Sep 01, 2026 City Council

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TO ORDER THE CLOSED SESSION, ADJOURN REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

[A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER]

PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.

HERE. MAYOR LIGHT. HERE. DO WE HAVE ANY BLUE FOLDER ITEMS? ADDITIONAL BACKUP MATERIALS FOR THE CLOSED SESSION? THERE ARE NO BLUE FOLDER ITEMS FOR CLOSED SESSION.

OKAY, THERE IS NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS AND NON-AGENDA ITEMS? THERE ARE NO PARTICIPANTS ON ZOOM AND NO ECOMMENTS.

OKAY, COULD YOU READ OVER E.1 TO E.3 THE ITEMS WILL BE TALKING IN CLOSED SESSION?

[E. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION]

COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING CLOSED SESSION ITEMS, E.1 CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR REGARDING THE PROPERTY PORTIONS OF REDONDO BEACH MARINA PARKING LOT AND SEASIDE LAGOON PORTIONS OF APN NUMBER 7503-029-900 AND 7503-029-903. ITEM E.2 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, EXISTING LITIGATION REGARDING THE CASE OF CALIFORNIANS FOR HOME OWNERSHIP, INC. VERSUS THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH.

CASE NUMBER 26STCP02197 AND ITEM E.3. E.3. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, EXISTING LITIGATION REGARDING THE CASE OF GALAXY HOLDING LLC AND CALIFORNIANS FOR HOME OWNERSHIP, INC.

VERSUS THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH AND DOES 1 THROUGH TEN, INCLUSIVE.

CASE NUMBER 26STCP02642. OKAY, AND CITY MANAGER WITZANSKY, WHO WILL BE SPEAKING TO THESE ITEMS, PLEASE? YES. THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR ALL ITEMS MYSELF, CITY ATTORNEY JOY FORD AND ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY CHERYL PARK.

FOR ITEM E.1 WE WILL HAVE LUKE SMUDE, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, JOIN US FOR ITEMS E.2 AND E.3 WE WILL HAVE MARC WEINER, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND OUR OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL ON THE MATTERS KIANA AMIRI-DAVANI.

OKAY. THANK YOU. COULD I GET A MOTION TO RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION.

MOVE TO RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION. SECOND. MOTION A SECOND.

ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY, RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION.

WE'LL BE BACK ON OR ABOUT 6:00 TO REPORT OUT ANY REPORTABLE ITEMS AND TO START THE OPEN SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER.

[F. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION]

CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.

PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.

HERE. MAYOR LIGHT. HERE. THANK YOU. SO NOTHING TO DISCLOSE, NO REPORTABLE ACTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. COULD I GET A MOTION TO RECONVENE TO THE OPEN SESSION? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY, I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.

HERE. MAYOR LIGHT. HERE. IF WE HAVE ANY VETERANS OR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR SERVICE RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. NOBODY. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, LET US ALL STAND FOR THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG AND REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

I'D LIKE TO CALL UP KENDRICK, WHO WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE TODAY.

KENDRICK. THE FLOOR IS ALL YOURS. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS KENDRICK. I'M AN EIGHTH GRADER AT PIERCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND MY FAVORITE SUBJECT IS HISTORY.

MICROPHONE. OH, SORRY IT WASN'T ON. OH, I LOVE THE INTERNATIONAL BOARDWALK AND BEING A SEA CADET 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.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT INVOCATION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED. WELL DONE.

GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB, WELL DONE. GREAT JOB. WELL DONE.

VERY LOUD. YOU WANT TO STAND UP HERE AND GET A PICTURE WITH US? YOU CAN STAND UP AND GET. THANK YOU. YOU CAN BE IN IT TOO, IF YOU WANT.

AND DO YOU WANT TO GET IN THE PICTURE? NO. THAT'S OKAY.

OKAY. ARE YOU SURE? I'VE HAD MY PICTURE UP HERE BEFORE.

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THAT'S A LOT. YOU DID IT.

OKAY, NOW IT'S TIME FOR. WE'RE DOWN TO ITEM D ON THE OPEN SESSION AGENDA.

[D. PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/ AB 1234 TRAVEL EXPENSE REPORTS]

I HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS OR PROCLAMATIONS TONIGHT.

MY ONLY ANNOUNCEMENT WAS I DID ATTEND THE CHAMBER MIXER LAST WEEK AT SEASIDE LAGOON, HAD A GOOD TIME AND GOT TO TALK WITH LOTS OF FOLKS AROUND THE TOWN IN DIFFERENT BUSINESSES. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, SPECIFICALLY OUR ENGINEERS LAUREN SABLAN AND RYAN LIU, BECAUSE THEY DID TREMENDOUS WORK OVER THE SUMMER TO PREPARE OUR CITY FOR THE RESUMPTION OF SCHOOL.

YOU'LL SEE BULBOUTS AT DIFFERENT CORNERS, ESPECIALLY AROUND SCHOOLS, BOTH IN PAINT AND CONCRETE, THAT CREATE MORE SPACE BETWEEN THE PEDESTRIANS, PEOPLE WALKING TO SCHOOL AND THE CARS.

AND IT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS, IT'S BEEN WELL RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNITY.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM HURRYING UP TO GET IT DONE BY THE TIME SCHOOL STARTED.

I ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY PLEASE, SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION.

PLEASE DRIVE SLOW, BE ATTENTIVE FOR FOLKS CROSSING THE STREET AND BE ATTENTIVE FOR BIKES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON.

AND THEY MAY RUN A STOP SIGN, SO JUST DRIVE SLOW REDONDO.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.

NONE TONIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.

THANK YOU MAYOR. AND SINCE THE LAST MEETING, I ATTENDED A MEETING OF THE CLEAN POWER ALLIANCE LEGISLATIVE REGULATORY COMMISSION AND OUR MAIN TOPIC WAS THE CLIMATE CREDIT AND HOW IT GETS ALLOCATED.

PREVIOUSLY, IT WAS ALL IN ONE MONTH OVER THE WINTER.

THIS YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE IN TWO INSTALLMENTS, $36 IN YEAR, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER BILLS AND MOVING FORWARD DISCUSSIONS WERE ABOUT ALLOCATIONS BEING BASED ON USAGE, HOW HOT SOMEBODY'S AREA IS, THEIR INCOME OR JUST DOING A FLAT CREDIT.

OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOING TO THE BOARD AND THE CLEAN POWER ALLIANCE BOARD WILL MAKE THAT FINAL DETERMINATION.

I ATTENDED DINE AROUND ARTESIA. IT WAS A PERFECT AMOUNT OF FOOD AND LOTS OF GREAT ART.

IT WAS A DEFINITELY A HIGHLIGHT FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF CAPTAIN KIDD'S, I WAS ABLE TO MEET JOHN MILLS, WHO IS THE SON OF THE FOUNDER WHO FLEW OUT FROM OKLAHOMA FOR THAT EVENT.

I OBSERVED THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AT ALTA VISTA, TOLEDO AND SAINT LAWRENCE.

I SAW A FEW IMPROVEMENTS WE COULD MAKE AT THE SAINT LAWRENCE LOCATION, AND I ALREADY SPOKE WITH OUR STAFF HERE.

I SPOKE WITH THE STAFF AT SAINT LAWRENCE, A NUMBER OF PARENTS AT SAINT LAWRENCE, ABOUT WAYS THAT THEY COULD HELP MAINTAIN SAFETY AT THEIR LOCATION AS WELL.

ALSO WENT TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REGIONAL MIXER.

I ATTENDED THE SOUTH BAY CITIES COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK.

THE BIGGEST HIGHLIGHT THERE WAS THE REPORT ON HOMELESSNESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS SHOWED THAT 251 PEOPLE WERE HOUSED AND 75 HOUSEHOLDS WERE PREVENTED FROM LOSING THEIR HOMES. THE COG ALSO VOTED TO SUPPORT SUPPORT PROPOSITIONS 1 AND 37 AND OPPOSED 39 43 AND 45. I ATTENDED THE FIRST HOME GAME FOR THE REDONDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM.

IT'S A GREAT WAY TO SPEND YOUR FRIDAY NIGHTS IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOME GOOD FUN.

I HAD AN ADVENTUROUS COMMUNITY MEETING ON SATURDAY AND I'LL BE ANNOUNCING MY NEXT ONE SOON.

LATER THIS WEEK, I'LL BE ATTENDING THE REDONDO BEACH ROUNDTABLE AND CLEAN POWER ALLIANCE BOARD MEETINGS, AND THEN FINALLY CRUISING THE LAGOON 3 TO 6 P.M.

AT THE HARBOR. TWO SHOWS LEFT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I DID ATTEND DINE AROUND ARTESIA AND IT WAS A VERY GOOD EVENT.

I SAW SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE CITY STAFF AND COUNCIL THERE, AS WELL, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

AND THEN I ALSO ATTENDED THE END OF SUMMER BEACH PARTY AT SEASIDE LAGOON, WHICH WAS A GREAT WAY TO END THE SUMMER.

LOTS OF FAMILIES AND VENDORS WERE IN ATTENDANCE AND IT WAS VERY VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET TO HAVE THAT EVERY YEAR.

AND THEN ONE THING I WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO OUR PD AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.

LAST WEEK I WAS TAKING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL AND TURNED THE CORNER ON ALBERTA, JUST OFF OF TORRANCE BOULEVARD, AND AN E-BIKE HAD HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH A CAR.

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BUT OUR PD AND FIRE WERE QUICK TO RESPOND AND YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT HE WAS ALL OKAY.

SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE THEM A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT AND THANK THEM FOR THE QUALITY SERVICE THAT THEY DELIVER TO THE RESIDENTS OF REDONDO BEACH.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.

YES. WEDNESDAY THE 19TH, I ATTENDED THE LA CASA BOARD MEETING.

WHICH DEALS WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOW WE SPEND OUR MEASURE A TAX DOLLARS, WHICH IS A HALF CENT SALES TAX IN THE COUNTY.

WE DISCUSSED SPECIFICALLY KICKING OFF A PROGRAM CALLED RENTERS AID THAT WILL PROVIDE A PATHWAY FOR FOLKS WHO ARE HOUSED TO STAY HOUSED.

SO THOSE WHO ARE AT RISK OF BECOMING UNHOUSED IS THE TARGET OF THAT PROGRAM.

AND THEN NEXT MONDAY, WHICH IS LABOR DAY. AND THAT WAS INTENTIONAL.

I'M HOPING THAT SOME OF YOU, SOME MORE PEOPLE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND A COMMUNITY MEETING THAT I'M HAVING.

IT IS SEPTEMBER 7TH. THAT IS MONDAY, LABOR DAY AT 4 P.M.

AT OUR NORTH BRANCH LIBRARY. AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY, MISS JOY FORD, WILL BE JOINING ME.

AND WE'LL BE DISCUSSING FUNCTIONAL ZERO, WHICH WE'VE EXPERIENCED HERE IN REDONDO BEACH, WHAT THAT MEANS AND HOW WE'VE SUSTAINED IT FOR THREE YEARS.

THAT'S ALL MAYOR. THANKS. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO GO BACK.

I DID GET A CALL FROM SEVERAL RESIDENTS. THERE'S SOME NEW LITTLE TURTLES SHOWING UP ON SOME STREET SIGNS THROUGHOUT TOWN.

AND THEY WERE QUESTIONING. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. SO I CONTACTED OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, RYAN LIU, AND FOUND OUT IT'S PART OF OUR LOW SPEED TRAVEL NETWORK OR OR THE MICRO MOBILITY NETWORK.

AND YOU ALSO SEE YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BUG ON TOP OF THE SOME OF THE STREET SIGNS WHERE IT IS PART OF THAT ROUTE, AND IT WILL HAVE A TURTLE IN IT FOR SLOW SPEED.

AND I ALSO NOTICED, AND SO DID THE NEIGHBORS WAYFINDING SIGNS.

AND THOSE ARE RELATED TO THE SAME. THAT'S WAYFINDING FOR THE LOW SPEED TRAVEL NETWORK.

SO YOU'LL SEE DIFFERENT MILEAGE MARKERS TO, TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE TOWN.

SO ALL TRYING TO GET PEOPLE OUT ON, ON THE STREETS WITHOUT THEIR CARS AND, AND WITH THE MICRO MOBILITY TYPE OF VEHICLES.

SO IF YOU SEE THOSE TURTLES, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE UP THERE.

AND AS A NOTE, THAT'S PART OF A 243 MILE NETWORK ACROSS THE ENTIRE SOUTH BAY.

THIS IS NOT JUST A REDONDO BEACH PROJECT. IT'S JUST BEEN ROLLED OUT.

SIGNS BEEN ROLLED OUT IN REDONDO BEACH, EL SEGUNDO, AND I'M NOT SURE IF SAN PEDRO IS IN THERE OR NOT YET, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A LARGER NETWORK. OKAY, SO NOW GOING DOWN TO E APPROVING THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA.

[E. APPROVE ORDER OF AGENDA]

SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

ALL FOR? AYE. OKAY. WE WILL FOLLOW THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA AS PUBLISHED.

[F. AGENCY RECESS]

I'D LIKE TO GET A MOTION TO RECESS TO THE REDONDO BEACH HOUSING AUTHORITY.

SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. I WILL CALL TO ORDER THEN, THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE REDONDO BEACH HOUSING AUTHORITY.

COULD I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MEMBER WALLER.

PRESENT. MEMBER CASTLE. HERE. MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.

HERE. MEMBER OBAGI. HERE. MEMBER BEHRENDT. HERE.

COMMISSIONER PRICE. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER NEWTON.

HERE. CHAIRMAN LIGHT. HERE. LET'S SEE. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA.

COULD I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA? SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND, ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

LET'S SEE. DO WE HAVE ANY BLUE FOLDER ITEMS FOR THIS ITEM? OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS C.1 THROUGH C.3.

DOES ANYONE WISH TO PULL ANY OF THOSE? I DON'T WISH TO PULL THEM.

I JUST WANT TO NOTE AND THANK STAFF FOR WORKING SO HARD ON CLEARING OUR WAIT LIST FOR SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS.

I KNOW THAT'S A HEAVY LIFT AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME, BUT I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING ON IT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR C.1 THROUGH C.4.

SECOND. C.3. C.3. C.3. YEAH I HAD A COMMENT. GO AHEAD.

I ALSO WANTED TO THANK THE. OH, NO, THIS IS NOT THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR THE REGULAR MEETING.

CORRECT. SORRY. SO TRY TO STAY WITH US HERE. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C.1 THROUGH C.3.

I THINK IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. WALLER.

THAT DID THE SECOND. SO DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THE REDONDO BEACH HOUSING AUTHORITY ITEM C.1 THROUGH C.3 BEFORE I CALL THE VOTE?

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ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? NO. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO READ OFF OF THAT. CORRECT. OKAY.

LET'S SEE. WE HAVE NO EXCLUDED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. SO WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. THIS IS FOR DISCUSSIONS RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO THE THE REDONDO BEACH HOUSING AUTHORITY, NOT THE OPEN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

SO ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.

YOU HAVE EVERYBODY CAN SPEAK ONCE AND ONCE ONLY YOU'LL GET THREE MINUTES TO DISCUSS.

AND THIS SECTION IS LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES. SO ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY? ANYONE ONLINE? NOT ONLINE. AND NO ECOMMENTS, FOR THE RECORD.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY JUMPING DOWN TO ITEM J? ANY REFERRALS TO STAFF? COMMISSIONER NEWTON ANY REFERRALS TO STAFF? NO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WITH THAT I WILL TAKE. I'M SORRY, WHAT DID YOU SAY, ELIZABETH? NO. I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN BACK TO THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS A REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1ST, 2026 AT 6 P.M. RIGHT HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

AND THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THE COMMISSION. APPRECIATE IT.

ON THE AUTHORITY. IT'S BEEN NICE. I APPRECIATE IT.

APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. GOING BACK TO THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA.

COULD I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.

PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.

HERE. MAYOR LIGHT. HERE. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY BLUE FOLDER ITEMS FOR THE FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING?

[G. BLUE FOLDER ITEMS - ADDITIONAL BACK UP MATERIALS]

WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS H.14 REGARDING DECLARATION OF FOLLOWING COMMISSION POSITION VACANT BASED ON ABSENCES.

UPDATED ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT J.1 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OF NON-AGENDA ITEMS, PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS N.1 AMENDMENTS TO THE REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION PERTAINING TO HEDGE RELATED ORDINANCES, REVISED AMENDMENT TO 10-5.402 AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATION P.1 DISCUSSION REGARDING THE MAYOR APPOINTMENTS TO VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, MAYOR LIGHT APPOINTMENT RECOMMENDATION.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND.

ALL FOR? AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE'RE NOW GOING DOWN TO ITEM H, THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

[H. CONSENT CALENDAR]

I, COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI ALSO HAS COMMENTS BUT ON PAGE 12, THE ASSET MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE THAT'S ON PAGE 12, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN NEAR AND DEAR TO ME.

COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC AND I BOTH SPOKE ABOUT THIS RECENTLY.

SO HAVING AN ASSET MANAGEMENT SERVICE THAT LETS US UNDERSTAND THE AGING OF OUR PROPERTIES AND THE MAINTENANCE NEEDS AND BEING ABLE TO DO ALL THAT STUFF THAT THIS IS GOING TO PROVIDE IS GOING TO BE A HUGE HELP FOR THE CITY.

SO I DEFINITELY LIKE TO THANK MIKE COOK, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THAT ONE.

AND I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE H.13, THE COMPLETION OF THE MOSAIC TILE PROJECT ON THE ESPLANADE.

LONG, LONG DUE, LONG OVERDUE. AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT THERE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI, YOU HAD SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THAT I'M PLEASED TO SEE THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION RECOMMEND THE PROCUREMENT OF THE ADDITIONAL PANELS ON THE ON THE BOLLARDS AT THE ESPLANADE.

WE APPROPRIATED ABOUT $100,000 FOR THE ESPLANADE ART PROBABLY ABOUT 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO, BACK WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER NEHRENHEIM WAS ON THE COUNCIL, SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE SOME OF THAT MONEY STARTING TO BE APPROPRIATED AND CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER ART THAT EXISTS ON THE ESPLANADE.

I KNOW THAT IT'S A TOUCHY SUBJECT WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO DO ANYTHING ON THE ESPLANADE. SO GLAD THIS IS NON-CONTROVERSIAL AND GETTING GOING ON.

SOME SOLE SOURCE. YEAH. YEAH. YES. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? COMMENTS? OKAY, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE H.1 THROUGH H 14.

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ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON H.1 THROUGH H.14? I DO HAVE ONE CARD ON H.13 AND THAT'S JOAN IRVINE.

JOAN IRVINE DISTRICT ONE, BUT I'M HERE REPRESENTING KEEP THE ESPLANADE BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE LISA HAPPEE, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT, COULDN'T BE ATTENDING. I WANT TO THANK THE CULTURAL ART COMMISSION FOR COMPLETING THE BOLLARDS AND THE MOSAICS ON THE ESPLANADE. IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT AND IT'LL BE READY FOR LA 28.

BUT I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THIS.

BACK IN 2014, KEB PROPOSED THAT WE DO SOME ADDITIONAL ART ON THE ESPLANADE.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY AND THERE WAS NO MONEY ALLOCATED.

THEN 2018, PATTY AND DEBBIE DID THE FIRST PHASE, ONE OF THE MOSAICS ON THE ESPLANADE, AND THAT REALLY ADDED SO MUCH TO IT.

THEN WE HAD 2023, 22, 23 IS WHEN THE $100,000 FROM THE JOHN PARSONS FUND WAS ALLOCATED TO THE ESPLANADE, AND THEN PATTY AND DEBBIE, ACCORDING TO THE CONTRACT, WILL HAVE TO BE FINISHED BY FEBRUARY OF 2027.

SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU, YOU KNOW, A HISTORY.

AND PLUS IT LEAVES US WITH $85,000 MORE THAT WE CAN STILL BE SPENDING ON THE ESPLANADE.

AND THERE'S SOME WONDERFUL THINGS THAT I KNOW THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION WAS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, AND I WANT TO JUST SUPPORT THEM AND THANK THEM SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT THEY HAD DONE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP THE ESPLANADE BEAUTIFUL.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ONLINE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON H.1 THROUGH H.14? I HAVE NONE, AND I HAVE NO ECOMMENTS. OKAY. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS H.1 THROUGH H.14? OKAY, WITH THAT I WILL CALL THE VOTE. ALL FOR PASSING H.1 THROUGH H.14? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU NEED TO READ THERE? YES. JUST TWO. H.7 APPROVE BY 4/5 VOTE AND TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2609-072, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING A FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 BUDGET MODIFICATION TO APPROPRIATE 35,000 IN PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY PROGRAM GRANT FUNDS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL GRANTS FUND.

H.8 APPROVED BY 4/5 VOTE AND TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2609-073, A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING A FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 BUDGET MODIFICATION TO APPROPRIATE $157,500 IN SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM GRANT FUNDS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL GRANTS FUND.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO EXCLUDED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS, SO WE'LL GO DOWN TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS.

[J. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS]

EACH SPEAKER WILL BE AFFORDED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND AND MAYOR, AND EACH SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ONLY ONCE.

WE WILL TAKE CARDS FIRST, BUT WE HAVE TO ALTERNATE WITH THE NEW BROWN ACT RULES WITH FOLKS WHO ARE ONLINE.

AND THE FIRST ONE I HAVE IS JOAN IRVINE. SO YOU'RE ALREADY UP.

COME ON DOWN. OKAY. I JUST HAD JOAN IRVINE DISTRICT ONE, BUT I'M REPRESENTING KEEP THE ESPLANADE BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT LISA HAPPEE COULDN'T ATTEND. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S AWARE THAT WE'RE HAVING OUR FIRST SAD DAY SWEEP THIS SATURDAY AT 9:00 AT AVENUE I IN THE ESPLANADE.

AND WE HAVE EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE NEED. AND IF YOU TAKE AN HOUR, JUST COME DOWN.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL. AND TO BRING KIDS ALSO, IT'S REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE KEB IS 13 YEARS OLD THIS MONTH, SO IT'S REALLY AN EXCITING TIME. DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO BE HAPPENING 13 YEARS AGO, IT WAS JUST TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, CLEAN UP THE STUFF ON THE ESPLANADE.

SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO BE WORKING ON THIS.

ALSO, I WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT OUR ANNUAL COMMUNITY MIXER HAS BEEN MOVED FROM OCTOBER TO APRIL.

SO IT WILL NOT BE THIS OCTOBER. IT WILL BE APRIL OF 27.

WE STILL DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DATE, BUT THAT'S WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE ON.

AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING UP TO ME GOING, WE HAVEN'T BEEN HEARING ABOUT YOUR MIXER, AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ANNOUNCE THAT.

ALSO WE WERE I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THIS IS REALLY WHEN I TALK ABOUT THINGS STARTING 13 YEARS AGO, I MEAN, WE HAD NO MONEY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE USED FACEBOOK AS OUR WAY OF COMMUNICATING.

AND NOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A SCHOLARSHIP AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME AND WE HAD REALLY THAT HAD BEEN ONE OF OUR

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SO IT'S REALLY EXTREMELY EXCITING. AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WOULD HAVE NEVER HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT REALLY TO THAT DETAIL.

AND WE'VE ALREADY WE'RE RECEIVING A CHECK THIS WEEK FOR ALMOST $2,500.

SO THAT WILL BE MATCHED. SO WE'LL ALREADY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL $5,000 IN OUR MONIES THAT ARE DONATED TOWARD SCHOLARSHIPS.

SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO DONATE THIS YEAR, PLEASE DO BECAUSE IT WILL BE MATCHED DOLLAR TO DOLLAR.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ONLINE? YES, I HAVE MARK NELSON. GO AHEAD. MARK, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

GOOD EVENING. ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, I WAS CONTACTED BY SOME FOLKS WHO LIVE AROUND THE MANHATTAN BEACH BOULEVARD AREA, WHERE THE CITY IS PLANNING ON PUTTING 438 FOOT, ROUGHLY 12000 GALLON LIQUEFIED GAS TANKS. THEY ASKED ME TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT BECAUSE I HAD DONE AN LNG FACILITY.

SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS.

AND WHEN I DID LOOK, IT TURNED OUT THAT THE CITY REPORT SAID THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE NITROGEN, ARGON AND OXYGEN. WELL, YOU KNOW, NITROGEN, NOT SUCH A BIG DEAL.

ARGON HEAVIER THAN AIR. SO IT'LL SNUFF OUT EVERYBODY AROUND IT IF IT LEAKS.

LIQUID OXYGEN OBVIOUSLY THE LOX WAS A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM, NOT EXPLOSIVE BUT AN OXIDIZING AGENT BY DEFINITION.

SO I LOOKED THROUGH THE REPORTS, WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

BY THEN I THINK ENOUGH PEOPLE HAD FIGURED OUT THAT THE REPORT NEEDED TO BE REDONE BY STAFF.

AND WE STARTED ASKING SOME QUESTIONS. AND SO THE THE REDONDO BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A HAZMAT DEPARTMENT, SO LA COUNTY WILL DO THE THE HAZARD ANALYSIS.

WELL, LA COUNTY SAID, NAH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT, BUT WE WILL DO IT FOR FIRST RESPONDERS BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT YOU CAN GET YOUR LIFE SNUFFED OUT BY AN ARGON RELEASE. IN THE MEANTIME, WE ALSO WENT OUT HUNTING ON THE INTERNET FOR TANK EXPLOSIONS.

SOMEONE ELSE FOUND A HALF DOZEN OR SO. I FOUND ONE THAT WAS ON BOTH VIDEO AND AUDIO.

RIGHT NOW, IF YOU GO TO YOUTUBE AND LOOK UP REDONDO BEACH TANK EXPLOSION, WE'RE NUMBER FOUR ON THE HIT PARADE, SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE EXPLOSION, BUT IT SHOT PART OF ONE TANK UP, PROBABLY ONE HULL UP PROBABLY 500FT IN THE AIR. IT PUTS SHRAPNEL FOR 500M AROUND.

AND THE CLOUD JUST OBSERVING IT LOOKS LIKE IT WENT PROBABLY A QUARTER OF A MILE OR SO.

SO SOMEBODY SOMEBODY NEEDS TO DO AN ANALYSIS HERE.

HONESTLY, I, I'M BEYOND THE POINT WHERE I HAVE ANY IDEA WHO IT WOULD BE.

LA COUNTY, NOT ME. REDONDO FIRE, NOT ME. CLEARLY THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A, A HIGHCLIFF EVENT. THE MAYOR AND I ARE PROBABLY THE ONLY TWO THAT DID THINGS THAT WENT WAY WRONG EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, BUT IT'S HIGH CONSEQUENCE, LOW FREQUENCY. AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THE PEOPLE AROUND AREN'T PROTECTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY IF THAT ARGON TANK BLOWS. IS IT LIKELY? PROBABLY NOT. ON THE OTHER HAND, NO ONE'S DOING AN ANALYSIS, AND I THINK THAT THE NEIGHBORS DESERVE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP. OKAY. NEXT CARD FROM SOMEONE IN THE ROOM IS KEVIN WYRACK.

I'M NOT SURE I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT, SIR. WYRACK.

WYRACK. I LIKE IT. HI, MY NAME IS KEVIN WYRACK.

I LIVE AT 509 NORTH JUANITA AVENUE. AND THAT WAS MY GRANDSON WHO DID THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

HE DID A GREAT JOB. ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

AND THAT WAS WHY I CAME HERE TONIGHT. BUT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT BRINGING UP QUICKLY THE I'M HEARTENED BY THE FACT THAT CONGRESSMAN CASTLE BROUGHT UP THE E-BIKE THING WITH THE POLICE OFFICER, BECAUSE WE LIVE RIGHT NEAR WHERE, AS YOU KNOW, UNLIKE EVERY OTHER STREET, JUANITA GERTRUDE LIKE THIS, THIS IS AN EASY ACCESS THAT TURNS INTO DEL AMO.

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THEY'RE COMING DOWN LIKE 50 MILES AN HOUR DURING SCHOOL TIME.

AND THIS CAVALCADE OF CHILDREN IS ON E-BIKES GOING TOWARDS THE SCHOOL.

I SEE A POLICE OFFICER BACK THERE, AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF POLICING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL, NEAR THE SCHOOL. BUT WERE THEY'RE COMING DOWN JUANITA, RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE, AND I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS, IS LIKE, CAN WE POSSIBLY GET SOME SPEED BUMPS? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL WORD IS FOR THAT.

SPEED IMPEDIMENTS ON. NOW I'M ACCESS. I'M AWARE OF THE FACT THAT SOME STREETS CAN'T HAVE THEM BECAUSE FIRE TRUCKS HAVE TO COME DOWN THOSE STREETS.

AND THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE STREETS. I CAN'T THINK OF THE LAST TIME I'VE SEEN A FIRE ENGINE BARRELING DOWN JUANITA.

BUT THE PEOPLE DO IN THE MORNING ARE COMING DOWN THAT IF WE COULD AT LEAST HAVE MAYBE SOME SPEED CONTROL.

I HATE TO SEE A KID GET A TICKET. YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF MESSES UP THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE.

BUT EVEN WARNING WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE IT IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN.

IT IS ABSOLUTE. THERE'S A LOT OF CHILDREN ON THAT STREET, AND THESE KIDS ARE BLOWING THROUGH THAT STOP SIGN AT JUANITA AND DIAMOND, AND THE PEOPLE ARE GOING FAST TO GET ON TO DEL AMO.

SO I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED SPEED PROTECTION THERE.

WE NEED PROTECTION ON THAT STREET. THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WOULD BRING UP IS THAT THERE ARE NO SIGNS ABOUT THE KIDS TAKING UP ALL THESE PARKING SPACES WHO WANT TO GO TO THE SCHOOL. THERE'S NO POSTED SIGNS. THERE MIGHT BE SOUTH OF THE SCHOOL, BUT MAYBE NOT NORTH OF THE SCHOOL.

THEY USE THE PARKING LOT TO THE MAX. I KNOW THAT, AND I KNOW A LOT OF TEENAGERS ARE DRIVING THEIR CARS TO GO TO REDONDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, PERMITTED THAT WOULD DO AWAY WITH EVERYBODY PARKING ON MY STREET.

I HAVE TO QUICKLY CLAIM THOSE PARKING SPOTS, BUT I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN, AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANYONE ONLINE? I HAVE NONE. OKAY. NEXT IS JIM MUELLER.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE.

AMERICA RECENTLY CELEBRATED ITS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, WHICH WAS REALLY ABOUT ELECTIONS.

ELECTIONS ALLOW PEOPLE TO CHOOSE BY WHOM AND HOW THEY WILL BE GOVERNED, AND CAMPAIGN DEBATE GIVES VOTERS INFORMATION ON CHOICES OF GOVERNMENT.

ELECTIONS FOR CITY OFFICES IN REDONDO BEACH AREN'T AT THE SAME TIME AS NATIONAL, STATE AND COUNTY ELECTIONS.

THIS IS SO THE VOTERS CAN FOCUS ON CITY ISSUES.

BUT NORTH REDONDO DISTRICTS FOUR AND FIVE SEEM TO BE TENDING TOWARD NO CHOICE, NO DEBATE ELECTIONS WITH CANDIDATES UNOPPOSED.

THE CURRENT DISTRICT FIVE COUNCILPERSON, MR. BEHRENDT, SENT AROUND A FLIER THIS PAST WEEK DECLARING HIS CANDIDACY FOR REELECTION AND CLAIMING THAT ALL OF YOU ELECTED'S ENDORSE HIM. THESE ENDORSEMENTS CAME MORE THAN A MONTH BEFORE THE CLOSING OF CANDIDATE FILING, AND THE ENDORSEMENTS DID NOT HAVE JUSTIFYING STATEMENTS.

ANYONE WHO WANTS TO RUN AGAINST MR. BEHRENDT FACES BOTH HIS INCUMBENCY ADVANTAGE AND THE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR BLANKET ENDORSEMENTS.

IT SEEMS THE WEIGHT OF THE ENTIRE CITY GOVERNMENT IS BEHIND MR. BEHRENDT. THESE ARE HUGE DISADVANTAGES TO ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO RUN.

THE LACK OF STATEMENTS ACCOMPANYING THE ENDORSEMENTS EVOKES REASONABLE QUESTIONS.

WHY DID YOU ENDORSE HIM BEFORE THE FILING DEADLINE? IS THERE SOMEONE OUT THERE CONSIDERING A RUN WHO MIGHT BE A CHALLENGE TO WORK WITH? DID MR. BEHRENDT OFFER SOMETHING IN EXCHANGE FOR YOUR ENDORSEMENTS? IN MY OPINION, MR. BEHRENDT HASN'T BEEN SO OUTSTANDING A COUNCIL PERSON THAT HE COULDN'T BE SATISFACTORILY REPLACED, NOR HAS HE BEEN SO BAD THAT HE WOULD SEEM TO NEED PROPPING UP.

WHAT I RECOMMEND TO EACH OF YOU IS TO PUBLISH A STATEMENT JUSTIFYING YOUR ENDORSEMENT OF MR. BEHRENDT THAT AT LEAST WOULD GIVE THE VOTERS SOME INFORMATION TO WORK WITH.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ONLINE? YES.

DARRYL BOYD. GO AHEAD. DARRYL. ARE YOU THERE, DARRYL? OKAY, WE'LL GO INTERNAL AND WE'LL COME BACK. LESLIE CAMPEGGI IS THE LAST CARD I HAVE.

GOSH. AND I'M SHORT TOO. KENDRICK. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

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WELL, I KNOW ONE WENT TO THE HARBOR COMMISSION MEETING OR WATCHED THE HARBOR COMMISSION MEETING FROM LAST WEEK.

I WENT AND THERE WAS AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT STATED WHETHER OR NOT TO APPROVE THE PHASE ONE OF THE KING HARBOR AMENITIES PLAN AND SUBMIT A COASTAL COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION TO THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED SEASIDE LAGOON PROJECT.

AND THEN THERE WAS A PRESENTATION THAT STAFF GAVE AFTERWARD.

AND YOU ENTERED THE ROOM DURING THAT PRESENTATION, MR. MAYOR, WHICH IS WHY I KNEW THAT YOU WERE THERE.

AND THE COMMISSIONERS HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT THE STAFF DIDN'T SEEM TO KNOW HOW TO ANSWER, OR THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ARTICULATE THE ANSWER, OR THE COMMISSION DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ANSWERS WERE, OR THE COMPLEXITY AS TO WHY SOME PHASES OF THE PLAN HAD CHANGED.

I THINK IT WAS A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THAT, AND IT FELT LIKE THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS JUST WEREN'T VETTED THAT WELL. AND I WOULD SUBMIT THAT STAFF HAS GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB BECAUSE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE, IT WAS LIKE DISJOINTED AND ALL OVER THE PLACE AND I DON'T KNOW SHOULD NEVER COME DURING A PRESENTATION FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET THE HARBOR COMMISSION TO MAKE A DECISION ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, AND I DON'T KNOW.

CAME UP, I THINK TWICE, I DON'T KNOW. AND THEN THE SPEAKERS FROM THE PUBLIC TALKED ABOUT A WAVE POOL.

A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT A WAVE POOL, AND THAT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA.

AND THE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION DIDN'T DO WHAT YOU DO MR. MAYOR, IF SOMEBODY OFF TOPIC ON THE AGENDA, THEY KINDLY GUIDE THEM TOWARD.

THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. WE'RE NOT TO SPEAK TO THAT.

BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. THERE WERE EIGHT, NINE, TEN.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THERE WHO WERE TALKING ABOUT A WAVE POOL.

AND IT WAS JUST ODD BECAUSE THE WAVE POOL WAS NOTHING THAT WAS EVER PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL.

NOTHING EVER PRESENTED TO THE STAFF. IT WAS JUST IN THE NEWSPAPER AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND THEN THE HARBOR COMMISSION VOTED TO SEND THE REFERRAL BACK TO THE PUBLIC, SAID THE PUBLIC NEEDED TO BE INVOLVED.

AND I WAS RATHER INSULTED BY THAT BECAUSE THE PUBLIC WAS INVOLVED OVER A 4 OR 5 YEAR PROCESS ON THE HARBOR.

THE KING HARBOR AMENITIES PLAN. AND THEN THEY ASKED TO TALK ABOUT IT AT THEIR NEXT AGENDA.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S PREMATURE. I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE ON THE HARBOR COMMISSION AGENDA TO LOOK AT A WAVE POOL PRESENTATION BY A SOLE SOURCE PROVIDER IN THE ABSENCE OF THE COUNCIL GIVING THAT DIRECTION.

SO I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD NOT ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS MR. BOYD ON LINE? LET'S TRY IT AGAIN. ARE YOU THERE? YES. DARRYL BOYD DISTRICT THREE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. THANK YOU. ADVENTUROUS MEETING. MR.. BE HONEST.

IT WAS MORE OF A HUGE SPANKING BY RESIDENTS OF MULTIPLE DISTRICTS ON SATURDAY.

AND YOUR RESIGNATION IS IN ORDER. SOUNDS LIKE THE GHOST OF DISTRICT THREE PAIGE KALUDEROVIC IS TRYING TO AVOID THE SAME THING BY SCHEDULING A DISTRICT THREE MEETING ON A NATIONAL HOLIDAY. SMART MOVE, BECAUSE SHE KNOWS MANY RESIDENTS MOST LIKELY WILL NOT ATTEND OR ARE OUT OF TOWN DOING THINGS WITH THEIR FAMILY. GOOD MOVE PAIGE. VERY SMART. DISTRICT THREE RESIDENTS WERE PISSED OFF WITH YOUR LACK OF REPRESENTATION, LACK OF COMMUNICATION, AND TERRIBLE PERFORMANCE.

YOUR RESIGNATION IS IN ORDER AS WELL. PAIGE HAS EARNED THE NAME THE GHOST AS THAT'S WHAT SHE'S BEEN TO THE RESIDENTS OF 500 TO 600 NORTH PROSPECT AVENUE AND BOYLE HEIGHTS FOR OVER A YEAR NOW, AND THE GHOST MISSED TWO BACK TO BACK AND VERY IMPORTANT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS LAST MONTH THAT AFFECT US.

YOU KNOW, THAT 1.25 FAR THING WITH THE BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT.

YOU KNOW TOM BAKALY WHO WANTS TO RAM HIS OVERDEVELOPMENT SCHEME DOWN OUR THROATS.

NO TIME TO EVEN ZOOM IN. OH, NO. THE GHOST WAS JUST TOO BUSY WITH HER, TOO BUSY FOR HER CONSTITUENTS.

AND THEY DON'T MATTER ANYWAY. PLENTY OF TIME FOR HOMELESS PROGRAMS, EVEN THOSE OUTSIDE OF REDONDO BEACH THOUGH.

BUT NO TIME FOR US. THE GHOST WAS SILENT, AND OVER A MONTH OF CITY COUNCIL SESSIONS DURING BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.

WHEN WE ASKED HER TO SPEAK UP FOR US AND GET THIS 60 PLUS YEAR OLD OUT OF DATE UNSAFE NORTH PROSPECT AVENUE MEDIAN SOME BUDGET FOR NECESSARY UPGRADES AND TRAFFIC CALMING. SHE SAT SILENT WHILE OBAGI GRABBED AS MUCH MONEY FROM THE TRAFFIC CALMING BUDGET AS HE COULD SCOOP UP FOR HIS DISTRICT.

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NOW OUR MEASURE M MONEY IS BEING WASTED ON THESE STUPID TURTLE SIGNS THAT CATER TO TOURISM ALL OVER REDONDO BEACH.

OBVIOUSLY, THE GHOST DOESN'T WORK FOR US AS SHE PROMISED TO DO, BUT IF TOM BAKALY AND BCHD WERE CALLING HER, OR IF ALAN SANFORD AND THE CALIFORNIA SURF CLUB OR BEACHLIFE WERE CALLING HER, YOU KNOW, SHE WOULD JUMP AND BE RUNNING TO THEM.

THE GHOST WORKS ONLY FOR HERSELF AND SPECIAL INTERESTS.

I DO NOT NEED TO REITERATE ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT CONTINUE TO ESCALATE ON NORTH PROSPECT AVENUE AND CONNECT A CITYWIDE PROBLEMS THAT YOU AND YOUR DISTRICT ONE AND TWO CALL EIGHT COLLEAGUES ARE ALSO IGNORING. YOU ARE ALL VERY AWARE.

YOU JUST CHOOSE TO IGNORE THE PROBLEMS IN US.

SO I WILL JUST PUT YOU ON NOTICE. UNDER THE REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE, CHAPTER TEN, THE CITY COUNCIL EXPLICITLY STATES ITS INTENT TO PROTECT RESIDENTS AGAINST NUISANCES THAT ARE INJURIOUS TO HEALTH OR DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY, MORALS OR GENERAL WELFARE.

FURTHERMORE, MUNICIPAL. TIME IS UP. ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. GEORGETTE GANTNER DISTRICT TWO. I ALSO ATTENDED THE HARBOR COMMISSION MEETING A WEEK OR TWO AGO WHERE THEY DISCUSSED THE CITY'S PLAN FOR $30 MILLION RENOVATION AT SEASIDE LAGOON WITH GRANT MONEY.

AND IT WAS UNFORTUNATE. I AGREE WITH LESLIE THAT IT WAS UNCLEAR.

THEY SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T READ THE MATERIAL OR IF THE CITY CAME BACK WITH ISSUES THAT WERE DIFFERENT THAN WERE FIRST PRESENTED. SO I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT MY IMPRESSION WAS, I THINK THEY VOTED TO SAY, YES, LET'S GO AHEAD WITH IT AND WITH SOME QUESTIONS.

MY POINT IS IT'S $30 MILLION. IT'S A GRANT. SEASIDE LAGOON IS IN DIRE NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THERE MITIGATING THE RECIRCULATION OF THE WATER PROBLEMS. SO IT WILL NO LONGER GO OUT IN THE OCEAN. THAT'S FANTASTIC. THAT'S GOING TO SAVE LOTS OF MONEY.

I JUST HOPE THAT THIS HOPEFULLY THE COASTAL COMMISSION WILL APPROVE IT AND THAT THE OTHER IDEA PRESENTED THAT NIGHT WITH THE WAVE POOL WON'T DISTRACT THE DECISION BECAUSE THE WAVE POOL COULD BE INTERESTING.

MAYBE SOMEPLACE ELSE, MAYBE AT THE AAS PROPERTY.

THAT WOULD BE IDEAL IF WE HAD THAT. THERE'S SO MUCH POSSIBILITY THERE.

I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A BAD IDEA, BECAUSE WHY NOT CONSIDER LOTS OF THINGS? BUT I HOPE THAT THE CITY WILL CHOOSE TO USE THAT 30 MILLION TO RENOVATE BECAUSE THE PLAN IS GOOD.

THEY'RE GOING TO ENLARGE THE I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU GUYS. BUT ANYWAY, FOR THE PUBLIC, THEY'RE GOING TO ENLARGE THE LAGOON AND IT'S JUST GOING TO BE CLEANER AND IT'S STILL. THE THING THAT GETS ME IS IT WILL ALLOW PEOPLE FROM THE INNER CITY OR PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE HERE, TO STILL COME TO THE SEASIDE LAGOON AND BE INCLUDED IN THIS PROCESS.

AND WITH THE COAST, WHEN IT'S BEEN SO HOT, THESE PEOPLE, WE NEED TO EMBRACE THEM.

PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE AND SAY, COME IN, USE OUR FACILITIES USE THE BEACH AND, YOU KNOW, BE BE TOGETHER.

IT'S ALL ABOUT COMMUNITY AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.

LET'S EMBRACE AND HELP PEOPLE OUT AND HOPEFULLY THE LAGOON WILL LOOK BETTER.

I HAVE GOOD HOPE OF THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU.

JUST TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT, THEY VOTED TO REQUEST THE COUNCIL TO DELAY A SUBMITTING BECAUSE OF SOME QUESTIONS THEY HAD.

AND THEN THEY VOTED TO AGENDIZE TO HEAR FROM THE PROPONENT OF THE WAVE POOL.

SO THAT WAS THEIR RECOMMENDATION. LET'S SEE. ANYONE ONLINE? OKAY. ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE HERE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.

WAYNE CRAIG, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE. AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THERE WAS AN ITEM H.11 THAT I'M VERY GLAD THAT YOU PULLED TO TALK ABOUT SEPARATELY AND HAD TO DO WITH THE CONTRACT WITH PEREGRINE TECHNOLOGIES.

IT WAS A RENEWAL, I GUESS, OR EXPANSION OF THE CONTRACT.

AND THE REASON WHY IT'S CRITICAL THAT YOU TAKE MORE TIME AND LOOK AT IT CAREFULLY.

I WAS WAITING FOR A DOCTOR APPOINTMENT AND THE 30 MINUTES I WAS JUST BORED.

I READ THE CONTRACT AND I PULLED UP ABOUT A HALF DOZEN PRETTY BAD THINGS THAT I'M SURE THOSE WITH A LEGAL BACKGROUND WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND PROBLEMS WITH AS WELL TOO. AND IT'S CONCERNING BECAUSE THIS IS A CONTRACT WITH A COMPANY THAT THE FOUNDERS OF IT CAME FROM, PALANTIR, WHICH IS A BIG DATA COMPANY THAT IS DOING QUESTIONABLE WORK WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

I THINK THEY HAVE LIKE A 13 OR $14 BILLION CONTRACT OUT THERE.

BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HOPE YOU WILL LOOK FOR WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS IN CLOSED SESSION OR IN A SUBCOMMITTEE,

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THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS TO GO TERMINATION, AND YOU STILL HAVE TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THE PROBLEMS. CONTRACT ALLOWS PALANTIR TO, TO SHARE REDONDO BEACH INFORMATION WITH EXTERNAL USERS, INCLUDING OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT DON'T HAVE PEREGRINE LICENSES. AND MOST CONCERNING TO ME WAS THE POTENTIAL INDEMNIFICATION THAT THE CITY IS GIVING PEREGRINE WITH THE DATA THAT WE GIVE THEM.

THAT'S A CONCERN. OTHER ISSUES HAD TO DO WITH, SOME OF MY NOTES HERE, WHAT I HAVE BUT THIRD PARTY LIST OF VENDORS THAT THEY WILL ALLOW TO LOOK AT OUR DATA THAT'S MAY, MAY OR MAY NOT BE ANONYMIZED TO IMPROVE THEIR SERVICES.

BUT I THINK AT A VERY MINIMUM, YOU SHOULD BE ASKING WHO THOSE OTHER COMPANIES ARE BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? WHO MIGHT THEY BE? PALANTIR. SO THERE IS NO PROTECTION.

AND I ASKED THIS QUESTION AT A PUBLIC MEETING.

IF THIS WE HAD SOME GUARANTEES THAT THIS DATA WOULDN'T BE SHARED.

WE DON'T. SO IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING YOU CAN'T DRIVE A TRUCK THROUGH, YOU SHOULD BE SPECIFYING DIRECTLY IN THERE SAYING THAT THE CITY AGREES THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW TO DEFEND. WHAT WAS IT THIS ONE HERE TO NOT SHARE ANY DATA WITH WITH PALANTIR.

IF YOU DON'T WRITE IN THE CONTRACT, LIKE IN REAL ESTATE, IF IT'S NOT WRITING, IT'S NOT GOOD.

SPECIFICALLY REQUIRE EXPLICIT REPRESENTATION THAT NO CITY DATA IS CURRENTLY SHARED WITH PALANTIR, AND THAT NO SUCH SHARING CAN OCCUR WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION, AND THE REASON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DATA BEING OUT THERE AND SHARED WITH CIVIL, CIVIC, OR SEPARATE COMPANIES TO AVOID HAVING TO GO THROUGH A FOURTH AMENDMENT SEARCH AND SEIZURES. SO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE A POLICE STATE IN YOUR BACKYARD, MAYBE WE NEED TO START BY LOOKING AT A CONTRACT LIKE THIS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ONLINE? NO. ONLINE.

OKAY. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL AND MAYOR STEVE HAGUE, DISTRICT FOUR.

I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS TWO ITEMS, AND I'LL DO IT HOPEFULLY VERY, VERY QUICK.

FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO. THAT WAS PRETTY AMAZING IN YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE PREVIOUS WEEK. I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN AWARD FOR THE BEST LISTENER AS WELL, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

ANYWAY ON 5/12 YOU ALL VOTED FOR, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, ONE OF THE MOST CONTENTIOUS ITEMS IN CITY CITY COUNCIL, AND THAT IS THE LGBTQ PLUS SCULPTURE THAT YOU WANT TO PUT IN FRONT OF THE NORTH BRANCH LIBRARY. THERE WAS NO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

NONE. STAFF IS AWARE OF THAT. I THINK, MIKE, YOU REITERATED SOME OF THE FUNKINESS ON THE SURVEY THAT WE TRIED TO DO. I'M SURPRISED THAT REDONDO BEACH CITY CANNOT ACCOMPLISH A SIMPLE SURVEY. SUPER SIMPLE. WE ALL PROBABLY GET HOUNDED EIGHT TIMES TEN TIMES A DAY FOR SURVEYS RESTAURANTS, TRAVELING, ETC. I KNOW I DO. BUT REDONDO BEACH CAN'T ACCOMPLISH A SIMPLE SURVEY IN THE YEAR 2026. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THERE'S TRICKERY BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT IF AN IT PERSON CAN'T HANDLE SOMETHING SO SIMPLE, WHY ARE THEY EMPLOYED HERE? I WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO WHAT YOU VOTED ON, SCOTT, YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE THAT VOTED AGAINST IT.

THE REST OF YOU VOTED FOR IT. MAYOR, I KNOW YOU WERE IN SUPPORT OF IT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I'M ALL FOR MAJORITY HOW PEOPLE FEEL SUPPORTING DIFFERENT THINGS.

BUT THERE WAS LYING OUTRIGHT LIES THAT OCCURRED IN THIS CHAMBER.

AND I'VE EXPRESSED THAT WITH SOME OF YOU. IT'S NOT MADE UP BY ME.

THE VIDEO AND ALL THE DATA SITS ON THE WEBSITES.

I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER ADDING A BIBLE VERSE TO THAT AREA IN CONCERT WITH REPLACING IT, ET CETERA. AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.

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THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ONLINE? NONE.

OKAY. ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE? OKAY. JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE ONE E-CCOMMENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS, NO ITEMS CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS AGENDA.

[N. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. JOY FORD, CITY ATTORNEY.

TONIGHT WE RETURN WITH ANOTHER DISCUSSION OF THE AMENDMENTS TO OUR HEDGE ORDINANCE.

TONIGHT WILL JUST BE A DISCUSSION. WE WILL NOT BE HAVING A FIRST READING, AND WE WILL COME BACK BASED ON TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION NEXT WEEK WITH A FIRST READING OF THE AMENDMENTS WE DISCUSSED TONIGHT. AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO STEPHANIE JOHNSON, OUR QUALITY OF LIFE PROSECUTOR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, AND THE COMMUNITY.

MY NAME IS STEPHANIE JOHNSON. I AM THE QUALITY OF LIFE PROSECUTOR HERE FOR THE CITY, AND I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH STAFF AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CHANGES TO THIS HEDGE ORDINANCE. WE'VE RECEIVED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FEEDBACK, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INPUT AND COLLABORATION IN THIS PROCESS. AS A WAY OF BACKGROUND.

AS INDICATED, CITY COUNCIL DID DISCUSS THIS ITEM IN JULY, AND WE WERE DIRECTED AT THAT TIME TO PURSUE A REVISED HEAD HEDGE ORDINANCE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT ON JULY 22ND SUBMITTED A PROPOSED REVISED ORDINANCE AND THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO CITY PARK CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR REVIEW.

IN THAT DISCUSSION, WE DID RECEIVE SPECIFIC DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL SUBMIT SUBCOMMITTEE IDENTIFYING SIX KEY AREAS THAT THE HEDGE ORDINANCE SHOULD ADDRESS AND THE CITY AND STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS OUTLINE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS GIVEN THAT DIRECTION SPECIFICALLY TO ADD DEFINITIONS FOR HEIGHT HEDGE AND THE DEFINITION FOR WALL AND FENCE TO UPDATE THE PENALTY SECTION, TO ADD A DEFINITION REGARDING WHAT CONSTITUTES A BONA FIDE COMPLAINANT, AS WELL AS INCLUDING A GOOD FAITH REQUIREMENT IN THE ENFORCEMENT SECTION, IT WAS CLEAR FROM COUNCIL DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL WANTED THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE CRITICAL AND OR URGENT VIOLATIONS, SO IT IS RECOMMENDED TO INCLUDE THAT SECTION IN THE NEW ORDINANCE, AS WELL AS INCLUDE A CITYWIDE MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENT AND ADD A PURPOSE SECTION TO OUTLINE AND CAPTURE THE INTENTIONS OF THESE NEW REVISIONS. SPECIFICALLY, AS IT RELATES TO THE DEFINITIONS, TWO KEY AREAS THAT RECEIVED A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INPUT AND FEEDBACK RELATED TO THE DEFINITION OF HEIGHT AND WHAT AND HOW HEIGHT WOULD BE MEASURED, AS WELL AS WHAT CONSTITUTES A HEDGE.

PREVIOUSLY, THE ORDINANCE DID NOT DEFINE HEDGE, AND BOTH OF THESE DEFINITIONS ARE NOW BEING RECOMMENDED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE NEW ORDINANCE.

ADDITIONALLY, AS WAS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED IN JULY, HEIGHT HEDGE ONLY ALLEGATIONS AND THAT CONSTITUTED A HEIGHT ONLY ALLEGATION OR VIOLATION WERE CATEGORIZED AS A MISDEMEANOR. IN THIS NEW PROPOSED ORDINANCE, IT WOULD GIVE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO FILE THE VIOLATION AS EITHER A MISDEMEANOR OR INFRACTION, AND THIS IS WHERE IT WOULD BE CATEGORIZED IN SECTION 1-2.01B. A SPECIFIC AREA

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IN THIS NEW ORDINANCE, A BONA FIDE COMPLAINT MEANS AN OWNER OR OCCUPANT OF RECORD ON A LOT THAT ONE OR A, SHARES A PROPERTY LINE WITH THE PROPERTY ALLEGED TO BE IN VIOLATION, OR B IS LOCATED WITH WITHIN 100FT OF THE LOT WITH AN ALLEGED VIOLATION. THE 100 FOOT RADIUS IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER BEACH CITY ORDINANCES, INCLUDING LAGUNA BEACH. IT IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH LOCAL.

SORRY LOCAL BUILDING CODE NOTIFICATIONS IN THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH.

SO THE 100 FOOT RADIUS WAS MODELED AFTER OTHER BEACH CITIES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY WHERE HOUSES AND LOCATIONS ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ONE ANOTHER.

THE NEXT, THIS SLIDE DOES SHARE VISUALLY THE BUFFER ZONES OF THIS 100 FOOT RADIUS FOR THREE DIFFERENT AREAS WITH DIFFERENT TOPOGRAPHY IN THE CITY OF REDONDO AND INCLUDE THE LOT AS WELL. IN THE YELLOW, YOU CAN SEE THE 100 FOOT RADIUS.

SO IT IS PROPOSED THAT LOTS AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE LOTS WHERE THE YELLOW RADIUS TOUCHES WOULD BE CONSIDERED A BONA FIDE COMPLAINTANT TO MAKE A HEDGE HEIGHT ALLEGATION OR NOTIFICATION TO CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR POSSIBLE ENFORCEMENT OR INVESTIGATION.

IN ADDITION TO THE BONA FIDE COMPLAINANT DEFINITION, THERE IS A SECTION IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT INCLUDES A GOOD FAITH REQUIREMENT, WHICH INDICATES THAT COMPLAINTS SUBMITTED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE MADE IN GOOD FAITH BASED ON A GENUINE BELIEF THAT A VIOLATION EXISTS AND THAT THE COMPLAINANT IS MATERIALLY AFFECTED BY THE ALLEGED VIOLATION.

THE SUBCOMMITTEE PROPOSED IN OUR ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW OF THE NEW ORDINANCE TO ALLOW FOR CITY ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION AND KEY AREAS THAT THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO ENFORCE WITHOUT A CITIZEN COMPLAINT WOULD CONSTITUTE CRITICAL AND OR URGENT VIOLATIONS SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS SAFETY, TRAFFIC SAFETY CONCERNS, ADDRESS VISIBILITY, EMERGENCY ACCESS, CRIME PREVENTION, NIGHTTIME SAFETY, AS WELL AS FIRE HAZARDS.

IN ADDITION, THE NEW ORDINANCE PROPOSES A CITYWIDE MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENT WHEREBY ALL PROPERTY OWNERS OR RESIDENTS IN IN THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO MAINTAIN ALL FENCES, WALLS AND HEDGES AND KEEP THEM FREE OF OVERGROWN, UNSIGHTLY OR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.

AND LAST, COUNCIL, THE SUBCOMMITTEE PROPOSED THAT THERE BE A PURPOSE SECTION ADDED TO THIS NEW ORDINANCE, AND THE CORE OBJECTIVES, REALLY, OF THIS NEW ORDINANCE ORDINANCE ARE TO ADDRESS THE LIVABILITY OF ALL. ENSURE THE LIVABILITY OF ALL THE RESIDENTS IN REDONDO BEACH TO MAKE SURE THAT TRAFFIC SAFETY LINES AND

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IT'S ALSO TO PREVENT WALLED OFF ISOLATED STREETSCAPES WHERE THERE ARE HIGH HEDGES ACROSS ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S ALSO TO INCLUDE THE MAINTENANCE COMPONENT SO THAT EVERYONE TAKES OWNERSHIP AND A PART OF KEEPING THEIR FENCES, HEDGES, AND WALLS IN WORKING ORDER AND AS WELL.

AND FINALLY, AND MAYBE MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT THERE IS A COMMON SENSE ENFORCEMENT APPROACH THAT PRIORITIZES SAFETY OVER MINOR INFRACTIONS. AND WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS.

INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT WAS A PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE HAD REVIEWED IN IN DETAIL AND, AS I INDICATED, WAS SUBMITTED FOR FEEDBACK.

AND THAT HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE. IF THERE ARE NOT SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THAT AMENDMENT, THEN THAT WILL BE PRESENTED NEXT WEEK IN A FIRST READING ON CONSENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU AND THANKS FOR THE WORK, BOTH BY STAFF AND BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE.

OVERALL, I LIKE IT A LOT, A LOT, A LOT BETTER DEFINED THAN IT WAS.

I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS THOUGH. UNDER BONA FIDE COMPLAINT AND IF IT'S WITHIN 100FT RADIUS WHY DO WE NEED TO SPECIFY ADJACENT.

I MEAN ADJACENT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN 100 FOOT RADIUS.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE COULD JUST GO WITH THE 100 FOOT RADIUS.

JUST A QUESTION. IS THERE A REASON WHY THAT WAS SEPARATED OUT OR.

NO, I THINK THE ORIGINAL REQUIREMENT FOR BONA FIDE WAS ADJACENT.

AND THEN WE ADDED THE 100 FOOT RADIUS. BUT THAT YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT.

WE CAN JUST KEEP IT WITHIN 100 FOOT RADIUS. AND THAT'S A NET.

SO I MEAN, IT WOULD CARRY IT WOULD STILL WORK THE OTHER WAY.

IT JUST SEEMS REDUNDANT. IN THE INSTANCE WHERE LIKE JUST FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEONE'S DRIVING ALONG, THEY'RE NOT WITHIN 100FT, BUT THEY CAN'T SEE THROUGH AN INTERSECTION BECAUSE OF A HEDGE OR A WALL.

THEY WOULDN'T BE ELIGIBLE AS A BONA FIDE COMPLAINANT, BUT WOULD THERE IF THEY COMPLAINED, THEN THEN STAFF WOULD INVESTIGATE. AND THEN IT'S UP TO STAFF TO SAY WHETHER IT'S SAFE OR NOT? YES. OKAY. SO YOU CAN STILL ADDRESS A COMPLAINT, BUT THE PERSON IS NOT A BONA FIDE COMPLAINT.

IF IT'S REGARDING SAFETY. RIGHT. THOSE CRITICAL OR URGENT.

YEAH. OKAY. AND THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD ENOUGH ANSWER FOR ME.

I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD. THIS WAS GOOD WORK, I LIKE IT.

OH THE STAFF REPORT MENTIONED GETTING RID OF THE SITE TRIANGLES.

IS THERE A REASON THAT GOT TAKEN OUT? THAT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED BY STAFF BECAUSE OF THE NUMEROUS PROPERTIES WE HAVE THAT IT WOULD AFFECT, AND IT WOULD JUST BE IMPOSSIBLE TO ENFORCE. OKAY.

OKAY. THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. YEAH. GREAT JOB ON THIS. MISS JOHNSON AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

THERE WERE A LOT OF ITERATIONS AND A LOT DONE.

AND THE INPUT, I THINK, WAS RECEIVED FROM ALMOST EVERY APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT WHEN YOU MENTIONED KIND OF THE COMMON SENSE APPROACH AND HOW WOULD IT FIT WELL WITHIN OUR CITY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND NUISANCE ISSUES AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO IT SEEMS TO ALL OF THAT WHO HAVE BEEN CAPTURED IN HERE.

SO GREAT JOB. AND THEN ON THE TO THE MAYOR'S GOOD POINT ABOUT THE BONA FIDE COMPLAINANT.

I THINK THAT WAS REPLACED WITH THE, THE 100 FOOT OBJECTIVE MEASURE.

AND SO THAT'S CAPTURED IN THERE. BUT YOU'LL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT PRESUMABLY.

BUT I THINK BONA FIDE THE ADJACENT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH THE THE NEW DEFINITION WHICH CAPTURES THE SAME THING.

I MEAN, IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.

AND JUST TO CONFIRM, THERE'S A LOT IN HERE. YOU KNOW, IT BEST.

IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL.

IT IS PASSES LEGAL MUSTER AND ULTIMATELY TO THE POINT YOU MADE AND TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, IT PRESENTS KIND OF A COMMON SENSE, OBJECTIVE ENFORCEMENT ARCHITECTURE WHERE IT'S NOT JUST WORDS ON A PAGE THAT NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT,

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IS THAT RIGHT? YES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.

I SPENT WHAT FEELS LIKE COUNTLESS HOURS WORKING WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, CODE ENFORCEMENT, FIRE ENGINEERING, TRAFFIC, THE CITY'S ARBORIST TO COME UP WITH SORT OF A NOT ONLY DOES IT PASS LEGAL MUSTER, BUT IT ALSO IS PRAGMATIC AND PRACTICAL FOR PRACTICAL FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT THEIR INVESTIGATIONS AND ULTIMATELY PURSUE ENFORCEMENT FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE ALLEGED TO BE IN VIOLATION. I WILL SAY ON A SIDE NOTE THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ARE WORKING CONCURRENTLY WITH THE PASSING OF THIS ORDINANCE TO DRAFT AND IMPLEMENT AN INTERNAL POLICY AND PROCEDURE MANUAL THAT ADDRESSES CODE ENFORCEMENT GENERALLY, BUT ALSO RELATING SPECIFICALLY TO HEDGE RELATED VIOLATIONS.

AND ONCE THAT ONCE THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN PASSED AND THE FINALIZATION OF THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL FOR, FOR FURTHER INPUT AND REVIEW AS IT RELATES TO THE ENFORCEMENT COMPONENT.

ALL RIGHT. AND CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI AND THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I MEAN, THIS IS A PRODUCT OF THEIR RESPONSIVENESS TO A NEED FROM THE COMMUNITY.

I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE SEEN THIS HERE OTHERWISE.

SO I MEAN, WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCES RECOMMENDED AND PROVIDE ANY OTHER DIRECTION YOU NEED TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEP.

SECOND. OKAY. IS THAT IT? COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. WE STILL HAVE HANDS UP.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. THANK YOU. MAYOR. YOU ASKED THE QUESTION I HAD ABOUT OBSTRUCTION TO ALLEYS AND ROADS AND ALL THAT.

SO THAT WAS WELL ADDRESSED. ON THE HEIGHT, I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF I FULLY UNDERSTAND ME OR MAYBE IT'S THE DEFINITION OF WHAT FINISHED GRADE IS. THAT WOULD HELP ME ON THAT.

BUT I THOUGHT WE HAD SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT TWO PROPERTIES, IT WOULD BE FROM THE HIGHEST NO MATTER WHAT.

SO WHEN IT SAYS EXCEPT IN A REQUIRED FRONT OR EXTERIOR SIDE SETBACK WHERE THE FINISHED GRADE IS LOWER THAN THE EXISTING GRADE.

SO IF, IF YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, TWO YARDS THAT ARE LIKE THIS.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT ONE NEIGHBOR'S HEDGE CAN BE UP HERE AND THE OTHER NEIGHBOR'S HEDGE CAN ONLY BE DOWN THERE? YEAH, THAT'S SORT OF WHAT I'M CONFUSED BY. I THOUGHT WE SAID THE HEDGE WOULD BE SO FOR THE TWO.

SO IT'S STILL THE HIGHER GRADE. BUT THE THE EXCEPTION IS FROM WHERE YOU MEASURE.

SO FROM THE FINISHED PART OF THE HIGHER GRADE.

YES. AND THIS WAS A DEFINITION THAT CAME FROM THE, FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

AND I WOULD WELCOME STAFF FURTHER INSIGHT IF THAT WOULD BE OKAY TO ADDRESS HOW HEIGHT WOULD BE DEFINED. THANK YOU.

YEAH. I'D BE HAPPY TO. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. SO THE DEFINITION IS REFLECTIVE OF THE LAST CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, WHERE THERE IS DIRECTION TO MEASURE FROM THE HIGHER SIDE OF THE FENCE OR THE HEDGE.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT STATES IN THE DEFINITION THAT THAT IT'S MEASURED, IT'S SORRY, I'M READING RIGHT NOW.

IT SHOULD BE MEASURED FROM THE SIDE OF THE FENCE OR HEDGE WITH THE HIGHEST GRADE. AND THAT WAY IF YOU HAVE A SLOPE LOT, YOU'RE NOT GETTING PENALIZED ON THE DOWNWARD SLOPE WHERE IT WOULD BE PROHIBITIVE TO HAVE THAT HEIGHT ON THE UPWARD SLOPE OF THE PROPERTY.

BUT IT'S THE EXCEPTION WHERE IT SAYS EXCEPT IN A REQUIRED FRONT OR EXTERIOR SIDE SETBACK, WHERE THE FINISHED GRADE IS LOWER THAN THE EXISTING GRADE.

SO IN THAT FINISHED VERSUS EXISTING, THE DEFINITIONS, I THINK, RIGHT.

SO MARC, MAYBE ADDRESS THIS. TO A FINISHED GRADE IN THAT SCENARIO, WHEN THE LOT, WHEN THE LOT IS SLOPING DOWNWARD IS GOING TO BE HIGHER THAN WHERE THAT LOT IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GRADE. SO FINISHED GRADE IS GOING TO BE ABOVE THE RETAINING WALL.

AND THAT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU THE HIGHER OF THE TWO SIDES DEFINITION OF FINISHED GRADE SPOT FOR ME.

IN THAT INSTANCE, FINISHED IS HIGHER THAN GRADE, AND IN THE OTHER INSTANCES IT'S JUST THE HIGHER OF THE GRADES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

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AND THEN THE LAST ONE IN OUR BLUE FOLDER, WE HAD SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM LAURA MCMORRAN THAT HAD A COUPLE REFINEMENTS.

DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE ANY OF THOSE SO YOU COULD COMMENT ON THOSE? IF NOT PERHAPS WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE AT LEAST LOOKED AT THAT.

SINCE THIS ISN'T OUR FINAL, OUR FIRST READING OR ANYTHING, IT'S NOT, WE DON'T NEED IT FULLY.

BUT SHE JUST HAD A COUPLE THINGS WHERE SHE BROKE OUT CORNER LOTS AND ALLEY LOTS INTO TWO SEPARATE ISSUES.

A COUPLE OTHER THINGS I'M SURE SHE'S GOT READY FOR HER PUBLIC COMMENT.

I HAVE NOT SEEN THOSE AND I'M NOT PREPARED TO ADDRESS THEM AT THIS TIME, BUT CERTAINLY WE'LL TAKE THEM INTO CONSIDERATION AND CAN REVIEW THEM.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER. OBAGI.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU, PROSECUTOR JOHNSON.

REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORT ON THIS. AND IS IT COLE WEBB AS WELL WORKING WITH YOU TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT, AND COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT ACTUALLY, I THINK JIM MUELLER CAME UP EARLIER ASKING FOR ACCOLADES FOR COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.

LET ME START BY SAYING AMONG THE OTHER THINGS HE'S TACKLED HERE WITH A LOT OF EFFORT AND A LOT OF TIME WAS THIS HEDGE ORDINANCE BECAUSE HE STARTED DRAFTING REVISIONS TO OUR ORDINANCE BEFORE WE'D EVEN DISCUSS IT UP HERE ON COUNCIL AND STARTED TO MEET WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ABOUT WHAT REVISIONS THEY'D RECOMMEND. AND THEY STARTED TO DO THE OUTREACH WITH STAFF SO THAT WE COULD GET THIS BACK SO QUICKLY AFTER THE REFERRAL WAS MADE.

SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT, FOR YOUR STRONG WORK ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN REDONDO.

ONE QUESTION A RESIDENT RAISED RECENTLY VIA EMAIL.

PROSECUTOR JOHNSON WAS THAT WAS HOW IS THE CITY GOING TO HANDLE PENDING COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ABOUT HEDGES THAT WERE PUT ON STAY OR PAUSED? SO THAT'S AN ENFORCEMENT QUESTION.

AND OUR ADVICE TO STAFF WOULD BE TO PROCEED BASED ON THE NEW AMENDED ORDINANCE.

SO IF IT DOES NOT QUALIFY UNDER THE NEW ORDINANCE, THEN STAFF CAN PURSUE THE COMPLAINTS AS THEY WOULD PURSUANT TO THAT THE RULES, THE NEW RULES.

GREAT. AND THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY FORD, FOR DEDICATING ALL YOUR STAFF'S RESOURCES FOR THIS HUGE EFFORT AS WELL.

THAT IS IS IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. I DO HAVE ONE LAST COMMENT IS, YOU KNOW, I LIKE THIS THE CONSTRUCT OF THE BONA FIDE COMPLAINANT AND THE GOOD FAITH COMPLAINT STANDARDS. YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE OTHER CODE ELEMENTS THAT PEOPLE COULD WEAPONIZE IN A SIMILAR WAY TO WHAT WE SAW HERE WITH SHRUBS.

AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN EXPAND THIS SOLUTION TO OTHER OTHER COMPLAINT DRIVEN AREAS OF OUR CODE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS EACH TIME, YOU KNOW, WE GET SOMETHING LIKE, LIKE WHAT OCCURRED HERE.

SO THAT'S NOT DIRECTION, THAT'S JUST OBSERVATION AND A COMMENT.

IT'S NOT AGENDIZED. SO THAT'S AS FAR AS I'M GOING TO PURSUE THAT.

THAT WAS JUST A COMMENT. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS? NOT OKAY. ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM.

GOOD EVENING. VICKI CALLAHAN, DISTRICT ONE. HOW HIGH IS THE OFFENDING HEDGE? I SEE NO NUMBERS. 72IN. WELL, IT DEPENDS WHERE IT'S AT.

RIGHT FRONT, FRONT OR BACK. SO THOSE NUMBERS AREN'T CHANGING UNDER THE NEW ORDINANCE.

SO THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A FELONY HEDGE OR NOT.

I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THIS A QUESTION AND ANSWER. MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN GET BACK TO HER.

42IN. 42IN. YEAH. ON THE ON THE FRONT AND SIX, SIX FEET ON THE SIDE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? IT'S NOT IN THE TRIANGLE.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? COME ON UP. YOU DON'T HAVE TO RAISE YOUR HAND. OH.

I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. JUST ONE SECOND. ANYBODY ONLINE? OKAY, NOW. I HAVE TO SWITCH BACK AND FORTH FOR THE NEW BROWN ACT.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.

FIRST, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR CITY.

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I'VE HAD FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE WITH CORNER LOT VISIBILITY ISSUES AND TRYING TO GET CODE ENFORCEMENT TO ADDRESS UNSUCCESSFULLY.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, I THINK THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO ME ARE ONE, MAKING SURE THAT THIS PART THAT'S IN MAINTENANCE MOVES OVER UNDER ALL RESIDENTIAL ZONES.

SO EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE SITE TRIANGLE IS SUPPOSED TO BE 36IN HIGH.

AND THEN THE SECOND PART IN THAT SAME PROVISION IS TALKS ABOUT TREES.

TREES ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, BUT THAT WOULD BE HORRIBLE IF THEY WERE REMOVED.

AND I'VE HAD A CONVERSATION IN THE FIELD WITH A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, AND THE RESPONSE I GOT WAS, WELL, WE CAN'T GO HIGHER THAN 36, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY ABOUT THESE BRANCHES.

AND I'VE GOT A VISIBILITY WINDOW OF YAY BIG. SO I'M PUTTING BOTH A CAP ON GROUND AND THEN A, A LOWER LIMIT ON BRANCHES. SO WE HAVE A BIGGER WINDOW TO SEE THROUGH.

SO THOSE ARE THE REALLY IMPORTANT ONES. WHERE I'VE KIND OF MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE EXISTING PROVISIONS.

AND AS FOR THE BONA FIDE COMPLAINT PROVISION.

I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF STRESS CAUSED BY THIS RECENT WHATEVER IT WAS.

BROUHAHA. AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SLIPPERY SLOPE THIS BRINGS.

A CODE ENFORCEMENT NOTICE IS NOT THE SAME AS DENYING A PERSON THE RIGHT TO FILE A COMPLAINT, BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIVE WITHIN 100FT OF SOMETHING.

THERE SHOULD BE A BRIGHT LINE HERE THAT SHOULD NOT SAY YOU'RE SUPPRESSED BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIVE WITHIN 100FT OF A PLACE, AND MAYBE IT'S JUST NARROWLY THREADED RIGHT NOW, BUT I WORRY.

AND LET ME SAY WHAT THIS SAYS IN THE CODE. COMPLAINTS FROM PERSONS WHO DO NOT QUALIFY AS BONA FIDE COMPLAINANTS MAY BE LOGGED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES, BUT DO NOT OBLIGATE THE CITY TO INITIATE AN INVESTIGATION OR FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION.

WE'RE GOING TO DO NOTHING. THAT'S WHAT THAT SAYS RIGHT THERE.

YOU KNOW, THE PRIORITIZATION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THE CITY COULD DO FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND LET CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTUALLY ENFORCE ON A PROACTIVE BASIS WHEN SAFETY IS A CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. ANYONE ONLINE? OKAY. ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE? OKAY, I HAVE ONE E-COMMENT.

AND THAT'S IT. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI, IS YOUR HANDS UP AGAIN OR IS THAT JUST REMAINING? OKAY. ANY LAST COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? MAYOR, I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT, IF I COULD PLEASE, IN LOOKING AT THAT, RAISE YOUR HAND. SORRY. IN LOOKING AT THAT HEIGHT DEFINITION, JUST IN CONFERRING WITH JOY STEPHANIE AND MARC, I THINK WE'D LIKE TO TO TO COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER POINT, I THINK WE CAN ADD A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICITY HERE TO MAKE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR WHAT WE'RE MEANING BY THAT. I DON'T LIKE THE PHRASING WHERE LOWER THAN THE EXISTING GRADE WE MEASURE FROM THE FINISHED GRADE.

I THINK THERE'S A WAY TO CLEAN THAT UP. IT'LL PROBABLY BE SOMETHING LIKE IN A, IN A SCENARIO WHERE FRONT OR EXTERIOR SIDE SETBACK WHERE THE SIDEWALK GRADE AND WE'LL PROBABLY FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW TO PHRASE THAT IS LOWER THAN THE APPROVED FINISHED GRADE HEIGHT SHALL BE MEASURED FROM THE FINISHED GRADE.

SO WE NEED TO JUST MAKE THAT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR.

WE FULLY UNDERSTAND COUNCIL'S INTENT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MEASURING FROM THE HIGHER OF THE TWO SCENARIOS.

SO I DON'T REALLY LOVE THE EXCEPTION LANGUAGE THERE.

WE'LL TIGHTEN THAT UP FOR YOU WHEN WE BRING IT BACK NEXT WEEK, ASSUMING YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IF YOU'RE IF THE GOAL IS TO KEEP A NON WALL LIKE APPEARANCE AND YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE IN THE YARDS FOR SAFETY, BUT THAT YARDS HIGHER THAN THE SIDEWALK, WELL, YOU WE STILL HAVE SAFETY. WE STILL HAVE SAFETY CONCERN ON THE CORNER LOTS.

BUT THE CHALLENGE IS IF WE IF WE HAVE A SCENARIO WHERE YOU HAVE A FINISHED GRADE, LET'S SAY A RETAINING WALL ON A SITE THAT HAS A SIDE YARD RETAINING WALL, A CORNER LOT, AND THAT'S GOT A THREE FOOT RETAINING WALL.

WE CAN'T LIMIT THEIR HEDGE IN THAT SCENARIO TO A FOOT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM SOME DISPENSATION TO HAVE A CONSISTENT HEDGE ON THEIR FINISHED PROPERTY.

OTHERWISE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TERRACE EFFECTIVELY THEIR FRONT YARD.

AND THAT CORNER STARTS TO BECOME A BIT OF A CONCERN.

SO I THINK THE GOAL AND THE DIRECTION WE WERE GIVEN AT THE LAST DISCUSSION WAS TO MEASURE FROM THE HIGHER OF THE TWO SCENARIOS.

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ALL RIGHT. AND THE WAY I THE WAY MAYBE I MISREAD IT, BUT THE WAY I READ IT, IT SAYS THE HEIGHT IS MEASURED FROM THE TALLEST PART OF THE HEDGE AND DESCRIBED HOW YOU DETERMINE THAT TO THE THE LAND JUST BENEATH IT.

I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT WORDING, BUT THAT SEEMS TO CONTRADICT WHAT YOU JUST SAID IN THE.

IN THAT SIDE YARD SELECTION, IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT. IT WOULD BE IF THE IF THE SIDEWALK IS LOWER THAN THE FINISHED GRADE, YOU'RE GOING TO MEASURE FROM THE FINISHED GRADE. CAN YOU JUST DROP THAT DEFINITION REAL QUICK? THAT PORTION OF THE BRIEFING? SLIDE 1 OR 2. MADAM CLERK. IS THE ISSUES WHERE IT SAYS EXCEPT IN REQUIRED FOR.

THAT'S WHERE IT GETS CONFUSING. IT'S THE EXCEPTION THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

THAT'S GOING TO ADDRESS IT. THERE IT IS. THE VERTICAL DISTANCE FROM THE EXISTING GRADE TO THE TOP OF THE FENCE EDGE TO THE GRADE DIRECTLY BELOW. RIGHT. SO DIRECTLY BELOW THE HEDGE OR TREE WOULD BE RIGHT AT THE THE GRADE BELOW.

SO TRUNK TO THE GRADE DIRECTLY BELOW, NOT THE.

YEAH. SO THE SOIL WHERE THE TRUNK IS OR THE. OR THE DIRT WHERE THE TRUNK IS OR THE WHATEVER PAVER STONE YOU HAVE.

SO THE PROBLEM IS. SO THE HEIGHT SHALL BE MEASURED FROM THE SIDE OF THE FENCE OR WALL WITH THE HIGHEST GRADE ELEVATION. THAT'S CLEAR.

WHERE IT GETS MURKY, I THINK IS THIS EXCEPTION LANGUAGE WHERE WE SAY EXCEPT THE REQUIRED FRONT OR EXTERIOR SIDE SETBACK, WHERE THE FINISHED GRADE IS LOWER THAN THE EXISTING GRADE. HEIGHT SHOULD BE MEASURED FROM THE FINISHED GRADE, WHICH IN THIS SCENARIO WOULD BE LOWER. SO NOW YOU'RE COMPRESSING THE HEDGE HEIGHT AND YOU'RE CREATING A PROBLEM FOR CORNER LOTS.

OKAY, THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL SPECIFICALLY GAVE US DIRECTION ON, I THOUGHT IN THE LAST DISCUSSION WAS TO MEASURE FROM THE HIGHER OF THOSE TWO POINTS.

CORRECT. AND THIS TO ME, THIS LANGUAGE DOESN'T CAPTURE THAT DIRECTION.

OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY. WITH THAT, I'LL CALL THE VOTE.

ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND THAT'S NOT A FIRST READING. SO. SO WE'LL COME BACK.

OKAY. NEXT IS N.2 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON DRAFT ZONING AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE NON-CONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES.

MARC WILL BE HANDLING HIS PRESENTATION. ALONG WITH SEAN.

YEAH, IF WE CAN KEEP IT UP. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

SO TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION IS ON ARTICLE EIGHT, NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES.

BEFORE I GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THE AMENDMENTS, THE DRAFT AMENDMENTS, I WANT TO PROVIDE THE CITY COUNCIL WITH SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS ISSUE. SO WE RECENTLY UPDATED THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENTS.

AND ALSO THE SIX CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT WAS IMPLEMENTED.

AND THERE WERE ZONING CHANGES IN RELATION TO THAT THAT CREATED PROPERTIES THAT NOW CONTAIN LEGAL NON-CONFORMITIES.

THIS WAS RAISED TO THE BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S ATTENTION DURING ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD BACK IN OCTOBER 2024.

WE DISCUSSED THE FACT THAT ON TORRANCE BOULEVARD BETWEEN IRINA AND JUANITA AVENUES, WE'D BE CONVERTING FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL ZONING. AND THEN THERE'S A STRETCH OF PCH THAT WOULD BE CONVERTING FROM RH RESIDENTIAL, HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO C-2 COMMERCIAL. AND THAT'S SHOWN IN THE MAPS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE.

AND THE INTENT OF THESE REZONES WAS TO PROMOTE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL USES ALONG THESE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, EVEN THOUGH RIGHT NOW THEY'RE MOSTLY CHARACTERIZED BY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

SO STAFF DID IDENTIFY THAT THIS WOULD CREATE CONSISTENCY ISSUES WITH THESE NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH HAVE A RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER.

AND NOTED THAT THE REZONE WOULD MAKE THESE USES LEGAL NONCONFORMING, MEANING THAT THE SITES WERE LEGALLY, THE BUILDINGS WERE LEGALLY PERMITTED AND THE USES WERE.

HOWEVER, THEY NO LONGER WOULD CONFORM TO THE ZONING.

WE DISCUSSED WITH THE COUNCIL. THE OPTION OF MAYBE NOT REZONING THESE PROPERTIES BUT THERE IS ALSO AN ALTERNATIVE OPTION WHERE WE COULD ADDRESS THIS THROUGH THE NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES SECTION OF OUR MUNICIPAL CODE AND THE COUNCIL DIRECTED US TO MAKE AMENDMENTS TO THAT AND TO RETURN TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

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ANOTHER ISSUE SEPARATE FROM THIS THAT CAME UP DURING THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION, AS WE HAD MULTIPLE SITES THAT WERE REZONED TO IMPLEMENT OUR HOUSING ELEMENT TO ALLOW FOR HOUSING.

ORIGINALLY, THE CITY UTILIZED OVERLAY ZONES FOR THOSE SITES THAT WAS LATER MODIFIED TO CONVERT THOSE TO RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE.

AND ON THOSE SITES, THERE'S CURRENTLY COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

HOWEVER, TO MEET THE CITY'S, THE REQUIRED RHNA, WE HAD TO REZONE THOSE TO ALLOW FOR RESIDENTIAL.

SO THE COUNCIL DID PROVIDE DIRECTION FOR STAFF TO AMEND THAT NONCONFORMING USES AND BUILDING AND STRUCTURE CHAPTER TO PROVIDE SOME GREATER FLEXIBILITY FOR THOSE PROPERTIES AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT.

AND AS PREPARED, THE, THE MODIFICATIONS WOULD ALLOW THOSE SITES GREATER FLEXIBILITY AND REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE AND STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS, AND ALSO THE ABILITY TO ADD UP TO 15% TO THOSE STRUCTURES OF THE EXISTING FLOOR AREA.

SO THIS PROVIDES SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY TO THOSE SITES WHICH WERE MADE NON-CONFORMING BY THOSE RECENT ACTIONS.

WE ALSO TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY, SINCE WE WERE AMENDING THIS SECTION OF OUR CODE TO ADDRESS OTHER ASPECTS OF IT AS WELL.

SO I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH THOSE REALLY QUICK. WE UPDATED THE PURPOSE SECTION OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO REALLY TRY TO FIND THE BALANCE BETWEEN LOOKING TO PHASE OUT NON-CONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES AND MOVE TOWARDS WHATEVER THE ZONING IS GEARED TO ALLOW WHILE ALSO PROVIDING SOME FLEXIBILITY CITYWIDE, NOT JUST AT THESE LOCATIONS TO ALLOW FOR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THOSE PROPERTIES. SO WE'VE UPDATED THE PURPOSE SECTION TO REFLECT THAT, THAT THAT'S REALLY THE INTENT OF THIS CODE CHAPTER IS TO FIND A BALANCE BETWEEN THOSE.

AS I STATED, THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ALONG PCH AND TORRANCE, WE'VE ADDED PROVISIONS THAT WOULD ALLOW THOSE TO BE THOSE STRUCTURES TO BE MAINTAINED AND EVEN REBUILT AT THE SAME DENSITY AS WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE.

SO IF THEY HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE, THEY CAN REBUILD IT WITH A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR ZONING STANDARDS THAT APPLY TO THAT SITE.

SO THAT'S THE ALLOWANCE THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED TO THOSE PARTICULAR PROPERTIES.

AND THEN I ALREADY DISCUSSED THE ONE ON THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES THAT WERE UPDATED FOR THE HOUSING ELEMENT.

WE ALSO JUST GENERALLY FOR ALL NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURES AND USES ALLOWED SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR STRUCTURE ALTERATIONS AND MINOR ADDITIONS TO THOSE PROPERTIES. AND IT WOULD GO, THE CODE WOULD BE AMENDED TO ALLOW THAT THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN REVIEW AS OPPOSED TO PLANNING COMMISSION DESIGN REVIEW, WHICH IS CURRENTLY HOW IT'S CODIFIED.

IT WOULD ALSO THE DRAFT AMENDMENTS WOULD ALLOW THE RECONSTRUCTION OF DESTROYED STRUCTURES, BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, IF THEY'RE DESTROYED 50% OR BEYOND.

AND THE COUNCIL MAY RECALL THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS RAISED BY RESIDENTS.

IT WAS DIFFICULT UNDER THE CURRENT STANDARDS, TO OBTAIN PROPERTY INSURANCE BECAUSE THE CODE PRECLUDED THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO REBUILD THE STRUCTURE. SO THIS PROVIDES SOME MORE LATITUDE FOR THAT.

AND THEN ALSO WE UPDATED UPDATED OUR STANDARDS FOR THE DISCONTINUATION OF A NONCONFORMING USE.

CURRENTLY, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, IF YOU WERE TO STOP THE USE FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS WOULD BE CONSIDERED DISCONTINUED.

THEY'D LOSE THE RIGHT TO OPERATE THE NONCONFORMING USE.

WE'VE MODIFIED THAT SO THAT THE ABANDONMENT WOULD OCCUR WHEN THEY REPLACE THE USE WITH THE CONFORMING USE.

IT WOULD ALSO APPLY IF THEY WERE TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE AND BUILD SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW OUTSIDE OF THOSE ZONES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED.

AND THE REASON WE MODIFIED THIS SECTION IS WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF SITUATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE A USE MAY BE NON-CONFORMING LIKE A COFFEE SHOP.

IT GOES VACANT, AND MAYBE IT TAKES SEVERAL YEARS TO FIND A NEW TENANT FOR THAT SPACE.

I MEAN, IT'S A CONCERN OF THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE THE RIGHT TO UTILIZE THAT PRIOR USE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE THE BUILDING HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED AROUND THAT COMMERCIAL USE THAT IT HAD PREVIOUSLY OR RESIDENTIAL.

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AND WITH THAT, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORTS AND ALSO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON POLICY DIRECTION TO STAFF PRIOR TO STAFF PREPARING A FINAL DRAFT ORDINANCE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD WORK ON THIS. IT'S YOU KNOW, I WAS ON GPAC WHEN THIS ISSUE FIRST CAME UP.

IT WAS TOM BOWER WHO'S NOW A HARBOR COMMISSIONER, SAID THAT SOME OF HIS BUSINESS PROPERTIES HE COULDN'T MAINTAIN BECAUSE, BECAUSE IN 1992, THEY HAD BEEN REZONED TO RESIDENTIAL.

SO HE COULDN'T INVEST IN HIS PROPERTIES. AND HE ASKED FOR SOME KIND OF NONCONFORMING USE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ALLOW HIM TO CONTINUE.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE WERE LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CATALINA COFFEE.

WHO SAID THEY, THEY BASICALLY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T ALTER GET THE, GET THE LOAN TO ALTER THEIR FACILITY BECAUSE IT WAS A NON-CONFORMING USE.

AND CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, LOSING THE MOM AND POP SHOPS LIKE THAT THAT ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS RUINS THE WALKABILITY.

AND THAT WAS THE CONCERN OF THE GPAC AT THE TIME.

I THINK YOU'LL YOU'LL CONCUR WITH THAT HOW THAT CAME UP AND SUBSEQUENT WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME HOMEOWNERS WHO HAD RESIDENTIAL IN AREAS THAT WERE REZONING, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THAT WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN AND, AND MODERNIZE AND, AND REBUILD IF, IF THEY HAD TO THEIR CURRENT HOMES.

I THINK THIS DOES A VERY GOOD JOB. IT'S BEYOND WHAT I EXPECTED WHEN I WAS ON GPAC.

SO JUST APPLAUD THE, THE WORDING AND THE DETAIL YOU WENT TO ON THIS.

WITH THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER, YOU GOT YOUR HAND UP.

YES. THANK YOU MAYOR. I THINK THIS WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FEW ISSUES ON GPAC WHERE WE WERE PRETTY UNANIMOUS IN OUR THOUGHTS ON WHICH WAS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING.

TWO OF THE QUESTIONS BOTH ON PERCENTAGES WHY WAS THE DECISION MADE FOR ONLY A 15% EXPANSION IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO REMODEL AND THEN THE PART TWO OF THAT IS THE 50% OR MORE DESTROYED TO HAVE RECONSTRUCTION, LIKE WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEBODY HAS 25% DESTRUCTION BECAUSE ONLY PART OF IT WAS IN A FIRE OR WATER DAMAGE? YEAH. SO ON THE FIRST QUESTION AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THERE'S TWO SITES, TWO AREAS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN RELATION TO GENERAL PLAN.

ONE IS THE PCH TORRANCE THAT WERE CONVERTED FROM RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND THOSE SITUATIONS FOR THOSE PROPERTIES THEY CAN REBUILD COMPLETELY AS RESIDENTIAL. THAT DENSITY. THE 15% ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCE IS SPECIFIC TO THE HOUSING SITES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY THE OVERLAY ZONES THAT HAVE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL. AND THE 15% WASN'T, IT'S NOT REALLY A MAGIC NUMBER.

THERE WASN'T A SPECIFIC REASON WHY IT WAS THAT.

WE HAVE A PROVISION WITH WITH THOSE ZONES THAT ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS, NEW DEVELOPMENT NEEDS TO CONSIST OF 50% RESIDENTIAL FLOOR AREA.

SO THE INTENT WAS TO ALLOW FOR SOME MODEST ADDITIONS THAT DIDN'T QUITE RISE TO THE LEVEL OF BEING NEW DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERED NEW DEVELOPMENT.

BUT I THINK THERE IS FLEXIBILITY TO GO UP IN THAT.

MAYBE IT COULD BE 25%. I THINK ONCE YOU START GETTING CLOSER TO 50 OR EXCEEDING 50% OF THE EXISTING FLOOR AREA, YOU'RE PROBABLY IN THAT REALM WOULD BE A NEW DEVELOPMENT. BUT THE 15% WAS JUST REFLECTIVE OF THE INTENT TO KIND OF KEEP THAT LOW AND CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER SECTION OF THE CODE THAT HAS THAT REQUIREMENT FOR HOUSING WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN ON THE THE OTHER 50% RULE WITH THE DEMOLITION, THAT WAS REALLY JUST BASED ON WHAT WAS IN OUR CURRENT CODE.

AND WE WERE WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT PROVISIONS TO SOME EXTENT.

I THINK THE REALLY THE INTENT BEHIND THAT IS IF THE BUILDING WERE DESTROYED BY A FIRE OR EARTHQUAKE OR ESSENTIALLY FULLY DESTROYED, THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO REBUILD IT. SO WE COULD ADD LANGUAGE, IT MAKES THAT A LITTLE CLEARER AS TO WHAT THE INTENT IS BEYOND BEHIND THE 50%. IT'S NOT JUST THAT IT'S 50%. SOME CODES WILL EVEN STATE THAT LIKE IF IT'S AN ACT OF GOD, LIKE A FIRE EARTHQUAKE, IT WILL GIVE THOSE EXAMPLES.

SO WE CAN ADD SOME LANGUAGE THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE CLEARER WHAT THE INTENT IS, WHICH IS IF THE PROPERTY IS DESTROYED.

YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP ON THAT 50% ON THE, THE 15%, I DON'T KNOW ALL THESE PROPERTIES, BUT YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A 1000 SQUARE FOOT BUNGALOW, 150FT² IS NOT GOING TO MAKE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE IF THEY WANT TO DO A REMODEL.

SO I COULD SEE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE ON THAT. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY DID WANT TO COME THROUGH AND SAY, I WANT TO DO A 50%, THEY COULD COME TO YOU FOR A DESIGN REVIEW AND THEY'D DO THE ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN REVIEW AS PART OF THIS.

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I DON'T KNOW HOW THE REST OF THE COUNCIL FEELS ON THAT. YEAH.

AND I THINK THE INTENT AND I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THE INTENT IS TO SUPPORT THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES IN THOSE ZONES, AND THOSE HAVE BEEN LONG STANDING, AND WE WANT TO GIVE THEM SOME FLEXIBILITY TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE OPERATIONS AND SOME LEVEL OF EXPANSION, WHILE ALSO HONORING THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR HOUSING ELEMENT.

AND I GUESS SORT OF A FOLLOW ON, IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO GAME THE SYSTEM AND THEY DID A 15% MODIFICATION WAIT A YEAR, DO A 15% WAIT A YEAR, DO A 15% AT SOME POINT, DO YOU LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, WELL, YOU JUST DID A 50% ADDITION.

WE COULD ADDRESS THAT. I'VE SEEN WHERE THERE'S CODE PROVISIONS THAT ACTUALLY GIVE LIKE A TIMELINE LIKE 15% WITHIN A FIVE YEAR PERIOD AND THEN OR SOME SET AMOUNT OF TIME. PROBABLY IN THIS CASE I WOULD, IT MAY MAKE SENSE TO SEE IF THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE BEFORE WE DECIDE TO BRING THAT FORWARD, THAT MANY PROPERTIES. AND I THINK OVERALL THE CITY IS GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THESE USES.

SO WE COULD TAKE A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH OR WE COULD ADDRESS IT MORE PROACTIVELY BY MORE CLEARLY DEFINING THAT.

I'D BE OKAY WITH A WAIT AND SEE, BUT A, A HIGHER INITIAL PERCENTAGE, I THINK WOULD BE REASONABLE.

THAT'S ALL FOR ME. OKAY. NO OTHER HANDS UP. DOES SOMEONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION OR DO YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC? FIRST, LET'S HEAR FROM. I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION.

OKAY. WE'LL TAKE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC THEN.

WE HAVE SOME WRITTEN COMMENTS. WE GOING TO HAVE A WRITTEN REQUEST.

LET'S SEE. HAMZA CUSHMAN. CUSHMAN. YEAH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. ABOUT A MONTH AGO, I, I ACCIDENTALLY LEARNED ABOUT THE THE REZONING. SINCE THEN, I HAVE SENT, SPENT WEEKS TELLING MY NEIGHBORS ABOUT THIS CHANGE AND LEARNING HOW THIS CHANGE COULD AFFECT MY NEIGHBORS AND I.

EVERY AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNER I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH IS AGAINST THIS REZONING, I HAVE, I, I HAVE WITH ME A PETITION SIGNED BY ALL THE NEIGHBORS I SPOKE WITH.

OUR PROPERTIES ARE CLEARLY RESIDENTIAL FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND SOME ARE MULTI UNIT PROPERTIES.

THIS IS CHANGE MAKES THINGS COMPLICATED WITH OUR RESIDENTIAL RIGHTS, INSURANCE, FINANCE, FUTURE BUYERS, PROPERTY VALUE AND MORE MORE WITH WITH MANY, NOT WITH MORE.

WE ARE. WE MAY NOT KNOW YET. EVEN THE CITY OWNS REPORTS SAYS THAT THERE IS AREAS ARE MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL AND THAT THIS REZONING WOULD MAKE THOSE USED NONCONFORMING AND LIMIT AN OWNER'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN OR POSSIBLY REBUILD A HOME.

THE CITY IS, THE THE CITY IS NOW CONSIDERING CHANGING TO ARTICLE EIGHT NONCONFORMING USE AND STRUCTURE STRUCTURES TO PROVIDE A GREATER FLEXIBILITY FOR THOSE PROPERTIES.

BUT RESPECTFULLY, IF ARTICLE EIGHT HAS TO TO BE A CHANGE TO REDUCE THE PROBLEMS CREATED THE, CREATED BY THE REZONING. WHY ARE THOSE ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES BEGAN REZONED IN THE FIRST PLACE? OUR, OUR LOTS AVERAGE AROUND 4000 SQUARE FOOT, WHICH IS NOT IDEAL FOR MANY COMMERCIAL USE AND LIMIT, LIMITS, THE, THE REALISTIC COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS PROPERTIES. AT THE SAME TIME, REZONING CAN MAKE THINGS UNCLEAR FOR THE RESIDENTIAL USE THAT ALREADY EXIST. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THE REZONING.

PLEASE CONSIDER THAT THE PEOPLE WHO OWN AND LIVE IN THESE PROPERTIES LISTEN TO WHAT THEY AFFECTED PROPERTIES OWNERS AND ARE ARE ASKING FOR AND ALLOW OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO REMAIN RESIDENTIAL.

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OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE? OKAY.

THE NEXT CARD I HAVE IS. AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSTATE THIS GENU SAKA, I.

HOPE I DIDN'T BUTCHER THAT TOO MUCH, SIR. OKAY.

GOOD EVENING. I'M LIVING IN REDONDO BEACH FOR 25 YEARS, AND THEN I MOVED TO REDONDO BEACH TO BE CLOSE TO THE OCEAN.

NOT CLOSE TO THE BUSINESS. IF I WANT TO GO TO BUY SOMETHING, I CAN GO WHATEVER I WANT TO.

BUT IF I'M LIVING BY THE OCEAN, I WANT TO LIVE BY THE OCEAN, NOT SURROUNDED BY BUSINESSES.

BY THE WAY, THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES IN PCH EMPTY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

BUSINESS PLACES, SO YOU DON'T NEED MORE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ONLINE? NONE. OKAY. JUNKO HALL.

HI. I'M JUNKO. I KNOW. IT LOOKS LIKE JUNKO. BUT I JUST BECAME AWARE OF THIS RECENTLY WHEN I SPOKE WITH YES. AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW PCH IS A REALLY CONGESTED HIGHWAY.

AND CURRENTLY THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, THEY'RE A WAY FOR COMMUTER BUSSES, COMMERCIAL TRUCKS, BIKERS AND A LOT OF WEEKEND TRAVELERS THAT TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH ON THAT HIGHWAY.

ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS THAT IT'S ALSO USED BY FIRST RESPONDERS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE AMBULANCES. I HEAR IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. THE SIRENS GOING.

I MEAN, IT'S SUPER LOUD, BUT THAT WOULD PROBABLY IMPEDE THE FIRST RESPONDERS FROM BEING ABLE TO RESPOND TO WHOEVER'S CONTACTING THEM OR NEEDS HELP OR IS A VICTIM. AND BECAUSE OF THE CONGESTION OF THE TRAFFIC, BECAUSE EVEN ON, SAY, ON MONDAYS, WE HAVE TRASH DAY WHEN THE TRASH TRUCK IS THERE, JUST THE TRAFFIC JUST GETS BACKED UP.

SO IT JUST IMPEDES THE ABILITY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS TO RESPOND.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ONLINE? NONE. OKAY. MARY ELLEN MARTIN.

OKAY. MARY ELLEN MARTIN. I'M PROPERTY OWNER FOR 510 SOUTH PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY.

AS I SAID LAST TIME I WAS HERE, BEEN IN THE FAMILY FOR PROBABLY 70 YEARS.

A LOT OF THESE HOUSES GO BACK 100 YEARS. IT'S NOT BIG PROPERTY.

IF IT WAS COMMERCIAL, THERE WOULD BE NO PARKING.

IN FACT, WE DID HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME BUSINESSES AND.

SO JUST NOT A REALLY GOOD IDEA. YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, GIVE THIS TO MY CHILDREN AND MAYBE THEY WANT TO ADD ON OR DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT IT'S BEEN RESIDENTIAL FOR EVER AND WE'D REALLY LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ONLINE? I HAVE TO KEEP ASKING SO.

I KNOW. OKAY. GEORGE I CAN'T QUITE READ THIS.

KAUS. IT LOOKS LIKE KAUS. IT'S KANG. KANG. OH, IT'S OKAY, I GOT IT, I GOT IT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, BY THE WAY, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALWAYS RESPONDING TO ALL MY EMAILS, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND COUNCILMAN. HERE ARE THE, I LIVE ON 307 SOUTH JUANITA AVENUE, AND THERE'S SIX HOMES AFFECTED.

I'M IN DISTRICT TWO AND HERE ARE THE REASONS WHY.

FIRST OF ALL, THE GENTLEMAN HERE AND THE THE DIFFERENT AMENDMENTS THAT YOU MADE FOR SECTION EIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BECAUSE I THINK THAT DOES ADDRESS ACTUALLY A LOT OF THE CONCERNS. I WILL START BY SAYING THAT MR. WALLER, I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH YOU. LIKE THE 15%, IF YOU LIVE IN 1000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PUT IN 150 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION. SO IF YOU CAN INCREASE THAT TO 25%, I WOULD ASK YOU GUYS TO DO THAT.

AND IN TERMS OF THE REBUILDING, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL.

RIGHT. IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU REALLY ALLOWING US TO REBUILD IF WE NEED TO? BECAUSE AT THE 50%, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S LIKE THE RIGHT INDEX TO DO THAT.

AND THEN LASTLY, I DID HAVE A QUESTION IS FOR THIS NONCONFORMING, WILL IT BE ONLY APPLIED TO THE ORIGINAL, THE CURRENT OWNERS? BUT IF I SELL IT, WILL THAT ALSO APPLY TO THE NEXT SELLER? I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL. BUT EITHER WAY, I WOULD SAY I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO ACTUALLY CONSIDER KEEPING IT AS AN R-3 ZONE.

AND HERE ARE MY REASONS. NUMBER ONE IS WHEN I BOUGHT THIS HOUSE AND I DID BUY 20 YEARS AGO, I RAISED THREE GIRLS IN THERE, THEY ALL WENT THROUGH THROUGH THE REDONDO BEACH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IN FACT, MAYOR LIGHT I ACTUALLY SAT REALLY CLOSE TO YOU.

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I'VE LIVED IN IT FOR 20 YEARS. AND I THINK EVEN IN YOUR ASSESSMENT, YOU GUYS HAVE WROTE, ESPECIALLY THE HOMES AROUND ME, THEY'RE ALL WELL KEPT. THEY LOOK GREAT. AND SO MY QUESTION IS, IS WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE REZONING? IT'S ALREADY A BEAUTIFUL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHY THE PURPOSE OF REZONING? I GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

SECONDLY IS IF YOU DO REZONE AND IT'S ALREADY A BEAUTIFUL RESIDENTIAL, LIKE WHAT'S THE PURPOSE AND WHY WOULD YOU BE DOING THAT? BECAUSE IT DOES POTENTIALLY PUT UNDUE STRESS ON THE OWNERS, WHETHER IT'S, WE CAN'T INSURE IT PROPERTY VALUES DECLINING, ETCETERA. AND THAT'S THE QUESTION. IT'S LIKE, WHY DO THAT? AND THEN LASTLY, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND IS IF YOU ARE GOING TO IMPOSE THIS KIND OF CHANGE AND IF IT'S GOING TO COST THE HOMEOWNERS, RIGHT? LIKE I HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE HOW DOES IT BENEFIT, LIKE WHAT ARE THE COST BENEFITS ON IT? IS THERE SUCH A GREATER BENEFIT TO THE CITY AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT YOU'D HAVE TO IMPOSE THIS CHANGE? I THINK ONE OF THE RESIDENTS ALREADY SAID LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF OPEN, EMPTY, LIKE VACANT LOTS EVEN LIKE WHERE I LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, THERE'S A COMMERCIAL AREA. THERE'S A LOT OF EMPTY SPACES ALREADY IN THAT AREA.

AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO TURN MY, MY HOME INTO COMMERCIAL ZONE WHEN THERE'S ALREADY COMMERCIAL AREAS THAT ARE EMPTY.

I GOT TO ASK, LIKE THE CITY MEMBERS, LIKE, WHY CONTINUE THAT IF YOU'RE ALREADY HAVING A THRIVING, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL PROPERTY AREA? THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ONLINE? NO. OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST CARD I HAVE IS ROBERT BANKS.

YEAH. THERE SHOULD BE ONE MORE CARD. YOU HAVE VICKI CALLAHAN.

HI, MY NAME IS. DID I MISS VICKI? I THINK YOU DID.

I'LL GET HER NEXT. I'M SORRY. VICKI. SORRY. MY NAME IS ROBERT BANKS.

I LIVE AT 506 SOUTH PCH, AND I HAVE MULTIPLE UNITS THERE.

AND I, YOU KNOW, THEY THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THEY'VE REZONED MY BLOCK AND THEY REZONED IT.

HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

AND THEN THEY ACTUALLY TRIED TO TAKE IT BY EMINENT DOMAIN, WHICH WAS, I GUESS WAS VOTED DOWN, THANK GOD. BUT YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE.

IT WAS ZONED RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AT THE ENDS OF THE BLOCKS.

AND AND I, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY LIMITED WHAT WE COULD DO WITH THE PROPERTY BASED ON THE LOT SIZE TO AND MINE IS THEY LIMITED US TO 5000FT² OF LOT SIZE BEFORE WE COULD DEVELOP ANYTHING ON IT.

IN OTHER WORDS, REBUILD OR ADDITIONS FOR, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT STILL EXISTS OR NOT, BUT I ALSO AM AGAINST THE, THE REZONING. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP THE CORRIDOR OF REDONDO. YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS AND I KNOW YOU'RE DOING IT AND IT DOES IMPACT TRAFFIC.

AND I UNDERSTAND IT HAS TO GROW ANYWAYS. BUT, YOU KNOW I CAN'T SEE JUST, YOU KNOW, YOUR YOU'RE LIMITING OUR SALES ABILITY. YOU MAY BE DEVALUING OUR PROPERTY.

AND YOU KNOW, AND I'VE BEEN THERE, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE 80S, SO YEAH, I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OR RESIDENTIAL. ANYONE ONLINE? NO. OKAY. VICKI. SORRY YOU GOT STUCK TO ANOTHER CARD SOMEHOW.

SO THEY TACKLED ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

SO MINE WILL BE SHORT AND SWEET. FIRST OF ALL, THE PICTURE YOU SHOWED IS OF MY HOUSE.

I LIVED THERE 30 YEARS. I OWN THE ONE NEXT DOOR AS WELL.

NONE OF US ARE BIG PROPERTY OWNERS. THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME HAS THE LARGEST PROPERTY AT EACH END OF THE STREET.

ONE HAS A HOUSE THAT WAS CONVERTED INTO A RESTAURANT.

THE OTHER END IS A SMALL STRIP MALL. IT'S RESIDENTIAL.

WHEN WE BOUGHT IT. IT WAS R2 OR R3. THEN IT WAS HD.

IT'S NOT A COMMERCIAL AREA. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO STAY THERE.

YOU'RE SCREWING WITH OUR PROPERTY VALUES. WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET INSURANCE.

I WON'T BE ABLE TO REFINANCE IF I NEED TO DO SOMETHING MAJOR, HAS, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS HAVE GONE THE WAY OF THE DINOSAUR.

THERE ARE SO FEW BUSINESSES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE AN ACTUAL BRICK AND MORTAR BUSINESS ADDRESS.

EVERYBODY'S WORKING FROM HOME, DOING EVERYTHING ONLINE.

IF YOU LOOK UP AND DOWN PCH FROM TORRANCE BOULEVARD TO THE AVENUES, THERE'S A RESTAURANT THAT'S BEEN VACANT THREE YEARS.

THERE ARE OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN VACANT TWO AND THREE YEARS.

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WELL, YOU'RE TAKING HOUSING AWAY. DON'T TAKE THE HOUSING AWAY.

MAKE IT HIGH DENSITY AND LET US PUT MORE IN. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

I HOPE YOU TAKE IT TO HEART, BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY, REALLY STEAMED ABOUT THIS.

THANK YOU. IF YOU HAVE. IF. PLEASE HOLD DOWN YOUR APPLAUSE.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DECORUM IN HERE. YOU CAN'T APPROACH THAT.

YOU CAN'T APPROACH. CAN WE GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE. SECOND. ALL FOR? AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. SO I SEE YOUR HANDS UP.

I JUST WANT TO I WANT TO CAUTION THE COUNCIL.

YOU KNOW, WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS NOT THE ZONING.

IT'S THIS CHANGE TO THE ORDINANCE IN IN ARTICLE EIGHT.

SO IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ZONING, WE WOULD NEED TO RE AGENDIZE THAT IN A REFERRAL TO STAFF.

SO I'D ASK YOU TO KEEP TO WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE WE DIDN'T AGENDIZE A DISCUSSION ON ZONING THIS EVENING.

SO WITH THAT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? WELL, I WOULD JUST SAY TO MR. KANG, IS THAT HOW YOU PRONOUNCE IT? I SPOKE WITH DIRECTOR WEINER THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT THAT BLOCK IN PARTICULAR.

AS WE KNOW FROM THE BOLLARD STUDY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I WALKED THAT BLOCK ALL THE TIME AND LOOKED AT THE HOUSES THERE ON JUANITA THAT ACTUALLY FACE JUANITA AND NOT TORRANCE BOULEVARD. AND THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, RETAINING WALL AND A SLOPE.

SO IT DOESN'T REALLY EVEN IF THE HOUSES WENT AWAY, IT DOESN'T NATURALLY LEND ITSELF TO PCH FACING COMMERCIAL USE.

AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THE SMALL HOUSES ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THAT BLOCK.

SO THAT IS YOUR, YOUR BLOCK IN PARTICULAR. I DID SPEAK WITH HIM ABOUT, BUT I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE ZONING, SO I'LL HOLD OFF ON THE REST OF IT. BUT I LIKE THE FLEXIBILITY THAT'S BEEN ADDED WITH THESE PROPOSED CHANGES CONFORMING FOR THE NONCONFORMING.

YES. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. YEAH, CITY MANAGER, COULD YOU ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE BROUGHT UP ABOUT PROPERTY VALUE INSURANCE, OWNERSHIP CHANGES, THINGS LIKE THAT? SURE. I MEAN, IN GENERAL, THIS IS A COMPLICATED SUBJECT BECAUSE WHAT'S NOT AT ISSUE HERE AND WHAT'S NOT CLEAR IS, ARE ALL THE CHANGES TO STATE HOUSING LAW THAT HAVE ACTUALLY ADDED QUITE A BIT OF FLEXIBILITY TO THESE PROPERTIES THAT IS BEYOND EVEN OUR CODE.

THE REALITY IS THESE PROPERTIES PROBABLY CARRY FAR, GREATER VALUE TODAY IRRESPECTIVE OF OUR ACTIONS THAN THEY HAVE IN THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES, GIVEN THE STATE LAW AND THE HOUSING MANDATES THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE NOW SUBJECT TO UNDER RECENT BILLS I BELIEVE WITH THE, WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT MARC'S PROPOSING, WE'RE ADDRESSING MOST OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT FUTURE RECONSTRUCTION.

AND IN SOME INSTANCES, I THINK WE'RE ALLOWING FOR FULL REBUILD OF HOMES.

I'M, I'M NOT AN INSURANCE AGENT. I DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY SAY SPECIFICALLY THAT THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A SUITE OF PRODUCTS FOR HOMEOWNERS. CERTAINLY THAT WOULD BE OUR GOAL WITH THESE CHANGES IS TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS AND MAKE SURE THAT EACH OF OUR PROPERTY OWNERS CAN CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN, BUILD, RECONSTRUCT, EXPAND, ETC. AT THEIR DESIRE WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF OUR CODE AND NOT LIMIT THEM IN THAT RESPECT.

THAT'S EFFECTIVELY WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO WITH THESE CHANGES.

THERE IS OF COURSE STILL AS AN OUTGROWTH OF THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE OVERALL CHANGES IN CORRIDOR ZONING THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED AND CONTEMPLATED NOW FOR, FOR SEVERAL YEARS, SOME UPDATES TO WHAT IS ALLOWED IN THESE SPACES BEYOND RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL WAS MENTIONED, THAT WAS ALL PART OF A VERY LONG AND DELIBERATIVE PROCESS.

SO, WHAT WE'RE EFFECTIVELY TRYING TO DO WITH THESE CHANGES IS KIND OF ALLOW FOR BOTH SCENARIOS IN EFFECT, AND TO GIVE PEOPLE FLEXIBILITY. SO, WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT AND, YOU KNOW, WE MAY EVEN HAVE TO MAKE A FEW PHONE CALLS TO FOLKS IN THE INSURANCE WORLD TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE CHANGES WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO ENABLE OUR FOLKS TO MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT THOSE COVERAGES, WHICH ARE OBVIOUSLY CRITICAL.

I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WE'RE ON THAT PATH. AND, AND AS I SAID, AND MARK AND, AND SEAN COULD GIVE EACH OF OUR HOMEOWNERS HERE TONIGHT A MORE SPECIFIC REVIEW OF THEIR PROPERTY TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT IS FULLY AVAILABLE TO THEM AT THEIR SITE, GIVEN THE CURRENT STATE OF THE LAW IN CALIFORNIA.

AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT IF THAT WOULD GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL COMFORT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, GUT CHECK FOR ME IS MY GUESS IS MOST OF OUR PROPERTY OWNERS HERE TONIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE FAR MORE OPTIONS THAN THEY MAY EVEN BE AWARE OF UNDER THE LAW. SO, IT'S HARD TO READ, IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND.

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AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE NEED TO ADDRESS THROUGH NON-CONFORMING HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE COVERED, WE'LL DO IT. I MEAN, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE GOAL OF TONIGHT'S ACTION. YEAH. MIKE, DO YOU MIND IF I ADD TO THAT? ABSOLUTELY. DEREK, COULD YOU BRING UP MY SLIDE? SO, WE DISCUSSED THE ARTICLE 8 CHAPTER AS A WHOLE.

THERE'S VARIOUS PROVISIONS, NOT ALL OF WHICH APPLY TO THIS, THESE PARTICULAR PROPERTIES.

I JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON THESE BECAUSE WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE OVERLAY SITES WHICH ARE NORTH REDONDO BEACH.

WE DISCUSSED WHAT HAPPENS TO A PROPERTY IF IT'S DESTROYED AND THE ALLOWANCE TO REBUILD.

THAT'S CITYWIDE. SO JUST FOCUSING ON THESE PROPERTIES AND THE ONES THAT CONCERN ARE SHOWN ON THE MAP.

IT ESSENTIALLY IS KIND OF A SPLIT ZONING FOR THESE PROPERTIES.

THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO MAINTAIN, REPAIR AND REBUILD SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR ZONING STANDARDS.

THAT MEANS IT'D BE SUBJECT TO THE R-1 STANDARDS OR THE RH-1 IF THEY DECIDE TO REBUILD.

THEY WOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO 15% ON THE ADDITIONS THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO.

MARC, CAN I JUST PAUSE YOU THERE, GO BACK TO THAT STATEMENT AND JUST BE, YOU KNOW, TRY TO BE EXPRESSLY CLEAR WHEN YOU SAY SUBJECT TO PRIOR STANDARDS, MEANING THE STANDARDS THAT EXIST TODAY, THE STANDARDS THAT THEY PURCHASE THESE PROPERTIES ON HAVE MAINTAINED, RECONSTRUCTED, BEEN SUBJECT TO FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES.

THAT'S CORRECT, PRIOR TO THE. THESE STANDARDS HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR HOW LONG? SINCE 1992? SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE, JUST TO PUT IT VERY PLAIN, SPEAK WHAT IS AVAILABLE IF THIS ULTIMATELY GETS CODIFIED IN A SUBSEQUENT MUNICIPAL CODE CHANGE AN AMENDMENT, WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED TODAY AND HAVE EXPERIENCED TODAY, PRE COMMERCIAL ZONING CHANGE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS TO.

THAT'S WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED EFFECTIVELY DUAL ZONING.

SO, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS. SPICULE ZONING. WELL, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO, THAT'S. IT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T SPEAK OUT.

THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE. YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER. THAT IS ULTIMATELY WHAT I THINK WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE AMENDING CODE.

SO GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. YEAH, WE CAN MAKE THAT A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY.

AND THESE MAPS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE ZONING CODE FOR REFERENCE SINCE THESE ARE VERY SPECIFIC TO THESE LOCATIONS.

SO YEAH, SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. AND THEN ALSO THERE IS DISCUSSION ABOUT WHY IT'S BEING REZONED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AND REALLY THE INTENT IS THAT TO MAKE THIS MORE OF A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, IT'S WHAT IT PRIMARILY IS.

AND IT MAY NOT HAPPEN SOON. IT MAY BE OVER SEVERAL DECADES.

BUT IDEALLY, WE WANT TO GIVE THE PROPERTIES THE FLEXIBILITY TO DEVELOP WITH COMMERCIAL.

BECAUSE THAT IS THE CITY'S LONG-TERM GOAL FOR THIS COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, EVEN IF IT IS RESIDENTIAL RIGHT NOW.

AND WE MAY GET SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES BEING REBUILT AS RESIDENTIAL MAINTAIN THAT WAY.

THIS IS REALLY THE DESIRED ZONING AND THE DESIRED FUTURE STATE OF THE CORRIDOR.

EVEN IF IT MAY NOT BE REALIZED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS OR DECADES.

ESPECIALLY WITH STATE MANDATES. WELL, YEAH. AND THE STATE HAS ITS OWN DESIRES.

I MEAN, THE STATE HAS EFFECTIVELY ALLOWED AND ENABLED A WHOLE ANOTHER LEVEL IN TIER OF DEVELOPMENT ALONG THESE, THESE CORRIDORS AND WITH THESE PROPERTIES THAT IS NOT EVEN ARTICULATED IN THESE IN THESE SLIDES.

AND THESE RIGHTS STAY WITH THE PROPERTY. THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.

SO, SOMEBODY COULD SELL, THEY COULD STILL SELL THE PROPERTY, AND IT WOULD NOT CHANGE ANY OF THE RIGHTS TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT AS A AS THE EXISTING USE. YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. AND, AND I HEARD THE COURT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT INSURANCE WHERE THAT'S BEEN RAISED BEFORE WITH OUR MUNICIPAL CODE IS PREVIOUSLY, WE HAD STANDARDS THAT HAD NOT, WOULD NOT ALLOW REBUILDING OF A NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE.

SO THAT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION. AND WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT CITYWIDE.

AND FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA CLEARLY STATES THAT YOU CAN REBUILD TO THE PRIOR RESIDENTIAL ZONING STANDARD THAT WAS IN PLACE, SO. AND THAT DOESN'T, AGAIN, DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S GOT TO BE LIMITED TO WHAT WAS THERE PREVIOUSLY.

IT MEANS IT'S SUBJECT TO THE STANDARDS THAT ARE IN PLACE TODAY FOR A REBUILD.

SO EVEN IF THE HOUSE IS 1000FT² TODAY AND IT COULD BE BUILT IN THE UNDER THE OLD ZONING TO WHATEVER SIZE IS ALLOWED UNDER THE CODE.

THAT SAME RULE CONTINUES TO APPLY. IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE INTERPRETED AS YOU CAN ONLY REPLACE WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY.

IT MEANS YOU'RE SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR ZONING STANDARDS AND ALSO ELIGIBLE TO BUILD AGAINST THE NEW STANDARDS.

SO, THEY COULD BUILD A HOUSE BURNS DOWN, IT'S 1,000 SQUARE FOOT.

IF ZONING ALLOWED, THEY COULD BUILD A 2,000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE, OR THEY COULD BUILD A 2,000 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT.

CORRECT. IF THE 1992 ZONING CODE PERMITTED THEM TO BUILD A 5,000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE.

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AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE DUE TO IT BEING DESTROYED.

IT COULD BE AT THEIR CHOICE. IF THEY DECIDE THEY WANT TO BUILD A NEW HOUSE ON THE PROPERTY, THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT. OKAY. SO HOPEFULLY THAT PROVIDES SOME REASSURANCE.

WELL, THERE'S A SEPARATE SECTION ON DESTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS, AND IT HAS THE PROVISIONS THAT CITY WIDE.

BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR THESE PARTICULAR PROPERTIES ARE CALLED OUT SEPARATELY.

THEY'RE CARVED OUT AND IT SAYS THEY COULD BE MAINTAINED, REPAIRED AND REBUILT SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR.

BRIEFING. IT'S IN ONE OF THE ATTACHMENTS. I COULD BRING THAT UP.

OKAY. IF YOU SAY IT'S IN THERE. I DIDN'T READ THAT IN THE BRIEFING, SO.

AS LONG AS THAT, BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO MENTION, WELL, WHAT IF IT'S NOT AN ACT OF GOD AND THEY WANT TO, THEY CAN'T SUBJECT TO THE OLD STANDARDS, YOU KNOW, TO WHATEVER THE CODE SAYS THEY CAN.

THEY'RE ALLOWED TO. UNDER THIS. YES. BUT THESE SITES ARE BEING TREATED UNIQUELY BECAUSE IN MOST AREAS OF THE CITY, IF YOU HAVE A NON-CONFORMING BUILDING, YOU CAN'T SELECT TO DEMOLISH IT AND BUILD SOMETHING NEW.

IT STILL IS NOT CONFORM. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DESTROYED.

IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE APPLYING THAT PRIOR THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING STANDARD.

THAT'S IN ARTICLE EIGHT? IT IS. OKAY. OKAY. IN EFFECT, IF THESE CHANGES ARE ADOPTED, THESE WILL BE THE MOST FLEXIBLY ZONED PROPERTIES IN OUR ENTIRE CITY. WELL, PLUS STATE MANDATES. PLUS STATE MANDATES, YEAH.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDERO. ARE YOU DONE COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER? YES, SIR. YES, I AM. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP? YEAH. ARE YOU DONE? I'M DONE. OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.

IT BUILDS ON THAT. MY QUESTION WAS AROUND. YOU WERE, YOU HAD HIGHLIGHTED THE 15% ADDITION, BUT TO WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO, THAT SEEMS TO BE IRRELEVANT.

IT IS, THAT APPLIED TO THE OVERLAY ZONE SITES IN NORTH REDONDO BEACH AND CURRENTLY HAVE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL.

FOR THOSE, WE ARE NOT ALLOWING THEM TO JUST DEMOLISH AND REBUILD.

IF THEY DO NEW DEVELOPMENT, IT HAS TO HAVE RESIDENTIAL.

WE DID PROVIDE SPECIAL PROVISIONS THAT ALLOW THEM TO ADD UP TO 15% OF THE EXISTING FLOOR AREA, WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY BE MORE BASED ON COUNCIL DIRECTION, BUT THAT SPECIFIC TO THOSE FIVE HOUSING SITES FOR HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING.

OKAY, BECAUSE THAT MAKES SENSE. BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 15%, YES, IT SEEMS SMALL IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A 1,000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE. BUT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND YOU'RE ALLOWING THEM TO BUILD 15%, THAT'S A MUCH BIGGER DEVELOPMENT. SO, THE CLARITY THEN I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THE 15% THAT WAS MENTIONED HERE BASED ON WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THESE PARTICULAR LOTS IS ESSENTIALLY IRRELEVANT BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE BUILDING TO THE EXISTING STANDARD ZONING STANDARDS THAT ARE RH-1 OR R-1. CORRECT. OKAY. IS THAT IT? YES, THANK YOU.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I HAVE LISTENED CAREFULLY TO ALL OF THIS. LIKE YOU, I'VE READ THROUGH THE MATERIALS MAYOR AND HEARD FROM THE PRESENTERS.

THESE SEEM TO BE REASONABLE AND FLEXIBLE AMENDMENTS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THESE ZONING AMENDMENTS SUBJECT TO ANY FURTHER INPUT.

AND IN THIS CASE, COUNCIL MEMBER, JUST DIRECT US TO COME BACK, YOU KNOW, PROCEED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND PREPARATION OF FINAL ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AND THEN BRING THAT BACK FOR FIRST READING AND INTRODUCTION.

YEAH. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. SO, MOVED.

MAYOR, THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THAT'S ONLINE.

IT'S. THEY WEREN'T ONLINE WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING IT.

YEAH. OKAY. WE'RE BEYOND THAT NOW. WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ALL FOR? AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

CAN I MAKE A QUICK COMMENT JUST SEPARATE. JUST.

EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE IS IN MY DISTRICT. CONTACT ME WITH QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS.

AND TO THAT POINT, OUR TEAM IS HAPPY TO MEET WITH INDIVIDUALS TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THIS MORE SPECIFICALLY, GIVEN THEIR PARTICULAR NEEDS CONCERNS, HAPPY TO WALK YOU THROUGH IT AND ANSWER ANY ONE-ON-ONE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER ITEMS. YES, MAYOR.

[O. CITY MANAGER ITEMS]

08:46 A.M. WILL BE THE KICKOFF FOR THAT. LOVE TO SEE YOU DOWN THERE.

I WANT TO SAY A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO OUR, WHAT I WOULD CALL OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING TEAM WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH

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CAPTAIN BRIAN LONG AND OUR TRANSPORTATION, SENIOR TRANSPORTATION MANAGER RYAN LIU.

WE WERE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE CALMING MEASURES, AND THUS FAR, THEY'VE, IN OUR VIEW, PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE. WE CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THEM, OF COURSE, OVER TIME.

BUT REALLY BIG THANKS TO THAT TEAM FOR EXECUTING SO QUICKLY AND SWIFTLY AS WE BEGAN THE SCHOOL YEAR.

WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL GIVEN KIND OF WHAT OUR CALENDAR LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD, WE'LL BE MEETING NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT HERE.

WE'LL ALSO HAVE A MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH. THAT MEETING SEPTEMBER 15TH IS THE NIGHT WE'LL BE ADDRESSING THE SEASIDE LAGOON PROJECT AND CONSIDERING SUBMITTAL TO CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION FOR OUR PERMIT COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION.

WE WILL NOT NEED A MEETING. COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 22ND.

THAT NIGHT CAN BE REMAIN CLEAR ON YOUR CALENDARS.

WE WILL BE BACK HERE. SOME OF US FOR THE COMMISSION ORIENTATION THAT WAS MENTIONED ON SEPTEMBER 29TH.

WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW COMMISSIONERS. WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT HERE IN A SECOND. SO THAT'LL BE HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS TUESDAY, I BELIEVE AT 6:00, IF I REMEMBER THAT CORRECTLY.

CODE OF CONDUCT. YEAH. THAT'LL BE CODE OF CONDUCT.

THERE'LL BE FORM OF GOVERNMENT DISCUSSIONS. IT'LL BE VERY EXCITING, VERY EXCITING, VERY EXCITING DISCUSSION.

AND YOU ALL MENTIONED I WAS GOING TO JUST GIVE A QUICK UPDATE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LOCAL TRAVEL NETWORK PROJECT, THE TURTLES, THE SIGNS, IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS.

IT'S NOT FULLY EXECUTED AT THIS POINT. THERE WILL BE A TIME AND PLACE TO, I THINK, FORMALLY EVALUATE ALL OF THE INSTALLATIONS WHEN THEY'RE, THEY'RE DONE. I THINK HOPEFULLY THE NETWORK WILL BE WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY CLEAR TO FOLKS WHO NAVIGATE THE COMMUNITY.

BUT WE ARE EVALUATING IT AND LOOKING AT IT FROM A PUNCH LIST PROJECT KIND OF AN EXAMINATION MODE.

AND AS IT ROLLS OUT, IT SEEMS TO BE MORE AND MORE CLEAR.

I HOPE THAT CONTINUES TO BE THE CASE. SO WE'LL BE MONITORING THAT AS IT REACHES FULL EXECUTION.

AND I KNOW OTHER REGIONAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE ALONG WITH US THERE AS THEIR INSTALLATIONS ARE COMPLETE.

SO ALL OF YOU COVERED SEVERAL OF THOSE ITEMS. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING. CAN I JUMP IN ON THAT ONE QUICK? SURE. I WOULD THE ONLY THING I'D ASK IS WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING UP THOSE TURTLES, IF THE SIGN LOOKS LIKE CRAP AND IS FADED AND READY TO BE.

OH, YEAH, THAT'S ONE OF OUR. COULD LOOK AT REPLACING. THAT'S ONE OF OUR COMMENTS. I DO WANT EVERYBODY TO MAKE CLEAR OUR STAFF AREN'T PUTTING UP THOSE SIGNS.

THEY'RE BEING INSTALLED BY A REGIONAL CONTRACTOR AS PART OF THE LOCAL TRAVEL NETWORK PROJECT.

SO THIS ISN'T OUR SIGN SHOP. THIS IS NOT OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM.

OUR ENGINEERING TEAM, OF COURSE, HAD, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTED TO THE REGIONAL TRAVEL NETWORK DESIGN IN IN CONCEPT.

IT'S NOW BEING EXECUTED BY A REGIONAL CONTRACTOR THAT SERVES.

YEAH, SOME OF THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS ARE WRONG. YEAH, AND THAT'S BEEN OUR OBSERVATION.

THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, WE'RE KIND OF STARTING A PUNCH LIST OF THE VARIOUS SIGNS AND WE'LL BE SEEKING REFINEMENTS TO THE PROGRAM AS IT ROLLS OUT.

THAT'S, I HOPE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT OUR TEAM PUTTING THEM IN. IT'S A PROJECT CONTRACTOR.

OUR TEAM IS EVALUATING. AND WE WILL BE CERTAINLY REFINING AS TIME GOES.

I GOT HERE, WE GOT THIS OLD, FADED SIGN. YOU ALMOST CAN'T READ IN A BRIGHT TURTLE ON TOP OF IT.

YEAH, THE TURTLE WAS THE, THE GRAPH, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A CONSTANT CONVERSATION SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

YOU KNOW, WE ULTIMATELY AS A COMMUNITY DID APPROVE.

OUR CITY DID APPROVE THAT, THAT LOGO AS PART OF THE PROJECT DESIGN, AS DID OTHER CITIES.

YEAH, WE'RE EVALUATING AND I, I DO THINK ONCE IT'S FULLY COMPLETE, IT HOPEFULLY WILL BE MORE INTUITIVE FOR FOLKS.

THANK YOU. LET'S SEE, JUMPING DOWN TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL ITEMS, WE DO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE APPOINTEES TO THE VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

[P. MAYOR AND COUNCIL ITEMS]

HERE WE GO. WELL, WHILE SHE'S DOING THAT, I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S WORK ON THIS.

I HEARD FROM ALL OF YOU. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT IN PARTICULAR FOR A LOT OF THE RECRUITING.

YOU DID. WE WERE WE WERE IN THE END WE NEEDED A LOT OF APPLICANTS.

AND YOU REALLY ADDED A LOT OF VERY WELL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS.

I WILL SAY IT WAS TOUGH TO DECIDE BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT, BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME REALLY HIGH-QUALITY APPLICANTS THERE.

AND I WILL, AND I HOPE AS YOU WENT THROUGH IT, YOU SAW EVERYBODY GOT SOME OF THEIR PICKS AND NOT EVERYBODY GOT ALL OF THEIR PICKS.

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I DO THINK THIS IS THE HIGHEST QUALITY RIGHT NOW.

AND GOOD PEOPLE PICKED. IN THE END, YOU KNOW, WHAT A SURPRISING STATISTIC WITH APPOINTING PEOPLE FOR THEIR SECOND TERM AND ALL THE NEW COUNCIL COMMISSIONERS. 44% OF THE, OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONS ARE BEING REPLACED OR EXTENDED AT THIS TIME.

SO THAT'S ALMOST AS BAD AS WHEN I FIRST CAME ON BOARD THE NUMBER OF OPEN POSITIONS.

SO, IT WAS A TOUGH TASK. THERE WAS A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.

AND HOPEFULLY YOU'RE ALL SATISFIED WITH THE COMPROMISES AND RECOMMENDED, RECOMMENDATIONS OF HOW I INTEGRATED YOUR INPUTS INTO THE FINAL RESULT.

SO, WITH THAT, THERE'S TWO, THERE'S TWO COLUMNS OR TWO TYPES OF RECRUITMENT TYPE.

THERE'S ANNUAL AND IMMEDIATE. THE IMMEDIATE IS FOR THOSE VACANCIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY OPEN AND HAVE, WE HAVE MEETINGS COMING UP AND WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT FOR THE NORMAL CYCLE IN OCTOBER.

SO THOSE FOLKS WITH IMMEDIATE BEHIND THEIR NAME, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING TO START AS AT THE NEXT MEETING.

THOSE THAT HAVE BOTH ANNUAL AND INTERMEDIATE MEANS THERE WAS ALSO A CHANGE REQUIRED DUE TO THE END OF A TERM.

AND SO, WE DON'T WANT TO COME BACK IN IN A MONTH AND HAVE TO REAPPOINT THESE FOLKS.

SO, YOU CAN SEE ON THE RECRUITMENT TYPE, WHETHER THEY'RE ANNUAL OR IMMEDIATE OR ANNUAL AND IMMEDIATE.

AND THERE IS NOT A FULL DISTRIBUTION OF DISTRICTS ON EVERY COMMISSION THIS TIME BECAUSE OF WE, SOME OF THE DISTRICTS HAD A LOWER NUMBER OF APPLICANTS AND YOU HAVE TO MATCH WHAT THEY WANTED TO WEAR AND THEIR CAPABILITIES TO THE OPENING.

SO I DID THE BEST I COULD. AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL RESPECT THAT IN YOUR, IN YOUR VOTE UP OR DOWN FOR MY RECOMMENDATIONS HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID.

I'VE HAD SOME GREAT CANDIDATES, CLEARLY SOME DIFFICULT CHOICES.

THOSE WHO WERE NOT CONFIRMED THIS TIME OR AT LEAST PRESENTED FOR CONFIRMATION, THEY'RE STILL ON THE LIST.

AND I'M LOOKING OUT INTO THE AUDIENCE AND I SEE SOME TERRIFIC CANDIDATES HERE TONIGHT.

THEY'RE ON THE LIST FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS, SO BE READY.

BE PREPARED. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONFIRM THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMISSIONS AS INDICATED IN THE BLUE FOLDER ITEM P.1 CURRENTLY DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN. AND I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? ANYONE ONLINE? I HAVE NONE AND NO ECOMMENTS. OKAY, WITH THAT, I'LL CALL THE VOTE.

ALL FOR? AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[Q. MAYOR AND COUNCIL REFERRALS TO STAFF]

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC? NONE, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI? YES, I DO HAVE ONE REFERRAL.

A DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL. IT'S NOT TIME SENSITIVE.

IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN ANY OF OUR TERMS, BUT TO HAVE A COMMUNICATION REIMBURSEMENT TO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL SO WE MAY PAY FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, THESE LISTS THAT WE WHERE WE SEND OUT MESSAGES AND THE LIKE THE STIPEND OF LIKE $200 OR SUCH EVERY MONTH FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

OKAY, I'LL SECOND THAT REFERRAL FOR DISCUSSION.

OKAY. ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? I THINK I KIND OF AM, BUT IT'S UNANIMOUS.

SO, I'M NOT GOING TO BE DOING. IT'S A DISCUSSION.

COUNCIL AND MAYOR. COUNCIL AND MAYOR. I'M JUST OPPOSED.

WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO I'M NOT GOING TO.

I WOULD NEVER ACCEPT THAT MONEY, BUT FOR FUTURE MAYORS, THEY MAY WANT IT.

SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT, WE SHOULD INCLUDE THEM.

IN FACT, THE BROADER. CITY WIDE VERSUS JUST ONE DISTRICT MAYOR.

YES. YEAH, TO INCLUDE MAYOR. SO, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THIS AFTER YOUR TERM IS UP.

WAS THAT PART OF YOUR. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IT CAN'T APPLY.

IT WON'T APPLY TO ANY OF US IN THIS TERM. IT COULD, FOR EXAMPLE, AFFECT YOU TWO IF YOU'RE REELECTED IN YOUR NEXT TERM.

BUT THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, LET'S MAKE A REFERRAL TO SEND A DISCUSSION TO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC AMENITIES COMMISSION AS TO WHETHER WE SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE BRAZIL HERE IN REDONDO BEACH THAT.

YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS AN INTERESTING ARTICLE. I DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD THAT HERE.

SO, FIVE SHOPS IN NORTH REDONDO. THERE ARE. SO, THAT WOULD BE TO EXPLORE LIKE THE.

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AND EXPLORE OTHER RECOGNITIONS. THIS IS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT WHICH I'M INCLUDING INTO THE REFERRAL.

YEAH. OKAY. OTHER. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE HAD BROWN ACTED ABOUT IT.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER HE WAS GOING TO MAKE THE REFERRAL OR WAS EXPECTING. I'M JUST GOING TO CALL THE VOTE. ALL FOR? AYE. AND WITH THE FRIENDLY, WITH THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. AND JUST LET'S GIVE THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION AND PUBLIC AMENITIES AS WELL, FLEXIBILITY TO LOOK AT YOU KNOW, OTHER RECOGNITIONS, WHETHER IT'S LITTLE BRAZIL OR SOMETHING ELSE.

WE NEED BOTH, OR CAN WE ELIMINATE THE ONE? SHOULD WE? WELL, DOESN'T, DOESN'T THE PUBLIC AMENITIES COMMISSION HAVE A HISTORICAL ASPECT TO IT.

THEY DO. OKAY. SO. IF THAT'S YOUR DESIRE. YES.

OKAY. OKAY. YES. IT'S BEEN SECONDED AND INCORPORATED.

AND WE VOTED, SO. WE VOTED. AND THEN BRING THE RESULTS TO COUNCIL AFTER.

WELL, OF COURSE. YES. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? NO, THAT'S IT.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT? AND I HAVE NONE TONIGHT.

LET'S SEE. SO, WITH THAT, I BELIEVE WE'RE AT ADJOURNMENT.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO 4:30 FOR CLOSED SESSION AND 6:00 FOR OPEN SESSION.

SEPTEMBER 8TH. SEPTEMBER 8TH. SO MOVED. SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL FOR? AYE. OKAY.

SO NEXT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH WILL BE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING TO BE HELD AT 4:30.

WE'RE GOOD WITH 4:30? YEAH. OKAY. 4:30 CLOSED SESSION AND REGULAR MEETING TO BE HELD AT 6 P.M..

OPEN SESSION TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, RIGHT HERE IN CITY HALL. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.