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SUBJECT:
HONORABLE MAYOR &CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
CITY CLERK
MAY 3,2011
ADDITIONS/REVISIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO
AGENDA**
Attached are revisions/additions and/or amendments to the agenda material presented
for tonight's meeting:
Item No.
3
Description of Material
Emails from:Dr.Theresa Tarcha;Da'ad Makhlouf;Leanne
Twidwell and Michael Griffith
Respectfully submitted,
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Carla Morreale
**PLEASE NOTE:Materials attached after the color page were submitted through
Monday,May 3,2011**.
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From:Terry T [olliver8@msn.com]
Sent:Tuesday,May 03,2011 8:15 AM
To:cc@rpv.com;pc@rpv.com;eduardos@rpv.com;joelr@rpv.com
Subject:FW:PLEASE Expand the Scope of the Environmental Review of the Proposed Point View Event Center
To Whom It May Concern:
I am a resident of Portuguese Bend and live above Mr.York's proposed event center.When
Mr.York had his mock-party,the noise level was not indicative of the real parties he has been
having there.For example,when he had the Sherriffs party,the noise was so loud,the
windows in my house that face his property were rattling.The sherriff that came to my
house after I called,agreed that the noise was unacceptable,and made them turn it down.
Mr.York is planning on having parties day and night,with hundreds of people.The incessant
noise will destroy the quality of life of the residents in this community.Our property values
will plummet if our homes are next to an outdoor night club.I am urging you to take this into
consideration,and expand the scope of the review.Please do not let the greed of one man
destroy our community.
Respectfully submitted,
Dr.Theresa Tarcha
5/3/2011 3.
From:twoyags@aol.com
Sent:Monday,May 02,2011 5:32 PM
To:CC@rpv.com;pc@rpv.com;EuardoS@rpv.cm;joelr@rpv.com
Subject:Proposed Point View Event Center
I have serious concerns about the scope of the environmental review re the Point View Event Center.First,this is an issue
that doesn't fit within the city zoning laws,and now seems to be down playing the scope of the studies necessary particularly
with regard to noise and traffic.
Palos Verdes Drive South is incessantly undergoing construction and reconstruction.I believe that's directly due to the
increase in traffic.Traffic is endless these days on PV Drive South;hence,the endless construction and reconstruction that
goes on.The traffic noise alone has greatly compromised quality of life.Whenever I open a window,I can hear the roar of
traffic from Palos Verdes Drive South at all hours.This is not what our City needs,more traffic,more noise from a party event
center.It seems that the city is compromising the quality of residential living our community rather than working towards
maintaining the quality of life here.I urge the City council to consider these factors in its review of an event center and I
further urge the City Council to consider quality of life for the residents here.The City should not compromise the rights of
enjoyment of its residents for the sake of allowing a magnate to make yet more money in another venture.This is not in the
best interest of our fair city.
Sincerely,
Da'ad Makhlouf
25 Narcissa Drive
RPV
5/3/2011
From:Leanne Twidwell [Ieetwid@yahoo.com]
Sent:Tuesday,May 03,2011 2:47 PM
To:CC@rpv.com;pc@rpv.com;Eduardo Schonborn;joelr@rpv.com
Subject:re:Environmental Review of the Proposed Point View Event Center
I am writing to ask you to expand the scope of the Environmental Review of the Proposed Point View Event
Center.I note that you have already expanded the traffic component of this study,and I would like you to also
expand the portion of the study that deals with noise.
My family has lived at 32 Sweetbay Road in Portuguese Bend for 36 years so we know that Portuguese Bend is a
quiet,semi rural community.By and large,the biggest noisemakers in the community are peacocks.
Mr.York is proposing to bring in large crowds of people and accompanying music and entertainment at his center.
He wants to make money on his investment,and while I cannot blame him for that,I take issue with his attempts to
better himself at the expense of our entire community.
The noise test that he did on his center a few years ago was a joke.We were there,as were many residents of
Portuguese Bend.We drank water and ate a few cookies and visited with neighbors while a few musicians played
the quietest music I've heard in a long time.It was a looooooong way away from 300 champagne drinking wedding
guests doing an exuberant chicken dance!
There have been noise and traffic complaints about at least one other event that Mr.York held at his existing
center ...a party for the Sheriffs organization.
I hope you will broaden the scope of the review and include a realistic noise assessment of Mr.York's proposal.
Furthermore,as you evaluate his plan overall,I hope you will seriously consider the impact of his plans on the
residents of all the homes that surround his property.
Sincerely,
Leanne Twidwell
32 Sweetbay Road
Rancho Palos Verdes,CA 90275
(310)541-1003
leetwid@yahoo.com
5/3/2011
From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Mike Griffith [MikeGrif@aol.com]
Tuesday,May 03,2011 4:24 PM
cc@rpv.com;pc@rpv.com;eduardoS@rpv.com;joelr@rpv.com
Proposed Point View Development
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
AS a resident of Portuguese Bend I have a definite opinion about what will be allowed by
this body to be put in my front yard ...literally.
Expanding the scope of the Point View Environmental Review was a good place to start.
But,allowing a noise study conducted,planned,and controlled by the applicant as the
only measure of possible noise from this development is sheer folly!
There have been many parties hosted at Point View and the noise from them was FAR greater
than the small amount of noise measured by the applicant under his controlled mock event.
In fact,the Sheriff Department has been called multiple times due to complaints of noise
from events "hosted"by the a.pplicant.One of the noisiest parties hosted on the site was
actually a party by the applicant for the Sheriff's department;funny if it wasn't the
truth.
I am against the Point View property being developed as an event center which,I am sure,
will be called an ancillary building as part of a golf course just so the applicant can
come into conformity on his application.If you check the plans of any ancillary building
to the golf course,I am sure they will VERY closely resemble the original plans for the
event center that were voted down by the Planning Commission on the first attempt.This
is a farce and the City Council is being duped into approving a site plan that will
negatively impact the surrounding community.Between both Trump and Terranea do we REALLY
need another golf course ...think about it.
Please expand the Environmental study to include an un-biased noise study that correctly
reflects what the applicant wants to do in our quiet neighborhood.Thank you.
Michael Griffith
13 Fruit Tree Rd
Rancho Palos Verdes,CA 90275
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TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
HONORABLE MAYOR &CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
CITY CLERK
MAY 2,2011
ADDITIONS/REVISIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO
AGENDA
Attached are revisions/additions and/or amendments to the agenda material received
through Monday afternoon for the Tuesday,May 3,2011 City Council meeting:
Item No.
3
11
Respectfully submitted,
{j~resaTakaOka
Description of Material
Email from Suzanne Black Griffith
Letter and attachment from Philip Toomey
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From:suzanne black [suzannejoyblack@yahoo.com]
Sent:Friday,April 29,2011 10:55 PM
To:CC@rpv.com;pc@rpv.com;Eduardo Schonborn;joelr@rpv.com
SUbject:PLEASE Expand the Scope of the Environmental Review of the Proposed Point View Event Center
To Whom It May Concern:
Item Three (3)below recommends the expansion of the scope of the Environmental Review of
the Proposed Point View Event Center to include additional traffic impact analysis.
As you may remember,I raised serious concerns during the January 2011 City Council
Meeting that the Environmental Review's scope fails to address one of the major concerns of
the community ---NOISE.The Review proposes to accept the Noise Study performed by the
Applicant during a mock-party that the Applicant scheduled,set up and controlled.How
could that possibly be a realistic,reasonable and impartial analysis?
I raised concerns because the results of the noise study during this mock-party would not be
indicative of the parties that the Applicant wants to have on his property.He doesn't want
small parties.He wants LARGE events and gatherings.He wants parties at night and during
the day.He wants parties that have HUNDREDS of people attending.He wants to make
MONEY.
There have been numerous complaints of noise to the Sheriffs Department for events at this
location in the past.In fact,the Applicant had a party for the Sheriffs Department that
produced noise that was much louder than the mock-party that the Applicant is providing for
the Environmental Review.Ironically,the Sheriff was called because the Sheriff party was too
disruptive.Why are you accepting the test results of the Applicant?The Applicant's mock-
party noise analysis is obviously NOT sufficient.I can get the complaint filings for the City
Council if that is what it will take to expand the scope.
I propose that you expand the scope so that the vendor can perform its own IMPARTIAL noise
evaluations based on realistic situations of parties with hundreds of people and wedding/party
music during the DAY and the NIGHT.
You have expanded the scope once on this study --you can do it again!PLEASE LOOK AT
THIS ISSUE AGAIN AND EXPAND THE SCOPE TO INCLUDE A BETTER NOISE ANALYSIS
THAT IS NOT BIASED.
Please let me know if you have any questions.Thank you for your consideration.
Best Regards,
Suzanne Black Griffith
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an innovative partnership
April 27 ,2011
Honorable Thomas Long
Mayor of Rancho Palos Verdes
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
30940 Hawthorne Boulevard
Rancho Palos Verde,CA 90275
RE:Montessori School -Ladera Linda Campus
Dear Mayor Long:
My office represents Montessori School of Manhattan Beach/Rancho Palos Verdes.Over the
last few months I have the pleasure of working with staff to discuss potential renewal of the
Ladera Linda campus lease.MSMB/RPV has been present on the site for approximately fifteen
(15)years.
As you are probably aware,the lease is scheduled to ternlinate in September.MSMB/RPV has
stated a strong interest in renewing the lease.Recognizing that the buildings of the campus have
aged and are not the most energy efficient,the school is advancing proposals to staff that would:
(l)continue to provide the City with positive cash flow for the location;(2)ensure that the
economic burden caused by the energy inefficiency are absorbed by the school;(3)address and
resolve the most significant structural issues at the property,at the obligation and expense of the
school;and (4)ensure that the facility remains under the watchful eye of the school,who retains
a vested interest to ensure that the property is clean,safe,and open.
MSMB/RPV serves approximately 70 families in its immediate vicinity.During the pendency of
the discussions,it has reviewed possible relocation of the campus.At the present time,that
option is not viable.Therefore,it appears that if some type of extension or renewal of the lease
is not reached,the school will be required to close.The impact on the families currently being
served would be significant.The impact all the City,which now has a tenant with a vested
interest to maintain the first class quality of the campus,is something that should also be
.considered.
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Mayor Long
April 27,2011
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This matter has not currently been agenized for any action by the council.MSMB/RPV,its
parents,and some of the surrounding neighbors would like to address the City Council in the
public participation portion of the meeting to express their hopes and opinions.On behalf of
MSMB/RPV,our office remains available to immediately meet with stan:and come to creative
solutions to address the matter.
Thank you for your time and consideration in reviewing this letter.I have also attached a short
letter from MSMB/RPV,discussing activities on the campus,the attention to maintenance and
safety provided by the tenant,and projects that have improved the campus which have been
funded exclusively by the tenant.Your attention to that letter is also greatly appreciated.
Very Truly YOlll'S,
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Philip A.Toomey
cc:Carol Lynch,Esq.
Carolyn Lehr,City Manager
John and Judy Ernst
Enclosure
MONTESSORI SCHOOL
OF MANHATTAN BEACH/RANCHO PALOS VERDES
Review of Ladera Linda campus
We would like to thank you very much fbr reviewing the fbllowing.We have enjoyed being tenants of the
city for over 18 years since our lease began in 1993.Our school employs 12 staff members who love the
campus and working for our school.
Before the Montessori School arrived at the Ladera Linda Campus in 1993,the campus hud been neglected
and was in need of some attention.There was trash,cigarette butts,beer cans and other litter.It was a local
hang out for teen age g~U1gs from the surrounding areas as well as vagrants.We worked closely with Mayor
Lee Byrd to establish our school while improving the quality of the property.With our presence on campus,
we were able to help maintain both the grounds and appearance of the campus as well as having a
supervisory role to keep the campus alive.During the beginning of our occupancy.we would not only have
presence during school hours,hut also came on the weekends to assure that the campus was free of
unwanted loiterers and vagrants.We personally made this campus a place where it was sate for the children
to attend.Our presence on campus continues to this day to be a deterrent to the homeless to gather.We
have encountered them on campus even to this day,but are able to keep this problem fi'om growing.
Over the past few years during the recession,we have experienced financial hardship along with the rest of
the community.Our enrollment fell along with our profits,but over the past year,we havc been able to
guild our clientele and are now recouping our previous loses.
Over the past 18 years,our business has brought $1,235,930.70 in rent paid to the city.In addition to this
number,we have paid over $350,000 in janitorial maintenance,repairs and improvements to the campus.
Our total contribution to the upkeep of Ladera Linda over the past year was $35,023.16.Our dedication to
continued upkeep would only benefit the campus and the city.We have handled all major and minor repairs
to our school and the campus up to this point and are glad to continue this level ofmaintenance.
Major repairs and maintenance has never been an issue during our occupancy,even with the aging
buildings.Until the gas leak was discovered last year,we have had relatively low necessities for
improvement.We have never had any water issues,slide issues or major repairs and any improvements
needed we have been happy to provide.We understand there is continued upkeep and improvements
needed at themcility and the costs our rent could help to cover such improvements.With one year's rent
collected from the school,the cost oHhe entire gas line project could be paid filr.In regard to the timing of
the project,our school enrollment drops enough in the summer that we could move our cun'ent classes
around to make the buildings and campus available fbr repairs.We have already devised a plan that would
allow the school to remain open,while providing full access to the entire back area and courtyard fbI'
construction.QUI'classes can be conducted by easily moving fi'om one classroom to another.We can easily
install temporary restrooJns and use the back entrances tbr our students.This can be done legally by simply
submitting a fbnn and a plan.We have been through similar constmction at our Manhattan Beach
campuses and were able to remain open for business.
32201 Forrestal Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes,CA 90275
Phone (310)541-0444 "'Fax (310)541-9025
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Again,we would like to thank you tor your review of the following and look forward to speaking with you
further..
Ongoing maintenance:
•Open main gates each moming and lock up after dark if we're the last to leave
•Clean up trash and dog feces each morning
•Open bathrooms for workers and public as needed
•Call city when people arrive with questions regarding Ladera Linda
•Clean bathrooms,adding soap,toilet paper,paper towels,toilet seat covers as needed
•Clean park office kitchen each day and supply soap,drying rack,etc.
•We maintain and pay for the current alarm system
•Pest control for insects and vermin
•Maintain clean environment includ ing outside walkways and grass areas
•Installation of inside/outside video security system
•Installation oftelephone system linking classrooms in diflbrent buildings into one system with a
battery back-up,plus emergency phone line
Past Projects Iunded by the Montessori School:
•Playground behind room A;play equipment;and porous surface.The city had upgraded the rest of
the playgrounds in the city,however,although our yard is used by the public;it was not upgraded
and thus left us needing to do the work ourselves.In exchange,the upper playground was built near
the paddle tennis courts,however,it is not safe enough for our lISC.
•Installed one bathroom in Room D with entrance to Room E,remodeled one bathroom in Room A.
We ne(,'Clcd to install the inside bathrooms because ofa problem with vagrants on campus.This was
fi)r the safety 0 four children and stan~
•Re asphalted two areas:behind Room A and the fenced area behind Montessori Classroom.When
we took over the lease behind the Montessori Classroom,it still had large debris left from the
previous tenants,Cox Cable.We removed the mental fittings lell from the cable disks they had
mounted to the asphalt and we rc~asphalted the area.
•Installed Pence behind room F
•Repainted rooms A,D,E,F many times
•Re-asphalted and repainted asphalt on play yards
•Re-painted the asphalt behind Room A.
•Re-carpcted Rooms A,D,E,P many times
•Installed camera security system with recording capabilities
•Re-wired telephone lines
•Replaced turf on playground behind Room F
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Room A -Surf and Sand Room
Room D .-School Otnce
Room E -Garden Room
Room P -Lily Pad-Toddler Room
Montessori Classroom -Room with fenced area behind
32201 Forrestal Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes,CA 90275
Phone (310)541-0444 ,.Fax (3tO)541-9025
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