING TO SECOND IT. WE'VE ALLOWED THE COMMISSION TO WORK WITH STAFF TO DEVELOP THE RFP, [02:05:06] SOLICIT THE PROPOSALS, VET THEM, AND THEN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL. COUNCIL ULTIMATELY ALWAYS HAS TO APPROVE THE ARTIST AGREEMENT. SO EVENTUALLY IT COMES BACK TO YOU ALL TO SAY YAY OR NAY. BUT I THINK WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI IS SAYING, RATHER THAN US PRELIMINARILY, THIS CORPORATE BODY BLESS THE RFP BEFORE RELEASE. LET'S JUST LET'S GET RIGHT OUT ON THE STREET. LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT ARTISTS ARE GOING TO SUBMIT, HAVE THE COMMISSION VET THE PROPOSALS AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING IN THIS CONCEPT AND THAT WORKS FOR US. YES. WE'VE DONE IT BOTH WAYS. ONE MORE THING I WANT TO KNOW, IF I MAY, MAYOR, IS IN LIGHT OF THIS LOCATION BEING AT THE WATERFRONT WHERE IT'S GOING TO GET WIND, SAND AND SUN. SALT YEAH. THAT WE'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO SPECIFY IN THE RFP THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE RESILIENT TO, AND THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE RESILIENT TO THE ELEMENTS, OR AT LEAST BE ABLE TO BE MAINTAINED. NON-CORROSIVE MATERIALS. WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF SPECS ON THAT FOR THE RFP. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO I SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE'VE TAKEN THE WHOLE MURAL THING OUT OF THIS. WELL, THERE'S NO THERE'S NO MURAL. THERE'S NO MURAL. OKAY. I'M OKAY NOW. WITH RESPECT TO THE SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP, THE ART TILE IS ART IS THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION ALREADY WORKING ON THAT SINCE WE ALLOCATED THE FUNDS OR DO WE HAVE TO. YEAH, WE HAVE FUNDS ALLOCATED. SO THAT SHOULD GET INTO THEIR QUEUE AS A NATURAL COURSE OF WORK. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE. NO. THE BUDGET ACTION KICKED THAT OUT. NO, NO, NO, THAT'S ALREADY GOING ON. SO THAT THE COUNCIL GIVES DIRECTION SORT OF TWO WAYS TO THE COMMISSION, ONE APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR A PROJECT. AND THEN OUR NATURAL PROCESS TAKES OVER. STAFF WORKS TO EXECUTE THAT, SEEK COMMISSION INPUT, COME BACK TO YOU WITH THE APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATIONS. THAT'S THE NORMAL COURSE. THIS IS JUST DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE'VE EFFECTIVELY HAD A PROJECT THAT'S NOW VACATED. AND WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT, ARE WE GOING TO REBOOT THAT PROJECT EFFORT TO REPLACE IT, OR ARE WE GOING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT? THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. AND CITY ATTORNEY BOARD IS THERE ANYTHING THAT PRECLUDES A COMMISSION FROM APPROVING AN RFP FOR SOMETHING UP TO, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF $275 K? I CAN'T THINK OF ANY RIGHT NOW. I THINK WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE. OKAY. THAT WAY. YEAH. THERE'S NOTHING BECAUSE ALL YOU'RE DOING IS AUTHORIZING REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS. THAT'S IT. THERE'S NO. WELL, ALL. BUT I MEAN, IF THEY DON'T SPECIFY THE RIGHT THINGS, WE COULD GET A BOGUS PROPOSAL BACK. WELL. RIGHT. SO I MEAN, YOU'RE TRUSTING THEM AND STAFF TO CORRAL THE EFFORT TO COME BACK WITH A QUALITY ART PROJECT, THAT THE RISK WOULD BE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IT DOESN'T MEET THE COUNCIL'S SORT OF VISION. YEAH I JUST ASKED BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION. AND I'M FINE WITH KEEPING FOCUS ON THAT BECAUSE I DO AGREE IT'S A MAJOR GATEWAY. SO I'LL CONCEDE THAT POINT. BUT BECAUSE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLED UNDERNEATH I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE RFP DOESN'T PRODUCE SOMETHING THAT WE GET INTO THIS WHOLE DELAY BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN COORDINATED WITH PUBLIC WORKS. YEAH, WE'LL STAFF WILL ENSURE THAT THE RFP COVERS THOSE BASES. YEAH. WE DON'T WANT TO BOTHER ANYBODY'S, YOU KNOW, ANY ANY PROSPECTIVE ARTIST WITH A PROJECT THAT CAN'T BE CONSTRUCTED. ULTIMATELY, IT'S A WASTE OF ALL OF OUR TIME. AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T. WE CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING INSTALLED SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, GIVEN THE EFFORT AND TIME THUS FAR. OKAY. AND I JUST WAS GOING TO ADD THIS IS TO COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT'S POINT THAT WE'VE DONE ALL THAT RESEARCH. WE HAVE ALL THE DATA NOW ON THE VAULTS. AND WE'RE MUCH BETTER POSITIONED THIS TO GIVE TO THE ARTISTS BEFORE THEY EVEN COME BACK. AND WE SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT KNOWLEDGE IN THE RFP. I JUST HAD A QUESTION, JACK. YOU WERE THERE WHEN WHEN JOHN VAN HAMERSVELD VISITED. AND YOU CONSIDER, DO YOU THINK AN ARTIST LIKE THAT WOULD BID ON A GENERAL, A BID, A MURAL? DOESN'T SEEM LIKELY. I DON'T SEE HIM AS A BIDDER. YEAH. AND HE'S REACHED A STATUS IN HIS LIFE WHERE PEOPLE COME TO HIM FOR WORK. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND HE WAS APPROACHING US. WE WEREN'T APPROACHING HIM. HE WAS ANXIOUS TO TOUR THE SITE AND LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL LOCATIONS. SO IT WASN'T HE'S NOT MY FRIEND, AND I DID NOT APPROACH HIM. SO I THINK IT'S AN HONOR THAT A WORLD RENOWNED ARTIST WOULD COME TO THE CITY OF REDONDO. NOT ARGUMENTATIVE. I DON'T CARE IF IT'S ARGUMENTATIVE. OF COURSE. YOU'RE WELCOME TO SAY. I THINK I THINK JACK ACTUALLY EXPLAINED IT AT THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION EXTREMELY WELL, HE SAID, AND I DON'T WANT TO TELL ME IF I MISCHARACTERIZED WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT THERE'S TWO WAYS, ESSENTIALLY TO GET ART STARTED. YOU CAN EITHER DO AN RFP, RFQ, RFI, OR YOU CAN SAY, HEY, WE REALLY LIKE THIS ARTIST AND WHAT THEY PRODUCE, AND YOU CAN COMMISSION AN ARTIST ARTISTS TO DO ARTWORK, SO COUNCIL MAYOR ARE FREE TO COMMISSION HIM IF YOU WANT TO COMMISSION HIM. THERE'S STILL UNALLOCATED MONEY, I BELIEVE $100,000 IN THE JOHN PARSONS ART FUND. AND THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE MORE AND POTENTIALLY MORE. YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T USE. THEY DON'T USE THE ENTIRE WE DON'T USE THE ENTIRE $275 HERE. [02:10:03] THERE COULD BE MORE. SO FOR YOU TO DO THAT. LIKE THE ONLY REASON I'M PUSHING BACK WAS BECAUSE YOU DICTATED THAT IT BE AN RFP PROCESS. ALL THE REST OF IT, I WAS FINE WITH. OKAY. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. THAT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THERE'S STILL HANDS UP. DID SCOTT, DID YOU? I MEAN, SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT, I DID. IF YOU'RE INCLINED TO CALL ON PUBLIC COMMENT. I'LL WAIT TILL THEN. OKAY. AND. OKAY. SO WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC INPUT. DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS ON THIS ONE? OKAY. IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. MAYOR AND COUNCIL RON MAROKO DISTRICT THREE. I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR HISTORICAL ART PROJECTS FOR A WHILE, AND I'M GOING TO COME UP WITH SOME ALTERNATIVES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN VETTED THROUGH THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION MANY YEARS AGO WHEN JOHN LAROC WAS AROUND. FIRST OF ALL, MY LEADERSHIP CLASS DESTROYED THE BANDSHELL THAT USED TO BE IN CITY PARK. AND THAT LOCATION, AT LEAST BASED ON THE PICTURE, WOULD BE A NICE PLACE TO PUT A REPLACEMENT BANDSHELL AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE THE SAME OBSTACLES ON IT. LILIENTHAL PARK IS ALSO A GATEWAY PARK. IT'S GOT THE SPACE FOR IT. IT'S GOT WALLS GALORE FOR MURALS. AND YOU COULD PUT A SCULPTURE OVER THERE AND HAVE IT AS AN ATTRACTIVE POINT. IT IS A GATEWAY FROM TORRANCE. YOU DEAD END RIGHT INTO THE PARK. WHEN I WAS ON THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION, WE WERE LOOKING AT HAVING A LOCAL ARTIST THAT DOES SCULPTURES OF THE RED CAR. AND I THINK THE COST AT THAT TIME WAS ABOUT $80,000. IT PASSED THROUGH THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION, WAS GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC ARTS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT EVER GOT THROUGH AT THAT POINT. THERE WAS SOME OBSTACLES ALONG THE WAY, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER POSSIBLE ART PIECE. OR IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE GATEWAY PARK ITSELF, YOU COULD ACTUALLY PUT A REPLICA, A FULL SIZE RED CAR THAT WOULDN'T CARRY THE SAME WEIGHT AS AN ARCH SCULPTURE, BUT YOU CAN PUT ARTWORK INSIDE THE RED CAR. SO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A VISUAL GALLERY AS WELL. SO I THINK YOU HAVE SOME ALTERNATIVES. I KNOW WHAT WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS REASONABLE, BUT IT'S MY CHANCE TO GET BACK TO THE RED CAR SCULPTURE, WHICH I THINK IS A REALLY GOOD PROJECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ONLINE? THERE IS NO ONE ONLINE AND NO ECOMMENTS. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE FROM THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? GEORGETTE GANTNER. I THINK THAT I LIKE YOUR IDEA ABOUT RETURNING THE MONEY TO THE COMMISSION SO THAT THEY CAN DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, BUT I KNOW FROM AFTER ATTENDING THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING AND I WISH ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS WERE HERE BECAUSE I'M SPEAKING IN THEIR STEAD, BUT I WILL ANYWAY, BECAUSE I NEVER SHUT UP, IS THE FACT THAT THEY ARE VERY DEDICATED TO REPLACING IT WITH A PIECE OF SCULPTURE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT COULD BE MONUMENTAL, BUT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, CLOSE, THEY WANT IT TO BE NOTABLE BECAUSE IT IS A GATEWAY AND THE BICYCLE SCULPTURE IS LOVELY, BUT IT STARTED OUT WITH COLOR. AND THEN THE CORROSIVENESS OF THE SEA AIR CREATED, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TO TAKE THE POWDER COATING OFF. SO IT'S KIND OF SAD AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND I LOVE IT, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY NOT A GATEWAY. SO AND THE GENTLEMAN AS AN ARTIST IS LOVELY. BUT THE OTHER THING IS I THINK THAT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE MURAL, YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND SAY, OKAY, I WANT THIS. AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE WAY YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO DO IT. I KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE IN MIND, BUT HAVING MR. VAN HAMERSVELD HAVE HIS WORK HERE IS COMPLETELY NOTABLE. HE'S IN HERMOSA. HE'S DONE BEAUTIFUL WORK. HE'S YOU KNOW, HE'S THIS FANTASTIC, LIKE YOU SAID, WORLD RENOWNED ARTIST. HE'S GOT THIS THING IN VEGAS THAT GOES OVER YOUR HEAD. I THINK IT'S ON. I DON'T KNOW THE OLD PART OF VEGAS. IT'S THIS ANIMATED THING. IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE. SO THERE'S, NO LIMIT TO WHAT HE COULD PROVIDE IN THE STATUS AND SO FORTH IF WE CAN AFFORD IT, YOU KNOW? BUT I AGREE THAT IT SHOULD GO BACK. LET THEM NOW DECIDE. AND I THINK THEY WILL MAKE A GOOD DECISION BECAUSE THEY ARE DEDICATED TO REPLACING, YOU KNOW, WITH SOMETHING REALLY PROFOUND. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE? THERE'S NO ONE ONLINE. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, PAUL MOSES, DISTRICT TWO. I WAS ON THE CITY ART COMMISSION PUBLIC ART COMMISSION WHEN WE COMMISSIONED MR. VOLKAN ALKANOGLU TO CREATE THAT ARTWORK WITH GEORGETTE. THAT WAS FOUND THROUGH THE RFQ PROCESS. THAT'S WHY YOU FIND REALLY GREAT ARTWORK. IF YOU JUST COMMISSION SPECIFIC ARTISTS, THAT CAN BE SEEN AS A NO BID CONTRACT. AND IT'S PROBABLY FROWNED UPON AND YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE. SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL CAST A NET AND SEE HOW MANY THINGS YOU CATCH, BECAUSE THAT'S THE BETTER WAY OF DOING IT. THERE ARE PROTOCOLS IN OUR PUBLIC ART PROGRAM TO FIND SITES AND ARTISTS AND WAYS TO DO IT, [02:15:01] INSTEAD OF GRABBING MONEY LIKE WE'VE HAD FORMER COMMISSIONERS GRAB MONEY FOR THE ESPLANADE. THERE'S NO PLACE ON THE ESPLANADE FOR $100,000 PROJECT. WE HAD A FORMER COUNCILMEMBER SAY, LET'S PUT IT IN THIS PARK DOWN THERE AT THE HARBOR GATEWAY. THAT PARK IS HUGELY PROBLEMATIC FOR ANY ARTWORK. THERE'S TOO MANY SPOTS WHERE IT'S ACCESS FOR UTILITIES THAT JUST MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT IT ON THAT GREEN SPACE, AND IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE OCEAN. SO UNLESS YOU'RE USING SOMETHING LIKE CAST CONCRETE, WHICH WILL SURVIVE THE OCEAN AIR. ANYTHING ELSE IS GOING TO GET ROTTED AND A WORD ABOUT THE ARTWORK, THE GATEWAY. THAT WAS THE CRAZIEST PIECE OF PUBLIC ART I'VE SEEN A CITY COMMISSION IN A WHILE. IT'S JUST THIS AMOEBA OF, ALUMINUM. AND I WAS VERY PROUD THAT WE CHOSE IT BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS VERY UNIQUE. AND VOLKAN'S BECOME THIS HUGE ARTIST. AND I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH HOW MUCH THIS WAS A LOSS TO OUR PORTFOLIO OF ARTWORK. IT'S $1 MILLION ARTWORK. AND THE MAN WAS VERY PATIENT AFTER 15 YEARS, AND IT'S A SHAME THAT IT'S BEEN LOST. THE BUDGET FOR THAT PROJECT, I THINK BECAUSE ORIGINALLY THE ARTWORK WAS COMMISSIONED FOR THE TRANSIT CENTER IN NORTH REDONDO. I THINK A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THAT BUDGET OUGHT TO GO BACK TO NORTH REDONDO. AND I THINK IT ALTHOUGH THE ORIGINAL $87,000 WAS NOT EVEN PUBLIC ART MONEY, IT WAS COUNTY MONEY FOR THE TRANSIT CENTER, BUT THAT $275,000 SHOULD NOT BE PUT IN THE PARK DOWN BY THE WATER. IT SHOULD BE SPREAD AMONG THE CITY. THERE'S LOTS OF GOOD PROJECTS. IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT COULD BUY AND IMPROVE THINGS IN NORTH REDONDO GREATLY. SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE PUBLIC ART COMMISSION OR THE CULTURAL ART COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT THEY TRY TO DO THAT AND SAVE THEIR PROJECT. IT'S NOT THE RIGHT SPOT AND IT'S TOO BIG OF A BUDGET. SO ALLOCATE THAT MONEY WHERE IT'S GOING TO DO GOOD. SOUTH REDONDO HAS GOT LOTS OF GOOD SOUTH ART PROJECTS. IT'S TIME TO SPREAD THE THE LOVE AND GIVE US SOME BACK TO NORTH REDONDO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANYONE ONLINE? THERE'S NO ONE ONLINE. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? OKAY. ANYONE WISH TO AMEND THEIR MOTION? I DID HAVE A COUPLE QUICK COMMENTS AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. IT'S APPROPRIATE. OKAY. YOU KNOW, A GOOD PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YOU KNOW, JUST FOR CLARITY, KIND OF THE CONCERN I HAVE ABOUT VAN HAMERSVELD IS, YOU KNOW, HE'S ALREADY DONE LIKE A MURAL AT THE MANHATTAN BEACH. HE DID THE PIPELINE COLLECTION. HE DID THE EL SEGUNDO WATER TOWER. HERMOSA'S GREAT WAVE. IT'S LIKE, GREAT ARTIST HAS IT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF UNIQUE. AND I THOUGHT AT LEAST WE COULD LEAVE IT UP TO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION TO WEIGH THE OPTIONS. I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN THAT AREA. BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER ARTISTS KIND OF SIMILAR GENRES THAT WE COULD AT LEAST EXPLORE, WE MEANING THE COMMISSION DREW BROPHY GOT HEATHER BROWN, JIMBO PHILLIPS, WHO'S RENOWNED AND RESPECTED. HANNAH EDDY. THERE'S OTHERS OUT THERE AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO BOX THEM OUT OF THE SELECTION PROCESS OR KIND OF DICTATE, YOU KNOW, HEY, IT'S GOT TO BE ONE PERSON OR THE OTHER, EVEN IF MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE MAY BE THIS PARTICULAR ARTIST OR ANOTHER. SO THAT THAT'S KIND OF WHY I FELT THAT WAY. AND THEN SIMILARLY WITH THE RFP, RFQ, YOU KNOW, THAT PROCESS HAS WORKED. CANDIDLY, IT'S NOT THE MOST EFFICIENT. YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE STEPS, YOU HAVE TO WRITE IT UP. YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF A BEAUTY CONTEST, DOG AND PONY SHOW. AND, YOU KNOW, WE SAW THAT HERE, HERE WE ARE TEN YEARS LATER, WE STILL HAVE NO GATEWAY ART PROJECT. BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF KIND OF A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE OR EXIGENCY IT SEEMS LIKE THE RFP, RFQ PROCESS HAS WORKED. AND AT LEAST I'D WANT TO AT LEAST EXPLORE THAT OR HAVE THAT EXPLORED. AND IF THE STAFF LIAISON COMES BACK OR THE COMMISSION COMES BACK AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T GOING TO WORK, WE NEED TO GET THIS THING UP QUICK. AND WE ENDORSE THAT. SHORT OF THAT, I WAS A LITTLE RELUCTANT TO GO ALONG, SO I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK IT WAS A PERSONAL AFFRONT THAT THOSE WERE MY THOUGHTS THAT KIND OF WENT INTO THE MOTION. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY, I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE. I THINK WHEN YOU GET A WORLD CLASS ARTIST THAT'S DONE FOLKS LIKE THE BEATLES, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO RESPOND TO A GENERAL RFP, ESPECIALLY SOMEBODY WHO'S UP IN THEIR 80S. AND THEY APPROACH, THEY GET APPROACHED REGULARLY, THEY GET IT CORRECTLY. IF YOU GO TO THE CABRILLO AQUARIUM, THEY'VE GOT UNIQUE ART. HIS ART PROJECTS DON'T LOOK THE SAME ALL BETWEEN THE CITIES. [02:20:03] THEY DO HAVE A STYLE. WE ARE THE ORIGINAL SURF CITY WITH. GEORGE FREETH. GEORGE FREETH AND ALL OF THAT. RIGHT. AND I DO THINK THAT CAPTURES THAT, THAT SURF GENRE. YEAH. SO IT FITS WITH OUR, WITH OUR CITY'S HISTORY. SO, AND I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. WHAT WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW IS THE MOTION TO, I THINK, KEEP THE $275 THERE FOR NOW AND TO COME UP WITH AN RFP FOR THAT SPECIFIC SITE, CORRECT? YES. AND THAT'S IT. YES. WELL, TO PROCEED, I THINK GO THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS. YEAH. AUTHORIZE THEM TO RELEASE THE RFP AND ALL OF THAT. BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT WHAT MURALS ELSEWHERE OR THE TILE ART OR ANYTHING ELSE. SO WITH THAT THAT'S WHAT IS ON THE TABLE FOR THE VOTE. AND I WILL CALL THE VOTE. ALL FOR. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. LET'S SEE. CITY MANAGER ITEMS. JUST ONE THIS EVENING. [O. CITY MANAGER ITEMS] JUST BEAR WITH ME. SHOUT OUT TO ONE OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS WHO'S RETURNED FROM A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DETAIL IN COLORADO. LET ME MAKE SURE I PULL IT UP HERE. ALEK FRIEDRICHSEN ONE OF OUR FIRE ENGINEERS, HE WAS DEPLOYED IN COLORADO FOR 14 DAYS. HE ASSISTED WITH THE 64,000 ACRE FERRIS FIRE AS A HEAVY EQUIPMENT BOSS. HE'S SOMEBODY THAT'S UNIQUELY TRAINED TO WORK WITH BULLDOZERS, EXCAVATORS, GRADERS, MASTICATORS, AND OTHER HEAVY EQUIPMENT DURING A WILDLAND FIRE. AND HE'S, HE WAS A MEMBER OF OUR, OF COURSE, AREA G DEPLOYMENT, BUT HIS HIS TRAINING AND SKILL SET ALLOW HIM TO WORK IN THAT FEDERAL ENVIRONMENT. AND HE'S BACK HOME SAFELY. WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF HIS EFFORTS. AND WE JUST WANT TO GIVE HIM A LITTLE SHOUT OUT FOR HIS DEPLOYMENT AND HIS SAFE RETURN. SO, ALEK, ONE OF OUR FIRE ENGINEERS, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING. NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA AUGUST 11TH RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO BRING BACK AND HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF COMMISSION INTERVIEWS. AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME APPOINTMENTS TONIGHT TO TO FILL SOME IMMEDIATE HOLES. BUT THAT'S REALLY THE PRIMARY ITEM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR NEXT WEEK. THERE'S A SMALL POSSIBILITY THAT OUR HEDGE ORDINANCE IS READY FOR CONSIDERATION OF FIRST READING AND INTRODUCTION. NOT 100% SURE THAT THAT WILL BE THE CASE. WE'LL CERTAINLY LET YOU KNOW OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW DAYS, BUT WE ARE MEETING OPEN SESSION AND CLOSE NEXT WEEK. FOR THE AT LEAST THE COMMISSION INTERVIEWS, WE'LL HAVE A FEW CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS AND WE WILL HAVE A 4:00 CLOSED SESSION NEXT WEEK TO BE SAFE. THERE ARE A FEW THINGS IN THE QUEUE. SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE THIS EVENING, MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. LET'S SEE, DOWN TO ITEM P ONE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ITEMS. [P. MAYOR AND COUNCIL ITEMS] AND THIS IS APPOINTMENT OF A COUPLE OF MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU TO APPOINT A COUPLE OF FOLKS TO THE WHAT AM I THINKING OF? THE ARTS COMMISSION. PUBLIC AMENITIES. PUBLIC AMENITIES COMMISSION. I'M GETTING. I'M STILL STUCK ON CULTURAL ARTS. PUBLIC AMENITIES COMMISSION. BECAUSE THEY HAVE A HEARING COMING UP THAT I WOULD PREFER NOT TO DELAY. AND BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF ABSENCES, THERE'S GOING TO BE VACANCIES ON THERE. AND WE HAVE ONE CURRENT MEMBER WHO IS HASN'T COMMITTED TO ATTENDING. SO IN ORDER TO ENSURE OUR BEST CHANCES OF A QUORUM, I'D LIKE I'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER APPOINTING TWO PEOPLE TONIGHT. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT BECAUSE I WAS OUT ENJOYING THE ISLAND CATALINA OVER THE WEEKEND. HE DID SOME, SOME WORK OVER THE WEEKEND, AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT AND RECRUITING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO APPRECIATE THAT COUNCILMEMBER BEHRENDT AND I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND ALEX. IS IT YOU GOT IT SPJUTE FROM D5. THIS WAS HIS FIRST CHOICE AND I HOPE AND THEY CIRCULATED THE HIS APPLICATION PREVIOUSLY, BUT I ASKED HIM TO RESEND IT. SO THEY RESENT IT TONIGHT. AND THEN ANTHONY ROY, WHO'S RETIRED OUT OF D4, THIS WAS HIS SECOND CHOICE, BUT WE'VE CONFIRMED BOTH OF THEM WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND. AND THAT MEETING IS RIGHT AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK. SO I WANTED TO GIVE HIM A WEEK'S HEADS UP AND NOT DO IT RIGHT AT THE LAST MINUTE. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SOMEONE ON THE COUNCIL MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE TWO. I GOT MY HAND UP. I THINK THERE IF I COULD JUST SAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THESE NOMINATIONS. AND I AM IN FAVOR OF THE CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMING THEM. THE TWO PEOPLE YOU MENTIONED, ALEX SPJUTE AND HIS WIFE, KATIE, I THINK, AS YOU KNOW, ARE LONGTIME AND HIGHLY RESPECTED REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS. [02:25:01] THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL FAMILY AND ARE TRULY WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. ALEX HIMSELF HAS A PROVEN RECORD AS A COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER IN THE CITY, INCLUDING MORE THAN A DECADE WITH THE REDONDO BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE AND IN MANY CAPACITIES, AS WELL AS THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND MUCH MORE. I'LL ALSO SAY ALEX IS A HIGHLY MOTIVATED, THOUGHTFUL, CLEAR THINKING INDIVIDUAL WHO GRADUATED MAGNA CUM LAUDE FROM MICHIGAN. HE'S AN ATTORNEY BY TRADE AND A TRUE GENTLEMAN AND A SCHOLAR. AND IMPORTANTLY, HE'S A GENUINE ENTHUSIAST WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC AMENITIES, HISTORICAL RESOURCES, LANDMARKS, HISTORIC DISTRICTS, AND PRESERVATION. SO I DO THINK HE'LL MAKE A GREAT FIT IN ADDITION FOR THIS ESTEEMED COMMISSION. ANTHONY ROY. YOU'RE RIGHT. MAYOR, HE'S RETIRED. THIS IS A PERSON WHO LIVED IN ANOTHER CITY, A GREAT CITY THAT UNFORTUNATELY HAS LOST ITS LUSTER, DUE IN PART TO OUT OF CONTROL AND UNADDRESSED CRIME AND HOMELESSNESS, MASSIVE OVER AND UNSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AMONG MANY OTHER THINGS. AND HE'S KIND OF SEEN THE HISTORY OF THAT CITY AND PRESERVATION EFFORTS GO BY THE WAYSIDE. SO ANTHONY AND HIS SPOUSE ULTIMATELY MADE THE DECISION TO MAKE A CHANGE, AND THEY FOUND THEIR WAY, FORTUNATELY TO OUR GREAT CITY AND WHICH THEY NOW PROUDLY CALL HOME. AND ANTHONY HAS A PASSION FOR PRESERVATION, HISTORY, COMMUNITY AND CULTURE, AND IS COMMITTED, IMPORTANTLY, TO ATTENDANCE AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION ON THIS IMPORTANT COMMISSION. AND SO LASTLY, I DO WANT TO COMMEND THE MAYOR FOR HIS AGILITY AND LEADERSHIP IN FILLING THESE POSITIONS, DOING WHAT HE COULD AND WHAT WE COULD AS A COUNCIL TO ENSURE, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THAT THERE WILL BE A QUORUM AT THE UPCOMING PUBLIC AMENITIES COMMISSION MEETING, WHERE I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. SO FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS, I MAKE A MOTION FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONFIRM THE MAYOR'S NOMINATIONS OF ANTHONY EXCUSE ME, ALEX SPJUTE AND ANTHONY ROY FOR THE WE COULD SPECIFY WHO THEY'RE FILLING IN FOR. I THINK CITY CLERK MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE THAT, BUT THEY'RE FILLING OUT THE TERMS OF THE TWO INDIVIDUALS FROM DISTRICT FOUR AND DISTRICT FIVE, AS YOU REFERENCE. THAT'S MY INTENT, THAT THEY FILL THE THE DISTRICT FIVE AND DISTRICT FOUR POSITIONS THAT ARE VACATED. CORRECT. WHICH IS ON THE BLUE FOLDER, WHICH WHICH IS IN THE BLUE FOLDER SEPTEMBER 2028. YES, BOTH. SEPTEMBER. SO WITH THAT, THAT IS MY MOTION. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION AND SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE BLUE FOLDER ITEM HAS A TYPO. IT SAYS PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE COMMISSION INSTEAD OF PUBLIC AMENITIES COMMISSION. CORRECT THAT. SO WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE RECORD SHOWS. SHOW AS AMENDED. WELL, THE MOTION WAS FOR THE CORRECT COMMISSION OR COMMISSION. CORRECT. COMMISSION. BUT THE THE BLUE FOLDER IS INCORRECT. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CORRECT THAT. THANK YOU. FOR THE RECORD. OKAY. THAT'S IT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? OH, SORRY. I'LL GET BACK TO YOU, RON MAROKO. I WANT TO THANK PERSONALLY COUNCILMAN BEHRENDT, FOR DIGGING IN AND GETTING QUALIFIED PEOPLE YOU LEFT OUT AND THE MAYOR AS WELL. BUT YOU DID LEAVE OUT ONE QUALIFICATION ON ALEX. HE'S A UC DAVIS GRADUATE, SO THAT'S A THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL PLUS ON IT. I'VE SEEN THIS INFORMATION ONLINE ABOUT THEM. I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE FABULOUS. AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A VERY MOTIVATED GROUP AT THIS POINT. SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WE DO HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO PROPERTIES UP FOR LANDMARK. PLUS WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TO A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY WHO IS BEING RECOGNIZED AS A VOLUNTEER. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR DOING THIS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS? IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE? THERE'S NO ONE ONLINE. ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? OKAY. SO I WILL CALL THE VOTE. I'LL FOR IT. OH. I'M SORRY. HOLD IT, HOLD IT. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. I'M SNUBBING YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR RFI. I JUST WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT AS WELL FOR REALLY DIGGING IN DEEP HERE. HE COLLECTED THE APPLICATIONS, REVIEWED THEM DILIGENTLY SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS WITH THESE APPLICANTS AND SOME OF THEM AND PERSONALLY INTERVIEWED THEM, EVEN TEXTED ME, HEY, WANT TO WANT TO MEET WITH ME IN THIS DISTRICT FOUR APPLICANT OR COMMISSION APPLICANT ON THIS SUNDAY? AND I'M LIKE, NO, SORRY, I WAS OUT OF TOWN, BUT THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. SUPER DILIGENT AND EXCELLENT WORK. OKAY, WITH THAT, I'LL CALL THE VOTE. [02:30:01] ALL FOR IT. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. SO ALL THAT'S LEFT IS TO ADJOURN. REFERRALS. OH I'M SORRY. REFERRALS TO STAFF. ANYBODY ELSE? WE'RE HAPPY TO ADJOURN, THOUGH. YEAH. YOU'D PREFER WE SKIP THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER? NO REFERRALS TO STAFF TONIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. NOTHING TONIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. I FELT LIKE I DID HAVE SOMETHING, BUT I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. I HAVE NONE. I HAVE SIX. NONE. NONE. I CAN'T HAVE THEM ANYWAY. I COULD HAVE BRR'S. NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY. SO WITH THAT, NOW WE'RE AT ADJOURNMENT. I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION, AND A SECOND. ALL FOR IT. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE AN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING. CLOSED SESSION AT 4 P.M. 4 P.M., AND A REGULAR MEETING WILL BE HELD AT 6 P.M. ON AUGUST 11TH IN RIGHT HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.