[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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PUBLIC WORKS SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION.
LET'S CALL IT TO ORDER. ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER SIMPSON.
HERE. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI.
HERE. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. COMMISSIONER BEELI ABSENT AND CHAIR ARRATA.
PRESENT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S SALUTE TO THE FLAG AND INVOCATION.
COMMISSIONER NAFISSI, CAN YOU LEAD, PLEASE? 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.
APPROVE ORDER OF AGENDA. A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDER OF AGENDA.
[D. APPROVE ORDER OF AGENDA]
ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES? PULL ANY ITEMS? WE JUST NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ORDER.I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. BLUE FOLDER ITEMS. ADDITIONAL BACKUP MATERIALS.
[E. BLUE FOLDER ITEMS - ADDITIONAL BACK UP MATERIALS]
BLUE FOLDER ITEMS OR ADDITIONAL BACKUP MATERIAL TO ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS AND OR PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED AFTER THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE AGENDA PACKET FOR RECEIVE AND FILE. THERE WERE TWO BLUE FOLDER ITEMS TONIGHT, ONE FOR H.1 ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OF NON-AGENDA ITEMS, WHICH WAS IS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA AND WAS ALSO EMAILED TO YOU GUYS.AND THERE WAS PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE FOR J.1 AS WELL.
OKAY. CAN WE GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE BLUE FOLDER ITEMS? ANY DISCUSSION ON IT? MOTION. OKAY. SECOND. I'LL SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CONSENT CALENDAR. BUSINESS ITEMS EXCEPT THOSE FORMERLY
[F. CONSENT CALENDAR]
NOTICED FOR PUBLIC HEARING OR THOSE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION ARE ASSIGNED TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR WILL BE TAKEN UP UNDER THE CONSENT CALENDAR SECTION BELOW.
THOSE ITEMS REMAINING ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR WILL BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION.
THE CHAIR WILL CALL ON ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN PULLED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR DISCUSSION.
WE'VE GOT F.1 APPROVE THE PUBLIC WORKS, SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES FOR THE JUNE 22ND, 2026 REGULAR MEETING. F.2 APPROVE AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS, SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MEETING AND F3 RECEIVE AND FILE STATUS UPDATES ON PROJECTS DISCUSSED AT THE PUBLIC WORKS, SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION.
AND ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. ANY COMMENTS? THERE'S NO HANDS RAISED ON ZOOM.
THERE'S NO ECOMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM AND THERE'S NO CARDS.
MOVE WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. YEAH. I'LL SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. EXCLUDED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. THERE ARE NONE TONIGHT. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS.
[H. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS]
THIS SECTION IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON ANY SUBJECT THAT DOES NOT APPEAR ON THIS AGENDA FOR ACTION.EACH SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ONLY ONCE, SO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. THERE ARE NO HANDS RAISED ON ZOOM AND I HAVE NO CARDS FOR THIS ITEM AS WELL.
THERE IS ONE ECOMMENTS FOR THE RECORD FOR THIS ITEM.
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OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEMS CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS AGENDAS.THERE'S NO ITEMS TONIGHT. OKAY. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION.
SO I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. SO THOSE ECOMMENTS ARE WE, ARE WE ABLE TO SEE THOSE OR ARE THOSE THE BLUE FOLDER ITEMS? THEY'RE NOT THE BLUE FOLDER ITEMS. THEY'RE COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE IN OUR SYSTEM.
OKAY. SO YOU IF YOU LOG ON TO THE AGENDA. OKAY.
THERE IS AN ECOMMENTS LINK ON THE RIGHT WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE ON THE AGENDA PAGE AND IT'LL OPEN UP THE ECOMMENTS PAGE, WHICH THEN BECOME VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. I'M SEEING THE PAGE WHERE IT SAYS LIKE VIDEO IN PROGRESS.
IT'S GOT THE MEETING DETAILS, THE AGENDA AND THE AGENDA PACKET.
SO IT'S NOT ON THAT PAGE? IT'S ON THE LEDGER STAR.
KEEP GOING. IS THE LAST CALL. OVER HERE ON? OH ECOMMENTS SAYS NOT AVAILABLE.
SO THEN I SHOULD CLICK ON. THERE SHOULD BE A LINK THAT'S LIVE.
LET ME REFRESH IT. LET ME CLICK ON THAT ONE.
IT SHOULD BE RIGHT HERE. RIGHT? OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO BACK UP REAL QUICK? SO IT'S RIGHT HERE. OH. GOT IT. THANK YOU. SHOULD OPEN UP.
YEAH. YEAH. AND IT OPENED UP THE AGENDA. IF YOU GO TO H.1, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S ONE COMMENT AND THEN YOU CAN OPEN THAT UP AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE COMMENTS ABOUT. GOT IT. THANK YOU. YEAH.
[J. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION]
NEIGHBORHOOD. GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONERS. RYAN LIU, CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER.ITEM J.1 IS PERTAINING TO THE GOLDEN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD AND PROPOSED ADDITIONAL STREET PARKING.
JUST SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION BEFORE WE GET INTO THE ACTUAL STREETS.
JUST SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR THE CITY'S POLICY ON YELLOW CENTER LINES.
HISTORICALLY, THE CITY HAS INSTALLED THESE DASH CENTER LINES ON EVERY LANE, MILE OF EVERY STREET.
THE PICTURE TO THE RIGHT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE SLURRY SEAL OR REPAVE THE STREET, GENERALLY FOR RESIDENTIAL STREETS, UNLESS THERE'S OTHER ENGINEERING REASONS TO INSTALL A CENTER LINE ACROSS THE WHOLE BLOCK, WE'RE ONLY LEAVING ABOUT 50FT OF THAT CENTER LINE NEAR THE NEAR INTERSECTIONS, CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS. AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALREADY IN EXCESS OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND STANDARDS.
WE BELIEVE THAT REMOVING THE CENTER LINE, NOT, YOU KNOW, BESIDES THE LOWER MAINTENANCE COSTS IN THE FUTURE, BUT IT CAN ALSO CALM TRAFFIC BY NOT STRICTLY DEFINING ROADWAY SPACE.
AND IT IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER CITIES. SO DURING THE SUMMER, AS MANY OF US HAVE HAVE WITNESSED, WE SLURRY SEALED A LOT OF STREETS IN THE CITY.
THE MAP TO THE LEFT SHOWS THE GOLDEN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE STREETS IN ORANGE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE SLURRY SEALED.
THOSE ARROWS SHOW TWO OF THE STREETS ARE ONE WAY.
THE PHOTO TO RIGHT SHOWS THAT ALL THESE STREETS ARE ABOUT 28FT WIDE.
FITS APPROXIMATELY THREE VEHICLES WIDE. TYPICALLY IN REDONDO BEACH THESE STREETS.
AS I MENTIONED, THOSE CENTER LINES WILL NOT BE RESTORED PER ENGINEERING STANDARDS.
THE GOLDEN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SOME UNIQUE LAND USE AND CURB SPACE.
WE TOOK THIS TIME BECAUSE WE ARE NOT REINSTALLING THE YELLOW CENTER LINES.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPTIMIZE THE PARKING AND THE UTILITY OF THE STREET.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS CHARACTERIZED BY WHAT MANY CALL TALL AND SKINNY HOMES WHERE THE ENTIRE, ALMOST THE ENTIRE FRONTAGE OF EACH LOT IS DRIVEWAY APRON.
SO THERE ARE VERY FEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC LEGAL, PUBLIC STREET PARKING.
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AND SO IN AREAS WHERE WE ARE PROPOSING ADDITIONAL STREET PARKING, WE DID PROVIDE PUBLIC NOTICE TO ALL RESIDENTS WITHIN ROUGHLY WITHIN 150FT OF EACH PROPOSED PARKING SPACE. HERE ARE THE STREETS THAT ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION.THESE ARE ONLY STREETS THAT WERE SLURRY SEALED.
SO REED STREET CURRENTLY HAS ZERO PARKING SPACES.
DIXON, 8TH, HERRIN, 17TH. WE DID NOT CONSIDER CARVER STREET OR AXENTY WAY AS EVEN THOUGH THOSE STREETS WERE RECENTLY SLURRIED, THOSE ARE ONE-WAY STREETS THAT ALREADY PROVIDE PARKING WHERE LEGALLY AVAILABLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
AND THEN FINALLY, WOLLACOTT STREET CURRENTLY HAS 26 EXISTING PARKING SPACES.
THOSE NUMBERS INCREASE AS YOU GO TO THE EAST AS THOSE STREETS GET LONGER AND LONGER.
WE'LL TAKE EACH LOCATION AS EACH LOCATION'S PROPOSED PARKING INCREASE, ONE BY ONE.
SO THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS REED STREET. CURRENTLY NO PARKING SPACES ON THAT STREET.
THE CENTER LINE THAT WAS JUST REINSTALLED CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION WAS STRIPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, AND WE ARE PROPOSING THREE PARKING SPACES ON THE SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE AWAY FROM THE INTERSECTION, APPROXIMATELY 60 OR 70FT AWAY FROM THE INTERSECTION.
BUT THESE ARROWS SHOW THAT TWO WAY UNIMPEDED TRAFFIC CAN STILL MANEUVER AROUND THOSE VEHICLES, THOSE PARKED CARS. IF CARS ARE PARKED, THERE.
MOVING ON TO DIXON STREET AT 1732, WE ARE PROPOSING TWO SPACES IN THAT 34 CURB LENGTH THERE.
ALSO TO THE. THE REMAINING SPACE IS ALL DRIVEWAYS, SO TWO WAY TRAFFIC CAN STILL PROCEED UNIMPEDED.
THAT'S ALSO A CHICANE EFFECT. AND THEN DOWN AT 1712 TO 1714, DIXON WE ARE PROPOSING ONE PARKING SPACE WHERE THAT SPACE ALLOWS. AND THIS CREATES A WIDTH FOR A MOMENT OF ONE LANE PASSAGE ZONE.
AND SO IF CARS ARE COMING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, WHICH IS NOT COMMON, THEY WOULD HAVE TO NEGOTIATE THAT SPACE AND ONE WOULD HAVE TO YIELD OR GIVE PRIORITY TO THE OTHER DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION.
AND THIS AND THIS EXISTS FOR ABOUT ONE CAR'S LENGTH.
GOING OVER TO HERRIN STREET AROUND 1740. WE ARE PROPOSING TWO ADDITIONAL SPACES ON THE EAST SIDE.
AND SO THERE'S TWO WAY UNIMPEDED TRAFFIC. ALL THESE LOCATIONS WERE EVALUATED BY A COUPLE ENGINEERS, INCLUDING MYSELF, AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR FEASIBILITY, SUCH AS THE APPROPRIATE LENGTH FOR PARKING SPACE, SIGHTLINES, AND PROXIMITY TO ADJACENT DRIVEWAYS.
NONE OF THE PARKING SPACES WE ARE PROPOSING ARE YOU KNOW, WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER PARKING SPACES, STREET PARKING SPACES IN THE CITY. UNUSUAL. THESE ARE ALL IF THIS WERE IN ANOTHER STREET IN THE CITY, THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED PRETTY TYPICAL. MORE ON THE TRAFFIC CALMING BENEFITS OF THIS.
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF THAT ALREADY IN ACTION. EVERY TIME WE VISIT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY PARKED ON THE STREET IN A LEGAL OR ILLEGAL MANNER, WHETHER IT'S A MOVING TRUCK, A DELIVERY VEHICLE, A RESIDENCE VENDOR, OR A RESIDENCE OWNED VEHICLE BLOCKING THEIR OWN DRIVEWAY.
THIS IS ALSO A TRAFFIC CALMING BENEFIT WHERE IT SLOWS DOWN DRIVERS, REQUIRES NEGOTIATION.
THIS IS THIS IS VERY COMMON IN PRETTY MUCH EVERY CITY, INCLUDING REDONDO BEACH.
HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF THIS CONDITION ON TWO WAY STREETS IN CITIES AROUND OUR REGION.
THEY ALL HAVE TO NEGOTIATE AT SOME POINT USING DRIVEWAY APRONS OR EMPTY CURB SPACE TO GO AROUND.
IF THERE'S A IF THERE'S A DRIVER COMING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, WHICH USUALLY ISN'T VERY COMMON, THIS IS NOT THIS IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE.
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AS YOU CAN SEE ON THESE STREETS, THESE STREETS HAVE A LOT OF STREET PARKING AND NOT AND NOT AS MANY, NOT AS MUCH DRIVEWAY DENSITY AS THE GOLDEN HILLS.HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES IN REDONDO BEACH ITSELF.
DOW-JOHNSTON NEIGHBORHOOD, SPRECKELS LANE AVENUES A, B, AND C ALL HAVE THESE CONDITIONS WHERE THERE'S ONLY SPACE FOR ONE CAR TO PASS THROUGH UNIMPEDED. I THINK WHAT'S MORE, REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE AT EACH PROPOSED PARKING ZONE LOOKS A BIT LIKE THIS EXAMPLE OF A DELIVERY WE SEE ON MARSHALLFIELD. THAT'S ALSO A 28 FT WIDE STREET WITH PARKING ON ONE SIDE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT DELIVERY VAN STOPPING THERE TO MAKE A DELIVERY.
IN FACT, THE CITY HAS REMOVED A SELECT NUMBER OF SPACES IN ARTESIA IN THE PAST A YEAR, A YEAR OR TWO BASED ON RESIDENT REQUESTS AND VISIBILITY ANALYZES IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL PARKING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THE CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY DECLINED TO CONSIDER OR FURTHER STUDY DRIVEWAY PARKING PERMITS. SO THESE ARE PARKING PERMITS THAT LET YOU BLOCK YOUR OWN DRIVEWAY.
SO WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXPLORE THIS AS AN OPTION RIGHT NOW.
AND WE ALSO GOT REQUESTS FOR SPEED BUMPS ON STREETS IN THE GOLDEN HILLS.
UNFORTUNATELY, INDUSTRY STANDARDS DO NOT ALLOW FOR SPEED BUMPS TO BE PLACED ALONG DRIVEWAYS.
AND SINCE MOST OF THESE STREETS ARE DRIVEWAY APRON ACCESS, THERE AREN'T.
THERE AREN'T REALLY ANY SUITABLE LOCATIONS TO DO VERTICAL SPEED CONTROL ON THESE STREETS.
SO THAT CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION. OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADD THESE 11 ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES AT THESE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS, AND INSTALL THE APPROPRIATE STREET SWEEPING SIGNS AND CURB MARKINGS TO DELINEATE THE PARKING ZONES.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SHOULD WE OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? SURE. I HAVE I HAVE THREE CARDS, I'LL CALL THEM.
THE FIRST CARD I HAVE IS GARRETT'S. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS GARRETT WICKED. MY WIFE AND I ARE LONG TIME RESIDENTS ON DIXON STREET.
WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO OPPOSE THE ADDITION OF THREE PARKING SPACES AND THE ELIMINATION OF THE NON.
NO STOPPING AT ANY TIME ON THE EAST SIDE OF DIXON.
ALL FOR THE SAKE OF CALMING. WHICH IS NOTHING MORE THAN SLOWING DOWN TRAFFIC.
THE ENGINEERING INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT IS JUST COMMON SENSE.
A RECENT PHOTO OF THE WEST SIDE OF DIXON, FROM ITS LOW POINT TOWARD CARNEGIE, SHOWS TWO LEGALLY PARKED CARS AND ABOUT FOUR CARS PARKED IN DRIVEWAYS.
PRESENTLY. DIXON HAS 21FT OF ROAD FOR TWO WAY TRAFFIC.
WITH THE NEW PLAN, THERE WILL BE ROOM FOR ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC TO CHICANE OR S CURVE DOWN DIXON.
YES, THIS WILL SLOW TRAFFIC, BUT WHAT ABOUT CALMING? I DON'T THINK SO. THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE HAS WHAT'S CALLED THE 20 FT RULE, MEANING THAT ROADS SHOULD HAVE 20FT OF UNOBSTRUCTED ROADWAY FOR FIRE TRUCKS AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
PRESENTLY, DIXON STREET MEETS THIS REQUIREMENT.
THE NEW PLAN DOES NOT. MEANING THAT THE FIRE CHIEF WILL HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON THE RESTRICTED ROADWAY.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT WILL. HOWEVER, THIS IS ABOUT MORE THAN LEGAL PARKING PLACES.
DIXON AT TIMES IS A BUSY STREET WITH BACK PACKAGE DELIVERIES, UBERS PLUS THE NORMAL TRAFFIC, INCLUDING THE CROSS TRAFFIC BETWEEN AVIATION AND ARTESIA.
THIS IS NOT CALMING. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS ADDRESS AS CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE OF A DANGEROUS CONDITION UNDER CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 835. BY PROCEEDING WITH THIS STREET DESIGN, DESPITE EXPLICIT VERBAL AND WRITTEN WARNING, THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH EXPOSES ITSELF TO DIRECT LIABILITY AND FORFEITS STANDARD PUBLIC IMMUNITY SHOULD AN ACCIDENT OCCUR.
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WE URGE OUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND PUBLIC WORKS STAFF TO SUSPEND OR CANCEL THIS PROJECT AND MEET WITH THE AFFECTED RESIDENTS TO FIND ALTERNATE TRAFFIC CALMING SOLUTIONS THAT DO NOT COMPROMISE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY.THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SUBMIT THAT? YOU HELD UP THE PAPER. THIS HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.
OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS VALERIE.
HRUSCHKA. HI, I'M VALERIE HRUSCHKA. I LIVE AT 1726 HERRIN.
I'VE LIVED THERE FOR ABOUT 13 YEARS. I GUESS I JUST HAVE SOME PRACTICAL POINTS TO MAKE.
AND I SUPPORT THIS AGENDA ITEM ON HERRIN STREET RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE ONLY SIX SPOTS ON THE STREET.
THERE ARE 54 HOMES. I AVERAGED OUT THERE'S ABOUT THREE PEOPLE PER HOME.
THAT'S 162 PEOPLE AND SIX SPOTS. SO IF ANYBODY IN THOSE HOMES HAS A HIGH SCHOOLER THAT DRIVES OR A PARENT LIVING WITH THEM OR SOMEBODY ELSE IN THEIR HOME, THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THEM TO PARK THAT IS ON THEIR STREET. IF YOU HAVE GUESTS OVER OR INTEND TO HAVE A, SOME KIND OF A GATHERING, IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
AND WE FREQUENTLY FIND OURSELVES AGAIN. THESE ARE VERY PRACTICAL COMMENTS I'M MAKING.
WE SO COMMONLY FIND OURSELVES PARKING IN FRONT OF OR FRIENDS, DROPPING KIDS OFF OR DELIVERIES BEING MADE, PARKING IN FRONT OF SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY. AND THEN YOU COME OUTSIDE AND THERE'S A AMAZON DELIVERY TRUCK AND YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF YOUR HOUSE TO GET TO WHERE YOU NEED TO BE, OR YOU HAVE TO GO AWKWARDLY, ASK A NEIGHBOR TO ASK THEIR FRIEND TO MOVE THEIR CAR.
AND I THINK OPENING UP JUST A FEW MORE SPACES WOULD HELP ALLEVIATE THE AWKWARDNESS, THE SOCIAL AWKWARDNESS AND WOULD HELP CREATE A TIGHTER BOND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH I THINK IS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL FOR LONG STAY, LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR CITY AND STREETS AND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE TRY AND GARNER. AND I WOULD SAY AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES ON THESE STREETS, IT IS VERY QUIET.
AND IF YOU DO, IT'S. IT SEEMS RELATIVELY EASY, WHICH I CAN SAY, GIVEN THAT MOST OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE TRAVERSE AND TAKE OUR KIDS AND IN TORRANCE, HERMOSA, MANHATTAN, WE ARE CONSTANTLY FINDING THIS.
AND BEFORE YOU TURN, YOU JUST LOOK UP THE STREET AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMEONE THERE AND TAKE A MOMENT AND PAUSE AND WAVE. AGAIN, I THINK IT'S KIND OF NICE FOR COMMUNITY BUILDING.
YOU PAUSE AND WAVE AND LET PEOPLE GO BY. AND SO I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF 1726 HERRIN AND MY FAMILY TO SUPPORT THIS AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE FINAL CARD THAT I HAVE IS, AND FOR THE RECORD, THERE'S NO HANDS RAISED ON ZOOM EITHER. THE FINAL CARD IS GINA.
IF YOU COULD SAY YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
GINA ESPOSITO, 1733 DIXON. I'M IN SUPPORT OF MY NEIGHBORS FOR OPPOSING THE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPOTS ON DIXON STREET, ESPECIALLY AT 1732. I LIVE AT 1733. I'VE GOT ONE PARKING SPOT IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH OF ME, AND IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. AND IT IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION TO HAVE TO BACK OUT OF THAT DRIVEWAY, SINGLE LANE DRIVEWAY EVERY DAY.
I HATE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN TO MY NEIGHBORS AT 1732 BECAUSE I WILL ALSO BE BACKING TOWARDS THEM WHEN I GET OUT, SO IT'S MAKING AN UNSAFE CONDITION FOR ME, EVEN UNSAFER I RECOGNIZE THAT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS DON'T LIVE THERE, BUT THIS IS THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT AND VERY UNSAFE SITUATION.
SO I PREFER NOT TO MAKE IT WORSE. SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE CARDS THAT I HAVE.
OH, OKAY. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. ANY COMMENTS? I THINK YOUR COMMISSIONER MIC. THANK YOU. SO WE IN A PREVIOUS COMMISSION MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT MEYER TAKING OUT THE CENTER LANE THERE. HAS THAT HAPPENED? YES. WE REMOVED THE CENTER LINE ON MEYER. AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THAT WERE MEYER DOES HAVE A HIGHER AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, NOT QUITE TO THE LEVEL TO REQUIRE CENTER LINE, BUT WE DID RECEIVE REPORTS OF HIT AND RUNS DUE TO PEOPLE HITTING PARKED CARS.
SURE, SURE. SO I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, SO HOW'S MEYER DOING? WE HAVEN'T HEARD TOO MANY COMPLAINTS SINCE THEN.
OKAY. HAS THERE BEEN A PARKING STUDY DONE OR A SPEED STUDY ON THESE STREETS AT ALL? NO, WE HAVEN'T DONE A SPEED STUDY OR A PARKING STUDY, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST THE BASIC NATURE OF SEVERE LACK OF STREET PARKING IN THESE STREETS. I THINK WE WERE JUST TRYING TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO ADD PARKING WHERE IT MADE SENSE.
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ANECDOTALLY, WHEN YOU'RE ON THESE STREETS AND YOU'VE BEEN AROUND THEM, HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT THE LIMITED AVAILABLE PARKING IS.THERE'S PARKING THE CARS THERE OR IS THERE OPEN SPACES OR WHAT ARE YOUR GENERAL OBSERVATIONS? THERE ARE ALWAYS DELIVERY CARS PARKED IN FRONT OF DRIVEWAYS, PEOPLE PARKED IN FRONT OF THEIR OWN DRIVEWAYS.
IT'S IT'S YOU'RE ALWAYS HAVING TO EITHER CHICANE, YOU KNOW, MOVE AROUND A PARKED CAR OR NEGOTIATE WITH SOMEONE WHO'S COMING THE OTHER DIRECTION IF THAT EVER OCCURS. SO THAT HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE TIME WE GO THERE.
AND IN THE EXAMPLES THAT WE SHOWED YOU THOSE GOOGLE STREET VIEW IMAGERY.
IT WASN'T HARD TO FIND THAT EVEN WHEN THE CAR WAS GOING BY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. YEAH, YOU SAID RYAN, YOU SAID THIS CAME IN THROUGH COUNCIL MEMBER FROM THE 4TH DISTRICT.
WAS THIS LIKE SOMETHING THAT THE ENGINEERING JUST DEPARTMENT JUST SAW AN OPPORTUNITY AND SO WE PROPOSED IT AND DID THE PEAK, THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S INTEREST. WE REACHED OUT TO THE, TO COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI DISTRICT 4 TO SEE HOW HE WANTED TO HANDLE THIS, THE SITUATION. AND HE RECOMMENDED THAT WE BRING IT TO THE COMMISSION.
I'M GUESSING NOTICE WENT OUT TO HUNDREDS OF HOMES OR MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, 100 HOMES? AT LEAST. I WOULD SAY ABOUT 100. OUT OF 100. WE'VE GOT A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF FOLKS AGAINST IT.
BUT I WOULD TAKE THEN THE FOLKS WHO DIDN'T RESPOND AS CONCURRENCE? I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T SHOW UP OR SEND A COMMENT, BUT MOST OF THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED WERE AGAINST.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DID RECEIVE THE NUMBER OF COMMENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA.
I MEAN, GENERALLY SPEAKING, MORE PARKING SEEMS TO BE A POPULAR CONCEPT, RIGHT? I TAKE IT? YES. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW. IN MY EXPERIENCE, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM A CITYWIDE PERSPECTIVE, I THINK WHERE WE CAN REGAIN PARKING SPACES, THAT'S WHERE WE STRIVE TO, TO DO SO.
AND BECAUSE WE RECENTLY SLURRIED THESE STREETS AND NO LONGER NEEDED TO PUT IN THE CENTER LINE AGAIN.
THIS WAS. WE FELT LIKE IT WAS AN EASY, QUICK WIN TO INTRODUCE SOME MORE PARKING.
AND MY LAST TWO COMMENTS, TWO MORE COMMENTS. ONE IS FIRE DEPARTMENT.
HAVE THEY GIVEN ANY FEEDBACK ON IT? NO, THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN ANY FEEDBACK.
BUT WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER STREET IN REDONDO.
SO ALL OF OUR ONE WAY STREETS HAVE ABOUT A 12 TO 13 FT ONE WAY LANE.
AND THIS IS, THIS IS A COMMON THING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ACTUALLY. ALL RIGHT.
COOL. COMMISSIONER SIMPSON. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
THANK YOU. WHAT'S THE AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC ON FORD VERSUS THE OTHER STREETS? I DON'T HAVE THAT EXACT NUMBER, BUT FORD IS DEFINITELY MUCH HIGHER AS IT SERVES AS A COLLECTOR STREET FOR THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, SINCE IT HAS A SIGNAL AT BOTH ARTESIA AND AVIATION.
BUT STILL WITHIN THE ACCEPTABLE LIMITS OF NOT HAVING A CENTER LINE STRIPED? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL LOOK AT ONCE WHEN FORD IS UP FOR SLURRY OR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A STREET THAT WE WOULD REEVALUATE. SO FOR EXAMPLE RIPLEY AVENUE, WE ARE GOING TO REINSTALL THAT CENTER LINE AS THAT STREET IS REPAVED.
BUT FORD IS PROBABLY ANOTHER STREET WOULD WE WOULD EVALUATE WHEN THAT TIME COMES.
BUT BASED ON TRAFFIC COUNTS ON ALL OF THESE OTHER STREETS BASED, YOU KNOW, ON OUR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE THERE'S NOT 5 OR 6000 VEHICLES TRAVELING EACH DAY, WHICH IS, WHICH IS THE THRESHOLD TO RECOMMEND A CENTER LINE.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. I MEAN, I DO PLAN TO INTEND TO MAKE A MOTION TO AGREE TO RECOMMEND GO TO RECOMMEND THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO I DON'T KNOW THE WORDS ESCAPING ME, BUT TO SUPPORT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW IT, THE BEAUTY OF PARKING IS IT CAN BE DYNAMIC, RIGHT? IF WE RESTORE THESE PARKING SPACES AND IN THE LONG RUN, IT REALLY DOES TURN OUT TO BE PROBLEMATIC OR WHATEVER RED CURB OR OTHER PARKING RESTRICTIONS CAN BE MADE TO REVERSE IT IN THE FUTURE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S WORTH A SHOT TO PROVIDE EXTRA PARKING TO THE COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME, KNOWING THAT IT COULD CHANGE IN THE FUTURE. YEAH, WE ALWAYS HAVE AN OPEN DOOR.
WHEN ANYONE WANTS TO REQUEST RED CURB OR EVALUATION, WE CAN ALWAYS DO THAT.
CORRECT. SHOULD WE SHOULD WE DO IT FOR ALL BUT FORD OR SHOULD WE? FORD IS NOT UNDER CONSIDERATION HERE. IT'S NOT UNDER CONSIDERATION. YEAH.
SO I'LL WAIT TILL EVERYONE ELSE'S COMMENTS ARE DONE, YOU KNOW.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, I WILL INTRODUCE A MOTION TO SUPPORT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS ITEM.
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AND THAT'S RECOMMEND STAFF ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES ON REED, DIXON, HERRIN AND WOLLACOTT STREETS AND INSTALL APPROPRIATE STREET SWEEPING SIGNS AND CURB MARKINGS TO DELINEATE PARKING ZONES. THAT'S CORRECT.YEAH. I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL IN FAVOR? YOU WANNA DO A ROLL CALL? I'LL DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE FOR THIS ONE. UNLESS YOU WANT TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN.
THAT'S UP TO YOU. SURE. IF. I CAN OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SURE. HI, I'M ANNA SHAPIRO AND I HAVE LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD QUITE SOME TIME.
MY HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1947. I HAVE A VERY NARROW DRIVEWAY AND BY PUTTING TWO SPACES IN FRONT OF MY RESIDENCE, IT WILL ACTUALLY REDUCE MY ACCESS AND EGRESS TO THAT DRIVEWAY SEVERELY.
SO IF YOU PLAN TO IN ADVANCE, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
I HAVE ASKED FOR A REPORT. YES, THERE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON OUR STREET.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A TWO WAY. SO SUDDENLY YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT AN ACCESS ROAD.
BASICALLY, YOU HAVE TO GIVE ACCESS TO THE OTHER DRIVER.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF REPORTS WERE DONE.
I'VE ASKED FOR THE REPORTS PLEASE. WHAT TYPE OF TRAFFIC HAVE YOU SEEN IN THAT AREA.
HAVE YOU BOTHERED TO LOOK? HAVE YOU MEASURED THE DRIVEWAY? SO THE COMMENT SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE COMMISSION.
YES, TO THE COMMISSION AND THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
CORRECT. BUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSIONERS I UNDERSTAND I APOLOGIZE.
SO YES, I NEED TO HAVE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE PROBLEMATIC, AND I NEED TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF TRAFFIC REPORTS HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY DONE TO PROVE THAT THIS 11 SPACES NEEDS TO BE DONE. IT'S GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM WHEN THERE'S ACTUALLY PARKING RIGHT ON ARTESIA AND IT'S NEVER BEEN USED.
IT'S NOT EVER FULL. YEAH. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ.
NO, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS. IS. HOLD ON. ARE YOU ARE YOU STILL? NOPE. OKAY. I'M DONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.
WE'VE SEEN SOME OTHER EXAMPLES FROM OUR AREA.
YOU KNOW, OTHER CITIES, EVEN LARGE CITIES LIKE LOS ANGELES, YOU DO SEE THIS AS VERY COMMON PLACES TO HAVE, YOU KNOW THE SITUATION THAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE.
IS IT UNCOMMON FOR DRIVERS TO EXPERIENCE THIS IN A NUMBER OF STREETS.
YEAH. AND I THINK WHEN. WHEN YOU CAME IN, YOU ROLLED IN A LITTLE BIT LATE, RYAN HAD REVIEWED SOME OF THOSE STATISTICS THAT YOU HAD WENT OVER REGARDING THE PARKING AND THE SPACES AND THE, AND THE NEED AND THE GUIDELINES FOR.
YEAH. WITHIN THE CITY. YEAH. SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO I WILL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. SURE. COMMISSIONER SIMPSON.
AYE. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ. AYE. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI.
AYE. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. AYE. CHAIR ARRATA.
AYE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO. J.2.
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING SETTING THE FUTURE REGULAR MEETING CALENDAR AND POTENTIALLY CHANGING THE START TIME OF THE PUBLIC WORKS, SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MEETINGS.
SO I'LL KICK OFF THIS ITEM. HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE ADMIN REPORT ON THIS ONE.
AS YOU'LL NOTICE TODAY YOU'RE DOWN A COMMISSIONER, RIGHT? COMMISSIONER TSAO IS NO LONGER ON THE COMMISSION.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WITH THE NEW ORDINANCE THAT WAS ADOPTED IN NOVEMBER, RIGHT? THERE'S A VERY STRICT THREE ABSENCE WITHIN A 12-MONTH ROLLING PERIOD REQUIREMENT, RIGHT.
SO THERE'S NO LEEWAY OR WIGGLE ROOM ON THAT. SO IF YOU MISS THREE MEETINGS WITHIN THAT 12 MONTH ROLLING PERIOD, YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY OFF THE COMMISSION. THAT HAS BECOME AN ISSUE WITH NOT JUST HERE BUT OTHER COMMISSIONS AS WELL.
SO WE'VE BEEN TASKED THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER TO KIND OF TALK TO OUR COMMISSIONS ABOUT MEETING FREQUENCY AND TRY TO GAUGE THE INTEREST OF, OF THE COMMISSIONERS ON YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW OFTEN? IF THE MONTHLY MEETINGS ARE TOO BURDENSOME, SHOULD WE SWITCH TO A BIMONTHLY PROCESS, OR SHOULD WE GO TO A QUARTERLY MEETING?
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AT THIS POINT WE'RE TRYING TO HEAR FROM ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ON, ON THEIR THOUGHTS.WE CAN PACKAGE THOSE THOUGHTS TOGETHER IN A MEMO AND SUBMIT THAT TO THE CITY MANAGER.
SO THAT IS UP TO UP FOR DISCUSSION FOR THE COMMISSION IF YOU LIKE 7:00 WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE AT 7:00 AND START AT 07:00, BUT IF YOU GUYS PREFER TO START EARLIER AT 6:00 6:30, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS CAN DIRECT THROUGH A MOTION AND WE CAN MEMORIALIZE THAT AND HAVE THAT GOING FORWARD. COMMISSIONER SIMPSON.
I THINK 7:00 IS A PERFECT TIME, BUT THEN AGAIN, I'M ONLY GOING TO BE HERE FOR ONE MORE MEETING, SO IT PROBABLY DOESN'T REALLY MATTER THAT MUCH WHAT I THINK.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE NEW POLICY IS THAT THREE IS IT UNEXCUSED ABSENCES OR JUST THREE ABSENCES? THREE ABSENCES. SO EVEN IF YOU EMAILED THE CITY CLERK AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE AND.
CORRECT. THERE'S NO MORE EXCUSED ABSENCES. CORRECT.
GOT IT. WHICH IS WHY POTENTIALLY IT'S THREE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS.
RIGHT. SO IF YOU GO BIMONTHLY THEN. CORRECT. SO IT'S ANYTHING THAT IS ACTUALLY SCHEDULED.
RIGHT. SO IT'S ONLY SCHEDULED REGULAR MEETINGS THAT THAT COUNT TOWARDS THAT.
SO. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. I THINK ALSO FOR CLARIFICATION, THOSE SPECIAL MEETINGS ALSO DO NOT COUNT.
CORRECT. TOWARDS YOUR ATTENDANCE? JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR.
SO HERMOSA BEACH DOES BIMONTHLY. AND SINCE IF WE WEREN'T HAVING THIS DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW, WE'D BE DONE AT THE 35TH MINUTE, YOU KNOW, AND I IN THE REPORT, IT WAS TALKING ABOUT OUR TIMES LATELY.
THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY QUICK, YOU KNOW, AND SO IT MAKES SENSE TO ME TO GROUP THEM.
AND, YOU KNOW, HERMOSA BEACH, THEY GO TWO HOURS TYPICALLY.
I THINK THEY START AT 6:00, USUALLY DONE AT 8:00, 08:30.
MY ONLY CAUTION IS THAT THAT MEANS THERE'S ITEMS THAT COULD TAKE TWO MONTHS TO COME UP TO US, RIGHT? VERSUS A MONTH. I GUESS THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE COULDN'T CALL A SPECIAL MEETING, RIGHT? CORRECT. BUT I GENERALLY AM THINKING ABOUT OUR HISTORY OVER THE LAST YEAR.
I'M GENERALLY IN FAVOR OF THIS. I GUESS ALSO IN THE SPIRIT OF, YOU KNOW, BEING A LITTLE DYNAMIC, IF WE DO SWITCH THEM TO BIMONTHLY MEETINGS, AND THEN WE START TRENDING UPWARDS, WHERE THE MEETINGS START TO BECOME VERY, VERY LONG. I GUESS AT THAT POINT, WE CAN ALWAYS, AS A COMMISSION, MAKE A MOTION AND AGREE TO GO BACK TO A MONTHLY MEETING IF IT WERE NEEDED. THE WAY THE ORDINANCE READS RIGHT NOW IS THE COMMISSIONS SHALL MEET MONTHLY.
RIGHT. AND THEN UNLESS THERE'S UNLESS YOU MEET ONE OF THE CANCELLATION REQUIREMENTS.
RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY WHEN WE CANCEL MEETINGS, WE ALWAYS ADJOURN TO THE NOT.
WE ADJOURN TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING THAT'S SCHEDULED.
RIGHT. THAT'S THE WAY WE CANCEL THE NEXT MEETING.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE WAY WE WOULD WOULD HANDLE THAT.
QUARTERLY IF THE COMMISSION RATHER DO QUARTERLY.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN PUT IN A MEMO TO THAT WOULD TAKE MORE OF AN ORDINANCE CHANGE.
THEY BRIEFLY SPOKE ABOUT IT ON THURSDAY AND THEY'RE INTERESTED IN GOING QUARTERLY.
SO I THINK THE CITY MANAGER'S KIND OF LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE KIND OF MAXIMIZING AND OPTIMIZING, YOU KNOW, YOUR TIME, STAFF TIME, AND IT'S USEFUL TIME FOR, FOR EVERYBODY.
YEAH. I HAVE A QUESTION. HAVE YOU? HAS THE AGENDAS GOTTEN LIGHTER OVER THE YEARS? AND IF SO, THE REASON WHY IT GETS LIGHTER? I STARTED WORKING HERE.
THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE REASON. OKAY, SO THINGS GOT KNOCKED OUT. SO PREVIOUSLY HIS PREDECESSOR, WE WERE ABLE TO CANCEL FOR LACK OF BUSINESS. SO PRIOR TO DURING COVID AND DURING COVID TIMES, THERE WAS THE ABILITY FOR STAFF TO ACTUALLY CANCEL FOR LACK OF BUSINESS THAT HAS GONE AWAY.
AND SO WE'RE VERY OFTEN STRUGGLING TO FIND REGULAR BUSINESS FOR YOU GUYS.
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FOR THE COMMISSION. SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT HAS CHANGED.ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE ONLY GOING TO BE HERE FOR HALF AN HOUR. IT'S A LOT TO CALL YOU GUYS DOWN HERE.
FOR, FOR ONLY ONE ITEM TO REALLY DISCUSS. SO WE DID TAKE A LOOK AT THE CALENDAR.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW, TO KNOW THAT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH EVEN A QUARTERLY REQUEST.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD BE INTERESTED IN.
AND SO IF WE WENT TO A QUARTERLY SYSTEM OR CALENDAR, THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT.
WITH THE CAVEAT, LIKE YOU SAID ABOUT CALLING FOR SPECIAL MEETINGS WHEN BUSINESS ARISES.
SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR. IF YOU WANT TO GO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
BECAUSE LIKE WE SAID, THERE'S THAT, THAT HARD THREE ABSENCES AND YOU'RE OUT.
SO THAT'S IN YOUR AGENDA IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE DATES.
IN PARTICULAR, WE LOOK AT DECEMBER AS TYPICALLY CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY.
AND THEN IT'S A SPECIAL MEETING THAT WE HOST.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'D HAVE A JUNE AND AUGUST MEETING AS WELL.
JUST SO YOU KIND OF PLAN YOUR VACATIONS AND SUCH.
QUARTERLY, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE DATES, IT'S OCTOBER, JANUARY, APRIL AND JULY.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT YOU'RE BEING REQUESTED OF, AND THAT WE'VE TAKEN THAT INTO CONSIDERATION IN BOTH OF THESE CASES SO. TO YOUR POINT, WE'VE ALREADY, WE ALREADY CANCELED TWO, RIGHT? THE MEMORIAL DAY AND THEN WE COMBINE NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.
WE'VE CANCELED ANOTHER ONE, USUALLY RANDOMLY.
SO ALREADY A KIND OF NINE. WE'RE. YEAH, I THINK THE LAST YEAR WE WERE AT EIGHT.
YEAH. WITHIN THE 12 MONTHS. SO TWO LESS MEETINGS IS GOOD.
BUT WE'RE THESE ARE THE HOURS AND THE MINUTES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
SO YOU MAY WANT TO CONDENSE A LITTLE MORE. MAKE IT WORTH YOUR TIME.
I SUPPORT CONDENSING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE QUARTERLY OR BIMONTHLY.
I KIND OF LIKE THAT BIMONTHLY IDEA AS WELL. I THINK I LIKE THE BIMONTHLY.
DO YOU FEEL THAT QUARTERLY WOULD YOU RECOMMENDED WOULD ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF THE? I'LL SAY THIS, WE DON'T HAVE ANY REGULAR BUSINESS FOR NEXT MONTH, AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING ON THE HORIZON FOR AUGUST.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE REALLY CAN GO LESS IF.
BUT IT'S UP TO YOU HOW OFTEN YOU WANT TO BE HERE AS WELL, AND YOUR COMMITMENT AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE COMMITTING TO THAT AS WELL. WE'RE COMMITTED TO COMING.
BUT JUST, JUST KNOW, WE'LL PROBABLY BE RECOMMENDING CANCELING AUGUST.
SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER AT THIS POINT. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI.
I DON'T HAVE A DOG. IT'S MY LAST MEETING. THIS IS YOUR LAST MEETING TOO? IT IS MY LAST MEETING. I KNOW IT'S DEVASTATING.
IT'S ALREADY. YOUR FACE IS SO. TRYING TO TALK.
NO, I'M TERMED OUT, SO I'LL LET YOU GUYS. YES ME TOO.
THIS IS MY LAST MEETING, TOO. I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN.
WELL, I THINK WE WANTED TO ASK THIS COMMISSION BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, AND YOU GUYS KNOW THE PACE AND THE RHYTHM. AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT. YOU CAN TURN YOUR MIC ON. CANDACE. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI.
IF YOU COULD TURN ON YOUR. OKAY. OKAY. I DO SEE THE VALUE IN MEETING FREQUENTLY BECAUSE THE MEETINGS START TO GET LONG. PEOPLE GET CHECKED OUT.
AND I ALSO FEEL LIKE I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR FOR PEOPLE TO WAIT IN THE AUDIENCE WHEN, LIKE, THE AGENDA IS VERY LONG AND THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF NEIGHBORS FOR THESE TYPES OF AGENDA ITEMS. SO I WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF MEETING MORE FREQUENTLY, JUST BEING RESPECTFUL OF THE COMMUNITY'S TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE SITTING IN THE
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AUDIENCE AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO LEAVE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE UPSET, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE YELLING AT YOU. BUT THAT'S JUST ME. BUT YOU COULD ALWAYS DO AD HOC, TOO. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I GUESS YOU GUYS CAN PLAY IT BY EAR.I KIND OF CONCUR WITH, I THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A FREQUENT, SO MAYBE LIKE A BIMONTHLY, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT, EVEN IF IT'S BIMONTHLY AND YOU DON'T SEE ANY BUSINESS FOR THE NEXT ONE, THEN WE COULD ALWAYS CANCEL THE NEXT SCHEDULED ONE OR CREATE A SPECIAL MEETING IF NEEDED. I LIKE THAT. OR IF YOU KNOW THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO GENERATE LIKE A LOT MORE INTEREST, MAYBE PUT IT LIKE SCHEDULE MORE THAN ONE. SO IT'S NOT TOO LONG.
I DON'T KNOW, IT'S HARD. IT'S HARD TO TELL WHAT'S OF INTEREST.
YEAH. SO YEAH, I ALSO DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO BE HEMMING AND HAWING IN YOUR OFFICES ABOUT, OH, WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING TO. RIGHT? I DON'T WANT THAT TO TAKE TIME UP ALSO.
I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY MAKE THE MOST SENSE AT THIS POINT.
AND WE CAN ADJUST ACCORDINGLY. WELL, I'M STILL THINKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE HONESTLY, I MEAN, IF THEY HAVE NOTHING FOR NEXT MONTH, SO IT'S EVERY OTHER MONTH, I UNDERSTAND THE FREQUENCY, BUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO LET US CALL A SPECIAL MEETING AND I MEAN, HOW DO YOU ALL FEEL ABOUT QUARTERLY AND BUDGET COMMITTEES DURING THE QUARTERLY, AND THEY HAVE A LOT ON THEIR PLATE.
WE HAVE. I MEAN, WE'RE SAFETY, PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND I KIND OF AGREE WITH THAT. YEAH. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI.
LIKE I PREFER THE A LITTLE BIT MORE FREQUENT JUST TO KEEP THE BUSINESS HANDLED.
AND ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, THE MEETINGS ARE ALSO AT A REASONABLE LENGTH.
YEAH. OKAY. SO WE'LL GO FOR BIMONTHLY. SHOULD WE DO A MOTION? SOMEBODY. WE'RE JUST THROWING THEM OUT THERE. WE'RE NOT. MEETING.
NOT FUTURE MEETINGS. WE'RE JUST. YES. YEAH. OKAY.
YEAH. WE'RE GATHERING FEEDBACK. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY.
SO. DO WE NEED A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION? I JUST, I THINK CHATTING IT UP, I MEAN, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION THAT THE INTENTION THAT THAT BE THE PREFERENCE.
OKAY. I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT THE PREFERENCE OF THE COMMISSION WOULD BE TO GO TO A BIMONTHLY.
THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION. WE'LL SEE HOW IT PANS OUT WITH THE VOTE. OKAY. THAT'S THE MOTION. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND IT. YEAH. OKAY. SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. HOW ABOUT THE TIME? IS THERE ANY THOUGHTS ON TIME OF THE MEETING? I THINK PERSONALLY, I THINK I LIKE 7:00 GIVES A CHANCE TO GET A BITE BEFORE THE MEETING AND AFTER WORK.
THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. SO THEN ALSO TO LEAVE THE MEETING START TIME AS IS.
YES. OKAY, SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. I'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
COMMISSIONER SIMPSON. AYE. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ.
AYE. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI. AYE. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
AYE. CHAIR ARRATA. AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, MOVING ON TO K.
[K. COMMISSION REFERRALS TO STAFF]
COMMISSION REFERRALS TO STAFF. I WANT TO THANK, SINCE THIS WILL BE YOUR LAST MEETING NOW WITH THAT THAT MOTION LIKELY, I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER SIMPSON AND COMMISSIONER NAFISSI FOR YOUR TIME AS YOU'RE LEAVING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S BEEN A JOY WORKING WITH YOU.ALSO ANECDOTALLY I HAVE I HAVE TWO YOUNG KIDS AND THEY'RE IN THE PARKS A LOT AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INCIDENTS WITH E-BIKES AND KIDS ON E-BIKES RUNNING AROUND GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO SOME OF THESE KIDS AND A KID ON AN E-BIKE. IF THEY HIT A TWO YEAR OLD, IT COULD KILL IT.
AND I'VE SEEN, I'VE SEEN IT GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO WHERE IT'S MADE CONCERN.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF THESE MOMS, AND IT'S A CONSISTENT CONCERN THAT THAT RUNS AROUND.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT SOME POINT US TALK WITH THE POLICE OR HAVE SOME KIND OF DISCUSSION RELATIVE TO SOME LEVEL OF AN ORDINANCE OR ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES, REPORTING PROCEDURES, SOMETHING THAT KIND OF, WE COULD GET THIS DISCUSSION GOING MORE BECAUSE IT'S FREQUENT, FRANKLY, A LOT OF THE KIDS ARE NOT VERY RESPECTFUL WHEN YOU'RE LIKE, COULD YOU PLEASE, YOU KNOW, GET AWAY FROM THE KIDS A LITTLE BIT?
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AND THE PARK SHOULD BE ENJOYED BY ALL, BY ALL MEANS.I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN SPACE, BUT IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING TO ME A LOT MORE ABOUT AND SOMETHING I NOTICE. SO I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO HAVE STAFF AT SOME POINT ADDRESS THIS IN SOME MANNER.
AND IT'S SPECIFIC TO E-BIKES IN THE PARKS. IN THE PARKS. CORRECT.
THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY ACTION ON HERE, RIGHT? THIS WAS JUST STAFF REFERRAL. ONLY IF IT'S IF IT'S AN ITEM WE'RE TRYING TO AGENDIZE.
IT WOULD REQUIRE A MOTION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE CLARIFICATION.
DIRECTOR WINJE. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE RECOMMENDATION AND RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGE.
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS COMMENTED SEVERAL TIMES ON THE CHALLENGE WITH E-BIKE ENFORCEMENT WAITING FOR THE STATE TO DO SOMETHING LIMITED WHAT THEY CAN DO, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY ASK THE CHIEF IF HE'S GOT A PRESENTATION HE CAN PROVIDE TO YOU ALL TAILORED TO PARKS OR EVEN MORE BROADLY TO THE CHALLENGE OF E-BIKES ON THE CITY STREETS AS WELL AS IN THE PARKS.
I THINK WE'VE GIVEN A PRESENTATION LIKE THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOU ALL.
WE CAN CERTAINLY ASK SOMEBODY FROM THAT DEPARTMENT TO COME PRESENT TO YOU IN THE COMING MONTHS.
THANK YOU. YEAH. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE COMMISSIONER ANDERSON YOURS ARE MORE LIKE SPECIFIC TO PLAYGROUNDS, RIGHT? YEAH, THE KIDS ARE IN THE PLAYGROUND AREA AND THE BIKES ARE WANTING TO.
THERE'S PATHS THAT I'M YOU KNOW, THIS IS ANDERSON PARK.
THIS IS DALE PARK WHERE I'M SEEING THIS. AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S JUST A TOO TIGHT OF SPACE, FRANKLY, YOU KNOW. COMMISSIONER NAFISSI. SO NO REFERRALS, BUT SENDING A GIANT THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU GUYS FOR ALL OF THE REFERRALS THAT I'VE SENT YOUR WAYS AND ALL THE EMAILS AND ALL OF THE EXTRA FOLLOW UP THAT WE HAD AFTER MEETINGS.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION AS LONG AS I HAVE, AND I'M HONORED TO BE A COMMISSIONER IN THIS CITY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHO FEELS MY SEAT AND HOPE THAT THEY DO IT JUSTICE. BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU CANDACE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BAJAJ.
NO, JUST TO ECHO, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
IT WAS A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH COMMISSIONER NAFISSI AND COMMISSIONER SIMPSON.
I'VE BEEN SITTING NEXT TO HIM FOR SIX YEARS NOW, SO I'LL BE I'LL BE MISSING MY NEIGHBOR, YOU KNOW.
BUT YEAH, THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE TIME AND THE, THE CONTRIBUTION TO THIS AND THEN TO THE STAFF.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF CHANGES THROUGH OUR CITY RIGHT NOW, AND YOU GUYS ARE DEFINITELY CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE A LITTLE BIT AND MAYBE PUSHING THE ENVELOPE, BUT I LIKE IT. I THINK, YOU KNOW WE'RE SEEING SOME MIXED REVIEWS, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THESE ARE ALL LIKE REALLY GOOD EFFECTIVE CHANGES THAT, THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME MEANINGFUL IMPACT OUT THERE.
I HAVE BEEN ON SERVED ON THREE COMMISSIONS WITH HER.
AND SO. IT'S A LOT. YEAH, WE HAVE BEEN ON A LOT OF COMMISSIONS TOGETHER.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU. I'LL BE ON THE OTHER SIDE. YEAH. WE WILL DEFINITELY MISS YOU. OKAY.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. YES. OKAY. IF WE TALKING ABOUT THE ADJOURNMENT.
OH. SO AT THIS TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY REGULAR BUSINESS FOR SEPTEMBER. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT BEFORE WE ADJOURN.
IT WOULD BE OCTOBER 26TH. SOUNDS GOOD. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO OCTOBER 26TH.
SECOND. OKAY. AND BEFORE WE FINALIZE, THANK YOU FROM THE STAFF SIDE.
THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER NAFISSI. THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER SIMPSON. IT TAKES TIME.
IT'S VOLUNTEER WORK. WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
SO WE DO TAKE YOUR TIME SERIOUSLY AND WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE DONE FOR THE COMMISSION, FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU. SO THE NEXT MEETING OF THE REDONDO.
IF YOU JUST DO WANT TO DO A VOICE VOTE FOR BECAUSE WE DID IT, THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND, BUT WE DIDN'T TAKE A VOTE. OH, I DIDN'T ADJOURN IT YET, THOUGH. OKAY. OKAY.
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ON OCTOBER. WHAT WAS IT? 26. OCTOBER 26TH IN THE REDONDO BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 415 DIAMOND STREET, REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA. CAN I GET A SECOND? THE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.