20150616 Late CorrespondenceGood evening Honorable Mayor Knight, Appreciated City Council Members~
I am Megan Moore, current President of Del Cerro HOA. I am representing our community of 120
properties. Our HOA is a voluntary membership, but we have 93% of our residents choosing to be
members.
We have been working to provide a solution to the overcrowding and safety issue of our neighborhood
entrance, which is also currently the most often-used entrance to the Nature Preserve. In our survey in
front of you, 76% of our neighbors responded, again voluntarily. The responses were highly consistent
as you can see.
Due to those responses, we as a board have worked with staff to develop a Del Cerro neighborhood
permit parking plan acceptable to our residents, though we understand it is not an ideal solution as it
creates a bit of a headache for the residents it serves. Even though, 80% of the residents have signed
the petition for permit parking.
We hope it will be approved tonight.
For some reason, we have experienced a dramatic increase in crime in Del Cerro over the last 2 years-
burglaries, vandalism and even graffiti. Many residents feel it is a result of the increase in the number of
visitors to the Preserve who now have become familiar with our neighborhood. Social media is chock full
of free advertising for the preserve, and in January, the LA Times even ran a piece on how wonderful it
was to hike there, leading to a major increase in cars and visitors right at our narrow neighborhood
entrance.
The concentrated population at this small entrance has created a safety hazard for those walking,
driving, and parking there. We have developed several suggestions to help create a safer environment
for all involved, and my fellow board members will explain further, but there is one area for which we
have no solution and we are asking for your help. The drivers who approach the trail by car come to the
end of Crenshaw and often need to make a U-turn to return North on Crenshaw.
And there is just no safe way to do that. I can't tell you how many of us have witnessed cars colliding
with a U-turner, or have come close to colliding with someone. It's a very awkward intersection for
anything other than continuing on to Del Cerro Park, Burrell Lane, or Seacrest-it's not a place for a U-
turn. But people new to the area don't know that and at the last minute will turn right in front of
someone.
We agree with much of what staff has suggested as ways to ameliorate the congestion in the area, and
our HOA board members and residents will present what our residents believe will best serve the
people of Rancho Palos Verdes.
I've met each one of you. You work hard. I really appreciate your attention to this situation.
Good evening, I am Mark Martin, a board member of the Del Cerro
Homeowners Association.
Thank you Mayor Knight, Mayor Pro Tern Brooks, and city council members
for the opportunity to express the views of the Del Cerro residents
on the subjects of:
red striping the Crenshaw extension,
red striping at the intersection of Crenshaw and Park Place, and
conducting a speed zone survey during peak weekend usage time.
We support the City staff's recommendation to establish the Crenshaw
extension as a "No Parking Anytime" zone.
This will improve the ability of Burrell Lane residents to enter their street
safely, and this will improve
the ability of first responders to access homes on Burrell Lane.
This will also improve first responder access to the preserve to protect
homes from fires, or to rescue an injured preserve visitor.
This is supported by 90% of the 90 Del Cerro homeowners responding to
the survey.
With 98°/o survey support, the Del Cerro residents also request that the red-
striping at the Crenshaw -Park Place intersection be extended
approximately 2 to 3 car lengths
to improve visibility for cars exiting Park Place.
The sight lines produced by the current red-striped zone are not long
enough to assure a safe exit from Park Place to Crenshaw,
especially when the first or second parked vehicle is a high profile vehicle
such as a sport utility vehicle.
Extending the red-striping an additional 50' or so will help to smooth the
flow of traffic at the end of Crenshaw.
The Del Cerro residents also support a speed zone survey during peak
weekend usage time to establish an appropriate speed limit for the area.
The current 40 Miles Per Hour limit is unsafe at the end of Crenshaw when
vehicles are parked on the street and visitors are walking in the street.
The Traffic Safety Committee supports this action, recommending an
immediate speed survey, and a second survey after all roadway changes
are made.
Thank You.
Comments Re: Crenshaw Traffic/Parking Conditions
6/16/15 RPV City Council Meeting
Good evening, Honorable Mayor and Council Members.
I'm Kathy Edgerton, a Del Cerro HOA board member and will address parking
configuration at the end of Crenshaw.
We support eliminating parking on the north-bound side of Crenshaw from Seacrest to
Valley View. This will allow wider traffic lanes in both north-and south-bound directions
and will provide additional width to the single parking lane on the south-bound side of
Crenshaw so that visitors can safely enter and exit their cars and get their hiking gear
without impeding traffic flow.
Currently, the traffic lanes at the end of Crenshaw are so narrow that when visitors open
their doors to exit their vehicles, they either block the on-coming cars (stopping the flow
of traffic) or force cars to drive down the middle of street, straddling the center yellow
line.
Allowing wider parking and traffic lanes will enable visitors to open their car doors
without impeding traffic flow.
Limiting parking to the ocean side of Crenshaw will also channel visitors to walk on the
sidewalk on that side of the street rather than walking in the middle of the street. The
sidewalk on the north-bound side of Crenshaw is a very narrow, asphalt walkway. When
visitors open their car doors on the north-bound sidewalk side, they almost completely
block the walkway, forcing walkers to walk into the traffic lanes. At some point, walkers
from the northbound side must walk into the street to reach the preserve. Eliminating
parking on the north-bound side will help to keep walkers out of the traffic lanes.
For safety reasons, the City's traffic consultant recommended eliminating parking on
north-bound Crenshaw. The Traffic Safety Committee concurred.
Del Cerro HOA recommends maintaining parallel parking on the ocean side of
Crenshaw -to maximize the width of the traffic and parking lanes and allow the
maximum separation between open doors and passing cars -so visitors can safely exit
their cars.
Alternative 1 a, adding angle parking to provide a few more parking places reduces the
overall safety of the area. Many visitors arrive in SUVs that have rear-opening doors.
They open up the rear doors to retrieve their gear while standing near the passing traffic
-currently in a 40-mph speed zone. Angle parking also requires drivers to exit their
parking spaces by backing into on-coming traffic without good visibility and stop the
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smooth flow of traffic through the area. Parallel parking will improve safety by reducing
the interference with traffic and providing much better visibility for drivers exiting their
parking places.
Alternative 4, leaving parallel parking on a portion of northbound Crenshaw, is also a
less safe approach in that it forces visitors who park there to walk in the street at some
point to reach the preserve.
Thank you for your attention to this issue.
Another member of our board will continue this topic.
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Bonnie Luthi's Comments Re: Crenshaw Traffic/Parking Conditions
I am Bonnie Luthi, a member of the Del Cerro HOA board.
We believe that a phased approach to modifying the parking on Crenshaw should be
implemented. Initially, leave parallel parking on the ocean side of Crenshaw as is, while
implementing the other recommendations -eliminating parking on the northbound side
of Crenshaw and in the Crenshaw Extension, extending the red-striping next to the
Crenshaw-Park Place intersection, and conducting a speed zone survey during peak
weekend usage time.
Then assess whether traffic safety has substantially improved.
While the first phase is being implemented, the city should consider adding parking at
other entrances to the preserve or arranging parking at a remote location and providing
shuttle service to the preserve, funded by charging users fees.
Adding angle parking should only be considered as a last resort if the previous actions
do not sufficiently improve the conditions and some evidence can be provided that
would indicate that adding more parking space would help mitigate the traffic
congestion.
Thank you for your attention to this difficult situation.
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Good evening, I am Miriam Varend, Del Cerro HOA Board member. Thank you Mayor Knight and City Council members
for the opportunity to share Del Cerro residents' opinion regarding Paid Parking /Pay Stations along Crenshaw Blvd.
De! Cerro residents are adamantly and strenuously opposed to Pay Stations on Crenshaw. This opposition came
through loud and clear as a result of our resident survey ---87% of Del Cerro survey respondents (90 of 120 properties
responded) oppose Pay Stations. This puts Del Cerro in alignment with the RPV Traffic Safety Committee and other
impacted HOAs in the immediate area---Burrell Lane/Park Place, Valley View, Island View-who do not support Pay
Stations.
There are a number of reasons why our residents are opposed:
1. The Pay Stations and associated signage are an aesthetic blight, in a unique, bucolic and beautiful residential
area-they are not compatible with the community.
2. Our City of RPV and the Preserve were established to control commercialized development of this beautiful
area. Placing Pay Stations along Crenshaw creates a de facto commercialized, parking lot that we would have to
drive through to access our homes. Our residential neighborhood is not the Redondo Beach Pier.
3. Placement of Pay Stations and signage will impinge on views of those homeowners looking out over Crenshaw
Blvd, the canyons and onto Catalina Channel. Signage and Pay Stations that degrade views are antithesis to City
policy.
4. There is a concern that Pay Stations could actually intensify traffic and safety problems by causing increased
parking turnover, visiting cars trolling for spaces with unexpired time and parking in unauthorized locations
while waiting for available spaces.
5. The Del Cerro community strongly supported establishment of the Preserve, and our many of our residents
continue to provide significant financial and volunteer support to the Land Conservancy and the preservation of
Open Space. Putting up Parking Pay Stations, the first ever in an RPV residential area while ignoring the
overwhelming majority of Del Cerro homeowner opinion, is a rebuke to everyone who supported the City's
acquisition of Open Space . Our residents believe that preservation of the neighborhood and its natural beauty
takes priority over Parking Stations.
Finally, we support the City's efforts to improve crowding and safety while preserving the ambience of our
neighborhoods. For example, the granite walkway extension from Park Place to the Preserve trailhead is a great
example of an improvement that balances safety, preservation of neighborhood ambience while respecting the natural
beauty of the area. Parking Stations do not provide that balance. Thank You.
Comments Re: Crenshaw Traffic/Parking Conditions
6/16/15 RPV City Council Meeting
Honorable Mayor and City Council members.
I am Del Cerro HOA board member Al Edgerton.
We thank you for addressing our traffic congestion and safety problems.
Permit parking will stop congestion in our tract and will be a big help. Our safety issues
stem from Crenshaw traffic -both pedestrian and vehicular.
Crenshaw parking Alt 4 is similar to what we have now & will do little to alleviate
congestion or safety on Crenshaw.
Alt 1 a eliminates parking on the N (Del Cerro) side of Crenshaw and will eliminate some
of the obstacle course we encounter entering/leaving homes.
Maximizing parking on the south side of C with angle parking will create new hazards by
vehicles backing out into traffic lanes to exit and likely attempting immediate U-turns.
HOA recommends leaving parallel parking on the entire SB side. It affords better safety
for resident & visitors.
The southern end of Crenshaw simply can't accommodate the demand for preserve
access.
Given the huge public interest in the Preserve and lack of trailhead parking capacity, the
City needs a regional approach whereby visitors are provided a choice of locations to
park near the preserve on weekends, coupled with shuttle service to various preserve
access points for a fee to cover the service expense.
Preserve access points include Del Cerro, City Hall, Barkentine, Portuguese Bend, and
Ocean Terrace Dr.
Candidate weekend parking sites include the shopping malls, schools, PVIC, City Hall &
possibly Ladera Linda.
Preserve traffic congestion can be managed with an integrated access design that
places resident and visitor safety first, and recognizes parking capacity at any single
preserve entry is inadequate to handle the increasing number of visitors.
Visitors need to be dispersed to multiple trailheads. What we have now is upwards of
1000 weekend visitors squeezing into the confines of the southern end of Crenshaw.
The consequences aren't pretty.
We appreciate your work to address our needs. Thank you!
TO:
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DATE:
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CrTYOF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
HONORABLE MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
CITY CLERK
JUNE 16, 2015
ADDITIONS/REVISIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO
AGENDA**
Attached are revisions/additions and/or amendments to the agenda material presented
for tonight's meeting:
Item No.
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Description of Material
Email exchange between Deputy Director of Finance Downs
and Mickey Rodich
Emails from: Gary Randall; Thomas Olson
** PLEASE NOTE: Materials attached after the color page(s) were submitted
through Monday, June 15, 2015**.
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Subject: FW: Minutes from Oversight Committee on May 21.2015
From: Kathryn Downs
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 7:19 AM
To: 'Mickey Radich'
Subject: RE: Minutes from Oversight Committee on May 21.2015
I just re-forwarded the minutes that I sent the entire committee on June 3rd. Per City Council direction, all minutes in
the City are "action" minutes. We do not record the details of every conversation. I attempted to capture, in summary,
the resolution of the conversation.
Thanks,
Kat
From: Mickey Radich [rnai lto:mickeyrod ich @gma il.com ]
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2015 7:32 PM
To: Kathryn Downs
Subject: Minutes from Oversight Committee on May 21.2015
I did not see the Minutes from our Oversight Committee meeting of May21,2015 included in the CC Agenda
package for tomorrow nights CC meeting? I still have not received my copy of the final minutes from that
meeting.
My recollection of the discussion with Andy Winje is a bit different than what the Draft Minutes show. I
began my conversation by asking Andy why Staff was not able to complete all of the budgeted projects in FY
14-15? His answer was that it was "primarily attributable to the following projects that were delayed due to
wrapping up the San Ramon Canyon stabilization project". There were 6 projects listed as delayed totaling
$3.81 million. He also said that he was spending quite a bit of his time on a different assignment. I then asked
how could he expect to complete all the $5.37 million in budgeted projects for FY 15-16 since, at the moment,
they are 2 Staff members short and he was still on that different assignment and the new fiscal year starts
Julyl ,2015? His response was that he would hire consultants and get the job done.
It seems to me that all of the projects budgeted for FY 15-16 will not be completed because of staffing
shortages, so why create a budget that does not reflect reality? The CC will approve future budgets, if they are
necessary, as they have done in the past. I think that there should be complete and accurate minutes kept of our
meetings and that the CC should be aware of them.
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CityManager; CityClerk
CC Agenda Item 6 -Parking at Del Cerro
Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers:
I am very encouraged to see that you are working to address to significant parking issues in and around Del Cerro Park.
fully support changes to improve this situation. I support the implementation of permit parking only within the 3
affected HOAs, particularly in light of the fact that the majority of the residents in those neighborhoods are requesting
it. I do have concerns about head in angled parking spaces along Crenshaw Blvd., as such spaces would require vehicles
to back out onto Crenshaw Blvd. This may create congestion and the potential for an increase of accidents. I would
think that parallel parking would be safer, although I do not claim to be a Traffic Safety expert. Safety should carry more
weight than simply maximizing the number of spaces.
Regarding the discussion to implement parking fees along Crenshaw, I have mixed feelings . On the one hand, it may
help to get a control on crowds in this area. However, the city should also carefully consider the precedent that may be
set by entering into a situation where fees are collected for parking on a public street. This could have long range
impacts for other areas of the city and should not be taken lightly.
In summary, I am in favor of making improvements to the situation at Del Cerro Park. Highest weight should be given to
the opinions and desires of those residents most directly involved, as long as those opinions and desires do not have a
significant negative impact on other residents. For instance, it has been suggested in the past that Gateway Park be
developed as an alternative parking area to relieve pressure from Del Cerro. I do not support Gateway Park, as I believe
if it were developed it would (1) not bring any relief over the long term for Del Cerro, (2) simply increase crowds visiting
the reserves, which are already showing signs of overuse, and (3) increase foot and automobile traffic along and across
PVDS.
Thank you
Gary Randall
Ladera Linda resident
RPV resident -40+ years
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015 4:44 PM
Nicole Jules; CC
Traffic meeting tonight
Hello Ms. Jules and City Counsel,
Unfortunately, I am handicapped and limited in my ability to attend the meeting tonight. And by this e-mail, I
would very much like to echo the significant concerns and problems regarding traffic and parking and visitor
behavior to Del Cerro Park and the trails.
These concerns and problems have been made known at a number of public meetings prior to this evening as
well as by correspondence that you're recently received from many residents from the Park Place HOA, Del
Cerro HOA, other HOAs and concerned citizens in RPV.
As background, my home is one of 3 homes that are on Park Place - a very short-block -street on the north side
of Del Cerro Park. I have been in this home for 20 years. And I have seen a dramatic increase in traffic and
parking -particularly in most recent years -and include some of the following:
Parking on Park Place (not so amusing the 'not-so-hidden' double entendre here) is significantly overwhelmed
as follows. There are:
1. 17 'side-by-side stalls' (with painted lines separating them), AND
2. 8 additional (at least) curb parking 'spots' where at least 8 additional vehicles can and DO park.
This results in 25 vehicles parking on Park Place every day! In this regard we who live in the 3 residences on
Park Place have asked RPV staff of all other single 'block-long' streets -as Park Place is -in RPV with 3 homes
about parking -most specifically how many parking spaces there are that exist on such a street. We have
learned that there is no other RPV street that comes close to having parking for 25 vehicles! This does not
appear to be fair across the City and arguably being abused on this short street, Park Place, in RPV.
It is truly overwhelming and unsafe having 17 vehicles in the 'parking stalls' and 8 other vehicles -total 25
vehicles (cars and big trucks, too). People and groups from these cars and (trucks with 10s of more riders and
bicycles than a car) wander in Park Place street, gather in bicycle rider groups, parade with baby buggies, walk
dogs, etc. literally in the middle of Park Place street.
We are breathless at now many times we've been told Park Place is a "Parking Lot". There are many I
most who come and park cars and big trucks carrying bicycles that don't seem to know or want to recognize that
Park Place is actually a legal street and not a "parking lot"). Some of what can only be 'called adverse' (name
calling, etc.) public behavior and language is truly unexplainable.
To assist with improving safety and traffic congestion that literally prevents us on Park Place from driving on
Park Place itself, we would very much appreciate the following.
PLEASE, require that RPV red-curb any and all curbs on Park Place. This is especially important at the end
of the cul-de-sac where the fire hydrant is located AND at the entire length of curb from the stop
sign continuing to the first 'painted' stall. This is significant to allow Fire Department, Police and all vehicles
safe ingress and egress -particularly recognizing the high frequency of Fire Department exercises, etc. at Del
Cerro Park.
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PLEASE, also, prepare and locate additional signage DO NOT WALK, STAND, CONGREGATE IN
STREET. This is important to improve safety and emphasize safety first. Please help us all restrict all the
traffic that literally turns unto Park Place (proposals offered for parking in stalls only for RPV residents) every
day including all the parking and visitor behavior. This should greatly increase public safety.
We support all that can we (at Park Place HOA, Del Cerro HOA and other nearby neighbors) do to make
parking much more safe for all. Please contact me for any additional information you may wish.
Thank you,
Thomas 0 Ison
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HONORABLE MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
CITY CLERK
JUNE 15, 2015
ADDITIONS/REVISIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO
AGENDA
Attached are revisions/additions and/or amendments to the agenda material received
through Monday afternoon for the Tuesday, June 16, 2015 City Council meeting:
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Email from Sunshine
Emails from: Sandie and Bob Nelson; Steve South (EDCO);
Sunshine
Emails from: Joan Olenick; Denise Girardi
Respectfully submitted,
~Yz~
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MEMO from SUNSHINE
SunshineRPV@aol.com
Sunday, June 14, 2015 9:29 AM
cc
Doug Willmore; Cory Linder; lowell@transtalk.com; info@pvpwatch.com
Follow the money to improve our parks, trails and open spaces
TO: RPV City Council, City Manager and interested parties
RE: June 16, 2015 Council Agenda Items. EDCO and the Budget
Sometimes my suggestions are implemented. I am happy on such rare occasions.
My other outstanding, purely administrative cost saving suggestion is to lose the recycle drawing. It is no
longer the incentive it was meant to be. And, recycling is no longer as difficult as it used to be. What needs to
be looked into is a more infrastructure oriented way to spend the money. Notice how many line items in the
GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE SUMMARY are less than $10,000.00. I do believe this will require a
change to a Council Policy.
My latest suggestions are more administrative efficiency oriented. Lose the NCCP and merge the Parks Master
Plan with the PUMP Plan, Coast Vision Plan and the Trails Network Plan. The proposed Budget has the
funding for the implementation and maintenance of these plans either obscured or not funded at
all. Maintenance of the physical infrastructure is clearly directed to Public Works. That does not address
opportunities for future improvements.
In a message dated 6/12/2015 12 :07 :57 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, listserv@civicplus.com writes :
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A proposed amendment to EDCO's residential solid waste contract is being presented for
consideration to the RPV City Council at the Tuesday, June 16, 2015 City Council Meeting at
7 pm at Hesse Park. The proposed amendment includes: a) Extending the residential solid waste contract
until June 30, 2020 including seven renewals, automatic one-year extension options, based on mutual
consent (FY 2020/21-2026/27), b) Waiving the eligible FY 15-16 rate adjustment and several other
administrative items, c) Approving the assignment of Universal Waste Systems, Inc. 's contract, Service Area
2, to EDCO Disposal Corporation, including waiving the applicable assignment (transfer and legal) fees .
Click on the link for the staff report and attachments (total of -45 pages)
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Subject: FW: Re Changeover: UWS to EDCO: Comment
From: Nelsongang <nelsongang@ao l.com>
Date: June 8, 2015 at 1:10:25 PM PDT
To: <n icolej @rpvca.gov>, <michaelt@rovca.gov>
Subject: Re Changeover: UWS to EDCO: Comment
Deputy Director Nicole, Director Throne
Written as a private citizen and not as a member of our Planning Commission .
Thank you for this notice. Universal Waste has served our Sea Bluff area for many years and we both
wish their employees continued success and we welcome EDCO.
And particularly appreciate you and our Council negotiating team holding the line on costs! Thank you!
Sandie and Bob Nelson
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Subject: FW: Notice of Proposed Amendment to EDCO's Contract
From: Steve South [mail to :ssouth@edcodisposal.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2015 2:03 PM
To: Doug Willmore; Michael Throne; Lauren Ramezani
Subject: FW : Notice of Proposed Amendment to EDCO's Contract
FYI ·-
Thanx,
Steve
From: Larry Clark [ma i lto:fore lc@cox .net]
Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2015 12:16 PM
To: Steve South
Subject: Fw: Notice of Proposed Amendment to EDCO's Contract
Hi Steve,
Glad to see EDCO is in line for a extension to our RPV residential solid waste contract. It's well
earned and deserved.
It was clearly the right choice back in 2009 to award EDCO our then competitive residential
solid waste city contract ...
Well Done.
Larry
Mayor (ret.) Larry Clark
Rancho Palos Verdes
Volunteer National Ambassador
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
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Subject: Notice of Proposed Amendment to EDCO's Contract
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to the RPV City Council at the Tuesday, June 16, 2015 City Council Meeting at 7 pm at Hesse
Park. The proposed amendment includes: a) Extending the residential solid waste contract until
June 30, 2020 including seven renewals, automatic one-year extension options, based on mutual
consent (FY 2020/21-2026/27), b) Waiving the eligible FY 15-16 rate adjustment and several other
administrative items, c) Approving the assignment of Universal Waste Systems, lnc.'s contract,
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Service Area 2, to EDCO Disposal Corporation, including waiving the applicable assignment
(transfer and legal) fees.
Click on the link for the staff report and attachments (total of -45 pages)
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MEMO from SUNSHINE
SunshineRPV@aol.com
Sunday, June 14, 2015 9:29 AM
cc
Doug Willmore; Cory Linder; lowell@transtalk.com; info@pvpwatch.com
Follow the money to improve our parks, trails and open spaces
TO: RPV City Council, City Manager and interested parties
RE: June 16, 2015 Council Agenda Items. EDCO and the Budget
Sometimes my suggestions are implemented. I am happy on such rare occasions.
My other outstanding, purely administrative cost saving suggestion is to lose the recycle drawing. It is no
longer the incentive it was meant to be. And, recycling is no longer as difficult as it used to be. What needs to
be looked into is a more infrastructure oriented way to spend the money. Notice how many line items in the
GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE SUMMARY are less than $10,000.00. I do believe this will require a
change to a Council Policy.
My latest suggestions are more administrative efficiency oriented. Lose the NCCP and merge the Parks Master
Plan with the PUMP Plan, Coast Vision Plan and the Trails Network Plan. The proposed Budget has the
funding for the implementation and maintenance of these plans either obscured or not funded at
all. Maintenance of the physical infrastructure is clearly directed to Public Works. That does not address
opportunities for future improvements.
In a message dated 6/12/2015 12:07:57 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, listserv@civicplus.com writes:
View this in your browser
A proposed amendment to EDCO's residential solid waste contract is being presented for
consideration to the RPV City Council at the Tuesday, June 16, 2015 City Council Meeting at
7 pm at Hesse Park. The proposed amendment includes: a) Extending the residential solid waste contract
until June 30, 2020 including seven renewals, automatic one-year extension options, based on mutual
consent (FY 2020/21-2026/27), b) Waiving the eligible FY 15-16 rate adjustment and several other
administrative items, c) Approving the assignment of Universal Waste Systems, lnc.'s contract, Service Area
2, to EDCO Disposal Corporation, including waiving the applicable assignment (transfer and legal) fees.
Click on the link for the staff report and attachments (total of -45 pages)
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Joani <joanolenick@gmail.com >
Sunday, June 14, 2015 1:40 PM
Nicole Jules; CC
RE: Crest Road Parking Issue-Rancho Crest Homeowners Association
Hi Nicole and City Council Members,
This email is to correct a mistake in the staff report on the
Crest Road parking issue and the request for Permit Parking . I
was representing our homeowner's board at the Thursday night
meeting on May 28,2015 at City Hall. My statement was ,"
we DO NOT support any diagonal parking with any type of
meter or pay parking at all." We would like to see No Parking
along Crenshaw Blvd. from Valley View down to Sea Crest.
We do request Permit Parking along Valley View Road and
hope that you wi 11 approve our request.
Thank you very much.
Joan Olenick (Rancho Crest Homeowners Association)
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Late correspondence for Item #6
Nicole
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Nicole Jules
Monday, June 15, 2015 1:58 PM
Carla Morreale; Teresa Takaoka
FW: Del Cerro Park Parking Capacity Update
PVPPHOA -Crenshaw Traffic.doc
From: Denise Girardi [mailto:dhgirardi@cox.net]
Sent : Monday, June 15, 2015 1:53 PM
To: Nicole Jules
Subject: Del Cerro Park Parking Capacity Update
Hi Nicole,
Attached is a letter to you from the Palos Verdes Park Place HOA in relation to Crenshaw traffic and parking issues.
Please forward it to the appropriate members of the City Council for tomorrow's meeting.
Thank you,
Denise Girardi
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June 15, 2015
Denise Girardi
5 Burrell Lane
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
dhgirardi@cox.net
Nicole Jules, Deputy Director
Department of Public Works
30940 Hawthorne Boulevard
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
Re: Del Cerro Park Parking Capacity Update
Dear Ms. Jules,
In light of the City Council meeting scheduled for this coming
Tuesday and following the report from the Del Cerro
Homeowners Association, I wanted to briefly outline the
consensus opinions of the Palos Verdes Park Place
Homeowners Association.
In large part, the members of the PVPPHOA agree in general
with the Del Cerro HOA. There is genuine concern of adequate
access for emergency vehicles to Burrell Lane. For that reason,
red-curbing both sides of the Crenshaw Boulevard extension is
of particular importance.
There is a split among the homeowners as to whether or not
angled parking on Crenshaw is a solution. It is feared that the
same driver behavior which is observed daily (open doors,
inattention, loitering in the street and so on) may manifest
itself in unsafe driving maneuvers backing up in to Crenshaw
with a 40-mile-per-hour speed limit.
Most would prefer continuing parallel parking on both sides of
Crenshaw, but allow it only on the east side of Crenshaw from
that point where the roadway widens. The intersection of
Crenshaw, Park Place, Crenshaw extension and Seacrest is far
too narrow and congested to allow parallel parking in its
current con.figuration.
Further, on the subject of parking, the PVPPHOA would prefer
that meters or stations not be installed and that no part of Del
Cerro Park becomes a dedicated parking lot. While the trail
remains a popular destination, it is believed that some of the
congestion that frequently occurs will decrease when those
using the trail learn that close-by parking is limited.
The residents of Park Place are also concerned about access for
emergency vehicles and for that reason feel that red curbing
identifying no parking on the cul-de-sac and south side is
necessary (as the north side is already signed for no parking).
Lastly, it is worth mentioning that those who take advantage of
the trail are not all candidates for a good citizenship award.
Besides the lack of awareness of their own safety (or children
or pets) on a street with a 40-mile-per-hour speed limit, there
has been an unfortunate but identifiable increase in litter,
graffiti and noise. One expects a certain amount of this living
close by a public park, but the situation has changed
dramatically since social media made the trail so popular.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to
contact me.
Sincerely,
Denise Girardi
on behalf of the PVPPHOA
P.S. Two ideas were raised for the City Council's consideration:
The first would involve a shuttle service with a pick-up/drop-
off point at some commercial location that could benefit the
City. Another suggestion was a request to St.John Fisher to
allow their parking lot to be used (for a fee) on Saturdays.